Coventry Station Community Day & In Transit

Presented by the Heart of England Community Rail Partnership and Highly Sprung, jointly funded by Avanti West Coast & Coventry City Council

Have fun at the Coventry Station Community Day, a free family-friendly event in Coventry, to mark both the completion of a £82 million redevelopment of Coventry’s railway station and its 60th anniversary. With delicious food, music, theatre, activities for all ages . The day concludes with a grand finale of In Transit from Highly Sprung.

In transit Performance

Daytime Community Programme

Presented by the Heart of England Community Rail Partnership and Highly Sprung, jointly funded by Avanti West Coast & Coventry City Council

In Transit

A magical performance telling stories of movement, migration and innovation in the city. Celebrating Coventry’s industrial heritage and looking forwards to a greener future.

For details on getting to the performance or other details, visit the Eventbrite page here.

In Transit is now sold out, but you can still enjoy our exciting daytime programme, with a busy line up of performances, music, food and interactive creative activities. Learn more here.

Coventry Station Community Day

Come along to Coventry Train Station Boulevard this Saturday for a joyous community celebration. Featuring a line up with everything from Jazz music to Bhangra to Spoken Word. Throughout the day, we are also offering a range of stalls, with chances to get moving and get creative, as well as hearing from organisations working towards a greener future in Coventry.

To view the full schedule click on the images below:

A colourful schedule with text reading '12pm DJ Set from D Rose and a special welcome from host Sandra Godley 12.30pm Music from Sandra Godley Award winning recording artist, Sandra Godley is widely known as one of the country’s leading contemporary gospel singers. 1pm Spoken Word from John Bernard Based in Coventry, Poet, Rapper & Writer John Bernard infuses Spoken Word poetry, Alternative-Rap and Neo- Soul. 1.30pm Dance and Dhol Players from Gabhru Panjab Multi-Award Winning UK Bhangra Group Gabhru Panjab’s dancers and Dhol Players leave audiences spellbound. 2pm Music from the Jazz Apples Dubbed “the most in demand Jazz act in the Midlands,” The Jazz Apples are a Jazz, Swing and Bossa act known for their smooth harmonies and playful re-interpretations of classics. 2.55pm Dance from Louis Lewinson The talented Louis Lewinson and his group of young dancers are at the heart of Coventry’s busy creative scene. 3.15pm DJ Set from D Rose Based in Coventry, DJ D Rose is a DJ covering a multitude of genres, with a special focus on a mixture of drill and afro swing.'

Cov Station Day Mainstage Programme

A colourful programme reading 'Coventry Station Community Day, Interactive Programme. Playhem at the Promenade from Coventry Transport Museum For children, families and anyone who loves a creative challenge. Have fun with big free play, learning and building with transport-themed resources and making ac-tivities from the museum Illustrator Emily Kaye and Heart of England Community Rail Partner-ship A fun family activity exploring transport and innovation, children will have the chance to get creative and design their very own train of the future. Rivers of the World Exhibition from Cara Pickering and Local Schools Explore arts and crafts exhibits and creations from local schools, ex-ploring the importance of rivers across the world. Available to ex-plore in the retail space of the new train station entrance . Mehndi by Tan Tan is a freelance Mehndi artist with over 13 years of experience who will have a Henna stall at the event. She has worked nationally and internationally applying beautiful designs. Learn to Ride a Bike with Coven-try City Council: at 12.15, 13.15 and 14.30 Children aged 4-15 can receive a free ‘Learn to Ride’ session outside the station – for those who have lit-tle or no cycling experience who would like to learn to ride. Bikes and helmets are provided, and the session takes place outdoors. A parent or guardian must remain present. Free but you must book in advance on the Coventry City Council website. Dr Bike Having trouble with your bike? Bring your bike along to the station for free cycle safety checks and basic adjustments from Dr Bike. You can also find out about renting E-bikes from west Midlands Cycle hire. Security Mark Your Bike Bring your bike along to get it secu-rity marked by West Midlands Po-lice. Transport Innovation Stalls Learn about those paving the way for greener transport in Coventry. You can hear from: Heart of England Community Rail Partnership - hear about their vital work across the UK and the Better Points initiative from Warwick Dis-trict Council. Avanti West Coast Coventry City Council’s Urban Air-port West Midlands Rail Executive You Smart Thing – the leading online travel planning platform for vis-itors to venues and events, curating low carbon door-to-door travel plans. Urban Airport and Drones - Find out more the world’s first fully operational Urban-Air Port for electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft which is being held on Westminster Road, just a few minutes’ walk from the railway station. West Midlands Police will also be demonstrating drones during the day. '

Cov Station Day Interactive Programme

*EDIT: Due to unforeseen circumstances, the DJ set will now be from DJ Smoke.

Plus a range of from a range of delicious food and drink stalls including Coventry favourites GKitchen who will be serving up authentic Indian street food, JT Fast Foods, and Really Awesome Coffee.

For most of the line-up at our community day, you can simply show up and enjoy!

If you would like to book your child onto the ‘Learn to Ride’ sessions from Coventry City Council, you must book in advance here.
If you would like to attend the Urban Airport Demonstration and Drone Flying, you must book here.

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2022 Performance Dates:

Coventry Station Community Day
Saturday 7th May 2022

DAYTIME EVENT: Unticketed, just drop in from 12pm-3.30pm

IN TRANSIT: SOLD OUT – ticketed performances at 5pm & 7pm

Coventry Rail Station Boulevard
10 Station Square
Coventry
CV1 2GT

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