Palimpsest New works from old Calling all composers! We are working on an exciting new project in partnership with Canterbury…

We are delighted to share our first blog post from this year’s Young Musicians’ Bursary Award Winner Jessica Yuen. You…

Canterbury Festival 2020 succeeded against the odds, delivering over 50 socially distanced events over two weeks from 17 – 31…

We are delighted to announce that the winner of this year’s King’s Mile community photo competition, Abstract Canterbury, is Sarah…

We are delighted to share this video exploring this year’s New Tricks project – Beat This, a series of drumming…

Festival Director Rosie Turner reflects on the immediate aftermath of this year’s event. The 2020 Canterbury Festival finished its annual…

Gladius commemorates landmark anniversaries of European significance: the 900th anniversary of St Thomas Becket’s birth and the 850th anniversary of…

The 2020 Poet of the Year Competition was a great success with submissions from poets both national and international. Although…

This year we marked 10 years of the Musicians’ Bursary Competition, an initiative supported by the Canterbury Festival Foundation. It…

Tenebrae performed a stunning concert, launching this year’s Canterbury Festival at Canterbury Cathedral on Saturday 17 October. Due to limited…