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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 Literature Festival 2025
One of the largest literature festivals in the UK and Europe’s most eclectic and diverse literature festival.
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Northern Soul
Clio Barnard curates a special season at Pictureville Cinema dedicated to northern female filmmaking.
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Refugee Week 2025
Community as a superpower. Join us at The Beacon for welcoming and inclusive programme of artworks, events and activities.
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Northern Youth
A film season at Pictureville Cinema, curated for Bradford 2025 by Dominic Leclerc.
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BD: Festival 2025
BD: Festival returns for a spectacular two-day takeover in the City centre.
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A Time and a Place
Invisible Women present a season of coming of age films by women filmmakers, inspired by Bradford’s diasporic past.
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Summer Sounds
Shades On! Get ready for a weekend of music at Summer Sounds, a two day festival in the stunning grounds of Cliffe Castle Park.
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Epic Yorkshire
Catch iconic favourites and discover hidden gems in this city-wide film season and screen celebration of Yorkshire.
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FILM4 Presents at Pictureville Cinema
A major partnership between Channel 4 and Bradford 2025, exploring Film4's remarkable catalogue.
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Richard Hawley & the Black Dyke Band
Bradford’s brass legends team up with Sheffield’s favourite son for one night only.
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Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers – Live
Back on the big screen – with the soundtrack played live by the City of Bradford Brass Band.
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Pink in the Park
Peel Park hosts a free fun day out to celebrate the rich history of Bradford’s LGBTQ+ communities.
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BBC Contains Strong Language
The UK’s biggest poetry and performance festival comes to Bradford.
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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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[Cancelled] Youth Pass: After-Hours Mobile Photography Workshop
This event has been cancelled.
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Youth Pass: DRAW! with Shanaz Gulzar
Join us for a hands-on drawing workshop with Shanaz Gulzar.
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Youth Pass: Guided walk, chat & treats in Saltaire
Take a walk and enjoy a treat on us with Bradford creatives and Bradford 2025 Creative Director Shanaz Gulzar
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Youth Pass: DRAW! Continuous Line Drawing Workshop
Event postponed. Ease the pressure of perfection in a new drawing technique with Alison McIntyre.
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Stories from Valley Parade
Come along to Stories from Valley Parade to look back on a fantastic season.
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Online information session: Artist-Led Project Awards
Learn more about our upcoming funding awards.
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Under the Skin [35mm]
Two sisters struggle to deal with the death of their mother. With introduction from Dr Karen Thornton.
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Grue: family craft workshop
A free family workshop at Bingley Library to help us build the enchanted world of Grue.
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Wuthering Heights [35mm]
Andrea Arnold’s elemental take on Emily Bronte’s masterful novel. With introduction from writer and critic Kate Stables.
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Fighting to Be Heard: Calligraphy Lecture & Workshop
Learn new skills with artist and calligrapher Razwan Ul-Haq.
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We Will Sing
Ann Hamilton transforms the immense top floor at Salts Mill for her largest solo UK installation to date.
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Conclave (2024)
This award-winning drama follows one of the world’s most secretive and ancient events – selecting the new Pope. A Moving Cinema screening at Woodbank Nurseries.
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The Arbor (2010)
Clio Barnard’s innovative portrayal of the late Bradford playwright Andrea Dunbar.
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BBC Introducing at The Beacon
The BBC’s music discovery platform takes over The Beacon for an open mic night of live music.
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Augmenting Bradford’s DNA
Homegrown artworks, made using calligraphy and community participation.
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Youth Pass: Calligraphy Workshop with Razwan Ul-Haq
Learn new skills in a hands-on calligraphy session led by artist Razwan Ul-Haq.
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National Saturday Club: Performance & Theatre
Join Bradford College’s new Performance & Theatre Saturday Club.
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Pop-Up Family Pride
Celebrate creativity, individuality and self-expression with our family-friendly Pride celebration.
