There’s always something going on in Coventry and Warwickshire
6th Annual Art, Craft & Photography Exhibition & Sale
This exhibition celebrates the work of all our learners who have taken part in our visual arts classes (part of Coventry Adult Education Service's programme) over this year. Every visitor will be...
View detailsRemembering Coventry: Ghost Town Haunting #1
Remembering Coventry: Ghost Town Haunting # 1 is a week-long exhibition celebrating Coventry’s local television history, at Theatre Absolute’s Shop Front Theatre in the city centre of...
View detailsNoël Coward’s Private Lives
London Classic Theatre present a major new touring production of Noël Coward’s sparkling comedy. In Private Lives, strong passions and stronger personalities set the stage for a classic...
View detailsComfy & Acoustic: Dan Walsh, Amit Dattani, Devon Mayson
The Big Comfy Bookshop proudly presents the award winning acoustic evening 'Comfy & Acoustic'. Intimate performances from the best UK (and beyond) musicians covering folk, Americana,...
View detailsRoofless Rhythms
Roofless Rhythms is a night to showcase the talents of some of our members and raise awareness of Crisis across the region. There will also be performances from local bands and musicians; Calton...
View detailsRecord Store Day 2018 at Frank Harvey HiFix
Come join us for Record Store Day 2018 here at Frank Harvey HiFix in Coventry on the 21st April 2018! WHAT IS RECORD STORE DAY? So what is Record Store Day? Now sponsored by the BBC, Record...
View detailsMuggle Musings 3: Dark Arts (Coventry Harry Potter Discussion Group)
The Third Muggle Musings - Coventry's Harry Potter discussion group! This time will be Dark Arts, Evil People and Power. (That kind of thing.) Strictly 16+ as this is an adult discussion...
View detailsDallas Burston Spring Foraging Course
We’ll meet in the car park of the Millstone Hare at 12pm for a short introduction to foraging and an overview of the codes and practices that relate to foragers. Then, we’ll set off for a...
View detailsThe Game of Love & Chai
“Ask me, just ask me! Pucho zara pucho! It’s punishment for falling in love!” Kamala wants her daughter Rani to marry successful but emotionally awkward businessman Raj. Rani bristles at...
View detailsEverything Aside intimate acoustic show
Coventry trio Everything Aside (Formally The Prophets) will be playing an intimate acoustic session at the bookshop. Tickets are strictly limited. Back in November 2017, Coventry’s own Pop...
View detailsSteph Summers: Indigo Lost book signing.
We’re delighted to welcome Steph Summers to The Big Comfy Bookshop to sign copies of her debut novel Indigo Lost. Don’t think. Just run. When what lies ahead is less fearful than what lies...
View detailsVivaldi’s Four Seasons by Candlelight
Don’t miss out on the chance to hear one of Britain’s finest ensembles, as they tour the country with their internationally renowned programme, headlined by Vivaldi’s iconic Four Seasons and...
View detailsFree Fall: A Celebration of the Life and Works of Mark E. Smith
Join us for a special one-off celebration of the life and work of Mark E Smith and The Fall, in the Old Print Hall at the CET building. DJs playing The Fall, Reggae, Northern Soul, Garage Psych...
View detailsGreat Expectations
Following a terrifying encounter with an escaped convict, young Pip is given an unexpected chance to better himself by visiting the reclusive and mysterious Miss Havisham. In the decaying grandeur...
View detailsFire & Dust Poetry Evening: Alice Short and Josephine Allen
Monthly poetry open mic event. All welcome - poets, performance poets, slammers, MCs and anyone happy to listen to some poetry. (We're also open to very short flash fiction.) Open mic slots...
View detailsOak Farm Spring Foraging Course
We will meet at the Oak car park at 12pm, the course starts there with a 20 minute introduction on safe and sustainable foraging, as well as the laws relating to foragers. This will be followed...
View detailsJumpy by April de Angelis
Jumpy by April de Angelis Directed by Nicole Firth Once an active feminist, Hilary now finds herself in her fifties and undergoing a mid-life crisis as she seems to spend all her emotional energy...
View detailsSampad Asian Spring
Sampad's hugely popular dance showcase features a lively and colourful celebration of South Asian Dance in the speactacular setting of brand new Royal Birmingham Cobservatoire at Birmingham City...
