Events Around Coventry

The Herbert’s famous free Early Years Exhibition for families returns with World of Play. Enter into a world of imagination and open-ended learning, where children can play in a place of possibilities.

Every day excluding Sundays. This summer is all about play and we will be offering a different craft activity every day to keep you entertained throughout the holidays. Imaginations will soar as we make monsters, mermaids, jet packs, kites, sock puppets and so much more!

Delve into the world of play in this interactive exhibition for all the family. Discover how we have played for the last 2000 years. From marbles to Meccano and dolls to dressing up, this exhibition is packed with objects and interactives to delight and entertain all ages.

Join us for a celebration of Rare, the award-winning and internationally renowned video games company based in Warwickshire. Journey through three decades of iconic games such as Battletoads, Banjo-Kazooie, GoldenEye and Viva Piñata.

Join us for a celebration of Rare, the award-winning and internationally renowned video games company based in Warwickshire. Journey through three decades of iconic games such as Battletoads, Banjo-Kazooie, GoldenEye and Viva Piñata.

Disappear Here was a project that aimed to bring together nine writers and nine film-makers to make a series of films about the Coventry ring road. Coventry ring road (A4053) runs a mere 2.25 miles around the centre of Coventry and inspires numerous love/hate relationships.

Oxjam Coventry 2018 is a fundraising music event with a difference. A festival celebrating exciting local bands and soloists. This includes well known artists such as The Upsiders, Candid, Flight 15 and The Ellipsis. The event takes place on Saturday 25th August, at Ivy House in Coventry.

eppa 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, including Pedro Pony, Suzy Sheep and Gerald Giraffe.

Come and find out about some of the families who lived here. The house dates back to medieval times and has been restored to its 1540 appearance so you can experience the house as weaver John Croke and his family would have seen it.

The Weaver’s House has been restored to show how it would have looked in 1540. Experience how John Croke, a Coventry narrow-loom weaver and his family would have lived and worked.

A day of family fun in support of Coventry Comfort Carers. Lots to see and do including meet the alpacas, ferrets and bird of prey. Workshops, craft market, groups and societies including the Lace Guild, Weavers, Coventry Watch Museum.

   Please arrive on time. Let’s Animate is situated in Fargo Village, Coventry’s creative village, boasting unique creative shops, artist studios and eateries.

wesome Animators - Let’s Animates monthly Animation Club! Each month Filmmakers will be given creative animation activities helping them to learn and understand all about animation, whilst having fun. Sessions run on the last Friday of every month  17.00pm - 19.

Simple Minds and The Pretenders with Very Special Guest KT Tunstall. Artists performing: Simple Minds, KT Tunstall, The Pretenders.: Tickets avaiable.

Experience 4 different Psychics, Mediums in 1 amazing psychic night. Book a ticket for yourself or come with friends, family etc for a great social psychic evening. Everyone is guaranteed a message. Bar open, over 18’s only.

Vast array of flowers and ornamental grasses, incl National Collections of Anemone nemorosa, Sanguisorba and Aster novae-angliae. Choc-a-bloc with plants, our Library Garden is a well labelled reference book illustrating the unusual, exciting and even some long-lost treasures.

Cannon Park Shopping Centre is heading off on an adventure around the world looking for intrepid explorers to join them all along the way! Throughout the school holidays Cannon Park are running FREE craft workshops inspired by the world that we live in. On Wednesday 1st August 2018 they are heading to BRAZIL!

Cheeki Monkeys is a pop-up, indoor baby and Children’s market. It is now coming to Coventry!! With the first market set to take place in August 2018. It is coming to the end of the summer holidays... The kids have wanted to go everywhere that costs an arm and a leg.. You’ve ran out of things to do?

Can you smell like a badger? Hear like a rabbit? Feel like a mole or even see as well as an owl? Find out as we explore using our senses.

Journey with us to our magical woodland, concoct a magic potion, help out the fairy queen and make some mud trolls.

We’re off looking for ducks and we’re going to have a quacking good time.

Come see if you can spot and even ctach a dazzling dragonfly or nifty newt.

Would you be able to find your way round using just a compass and some instructions? Find out as we head out on a mapping adventure!

See what minibeasts you can find as we head out on a bug hunt and of course play some creepy crawly games too!

Why should den building be just for the older kids?! Head out and help us make dens for teddies and maybe even a toddler or two.