Festival Friends’ Priority Booking Opens: Monday 29 July, 11am General Booking Opens: Monday 12 August, 11am Canterbury Festival returns from…

contraband is an exciting new project that will showcase talented musicians aged 14-21  from across the Canterbury district in a…

We are delighted to announce that this year’s University of Kent Canterbury Festival Music Prize was awarded jointly to Yuyu…

“Impressive in every sense, a woman for whom I would have walked over hot coals…” The words are those of…

The Canterbury Festival is an internationally renowned extravaganza of music, performance, talks, comedy, family events, science and more, taking place…

Following a successful project working with Canterbury Christ Church University Digital Media students in 2022, we were delighted to continue…

The Canterbury Festival Schools’ Poetry Competition returns for 2024, inviting children aged 5-18 to submit poems based on this year’s…

The Canterbury Festival Foundation through it’s annual Bursary continues to support exceptionally talented young musicians in East Kent, helping them…

If you have previously attended the Canterbury Festival, you will have experienced the warm, positive response of performers and audiences…

Following the success of last year’s youth orchestral pilot project, Beautiful Noise Orchestra, we are delighted to announce that we are…