Editing King's Lynn (section)

===Arts===
Composer [[Ralph Vaughan Williams]] visited King's Lynn in January 1905 and collected several folk songs from the area.<ref>Vaughan Williams, Ursula ''R.V.W. A Biography of Ralph Vaughan Williams''. Oxford University Press, 1964/1988, p. 72.</ref>

[[Ruth Roche, Baroness Fermoy|Ruth, Lady Fermoy]], a concert pianist, moved to King's Lynn in 1931 as the bride of [[Maurice Roche, 4th Baron Fermoy|Lord Edmund Fermoy]], who would become the town mayor and local MP. She helped to organise concerts of high-standard professional music.<ref name="lynn arts festival history">{{Cite web |url=http://www.kingslynnfestival.org.uk/about-us/history |title=History of the King's Lynn Festival |access-date=8 July 2014 |work=kingslynnfestival.org.uk |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141103191936/http://www.kingslynnfestival.org.uk/about-us/history-hall-of-fame |archive-date=3 November 2014}}</ref>

In 1951, Lady Fermoy complemented the [[Festival of Britain]] with a King's Lynn Festival of the Arts. She was a friend and [[lady-in-waiting]] to [[Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother|Queen Elizabeth]] – later the Queen Mother – who agreed to become the festival patron and, in July 1951, officially opened the restored St George's Guildhall. She remained an enthusiastic and active supporter and patron of the festival until her death in March 2002.<ref name="lynn arts festival history"/>

The King's Lynn Festival remains the premier music and arts festival in West Norfolk. It is primarily known for classical music, but also hosts jazz, choral, folk, opera, dance, films, talks and exhibitions, along with fringe events each year.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.kingslynnfestival.org.uk/ |title=King's Lynn Festival |access-date=8 December 2021}}</ref>

The King's Lynn Literature Festival, amalgamating the previous annual Poetry and Fiction Festivals, is held over a weekend in September each year, usually in the town hall.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://kllitfests.com/our-history/ |title=King's Lynn Literature Festivals |access-date=30 September 2024}}</ref> The Annual [[Hanse]] Festival first took place in 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://u3asites.org.uk/files/k/kingslynn/docs/medievalhanseaticleague.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161022083249/http://u3asites.org.uk/files/k/kingslynn/docs/medievalhanseaticleague.pdf |archive-date=2016-10-22 |url-status=live |title=Hanseatic League|website=U3asutes.org.uk |access-date=10 September 2019}}</ref>