http://www.godivafestival.co.uk/community/godiva-blog Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:25:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well, this years Godiva festival has been and gone, and after a few days of recovery we are back and raring to go. We will be adding a brand new image gallery onto the homepage shortly, as well as the official 2010 videos of the weekends musical highlights. It even ... http://www.godivafestival.co.uk/community/godiva-blog/2010/07/426/ If any of you have visited the War Memorial Park over the last few days you will have noticed things are gearing up towards next weekend. The crew were onsite yesterday busy marking out the layout of Godiva and today the trackway is being laid down - exciting stuff! Over ... http://www.godivafestival.co.uk/community/godiva-blog/2010/06/not-long-now/ We are pleased to confirm that the Sunday night headliner has been announced. Joshua Radin and his 'Brand New Day' tour will be taking the top spot at this years festival, bringing with him the delightful sounds of American Folk music. Radin's debut album, 2006's 'We Were Here' drew critical acclaim. ... http://www.godivafestival.co.uk/community/godiva-blog/2010/06/sunday-headline-announcment/ The final day of this years Godiva Festival can finally be revealed. The Sunday traditionally carries a relaxing, chilled out and family orientated experience, with world class stars taking to the stage to perform some well known classic tracks live to thousands of fans who come from all over to ... http://www.godivafestival.co.uk/community/godiva-blog/2010/06/sunday-lineup-confirmed/ The Godiva Fringe is the latest addition to Coventry’s ever growing and increasingly successful Godiva Festival. Event organizers, CV One ltd decided to introduce the additional performances after listening to the opinions of the local community and artists concerning the presence of local bands at the festival. CV One, The Belgrade ... http://www.godivafestival.co.uk/community/godiva-blog/2010/06/godiva-fringe/ Congratulations to our top 4 winners of the Godiva Unsigned competition 2010. On Sunday 6th June, the 8 finalists took part in a battle of the bands competition, for a chance to play the Saturday night main stage of Godiva Festival 2010. In first place was Idle Playthings, scooping the top ... http://www.godivafestival.co.uk/community/godiva-blog/2010/06/final-4-unsigned-winners/ Congratulations to the 8 finalists in the competition, the big day is fast approaching; get down to the Kasbah this Sunday, June 6th for what promises to be an electrifying final! Doors open at 1pm and make sure you get there before 1:30pm to be eligible to vote. With ... http://www.godivafestival.co.uk/community/godiva-blog/2010/06/godiva-unsigned-the-final/ We are pleased to announce that the supporting act for headliners ASH at this years Godiva Festival is Badly Drawn Boy. The Saturday night lineup is now complete with a fantastic addition to a rocking night of live entertainment. Voted as one of the 50 top bands to see before ... http://www.godivafestival.co.uk/community/godiva-blog/2010/05/badly-drawn-boy-confirmed/ It’s finally here; the highlight of the midlands biggest and best free festival has been confirmed. As each year goes by, the line up of Saturday’s main stage at Godiva Festival gets stronger and stronger, this year being no exception. So without further ado, this year’s line up is as ... http://www.godivafestival.co.uk/community/godiva-blog/2010/05/saturday-lineup-confirmed/ As the Godiva Festival fast approaches, I hope that we get the weekend of sun that we have just had here in the West Midlands, with scorching temperatures reaching highs of 26 in Coventry. Thats incredible! If you cast your mind back to the 2009 weekend, it was equally as ... http://www.godivafestival.co.uk/community/godiva-blog/2010/05/hot-weather/ Congratulations to our top 8 finalists in the Godiva Unsigned competition. The four heat stages for the battle of the bands may be over, but now the final is fast approaching on June 6th at the Kasbah in Coventry, and we urge everyone to get behind their favourites to see ... http://www.godivafestival.co.uk/community/godiva-blog/2010/05/final-8-bands-announced/ Heat 4 - 23rd May 2010 The fourth heat of the Godiva Festival's unsigned competition kicks off at Taylor John's House at 1.00pm on Sunday 23rd May, providing the opportunity for 4 bands from across Warwickshire and the West Midlands the chance to play on the main stage of the Midlands ... http://www.godivafestival.co.uk/community/godiva-blog/2010/05/heat-3-finalists/ Heat 3 - 16th May 2010 Bands performing: Circus Town, City Hero, OST, Tempting Rosie, The Amateurs Venue: The Flapper in Birmingham (http://www.theflapper.co.uk/) B1 2NU http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&gl=uk&hl=en&g=Kingston+Row%2C+Birmingham%2C+West+Midlands+B1+2NU&q=flapper+birmingham&btnG=Search+Maps 1pm-6pm - Doors open to the public at 1pm and the first band goes on stage at 1.30pm. Free entry http://www.godivafestival.co.uk/community/godiva-blog/2010/05/unsigned-heat-3/ As an eighties child I'm really excited about the opening line up for