City of Culture 2021 events
Library of Litter
Tuesday 26 January 2021 – Sunday 7 February 2021
Location: Online Event
Library of Litter will be available online and in place at the gallery. It will also be available as an interactive ECHOES soundwalk for you to explore between the gallery and War Memorial Park.
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Coventry Moves
Saturday 15 May 2021
Location: Coventry
Creating a powerful and diverse vision of our future forged with our people and from our history.
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UK Asian Film Festival
Tuesday 1 June 2021 – Wednesday 30 June 2021
Location: Coventry City Centre
The UK Asian Film Festival (UKAFF) is the world’s longest running and UK’s most loved South Asian film festival.
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The Walk
Tuesday 1 June 2021 – Wednesday 30 June 2021
Location: Coventry
Good Chance, Stephen Daldry, David Lan and Tracey Seaward present a Good Chance Theatre Production in association with handspring Puppet Company Produced.
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The Tides Within Us
Tuesday 1 June 2021 – Saturday 31 July 2021
Location: Coventry
This journey of self-discovery follows the flow of oxygen through the body, reactivating forgotten connections between humans and nature.
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Small Bell Rings
Thursday 1 July 2021 – Saturday 31 July 2021
Location: Coventry City Centre
Small Bells Ring invites you to hop aboard the RV Furor Scribendi, a floating library crammed full of short stories.
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Terry Hall Presents Home Sessions
Thursday 1 July 2021 – Saturday 31 July 2021
Location: Coventry
Terry Hall will return to Coventry to curate a three-day music event in the heart of the city.
It will showcase international legends and shine a light on the Coventry music scene.
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Castaway
Thursday 1 July 2021 – Tuesday 31 August 2021
Location: Coventry
CastAway is a new, environmentally led outdoor spectacle from Highly Sprung, designed to challenge our ‘Throw Away Society’.
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Roundabout
Thursday 1 July 2021 – Saturday 31 July 2021
Location: Coventry City Centre
Paines Plough’s Roundabout is a unique, intimate pop-up theatre coming to Coventry in 2021.
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CVX Festival
Thursday 12 August 2021 – Sunday 15 August 2021
Location: Coventry
CVX Festival is a pioneering three-day arts activism festival curated by young people in the city around the themes of community, unity and social change.
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SeaView
Wednesday 1 September 2021 – Thursday 30 September 2021
Location: Coventry City Centre
SeaView is a six-part digital television series, developed through a groundbreaking collaboration between theatre and film production companies.
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Rivers of the World
Wednesday 1 September 2021 – Saturday 1 January 2022
Location: Coventry
Since its creation in 2005, Rivers of the World has been delivered in thirty-five countries around the world.
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FAITH
Wednesday 1 September 2021 – Thursday 30 September 2021
Location: Coventry
Faith is a 24-hour invitation to find out what keeps each of us going in tough times, and together we will explore how people of faith, and of non-religious world views.
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Theatre of Wandering
Wednesday 1 September 2021 – Thursday 30 September 2021
Location: Coventry
In a new production co-created and inspired by Coventry residents, this walk-about theatrical experience through the east of the city blurs the boundaries between fiction and reality.
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Contains Strong Language
Thursday 23 September 2021 – Sunday 26 September 2021
Location: Coventry
A Co-Commission between the BBC, Coventry City of Culture Trust, Writing West Midlands and Nine Arches Press.
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Turner Prize 2021
Wednesday 29 September 2021 – Wednesday 12 January 2022
Location: Herbert Art Gallery & Museum Jordan Well, Coventry, CV1 5QP
One of the best-known prizes for visual arts in the world, Turner Prize 2021 is coming to the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum in Coventry as part of UK City of Culture 2021.
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Coventry Biennial 2021
Friday 1 October 2021 – Saturday 1 January 2022
Location: Coventry City Centre
The third Coventry Biennial will take place from October 2021 until January 2022 across Coventry and Warwickshire in a wide range of artistic, heritage, business and community locations.
