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The wait is finally over. Our year as the UK City of Culture is here! For the next 12 months, we will be celebrating our city with events, music, dance, theatre and large-scale spectacles.
To mark this significant event, Coventry City of Culture Trust created a short film using the whole city as their canvas. The film took inspiration from the words of George Eliot, who once lived in the city. Her words have been set, spoken by well-known people from the city, to a new music track, specially created for the film by one of the city’s talents, Coolie.
Last week we saw the launch of two city-wide installations, The Show Windows and In Paint We Trust. These free artworks will be on display around the city centre throughout the year. See the streets of Coventry awash with colour as local, national and internationally renowned street artists are given access to unique and unexpected spaces, encouraging audiences to further explore the city.
We will be providing suggestions and updated information on what is available to you over the coming weeks. Keep an eye out on our social channels for content: Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
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The first tickets are now on sale for Coventry’s year as UK City of Culture 2021, which kicked off on Saturday 15 May 2021.
More than 55,000 tickets have been made available to buy, for 15 different events, on sale via the Coventry City of Culture website.
The events take place at seven different venues across the city and represent around 3,500 individual admission times or shows. This is the first on-sale date for the UK City of Culture 2021, with further tickets being released throughout the year, and into 2022.
To find out more about the City of Culture events, please visit their website.
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Coventry City of Culture Trust is delighted to announce the fourteen "modern-day Lady Godivas", who are each set to play a key part in the signature online event, Coventry Moves, on Saturday 5 June.
The 14 Godivas represent a range of backgrounds from across the city and were selected by a panel of Coventry women from more than 140 nominations after a call out earlier in the year. Coventry Moves will start at 8.30am and is scheduled to run at intervals throughout the day.
The event is being created for people in Coventry, Warwickshire and across the UK to experience from home – online, on their radio or on their social media feeds.
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We are busy preparing two brand new Visitor Information facilities that will open to the public in June 2021. In the interim, Coventry has a temporary service inside the One Friargate building, located next to Coventry railway station.
Opening hours:
Monday - Saturday: 10am - 4pm
Sunday: 12noon - 4pm
Our Visitor Information team can provide the very best in local knowledge, history and advice on how to make the most of your stay in Coventry. With recommendations on what to see and do, the finest places to eat and sleep, a trip to the Visitor Information Centre should be your first port-of-call when visiting our city.
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Coventry is open for business! But as restrictions begin to ease, we must all continue to work together to ensure we continue to protect the NHS and help our loved ones stay safe.
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Website: www.visitcoventry.co.uk
Email: visit@coventry.gov.uk
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Twitter: @visit_coventry
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