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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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CHANNELS
Take a seat at our waterside listening benches and tune into audio artworks created especially for Bradford 2025.
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BD: Festival 2025
BD: Festival returned in 2025 for a spectacular two-day takeover in the city centre.
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Refugee Week 2025
Community as a superpower. A welcoming and inclusive programme of artworks, events and activities at The Beacon.
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OUR TURN
Bold, experimental and authentically Bradford, explore a brand-new visual arts festival coming to Bradford.
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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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Nationhood: Memory and Hope
This exhibition in 2025 gave us a modern-day insight into our four nations.
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Frontline 1984/1985
A fascinating exhibition that explored Bradford's African Caribbean communities in the ’80s.
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David Hockney: Pieced Together
A temporary exhibition at the National Science and Media Museum.
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Our Story, Our City
An exhibition exploring Bradford stories through photographs during the millennium and present day.
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Journeys with Mai
Sir Joshua Reynolds' spectacular portrait visited Bradford on a UK-wide tour.
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Extraordinary Portraits with Bill Bailey
Breathtaking portraits – incredible personal stories.
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Bradford Belles
The mighty Belles brought their new walkabout street performance to The Beacon
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Share Your Story: On Board at The Beacon
The Bradford Stories Bus came to The Beacon locations for story spectacular.
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Clean North
Bradford’s premier breakdance crew joined us in Wibsey for a high-energy show and dance workshop.
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LOUD & PROUD Dhol Drumming
Audiences learnt to play the iconic dhol drum at this free workshop.
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Pop!
Vince Virr’s exhilarating dance piece explored the fears, the surprises and the joys of growing up.
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Easter Sunday Fun
Christians from across Wibsey and Buttershaw/Shelf joined us to mark one of the most important days in the church calendar.
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Peace Picnic
The Peace Museum hosted the first of five free gatherings to celebrate peace, protest and community.
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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.
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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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Pop-Up Family Pride
We celebrated creativity, individuality and self-expression with our family-friendly Pride celebration.
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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.
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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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Creative Play for Under-5s
Families got crafty in Bowling Park at this special session for under-5s and their grown-ups.
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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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Peace Picnic: Cliffe Castle Park
The Peace Museum host the third of five free gatherings to celebrate peace, protest and community.
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Health and Wellbeing Day
Connect with your community and check your health at this free daytime event.
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Share Your Story: On Board at The Beacon
The Bradford Stories Bus is coming to The Beacon for a one-day story spectacular.
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Nature-Inspired Crafts
A relaxed session full of hands-on creativity, all themed around nature.
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Turner Prize Art & Play for under 5s
Join these free, family-friendly Museums for Play and Growth sessions at Cartwright Hall Art Gallery inspired by the Turner Prize.
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Our Story, Our City
An exhibition that explored Bradford stories through photographs during the millennium and present day.
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Peace Picnic: Lister Park
The Peace Museum host a gathering to celebrate peace, protest and community.
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Turner Prize Curator Tours
Sold out! Guided Curator Tours of the Turner Prize 2025 exhibition.
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Turner Prize Home Educator Session
A special interactive tour and workshop session, especially for home educated learners.
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Turner Prize Art & Play: half-term fun!
Half-term family fun at the Turner Prize for ages 5-11.
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Preview of Sonic Swirl & Silence
See a preview of the artwork and hear from the artist Zohaib Kazi in conversation with Shanaz Gulzar, Creative Director of Bradford 2025.
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OUR TURN: Bradford Art Show
A dynamic exhibition of artwork from artists across Bradford responding to the theme of Our Place.
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Make Yourself at Home
Ten young people have curated a major exhibition at Impressions Gallery.
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Grue: family craft workshops
These free family workshops across the district helped us build the enchanted world of Grue.
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Grue: Family Craft Workshop – Bingley
These free family workshops across the district helped us build the enchanted world of Grue.
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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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We Will Sing
Ann Hamilton transformed the immense top floor at Salts Mill for her largest solo UK installation to date.
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Beacon Church Community Cuppa
Beacon, meet Beacon – the local church came to our pop-up venue in Wibsey for a relaxing coffee morning.
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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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Talking Buildings Workshop
An interactive family friendly workshop personifying the buildings of Bradford.
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Family Friendly Collage Workshop
A family-friendly collage and concertina booklet making workshop.
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Jameel Prize: Moving Images
This exhibition explored the relationship between contemporary practice and Islamic tradition at Cartwright Hall Art Gallery.
