Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture
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14 Nov 2025

Painting the Sky

David Hockney & SKYMAGIC

David Hockney’s paintings brought to life in a spectacular drone show.

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21 Nov - 14 Dec 2025

Built by Sound

No Ghost, Dialled In and Bradford 2025

A mixed reality experience where memory moves to a beat.

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Free

27 Sep 2025 – 22 Feb 2026

Turner Prize

We’ve teamed up with Tate to bring the Turner Prize to Bradford - tickets available now.

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Our Patch

We’re inviting the people of Bradford to learn skills, make connections and unleash their inner artist with our free community creativity programme.

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Bradford: A City of Film

Cinema for everyone, everywhere.

Artist David Hockney sits on a chair in front of one of his paintings. The artwork is hung on a white wall.

DRAW!

A nationwide drawing project supported by David Hockney.

Yellow and green spray painted words 'MAPA', sitting on a red background. There is a ladder to the left of the picture and artist, Peachzz with her back turned to the right.

BD: Walls

We’re turning the streets into galleries for Bradford 2025.

Loading Bay

Loading Bay is our very own pop-up venue in the city.

We’ve transformed a disused storage depot into a temporary culture hub for Bradford 2025 – it's open now with an action-packed programme.

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Take part

Volunteer with us, take part in an event and find out how your community can get involved in Bradford 2025.

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Youth Pass

Aged 16-25 and live in Bradford? Sign up for a Bradford 2025 Youth Pass for cheap tickets, priority booking and more.

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Bradford 2025 Digital Map

Discover stories from across Bradford District with our Digital Map.

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