It was owned and managed by Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council.

[4] In October 2022 the borough council announced that the Civic Hall would close permanently, citing the cost of maintaining the venue, but they stated that it would be redeveloped into a new theatre and library.

[5][6][7] However in March 2024 it was announced that it would be reopened in phases, after the council transferred the running of the venue to a community-driven organisation, Bedworth Civic Hall Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) on a 20 year lease.

[9] In 1990, the world famous opera singer Luciano Pavarotti sang here as a rehearsal with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.

[10] Other notable acts to have performed at the venue include Lenny Henry, Billy Ocean, Pam Ayres, Billy Fury, AC/DC, Ken Dodd, Morecambe and Wise, The Drifters, Al Murray, Larry Grayson, Norman Wisdom, Jimmy Tarbuck, Martha Reeves, Elkie Brooks and Cilla Black, it has also served as a venue for the television show Dickinson's Real Deal.