April 4 Celebrity Concert, pianist Charles
Owen, Holkham Hall, Norfolk
April 4 Cromer Pancake Race, Norfolk
April 4 From Fleece to Yarn, cloth-mak-
ing exhibition day, Lavenham Guildhall,
Suffolk
April 4-13 Easter Festival, King's College
Chapel, Cambridge
April 5 Tractor Fair, Springfields,
Spalding, Lincolnshire
April 8 Meet the Head Gardener,
Oxburgh Hall, Oxborough, Norfolk
April 8 Easter Egger, RSPB Minsmere
Nature Reserve, Suffolk
April 9-11 Burnham Market International
Horse Trials, Norfolk
April 10 Easter Bunny Day, Ickworth
House, near Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
April 10-12 East of England Garden
Show, East of England Showground,
Peterborough
April 10-12 Aldeburgh Easter Music
Festival, Snape Maltings, Suffolk
April 10-13 Art Exhibition and sale of
original paintings by local artists, RBL
Hall, Snettisham, Norfolk
April 10-13 Easter Egg Trail, Sheringham
Park, Norfolk
April 10-13 Easter Treasure Trail,
Felbrigg Hall, near Cromer, Norfolk
April 10-13 Easter Fair, Felixstowe,
Suffolk
April 10-13 Suffolk Spring Garden Show,
Trinity Park, Ipswich
April 11 Easter Egg Hunt (10.30am start),
Elmhurst Park, Woodbridge, Suffolk
April 11-12 East of England Beauty and
Body Show, East of England Showground,
Peterborough
April 11-13 Sandringham Park Craft
Show, Norfolk
April 11-13 Easter Fun Trail, Peckover
House, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
April 11-13 Easter Trail, Oxburgh Hall,
Oxborough, Norfolk
April 12 The Great Lode Egg-raft Race,
Anglesey Abbey, near Cambridge
April 12-13 Easter Trail, Holkham Hall,
Norfolk
April 12-13 Easter Trail, Blickling Hall,
near Aylsham, Norfolk
April 12-13 Easter Treasure Hunt,
Hoveton Hall Gardens, Wroxham, Norfolk
April 12-13 Easter Egg Trail, Ickworth
House, near Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
April 12-13 Eggstatic Easter, Anglesey
Abbey, near Cambridge
April 13 Morris Dancing on Easter
Monday, Rose and Crown, Snettisham,
Norfolk, at 11.30am; Norfolk Lavender,
Heacham, at 12.30pm; the Lifeboat Inn,
Thornham at 1.30pm
April 13 Fakenham Races, Norfolk
April 13 Great Yarmouth Races, Norfolk
April 13 Huntingdon Races,
Cambridgeshire
April 13-May 5 Waveney Revels (various
venues), Suffolk
April 14 Spring Estate Walk (booking
preferred), Felbrigg Hall, near Cromer,
Norfolk
April 15 Guided Garden Tour, Felbrigg
Hall, near Cromer, Norfolk
April 15-16 Newmarket Races,
Cambridgeshire
April 15 Knights, Damsels and Dragons,
armour trail and craft activities, Oxburgh
Hall, Oxborough, Norfolk
April 16 Meet The Gardeners, Blickling
Hall, near Aylsham, Norfolk
April 16 Spring Arts and Crafts, family
activity day, Ickworth House, near Bury St
Edmunds, Suffolk
April 17 Royal Philharmonic Orchestra,
Marina Theatre, Lowestoft, Suffolk
April 18 Primula Auricula Day, West Acre
Gardens, near Swaffham, Norfolk
April 18-19 Bonkers about Babies, East
of England Showground, Peterborough
April 19 Guided Walk at 2pm, Hardwick
Road Cemetery, King's Lynn, Norfolk
April 19 Bead, Glass and Textile Fair,
Blickling Hall, near Aylsham, Norfolk
April 19 East Coast Sprint Triathlon,
seafront, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
April 22-25 East Anglian Beer Festival,
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
April 23 and 25 St George's Day
Celebrations, Downham Market, Norfolk