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Public Interest Bassline Night
Common/Wealth presents a Bradford Bassline line up like no other, including special guest performances from our Public Interest cast.
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The Big Thing
Bringing together artists, creatives, researchers, and technologists from across the UK and beyond who want to shape the future of immersive art
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Youth Pass: Sip & DRAW! Sketchbook Workshop
Sip mocktails, eat cake, and create your own 'zig zag' sketchbook with Naseem Darbey
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Conclave (2024)
This award-winning drama follows one of the world’s most secretive and ancient events – selecting the new Pope. A Moving Cinema screening at Odsal Stadium.
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RedBall Project
The longest-running street art project in the world is coming to the UK City of Culture.
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Island of Foam: Version #40
Celebrate Playday, the national day for play, in City Park. Families of all ages can join in this monumental explosion of multicoloured foam…
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Conclave (2024)
This award-winning drama follows one of the world’s most secretive and ancient events – selecting the new Pope. A Moving Cinema screening at Bradford Industrial Museum.
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Bradford Literature Festival: Grace Dent & Nisha Katona in Conversation
Attend the launch of the brand-new nationwide reading campaign.
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Youth Pass: Breakin – Dance Class
Join Bradford’s Breakin dance specialists for an energetic breakdancing session.
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Youth Pass: Sip & DRAW! Zine & Comic Workshop
Sip mocktails, eat cake, and get creative with artist YAYA, making your own zine or comic!
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Bradford Literature Festival: Feeding the Future
An insightful discussion on sustainable food systems.
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Bradford Literature Festival: Memoirs of Food, with Angela Hui the & Candice Chun
A moving exploration of food, memory and identity.
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Bradford Literature Festival: Bradford, Food & Writing – A Taste from Home
A discussion on how food writing an connect culture and cuisine.
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Bradford Literature Festival: Breaking Bread with Kitty and Al Tait
Discover the life-changing power of baking and bread.
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Bradford Literature Festival: The Food Our Grandmothers Knew
Discover how food and culture get passed down through generation.
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Bradford Literature Festival: Recipe for Fiction – The Language of Food with Annabel Abbs
A thought-provoking celebration of words and nourishment.
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Bradford Literature Festival: Preserving Culture and Memory with Food
Dialogue between Samantha Ellis and Bee Wilson.
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Bradford Literature Festival: A Culinary Journey through al-Andalus
Insight into medieval food culture across al-Andalus and North Africa.
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Cliffe Castle Party in the Park
Bradford’s premier teen party producer present an unmissable family friendly Party in the Park at Cliffe Castle.
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Future of Music in Technology Conference
Explore the future of music with the intersection of technology.
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Bradford 2025 is GO!
Join us as we take a look back at January 2025, the month we kicked off Bradford's year as UK City of Culture.
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48 hours at Bradford 2025 for art lovers
This two-day itinerary takes you through independent galleries, creative takeovers and world-famous works here in the UK City of Culture. Discover creativity woven into the city’s streets, cafés and cultural spaces.
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Volunteers – Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture needs you!
Clayton resident Melba tells us why she’s signed up as a Bradford 2025 Volunteer.
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48 hours at Bradford 2025 for families
This two-day itinerary is packed with easy wins for family days out in Bradford District during UK City of Culture: free museums, big green spaces, and proper good food.
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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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Louie Haslam-Chance
Louie talks about his hyper-local projects and joining the New Focus: Bradford Young Curators collective.
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Looking back at February
Join us as we take a look back at all the fabulous things that happened in February as Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture.
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Introducing the Bradford 2025 Networkers
Our 10 community ambassadors are celebrating culture in Bradford’s neighbourhoods.
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Sustainability at GRUE
Rach Drew from ARCADE talks to us about the importance of sustainability when creating Grue
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Cheers, crisps and community spirit
We're saying a huge thank you to the partners and businesses who have backed Bradford 2025 so far.
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Looking back on the DRAW! Tour so far!
