this weekend's Godiva Festival is cancelled

freak weather wrecks free event

By Scott Williams | Published: Fri 29th Jun 2012

<s>Coventry Godiva Festival</s.. 2012 - around the festival site (carnival procession 1) — Photo credit: Luke Seagrave

Coventry Godiva Festival - CANCELLED 2012

Friday 29th June to Sunday 1st July 2012
Memorial Park, Kenilworth Road, Coventry, England MAP
FREE

Daily capacity: 40,000

After rains of biblical proportions yesterday the Midlands' biggest three-day FREE festival Godiva Festival due to be headlined by Echo and the Bunnymen, Cast, and Maroon Town and set to run from today, Friday 29th June until Sunday 1st July 2012 has had to be cancelled.

A tweet, (here), from Coventry City Council in the last hour broke the news saying:

" #godiva2012‬ has been cancelled. Really sorry but finally beaten by devastating weather. Torch Relay event is still on. More details to come.."

Freak weather conditions including heavy rain, thunderstorms and hailstones the size of golf balls battered Coventry and Warwickshire yesterday with 30mm (1.2in) of rain falling in the space of three hours across the morning and lunchtime, making it impossible for organiser to hold the event this weekend.

The FREE event is held annually and was set to attract over 85,000 people to an eclectic mix of rock, hip-hop, folk, comedy, poetry, and world music. In addition to live musical the free and ticketless event was also set to host an annual carnival, a fairground and many more family and community based activities and entertainment.

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