Year: 2024
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,…
21 Feb 2024
Cora Hewitt: Young Musicians’ Bursary Award Winner 2023 – Blog 1
Hi – I’m Cora, I’m a recorder player and I’m the winner of the Canterbury Festival 2023 Young Musicians’ Bursary…
20 Feb 2024
Summer in Barham 2024
18 – 21 July We present our fourth Summer in Barham mini-festival fundraiser, celebrating the long hot days of July…
16 Feb 2024
Step Into Spring 2024 – Festival of Walking
Friday 5 – Sunday 7 April Spring is just around the corner and Canterbury Festival invites you to strap on…
12 Feb 2024
Canterbury Festival Poet of the Year Competition 2024
The Canterbury Festival Poet of the Year Competition 2024 will be launched on Monday 4 March. The competition has become…
17 Jan 2024
Submit your event to our 2024 Umbrella programme
Celebrating art in all its forms, the 2024 Umbrella programme invites submissions from artists and performers based in Canterbury and…
17 Jan 2024
Our 2024 Visual Arts programme is now open for applications
Applications for this year’s Canterbury Festival Visual Arts programme are now open. Artists working in all mediums are invited to…
16 Jan 2024
Concerts from our friends across Canterbury this spring
This spring we are delighted to be selling tickets on behalf of their friends across the City. Canterbury Choral Society…
09 Jan 2024
Festival Director Rosie Turner bows out
When I arrived in Canterbury in 2003, I thought, “I’ll give it five years.” I inherited a much-loved Festival whose…