We’re shining a spotlight on the magic we’ve been making in Bradford East so far with the DRAW! Tour, part of Our Patch.
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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.
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Our household survey – and why it matters
Learn more about this major research project happening across Bradford District.
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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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From Niche to Note: Bradford’s Bassline Symphony
Actor, producer and Bassline Symphony curator Tanya Vital tells the story of bassline — and shares her top tracks.
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2024: That was the year that was
Join us to look back on a packed 2024, and look forward to an amazing year ahead.
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Gallery: look back on RISE
With Director Kirsty Housley and Bradford's own Steven Frayne, we launched Bradford's year as UK City of Culture in proper Bradford style. Relive the magic here.
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Tahir Shah
Tahir talks growing up in Bradford, his acting journey and the 2024 Venice Fellowship Programme
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The hidden history of British South Asian lesbians in Bradford
LGBTQ+ history throughout time has been left largely undocumented and the presence of British Asian lesbians is no exception.
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Behind the Brass
Sherman Rabbit dives into the history of brass bands in Bradford and meets some of the local musicians behind the Big Brass Blowout.
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Rise and shine, The Beacon curtains are ready to let the light in!
Exploring the stories of the artists behind The Beacon curtains, two bespoke textile commissions for Bradford 2025 touring venue.
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The Big Tasty Read: celebrating food and words in Bradford!
In collaboration with BBC Arts and The Reading Agency, a new national celebration of reading will launch at this summer’s Bradford Literature Festival.
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Come along to RISE with The Bolton Woods Centre and Our Patch
We're taking you back to our opening event of Bradford 2025, when the Shipley Our Patch team and The Bolton Woods Centre came to RISE.
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Atiyya Mirza
Atiyya Mirza reflects on her upbringing, identity, womanhood and the community that inspires her art.
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Planning an event at The Beacon – FAQs
Are you thinking of putting on an event at The Beacon, our travelling performance space? Here's what you need to know.
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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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The Team
Our team are here to deliver Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture for audiences across the nation.
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Artist-Led Project Awards
Learn more about the projects supported by Bradford 2025 through our Artist-Led Project Awards.
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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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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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Cannon Mills drive in cinema – FAQs
Useful information about our drive-in cinema screenings at Cannon Mills.
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Audio Description
Listen to Audio Description for a number of Bradford 2025 events and exhibitions.
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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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Meet the 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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Procurement policy
This policy sets out the commitments, priorities, principles and procedures which guide our procurement of goods and services and ensures our commitment to transparency and accountability.
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Bradford 2025 Elevate Programme
Learn more about this development scheme for local heritage groups, organisations and individuals in Bradford District.
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Do Your Thing Awards
We've teamed up with Creative Lives to support over 50 local organisations through the Do Your Thing Awards.
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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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Ramadan Pavilion: Audio Description
Listen to an Audio Described introduction to this specially commissioned structure in Centenary Square to celebrate the holy month of Ramadan.
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Frontline 1984/1985 Audio Description
Listen to an Audio Described introduction to this exhibition exploring Bradford's African Caribbean communities in the ’80s.
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Travel planner
Use our sustainable travel planner to get the best route to Bradford 2025 events and venues across the district.
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Learn
Children, young people, teachers, educators… Everyone’s invited to be part of Bradford’s year in the spotlight.
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Skills and training
Discover how we’re supporting Bradford’s creative sector and building the next generation of cultural leaders.
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In your community
We’re bringing Bradford 2025 creativity and joy into communities, towns and villages right across our district.
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The Incredible Moving Cinema – FAQs
Useful information about our Incredible Moving Cinema screenings.
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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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Open-Air Cinema FAQs – Thornton Viaduct
Useful information about our Open-Air Cinema screening at Thornton Viaduct.
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Open-Air Cinema FAQs – Ilkley Lido
Useful information about our Open-Air Cinema screenings at Ilkley Lido.
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Wild Uplands: Audio Description
Listen to an Audio Described introduction to the four Wild Uplands sculptures.
