A big weekend coming up at Godiva Festival!
- Team Tonic
- Jun 16
- 2 min read
We’re thrilled to say that we will be at the upcoming Godiva Festival, giving us the opportunity to take Terry Hall’s piano to his place of birth and home of 2-Tone in the mighty Coventry.
We’re going to be providing Tonic Lounges, both backstage - for artists, crew and staff - and front-of-house - for festival attendees - along with merch stall chock full of the usual Tonic Music designed goodies like our t-shirts, bags, mugs, stickers, badges and a whole lot more.
As always, we’ll have a few festival essentials there with us too. We’re always grateful to those who buy from us as all proceeds go back into directly providing mental health support across our various programmes but of course we're also happy to chat to those who come to see us.
Big news too... we’re going to be taking Terry Hall’s piano with us… back to his hometown of Coventry. Lucky festival goers will get a chance to come along and play on the very piano that Terry used to play on. This will be only its second outing since being donated by Terry’s family, the first being the superb recent Merch Market in Manchester hosted by Tim Burgess from The Charlatans.
It was a popular attraction in The Tunnel of Love where our Tonic Lounge and stage was situated. Our friend James Walsh from Starsailor opened the proceedings with a beautiful set including a stunning rendition of Ain't No Sunshine with Barney Williams from Milltown Brothers on piano. Tom A. Smith and many more incredible artists played sets throughout the day with Terry's piano used throughout for various jams. Look out for our photos and films coming soon.
If you’re thinking of going to Godiva but feeling a little anxious about it don't forget our Never Mind The Stigma programme includes free online Album Clubs and workshops around Festival Survival, Music For Mental Health and Gig Anxiety. You can find out more about the programme here and sign up here.
Want to help?
We are looking for local volunteers to help us sell merch and qualified mental health practitioners to help in our front of house lounge at Godiva Festival - email us on teamtonic@tonicmusic.co.uk if you think you could help.
Godiva Festival
Friday 4th - Sunday 6th July
War Memorial Park, Kenilworth Road, Coventry, CV3 6GF
Hope to see some of you there!