View detailsMugenkyo Taiko Drummers
Experience the power of thundering rhythms on huge taiko drums, mysterious masked choreography, synchronisation timed to perfection, post-apocalyptic martial imagery – all in a spellbinding...
View detailsCars & Coffee Breakfast Club 2018
Running on the second Saturday of each month from April to October (apart from August) this classic car event is free to join. The September event is also part of Coventry Car & Motorcycle...
View detailsChinese Calligraphy
Come along and experience one of the most traditional and beautiful examples of Chinese art. Chinese calligraphy is not just a way writing but also a way to express emotions. Chinese characters...
View detailsThe Magic Flute
Following their hugely popular and critically-acclaimed English language re-imaginings of operas including La Bohème and Carmen, Olivier Award-winning OperaUpClose take on Mozart’s classic, The...
View detailsNational Vintage Communications Fair (Presented by the British Vintage Wireless Society)
The NVCF is an antique-type collectors fair specialising in early technology and featuring thousands of rare and collectable items such as early radios, television receivers, gramophones,...
View detailsPERSPECTIVE EXHIBITION
Perspective is the degree show exhibition of the 2018 graduating class of the BA (Hons) Photography degree at Coventry University. Running from the 16th to the 25th of May 2018 The Box, Fargo...
View detailsCastaways
Three teenagers born on the same day, in the same town but with very different backgrounds. Inseparable since they were knee-high to a grasshopper, they’re a close-knit trio, both at school...
View detailsThe Upsiders Present ‘Songs From All Corners Of The Universe
Raise the ukuleles and make way for the melodica! This May, The Upsiders will be debuting their fantastic, foot-tapping new album: 'Songs From All Corners of the Universe!’. The Coventry-based...
View detailsScreenprinting
Screenprinting was developed hundreds of years ago but it was the Pop Art movement that transformed it into an art form for everyone. In this artist-led workshop, inspired by our current POP!...
View detailsJust An Ordinary Lawyer
“The British Empire was trying desperately to hold on to its colonial possessions by any means … and the foul would often override the fair.” Tunji Sowande arrived in London from Nigeria...
View details33rd British Tarantula Society Annual Exhibition
For 33 years the BTS has been at the forefront of the tarantula keeping hobby. Our show attracts over 2000 visitors and brings together over 80 exhibitors form the four corners of the planet. We...
View detailsAnnie
Annie is one of the best loved musicals of all time and has now become a worldwide sensation. The musical is based on Little Orphan Annie, the popular comic strip by Harold Gray. Set in 1930’s...
View detailsThe Leftovers
The Leftovers is a comic and stirring contemporary musical from Sheep Soup Productions, creators of hit musical Mrs Green and graduates of Nottingham’s BAFTA award-winning Television...
View detailsDavid Fry: Forgotten Foleshill
This talk takes place in Coventry Archives. David Fry, co-author of The Coventry We Have Lost series of books, will present the background to Foleshill’s nineteenth century and early twentieth...
View detailsThe Dirty Stop Outs Guide to 1970s Coventry: the story behind the book
This event takes place in Coventry Archives. Join author Ruth Cherrington for this talk on the story behind the writing of this book about the exciting and varied nightlife of Coventry back in the...
View detailsHorrible Histories – More Best of Barmy Britain
We all want to meet people from history. The trouble is everyone is dead! So it’s time to prepare yourselves for a special production of Horrible Histories featuring MORE of your favourite...
View detailsMountains – The Dreams of Lily Kwok
I invited you into my past… And you invited me into your future. Helen has grown up in the UK, but always felt a piece of her story was missing. Visiting her mother’s birthplace of Hong...
View detailsCCA Classic Car Auction
Classic Car Auctions (CCA) is a specialist auction house for the sale of 'everyman' classic cars from an approximate value of £5,000 to £50,000. It has been created by the highly respected team...
View detailsBubbenhall Wood Spring Foraging Course
We will meet at the car park at 12pm. The course starts there with a 20 minute introduction on how to forage safely and sustainably, and a brief of the general countryside codes where they relate...
View detailsThe European Doctors Orchestra
An afternoon concert, given by doctors to promote OHMI - enabling music-making for the physically disabled Soloist: Nicholas McCarthy - one-handed pianist Special Guest: Jess Gillam -...
