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1999

A Long Festival

1999 was the longest festival to date, stretching for 17 days.

The Festival pulled off a musical and diplomatic triumph in the form a concert given by St George’s Cathedral Choir from Novi Sad, Norwich’s twin city at the time, which was badly affected by war.

The ever-growing visual arts celebrations helped to contribute to Norwich winning the Cultural Capital of the East title.

Festival Magazine, Issue 1, 1999. Image Courtesy of Norfolk & Norwich Festival.

Arts make life better

Norfolk & Norwich Festival brings tens of thousands of people together in celebration – it has been doing this for over 250 years. Through our May Festival and our year-round arts education work, focusing on children and young people, we lead and support celebration, creativity and curiosity in communities across Norfolk and the region.

This year we begin an exciting new initiative, Festival Connect & Create that will bring creative opportunities to those schools and communities with least provision. Creativity transforms people’s lives. It builds cohesive communities, develops vital skills and supports health and wellbeing. We want more people to have access to creative opportunities.

Please consider donating to support and develop this work. With your help we can increase access to the life changing power of the arts.

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