News
28 Nov 2020
Abstract Canterbury winner announced
We are delighted to announce that the winner of this year’s King’s Mile community photo competition, Abstract Canterbury, is Sarah…
03 Nov 2020
New Tricks: Beat This
We are delighted to share this video exploring this year’s New Tricks project – Beat This, a series of drumming…
02 Nov 2020
Talk about the Luck of the Irish…
Festival Director Rosie Turner reflects on the immediate aftermath of this year’s event. The 2020 Canterbury Festival finished its annual…
02 Nov 2020
Gladius: Canterbury and Krakow Tales
Gladius commemorates landmark anniversaries of European significance: the 900th anniversary of St Thomas Becket’s birth and the 850th anniversary of…
30 Oct 2020
Poet of the Year – Judges’ Feedback
The 2020 Poet of the Year Competition was a great success with submissions from poets both national and international. Although…
27 Oct 2020
Young Musicians’ Bursary Competition 2020
This year we marked 10 years of the Musicians’ Bursary Competition, an initiative supported by the Canterbury Festival Foundation. It…
19 Oct 2020
Listen to Tenebrae’s 2020 Festival performance
Tenebrae performed a stunning concert, launching this year’s Canterbury Festival at Canterbury Cathedral on Saturday 17 October. Due to limited…
15 Oct 2020
Tenebrae: Sounds of Solstice to be streamed live
We are just days away from the launch of this year’s Festival and we are delighted to announce that we…
09 Oct 2020
HeArt of the City – Socially Distanced Community Art Trail
Canterbury Festival has joined forces with community groups, charities, schools, colleges, universities and artists to create a city-wide art exhibition…
02 Oct 2020
Our 2020 Under 18s Poetry Competition winners!
We are delighted to announce this year’s Under 18s Poetry Competition winners! From over 1500 submissions and after much deliberation…