April 24-26 Cambridge Wordfest
April 25 A Charity Night with the Stars,
Princess Theatre, Hunstanton, Norfolk
April 25 Wells Parish Fair, Norfolk
April 25-26 National Motorhome Show,
East of England Showground,
Peterborough
April 25-26 East Anglian Game and
Country Fair, Norfolk Showground, near
Norwich
April 25-26 Classic & Vintage Weekend,
East Anglia Transport Museum, Carlton
Colville, near Lowestoft, Suffolk
April 25-26 Behind the Scenes at
Peckover House, Wisbech,
Cambridgeshire
April 25-26 Spring on the Suffolk Coast,
RSPB Minsmere, Suffolk
April 26 Fenland Orchid Society Annual
Show, Terrington St Clement Village Hall,
near King's Lynn, Norfolk
April 26 Heavy Horse Day, Church Farm,
Stow Bardolph, near Downham Market,
Norfolk
April 26 Toy Fair, Springfields, Spalding,
Lincolnshire
April 26 Guided Parkland Walk, Ickworth
House, near Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
April 26 Bluebell Sunday, Haughley Park,
near Stowmarket, Suffolk
April 26 St George's Day Parade,
Felixstowe, Suffolk
April 29 Guided Garden Tour, Felbrigg
Hall, near Cromer Norfolk
April 29 Evening Bat Walk (booking
essential), Ickworth House, near Bury St
Edmunds, Suffolk
April 29-May 10 High Tide Festival,
Halesworth, Suffolk
April 30 Huntingdon Races (evening),
Cambridgeshire
April 13-May 5 Waveney Revels (various
venues), Suffolk
April 29-May 10 High Tide Festival,
Halesworth, Suffolk
May 1 May Garland Procession, King's
Lynn town centre 12noon, Norfolk
May 1-16 Norfolk and Norwich Festival
May 2 The Wealden Consort concert, St
Mary's Church, Old Hunstanton, Norfolk,
tel 01485 542411
May 2 Eel Day, Ely, Cambridgeshire
May 2-3 Newmarket Races, Guineas
Festival Meeting, Cambridgeshire
May 2-3 Large Model Aircraft Show,
Rougham Airfield, near Bury St Edmunds,
Suffolk
May 2-4 Spalding Flower Festival at
Springfields, Lincolnshire
May 2-4 West Anglia Craft and Country
Show, Wood Green Animal Shelters,
Godmanchester, Cambridgeshire
May 2-5 Laser Sailing Championships,
Lowestoft Seafront, Suffolk
May 3 Bespak Great East Anglian 10K
Run, King's Lynn, Norfolk, tel 01553
763044
May 3 Spring Evening Concert (Wealden
Consort), Park House Hotel, Sandringham,
Norfolk, tel 01485 543000
May 3 Hedgehog Day, Oxburgh Hall,
Oxborough, Norfolk
May 3 Celebrity Concert, featuring
Greshams School Choir, Holkham Hall,
Norfolk, visit website for ticket information
May 3 Bluebell Sunday, Haughley Park,
near Stowmarket, Suffolk
May 3 May Madness Go-Cart Race,
Framlingham, Suffolk
May 3 Ipswich to Felixstowe Historic
Vehicle Run, Suffolk
May 3-4 Children's Nature Trails,
Hoveton Hall Gardens, Wroxham, Norfolk
May 3-4 Truckfest, East of England
Showground, Peterborough
May 4 Morris Dancing on May Bank
Holiday, Lord Nelson pub, Burnham
Thorpe, Norfolk, at 12.30pm; the Globe
Inn, Wells, at 1.30pm; Quayside in Wells at
3pm
May 4 Woodbridge Horse Show, Trinity
Park, Ipswich, Suffolk
May 4 Mendlesham Street Fair, near
Stowmarket, Suffolk
May 4 Rotary Road Races, Felixstowe,
Suffolk
May 4 Reach Fair, near Cambridge
May 5 Fakenham Races, Norfolk
May 6 Huntingdon Races (evening),
Cambridgeshire
May 6 Guided Bluebell Walk, Blickling
Hall, near Aylsham, Norfolk
May 7 The Tudor Tailor `All my wearing
apparel' Oxburgh Hall, Oxborough,
Norfolk
May 7 Nightingale Serenade, Paxton Pits
Nature Reserve, near St Neots,
Cambridgeshire
