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Take a seat at our waterside listening benches and tune into audio artworks created especially for Bradford 2025.

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Turner Prize 2025

The world’s most exciting visual arts prize has come to Bradford for the first time.

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Built by Sound

A mixed reality experience where memory moves to a beat.

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The Bradford Progress: Bradford Industrial Museum

Singer Jennifer Reid led a surprising musical happening at Bradford Industrial Museum.

Animated characters Wallace & Gromit hold instruments, against a background with musical notes.

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Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers – Live

It was back on the big screen – this time with the live soundtrack played by the City of Bradford Brass Band.

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Play Bradford’s Mobile Adventure Playground

We teamed up with Play Bradford to bring mobile play to The Beacon in Wibsey Park

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Play Bradford’s Mobile Adventure Playground – Bowling Park

We teamed up with Play Bradford to bring mobile play to The Beacon in Bowling Park.

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Play Bradford’s Mobile Adventure Playground

We teamed up with Play Bradford to bring mobile play to The Beacon at Cliffe Castle Park.

A young boy pulls another young boy who is sat in a makeshift cart across some grass

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Play Bradford’s Mobile Adventure Playground

We teamed up with Play Bradford to bring mobile play to The Beacon.

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The Bradford Progress: Cow & Calf

First light, first note: Paraorchestra and Commoners Choir gathered on Ilkley Moor to begin The Bradford Progress.

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The Bradford Progress: The Broadway

We experienced the orchestra from the inside out in the unlikely surroundings of The Broadway shopping centre.

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Turner Prize

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

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Wonky Olympics

Two clueless PE teachers gave traditional sports day a hilarious makeover.

A large group of people in traditional Sikh dress pose for a picture in a park.

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Punjabi Culture by Saath

We celebrated Punjabi Culture through song and poetry from the local community.

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Memories of the Future

An ambitious dance work starring the people of Bradford.

Black and white image of Bradford City v Newcastle United in 1911

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Echoes of the North

BD1 Brass played live to an extraordinary film, celebrating the way we were.

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Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali Group

The torchbearers of Qawwali music visited Bradford for their only show in the North in 2025.

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The Bradford Progress: The Broadway to the Mirror Pool

The Bradford Progress concluded with a major musical moment in the heart of the city.

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Les Girafes

A magical street show – led by seven red giraffes.

Three children in Victorian dress wave red flags at a steam train, on a sunny day in West Yorkshire.

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The Railway Children

The classic production on the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway.

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Rich(ard) Dawson

He returned to tour his new record, End of the Middle.

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Kailey

Who cares for you when your parent is in prison?

A black and white image of washing on a line, above a barn building.

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My Thousand Year Old Land (A Song for BiH)

A story of the search for truth, justice and hope through three generations of women.

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The Bradford Progress: Roberts Park

Our two-day journey across the district reached Saltaire for a free musical celebration in the park.

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Penumbra

A musical collaboration combining, voice, video, lighting and looping.

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Ghost Weavers

1.30pm: Loading BayImmerse yourself in a multilayered sound experience infused with folk song

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Voice Notes

Refugees and migrants shared their stories in this creative sound-world.

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Thar Farraige (Over Sea)

Chamber and folk music combined in a moving meditation on love, loss and home

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You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know, Do You?

This film reflected on the history of Bradford Resource Centre (BRC), a key hub for community action in Bradford.

Five performers wearing orange wigs stand in a V shape, against a green background.

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Little Wimmin

An unorthodox, apocalyptic, cosmically catastrophic adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel.

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Language: no broblem

A theatrical journey into multilingualism.

A drag performer poses under a neon red sign they are holding, that spells 'now'.

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TESTO

Wet Mess, Wet Messified transitions, testosterone and the edges of drag.

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Come Rest In Chaos

A mesmering and playful multi-sensory world.

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BOLD! Bradford Artist Scratch Night

In August we hosted an evening of new work-in-progress performances from Bradford artists and creatives.

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RIDE!

A combination of rap, dance and theatre in this powerful new work created with Gypsy and Traveller communities and the people of BD4.

A photograph of the outside of Cartwright Hall art gallery. Osman Yousefzada's installation covers a statue in front of the gallery, in a blue textile-like material.

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Where It Began

A personal look at migration, identity and community.

