Get ready for another fantastic Godiva Festival. Most of and bands and attractions for the 2006 Godiva Festival have now been announced. Seventies superstar Leo Sayer will headline the Friday night in the Nostalgia tent. The Cooper Temple Clause have joined Mercury Rev on the Saturday main stage bill, which also includes Leamington chart-toppers Nizlopi, Blackbud, The Fratellis, This is Seb Clarke, Milk Kan, Decatone, Linear, The Enemy and. In the Reggae Tent, The Aces will pay tribute to Jamaican star Desmond Dekker, who died on Thursday, 25 May - just the day after it was announced he was playing at the festival.
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Friday sees comedy, including stand up show from Paul Zenon and the Spotlight Tent features the seven runner up bands from our G Factor competition. The Godiva Carnival begins at 11am on Saturday 15th July and will form a procession through the streets of Coventry. The day features stunt car shows, dog display, circus acts, craft stalls and a skate park. Sunday sees classical music, folk and acoustic performances from the likes of SumladfromCov, Vijay Kishore, Lewis Garland and Suzy Indygo. Sunday will also see Breaks Co-Op featuring Zane Lowe take the stage, as well as crazy Brummie nine-piece band Misty's Big Adventure. The Godiva Festival takes place from 14-16 July at Memorial Park in Coventry. For the full band lineup including stage times, and a list of all of the other attractions and events, visit the Godiva Festival website - www.godivafestival.co.uk. --- Full music lineup Friday 14 July - From 5:30pm - 10:30pm Leo Sayer headlines the Nostalgia Tent. The curly haired 70s star has had a career spanning 4 decades and is currently enjoying a renaissance. The Rhythm Tent will see a special tribute to Desmond Decker by his band The Aces. Also on the bill will be a top lineup of reggae talent, including - Ambelique, Owen Uriah, The Pioneers and the Delroy Williams Band, Daddy Woody, King Daniel, Ziggynatulus and Kifaru. Illusionist Paul Zenon is the main act in the Comedy Tent. The will also be John Warburton and Jason Manford and MC for the night will be Michael Legge. The Spotlight Tent sees performances from the eight winners of BBC Coventry & Warwickshire's G Factor competition. They are (in order of planned appearance) What About Cube?, 7th Wave, Hobo Exile Hotel, Trailer, Fiori, Death By Miss Adventure, The Great Blind Degree and headlined by Decatone. Performances from each band will be recorded and broadcast on Anita Miah's show on BBC Coventry & Warwickshire, as well as right here on our website. G Factor stage times: 10:00pm - Decatone
9:15pm – The Great Blind Degree
8:35pm – Death By Miss Adventure
7:55pm – Fiori
7:15pm – Trailer
6:40pm – Hobo Exile Hotel
6:05pm – 7th Wave
5:30pm – What About Cube? Saturday 15 July - From 12.00pm - 10.30pm The Main Stage is headlined by legendary maverick American psychedelic outfit Mercury Rev. The full lineup and stage times are below: 9:10pm - Mercury Rev
7:40pm - Cooper Temple Clause
6:20pm - Nizlopi
5:10pm - The Fratellis
4:10pm - Blackbud
3:10pm - This Is Seb Clarke
2:15pm - Milk Kan
1:30pm - Decatone
12:40pm - Linear
12:00pm - The Enemy The Spotlight Tent showcases an array of Hip Hop talent. On the bill are Paragon, Big P, Skeme, Beat Poets, Milliondan and headlined by UK Hip Hop star TY. Saturday in the Rhythm Tent is a feast of global beats featuring Claudio Kron De Brazil, Siyaya, Drumalicious, Brazilica, Shri & DJ Badmarsh. The Fools Paradise cabaret, showcases some of the best in human circus and street theatre. Clowns, jugglers, unicyclists, comedians, musicians, daredevil acrobats and comic tightrope walkers will entertain the crowd. Sunday 16 July - From 12.00pm - 7:00pm The Electric Tent hosts a full classical performance by Spires Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus. Folk lovers will enjoy Sunday's lineup in the Rhythm Tent. It includes Dark Island, Carter Chapman, Eric Bogle, The Coventry Mummers, Joe O'Donnell's Shkayla, Rob Halligan and Gareth Davies-Jones, The Oddsods and Swarb's Lazarus. On Sunday the Spotlight Tent goes acoustic with performances from some of Coventry and Warwickshire's top acoustic talent from 12-3pm. Suzy Indygo, Lewis Garland, Laura Bettinson, Wes Finch, Lee Glasson, Cliff Hands, Tawt, SumladfromCov, Don't Move and Vijay Kishore. At 3:30pm American singer-songwriter Devon Sproule will take the stage, followed at 4:30pm by Break's Co-op, featuring the BBC Radio 1 DJ Zane Lowe. Completing the day and the festival at 6:00pm will be crazy Brummie nine piece outfit Misty's Big Adventure. They've got a dancer called Erotic Volvo who wears a suit made with rubber gloves. You won't want to miss them! --- About the headliners Mercury Rev Cult American band Mercury Rev broke into the mainstream with their fourth album Deserter's Songs, which won the NME album of the year 1998. Based in the remote Catskill Mountains and led by enigmatic vocalist Jonathan Donahue, the group followed up with 2001's All Is Dream and The Secret Migration, which was released last year. The Cooper Temple Clause The Cooper Temple Clause previously appeared at the Godiva Festival in 2001, when they were still a relatively unknown band. Hailing from Reading, their albums See This Through And Leave and follow-up, Kick Up the Fire And Let the Flames Break Loose, met with critical and commercial acclaim, notching up a string of top 40 singles and festival appearances. In September 2005, bassist Didz Hammond left the band to join Dirty Pretty Things, who recently played a storming show at the Colly. After their exile, the Coopers are now back with a new single entitled Damage and a new album due for release this summer. Nizlopi Nizlopi are a two piece band, Luke Concannon (guitar and vocals) and John Parker (double bass, human beatbox and vocals). Based in Leamington Spa, they are becoming increasingly popular with their fresh brand of folk music. Nizlopi were BBC Coventry & Warwickshire's Band of the Month way back in October 2004 and they achieved national acclaim with their single JCB Song which reached number 1 in the UK singles chart in December 2005. | 
