St Edmund’s Festival
ST EDMUND’S FESTIVAL
// 28 JUNE – 4 JULY DEAL FESTIVAL OF MUSIC & THE ARTS
// 30 JUNE – 16 JULY
www.stedmunds.org.uk/festival www.dealfestival.co.uk
St Edmund’s School Canterbury has
announced the line-up for its inaugural
festival to be held this summer. The
festival will be a week-long celebration
of the arts with concerts, drama
productions and workshops. Ivor
Novello award-winning composer and
eminent saxophonist, John Harle, is the
festival’s patron and will be performing
at the closing night American Serenade
concert. The critically acclaimed concert
pianist and former St Edmund’s pupil,
Freddy Kempf, will open the festival on
28th June with a stunning programme. Deal is a truly lovely town, and when it
combines with Sandwich and Dover for the
annual Deal Festival, it is lovelier than ever.
This festival celebrates classical and
contemporary music and is a great way to
listen to something new. As well as music
there is literature, theatre, opera, cinema, dance
and visual arts. This year is the 35th anniversary
of the Deal Festival of Music & The Arts, and it
looks as though it will go on for many years
to come yet.
JAM ON THE MARSH // 6-16 JULY
www.jamconcert.org/jam-on-the-marsh
JAM On The Marsh
TENTERTAINMENT // 30 JUNE – 2 JULY
www.tentertainment.co.uk
Tentertainment is entertainment in
Tenterden – it really is as simple
(and as wonderful) as that! It’s free too,
so there is an added bonus, and a
definite reason to visit the 2017
Tentertainment festival. Tentertainment
is about having fun, but it is also a
spectacular way to show off Tenterden
itself – what is has to offer, what it
produces and why it is such a great
place to work, live or play in.
This annual multi-arts festival has the
magnificent Romney March at its heart. There
are a number of beautiful medieval churches
in the area, and many of these play host to the
fantastic events that are a part of JAM On The
Marsh. For 2017, JAM On The Marsh is to be
curated by Westminster Abbey’s organist,
Daniel Cook. There is plenty of music to look
forward to including South Baroque, the BBC
Singers and Onyx Brass as well as much, much
more. New for 2017 is Children’s Sunday so
that the entire family can enjoy this unique
festival. Another first is the Changeling
Theatre’s interpretation of a Shakespeare play.
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