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Little Explorers, Festival of Archaeology
Craft activities and exploration stations for little archaeologists and scientists.
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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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Say It As It Is: Cliffe Castle Park
Speak up and listen in – Kirsty Taylor hosts a special open mic night for Bradford 2025
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World of Women Walkabout Show
Larger than life, handmade puppets entertained the crowds at Cliffe Castle Park.
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Festival of Archaeology Finale
This was a family fun-filled two-day finale of 2025's amazing Festival of Archaeology.
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Storm Gathering
A Bradford-wide conversation about climate and community drew to a close at this special event at The Beacon.
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BD: is LIT
Bradford city centre was transformed by a stunning series of light and sound installations.
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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 MEGA Drawing Box in the Park
Keighley Creative and artist Naseem Darbey presented a nature inspired drawing box adventure!
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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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A Somali Village in Lister Park
We found out about this popular attraction at the 1904 Great Exhibition.
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Bradford 2025 Surgery Sessions: Meet the team
Back in 2024, this series of events was an opportunity to meet the team behind Bradford 2025.
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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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Grue: Family Craft Workshop – Shipley
These free family workshops across the district helped us build the enchanted world of Grue.
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Discover the joy of creative drawing
Duncan Burnett shared tips and tricks to improve our drawing skills.
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DRAW like Hockney
In this workshop we used colour and expressive marks to draw our own Hockney inspired landscapes.
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DRAW a Mini Portrait
Local artists Nicola and Dan ran this workshop to draw a portrait on a mini canvas.
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Ramadan Pavilion 2025
A specially commissioned structure that celebrated the holy month of Ramadan.
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Eliza Carthy
The Queen of English folk music visited The Beacon for a rare solo show in Bradford.
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Share Your Story: Bradford Stories Bus
We invited children and young people to share their stories aboard a classic American school bus.
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WoW Community Partnership
Audiences connected with their community and checked their health at this free daytime event in Wibsey.
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Back to Black
Leeds’s leading jazz and soul masters performed Amy Winehouse’s iconic album live at The Beacon.
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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.
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An Evening with Resi/Dance
Dancers from BD4 and surrounding areas took to the stage in this community dance celebration.
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Sisters 360
Two Muslim stepsisters tried to skate to victory in this family show from Bradford writer Asif Khan.
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Greed
Bawren Tavaziva’s electrifying dance piece reimagined the Seven Deadly Sins for the 21st century.
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The Tiger Lillies
Oddball cabaret, dark humour and seriously catchy tunes from London’s legendary masters of the macabre.
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Sustenance: The Power of Food
A shared meal and discussion on the importance of food in our communities.
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ReelBFD: Digital Arts, Bradford Stories
Young Bradford digital artists created a new exhibition.
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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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The Bradford Progress: Bradford Industrial Museum
Singer Jennifer Reid led a surprising musical happening at Bradford Industrial Museum.
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Moomin 80: What Will We Do Without Exile?
We explored a lush world within a refugee tent, through this immersive, multi-sensory installation.
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Share Your Story: Bradford Stories Bus in Bowling
We invited children and young people to share their stories aboard a classic American school bus.
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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’.
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RedBall Project
The longest-running street art project in the world came to the UK City of Culture.
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Frontline 1984/1985
A fascinating exhibition that explored Bradford's African Caribbean communities in the ’80s.
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Yoga & Brunch
We celebrated well-being, unwound and relaxed at this Yoga and brunch event for women.
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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 – Loading Bay
Shots are fired in quick-fire exchanges between mother and sons.
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Imaginary Friends
After a tragic event, a floundering TV comic takes comfort in his imaginary friends.
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Share Your Story: On Board at The Beacon
The Bradford Stories Bus came to The Beacon for a one-day story spectacular.
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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.
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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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Celebrating Culture at Cliffe Castle
We celebrated South Asian culture in Keighley with activities for the whole family to enjoy.
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LOUD & PROUD Dhol Drumming
Audiences learned to play the iconic dhol drum at this free workshop.
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Creative Summer Social
A relaxed and welcoming indoor and outdoor event celebrating Bradford’s creative sector.
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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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RIDE!
A combination of rap, dance and theatre in this powerful new work created with Gypsy and Traveller communities and the people of BD4.
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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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Whale, Where Are You Going?
Move over, Moby Dick! There was a mysterious new whale at large in the ocean.
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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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Khooghi
We invited everyont to join us on a journey as Kauser wove together her history with the life and songs of a Pakistani folk legend.