A man looking menacingly into the camera holding his fingers in the shape of a gun. He has a shaved head and is not wearing a top. The picture is black and white.

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La Haine – Live

ADF played live to Mathieu Kassovitz’s cult thriller.

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The Bradford Progress: Undercliffe Cemetery

Day one of The Bradford Progress finished with a reflective collaboration between Eeshar Singh and Gilank.

A shot from the stage of St. George's hall showing a packed auditorium, full of cheering people.

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Bassline Symphony

The sound of our city as you’d never heard it before.

A bug holding a lantern with lit up wings against a forest style backdrop, all of which is made out of cardboard

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Grue

A wintry world built by the people of Bradford.

A young girl in a flowery dress puts her hand on the mouth of a cardboard fish. A young boy is in the bottom left of the image.

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Grue: For Home Educators

In these sessions, home educators explored a wintry world.

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Nadine Shah

Mercury Prize-nominated Shah brought her mesmerising voice to Bradford in 2025.

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John Grant

John Grant made his Bradford headline debut in 2025.

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N’dehou

Composer Daniel Kidane premiered a choral work, performed by The Carice Singers

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Bantam’s Drift

Deconstructed soundscapes and images inspired by Bradford’s South Asian youth culture.

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Holocene

A reimagining of the contemporary brass ensemble with a bold and unconventional work exploring our current geological epoch.

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DANCE SUITE

Baroque music as it would sound on today’s dance floor.

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Wonky Olympics

Two clueless PE teachers give traditional sports day a hilarious makeover.

A man address an audience speaking into a microphone with his right arm outstretched

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Loaded Laughs at The Beacon

Bradford 2025's comedy night, live at The Beacon.

A character, Harley, sits under a table. There’s a birthday cake on the table, the candles are lit.

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The Invite

Mind the Gap’s immersive theatre experience invited us to a surprise party with music, movement… and cake.

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The Others (2001)

Nicole Kidman stars in a truly terrifying ghost story. Part of Open-Air Cinema at Milner Field Manor Ruins.

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Bradford Made Conference

In November 2025, we celebrated cultural learning and local stories at this one day conference for educators.

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Envision: Youth Leadership in the Arts Conference

Empowering cultural organisations to champion and develop the next generation of creative leaders.

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Richard Hawley & the Black Dyke Band

Bradford’s brass legends teamed up with Sheffield’s favourite son for one night only.

Musicians Kokoroko stand in a line in front of a wall.

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KOKOROKO

The powerhouse London collective rounded out our brass weekender.

A young boy in a straw hat bangs a nail into some wood with a hammer. There is a pink sign behind him saying Woodland Tribe.

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The Great Adventure Build – for home educators

Home educators and their children built an adventure play structure like no other!

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The Bradford Progress: Leeds & Liverpool Canal

The Bradford Progress took to the water for a slow-moving musical journey down the Leeds & Liverpool Canal.

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Last Rites

How do you say goodbye when words were never there?

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.

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EGGS COLLECTIVE’S DARK NIGHTS

Twisted cabaret nights at Loading Bay.

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Youth Pass: Bradford Walking Tour

Explore the city with Blue Badge guide Sarah Cowling.

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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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The Bradford Progress: Undercliffe to The Broadway

The Bradford Progress marched through the streets into the heart of the city.

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We Are Still ASAFO

A theatre performance with live music and dance, that reminded us that we are never truly alone.

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Brighter Still

The finale! Thousands of you joined us to look ahead to a brilliant Bradford future together.

A portrait photo of two best mates and performance/live art makers, Jess Murrain and Lua Bairstow. There is a small silver car with a Palestine sticker on its window, parked beside a road on the edge of the Baildon Moor in Bradford, West Yorkshire. Jess, a brown person with blonde and brown afro hair, is standing in front of the back of the car. Posed, looking directly at the camera. Wearing white Doc Martens, grey trousers with pink pinstripes, a sheer black shirt, a vivid pink feather boa, sunglasses and headphones. The door of the car is open. Lua, a white, gender non-conforming person, is standing next to Jess and beside the open car door, looking back at the road behind them. Wearing a pinstriped suit with a turquoise shirt just peeking through.

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NEUROQUEER: Part 1

Exploring NEUROQUEER as action, verb, identity.

