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How to Book Tickets

This year's Canterbury Festival takes place from 16-30 October 2010.

General booking opens Monday 9 August.

To book before this date with exclusive priority booking and more, join the Friends of the Festival.

Online*

www.canterburyfestival.co.uk

Tickets for Festival events can be booked securely on this website 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Simply navigate to the event you would like to book tickets for, and click the Book Now Button.  You will be asked to register your address details as a new user first, then can proceed with your booking.

There are also online booking facilities at www.thegulbenkian.co.uk and
www.theatreroyalmargate.com for events at those theatres.

 

By Phone*

Festival Box Office  01227 787787
The Festival Box Office will accept telephone bookings, Mon to Sat 9am-6pm.  Also open Sun 10, 17, 24 October 10am-4pm.  Reservations are provisional until payment is received and are released after 4 working days, please quote your booking reference when paying.

Tickets for events at the Gulbenkian Theatre and Theatre Royal Margate can also be booked directly with the theatres.  (See Box Office Contact Details below).

 

By Post*

All events can be booked on the booking form contained within the Festival brochure, which must be returned to the Festival Box Office at least one week prior to the event.   


Festival Box Office
Visitor Information Centre
12/13 Sun Street, The Buttermarket
Canterbury, Kent. CT1 2HX

Forms will be processed from 9 August.  Tickets will be dispatched within one week of receipt.

 

In Person
The Festival Box Office, located in the Visitor Information Centre (opposite the Cathedral entrance in The Buttermarket), is open Monday to Saturday 9.30am–5pm, plus Sun 10, 17, 24 October 10am-4pm.

 
*These bookings are subject to a £2 booking fee, plus 80p postage. There is no booking fee for in person bookings.  NB: The booking fee is charged per transaction NOT per ticket.  This is an unavoidable administration cost and no proceeds from this fee will go to Canterbury Festival.  Payment by debit card, cash or cheque is preferred. 

Friends of the Festival Priority Booking
Friends of the Festival benefit from priority booking from 19 July - 8 August as well as enjoying discounts on selected shows, year-round events and newsletters.  Visit the Friends pages for more information and join the Friends via the Festival Box Office in person or on 01227 787787, or the Festival Office on 01227 452853.
Current Friends Priority Booking
Priority booking between 19 July - 8 August is available to Friends of the Festival in person, by phone, by post and online.  Current Friends must register to book online using their unique membership number provided by post.

Concessions
Concessions, where available, are detailed in brackets in the ticket price sections of each event listing.  Contact the Gulbenkian Theatre and Theatre Royal Margate Box Offices directly for detailed concessions information on events at those venues.
 
Refunds and Exchanges
Unfortunately tickets cannot be exchanged or money refunded.
 

 
   
Box Office Contact Details  
   
Festival Box Office  
   

Visitor Information Centre
12/13 Sun Street, The Buttermarket
Canterbury, Kent. CT1 2HX

Tel:  01227 787787

Open:  Mon to Sat  9.30am-5pm

(9am-6pm for telephone bookings)

Also open Sun 10, 17, 24 October, 10am-4pm

 
   
Gulbenkian Theatre Booking Office  
   

University of Kent, Canterbury. CT2 7NB

Booking Office: 01227 769075

Open: Mon to Sat 11am (Sun 2pm) until curtain up on show nights, otherwise 5pm (except Bank Holidays)

£2 transaction charge on all credit card bookings.

www.thegulbenkian.co.uk

 
   

Theatre Royal Margate

 
   

Addington Street, Margate, Kent. CT9 1PW

Tel:  0845 130 1786

Lines open 24 hours - leave a message.

In person: Tues to Fri, 10.30am-12.30pm

www.theatreroyalmargate.com

 
 
             
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