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The Beacon

Everyone’s welcome at The Beacon – our very own touring venue.

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Loading Bay

A brand new pop-up arts venue for Bradford 2025.

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Turner Prize 2025

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

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Bradford on Foot

Walk a mile or more in our shoes.

The artwork Tower by Steve Messam, in the landscape of Penistone Hill. The large sculpture is covered in sheep fleece, creating the shape of an arch with angular corners, set against a cloudy sky and the natural landscape.
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Wild Uplands

Striking new art for the moors above Haworth.

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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 returns for a spectacular two-day takeover in the City centre.

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Bradford: A City of Film

Celebrate cinema in the world’s first UNESCO City of Film.

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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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The Incredible Moving Cinema

The moving cinema truck that visited a location near you.

A group of adults and children stood a priest who is reading from a book.
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Tu i Tam/Tyt i Tam

An exhibition documenting our Polish and Ukrainian communities.

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Frontline 1984/1985

A fascinating exhibition exploring Bradford's African Caribbean communities in the ’80s.

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Journeys with Mai

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

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STATUESQUE at Cliffe Castle Park – 75th Birthday Bash

Costumed characters, free family workshop and a community parade.

The artwork Tower by Steve Messam, in the landscape of Penistone Hill. The large sculpture is covered in sheep fleece, creating the shape of an arch with angular corners, set against a cloudy sky and the natural landscape.
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Wild Uplands

Striking new art for the moors above Haworth.

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Frontline 1984/1985

A fascinating exhibition exploring Bradford's African Caribbean communities in the ’80s.

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Ice Age Art Now

Travel back in time at this British Museum Partnership Exhibition.

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STATUESQUE at Bowling Park

Costumed characters, free family workshop and a community parade.

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Fighting to Be Heard

Boxing, calligraphy and the collections of the British Library.

A woman with a white painted face in a red shawl and headscarf holds a white flower. She is sat in front of a blue background covered in yellow feathers. To the left of the image is a yellow wooden chair
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Nationhood: Memory and Hope

A modern-day insight into our four nations.

Wallace and Gromit
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A Grand Day Out

Celebrate the reopening of the National Science and Media Museum.

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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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Extraordinary Portraits with Bill Bailey

Breathtaking portraits – incredible personal stories.

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Tape Letters

An exhibition exploring migration on tape.

The black form of a figure interrupts projected faces on pieces of fabric hanging from the ceiling.
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Unspun Stories

An immersive installation exploring Bradford's textile heritage.

A group od women. in silver wigs and pink and blue outfits dance in a town square
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Bradford Belles

The mighty Belles bring their new walkabout street performance to The Beacon

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Let’s Make

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

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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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The Big Beacon Family Welcome

Join us in Wibsey Park for an afternoon of family fun.

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Clean North

Join Bradford’s premier breakdance crew in Wibsey for a high-energy show and dance workshop – no experience necessary.

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LOUD & PROUD Dhol Drumming

Learn to play the iconic dhol drum at this free workshop – no experience necessary.

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Pop!

Vince Virr’s exhilarating dance piece explores the fears, the surprises and the joys of growing up.

A cartoon of Jesus in front of a rock with three crucifixes on top of it
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Easter Sunday Fun

Join Christians from across Wibsey and Buttershaw/Shelf to mark one of the most important days in the church calendar – all welcome.

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Peace Picnic: Wibsey

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

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Let’s Make – Bowling Park

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

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Peace Picnic: Bowling

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

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Pop-Up Family Pride

Celebrate 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 is coming to The Beacon for a one-day story spectacular.

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The Draw! Tour: Workshop at The Beacon

Enjoy a hands-on drawing workshop at The Beacon. Part of Our Patch.

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Creative Play for Under-5s

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

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Pentecost Party

Celebrate Pentecost in Bowling Park with churches from across Bradford.

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Little Explorers, Festival of Archaeology

Craft activities and exploration stations for little archaeologists and scientists.

A collage of various materials including cardboard, feathers and googly eyes
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Let’s Make – Cliffe Castle Park

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

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.

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Celebrating Culture at Cliffe Castle

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

Two men in traditional Indian dress play dhol drums on stage
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LOUD & PROUD Dhol Drumming

Learn to play the iconic dhol drum at this free workshop – no experience necessary.

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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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The Great Crafty Get-Together

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

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Turner Prize

We’re teaming up with Tate to bring the Turner Prize to Bradford.

