Festival supported by Government's Cultural Recovery Fund

Norfolk & Norwich Festival is able to bring events back to audiences thanks to support received from the Government’s Culture Recovery Fund.

We are amongst 2,300 cultural organisations who have been allocated more than £300 million by Arts Council England to help with recovery and reopening over the next few months. Norfolk & Norwich Festival has received £77,250 to support delivery of several projects and events and to ensure it can bring back this year’s Festival safely with a range of COVID-safe measures.

Daniel Brine, Artistic Director and Chief Executive of Norfolk & Norwich Festival said:

“This is great news and invaluable support as we prepare for 2021’s Festival. We have been planning for a special one-off Festival for a long time and this support will help deliver some of our plans.

The return of the Festival this May will mean much to the audiences, artists and freelancers we work with. We are grateful to everyone, from all sectors, who is supporting this year’s Festival and this award will help ensure we deliver something to help the communities of Norfolk and Norwich recover.”

The second round of awards will help organisations plan for reopening and recovery. After months of closures and cancellations and will help organisations transitioning back to normal in the months ahead.

Sir Nicholas Serota, Chair, Arts Council England, said:

“Investing in a thriving cultural sector at the heart of communities is a vital part of helping the whole country to recover from the pandemic. These grants will help to re-open theatres, concert halls, and museums and will give artists and companies the opportunity to begin making new work. 

We are grateful to the Government for this support and for recognising the paramount importance of culture to our sense of belonging and identity as individuals and as a society.”

The funding awarded today is from a £400 million pot which was held back last year to ensure the Culture Recovery Fund could continue to help organisations in need as the public health picture changed. The funding has been awarded by Arts Council England, as well as Historic England and National Lottery Heritage Fund and the British Film Institute.