Now in its 18th year, Godiva Festival returns to the War Memorial Park from 1-3 July with great family entertainment and attractions alongside live music and performances. Last year’s festival was more popular than ever, with 141,000 visits over the weekend, as Fun Lovin’ Criminals, The Wombats and Embrace headlined the main stage. Other artists …
Category: Arts
Earlsdon Festival rescued
Following last month’s news that the annual Earlsdon Festival would not take place this year because of a lack of volunteers, ECHO is pleased to report that the popular event is now back on. Members of Rotary Club of Coventry Phoenix will now work with the Festival Committee to allow the May Day event to …
Coventry landmark Albany Theatre announces exciting plans for its future
Theatre will be a huge part of the 2021 UK City of Culture bid Source: Coventry landmark Albany Theatre announces exciting plans for its future
Community Arts Festival
The ‘ How Great Thou Art’ community arts festival, organised by Churches Together in Earlsdon and Chapelfields (CTEC) starts in 10 days. Go to www.hgta.org.uk for more information on events from 1- 17 October.
Hear Coventry Singer Songwriters on Radio 4 today
The radio programme featuring Coventry Singer Songwriters (see ECHO’s August cover story) is broadcast this morning at 10.30 on BBC Radio 4 FM. If you miss the show, it will be available to hear via BBC iPlayer for a further 28 days: Will Gompertz Gets Creative: Hit Songs and Love Songs
Vote: Would you pay a couple of quid to save Coventry’s Godiva Festival?
Coventry Telegraph is holding a poll about future funding for the Godiva Festival. Some might find the results so far a little surprising… With the council having to make deep cuts, we might have to fork out a little something to keep the city’s best weekend going Source: Vote: Would you pay a couple of …
Festival site map – Coventry Godiva Festival
A map of the Godiva Festival site has just been published. Source: Festival site map – Coventry Godiva Festival
Coventry weather: Forecasters warn of severe thunderstorms on Friday night – Coventry Telegraph
Some bad news for revellers going to the Godiva Festival at the weekend. Heavy storms are expected between 7pm on Friday through to noon on Saturday Source: Coventry weather: Forecasters warn of severe thunderstorms on Friday night – Coventry Telegraph
Godiva Festival line-up confirmed
The complete entertainment and events line-up for this weekend’s Godiva Festival has been announced and is available on the official website.
Cartoonist Nick
Earlsdon based cartoonist Nick Shingler has been featured regularly in the Coventry Telegraph recently after the Telegraph invited cartoonists to submit their work to be considered for publication. Nick’s creation the Cov Kids has proved popular with readers. Nick, who moved to this area from Wolverhampton in the 1980s, is a building surveyor by profession, …