Events & Campaigns

The City Centre hosts a variety of activities throughout the year including Farmers' and Craft Markets on the first Friday and third Friday of every month in Dudley Street, with craft stalls and fresh farm produce. 

In Dudley Street and Queen Square activities take place at key times of the year including St George’s Day, the Summer holidays and of course our ‘It’s Christmas’ celebrations and Light Switch On. 

The Carver Wolverhampton City Marathon takes place each September raising money for charity, starting in West Park and going partly through the city centre.  This year the event will take place on Sunday 4th September - last year's full marathon attracted 384 entrants.

May 20th to 22nd 2011 sees Light House Media Centre host Deaffest the UK's only Deaf-led film and television festival, which celebrates the talents of Deaf filmmakers and media artists from all over the world.

Flip Festival is also organised by Light House Media Centre in partnership with the University of Wolverhampton.  The Festival is an eclectic mix of all things animation from industry led panels to feature film screenings and from international showcases and retrospectives of short films to spotlights on animation studios and takes place in November 2011.

The 2011 Grand Slam of Darts will be the fifth staging of the darts tournament, the Grand Slam of Darts organised by the Professional Darts Corporation.  The event will take place from 12-20 November 2011 at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall.  Television coverage of the tournament will be covered by ITV Sport, with live coverage on ITV4 and highlights on ITV1. 

Sports fans can enjoy football at Molineux Stadium, home of Wolverhampton Wanderers (Premier League), close to the city centre.  Wolverhampton Racecourse is also located just to the north of the city centre.  This was one of the first all-weather horse racing courses in the UK and was Britain's first floodlit one.  There is also greyhound racing and Speedway close by at Monmore Green.

For further information on how to book an event in the city centre contact WVone on 01902 551077 or wccc@wolverhamptonccc.co.uk

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