Coventry Gets a Floating Market!
coventrysociety FLOATING MARKET, Coventry Canal Basin, St. Nicholas Street, Coventry CV1 4LY Admission free to the public! Saturday 29th June to Sunday 30th June 2019 – 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.…
Culture
Midsummer Festival of music at St. John the Baptist’s Church
There are some interesting performances coming up at St. John the Baptist Church, Fleet Street on Saturday 22nd June 2019. Coventry Charity UMCM, Unlock the Music Concert Making, is organising…
A Tale of Two Streets Hits the Road
Our friends at Photo Archive Miners launched their first major citywide exhibition on Wednesday as part of Coventry’s Great Place Scheme for the build up to City of Culture 2021.…
Big Plans for the Cathedral
In March plans were approved for the first significant extension to Sir Basil Spence’s “new” Cathedral. As part of a big plan to make the Cathedral fit to host events…
The Bishop and the Sculptor
2018 was the centenary of the designation of St. Michael’s as a Cathedral. Of course it had been a Church for a lot longer, since the Normans built it as…
St Valentine’s Day Festival at St. John’s
With romance in the air at this time, St John the Baptist Church in Coventry City Centre will be celebrating the life of the patron of courtly love, with four…
Christmas Traditions and a Festive Quiz
The CovSoc Christmas meeting will take place on Monday 10th December at 7.15 p.m. at the Shopfront Theatre, City Arcade. At the start of the meeting there will be a…
Historic England Supports CovSoc Views About Coventry Cross
Historic England has supported the Coventry Society’s views about the damage that will be caused to the Hill Top Conservation Area by the Council’s plans to relocate the Coventry Cross…
St. Marks and the Feibusch Mural
Join us for a visit to the recently refurbished St. Mark’s Church, Bird Street, on Monday 8th October 2018. We meet at 7 p.m. at the Church. St. Mark’s is…
The Mysterious Disappearance of the Coventry Mystery Plays
Our Chairman, Paul Maddocks, calls for the return of the Coventry Mystery Plays. I see in the press that Chester Cathedral has recently completed a programme of the Chester Mystery…