All months
May
In Paint We Trust
Saturday 15 May 2021 to Sunday 01 May 2022
Various
From May 2021, In Paint We Trust will see new artworks appearing in unique spaces across the city centre and neighbourhoods across Coventry and Warwickshire. Artists...
City of Culture / community
2021
May
The Show Windows
Saturday 15 May 2021 to Sunday 01 May 2022
12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Across the city
As part of Coventry UK City of Culture 2021, artists, designers, architects and makers are transforming Coventry city centre, turning shop windows into portals to...
City of Culture / community
2021
Jun
Coventry Degree Show 2021
Thursday 17 June 2021 to Tuesday 31 May 2022
09:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Online
City of Culture / community / Conference / Exhibition / Prospective student events
2021
Jun
This Is Africa 2021-2022
Friday 25 June 2021 to Saturday 21 May 2022
12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Various
This Is Africa 2021-2022 is a collaborative work by 36 creative individuals, creative practitioners, local voluntary organisations and businesses who together have...
City of Culture / community
2021
Jul
Assembly Festival Gardens
Thursday 01 July 2021 to Friday 15 October 2021
Little Park Street, CV12LU (opposite Coventry Council House)
Assembly Festival Garden, run by a leading venue producer at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, features four pop-up venues that are hosting a series of spectacular...
City of Culture / community
2021
Aug
Freedom of Print Exhibition
Saturday 07 August 2021 to Sunday 15 August 2021
Starley Gardens, Coventry City Centre
Featuring 30 unique zines created by Coventry University students, Alumni, Staff and Friends of the University.
City of Culture / community / Conference / Exhibition
2021
Aug
The Sketchbook Project Exhibition as Part of the Zine...
Saturday 07 August 2021 to Sunday 15 August 2021
Starley Gardens, Coventry City Centre
The sketchbook project has provided a type of creative freedom during times of restraint.
City of Culture / community / Conference / Exhibition
2021
Aug
Create Your Own Zine Workshop
Monday 09 August 2021
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Online - Via Zoom
Zines can be self-published and produced with a range of media quite rapidly, providing a great way to get a small publication out at low cost, to share ideas or express...
City of Culture / community
2021
Aug
Exploring the Creativity Behind Zines – a Panel...
Tuesday 10 August 2021
02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Online - Via Zoom
Join Coventry University for a dynamic panel discussion; exploring the history of zines and how they have shaped the City of Coventry.
City of Culture / community / Conference / Exhibition
2021
Aug
Create Your Own Zine Workshop
Wednesday 11 August 2021
04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Online - Via Zoom
Andrew Spackman is Course Director for the BA (Hons) Illustration course in the Faculty of Art and Design. His own practice spans electronic music composition, graphic...
City of Culture / community / Conference / Exhibition
2021
Aug
CVX Festival Positive Youth Foundation
Thursday 12 August 2021 to Monday 15 August 2022
TBC
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.
City of Culture / community / Student events
2021
Sep
Meanwhile... in Coventry
Saturday 18 September 2021 to Sunday 19 September 2021
Coventry Cathedral, University Square, Herbert Art Gallery
Meanwhile… in Coventry is a hands-on creative weekend with plenty of free activities, inspired by the amazingly broad world of comics and illustrated storytelling.
City of Culture / community / Conference / Exhibition / Student events
2021
Sep
Contains Strong Language
Thursday 23 September 2021 to Sunday 26 September 2021
Venues across Coventry
The BBC’s poetry and spoken word festival Contains Strong Language will be coming to Coventry in September 2021 for the biggest celebration of poetry ever seen in the...
City of Culture / community
2021
Sep
Turner Prize 2021
Wednesday 29 September 2021 to Wednesday 12 January 2022
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
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...
City of Culture / community / Student events
2021
Oct
Coventry Biennial
Friday 08 October 2021 to Monday 10 January 2022
TBC
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...