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Bradford City Stadium Fire – 40th Anniversary Activity Pack
Bring local history to your learners as we mark the 40th anniversary of the tragic Bradford City stadium fire.
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Assistant Venue Technical Manager (Freelance)
We are looking for an Assistant Venue Technical Manager for our travelling venue, The Beacon.
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Request for Proposals: The Beacon – Security Provision
We are looking for Requests for Proposals for The Beacon's Security Provision.
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Executive Assistant
We have an exciting opportunity for an Executive Assistant to join the team!
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Apprenticeships: Programme & Engagement, Audiences, Operations
Apply for one of the first five Bradford 2025 Apprenticeships.
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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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Request for Proposals – Provider of Volunteer and Staff Uniforms & Related Items
Design and supply a uniform and supplementary items for our volunteering programme and events staff.
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Volunteer Area Co-ordinator (x5 roles)
Be an ambassador for the Volunteer Programme of activities and events
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Professional Chaperones
We are looking for Licenced Professional Chaperones to support Bradford 2025 throughout the year.
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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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Food and Beverage Traders
Submit an EOI to become a Food and Beverage trader at our events
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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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Venue Programme Coordinator
Join our team and help us bring a brilliant year of culture to Bradford.
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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.
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Health and Safety Partner – request for expressions of interest
Can you provide us with Health and Safety support, consultancy, and reporting?
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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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EOI – Technical Equipment Supplier
Bradford 2025 are looking for suppliers to provide Lighting, Sound, Staging and Rigging equipment for two new venues.
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Venue Operations and Event Manager x2
We are searching for two Venue Operations and Event Managers.
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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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Apply for the Bradford Cinema Creators 2025 programme
Love films? Want to enjoy them with your local community?
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Freelance Technicians for Loading Bay and The Beacon
We're searching for skilled Freelance Technicians.
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Request for Quotations: Bradford 2025 Creative Health Evaluation
Invitation to quote for evaluation work as part of the Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture Creative Health Programme
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Front of House Duty Manager – Turner Prize 2025
Bradford 2025 is seeking a freelance FOH Duty Manager to play a key role in the successful delivery of the Turner Prize exhibition to take place at Cartwright Hall Art Gallery.
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People Advisor
Help us to build a brilliant team to deliver Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture.
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Youth, Skills and Training Manager
Help us place young people at the centre of Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture.
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Sustainability Partner – Request for Proposals
Help us to be the most sustainable UK City of Culture to date.
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Data Analyst
Join the team and help us generate actionable insights from a range of data being collected for the evaluation of Bradford 2025.
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Evaluation Assistant
We’re looking for someone to assist the Evaluation Team with a wide variety of tasks supporting the effective and efficient implementation of our evaluation plan.
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Community Participation Manager
Develop and manage creative community engagement and participation programmes that are people-led.
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Box Office & Information Hub contractor
Request for proposals for an experienced and qualified contractor to create a box office and information hub for Bradford 2025.
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William Mitchell Gallery Feasibility Study – Request for Proposals
We're looking for a partner to deliver a feasibility study for a new gallery of the artist William Mitchell's work.
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Digital Content Producer
Join the team and support our Audiences team by capturing and creating digital content.
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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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Creative Practitioners – Specialists in Socially Engaged Practice (x5)
Work to enrich and develop creativity in the heart of Bradford's communities.
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Freelance call out: event production and project management
Production, Event and Project Managers - let's work together.
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Engagement Producer
Work to develop and deliver a Bradford district-wide creative engagement programme.
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Bradford 2025 Networkers (at least 10 roles)
Connecting local people with all things Bradford 2025.
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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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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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Request For Proposals – National PR Tender
We are looking for Requests for Proposals for a National PR Tender.
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Food & Beverage Manager
We are looking for Expressions of Interest for a Food & Beverage Manager.