A chorus of singers all dressed in dark blue perform on a balcony above the orchestra.

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Simon Boccanegra

Opera North’s first performances of the Verdi classic.

A row of dancers on a stage. One dancer holds a position away from the others.

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Jungle Book reimagined

Akram Khan Company made their Bradford debut.

Man pulling a serious face to the camra, sat on a rustic red chair, holding a clipboard in front of him. In the background either side of him are two large drawings of clowns.

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Les Enfants Terribles: A Gameshow for Awful Children

Comedian Marcel Lucont pitted kids against grown-ups with the aim of crowning the most awful child in Bradford…

Man in a light grey suit sat on red theatre seats, holding a glass of red wine.

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Marcel Lucont’s Whine List

Alternative comedy met group therapy – did you get your moans off your chest with the UK’s favourite French comic?

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National Saturday Club: Performance & Theatre

Bradford College created a new Performance & Theatre Saturday Club for 13-16 year olds.

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Babysphere

We explored a world of colour, movement, and sound.

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Colorsphere

Colorsphere was not your average circus.

A moody woman in a green hoodie stands in front of a sunset landscape

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Elmet

An explosive Northern drama – created especially for Bradford 2025 by The Javaad Alipoor Company.

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Whale, Where Are You Going?

Move over, Moby Dick! There was a mysterious new whale at large in the ocean.

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Re:Born

This was a one-time event that celebrated the coming of age.

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Poetry Takeaway

The Poetry Takeaway serves high quality, personalised poetry to diners, written, performed and wrapped up to takeaway.

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REPLAY

An endless world of play in an interactive family experience from The Herd.

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Public Interest

An urgent immersive show that challenged the Criminal Justice System.

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Fighting to Be Heard: Big Celebration Day

A free day of family-friendly activities as part of Fighting to Be Heard.

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Journeys with Mai

Sir Joshua Reynolds' spectacular portrait visited Bradford on a UK-wide tour.

A black and white photograph of a woman in a silky white dress and elbow length gloves singing into a microphone

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An Evening with Jacqui Dankworth

One of Britain’s finest jazz singers brought her trio to The Beacon – exclusively for Bradford 2025.

Singer Eliza Carthy

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Eliza Carthy

The Queen of English folk music visited The Beacon for a rare solo show in Bradford.

Performers in Claytime

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Claytime

A family show with a difference – an interactive play made out of clay!

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Curious Investigators

We stopped an egg from smashing in this cracking adventure for children aged 3–7 and their grown-ups…

A woman with blonde beehive hair and a zebra print top stands behind a bar stacked with beer bottles

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It’s Your Round

Comedy met cabaret at our fabulous pub quiz night.

Four dancers leaping in syncronisation with one arm up in the air.

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Lay Down Your Burdens

Rhiannon Faith’s acclaimed dance theatre show explored hope, compassion and transformation through the prism of a local pub

Two men dance acrobatically on wooden palettes

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Palette(s)

A show for two artists, 20 wooden pallets – and one bottle of water.

A woman dances in traditional Indian dress

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Roshni

A beautiful blend of South Asian dance and music

A smiling moon against a purple sky reads a book which says CBeebies Bedtime Story on the front cover

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CBeebies Bedtime Stories Day

Once upon a time… Evie Pickerill and George Webster from CBeebies brought the magic of Bedtime Stories to The Beacon.

A man stands looking away from the camera - he is wearing a tracksuit stop and trousers. He's looking at a football stadium from the pitch, and is surrounded by white.

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The 56

‘Nobody dies in football matches'

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A Night at the Musicals

Young performers brought the West End to Wibsey at this special concert.

A photo of a man lifting paper from a printing press with the words HOPE and ACT printed on it in black and pink

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HOPE/ACT

Installations from the world’s largest letterpress printing press.

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Easter Party in the Park

Bradford’s premier teen party producer presented an unmissable Easter special in Wibsey.

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Augmenting Bradford’s DNA

Homegrown artworks, made using calligraphy and community participation.

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asses.masses: game making workshop

Join asses.masses creators Patrick Blenkarn and Milton Lim for an afternoon of game making.

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Youth Pass: Calligraphy Workshop with Razwan Ul-Haq

You learnt new skills in hands-on calligraphy sessions led by artist Razwan Ul-Haq.