City of Culture / community
2021
Oct
The Walk
Wednesday 27 October 2021
TBC
The Walk is an international arts festival meets endurance event. Little Amal will travel 8,000km to focus awareness on the refugee crisis. She will travel through 8...
City of Culture / community
2021
Nov
Random String: The Canal Networked
Monday 01 November 2021 to Tuesday 30 November 2021
TBC
‘Random String: The Canal Networked’ is an extensive collaboration between local, national and international artists led by Coventry arts and technology organisation,...
City of Culture / community
2021
August
Aug
Freedom of Print Exhibition
Saturday 07 August 2021 to Sunday 15 August 2021
Starley Gardens, Coventry City Centre
Featuring 30 unique zines created by Coventry University students, Alumni, Staff and Friends of the University.
City of Culture / community / Conference / Exhibition
2021
Aug
The Sketchbook Project Exhibition as Part of the Zine...
Saturday 07 August 2021 to Sunday 15 August 2021
Starley Gardens, Coventry City Centre
The sketchbook project has provided a type of creative freedom during times of restraint.
City of Culture / community / Conference / Exhibition
2021
Aug
Create Your Own Zine Workshop
Monday 09 August 2021
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Online - Via Zoom
Zines can be self-published and produced with a range of media quite rapidly, providing a great way to get a small publication out at low cost, to share ideas or express...
City of Culture / community
2021
Aug
Exploring the Creativity Behind Zines – a Panel...
Tuesday 10 August 2021
02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Online - Via Zoom
Join Coventry University for a dynamic panel discussion; exploring the history of zines and how they have shaped the City of Coventry.
City of Culture / community / Conference / Exhibition
2021
Aug
Create Your Own Zine Workshop
Wednesday 11 August 2021
04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Online - Via Zoom
Andrew Spackman is Course Director for the BA (Hons) Illustration course in the Faculty of Art and Design. His own practice spans electronic music composition, graphic...
City of Culture / community / Conference / Exhibition
2021
Aug
CVX Festival Positive Youth Foundation
Thursday 12 August 2021 to Monday 15 August 2022
TBC
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.
City of Culture / community / Student events
2021
September
Sep
Meanwhile... in Coventry
Saturday 18 September 2021 to Sunday 19 September 2021
Coventry Cathedral, University Square, Herbert Art Gallery
Meanwhile… in Coventry is a hands-on creative weekend with plenty of free activities, inspired by the amazingly broad world of comics and illustrated storytelling.
City of Culture / community / Conference / Exhibition / Student events
2021
Sep
Contains Strong Language
Thursday 23 September 2021 to Sunday 26 September 2021
Venues across Coventry
The BBC’s poetry and spoken word festival Contains Strong Language will be coming to Coventry in September 2021 for the biggest celebration of poetry ever seen in the...
City of Culture / community
2021
Sep
Turner Prize 2021
Wednesday 29 September 2021 to Wednesday 12 January 2022
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
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...
City of Culture / community / Student events
2021
October
Jul
Assembly Festival Gardens
Thursday 01 July 2021 to Friday 15 October 2021
Little Park Street, CV12LU (opposite Coventry Council House)
Assembly Festival Garden, run by a leading venue producer at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, features four pop-up venues that are hosting a series of spectacular...
City of Culture / community
2021
Oct
Coventry Biennial
Friday 08 October 2021 to Monday 10 January 2022
TBC
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...
City of Culture / community
2021
Oct
The Walk
Wednesday 27 October 2021
TBC
The Walk is an international arts festival meets endurance event. Little Amal will travel 8,000km to focus awareness on the refugee crisis. She will travel through 8...
City of Culture / community
2021
November
Nov
Random String: The Canal Networked
Monday 01 November 2021 to Tuesday 30 November 2021
TBC
‘Random String: The Canal Networked’ is an extensive collaboration between local, national and international artists led by Coventry arts and technology organisation,...
City of Culture / community
2021