LISTEN: Director of the Canterbury Festival, Rosie Turner, says hundreds of events are taking place over the next two weeks in the city - 20/10/18

Kent's International Arts Festivals, the largest of its kind in the county, gets underway today .

Hundreds of events are taking place over the next two weeks from music and theatre to visual arts and comedy.

It's considered as being one of the oldest festivals in the UK - with more than 60,000 people expected to turn out. 

Director Rosie Turner says it has a growing audience from around the world.