A group of Coventry councillors want a review of the city's annual Godiva Festival, which they think should cover its own costs. The opposition Conservative group said the council-run event was ...

Coventry councillors want a "review" of the city's annual Godiva festival as they say it ... the council to cover a shortfall for this year's show. But the council's leader said the authority ...

The Godiva Festival is a free music festival held each year in the War Memorial Park, Coventry, named after the city's famous former inhabitant Lady Godiva. It first appeared as a day-long event ...

The Godiva Festival will return to Coventry this ... to make cuts to its £300,000 subsidy for the event. New documents show the authority is yet to decide how to raise the money to fill the ...

Coventry Live readers have been expressing their annoyance about The Godiva festival in Coventry, portraying it as an event that could be adding to the council's financial woes despite its long ...

Godiva has big plans to grow beyond its chocolate gift shops. It announced in April its intentions to open thousands of sit-down cafés around the world, offering gourmet coffee drinks, pastries ...

But before last year's festival took place, councillors agreed to axe a £300k yearly council subsidy for the festival starting in 2025, as part of a £30 million savings plan. Reports suggested higher ...