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The Canterbury Festival is Kent's international festival of the arts. It takes place in Canterbury (England) and surrounding towns and villages (including Faversham, Whitstable and Margate) each October and includes performances of a variety of types of music, ranging from Opera and Oratorio to art, comedy and theatre. It has featured performances by Sir Willard White, Michael Nyman, Rebecca Stephens and Ned Sherrin and by ensembles such as the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, the Skampa Quartet, the Brodsky Quartet, the Ensemble Cordial, Brass 10 and the London Community Gospel Choir. Venues include Canterbury Cathedral, the Gulbenkian Theatre at the University of Kent and the Marlowe Theatre as well as the artists' homes and studios where work is displayed.

History
It was initiated in the 1920s by George Bell during his time as Dean of Canterbury. Guest artists during his time included John Mansfield, Gustav Holst, Dorothy L. Sayers, and T. S. Eliot (whose 1935 drama Murder in the Cathedral was commissioned by Bell for the festival)That was within the first ten years of the festival in which it had flourished, with its plays. The festival was established closely with the friends of Canterbury organization. In 1970 the Dean at the time and city council got together and joined forces, to work on the festival together for the first time. Then in 1984 the festival got a revamping. A new theatre had been built in Canterbury and the festival started to include almost every art form. That year the festival included music, visual arts, cinema, theatre, literature and more. All of these events aren’t just local they are also international. International events are what helped the festival gain the name of Kent’s international arts festival in 2004. That year the festival had lasted three weeks. Now the festival is two weeks but holds over 200 events in those two weeks with 70,000 festival goers. The festival also includes things like classical music, contemporary music and dance, international music, comedy, talks and even walks. The festival is one of the largest festivals for arts and culture. The festival director Rosie Turner had said this about the festival, “Festival has a very distinguished history. It's our job to ensure that its greatest success is still to come.”

achievements
Canterbury Festival also has it fair share of achievements for a festival. The festival is considered to be one of the nine organizations to achieve national arts funding from the arts council. The festival also has local support and funding for the festival to take place. The festival began to gain a relationship with other European natures such as Hungary and Poland. The festival had one year included a celebration of Hungarian culture in the presence of Hungary’s President. Then a year later the polish national radio symphony orchestra had played at the festival. These events are some that helped the festival gain the name, Kent’s International Arts Festival. 2009 the festival was asked by Canterbury City Council to “take responsibility for the continuing development of creative writing and live literature events in the district.” Because of that a year round program was set up to meet the challenge of developing creative writing and live literature in the district. This program goes by the name of The Canterbury Laureate. The Canterbury Laureate will be a year round program but there is still an intention to continue have the two week festival each year. As recently as 2010 the festival signed a 5 year sponsorship with Canterbury Christ Church University. What this sponsorship does is involves students, staff and governing body of the university to solidify what is already a strong arts reputation. With doing this to help keep the festival in the public`s eye. The festival also says how to its future and changing times they will approach it by being brave, opportunistic, and light on its feet. They had also said “mindful of the agendas of partners but not led by them, reflective of the contribution of local artists but not dominated by them.” The festival says they hope to gain excellence and widen their audience.

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