Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture

Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture
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This is Bradford. Unfiltered. Unstoppable. Unmissable.

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Summer Sounds

A new two-day global music festival in Cliffe Castle Park.

2-3 Aug 2025

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FREE Part of Wild Uplands

Earth & Sky

Opera North

An immersive sound walk over the moors above Haworth.

A dark moorland scene with rocks in the foreground and a reservoir in the background. Laid on the moorland are fluorescent lighting tubes.
FREE Part of Wild Uplands

Earth & Sky: borrow a device

Use this page to reserve a device and explore the audio world of Earth & Sky on one of our pre-loaded devices.

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Part of The Beacon

Say It As It Is: Bowling Park

with Kirsty Taylor

Speak up and listen in – Kirsty Taylor hosts a special open mic night for Bradford 2025

Three women look into a mirror. They wear gold dresses and have drawings on their faces. One of them has a penis drawn on her forehead.
Part of Loading Bay

EGGS COLLECTIVE’S DARK NIGHTS

Twisted cabaret nights at Loading Bay.

A man in a black coat and jeans stands lit in blue on stage with his arms outstretched.

Penguin

Hamzeh Al Hussien & Amy Golding

One man’s extraordinary journey from Syria to England. “Be proud. Be who you are. Be more Penguin.”

A patchwork quilt made of squares designed by the community to represent peace
FREE

Peace Picnic: Bowling

The Peace Museum

The Peace Museum host the second of five free gatherings to celebrate peace, protest and community.

Exhibitions

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DRAW! supported by David Hockney

David Hockney has drawn the world around him for 60 years – and the Bradford-born artist is now supporting DRAW!, a nationwide drawing project for Bradford 2025.

Each month a different artist is inviting us to create a drawing inspired by a theme.

In June, comedian Harry Hill is encouraging us all to ‘draw a typical Sunday morning’.

Find out more about how you can get involved.

Let's DRAW!
Comedian Harry Hill smiles against a patterned background. He wears a big smile.

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Bradford 2025 Youth Pass

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

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Singer Afrobaby performs at a Bradford 2025 event.