‘Enjoy a wealth of culture at Canterbury Festival’ Daily Express
‘A brilliant Festival line-up’ BBC Radio Kent
‘Canterbury Festival - lighting up the city’ Kent Messenger, What’s On
‘This year’s two week programme is awash with high quality
entertainment’ Kent on Sunday
‘You’ll be hard pushed to find something that does not tempt…’ Canterbury Adscene
Canterbury
Festival January
Edition
A Very Happy New Year from Canterbury Festival!
In the first e-news edition of 2009, we look back to 2008 for some enjoyable memories
- then onwards to 2009 and to what's coming up.
In this month's enews:
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Canterbury Festival 2008 –
Reflections from Festival Director Rosie Turner
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Singing for the Season – Review of the Friends’
Christmas Event
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What’s
On For 2009 – The Festival Friends’ Announce their Spring & Summer
Programme
§ And Finally… Dates for your Diary
FESTIVAL DIRECTOR ROSIE TURNER LOOKS BACK TO 2008...
The 2008 Canterbury Festival contained a wider selection of arts events than ever before and attracted audiences from throughout Kent and the South East, and visitors from across the UK and Europe. New Festival-run schemes like the Big Eat Out and the Big Sleepover brought people into local restaurants and hotels in Canterbury – providing even more ways for people to get involved in the Festival and creating a vibrant atmosphere in the city!
Here, we catch up with Festival Director Rosie Turner, for her reflections on 2008:
'Literally thousands of people enjoyed the Festival this year...' [Click here to read on]
MULLED WINE WITH MATTHEW RAISBECK AND FRIENDS
Festival Friends' Christmas Party-goer Nick Hunt, reviews the evening's entertainment:
An exquisite start to Christmas. The Friends Christmas Party was held on Friday 12th December in the Nackington Barn, a delightful setting just outside the City... [Click here to read on]
FESTIVAL FRIENDS' LAUNCH A PROGRAMME OF EVENTS FOR SPRING & SUMMER 2009!
After the success of the 2008 Canterbury Festival, which attracted over 75,000 people to the city, Festival-lovers do not need to wait until October for more of the same top-quality entertainment - as the 2009 Spring & Summer programme of Canterbury Festival Friends’ events is revealed. The performances, which will raise money for the Canterbury Festival Foundation charity, provide a delightful mix of musical entertainment to look forward to between February and July – from songs and pieces from the Renaissance period to a summer Gala Evening of Opera at The King’s School. [Click here for full details]
Così fan tutte by the acclaimed Classical Opera Company who perform a Gala Evening of Opera on Friday 3 July
AND FINALLY... DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
In the spirit of New Year forward-planning here are some of the most important dates for your diary this year:
Friday 27 February 7.30pm - Minstrel's Gallery Spirit of the Age - Dominican Priory
Sunday 24 May 2009 5pm - Piano Recital & Champagne Reception with Malcolm Binns - Charlton Park
Friday 3 July 2009 7.30pm - A Gala Evening with Classical Opera Company - King’s School Shirley Hall
CANTERBURY FESTIVAL 2009