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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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Cliffe Castle Park 75th Birthday Bash

Join us to celebrate 75 years of Cliffe Castle Park at their birthday bash!

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.

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David Hockney: Pieced Together

A new temporary exhibition at the National Science and Media Museum.

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Beacon Church Community Cuppa

Beacon, meet Beacon – the local church comes to our pop-up venue in Wibsey for a relaxing coffee morning.

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Jameel Prize: Moving Images

Explore the relationship between contemporary practice and Islamic tradition at Cartwright Hall Art Gallery.

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Bowling Collective Family Welcome

Join us in Bowling Park for an afternoon of family fun.

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Shadmanny

A taste of South Asian wedding culture.

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Stick in the Wheel

A raw holler of folk, synths, spoken word and intricate guitar fuzz.

A colourful glass fronted building with The Beacon on the front surrounded by hundreds of people on a sunny day.
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The Big Beacon Family Welcome – Cliffe Castle Park

Join us at Cliffe Castle Park for an afternoon of family fun.

Three giant puppets of women from different cultural backgrounds perform in a park
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World of Women Walkabout Show

Larger than life, handmade puppets will be entertaining the crowds at Cliffe Castle Park.

A young woman wearing a pink outfit and pink makeup, holding a pink beaded handbag. The phrase 'I DIDN'T ASK YOUR OPINION' is written on the bag in dark pink beads.
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I AM ME

A new exhibition created with young people from across Bradford District.

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The Sticky Dance

An interactive, engaging and colourful performance installation for children aged 3–5 and their families.

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The Sticky Dance for Sensory Groovers

An interactive performance installation for autistic/neurodivergent children aged 3–7.

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Lanre Bakare – ‘We Were There’ book launch

Bradford writer Lanre Bakare joins Victor Wedderburn in conversation, chaired by Dawn Cameron.

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HOPE/ACT

Installations from the world’s largest letterpress printing press.

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WoW Community Partnership

Connect with your community and check your health at this free daytime event in Wibsey.

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 perform 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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Street Sounds & Bhangra Niche

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

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Big Quiffy Bingo

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

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An Evening with Resi/Dance

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

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Robyn Hood

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

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Happy Hype

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

Two women wearing hijabs sit on a wall with skateboards.
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Sisters 360

Two Muslim stepsisters try and skate to victory in the new family show from Bradford writer Asif Khan.

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Greed

Bawren Tavaziva’s electrifying dance piece reimagines 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

Listen up and chow down for a shared meal and discussion on the importance of food in our communities.

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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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Bradford Roots: Legacy in Focus

A creative workshop Inspired by Bradford’s African Caribbean community

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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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North Street Band

Round off the Bowling Collective Family Day with a wide variety of music from Motown classics to current ‘top 40’.

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Yoga & Brunch

Unwind, network, and celebrate well-being at this Yoga and brunch event for women.

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Giddha Workshop

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

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Evening Conversations – The Beacon

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

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Imaginary Friends

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

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Babysphere

Explore a world of colour, movement, and sound.

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Colorsphere

Colorsphere is not your average circus.

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Share Your Story: Bradford Stories Bus at Cliffe Castle Park

We’re inviting children and young people to share their stories aboard a classic American school bus.

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Play Bradford’s Mobile Adventure Playground – Cliffe Castle Park

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

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Your Best Guess

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

Rio Freestone Drag Queen
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Drag-Ford

Enjoy an evening of cabaret with five local drag artists from Keighley and beyond.

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Loaded Laughs at The Beacon

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

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Summer of Song

Steeton Male Voice Choir celebrate 118 years of singing.

A mother holds her young daughter in front of her as she reaches to draw on a giant sheet of paper on the wall
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The MEGA Drawing Box in the Park

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

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What are you watching?

Explore the development of film culture in Bradford and Keighley.

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OUR STORY

Gain 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 provide a day of activities for 11-19 year olds.

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Creative Summer Social

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

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YOU:MATTER

Explore how we’re all connected at this spectacular immersive experience.

Singer Eliza Carthy
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Eliza Carthy

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

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ReelBFD: Digital Arts, Bradford Stories

Experience the creativity of Bradford’s young digital artists in a new exhibition.

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Come on in my friend

New striking street art inspired by the people of Buttershaw.

Six huge red giraffe puppets look down, with a blue sky behind them.
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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 heads to the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway.

