This year's Godiva Festival is celebrating the city's exciting cultural sector by hosting more cultural performers and artists than ever before.
Two stages at the festival are dedicated to giving platforms to rising stars of the city and showcasing a variety of cultural performances. The stages - Ancient Futures Stage and The Resonate Stage - will see singers, rappers, poets, spoken word artists, DJs and dancers perform over the festival weekend.
The new Ancient Futures Stage will be the home of local artists for the weekend, but it will also see two Ancient Futures performances. The show which is co-produced by
Taking over The Next Stage on the Friday is a collection of artists from the Love and Madness label. The artists, brought together by local programmer
Councillor
"We've worked closely with organisations in the sector to support local artists and ensure they have a platform at this year's festival, and we will continue to work in this way through our new Coventry Culture Works partnership. These organisations are also holding cultural activities for attendees to take part in - hopefully they inspire the city's future creatives.
"I encourage those who are attending the festival to visit our Ancient Futures Stage and The Resonate Stage to support the city's local artists and experience some unique performances." Councillor
"As always, there's something on offer for people of all ages across the weekend. From The Enemy headlining on Friday night, to roaming dinosaurs in the family field on Sunday afternoon, Godiva Festival caters for all.
"If you've not already planned to join us for this year's event, there's still time to get tickets! It really is an incredible value day out."
For the first time ever,
Godiva Festival takes place from Friday 30 June - Sunday 2 July in
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