Last week we welcomed the UK City of Culture special advisory panel to Bradford.
The panel of judges, led by Sir Phil Redmond, took a guided tour of the district – meeting artists, young people, businesses and community leaders to hear why we think Bradford should be UK City of Culture 2025.
“There’s this aspiration to take the youngest city, with a multi-ethnic, multi-faith population, and see how they can use culture to shape the strategic future of that city with a very exciting and vibrant bid”
Sir Phil Redmond
Follow what they got up to on social media
First stop for the expert advisory panel visit was @MediaMuseum followed by a hard hats on and look inside the incredible @Bradford_Live development 💥 #Bradford2025 #CityofCulture2025 pic.twitter.com/hDPgYQnO4z
— Bradford 2025 (@bradford2025) May 10, 2022
The judging panel visited the beautiful Bradford Central Mosque before making their way to the iconic Lister Mills to catch up with artists and actors at @MtGstudios — the UK’s leading learning disability performance company 💥 #Bradford2025 #CityofCulture2025 pic.twitter.com/2LOXAeDs94
— Bradford 2025 (@bradford2025) May 10, 2022
Next the #CityofCulture2025 panel stopped off at Hindu Cultural Centre, met @PRAlearning for quick dance and a samosa then headed to @Kala_Sangam to find out more about @BentArchitectCo @Freedom_Studios and @bdproducinghub and see an exhibition by @PeaceMuseumUK 👀#Bradford2025 pic.twitter.com/BJn8UbisAb
— Bradford 2025 (@bradford2025) May 10, 2022
This is a #CityofCulture2025 bid for the whole district and next the judging panel visited @CreativeKly and caught up with the people behind @KAFFestival @theleapBD and the new @Channel4 backed screen initiative @TheUnitBradford 🎬 #Bradford2025 pic.twitter.com/dRim40Fe7H
— Bradford 2025 (@bradford2025) May 10, 2022
Next the #CityofCulture2025 panel embarked on a walking tour of Bradford to find out more about the exciting @BradfordMarkets development, our radical social history and stopped by political theatre company @Common_WealthHQ to hear from @SpeakersCornerC and @AllStarEnts 🔥 pic.twitter.com/GDPcYIKR1F
— Bradford 2025 (@bradford2025) May 10, 2022
The final stop for #CityofCulture2025 panel visit was an epic lunch in @SaltsMill Rite of Spring gallery 🌱
The panel had a chance to catch up with our amazing creatives and community leaders and got a chance to see the brand new 90m #DavidHockney exhibition 💥#Bradford2025 pic.twitter.com/5RHZa9E9fo
— Bradford 2025 (@bradford2025) May 10, 2022