A collage of various materials including cardboard, feathers and googly eyes

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Let’s Make – Bowling Park

We got creative with artist Lou Sumray at these free family-friendly workshops in Bowling Park.

A woman in an orange dress with long black hair with an orange flower in it sings into a microphone

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Back to Black

Leeds’s leading jazz and soul masters performed Amy Winehouse’s iconic album live at The Beacon.

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

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Peace Picnic: Bowling

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

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Museums for Play and Growth

A free stay-and-play session for under-5s and their grown-ups in Bowling Park and Bolling Hall Museum.

A group of children in a classroom wearing sunglasses hold up certificates

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Street Sounds & Bhangra Niche

Bhangra met bassline for a one-of-a-kind evening at The Beacon.

A man in a ruffled purple long sleeved top with a purple beehive hairstyle poses with his hand in the air

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Big Quiffy Bingo

Eyes down! Boogaloo Stu brought a bingo night like no other to The Beacon…

A group of young dancers on stage. A girl at the front is posing in an arabeqsue.

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An Evening with Resi/Dance

Dancers from BD4 and surrounding areas took to the stage in this community dance celebration.

A woman in a blue t-shirt and stripy dungarees holds a crossbow above her head.

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Robyn Hood

Fidget Theatre reinvented the classic folk tale for family audiences in 2025.

A woman stands amongst trees with her arms in the air

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Happy Hype

From Geneva to Bowling – OUINCH OUINCH brought carnival culture to the Beacon!

Two women wearing hijabs sit on a wall with skateboards.

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Sisters 360

Two Muslim stepsisters tried to skate to victory in this family show from Bradford writer Asif Khan.

A dancer in a black and white leotard posing on the floor.

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Greed

Bawren Tavaziva’s electrifying dance piece reimagined the Seven Deadly Sins for the 21st century.

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National Saturday Club: Games Design

Bradford College created a new Games Design Saturday Club for 13-16 year olds.

Three smartly dressed men in clown make up pose with silly faces in a theatre

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The Tiger Lillies

Oddball cabaret, dark humour and seriously catchy tunes from London’s legendary masters of the macabre.

A family dressed up in bright coloured clothing stand in front of a glittery rainbow curtain.

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Pop-Up Family Pride

We celebrated creativity, individuality and self-expression with our family-friendly Pride celebration.

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Sustenance: The Power of Food

A shared meal and discussion on the importance of food in our communities.

Families queue to get on an old American school bus in a park

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Share Your Story: On Board at The Beacon, Bowling Park

The Bradford Stories Bus came to The Beacon for a one-day story spectacular.

Artist David Hockney sits on a chair in a gallery, in front of one of his paintings.

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Youth Pass: DRAW! with Shanaz Gulzar

A hands-on drawing workshop with Shanaz Gulzar.

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

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Penguin

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

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Bank Holiday Party in the Park

Bradford’s premier teen party producer presented an unmissable Bank Holiday special in Bowling.

A qawaali band play on stage

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Qawwali Night at The Beacon

An evening of Qawwali, live at The Beacon in Wibsey Park.

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Bradford City Centre guided walking tour

In 2025 we followed Bradford’s history, origins, and its transformation into the city it is today on this guided walking tour.

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Hands That Speak

Sign, create, connect

Aerial Photograph of Roberts Park in Saltaire

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Youth Pass: Guided walk, chat & treats in Saltaire

Youth Pass members took a walk with Bradford creatives and Bradford 2025's Creative Director Shanaz Gulzar.

A man smiling to a lady and young boy on a bright summers day in the park. The man is blowing bubbles.

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Wild Uplands Family Launch Party

You joined in the family-fun at our launch party for Wild Uplands.

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Summer Solstice Solace

Celebrate the longest day of the year.

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Wild Uplands End of Summer Party

A day of walks, talks, exhibitions and more.

A woman and a young child doing crafts in the park

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Creative Play for Under-5s

Families got crafty in Bowling Park at this special session for under-5s and their grown-ups.

A large group of people stood in a field in front of a circus tent

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Pentecost Party

We celebrated Pentecost in Bowling Park with churches from across Bradford.

