The Guide: Things to do this weekend

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Lost for ideas for something to do this weekend, or just wondering what events are taking place in the county?

Here's a snapshot of what's on in Norfolk on Friday, 6, Saturday, 7, and Sunday, 8 November, 2009, with links to other sites and external listings providers.

If you'd like your Norfolk event included in BBC Radio Norfolk's free What's On service, e-mail the details to the team making sure to include where and when the event takes place, admission details and how people can get in touch for more information.

Family Fun

Sparks in the Park will once again bring thousands of people to Norwich

The giant annual fireworks bash Sparks in the Park at Earlham Park returns to Norwich and includes a bonfire, sound stage, Guy Fawkes and a funfair on Saturday, 7 November, 2009.

Funfair starts at 5pm until 10pm.

Children's fireworks begin at 6.30pm.

Lighting of the bonfires, lantern procession and Guy Fawkes sculpture from 6.45pm to 7.30pm.

Big Bang fireworks from 8.30pm.

Advanced tickets: £6 adults, £3 children, free for under 4s.

On the gate tickets: £7.50 adults, £4.50 children, free for under 4s.

For more information on tickets and transport call 0344 980 3333 or visit the Norwich City Council website.

The Guide: Bonfire night

North Norfolk's Christmas Market at Fakenham High School looks to get people into the festive mood with more than 90 craft and gift stalls on Saturday, 7 November, 2009.

Revellers can also take part in a raffle to win a television and refreshments will be provided on the day.

Event starts at 10am until 3pm. Admission is free.

For more information call 01328 864483.

Comedy

American comic Rich Hall, the star of the BBC's Rich Hall's Cattle Drive, appears with Otis Lee Crenshaw at the King's Lynn Arts Centre on Friday, 6 November, 2009.

Also appearing on hit comedy shows such as Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Rich will deliver his grouchy, deadpan humour to a west Norfolk audience.

Show starts at 8pm. Tickets cost £15.

Rich Hall at the King's Lynn Arts Centre

Simon won a 2006 Royal Television Society award for his humour

Another star of the BBC music quiz Never Mind the Buzzcocks - former presenter Simon Amstell - brings his quick wit to the Norwich Theatre Royal on Saturday, 7 November, 2009.

His probing and cerebral show Do Nothing will look to please old fans and bring the award-winning comic some new followers along the way.

Show starts at 7.30pm. Tickets range from £5 to £20.

Simon Amstell at the Norwich Theatre Royal

Arts & Culture

The Burnham Market Book Festival 2009 takes place all weekend, looking to satisfy all bookworms around Norfolk with a range of talks about the local and national written word.

With the festival opening at the Hoste Arms on Friday, 6 November, 2009, starting at 7pm, highlights of the weekend include book discussions with Chris Mullin MP, Norfolk author Matthew Rice and nature writer Richard Mabey.

A ticket for the whole weekend costs £80. Tickets for each event cost £10.

Burnham Market Book Festival

Arts festival Aurora 2009 starts its opening weekend at venues across Norwich.

Focusing on moving image, the start of Festival Week includes contemporary films, live music, workshops and talks.

Shows include The Wooden Lightbox and The Arecibo Effect, fusing music with motion image, at Take 5 on Saturday, 7 November, and the menacing Russian film Stalker is being screened at Cinema City on Sunday, 8 November, 2009.

Aurora 2009

The Griffon Gallery in North Walsham presents The Pastons' Country, an exhibition providing a unique collaboration between artists and poets from across Norfolk, taking place all weekend.

The exhibition, which celebrates the new art book, is part of an ongoing programme of Heritage Lottery funded projects happening in the area.

For more information call 01328 855545.

Music

Up-and-coming electro artist Epichunt looks to become The Next Big Thing

The final of The Next Big Thing, the local music showcase run by Norwich's community station Future Radio, takes place on Sunday, 8 November, 2009, at the University of East Anglia.

Kairos, Alloy Ark, Hair Traffic Control, Console Wars, Sula Mae and Epichunt have been the successful six to progress to the final which is judged by BBC Radio One's Greg James and ex-Prodigy and Pitchshifter guitarist Jim Davis.

The winner will have the opportunity to record at Leeders Farm studio, run by former member of The Darkness Dan Hawkins, plus receive £1000 in cash, £500 worth of music equipment and a professional photo shoot.

Doors open at 7pm. Tickets cost £5.

Become Norfolk's Next Big Thing