This year’s Canterbury Festival draws to a close with its final, show-stopping acts

World famous percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie joins forces with an innovative trio for her performance at the final weekend of this year’s Canterbury Festival. She joins Scottish ensemble HLK, who have recently released their debut album Standard Time for the performance on Friday, November 2in Colyer-Fergusson Hall. Evelyn says of her collaboration with the trio - Rich Harrold (piano and keyboards), Ant Law (guitar) and Richard Kass on drums: “Collaborating with Trio HLK has been a wonderful journey of exploration, a challenge that I have thoroughly enjoyed. It has allowed me to venture out of my comfort zone, explore new rhythms and marvel at the trio’s compositional prowess.” Their music features dense, complex rhythms and textures and virtuosic improvisation.

Award winning saxophonist Yolanda Brown, who has toured with the likes of Billy Ocean and as part of Jools Holland’s Rhythm and Blues Orchestra, plays the Festival Spiegeltent on Saturday, November 3.

Kids will be catered for in the afternoon on Saturday, November 3 with Monsters That Might Be, at 2pm with author and presenter Jules Howard who will be looking at creatures that might one day walk the Earth, by applying Charles Darwin’s Theory of Evolution, followed by a free workshop in St Mary’s Hall Studio Theatre. Both are suitable for ages seven and over. If you’re looking for laughs, Off the Kerb presents a quartet of funny folk in Shirley Hall on Saturday, November 3. Jake Lambert, Joanne Mcnally, Marlon Davis and Phil Jerrod will be providing the laughs from 7.30pm.

The 10-day international arts festival will be rounded off in the Spiegeltent with a final, festival party on Saturday, November 3 at 10.45pm, with funky tunes from DJ Mikey Martinez. For tickets to any of the shows in the festival, and to find out what else is on, go to canterburyfestival.co.uk

Trio HLK with Dame Evelyn Glennie