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Request for Proposals – Technical Package: AV, Rigging, Drapes, Design and Build Contract
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Beyond the Spectrum: Writing Opportunities
Beyond the Spectrum and Bradford 2025 are looking for Autistic Lead Writers and Autistic Shadow Writers.
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BD: Walls Street Art Talent Development Programme
Hands-on training for Bradford street artists.
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Assistant Duty Managers for We Will Sing
We're searching for freelance Assistant Duty Managers for We Will Sing.
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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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Drama Adventures with Alive & Kicking
Schools and educators, sign up for one of three exciting drama adventures delivered by Alive & Kicking.
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Request for Expressions of Interest: Food and Beverage Traders – Turner Prize 2025
We're looking for experienced food and beverage traders to supply services at the Turner Prize 2025.
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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
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Cultural Capital grants distributed
21 organisations across Bradford District are receiving grants from our Cultural Capital Fund.
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Bradford 2025 announces new pop-up arts space and a film partnership with BFI and the National Science and Media Museum
A pop-up arts space created specifically for the city’s tenure as UK City of Culture, Loading Bay takes over an empty storage depot on Duke Street to bring a true Bradford 2025 buzz to the heart of the city.
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Bradford 2025 and Ramadan Tent Project bring Ramadan Festival 2025 to Bradford.
Open Iftar events will take place on 21 and 22 March at One City Park, Bradford.
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Bradford 2025 UK City Of Culture to launch with magical outdoor spectacle and reopening of the National Science and Media Museum
Bradford 2025 will celebrate contemporary culture in all forms and showcase the rich history and heritage of the area.
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Bradford 2025 opens new pop-up arts space for the UK City of Culture
Opening today is Loading Bay, a new pop-up arts space created specifically for the city’s tenure as UK City of Culture.
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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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First Programme announced for Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture
The Brontës, David Hockney, Andrea Dunbar, Steven Frayne (FKA Dynamo), Akram Khan, Jeremy Deller, Clio Barnard & The Turner Prize feature in the year-long programme.
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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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Bradford 2025 announces next round of successful recipients of Artist Awards
Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture has announced a new cohort of artists who will receive awards to create projects forming part of next year’s events programme.
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Immersive magical world GRUE opens in Bingley
A magical immersive installation by Wintercroft and ARCADE
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Ramadan Pavilion Returns for Second Edition to Launch Ramadan Festival 2025 in Bradford
A major new site-specific artwork marking the holy month of Ramadan
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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 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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First Bus welcomes Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture volunteers aboard for celebration
First Bus joined in the celebrations as hundreds of Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture volunteers gathered for a special event to share experiences and meet collectively for the first time.
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Channel 4 announced as new major supporter of Bradford 2025
Bradford 2025 and Channel 4 today announce a new major partnership for Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture.
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Exhibition showcasing over 80 years of Polish and Ukrainian stories of migration opens in Bradford
Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture (Bradford 2025) presents Tu i Tam/Tyt i Tam- Here & There (respectively, Polish and Ukrainian for ‘Here and There’) an exhibition documenting over eight decades of Polish and Ukrainian migration to the United Kingdom with particular focus on those who settled in the Bradford district.
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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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West Yorkshire leaders back Bradford 2025
The West Yorkshire Combined Authority shows support for Bradford 2025.
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Artist Osman Yousefzada creates new work for Bradford, in his exhibition Where It Began.
Osman Yousefzada takes a deeply personal look at migration, identity and community in Where It Began.
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Giant Giraffes to visit Bradford city centre this August bank holiday
Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture’s event ‘Les Girafes’ will take place in Bradford city centre on Saturday 24 August.
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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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Bradford 2025 set to host Ramadan Festival in partnership with Ramadan Tent Project for a celebration of connection and unity.
Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture and the award-winning charity Ramadan Tent Project have partnered to bring the Ramadan Festival to Bradford.
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Schofield Sweeney’s legal expertise & office space boosts Bradford 2025
Bradford-headquartered commercial law film, Schofield Sweeney is named the latest official partner of Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture.
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