Popular street food market City Feast will be setting up in Guildhall Street this weekend for a 4-day spectacular providing delicious food, craft beers and cocktails giving people plenty of reasons to visit and spend time in Canterbury. Friday 27 - Monday 30 August. Find out more HERE
Come and visit this regular open-air Makers Market, taking place in this newly refurbished yard space to the rear of Platform Gallery & Shop in St Dunstan's Street, Canterbury Each day will run from 10am-4pm. Platform Gallery & Shop, 27. St.Dunstan’s Street, Canterbury CT2 8BT
Saturday 11th September 2021 Pride Canterbury is a spectacular celebration of LGBTQ+ identity for the whole family set in the heart of Canterbury. Featuring a parade through Canterbury High Street, followed by live entertainment with food and drink in the Dane John Gardens. Join 25,000 other people to come together to celebrate diversity, equality and progress. 11:30am - The Parade: Canterbury High Street 12.30pm - 7pm: Pride Canterbury Festival - The Dane John Gardens (no registration required)
High-end lifestyle and interiors business BoConcept is partnering with eBusiness Coaching to deliver a special 2-hour training session now moved from August to 14 September from 10-12. You will discover how to identify and use the seven steps of StoryBrand to successfully tell your story as a company and how to craft the clearest message possible so that customers want to be part of it. There are only 25 spaces. To find out more book email Rachel Sanders HERE
Tuesday 14 September 5.30pm - 7pm Canterbury BID Networking takes place once a month in a variety of different venues, this month we are absolutely DELIGHTED to hold our very first in-person event at the garden of the Dolphin pub! If you are a BID business you are most welcome to attend for FREE for a friendly relaxed and sociable atmosphere and complimentary drinks. Please email Emily here
Meet Kent's best providers of smart homes and entertainment solutions at this event, held in the Canterbury BoConcept store in Orange Street. Hear from experts in a series of short presentations, plus an opportunity to network with other like-minded people professionals. Too book tickets please contact the team at canterbury@boconcept.co.uk BoConcept, 4-6 Orange Street, Canterbury, Kent CT1 2JA
THE CANTERBURY DUCK RACE IS BACK This family-friendly fundraiser is being held in the Westgate Gardens on 19 September with 4,000 plastic ducks, each sponsored for £1, floated in the water at Toddlers Cove, then 'raced' down the river Stour to the Westgate Gardens Bridge (ps, all plastic ducks are removed from the river at the end of the race!) This event is organised by the Rotary Club of Canterbury, with funds raised going to great causes. Find out more HERE
Dementia Action Alliance is holding a very special event Dementia: Ask the Experts at the Westgate Hall on 20 September, where you can go onboard the virtual tour bus to discover the latest research and your local support services. It’s free and everyone is welcome. Monday 20 September, 10am to 1pm. Free entry but please Register here > Find out more about the event HERE
Canterbury Christ Church University Welcome Day will be in person but mostly outdoors. More information will be available nearer the time
More information will be available nearer the time
More information will be available nearer the time
The organizers of this event have had to take difficult decision to cancel The Canterbury Food & Drink festival this year. However they look forward to 2022 and coming back bigger and better.
Kent Green Hop Beer Fortnight is your chance to taste newly released beers made from just-harvested hops produced by over 30 of Kent’s finest brewers. Take a look here at which breweries are producing Kent Green Hop Beers and discover the events that are going on during Kent Green Hop Fortnight. Supplies of these celebration beers from all over the county only last a couple of weeks. Enjoy them during Kent Green Hop Beer Fortnight. We will add to this list as news of new Kent beers comes through. Learn more here
The Community Safety Partnership is planning on attending this, in addition to the Safety Hub in the City Centre. More information will be available nearer the time.
Kent Police's Safer Streets Stand will be located outside Barclay's Bank together with the Community City Safety Hub outside Mcdonalds. More information will be available nearer the time Saturday 25th Sept 11am - 4pm
Free Park & Ride Today Simply park your car at any of the P&R sites for FREE, and travel into the city with no queuing for car parks or hunting for spaces and paying per hour, a relaxed way to visit the city without the stress. Park at any of these sites for FREE: Wincheap New Dover Road Sturry Road On the last Sunday of the month which fall on the following dates: Sunday 26 September Find out more here
Freshers Week kicks off on Monday 27 Sept at the University of Kent -more information will be available nearer the time
One of the busiest shopping nights of the year is back to welcome the new influx of students to the city and we are hoping for the WHOLE CITY to get involved. Loads of city centre businesses will be participating with deals, discounts, special offers, giveaways, goody-bags, late opening hours and much much more! Whitefriars will also be hosting live music, dj's and giving away 300 goody bags. Don't miss out on this fun event!
Following the death of George Floyd on May 25th 2020 students at the University of Kent campus joined together as a strong collective voice to support the US Black Lives Matter anti-racist protests in demand for social justice and police accountability. On 6th and 12th June 2020, students led peaceful protests through Canterbury city centre in light of systematic racism, police brutality and in solidarity with protests around the globe. This photographic exhibition is a glaring visual reminder that ‘Enough Is Enough’
Trick or treat! Test your spidey-senses at The Beaney this Halloween as you explore the museum with Anansi, the famous web-slinging trickster of African folklore. Solve Anansi’s puzzles to unlock a very special exhibition and take part in your own sensational spider story! Our Spider Stories museum trail is just £5 and will be available from Saturday 2 October until Sunday 7 November (Closed Mondays). After a sell-out year in 2020, pre-order your trail online now to avoid disappointment. Complete the trail successfully to be entered into our competition to win an Amazon Fire HD 8 Tablet! Get dressed up in your best spooky costume to enjoy free activities like our special Front Room exhibition (Closed Mondays) and Halloween themed games on our interactive BEAM! projector (weekends only). Plus, join us on Saturday 30 October for our special spooky day, where we dim the lights for you to dress up, get your spook on and explore the museum in a whole new way!
