Fargo Village

Fargo Village is a creative quarter on Far Gosford Street, Coventry, England. Costing £5 million[1] and opened on 27 September 2014,[2] it is a mixture of mobile catering units, small boutique style units housed in container like structures and large warehouse stores.

Units include coffee shops, vegan café, a craft beer brewery, Twisted Barrel, vintage clothing shops and even the world's only museum dedicated to TV actor Phil Silvers.[3] Comic book writer and artist Al Davison has a shop there. The Box is a 500 capacity music and drama venue linked to and adjacent to the site.[4]

As well as housing retail units The Village holds regular events such as classic car shows, open air cinema evenings, food festivals and dog shows.

References
  1. "Firms signing up for Coventry's FarGo creative village". Birmingham Post.
  2. "Thousands turn up for opening of Coventry's FarGo Village". Coventry Telegraph.
  3. "One man's obsession with Sergeant Bilko". BBC News.
  4. "Work at new 500-seat arts centre at FarGo Village reaches half-way stage". Coventry Telegraph.

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