Award-winning adventurous music & combined arts events in Canterbury
‘Free Range has, frankly, resuscitated my belief in the possibility of creating no-bullshit great art for everybody to access and it walks the walk. World class events for free in an intimate and welcoming setting. Commitment to experimentation. Resistance to formulas or platitudes. Bringing everyone along.’
Free Range is an award-winning charity based in Canterbury presenting adventurous music and combined arts events in a playful and provocative way with a policy of free entry. Our purpose is to grow communities around adventurous culture and provide platforms for developing creative practice. We do this by presenting regular events, workshops and monthly open stage nights. Find out more at freerangecanterbury.org
Free Range is for everyone.
Donating
Our purpose as a charity is to provide fertile conditions for growth amongst the adventurous cultural communities of East Kent. We do this by presenting events, workshops and monthly open stage events. Like the NHS we are free at point of delivery but we rely on the donations of people who value our work.
Supporting Free Range is easy: use the button at the top of this page to donate via PayPal or email sam@freerangecanterbury.org to set up a donation direct to the charity’s bank account.
You can also support our work by telling people about what we do and sharing our posts on social media. Word of mouth is our most powerful publicity.
http://freerangecommunity.bsky.social/
facebook.com/Freerangecanterbury/
instagram.com/free_range_canterbury
Thank you
We would like to thank our regular donors, without your gifts Free Range wouldn't exist.
Mike Blamires, Mark Stampe, Matthew De Pulford, Duncan MacKay, David Loughlin, Neil Sloman, Sean Williams, Matt Blanchard, Peter Coyte, Terence Davey
And to our other supporters who wish to remain anonymous
All of your donations have a kind of double life, they're obviously very useful for paying artists but they also circulate as gifts: they help to provide free entry to amazing events, support for local creatives through rehearsals and performances, the cultivation of a generous, discriminating receptivity to adventurous culture and the growth of a likeminded community of artists and audiences.
It is impossible to quantify the return on this kind of investment in your local creative ecology.
We are profoundly grateful for your gift.
News
16/10 Peter Manson / Rachel Musson
23/10 Right Here, Right Now / Nutters Corner
30/10 I think it was a feeling / Bill Hawkes
06/11 Trondheim Sinfonietta
13/11 Balladeste / Fran & Flora
18/11 Nist-Nah Gamelan ensemble at Gulbenkian
20/11 Free Women / Bloody Men
27/11 Leon String Quartet / Workshop Jazz Collective
04/12 Phil Minton’s Feral Choir / Free Range Orchestra
11/12 Piano in the Woods
Our events take place at Fruitworks, 1-2 Jewry Lane, Canterbury, CT1 2NP. Doors open at 7pm, performances start at 8pm. All events are free entry (unless specified).
Free Range Open Stage will continue (normally) on the 1st Saturday of the month at The Mooring Cafe, Water Lane, Canterbury CT1 2NQ. The next event is Sunday 2nd November.
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