A group of musicians play in a colourfully lit room full of people dancing

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North Street Band

We rounded off The Big Beacon Family Welcome in Bowling and Cliffe Castle parks with a wide variety of music from Motown classics to current ‘top 40’.

A giant ball of colourful yarn with the Bradford skyline around the edge of it against a blue sky.

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A Good Yarn: BD10 Roll

Roll with it! Our giant ball of yarn rolls into BD10.

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Youth Pass: DJ Turntablist Workshop

Youth Pass members learnt the art of turntablism with Turn Styles.

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STRIKE

A spectacular light and sound show celebrating the women who made modern Bradford.

A woman in a yoga pose

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Yoga & Brunch

We celebrated well-being, unwound and relaxed at this Yoga and brunch event for women.

A group of women learning traditional Indian dance

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Giddha Workshop

We celebrated culture, movement, and community in a women-only space designed to uplift and energise.

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Evening Conversations

Sudha invites her boys to ‘crack open a cold one’ and share their views on life.

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Evening Conversations – Loading Bay

Shots are fired in quick-fire exchanges between mother and sons.

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Camille O’Sullivan – All Souls

We heard Camille's love letter in song.

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Imaginary Friends

After a tragic event, a floundering TV comic takes comfort in his imaginary friends.

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Little Explorers, Festival of Archaeology

Craft activities and exploration stations for little archaeologists and scientists.

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Archaeology Talks!

We enjoyed a day of archaeology talks to celebrate the National Festival of Archaeology.

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Cliffe Castle Park 75th Birthday Bash

We celebrated 75 years of Cliffe Castle Park at their birthday bash!

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Shadmanny

A taste of South Asian wedding culture.

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Say It As It Is: Cliffe Castle Park

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

A collage of various materials including cardboard, feathers and googly eyes

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Let’s Make

Get creative with artist Lou Sumray at these free family-friendly workshops in Cliffe Castle Park.

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Youth Pass: Radio Production Workshops

Youth Pass members created, delivered and recorded their very own radio show with BCB!

Cartoon / comical drawings, with pens glue and scissors on the table

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Youth Pass: Sip & DRAW! Zine & Comic Workshop

Attendees sipped mocktails, ate cake, and got creative with artist YAYA, making their own zine or comic!

Twi men sat down, one is looking up, the other man sat with his arms crossed

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Your Best Guess

Life is entirely unpredictable. But what if we could rewrite history?

A giant ball of colourful yarn with the Bradford skyline around the edge of it against a blue sky.

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A Good Yarn: City Centre Roll

Roll with it! We’re making a huge new artwork from the very fabric of Bradford.

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Teen Scene: Party in the Park

Bradford’s premier teen party producer presented a series of parties for teenagers at The Beacon.

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RAVO

Street art that celebrates the energy and joy of the Ravenscliffe community.

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

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Peace Picnic: Cliffe Castle Park

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

A large group of men in black trousers and white shirts cheer in a park. Two women are stood at the front in dresses.

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Summer of Song

Steeton Male Voice Choir celebrated 118 years of singing.

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The MEGA Drawing Box in the Park

Keighley Creative and artist Naseem Darbey presented a nature inspired drawing box adventure!

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What are you watching?

We explored the development of film culture in Bradford and Keighley.

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OUR STORY

A unique insight into the challenges and strengths of being an autistic girl in today’s world.

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Youth Fest

The Youth Service provided a day of activities for 11-19 year olds.

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Celebrating Culture at Cliffe Castle

We celebrated South Asian culture in Keighley with activities for the whole family to enjoy.

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Creative Summer Social

A relaxed and welcoming indoor and outdoor event celebrating Bradford’s creative sector.

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Health and Wellbeing Day

You connected with your community and got your health checked at this free daytime event.

Cartoon young girl looking to the side with her hair blowing in the wind.

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Chasing The Wind

A musical theatrical story about our time and a future that we shaped.

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The Great Crafty Get-Together

Celebrating all the crafters - and all those that would like to be!

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Palingenesis

A mesmerising exploration of life's cycles, intimacy, and transformation through dance.

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All Ages Singing

Mood-lifting, feel-good musical fun!

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How to Get Published

This panel explored what it takes to bring a book to life.

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Hot Caribbean Beatz in the Park

An evening of Caribbean music at The Beacon.