Friday! It's going to be a nostalgic neon themed evening and I've heard on the grapevine that there will be spot prizes on the night for the best fancy dressed. Speaking of fancy dress if you're short of ... http://www.godivafestival.co.uk/community/godiva-blog/2010/05/friday-night/ The second heat for the Godiva Unsigned competition took place on Sunday,  and we are extremely pleased to say that both the Black Fangs and Idle Playthings accumulated the most votes and inspired the judges on the day. www.myspace.com/thisisblackfang www.myspace.com/idleplaythings Many thanks for everyone who turned up to show their support, and we ... http://www.godivafestival.co.uk/community/godiva-blog/2010/05/heat-2-finalists/ Godiva gives it some heart and goes back to the 80s... Friday the 2nd of July will kick things off for the Midlands biggest and best free family festival, the Godiva Festival. After last year’s out and out success of a themed retro evening  organisers, CV One ltd are pleased to ... http://www.godivafestival.co.uk/community/godiva-blog/2010/05/godiva-gives-it-some-heart-and-goes-back-to-the-80%e2%80%99s/ Loving all of the guesses for the Friday night, some have got closer than others over the past few weeks. We also put out a tweet not long ago which some of you managed to guess the clues from, so well done to you. There have been a few amendments ... http://www.godivafestival.co.uk/community/godiva-blog/2010/05/friday-update/ Heat 2 - Godiva Unsigned - Flapper and Firkin Birmingham - Starts at 1.30pm, votes will not count for anyone that arrives after this time, so make sure you arrive a good 30 minutes beforehand. It's that time again, as the weekend fast approaches after what has been an extremely busy ... http://www.godivafestival.co.uk/community/godiva-blog/2010/05/godiva-unsigned-heat-2/ Statement Regarding Godiva Festival Facebook Group    A regular element in the feedback from our annual surveys at the Festival has been that the same bands dominate the Godiva Unsigned Competition year on year. We therefore decided that for 2010 we would open the competition up to the West Midlands to give ... http://www.godivafestival.co.uk/community/godiva-blog/2010/04/official-press-statement/ Festival organisers, CV One Ltd, have been inundated with hundreds of entries from some of the regions most talented unsigned bands. After much deliberation a team of independent judges have managed to whittle down over 200 entries to a shortlist of 20 bands. The 20 shortlisted bands will take part in a live heat ... http://www.godivafestival.co.uk/community/godiva-blog/2010/04/godiva-unsigned-shortlist-announced/ Final negotiations are underway to confirm this years Friday night lineup. It's looking cracking and you are all in for a fantastic evening of retro entertainment! Keep checking the website for the official announcement. http://www.godivafestival.co.uk/community/godiva-blog/2010/04/friday-night-announcement-imminent/ We can't believe that it's April already, and with just over 80 days to go until the big weekend in July, its certainly hotting up at Godiva HQ! With a whole host of big name acts to be announced in the coming weeks for the Friday, Saturday and Sunday, make ... http://www.godivafestival.co.uk/community/godiva-blog/2010/04/80-days-and-counting/ Festival organisers, CV One Ltd, have been inundated with hundreds of entries from some of the regions most talented unsigned bands. CV One were delighted to see such a wide variety of homegrown musical talent which encompassed every style and genre. A panel of industry experts now have the mammoth ... http://www.godivafestival.co.uk/community/godiva-blog/2010/04/godiva-unsigned-competition-closed/ UPDATE: The tender is now closed - More details to follow shortly After an influx of requests from local music promoters all vying for a chance to programme a tent at this year’s Godiva Festival, organisers CV One Ltd have decided to open up the programming of the Rhythm Tent, which ... http://www.godivafestival.co.uk/community/godiva-blog/2010/02/godiva-out-to-tender/ Its been a very busy last few weeks here at Godiva HQ. What with our recent office move and the continuing work in programming the Godiva Festival weekend, one could say were pretty exhausted. However we are very close to revealing some of the artists that will be playing at ... http://www.godivafestival.co.uk/community/godiva-blog/2010/02/the-snow-must-go-on/ Hi all, We're starting to get that excited feeling around Godiva HQ that we get as things begin to build up to the festival. Last night we launched this years Godiva Unsigned competition which gives 4 (YES FOUR) local bands the chance to play on the main stage at the festival. However ... http://www.godivafestival.co.uk/community/godiva-blog/2010/02/godiva-unsigned/ In 2009 the award winning Godiva Festival attracted over 85,000 people over three days and plans are already afoot to make 2010 the best yet. The Shopping Village is an integral part of Godiva, so we're looking for an array of top quality traders, selling everything from homemade crafts to quality ... http://www.godivafestival.co.uk/community/godiva-blog/2010/01/calling-all-market-traders/