View detailsSunshine on Leith
The essential Scottish musical returns to the Belgrade Theatre for the first time since 2010 in a brand-new production. Follow the highs and lows of Ally and his friend Davy as they return home...
View detailsThe Case of the Frightened Lady
Building on the phenomenal decade long success of The Agatha Christie Company, which sold over two million tickets around the UK, comes a new thrilling chapter. From one of the most popular writers...
View detailsRISING Britain
Lunch and a discussion led by Rt Hon Michael Portillo about what should be Britain's role on the international stage post 2020, to include consideration of Britain's contribution towards...
View detailsThe Bee Project
“You sip your drink, enjoying the sugary twang spike your tongue. The first notes of your favourite song wrap around your ears and propel you to the hive of dancers.” There’s a hum at a...
View detailsSilversmithing
Led by our informative tutors, Laura and Naim, this course will teach you all the basic techniques of silversmithing, and because we keep numbers small there is time to explore a range of...
View detailsDogs for Good Fun Day
A free, dog friendly, fun family day out on Saturday 16th June at Stoneleigh Park
View detailsThe Tempest
Shakespeare’s tale of illusion and revenge is brought vividly to life in Oddsocks’ musical, Sci-fi adaptation. From the company who brought you “bonkers and brilliant” Romeo and Juliet...
View detailsWhisky Galore
The islanders of Great and Little Todday are dismayed to find their whisky supply dwindling, as the government diverts the precious stuff to the Americans. When a 50,000 bottle cargo is...
View detailsJaguar Super Saturday
Jaguar Super Saturday is back for its SIXTH year on Sat 23rd June 2018 and once again takes place at the brilliant Coventry Transport Museum. Last year, a record number of 90 impressive...
View detailsCelebration concert for restored 1878 Bechstein grand piano
Concert to celebrate the restoration of the 1878 Bechstein grand piano at St John the Baptist Church. Russian concert pianist Varvara Maggs will be performing a recital including music by Liszt,...
View detailsWICAL Warwick International Conference of Center of Applied Lingiusitics
A conference by students for students! The conference must suit you if you are: 1. Interested in the field of linguistics, intercultural communication and ETL 2. Intend to do further study...
View detailsOver There
Music Celebrations International presents Over There in Coventry Cathedral on Thursday 28 June 2018 at 7.30pm Featuring The American Festival Chorus in a programme of music to commemorate...
View detailsSW41
SW41 returns after a successful first event! SW41 will have actors and artists from in front of and behind the camera across the film franchise to join us in Coventry for another special event....
View detailsLino Cut Print Workshop with Adie Blundell
Our most popular workshop returns with artist Adie Blundell teaching you how to create your design and transfer it to lino. Discover the techniques needed to cut the design and create a relief...
View detailsRead All About It
The iconic 1950s Coventry Evening Telegraph building is a landmark. Its storeys are heavy with stories. The dusty air of the now abandoned newsroom is thick with them - flying from desk to desk...
View detailsTeletubbies Live!
The Teletubbies’ first ever theatre show created especially for your little ones is here! Join Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa-Laa and Po in a show full of love and laughter as they explore the...
View detailsCoventry Belgrade Mela
Coventry Belgrade Mela is now in its fourth year and continues to offer a wide range of amazing South Asian events. From the ever popular workshops, where you can learn some hip movements to the...
View detailsCirque Berserk
Now in its fifth thrilling year and showcasing the finest in traditional circus thrills and skills, Cirque Berserk! celebrates the 250th anniversary of the invention of Circus by bringing this...
View detailsPeppa Pig’s Adventure
Peppa Pig and friends are back in the brand new live show Peppa Pig’s Adventure! Join Peppa as she gets ready to go on an exciting camping trip to the woods with George and her school friends,...
View detailsCarmen
The Russian State Opera presents Carmen – the most powerful, enjoyable and tuneful opera. “Always top-quality productions from this producer”. Stage Talk Magazine Featuring an...
View detailsLa Traviata
The Russian State Opera presents La Traviata – one of Verdi’s greatest Operas. Sung in Italian with English surtitles. “A boon to the opera in regional theatres.” The Stage Featuring...
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