Main Arena Events
2026 Main Arena Timetable will be published in the official Show Programme available to purchase at the show from one of the programme stands. Timetable of events will also be posted and available to view at each arena. Line-up for all displays will be the same Saturday 25th & Sunday 26th April 2026. Programme subject to change.
The JCB Dancing Diggers
Headlining the Main Arena this year are The JCB Dancing Diggers. They will be performing twice per day on both Sat 25th & Sun 26th!
The JCB Dancing Diggers are an iconic live performance team, often described as a down to earth version of the Red Arrows. They have curtsied for royalty; pirouetted for TV and thrilled thousands all over the world.
Showcasing power, precision and performance, the JCB Dancing Diggers execute a variety of choregraphed moves set to music. The performance combines the engineering excellence of JCB machinery with entertainment, making it a crowd favourite at public events worldwide.
Don’t miss this spectacular show in the Main Arena!
Horseboarding UK Championships
Horseboarding UK will be visiting the East Anglia Game Fair for the 14th time in 16 years. This staple of the show never fails to impress as teams from across the country take on the unique challenges of the Euston Arena and fight for one of the oldest cups in the championship.
The East Anglia Cup was first founded in 2011 back when the show used to take place at the Royal Norfolk Show Ground and Horseboarding UK was little more than a twinkle in the eye of history. In a time before anyone could have imagined the journey it would take them, The East Anglian Game & Country Fair shared the vision and gave support to this new idea.
Over the last 16 years Horseboarding UK has gone from strength to strength over many a hard earned mile around the country, Europe and now the world performing at some of the biggest equestrian events in the world resulting in more and more groups approach the UK for advice on how to set up and run their own competitions.
From Australia to America people have tried to emulate something that started right here in the UK with one of its very first performances at the East Anglian Game Fair where today you can see the undisputed best teams in the world. Teams who have perfected the art of racing against the clock in three attempts to get the fastest time possible all under the watchful eye of the most experienced horseboarding production team in the world.
A main arena display not to be missed!
Hywel Morgan
World and European Casting Champion, Hywel Morgan will be entertaining crowds with a Fly Fishing demo in the Main Arena. Hywel first stepped onto a casting platform at just 4 years old. Since the age of 14 he has regularly given demos at shows all over the UK. He is the only World Fly Casting Champion who demonstrates and has developed a wonderfully relaxed and humorous way of informing and educating the audience about the fascinating world of Fly Fishing. Hywel will also offer ‘have a go’ fly tying and casting tuition and demos on the Black Bourne River.
Fens Falconry
Fens Falconry is a private bird of prey centre located in Wisbech, Cambs. They provide hands on experience days, flying demonstrations and educational visits for schools, community groups and clubs.
They have attended the East Anglian Game & Country Fair many times and is a team favourite. The amazing location and atmosphere lends itself perfectly to the beauty and skills of the Fens Falconry team of birds flying in the main arena. The aim is to amaze and entertain with birds diving, hovering, soaring and gliding with an entertaining commentary!
Mid Norfolk Gun Dogs
The Mid Norfolk Gundog Club was formed over 25 years ago by a group of friends determined to improve the training, husbandry and breeding of working gundogs as well as the expertise of handlers.
Don’t miss their demo in the Main Arena – A taste of shoot day, demonstrating the different roles of a gundog, from flushing birds, sitting on a peg with a gun, to picking up at the end, with a unique opportunity to photo all the dogs sat up in a line without leads or handlers at the end of the demonstration.
Visitors are also welcome to talk to the Club Members at their stand on 2nd Ave South opposite the Gun Dog Scurry Arena.
Hound Parade
A newly established and family-friendly trail hunt. The Waveney & Norfolk Harriers comprises the ‘White Woofers” who trail across North Norfolk and a Stud Book Harrier pack of hounds who Trail across South Norfolk and Suffolk. They lay trails using a stinky sock, the hounds find and run after it, and the riders follow the hounds!
Watch the spectacle in the main arena over the show weekend.
Simon Whitehead – Pakefield Ferrets
Simon Whitehead is a unique character amongst modern day Britain, if not the world. He is one of a small band of people that make their entire living from rabbits. He is a traditional warrener and author of many books which include the acclaimed ‘Ahead of the Game’. This is a book that delves into the history, harvest, preparation and cooking of wild rabbit. This forms the provenance of his demonstrations which are both educational and amusing!
In-between demonstrations Simon, his ferrets and dogs are on hand for interaction with the public and the static display is always a hive of activity as they are many questions to be answered, ferrets to be held and stories to be told. As ferreting is normally carried out in unsociable surroundings and often in solitude, Simon uses the arena demonstrations and static display to explain and illustrate why ferreting in the true sense of the word with ferreter, their ferret’s, dog and nets are fast becoming a more sought-after figure in the countryside and towns of the UK. The ferreter is the epitome of the organic and environmentally friendly hunter/gatherer and as such a supplier of first class organic, free range meat for the table. The world is moving on, technology is changing our society, but it is refreshing to find Simon trying to not only make people realise and understand why we ferret but more importantly, get newcomers into the countryside to continue such a fine tradition.
A raconteur of some repute, Simon can display, demonstrate and educate this traditional craft that has survived the growth in technology, showing why the Pakefield Ferrets motto of “ensuring the tradition of ferreting IS continued for further generations” is long remembered after the show has closed.