Coventry Moves
With Nigel Jamieson, Justine Themen and The People of Coventry
Coventry Moves will open the year of culture on Saturday 15 May 2021.
We will see the city transformed in a spectacular performance and celebration.
Terry Hall Presents Home Sessions
With Coventry Music Board, Local Artists and Mind
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.
Turner Prize
With Tate and the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
The Turner Prize 2021 will be held in Coventry's Herbert Art Gallery and Museum.
It's one of the best-known prizes for visual art in the world. Opening September 2021.
Faith
With the Royal Shakespeare Company
Faith will be 24 hours of music, theatre, installation and ritual across Coventry, co-produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company.
It will unfold an epic overarching story and can be enjoyed by audiences while social distancing.
Contains Strong Language
With the BBC, Writing West Midlands and Nine Arches Press
The BBC’s poetry and spoken word festival, Contains Strong Language, will come to Coventry in September 2021.
It will be the biggest celebration of poetry ever seen in the region.
CVX Festival
With Positive Youth Foundation, Arts Against Violence, Coventry Youth Partnership
CVX Festival will be a pioneering three-day arts activism festival curated by young people in the city.
JAY1 will co-produce live music for CVX with his brand ONE Wave.
The Walk
With Good Chance and Coventry Refugee & Migrant Centre
Coventry will welcome Little Amal, a 3.5-metre-tall puppet, as part of Good Chance Theatre's The Walk.
We'll work closely with the Coventry Refugee and Migrant Centre, schools and local residents in the city to greet her.
The Tides Within Us
With Marshmallow Laser Feast, Historic Coventry Trust and Warwickshire Wildlife Trust
The Tides Within Us will be a stunning outdoor experience in Coventry's newly-formed Charterhouse Heritage Park.
Suitable for the whole family, it will engage your senses and fire your imagination.
Small Bells Ring
With Canals & Rivers Trust, Coventry Libraries, Studio Morison and Super Slow Way
Small Bells Ring, a magical specially designed canal boat crammed full of short stories, will visit Coventry in July 2021 in association with Coventry Libraries.
It will inspire a programme of readings, performances and discussions.
Theatre of Wandering
With Theatre OiBokkeShi, Entelechy Arts and Care Home Network
In a new production co-created and inspired by Coventry residents, this walk-about theatrical experience through the south-east of the city blurs the boundaries between fiction and reality.
SeaView
With The Belgrade Theatre, led by The Belgrade Theatre's Co-Artistic Director Corey Campbell.
SeaView will be a six-part digital television series developed by six emerging Midlands writers working with the Belgrade Theatre.
It will celebrate the aspirations of a Black, working class family exploring urgent questions around choice and circumstance.
UK Asian Film Festival
With The Belgrade Theatre
The UK Asian Film Festival is coming to Coventry in 2021.
It's the world’s longest-running, and UK’s most loved, South Asian film festival.
Rivers of the World
With The Thames Festival Trust and SEND Schools
Rivers of the World will bring together Coventry's eight Special Needs Schools to create beautiful artwork inspired by our historic River Sherbourne.
Coventry Biennial
With Local Artists and Curators
The third Coventry Biennial will take place from October 2021 to January 2022.
This Biennial is called Hyper-Possible, referencing the radical nature of Coventry’s history.
Roundabout
With Belgrade Theatre and Paines Plough
The Belgrade Theatre will co-produce a series of performances alongside national new writing company, Paines Plough, in their unique and intimate pop-up theatre Roundabout.
CastAway
With Highly Sprung and the Canals and River Trust
CastAway will be a major outdoor theatre show highlighting the environmental crisis.
It's being developed by Highly Sprung, a Coventry-based performance company.
