Year: 2024
06 Jun 2024
Canterbury Festival Music Prize Winners 2024
We are delighted to announce that this year’s University of Kent Canterbury Festival Music Prize was awarded jointly to Yuyu…
16 May 2024
Veteran filmmaker Peter Williams presents a season of films to celebrate a life in journalism
“Impressive in every sense, a woman for whom I would have walked over hot coals…” The words are those of…
13 May 2024
Job Opportunity: Festival Director & Chief Executive, Canterbury Festival
The Canterbury Festival is an internationally renowned extravaganza of music, performance, talks, comedy, family events, science and more, taking place…
12 Apr 2024
Professional Practice Module: Schools’ Poetry Competition Branding and Design Project
Following a successful project working with Canterbury Christ Church University Digital Media students in 2022, we were delighted to continue…
03 Apr 2024
Call Out! Schools’ Poetry Competition 2024
The Canterbury Festival Schools’ Poetry Competition returns for 2024, inviting children aged 5-18 to submit poems based on this year’s…
03 Apr 2024
Call Out! Young Musicians’ Bursary Competition 2024
The Canterbury Festival Foundation through it’s annual Bursary continues to support exceptionally talented young musicians in East Kent, helping them…
03 Apr 2024
Call Out! Beautiful Noise 2024 – A Community Music Celebration
If you have previously attended the Canterbury Festival, you will have experienced the warm, positive response of performers and audiences…
03 Apr 2024
Call Out! Canterbury Festival Youth Orchestra 2024
Following the success of last year’s youth orchestral pilot project, Beautiful Noise Orchestra, we are delighted to announce that we are…
03 Apr 2024
Cora Hewitt – Young Musicians’ Bursary Award Winner 2023 – Blog 2
We are delighted to share that our 2023 Young Musicians’ Bursary Award Winner Cora Hewitt, was recently awarded the Recorder…
04 Mar 2024
Pleasures of Past Times Creative Learning Project
What a fabulous day of research was shared by Year 1 Canterbury College graphics, photography, art, fashion & textile students,…