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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, comedyand theatre. It has featured perfomances by Sir Willard White , Michael Nyman , Rebecca Stephens and Ned Sherrin and by ensembles such as the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra , the European Chamber Orchestra , 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 At Canterbury and the Marlowe Theatre as well as the artists' homes and studios where work is displayed.