First tickets for Coventry City of Culture released
Their very own shop also opens it's doors today
Last updated 30th Apr 2021
The first tickets for Coventry’s year as UK City of Culture 2021 are going on sale today (30th April).
More than 55,000 tickets will be available to buy for 15 events via the City of Culture website.
The events are taking 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 UK City of Culture 2021 with further tickets being released throughout the year and into 2022.
It's just over two weeks to go until the start of the 12 months of celebrations.
Events that now have tickets on sale include;
- The world’s best-known prize for visual arts, the Turner Prize 2021 (29 September 2021 – 12 January 2022), is coming to the West Midlands for the first time this autumn, presenting its annual exhibition of shortlisted artists at Coventry’s Herbert Art Gallery and Museum.
- Observations on Being (22 June – 15 August 2021), previously called The Tides Within Us. An installation of music, voice, ground-breaking visual worlds, sensory effects and technologies located in Coventry’s London Road Cemetery and Charterhouse Heritage Park and is one of the first large-scale visual arts commissions to be unveiled as part Coventry’s year as UK City of Culture.
- As part of UK Asian Film Festival (27 - 29 May 2021) the Belgrade Theatre will host five film premieres, socially distanced in their B2 auditorium, including the world premieres of The Beatles and India and Toofan Mail. The programme also includes Pakistani film Zindagi Tamasha and Indian films Khape and Fire of Teak and Flame of Chinar.
All events are being planned in a flexible and responsive way, to allow them to be presented throughout 2021-22 in line with the guidelines at the time they take place.
Also today marks the opening of the City of Culture retail store, ticketing and information centre.
The Trust has been working with partners to fit-out the unit at 31-35 Hertford Street over recent weeks to launch before the start date on the 15th May, remaining open through to May 2022.
The store, which is open seven days a week, Monday to Saturday 10am-6pm and on Sunday 11am-5pm, is offering Coventry City of Culture merchandise – from clothing and postcards to exclusive, bespoke and artisan items by local makers – as well as providing a ticketing service and information on upcoming events.
It will showcase and sell original artworks and products created by artists and makers from Coventry and Warwickshire.
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