A group of musicians play in a colourfully lit room full of people dancing

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North Street Band

We rounded off The Big Beacon Family Welcome at Cliffe Castle Park with a wide variety of music from Motown classics to current top 40.

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Art and Play Day

We had a go at different art techniques at this event for little artists and their grown ups.

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Cool Runnings Culture Day

Keighley's very own Caribbean eatery Cool Runnings took over The Beacon.

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A Good Yarn

An extraordinary artwork – made in BD10 from the fabric of Bradford.

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Tent of Hope

A celebration of solidarity and interfaith dialogue.

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Hindu Sangh Culture Event

We learnt about Hindu and Gujarati traditions at The Beacon.

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Mapping Bradford stories

Discover our interactive Digital Map and dive into stories from across Bradford District.

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Drumroll please

Bradford young people’s honest thoughts about their hometown are to be celebrated in a new poster series.

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Eight amazing music venues in Bradford District

Bradford is home to so many iconic music venues – plan your next night out in Bradford, Bingley, Saltaire and beyond.

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2024: That was the year that was

Join us to look back on a packed 2024, as we looked forward to an amazing year ahead.

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January at Bradford 2025

Rewind to January 2025 – and the start of Bradford’s year as UK City of Culture.

People harvesting food from the allotments at NEET (the Northcliffe Environmental Enterprise Team) in Northcliffe Park, where they meet several times a week. They then prepare what tehy have picked to make a lunch which they share. Photo by Tim Smith.

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NEET

Step into the kitchen and prep yourself to meet the incredible team at NEET.

A close up of a young ladies face at a song and dance session organised as part of the Loving Grannies' Music project at Womenzone community centre. Photos by Tim Smith.

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Womenzone

You're invited in to womenzone, a place that has become a second home to many women.

Two walkers explore Bradford's rural landscape.

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48 hours at Bradford 2025 for outdoor explorers

This two-day City of Culture itinerary takes you through moorland, woodland and riverside trails that feel a world away, yet sit at the heart of the district’s identity.

Salts Mill and the canal in Saltaire.

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48 hours at Bradford 2025 for heritage seekers

This two-day City of Culture heritage itinerary takes you through the places that shaped the district’s past and the people bringing it to life today.

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Wyedean Weaving

Unravel the threads behind the people of the Wyedean Weaving Company.

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Accessibility

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Bloom – FAQs

Useful information about Bloom - a performance in Shipley Market Square on 26 & 27 September 2025.

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Plan your visit to the Turner Prize

This page includes useful information to help you plan a visit to Cartwright Hall Art Gallery for the Turner Prize 2025. Find out how to get there, accessibility information, and things to do nearby.

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Terms and conditions

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Audio Description

Listen to Audio Description for a number of Bradford 2025 events and exhibitions.

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Turner Prize 2025 Visual Story

This Visual Story is for visitors to the Turner Prize 2025 at Cartwright Hall Art Gallery. It contains information about how to get here, with images to help prepare you for your visit.

Loading Bay theatre

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Plan your visit to Loading Bay

Useful information for visitors to Loading Bay including facilities and access information.

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Loading Bay: Visual Story

This visual story has been created to help you plan your visit to Loading Bay in Bradford City Centre.

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Bradford 2025 Elevate Programme

Learn more about Elevate: Bradford 2025's development scheme for local heritage groups, organisations and individuals in Bradford District.

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The Beacon: Visual Story

This visual story has been created to help you plan your visit to The Beacon, Bradford 2025's very own touring venue.

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Privacy policy

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Contact

Get in touch with the Bradford 2025 team.

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Plan your visit to The Beacon

Find out about accessibility, facilities, parking and more - plan your visit to our touring venue, The Beacon.

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Artist-Led Project Awards

Learn more about the projects that we supported at Bradford 2025 through our Artist-Led Project Awards.

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Do Your Thing Awards

We teamed up with Creative Lives to support over 50 local organisations through the Do Your Thing Awards.

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Creative Careers Festival Programme

A Bradford careers festival for young people aged 16-25 interested in the creative industry.

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Policies

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Press and media

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Skills and training

Discover how Bradford 2025 has supported our district's creative sector and helped build the next generation of cultural leaders.

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School visits

Plan a school visit to a Bradford 2025 event, get discounts for school bookings, access classroom resources, or get in touch.

