The Guide: A look at what's on in Norfolk 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, 11, Saturday, 12 and Sunday, 13 December 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.

Music

A jazz choir made up of a 100 singers will perform in the beautiful acoustic setting of Norwich's John the Baptist Roman Catholic Cathedral on Saturday.

The Voice Project Choir is to appear on BBC Radio 3

The city's Voice Project will entertain the audience with Wintersongs '09, featuring songs written especially for the community choir, which is due to appear on BBC Radio 3's Christmas show on 27 December.

The Earlham Road cathedral will be lit to provide an atmospheric experience to the performance which will include an appearance by Human Music, featuring some of the country's best singers and composers.

The concert starts at 8pm. Tickets cost £10 and are available from the Norwich Arts Centre on 01603 660352.

Family Fun

Wells Christmas Tide brings a festive glow to the seaside town on Saturday.

The event billed as a Magical Winter Day by the Sea runs along Staithe Street and the quay. It will feature a Christmas market, a fancy dress competition, a light parade, a Christmas tree festival and a living nativity.

The day, which starts at 10am, culminates in a visit from Father Christmas from the North Pole and a fireworks display on the quayside.

Wells Christmas Tide

Norwich Cathedral is hosting a historic Christmas fair from Friday to Sunday in its specially-lit cloisters.

Costumed traders will sell hand-made and unique gifts from their market stalls, with mulled wine and hog roasts adding to the seasonal atmosphere. Minstrels and entertainers will perform on a range of instruments.

Open 10pm to 5pm on Friday and Saturday, and 12 to 5pm on Sunday. Admission is £3, with free admission for under-12s accompanied by an adult.

The annual festival features 50 trees this year

The Rwandan Embassy has supplied a display to this year's Dickleburgh Church's Christmas Tree Festival to complement a tree decorated by a woman who fled to Norfolk after the country's genocide.

Illuminee Nganemariya has entered her Miracle in Kigali Christmas tree into this year's African-themed display, which boasts 50 trees.

The fesitval near Diss is open between 10am and 7pm on Friday and Saturday, but closes to the public at 4pm on Sunday for its prize-giving finale.

To accompany the African theme, this year's craft exhibitor is Teranga, a local business which imports wooden crafts and drums from Senegal.

Admission is £3.50 for adults, £3 for concessions, £2.75 for pre-booked and free for children.

50 Christmas Trees

Nature & Outdoors

On Sunday morning, more than 300 people dressed as Father Christmas will run around the south Norfolk village of Bunwell.

BBC Radio Norfolk's Stephen Bumfrey is taking part in the fun run

Now in its third year, the charity fundraiser attracts people from all over the county to cover the 5km (3.1 mile) course in full Santa gear.

It's £10 to enter if you're an adult and £5 for children, with money going to Kidney Research UK.

Find out more about the The Bunwell Santa Fun Run

If you're keen to shift a few pounds to squeeze into that dazzling party outfit, then there's a chance to enjoy a calorie-burning jaunt around the National Trust's Blickling estate on Sunday.

The guided walk will take between one-and-a-half and two hours and its leaders will chat about the estate's history. It will start at 2pm by the barn in the main car park.

Car park charges will apply and the walk costs £2 per person.

Arts & Culture

An artist who has had work commissioned by The Rolling Stones and Prince Charles will be exhibiting at Watton's Christmas arts and craft fair.

Wood carver, sculptor and painter Mark Goldsworthy will have his work on display alongside paintings by John Vesty, ceramics by Sarah Caputo, pictures and pottery by husband and wife team Michael and Suzie Hall and crafts by Tania Petkovic.

The event is being held at Beehive Corner on Thetford Business Park, Thetford Road, Watton.

It will be open from Thursday to Sunday until 20 December between 10am and 4.30pm and entry is free.