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Love Coventry

The Love Coventry programme builds on work that has already been undertaken within communities in Coventry and shines a light on local stories, bringing UK City of Culture to people’s doorsteps throughout the year.​ 

The Love Coventry programme – previously known as 21 Streets – calls upon the people of the city to declare and share their love for Coventry whether it has been home for all of their lives, if they have only lived in the city for a short time, or if they are simply just visiting.​ 

​The Love Coventry programme has already seen incredible community participation in projects such as Window Wanderland, Abundance and Theatre Next Door, as well as the selection of Community Connectors from different areas across Coventry to help local communities create projects and events of their own.​ 

This programme is funded by the National Lottery Community Fund.

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Current Events & Opportunities

Artist On My Street Exhibition

The Artist On My Street exhibition celebrates the Coventry Artspace project that was delivered between August 2021 and April 2022 during Coventry’s year as UK City of Culture.

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The Good Neighbours Songwriting Project

Stylusboy, Coventry singer-songwriter Steve Jones, will be sharing the songs he has written at an intimate live performance at The Welcome Centre in Coventry. You are invited to come and hear the songs and find out more about Good Neighbours.

This event is part of the Community Connectors programme.

30th May 2022

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The Home Spun Festival

Local people and community groups in Spon End have come together to make the Home Spun Festival.

Join three artists: a local dancer, musician, and spoken-word poet for 3 morning workshops at Koco Community Centre on Mon 30 May - Wed 1 Jun.

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Coventry in Colour Exhibition

From February to May 2022, creatives predominantly from Black, Asian and Mixed Heritage backgrounds have created postcards. Come along to Inini Initiative and see the 200+ postcards created.

This project is part of the Community Connectors programme.

6th - 10th June 2022

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Ground 2 Table: Taster Session

Have you ever wanted to grow your own fruit and veg organically or become part of an allotment community but don't know where to start? Then help is at hand. We would like to invite 6 local family groups (this includes single parent families) to join us at Henley Mill allotments in the CV2 area of Coventry.

This project is part of the Community Connectors programme.

11th June 2022

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Creative Wellness Project

Have you ever desired a creative space of self-expression and self-exploration through your fertility journey? Or maybe a creative, safe space where you can practice self-care?

This project is part of the Community Connectors programme.

7th to 26th May 2022

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LOVE COVENTRY FILMS

A selection of films featuring Love Coventry projects. To see more please visit the Coventry UK City of Culture YouTube channel and watch the Love Coventry video playlist

Love Coventry Projects

Abundance

A spectacular Carnival of Lights procession across the north of Coventry, Abundance was a family-friendly event celebrating light, hope and freedom. Abundance was co-created by 10 Coventry-based South Asian artists.

7th November 2021

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Beneath The Trees

Co-created by Coventry Arts Collective, Beneath The Trees was an urban village fete of music, food, dancing, performance, people, and storytelling for the whole family.  

28th August 2021 

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Caribbean Reggae Fever 2021

Co-created by Coventry Caribbean Association, ArawaK Community Trust and ArawaK Radio, Caribbean Reggae Fever was a live music event and procession celebrating traditional Caribbean culture, lifestyle, food and music.

21st August 2021

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Community Connectors

We’re delighted to welcome 10 more Coventry residents onto the Community Connectors programme, who will join our existing 8 Connectors in delivering their own projects in neighbourhoods across the city.

November 2020 until May 2022

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Love Coventry: Community Training

Are you Coventry and Warwickshire based? Do you put on events for your community or would you like to develop your knowledge of bid writing and audience development to support your work in your local community, organisation, or group?

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Eastern European HeARTS Festival

Co-created by New Start 4 U, Eastern European HeARTS Festival transformed Riley Square into a marketplace of music, art and food, sharing Eastern European cultures with people of all ages and backgrounds.

14th August 2021

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Celebrate Holi 2021

Sahyadri Friends Group, a collective of Indian families based in Coventry, have created a range of exciting activities to help you celebrate Holi safely from home.

March 2021

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Love Ireland

Sun 15 - Sat 21 May, across Coventry

A week-long festival celebrating all aspects of Irish culture in Coventry, including sports, dance, music and language.

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Presence Poetry Festival

Sat 30 Apr, 12pm - 8pm, Hawkesbury Junction & The Greyhound Inn, Longford

Listen, rest, and enjoy the vibes. Presence is gathering at Hawkesbury Junction for a one-day poetry festival hosted by a cohort of local artists.

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Radford Bubbles

We invite households and support bubbles in Radford to appear in a new exhibition showing a snapshot of Radford life during the pandemic.

July 2021 - May 2022

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The Home Spun Festival

Local people and community groups in Spon End have come together to make the Home Spun Festival.

Join three artists: a local dancer, musician, and spoken-word poet for 3 morning workshops at Koco Community Centre on Mon 30 May - Wed 1 Jun.

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The Sound of Cov: Live

A day of live music, food, drinks and sunshine, brought to you by seven of Coventry’s community, student and hospital radio stations. This event was also broadcast live on BBC CWR.

7th August 2021

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The Sound of Cov: On Air

Between 4pm and 8pm on Sat 7 Aug and between 12pm and 4pm on Sun 8 Aug, tune in to BBC CWR and hear from a range of local voices telling the stories that represent their stations and their communities.

7th & 8th August 2021

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Theatre Next Door

Coventry’s community centres have joined forces to bring high quality performances to communities across Coventry throughout our year as UK City of Culture. Theatre Next Door will see local community centres programming exciting interactive shows both online and in person at their centres, bringing all the excitement of professional theatre to your neighbourhood.

April 2021 to May 2022

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Window Wanderland 2022

Following on from the success of Window Wanderland in 2021, this year streets across Coventry and Warwickshire once again lit up their front windows and gardens and became beautiful night-time walking trails.

19th February to 25th March 2022

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Try It!

Try It! is a programme encouraging Coventry residents to have a go at a range of new, and often quirky, health-giving creative activities during our year as UK City of Culture.

September 2021 to May 2022

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Unapologetic

Unapologetic is a pioneering new multi-art festival celebrating Brown women as joyful, strong, powerful and beautiful. Unapologetic has been co-created with local communities in Coventry. It is a ground-breaking festival representing visual arts, spoken word and activism. 

23rd April - 21st May 2022

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LOVE COVENTRY GALLERY

 

COVENTRY ATLAS

Visit Coventry Atlas to take a geographical look at all of the projects and events happening across the city!

Search NLCF to be taken to the Love Coventry specific projects

www.coventryatlas.org