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The Team

Our team are here to deliver Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture for audiences across the nation.

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Built By Sound: FAQs

What is a mixed reality experience? Find out more about Built By Sound at Loading Bay and plan your visit.

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Cultural Capital Grants

Organisations across Bradford District have received capital grants from Bradford 2025.

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Code of Conduct

Read our Code of Conduct for staff, volunteers, customers and the public.

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Goit Stock Waterfall & Woods Walk

Take a walk through a hidden valley to a beautiful waterfall.

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Ilkley Riverside Gardens Walk

Take a gentle stroll along the banks of the River Wharfe.

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Recruitment of ex-offenders statement

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Where It Began: Audio description

Two audio descriptions of Where It Began, Osman Yousefzada’s exhibition at Cartwright Hall Art Gallery.

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Creative Communities Fund projects

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Investing in the future

Bradford 2025 is a springboard to tomorrow. Learn more about how we’ve invested in Bradford.

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Meet the Our Patch team

We’re supporting culture in the community through Our Patch - meet our team of Our Patch Producers and Creative Practitioners.

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In your community

From January to December and from the hills to the mills, we made Bradford 2025 the most accessible UK City of Culture yet.

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Bradford 2025 Youth Pass

Are you aged 16–25? Sign up today for cheap tickets, priority booking, exclusive events and more – it’s absolutely free.

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Cultural Learning Steering Group

This team of educators helped to shape the Bradford 2025 cultural learning programme.

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Sustainability at Bradford 2025

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Turner Prize 2025: school and education programme

Find out how schools and educators can get involved with the Turner Prize in Bradford.

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CHANNELS at The Mirror Pool

Listen to audio artworks inspired by The Mirror Pool in Bradford City Centre. Part of CHANNELS, created by Bradford-based duo Turbynes.

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Visual stories

These visual story pages have been created to help you plan your visit to Bradford 2025 events and venues. They include photography of the spaces and descriptions of facilities and accessibility.

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Access and Inclusion Partner – Request for Proposals

We're looking for a partner who can deliver Access and Inclusion support, consultancy, and reporting for our creative programmes.

BD is Lit 2023

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Request for Proposals – Access Specialist for Capital and Building Projects

Our access specialist will help improve facilities for audiences and visitors with access needs.

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Bradford District artist-led projects call out: Round two

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Forge: opportunity for short film Writers and Directors

We are seeking applications from Writers and Directors for Forge: Short Film Development Lab & Fund.

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Forge: opportunity for short film Producers

We are seeking applications from Producers for Forge: Short Film Development Lab & Fund.

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Freelance Mental Health Engagement Lead

We are seeking a freelancer to work with us as a Mental Health Engagement Lead.

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Take flight with a unique aerial training opportunity

Learn aerial performance and star in a Bradford 2025 show

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Apprenticeships: Programme & Engagement, Audiences, Operations

Apply for one of the first five Bradford 2025 Apprenticeships.

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Join Bradford 2025’s Cultural Learning Steering Group

We're looking for education experts to support our Cultural Learning team.

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Expression of Interest: Training Opportunity for Audio Describers

Bradford 2025 is looking to train and develop a small team of local Audio Describers to work on performances and events throughout our year of culture and as a legacy for the region.

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Casting Call: The Railway Children – Community Ensemble

Be a part of the production of The Railway Children

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Heritage Skills Programme

10-month scheme for local heritage groups.

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Wandering Imaginations: opportunity for emerging female fantasy and sci-fi writers exchange

Exchange for emerging female fantasy and sci-fi writers.

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Writing Home: Creative Writing Programme

A creative writing programme inspired by Tower of Now.

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Be part of an exciting new show in Holme Wood!

Community members from BD4 or the Gypsy and Traveller community - sign up to be part of RIDE!

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Care to Share: Creative Health Micro Awards

Peer-led learning to grow and strengthen Creative Health practice across Bradford District and Craven.

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Call Out: Band in a Day

Take part in a Band in a Day!

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Creative Health Project Officer

Join our team as a Creative Health Project Officer!

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Get involved with the Curious Communities Project

Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture in partnership with Bradford Producing Hub.

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Production Coordinator

Play a crucial role in the successful delivery of Bradford 2025's creative programme from indoor and outdoor performances to digital and broadcast initiatives.

