Year: 2020
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02 Oct 2020
Our 2020 Under 18s Poetry Competition winners!
We are delighted to announce this year’s Under 18s Poetry Competition winners! From over 1500 submissions and after much deliberation…
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01 Oct 2020
This year’s Canterbury Festival Poet of the Year!
We are delighted to announce the winners of the Canterbury Festival Poet of the Year Competition 2020 today, National Poetry…
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01 Oct 2020
Earth Tribe: Under 18s Poetry Competition Shortlist
Each year Canterbury Festival runs a poetry competition open to Kent-based young people aged 5-18. The theme for 2020 was…
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21 Sep 2020
Poet of the Year: Long and short lists revealed!
After many weeks of reading, reviewing, deliberating and discussing the record number of entries received for this year’s competition, the…
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14 Sep 2020
Canterbury Festival 2020 tickets are now on sale!
It has been a long journey but we are incredibly excited to open public sales for Canterbury Festival 2020. This…
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26 Aug 2020
Abstract Canterbury – The King’s Mile Community Photo Competition
Enter your inspirational and creative photos depicting abstract images of Canterbury; abstract in its traditional sense or images of Canterbury…
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26 Aug 2020
Canterbury Festival 2020 -our full programme!
It has been a long wait but we are incredibly excited to reveal the Canterbury Festival 2020 programme! Whilst slimmer than…
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13 Aug 2020
Our plans for Canterbury Festival 2020
Canterbury Festival has decided that ”The Show Must Go On” this year between 17 – 31 October. With the landscape…
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02 Jul 2020
Getting Canterbury Festival 2020 back on course
We hope you and your families are well. It has been a strange and troubling spring but as the summer…
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27 Apr 2020
Young Musicians – How to stay motivated in lockdown
Our 2019 Ambassador for the Arts and Young Musicians’ Bursary award winner – Siena Barr, shares some of her tips…