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BBC Introducing at The Underground

BBC Introducing gigs at Bradford's iconic The Underground.

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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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Grue: Family Craft Workshop – Bingley

Free family workshop to help build an enchanted world.

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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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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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An Evening with Jacqui Dankworth

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

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Claytime

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

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Curious Investigators

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

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It’s Your Round

Pens at the ready – comedy meets cabaret down the pub at our fabulous quiz night.

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Lay Down Your Burdens

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

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Les Enfants Terribles: A Gameshow for Awful Children

Comedian Marcel Lucont pits kids against grown-ups as he looks to crown the most awful child in Bradford…

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Marcel Lucont’s Whine List

Alternative comedy meets group therapy – get your moans off your chest with the UK’s favourite French comic

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Palette(s)

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

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Hall Royd Band

The famous Shipley band celebrates its 80th birthday with a free concert in Wibsey Park for The Big Brass Blowout.

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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 bring the magic of Bedtime Stories to The Beacon.

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Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali Group

The torchbearers of Qawwali music visit Bradford for their only show in the North this year.

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Say It As It Is: Wibsey Park

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

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Play Bradford’s Mobile Adventure Playground

We’re teaming up with Play Bradford to bring mobile play to The Beacon in Wibsey Park

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A Night at the Musicals

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

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International Roma Day Celebration

Everyone’s welcome at this celebration of Roma culture.

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West Yorkshire Young Poet Laureates – Open Mic

Join the West Yorkshire Young Poet Laureates and other young poets for an afternoon of wonderful words.

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Easter Party in the Park

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

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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, featuring headliner Oliver Pinder.

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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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Play Bradford’s Mobile Adventure Playground – Bowling Park

We’re teaming up with Play Bradford to bring mobile play to The Beacon in Bowling Park.

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POSTPONED: Talking Buildings Workshop

Personify the buildings of Bradford in this interactive family friendly workshop.

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Family Friendly Collage Workshop

Create your own concertina booklet in this family-friendly collage workshop.

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Bank Holiday Party in the Park

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

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Qawwali Night at The Beacon

Join us at The Beacon in Wibsey Park for an evening of Qawwali

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Intercultured Festival: Connecting Communities

Family activities to mark Refugee Week, aimed at building bridges with communities.

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Say It As It Is: Bowling Park

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

A black and white photo of refugee tents is overlaid with colourful illustrations of an orange branch.
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Moomin 80: What Will We Do Without Exile?

Explore a lush world within a refugee tent, through this immersive, multi-sensory installation.

A red headed woman in a white overall paints patterns in green yellow and orange on a white canvas.
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Dancing with Colours

A joyful, sensory and gloriously messy creative experience for children aged 4+.

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Wonky Olympics

Two clueless PE teachers give 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

Celebrate Punjabi Culture through song and poetry from the local community.

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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

Hear Camille's love letter in song.

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Archaeology Talks!

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

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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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Cliffe Castle Party in the Park

Bradford’s premier teen party producer present an unmissable family friendly Party in the Park at Cliffe Castle.

A group of people wearing Bradford 2025 branded clothing sit on seats in the Bradford City football stadium.
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Bradford 2025 Surgery Sessions: Meet the team

Meet the team behind Bradford 2025.

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Public Interest

An urgent immersive show challenging the Criminal Justice System.

Artist, Nespoon, is crouched in front of the mural she has painted, with a paintbrush in hand. The mural is a white lace pattern that sits on a purple background. There is a historic building in the corner of the image.
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The Portal

New street art inspired by old traditions.

Large image of Mikey Roots, a Bradford community legend. Artist, Peachzz is stood in front of the image facing right with a paint brush and palette in her hand.
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Roots

A vibrant street-art homage to a Bradford legend.

Four women pose on huge rocks, the moorland rolling out behind them.
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Wandering Imaginations

The Brontës’ imaginary worlds reimagined for 2025.

Someone holding a photograph which is of three people stood in a cobbled street.
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Make Yourself at Home

Ten young people curate a major exhibition at Impressions Gallery.

A black and white image of a man in a car. He wears a determined expression.
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The Ceremony [Gala Screening and Q&A]

An award-winning debut feature set in 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

Explore a wintry world in these sessions for home educators.

Two people stand on a windy moor. A still from the film Wuthering Heights.
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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

Free family workshop to help build an enchanted world.

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Elmet

An epic northern noir.