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Community Participation Manager

Develop and manage creative community engagement and participation programmes that are people-led.

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Assistant Creative Technologist

Join the team and support our Creative Technologists with an exciting programme of work.

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Engagement Producer

Work to develop and deliver a Bradford district-wide creative engagement programme.

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Volunteer Programme Officer

Help us make our volunteering programme effective, inclusive and rewarding for people in Bradford.

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Main Contractor for The Beacon

Help us bring The Beacon to life.

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Freelance call out: Engagement Producers, Participation Co-ordinators and Engagement Project Managers

Engagement freelancers - let's work together.

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Join our Young Creatives Programme

18-24 year olds - are you creative and passionate about Bradford? Our Young Creatives programme may be for you.

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Press & PR Apprentice

We are searching for a Press & PR Apprentice.

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Apprentice Ticketing Officer

We are searching for an Apprentice Ticket Officer.

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Venue Operations and Event Manager x2

We are searching for two Venue Operations and Event Managers.

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Venue Technical Manager

We're searching for a Venue Technical Manager.

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Playable Artists Commission

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Seating and Staging RFP (The Railway Children)

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Host your event at The Beacon

Host an event at our travelling venue in 2025.

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Four Nations Outdoor Arts Bursary

We are offering a Four Nations Outdoor Bursary.

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Young people – join the National Saturday Club!

Skills development opportunities for 13–16-year-olds in Bradford.

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BD: Walls – artist commissions for Ravenscliffe, Buttershaw and Brittania Gardens

Street art commission

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Youth, Skills and Training Officer

We're looking for a Youth, Skills and Training Officer to join the team!

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Freelance Duty Event Managers

We're searching for freelance Duty Event Managers to join our freelance database.

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Bradford / West of Ireland Screen Producer Exchange

Exchange Programme

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Cultural Learning Programme Assistant

Join our team as a Cultural Learning Programme Assistant!

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New Focus: Call for Tender – Bradford Family Album Digital Archive

Impressions Gallery and New Focus are calling for tenders to develop a new digital archive of community-sourced family photographs and stories.

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Thousands of local children create and perform new ballet and opera celebrating Bradford

More than 2,000 Bradford children joined together for Sing, Dance, Leap – a new ballet and opera project based on the hopes and dreams of Bradford’s young people.

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Bradford 2025 announces projects to improve health and wellbeing through culture

The Creative Health programme harnesses the transformative power of culture and creativity to tackle some of the district’s most urgent health and social challenges

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Bradford 2025: A Game-Changer for the Youth of the District

With a focus on empowering local talent and nurturing a vibrant, sustainable cultural sector, Bradford 2025 is creating new skills and professional opportunities that will leave an enduring impact on the region.

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£20m funding boost for Bradford 2025

The investment will support the delivery of our programme in 2025.

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Bradford 2025 launches its new Creative Health programme

This is our vision to transform health, wellbeing and culture across the district.

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Cultural City of Sanctuary designation

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Bradford 2025 and Creative Lives support over 50 local organisations through the Do Your Thing Awards

Over 50 grassroots creative groups have been selected to receive a share of just over £20,000 to open-up opportunities for cultural participation in a multitude of ways.

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Cannon Mills Drive-In Cinema brings Bollywood to Bradford

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The UK’s youngest city counts down to 2025

We're creating opportunities for young people throughout our year as UK City of Culture.

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Kickstarting the countdown to 2025

We've announced some major news ahead of 2025.

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Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture and Penguin Books distribute over 4,000 books to secondary schools across the district

The books, by a diverse range of authors, will help improve literacy skills in secondary schools and encourage young people to foster a deeper understanding of literature.

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Tape Letters

Bradford 2025 to unveil exhibition on how families stayed connected worldwide through cassette tapes.

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Bradford 2025 encourages people to take a seat and tune into audio artworks

Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture (Bradford 2025) has unveiled three special listening benches at Bingley Five Rise Locks, Chellow Dean Reservoirs, and the Mirror Pool in City Park, as part of an audio project called CHANNELS

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Bradford 2025 hits the halfway mark with people, participation and pride at its heart- and a blockbuster summer ahead

An estimated 1.1 million people have experienced Bradford 2025 projects celebrating the district