Well-known Egyptologist Prof Aidan Dodson will be giving a talk for the Canterbury Festival on 16 September in St Peter’s…

2021 saw our Poet of the Year Competition receive an amazing 598 entries beating even last year’s record number.  Perhaps…

Saturday 16 October – Saturday 30 October 2021Festival Friends’ Priority Booking Opens: Monday 2 August, 11amGeneral Booking Opens: Monday 16…

The Canterbury Festival is back! Those who enjoyed last year’s smaller-scale event will remember the feelgood factor in the city…

Applications are now open for the Young Musicians’ Bursary Competition 2021. Supported by the Canterbury Festival Foundation, the competition is…

You are invited to Summer in Barham – a bite-size Festival experience offering talks, walks and live music in the beautiful village…

Learning your first instrument can be a minefield without the right help and some direction. Pianist and 2020 Young Musicians’…

We are excited to share that we are working with the Festival Chamber Orchestra to present three live events over…

We are delighted to launch our 15th Poet of the Year Competition on 1 March! Managed by the Festival Friends,…

Celebrating art in all its forms, the 2021 Umbrella programme invites submissions from artists and performers based in Canterbury and East Kent.…