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Bradford 2025 Launch Celebration

A day of entertainment in Keighley to celebrate Bradford 2025.

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DRAW Coffee Morning

We beat the January blues with artist Emily Parkin in Holme Wood.

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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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asses.masses

A live video game played by you, the audience.

Musicians Lady Maisery in a stylised photograph, behind a blue-ish filter.
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Lady Maisery with O’Hooley & Tidow

A double bill of English folk music royalty.

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Dracula

Welcome to fright night at Loading Bay.

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Toxic

Sometimes, survival means knowing when to leave.

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Loaded Laughs

Bradford 2025's new comedy night.

The Ramadan Pavilion, comprises of several arches that take inspiration from Bradford's City Hall. The pavilion is a bright pink and sits in front of the City Hall, and there is a woman stood within the arches of the pavilion.
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Ramadan Pavilion 2025

A specially commissioned structure to celebrate the holy month of Ramadan.

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.

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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TESTO

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

A man talks to a group of children in a bus which has been converted into a library
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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.

Fantastic Mr. Fox
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Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)

This animated version of the classic Roald Dahl book tells the story of a cunning fox who refuses to be tamed. A Moving Cinema screening at the TFD Centre, Holme Wood.

Fantastic Mr. Fox
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Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)

This animated version of the classic Roald Dahl book tells the story of a cunning fox who refuses to be tamed. A Moving Cinema screening at Bradford Industrial Museum.

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The Keighley Chorus

Come along to a community singing session around the piano.

Aerial Photograph of 5-Rise Locks in Bingley
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The Bradford Progress: Leeds & Liverpool Canal

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

Aerial Photograph of Bradford Industrial Museum in Eccleshill
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The Bradford Progress: Bradford Industrial Museum

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

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Guided Walk: St Ives Circular Walk

With Bingley Walkers are Welcome.

Gate outdoors in Baildon
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Guided Walk: Baildon Moor Circular

With Baildon Walkers are Welcome.

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Share Your Story: Bradford Stories Bus in Bowling

We’re inviting children and young people to share their stories aboard a classic American school bus.

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Wild Wednesdays: Butterfly Kaleidoscopes Workshop

Create your own kaleidoscope of butterflies inspired by Meherunnisa Asad and Studio Lél.

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Repair Popup

Swap, Stitch & Repair!

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The DRAW! Tour: June Workshops

Hands-on drawing workshops across the district, part of Our Patch.

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Rombald’s Rocks: Keighley Sculpture Trail

Keighley central’s first sculpture trail inspired by the legend of Rombald the Giant.

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Wondering Heights

A participatory dance event upon the moors, combining Emily Brontë, Kate Bush and Bradford.

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Last Rites

How do you say goodbye when words were never there?

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Rich(ard) Dawson

Returning to tour his new record, End of the Middle.

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Kailey

Who cares for you when your parent is in prison?

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Come Rest In Chaos

A mesmering and playful multi-sensory world.

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Growing Together

New street art capturing the community spirit of Girlington.

Vibrant mural on a wall, featuring colourful flowers, Billy Bantam and a Fox eating sausages
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RAVO

New street art celebrating the energy and joy of the Ravenscliffe community.

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 can shape.

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.

Artist Jessica Swift sits at a table with clay in front of her.
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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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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.

Tahir Shah looking out of a window
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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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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.

Artist Millicent Sanders holds a ball of wool.
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Millicent Sanders

Millie, a textile designer-maker from Bradford, shares her Venice Biennale experience.

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Introducing the Bradford 2025 Networkers

Our 10 community ambassadors are celebrating culture in Bradford’s neighbourhoods.

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Looking back on Les Girafes

Relive our spectacular safari in the heart of Bradford.

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Hello, Heroes: Julie

Meet the community superstars who help make Bradford a better place.

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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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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.

A person pours Be Bold into a glass - the Bradford 2025 beer from Saltaire Brewery.
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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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Visit

Plan your visit to Bradford District, the UK City of Culture 2025.

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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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School visits

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

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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Privacy policy

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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.

A colourful glass fronted building with The Beacon on the front surrounded by hundreds of people on a sunny day.
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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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Terms and conditions

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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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Group booking

Book discount tickets to Bradford 2025 events for your group of 10+ people.

