Godiva Festival returns to Coventry
The three day event at War Memorial Park gets underway later
Godiva Festival is back in Coventry today for three days of musical performances.
The hugely popular event, which has been running for over 20 years, caps off an incredible twelve months of events for the city.
It's as always being held in War Memorial Park.
Coventry has been at the heart of much of the UK’s major music events for the last twelve months, with the likes of the MOBO Awards being held here.
This year's festival follows the city's year as UK City of Culture, which came to an end in May.
Headlining on the Friday night will be British indie-rock superstars, The Libertines.
They will be joined by up-and-coming Coventry indie outfit Idle Noise and rock band Monastery.
Ukrainian folk fusion band Cov Kozaks will be opening up the festival and will be taking to the stage with a message of peace and solidarity.
Tom Grennan will be the Main Stage headline act on the Saturday.
He’ll be joined by indie rock trio The Subways, pop superstar Katy B, hip hop duo A1 x J1, dance pop favourite Gracey, Coventry icon Neville Staple – From the Specials and the Dirt Road Band featuring Horace Panther.
Bananarama will be performing their catalogue of pop mega hits and new songs from their new album ‘Masquerade’ when they headline the Main Stage on the Sunday.
They’ll be joined by award winning rock band The Feeling in addition to Craig Charles who’ll be bringing some soulful groove to the festival with his Funk and Soul Club.
Cllr Abdul Salam Khan, Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Events, Coventry City Council said:
“Coventry’s Godiva Festival is a much-loved part of the city’s event calendar and every year we always offer a great mix of well-known national artists alongside a celebration of local musical talent and this year is no exception.
"The profile and reputation of the festival provides a fantastic opportunity for our local talent to perform and share the same stages as the famous names and giving such an opportunity to local performers remains a big and important element to what makes the festival so important.”