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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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Play Bradford’s Mobile Adventure Playground
We teamed up with Play Bradford to bring mobile play to The Beacon.
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The Beacon Big Feast
We enjoyed an outdoor community feast to celebrate the final day of The Beacon
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Tent of Hope: The Marketplace of Faith and Creativity
We shared creative experiences inspired by faith and belief.
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Tent of Hope: Roundtable Conversations
Roundtable conversations about global conflict, climate emergency, the role and future of faith / inter-faith in today’s world.
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Tent of Hope: An Evening of Stories and Music
A warm, welcoming and intimate evening of storytelling from around the world.
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Its Wings Are Almost Free and Everything is Connected
Artworks by women from the Methodist Modern Art Collection.
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Tent of Hope: Acts of Faith and Solidarity
Within the Tent of Hope, we gathered to share Act’s of Faith and Solidarity.
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Blankets & Wine Bradford
Kenya came to Manningham as we celebrated African music and culture across two stages in Lister Park.
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Harvest of Harmony and City of Dreams
An eye-catching pair of murals designed to welcome visitors to Darley Street Market.
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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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Class Assembly
Theatres, companies and artists came together for a day of talks and panel discussions to understand the deep-rooted socio-economic inequity in the arts.
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Share Your Story: Bradford Stories Bus
We’re inviting children and young people to share their stories aboard a classic American school bus.
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Brighter Still
The finale! Join us for our big closing event - and look ahead to a brilliant Bradford future together.
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Shadmanny!
We embraced the 'Shadmanny' spirit and experienced the joy of South Asian wedding culture.
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Resources for Democracy: A People’s History of Bradford Resource Centre
You could step into the story of Bradford Resource Centre and explore over four decades of activism, creativity, and community power!
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Northcliffe Arts Takeover
A new Arts Trail in Northcliffe woods, that was created by Our Patch and NEET.
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Gathering 2025 – (Re)Making Practice
An annual celebration of the artistry and innovation of visual arts engagement, participation and learning
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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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Wandering Imaginations
Get to know the emerging fantasy & sci-fi authors revisiting the Brontës' imaginary worlds in our brand new exhibition.
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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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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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Jessica Swift
Bradford-based artist Jess shares her journey to Chemnitz, European Capital of Culture 2025, for the Makers United festival.
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February at Bradford 2025
Look back at all the fabulous things that happened in the second month of Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture.
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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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Interview: Behind the scenes of Tower of Now with Saad Qureshi
Get the inside story of the design and installation of Tower of Now, the towering sculpture created for Bradford 2025 by Saad Qureshi.
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Turner Prize 2025 foreword
Alex Farquharson, Chair of the Turner Prize Jury and Director, Tate Britain, introduces the Turner Prize 2025.
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Kristina Diprose on Nancy de Garrs, the moors and forgotten voices
Meet artist Kristina Diprose and discover the story of Nancy de Garrs – one of our Bradford Made Local Stories for Learners.
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Millicent Sanders
Millie, a textile designer-maker from Bradford, shares her Venice Biennale experience.
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January at Bradford 2025
Rewind to January 2025 – and the start of Bradford’s year as 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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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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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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Trains, textiles and trailblazers: powering Bradford 2025 this spring
It’s now June - and while the sun’s been playing hide and seek, there’s no missing the momentum building across Bradford.
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Interview: Turbynes
We sat down with Rosie from Bradford-based duo Turbynes, creators of CHANNELS - a series of audio artworks inspired by three human-made bodies of water in Bradford District.
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Video: Hands of We Will Sing
Hands of We Will Sing is a 15-minute film offering a portrait of internationally-acclaimed artist Ann Hamilton as she creates We Will Sing for Bradford 2025.
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Wool Exchange
Take a seat and listen to the stories of the people behind Bradford’s most treasured bookstore.
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Draw a landscape with Kate Jackson
Kate Jackson asks us to draw a landscape – part of DRAW! supported by David Hockney.
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Mapping Bradford stories
Discover our interactive Digital Map and dive into stories from across Bradford District.
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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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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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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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Plan your visit to Loading Bay
Useful information for visitors to Loading Bay including facilities and access information.
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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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Lighthouse: Introductory Notes
This page includes an audio described introduction to Lighthouse - a euphoric live performance that was part of BD: is Lit.
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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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The Team
Our team are here to deliver Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture for audiences across the nation.
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Audio Description
Listen to Audio Description for a number of Bradford 2025 events and exhibitions.