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Audio Description

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

A dark moorland scene with rocks in the foreground and a reservoir in the background. Laid on the moorland are fluorescent lighting tubes.
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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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Learn

Children, young people, teachers, educators… Everyone’s invited to be part of Bradford’s year in the spotlight.

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Home

This is culture. This is Bradford.

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Accessibility

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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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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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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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RISE – FAQs

Useful information about RISE, our opening event in City Park on 10 & 11 Jan 2025.

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Sustainability at Bradford 2025

Wide angle of The Ramadan Pavilion, showcasing the arches of the structure. Sat in front of Bradford's City Hall.
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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.

A black and white photograph of a printed artwork. In large type in all capital letters, the artwork has the words 'NOTHING FOR US WITHOUT US'
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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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The Railway Children – FAQs

Useful information about The Railway Children, presented by Bradford 2025 and York Theatre Royal in partnership with the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway.

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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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Contact

Get in touch with the Bradford 2025 team.

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Press and media

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Investing in the future

Bradford 2025 is a springboard to tomorrow. Learn more about how we’re investing in Bradford.

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Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Policy

Group image of the cohort of our Elevate programme
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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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Cannon Mills drive in cinema – FAQs

Useful information about our drive-in cinema screenings at Cannon Mills.

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Cliffe Castle Walk

Take a walk in the beautiful Victorian grounds of this historic former mansion house, now a museum.

East Riddleston, dog sat on a field
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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.

Outdoor signposting for the Bronte birthplace
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Haworth Heritage Trail Walk

Take a walk through two centuries of Haworth history.

Northliffe pathway, leafy path in the woods
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Northcliffe Dike & Red Beck Walk

Take a walk through part of the larger Bradford Beck, into two wooden valleys.

Walkers in the valley of millenium way
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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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Silsden Circular Walk

Prepare to climb a lot of stiles on this circular walk from Silsden.

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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 2025 unveils huge summer season with public art, puppets and the proms

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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’.

A young woman in a white hoodie and black beanie hat looks through a window in structure made out of cardboard slats.
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Freelance performers – Grue

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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.

A view across the heather towards the Cow and Calf on Ilkley Moor, on a sunny day.
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Sustainability Partner – Request for Proposals

Help us to be the most sustainable UK City of Culture to date.

A series of Hockney artworks in an exhibition space. The colourful artwroks are in frames hung on a white wall.
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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.

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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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.

A group of adults and children wear home-made costumes in Bradford City Centre. They are reaching their hands into the air with happy expressions on their faces.
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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?

An outdoor performer mimes drinking tea.
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Heritage Skills Programme

10-month scheme for local heritage groups.

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Playable Artists Commission

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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.

A girl stands on a train tracks in front of a large steam locomotive, waving a red hankerchief.
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Seating and Staging RFP (The Railway Children)

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Request For Proposals – General Building Work

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Host your event at The Beacon

Host an event at our travelling venue in 2025.

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Operations Assistant

We're hiring an Operations Assistant.

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Request for Proposals: The Beacon – Security Provision

We are looking for Requests for Proposals for The Beacon's Security Provision.

A group of actors sit on suitcases, they are all wearing Victorian era clothes and are surrounded by blue smoke.
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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

Adults drawing workshop
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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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Ticketing Officer x 2

We are looking for two Ticketing Officers to join Bradford 2025!

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The King and Queen visit Bradford

Bradford hosts a visit by Their Majesties to celebrate 2025 UK City of Culture.

Large red puppet girafes tower over a group of performers wearing red.
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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.

An external image of Bronte Parsonage Museum.
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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.

The Ramadan Pavilion 2025 has been designed by Artist Zarah Hussain _l_ and Architectural Designer Fatima Mejbil _r_ Commissioned by Ramadan Tent Project and Bradford 2025 UK City Of Culture - credit Dav
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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

A yorkshire moorland scene showing heather.
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Wild Uplands

Bradford's wild moors transformed into open-air gallery with major new public artworks

Loading Bay theatre
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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.

People throwing their hands in the air. Bradford City Hall in the background.
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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.

Bradford 2025 celebrates partnership with First Bus.
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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.

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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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.

Three young girls smiling in a cardboard enchanted world, with three cardboard fairies on the walls glowing in their nests.
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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

A group of people wearing Bradford 2025 branded clothing in the Bradford City football stadium.
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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.

A group of Moomin characters against a pink background.
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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.  

Bradford 2025 and Schofield Sweeney staff partnership
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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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Cultural City of Sanctuary designation