Canterbury's Event Calendar 2021

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Seasons Spring Summer Autumn Winter

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World Mental Health Day International Women's Day Good Friday (10 October) (8 March) (2 April) Father's Day Bonfire Night (5 Nov) Bank Holidays (20 June) Halloween Mothering Sunday Bank Holiday Holidays Easter Sunday (4 April) (3 + 31 May) (31 October) (14 March) (30 August) Rememberance Day (25 December) Summer Solstice (11 Nov) Easter Monday (21 June) Black History Month St. Patrick's Day (5 April) (17 March) Breast Cancer Awareness Month

The 149th Golf Open ( 11-18 July 2021) Estuary Festival 2021 Tokyo 2021 Olympics British Museum's Becket (22 May - 13 June) Wimbledon (23 July - 8 August) Exhibition (28 June - 11 July) (22 April to 22 August) FA Cup Whitstable Biennale (tbc) Canterbury Cricket Week (tbc) (15 May) London Marathon British Museum's Becket Regional / National / 6 Nations England Games Thomas Becket: Life, Death and Tokyo 2021 Olympics Folkestone Triennial (tbc) (3 October) Exhibition Tokyo Paralympics International Events Legacy conference Champions League Final (23 July - 8 August) (22 April to 22 August) (24 Aug - 5 Sept) (28-30 April 2021, online) (29 May) Ryder Cup Golf UEFA Nations League UEFA EURO 2021 (24 - 26 September) British Museum's Becket League Cup Final British Museum's Becket (11 July) Exhibition (25 April) Exhibition (22 April to 22 August) (22 April to 22 August) British Museum's Becket Exhibition (22 April to 22 August)

Bryan Adams Fireworks at Spitfire Ground Spitfire Ground (8 July) (5 Nov) Large Scale Shows Marlowe Panto Michael Bublé Marlowe Panto Spitfire Ground (10 July)

Pride Canterbury Medieval Pageant (11 September) (16 October) bOing! International Family Food & Drink Festival Canterbury Festival Festival (24-25 Sept) (16 - 30 October) Shakespeare Festival (28-29 August) Switch On Festivals and Events Gulbenkian Show (tbc) (12 November) Kent Green Hop Fortnight (from The Walk - Little Amal City Sound Project 24 Sept) (21 October) (28-29 August) y) Canterbury Oktoberfest (tbc - 15-17 & 22-24 Oct)

Saint Thomas Becket The Printed Line World Celebrity Healer Saint Thomas Becket (24 July - 10 October) Saint Thomas Becket (29 May - 4 July) The Printed Line The Printed Line Georgia O'Keeffe Georgia O'Keeffe Exhibitions World Celebrity Healer World Celebrity Healer (24 July - 10 October) (24 July - 10 October) (23 Oct - 5 Dec) (23 Oct - 5 Dec) (29 May - 4 July) Georgia O'Keeffe (29 May - 4 July) The Printed Line (23 Oct - 5 Dec) (24 July - 10 October)

BID Networking (tbc) International Women's Day @ Business Events Westgate Hall BID Networking (21 April) BID Networking (26 May) BID Networking (7 July) BID Networking (tbc) BID Networking (tbc) BID Networking (tbc) BID Networking (tbc) Christmas Window Competition (5 March - online) (1 Dec tbc)

University of Kent Open Day CCCU Cathedral Graduation University of Kent Open Day University of Kent Graduation University Events CCCU History Week TBC Uni of Kent Graduation TBC TBC Freshers TBC

Summer Holidays Easter Holiday Half Term Summer Holidays Half Term Christmas Holidays School Events Kings Week (22 July - 30 Aug) (2 - 18 April) (29 May -6 June) (22 July - 30 Aug) (23 - 31 Oct) (18 Dec - 3 Jan) (KCC website) Kings Week

Kent Cricket LV Games (3-6 June) T20 Kent Cricket Ground Kent Cricket LV Games Kent Cricket LV Games Kent Cricket Vitality Blast Local Sports Events Kent Cricket Vitality Blast (15-18 & 22-25 April) (20-23 May) (2 & 18 July) (9,11,13, 20, 28 June) Canterbury Cricket Week

Kent vs. Sri Lanka (18 June) Christmas Market Westgate Hall Market Vegan Market Vegan Market Vegan Market Vegan Market Vegan Market Vegan Market Monthly Markets Vegan Market Vegan Market (25 April) Westgate Hall Market Westgate Hall Market Westgate Hall Market Westgate Hall Market Westgate Hall Market Westgate Hall Market Westgate Hall Market Westgate Hall Market