What's on in Coventry Libraries - Print version

We hold regular events and activities for adults and children in all of our libraries. These range from events for toddlers and pre-school children such as rhymetime and stay and play, to events for older people such as friendship groups. All of our events are free to attend unless otherwise stated.

View a full list of what's on in Coventry Libraries [https://librarycatalogue.coventry.gov.uk/whats-on#/]

Event feedback

Please take a few moments to provide us with some important feedback about the event you have just attended. This information will be used to improve future events in libraries. Please also include events you would like to see in a library.

Complete our event feedback form [/libraryeventfeedbackandsuggestion]

Newsletter

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How to join the library

1. Go to the online catalogue [/onlinelibrarycatalogue]
2. You will need to confirm security details (name, address, date of birth)
3. You must provide us with a valid email address
4. The Library Service will action your request and send you a Library card number and pin number. These details can then be used to access our wide range of virtual services.
5. Once done, you will be able to visit a library and collect your physical Library card and be able to access our full range of services. At this visit you will need to show one form of identification which contains both your full name and current address.

Play Readers' Group collection

Live music in your library

Get it Loud in Libraries

Coventry Libraries have been hosting live music events since 2016 when Spring King, a post-punk band from Manchester, played Central Library. Since then, the library has hosted many more emerging and established music acts, such as Idles, Fontaines DC, Sam Fender, VANT and Jorja Smith. The bands are generally on the cusp of breaking through into mainstream and are also an ideal event for young people and families. These fantastic gigs are all part of the unique award-winning Get It Loud In Libraries project, designed to give people who love music the chance to see top-notch artists in their local library. As part of the project, the library also hosted an evening with lead singer of The Charlatans, Tim Burgess.

Take a look at photos and videos from previous gigs:

• So what's a library gig actually like? GILIL Academy video [https://youtu.be/1fWp5epiK7o]
• A pre-gig cha with The Amazons [https://youtu.be/_Xejq-yHD1c]
• An interview with The Big Moon [https://youtu.be/vMGT6lT9Xlo]
• Behind-the-scenes at Central Library during Dream Wife's gig video [https://youtu.be/Sqizt69Yrq4]
• An interview with Fontaines D.C [https://youtu.be/G76HQBpfCUA]. ahead of their sell-out gig
• An interview with IDLES [https://youtu.be/cVo_YSSWW4U]
• Jorja Smith at Central Library video [https://youtu.be/JMQCadMbht8]
• An interview with Spring King [https://youtu.be/0F3YpM9pYPg]
• 'Vant blow the doors off Coventry Library' gig review [https://counteract.co/music/reviews/live/review-vant-blow-the-doors-off-coventry-library/]

Get tickets for forthcoming acts and read more information [http://getitloudinlibraries.com/].

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Get Online Week

Coventry Libraries host events across Coventry as part of Get Online Week, the UK’s biggest annual digital inclusion campaign, run by Good Things Foundation [https://uk.getonlineweek.com/]

Why is Get Online Week important? 

Source: Good Things Foundation

• 2.9 billion people are digitally excluded worldwide (ITU, 2021)
• 10.2 million people lack the basic digital skills needed to use the internet (Lloyds Consumer Digital Index, 2022)
• 6.9 million people in the UK will remain digitally excluded if nothing is done to help them (Cebr, 2018)
• 1 in 5 people have stopped using products or services because they’re only available online
• Three quarters of people would feel cut off from society if they didn’t have access to the internet
• 90% of jobs are only advertised online (UK Parliament, 2025) yet a quarter of people aren’t confident using the internet to compete for jobs 
• Shopping online can save you an average of £3.29 per purchase - yet one in 10 people aren’t confident managing finances online
• 61% of people worry about the security of their personal details online, holding them back from making the most of the internet

Outside of Get Online Week, digital events can be found alongside all Coventry Libraries and Information Service events [http://librarycatalogue.coventry.gov.uk/whats-on]