 |  | Organisers have promised the Godiva Festival 2003 will have it all. So far, the programme includes: music for all ages, historic cars, a human circus, environmental awareness, a history fair, a fun fair, children's activities, a live entertainment arena, sports, a procession and Chinese opera!
 The Godiva Festival is rapidly becoming one of the best free festivals in the Midlands and we'd encourage everyone to come along and try it!
 | Ìý | Mick Emerson, one of the festival organisers
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The city's annual free festival in the War Memorial Park will stretch from Friday, 6 June to Sunday, 8 June with two and half days of free entertainment.
Mick Emerson, one of the festival organisers from CV One, said: "This year we are putting on the widest range of high quality acts ever and have built in an International dimension with the inclusion of Chinese opera from one of our twin cities, Jinan.
"The Godiva Festival is rapidly becoming one of the best free festivals in the Midlands and we'd encourage everyone to come along and try it!"
The festival is shaping up like this:
Ìý| Ìý |  | Dancers on stage at last year's celebrations
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The festival will kick off on Friday evening in the War Memorial Park with live music from a selection of local bands and well-known soul groups.
The music will be accompanied by cabaret and will end with a live fire-show finale.
Ìý| Ìý |  | Horsemen will be jousting in the park
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Coventry's historic Godiva Procession, which has origins dating back to 1678, starts Saturday's entertainment at 11am when it leaves the cathedral ruins and winds its way to the Memorial Park.
The procession will include Lady Godiva on horseback flanked by mounted knights and a host of civic, community and historical groups.
Saturday's music promises to be hot, with up-and-coming indie rock bands and hip-hop, contrasting wildly with another highlight, the Beijing Opera.
The day will also have jugglers and comedians, a local history fair, environmental activities, live jousting, fun activities for kids, craft and charity stalls and a fun fair.
Ìý| Ìý |  | Juggler at the Godiva Festival in 2002
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Sunday will see the return of the hugely-popular classic car motorcade, showing the best of Coventry's motoring history.
Back in the War Memmorial Park, the fun fair and most of Saturday's activities will continue, accompanied by more mellow folk and African music.
ÌýFollow the links on the left to get involved in the procession or for more information on some of the individual festival activities.
ÌýProcession gallery from 2002
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Last year's Godiva Procession had spectacular historic costumes and was the centrepiece of a great festival weekend.
Click the images button below to start a photograph gallery from the event.
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