May 8-10 Norfolk Garden Show, Norfolk
Showground, near Norwich
May 8-10 Poetry-next-the-Sea, Wells,
Norfolk
May 8-10 Folk on the Pier, Cromer,
Norfolk
May 8-24 Bury St Edmunds Festival,
Suffolk
May 9 Horticultural Open Day, College of
West Anglia, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
May 9-10 National Mills Weekend at
Lode Watermill, Anglesey Abbey, near
Cambridge
May 9-25 South and Heart of Suffolk
Walking Festival, various venues through-
out district
May 10 Guided Bluebell Walk, Blickling
Hall, near Aylsham, Norfolk
May 10 Garden Show and Craft Fair,
Elgoods Brewery, Wisbech,
Cambridgeshire
May 10 East Anglia Dragon Boat
Festival, Oulton Broad, near Lowestoft,
Suffolk
May 10 South Suffolk Show, Ampton
Racecourse, Ingham, near Bury St
Edmunds
May 10 Wings and Wheels Festival,
Henham Park, near Southwold, Suffolk
May 10 Guided Parkland Walk, Ickworth
House, near Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
May 10 SuffolkRide Motorcycle Show,
Felixstowe, Suffolk
May 11 Great Yarmouth Races, Norfolk
May 11-13 What's in there? Peckover
House, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
May 13 Meet the Head Gardener,
Oxburgh Hall, Oxborough, Norfolk
May 13 Guided Garden Tour, Felbrigg
Hall, near Cromer, Norfolk
May 13 Portrait Tour (booking essential),
Ickworth House, near Bury St Edmunds,
Suffolk
May 13-17 Lord Lothian's Attic Tour and
Edwardian Afternoon Tea, Blickling Hall,
near Aylsham, Norfolk
May 13-17 Lincoln Book Festival
May 14 The Pre-Raphaelite Experience
at Blickling (please book), Blickling Hall,
near Aylsham, Norfolk
May 14 Newmarket Races (evening)
Cambridgeshire
May 15 Book Tour (booking essential),
Ickworth House, near Bury St Edmunds,
Suffolk
May 15-16 Newmarket Races,
Cambridgeshire
May 16 International Hanse Day, cele-
brating town's Hanseatic connections,
King's Lynn, Norfolk
May 16 Runcton Ramble & Rummage
(Village of Stalls) noon onwards, Runcton
Holme, near King's Lynn, Norfolk
May 16 Croquet � Come and Try Day,
1pm onwards, Hunstanton Recreation
Ground, Norfolk
May 16 Wild about the Wensum,
Pensthorpe Nature Reserve, Fakenham,
Norfolk
May 16 Hadleigh Farmers' Agricultural
Association May Show, Suffolk
May 16-17 Art In The Garden (over 20
exhibiting artists), St Mary's Lodge,
Fincham, Norfolk
May 16-17 Grantchester Fair, near
Cambridge
May 16-17 12th Suffolk International Kite
Festival, Rougham Airfield, near Bury St
Edmunds, Suffolk
May 16-17 Ickworth's Medieval
Spectacular, Ickworth House, near Bury St
Edmunds, Suffolk
May 16-17 BMF Bike Show, East of
England Showground, Peterborough
May 16-25 Suffolk Open Studios
Showcase Exhibition, Blackthorpe Barn,
Rougham, near Bury St Edmunds
May 16-31 Open Studios Exhibition, All
Saints Church, Stoke Ferry, Norfolk, daily
10am-5pm, more details 01366 501369
May 17 Guided Walk at 2pm, Hardwick
Road Cemetery, King's Lynn, Norfolk
May 17 Fakenham Races, Norfolk
May 17 Woodbridge 10K and Junior
Races, Suffolk
May 17 Spring Air Show, Duxford,
Cambridgeshire
May 18-23 Cambridge Beer Festival
May 19 Great Yarmouth Races, Norfolk
May 20 What did the Plant Hunters do
for us? Peckover House, Wisbech,
Cambridgeshire
May 20-21 Behind the Scenes Tour
(booking essential), Ickworth House, near
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
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