Years active 1998-present | Dates 1 Jul – 3 Jul 2016 | |
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Founded by CVOne/Coventry City Council Location War Memorial Park, Coventry, United Kingdom Nominations UK Festival Award for Best Major Festival Similar Y Not Festival, Give it a Name, Victorious Festival, Kendal Calling, Tartan Heart Festival Profiles | ||
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The Godiva Festival is a free three day music festival held each year in the War Memorial Park, Coventry, England, named after the city's famous former inhabitant Lady Godiva. It first appeared as a day-long event in 1997 and became a 3-day event the following year in 1998. It is the largest free family music festival in the UK, and is made up of two fields; a Main Field and a Family field, which each offer a different experience.
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The modern three-day music festival is a non-profit making event organised by Coventry City Council. It is widely marketed as the biggest free family music festival in the UK.
The festival attracted 148,0000 visits in 2016 to a 12-acre (49,000 m2) site in Coventry's War Memorial Park.
The festival includes a dedicated Main Stage which has played host to a wide array of mainstream and independent acts, including Kasabian, Biffy Clyro, The Charlatans, The Boomtown Rats, Scouting For Girls, The Wombats, Don Broco, Embrace, Fun Lovin' Criminals, the Buzzcocks, the Happy Mondays and The Enemy. The other large stage on the Main Field is the Rock/Rhythm Tent, which plays host to rock/metal acts on Friday night, and has seen artists such as Neck Deep, Slaves and Kids in Glass Houses perform since its introduction in 2014. Saturday's Rhythm Tent has seen acts such as Fuse ODG, JME, Big Narstie and D Double E.
Other features of the festival include the Family Field, an Acoustic Stage, a Paradise Tent, food stalls, a Hilltop bar, craft stalls, an Urban Youth Tent, a vintage market and a fairground.
The Family Field often sees attractions such as a petting farm, charity village, Community Stage, Lives and Times area, Greenspace area, Make Space tent, a funfair, cycle training, falconry and visits from local groups such as the Coventry Bears and the Fire Service.
Godiva Festival is a ticketless festival, and anyone can attend.
2017
Godiva Festival 2017 was confirmed in January 2017 for 7–9 July, and will take place in the War Memorial Park. On 8 February 2017, The Darkness was announced as the Sunday headline act. On 20 February 2017, The Stranglers were confirmed as the Friday night headline act.
2016
Coventry Godiva Festival 2016 was confirmed in January 2016, and took place on 1-3 July in the War Memorial Park. The Friday night headline was the Boomtown Rats supported by Space. The Saturday headline was The Charlatans supported by Mystery Jets. The Sunday headline was Scouting for Girls, who were supported by The Pigeon Detectives.
The weekend saw Godiva Festival visited over 148,000 times and was the most successful festival to date.
2015
The 2015 Godiva Festival took place from 3 to 5 July. The headline act for Friday was Fun Lovin' Criminals, Saturday The Wombats and Sunday Embrace.
2014
The 2014 Godiva Festival took place from 4 to 6 July. The headline act was the Happy Mondays.
2013
The 2013 Godiva Festival took place from 5 to 7 July 2013. Friday was headlined by Echo & the Bunnymen who were to headline in the 2012 cancelled event. Saturday was headlined by Maxïmo Park and Sunday starred the Loveable Rogues and Amelia Lily. The festival claimed to have broken attendance records with over 125,000 visits being estimated over the three days.
2012
The 2012 festival was scheduled to take place Friday 30 June to Sunday 1 July, but bad weather forced the event to be cancelled.
Friday was scheduled to be headlined by Echo & the Bunnymen with Space in support. Saturday was scheduled with Cast as headliners, with support from The View and The Pigeon Detectives. Sunday evening was scheduled to link in with the arrival of the Olympic Torch Relay and the lighting of the Olympic Beacon in the park.
The festival was cancelled by Coventry City Council on 29 June 2012, owing to the recent 'bad weather conditions causing unstable ground'. The Olympic Torch procession continued unaffected.
2011
The 2011 Godiva Festival took place from Friday 1 July to Sunday 3 July. The headline acts were Heaven 17 and Athlete, attended by a record breaking crowd of 120,000 people.
2010
The 2010 Godiva Festival took place from Friday 2 July to Sunday 4 July.
2009
The 2009 Godiva Festival took place from Friday 3 July to Sunday 5 July, headlined by Scottish alternative band Idlewild.
2008
The 2008 Godiva Festival took place from Friday 4 July to Sunday 6 July, headlined by the Coventry band The Enemy.
2007
The 2007 Godiva Festival took place from Friday 13 July to Sunday 15 July with headliners Super Furry Animals. It was also the 10th year for the festival.
2006
The 2006 festival took take place from Friday 14 July to Sunday 16 July with headliners Mercury Rev.
2005
The 2005 festival took place Friday 8 July to Sunday 10 July.
It was the first time the comedy stage appeared and featured Shappi Khorsandi. Also on the Friday night Nerina Pallot performed and John Burnside recited poetry.
On Saturday the main stage lineup was:
Whilst EcoRhythm consisted of:
2004
The 2004 festival took place Friday 11 June to Sunday 13 June
The Saturday night main stage line up was:
2003
The 2003 festival took place Friday 6 June to Sunday 8 June.
The Saturday night main stage lineup included:
2002
The 2002 festival took place Friday 7 June to Sunday 9 June. It was the fifth year the festival had taken place.
Bands who played include: