08/10/2026
“Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall”
F. Scott Fitzgerald really knew what he was talking about with that one ☝️😏
A new season, a new set of objectives..
Get cosy, get cultural, get to Canterbury!
🔪 Darkly seductive new staging of one of Agatha Christie’s most compelling mysteries - Oct 9-17
🎭 Canterbury Arts Festival is back with over 130 events spanning music, literature, the visual arts, comedy and talks across our historic city. We’ve got our eye on TWO very rare performances in the stunning setting of : Gravity-defying acrobatics (Oct 20-24) and also social media superstar organist performs her debut recital on opening night (Oct 16) A chance to hear this extraordinary instrument in all its glory. - Oct 16 - 31
🎶 Free Range’s adventurous programme brings together music and the combined arts. Events range from experimental performance to poetry, jazz and unusual collaborations. From playful punk poet Bassie Gracie to local guitar troubadour Liam Magill with some 13th Century devotional songs in the mix too. Check it out! - Oct 16 - 31
🕵️ Authors in conversation - enjoy a talk with Critic and journalist Antonia Senior and prize-winning author Alex Preston as they delve into the history of the real 20th-century British spies whose lives continue to fascinate us today - Oct 18