Upcoming events
80th anniversary celebration for VE Day
5 and 8 May 2025
The 80th anniversary will be celebrated by a street party atmosphere, live nostalgic and contemporary music, classic wartime vehicles parked up on the square and free family activities to enjoy.
Hanse Festival 2025
14 to 15 June 2025
A packed programme of events and activities are being organised to celebrate King’s Lynn’s 20-year anniversary of membership of the new Hanse.
Hanseatic Festival of Watersports 2025
21 to 22 June 2025
Two days of free unmissable action on the King's Lynn quayside with waterski racing, powerboat racing and jet ski racing.
Mods & Rockers 2025
17 August 2025
Mods and Rockers Classic Scooter and Motorbike Meet in King’s Lynn.
For details about other events happening all around west Norfolk, visit www.visitwestnorfolk.com.
Past events
2024
Fawkes in the Walks
Friday 1 November 2024, The Walks
Mods & Rockers
Sunday 11 August, Tuesday Market Place
Olympics watch party
27 and 28 July, 3 and 4 August, Tuesday Market Place
Food for Thought in North Lynn
Tuesdays from 30 April until 16 July, The Beacon, North Lynn Methodist Church
Hanse Festival 2024
Sunday 16 June, King's Staithe Square and Quayside
RAF Freedom Parade and the 80th anniversary of D-Day
Thursday 6 June, King's Staithe Square in King's Lynn, 3:30pm - 10pm
Hanseatic Festival of Watersports 2024
Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 June, Quayside in King's Lynn
Shakespeare's Big Birthday Bash
Sunday 28 April, St George's Guildhall
2023
Christmas at the Guildhall
Sunday 10 December, St George's Guildhall, 29 King Street
King’s Lynn Christmas Lights switch-on
Sunday 26 November, Tuesday Market Place
Music in the Bandstand
Sundays, 2 to 4pm from June to September
90’s/00’s Day
Sunday 27 August, Tuesday Market Place, 12pm to 4pm
FIFA Women's World Cup Final screening
Sunday 20 August, 10am to 4pm
Mods & Rockers
Sunday 13 August 2023, Tuesday Market Place
FIFA Women's World Cup Quarter Final screening - England vs Colombia
Saturday 12 August 2023, 11am to 2pm
Soulful Sunday
Sunday 30 July 2023, Tuesday Market Place
Folk in the Town
Saturday 22 and Sunday 23 July 2023, Tuesday Market Place, 10:30am to 5pm both days
Wimbledon Finals watch party
Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 July 2023, 10am to 5pm each day
Hanseatic Festival of Watersports
Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 May 2023, Quayside
Coronation of HM The King & HM The Queen Consort
Saturday 6 May 2023
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