Canterbury Cricket Week

[7] The politician and journalist Bill Deedes wrote in 2000: "while the Second World War was on, I consoled myself by thinking that Canterbury Cricket Week, founded in 1842 with its tents and famous lime tree, unchanging in a changing world, was the sort of thing I was in business to preserve.

"[8] Traditionally Canterbury Cricket Week included a Ladies Day, with prizes being awarded for the best hat on the day,[4][1][9][10] though in recent years this has been discontinued in line with changing social attitudes and the need to keep cricket relevant to a modern audience.

The Kent Supporters Club lays a wreath each year, commemorating those who played for the county and died during the First and Second World Wars.

[1][11] The Old Stagers amateur theatre group has close links with Canterbury Cricket Week, originally being formed to perform at the festival.

However, Kent Chief Executive Jamie Clifford stated that he believed that it would bring in larger crowds, mainly from people who didn't have tickets to the Olympics.