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Download the Earth & Sky app
Find out how to download and use the Earth & Sky app to explore this immersive sound walk.
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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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Brighter Still – FAQs
Useful information about our spectacular finale event Brighter Still, coming to Myrtle Park in Bingley on 20 & 21 Dec 2025.
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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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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.
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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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Turner Prize Audio Description
This page has four audio described introductions to the Turner Prize 2025 exhibition at Cartwright Hall Art Gallery.
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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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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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CHANNELS at Chellow Dean
Listen to audio artworks inspired by Chellow Dean. Part of CHANNELS, created by Bradford-based duo Turbynes.
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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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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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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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Bloom – FAQs
Useful information about Bloom - a performance in Shipley Market Square on 26 & 27 September 2025.
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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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Investing in the future
Bradford 2025 is a springboard to tomorrow. Learn more about how we’ve invested in Bradford.
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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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Cliffe Castle Walk
Take a walk in the beautiful Victorian grounds of this historic former mansion house, now a museum.
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East Riddlesden & Low Wood Walk
Take a circular walk from National Trust's East Riddlesden Hall and along the Leeds & Liverpool Canal.
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Northcliffe Dike & Red Beck Walk
Take a walk through part of the larger Bradford Beck, into two wooden valleys.
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Penistone Hill & Top Withens Walk
Take a walk out onto the wild moors behind Haworth and Stanbury.
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St. Ives Circular Walk
This walk takes a loop around the beautiful St Ives Country Park, near Bingley.
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Bradford Glow: Art activities
Get creative with the Bradford 2025 brand and give an iconic Bradford building or person their own ‘Bradford Glow’.
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Bradford On Foot: Design Your Own Heritage Walk
Support learners to discover their natural and built heritage through exploring and mapping their surroundings.
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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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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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Sustainability Partner – Request for Proposals
Help us to be the most sustainable UK City of Culture to date.
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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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We Will Sing: Letters to the Future
What does the future need to know? Write your Letter to the Future and be part of a new artwork by Ann Hamilton.
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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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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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Request for Proposals: The Beacon – Security Provision
We are looking for Requests for Proposals for The Beacon's Security Provision.
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Stage Management, Stage, Technical and Wardrobe Vacancies for The Railway Children
We're recruiting multiple technical freelance roles for The Railway Children.
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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 Duty Event Managers
We're searching for freelance Duty Event Managers to join our freelance database.
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Beyond the Spectrum: Online Creative Writing Workshops (10-17 years)
Online creative writing workshops for Autistic young people aged 10-17 in the Bradford District
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Beyond the Spectrum: Online Creative Writing Workshops for Adults (18+)
Fortnightly online creative writing sessions for Autistic adults with Bradford District postcodes.
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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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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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Back in the Pink: Immersive Heritage Commissions
Are you an artist passionate about celebrating LGBTQ+ activism and nightlife in Bradford?
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The King and Queen visit Bradford
Bradford hosts a visit by Their Majesties to celebrate 2025 UK City of Culture.
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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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£20m funding boost for Bradford 2025
The investment will support the delivery of our programme in 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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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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Wild Uplands
Bradford's wild moors transformed into open-air gallery with major new public artworks
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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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Bradford 2025 exhibition explores the connections between boxing and the art of calligraphy
Fighting to Be Heard, a new free exhibition, that forms part of Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture's opening celebrations, explores the connections between boxing and calligraphy, through the eyes of a group of British South Asian Muslim men living in Bradford today.
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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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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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Children invited to build their own playground as part of Bradford 2025
The Great Adventure Build, part of Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture’s PLAY programme opened at Wibsey Park.
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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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Immersive magical world GRUE opens in Bingley
A magical immersive installation by Wintercroft and ARCADE
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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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West Yorkshire leaders back Bradford 2025
The West Yorkshire Combined Authority shows support for Bradford 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 to host 80th anniversary of the Moomins with new artwork from Basel Zaraa
Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture has been selected as one of four partners around the UK to host a brand-new artwork co-commissioned by Counterpoints Arts and made possible by the support of Moomin Characters in celebration of 80 years since the publication of the first Moomin story.
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Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture is on the hunt for recipes
Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture invites the people of Bradford to submit their treasured family recipes for inclusion in a brand new cookbook.
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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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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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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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Limited edition biscuit tin inspired by the stories of the district to go on sale as part of Bradford 2025
Limited Edition biscuits and a collectable tin, inspired by the stories of the district, will be available in select shops, as part of Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture from Friday 27 June
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