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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…
01 Oct 2020
This year’s Canterbury Festival Poet of the Year!
We are delighted to announce the winners of the Canterbury Festival Poet of the Year Competition 2020 today, National Poetry…
01 Oct 2020
Earth Tribe: Under 18s Poetry Competition Shortlist
Each year Canterbury Festival runs a poetry competition open to Kent-based young people aged 5-18. The theme for 2020 was…
21 Sep 2020
Poet of the Year: Long and short lists revealed!
After many weeks of reading, reviewing, deliberating and discussing the record number of entries received for this year’s competition, the…
14 Sep 2020
Canterbury Festival 2020 tickets are now on sale!
It has been a long journey but we are incredibly excited to open public sales for Canterbury Festival 2020. This…
