Pins for Peace

Mek Summat & The Peace Museum

The Peace Museum

A supersized celebration of the pin badge.

Mogul Mowgli (15)

Theatre in the Mill Studio

Award-winning drama following Zed, a British-Pakistani rapper on the brink of international fame. Starring Riz Ahmed.

Frontline 1984/1985: A Panel Discussion with Victor Wedderburn

Small Hall, University of Bradford

Panel discussion delivered in partnership with The University of Bradford and Bradford Black Heritage Arts and Culture Group (BHAC).

Open Hands

Aftab

Bradford New Church, BD18 3AL

A relaxed time to share a cuppa, learn sign language, and make friends.

Sacred Vows and Sacred Spaces

Bradford South Asian Festival

Various locations

'Chai & Chat' sessions exploring the significance of marriage ceremonies.

OUR TURN: Practice Bradford

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A group exhibition showcasing new work by four of Bradford’s most exciting emerging artists

Launch of the National Young Poet Laureate programme

Alhambra Theatre

In partnership with National Poetry Centre.

Laurel Prize Announcement

City Hall: Banqueting Suite

The announcement of the winner of the 2025 Laurel Prize.

Poetry Takeaway

The Beacon – Lister Park

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

Public Art on City Park

City Park

Creativity hits the pavement in Bradford! Join in and put your mark on City Park.

National Literacy Trust Stories Bus

City Park

Once an American school bus, the Bradford Stories Bus has been transformed into an inspiring space for storytelling, reading, writing, and relaxing for children and families in Bradford.

Make Yourself at Home: Family Poetry

Impressions Gallery

A new exhibition sharing an archive of family photographs which celebrate the people who call Bradford home.

Words First Showcase

St George's Hall

Celebrate the most talented emerging poets and spoken word artists from across the UK.

Language is a Queer Thing Showcase

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Six queer poets from India and the UK take to the stage to explore how language can be reclaimed, refashioned, and made bigger, to hold queer lives and longings.

Listen In: Nick Ahad

Loading Bay

An exclusive chance to hear the Radio 4 comedy drama Blue Envelopes by Nick Ahad, presenter for BBC Radio Leeds and Radio 4’s Front Row followed by a Q&A.

CSL Poetry Shorts: Love in the 21st Century

Bradford City Library

How do I love thee, let me 'swipe right' the ways?

Peregrinations: Urban Nature Poetry Walk

Antony Dunn

Meet outside Bradford City Library

Explore the heart of Bradford from an unusual new perspective, meandering along an urban nature walk with poet Antony Dunn.

Yoga & Poetry Workshop

Emma Conally-Barklem

Bradford City Library

Join poet and yoga teacher Emma Conally-Barklem for a Sunday morning stretch.

Sustainability Panel: Shadows and Light

Bradford City Library

We live in a time in a time of great loss and great possibility. How can poetry help us balance the two?

CSL Poetry Shorts: Mills & Hills

Bradford City Library

Emma Conally-Barklem, Testament, Saju Ahmed, Emily Zobel Marshall and Antony Dunn read work shaped by the North’s bricks and becks.

Alfred Bradley Bursary Award (ABBA)

St George's Hall

Hear extracts from the scripts shortlisted for this year's Alfred Bradley Bursary Award for radio drama and discover who has won the coveted prize.

BBC Radio 4 Beyond Belief

Giles Fraser

St George's Hall

Explore the place and shape of faith in today's world.

Bards of Bradford Installation (Doodlewall)

The Broadway Bradford

Discover the people's poetry of Bradford and add your own Doodles!

Forward Prize Launch

St George's Hall

Celebrating the 2025 Forward Book of Poetry with readings from Rommi Smith, J. R. Carpenter, Griot Gabriel and Isabelle Baafi.

CSL Poetry Gala: Part II

10 of the Core Poets

St George's Hall

The second part of our very special events with the Core CSL Poets on the same bill for the first time.

Sustainability Panel: Future

Bradford City Library

How do we want to live with nature in the future - and can a poem help us to get there?

Big Bradford WESTival Celebration

Bradford West Area Coordinators

The Beacon – Lister Park

A showcase evening of music, dance and performance.

Let’s Make

Lou Sumray

The Beacon – Lister Park

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

Youth Pass: Turner Prize Preview

Cartwright Hall Art Gallery

Be one of the first to see the Turner Prize 2025 exhibition.

Balti Kings

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Step into the heat of a Ladypool Road kitchen for a special script-in-hand, abridged reading of Balti Kings - served with dinner.

Our Story, Our City

Yarn Studios, Top Floor

An exhibition exploring Bradford stories through photographs during the millennium and present day.

Wandering Imaginations: A New Literary Connection

West Lane Baptist Church, Haworth

Four authors from Bradford and Ghana discuss their new Brontë-inspired stories.

Bloom

Upswing

Shipley Market Square

A magical open-air circus spectacle celebrating community, connection and the people of Shipley.

The DRAW! Tour: September Workshops

Venues across Bradford District

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

HONK!

The Peace Artistes

Various locations in Bradford

A weekend of live music with Bradford's beloved street band

Play Bradford’s Mobile Adventure Playground

The Beacon – Lister Park

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

Youth Pass: Breakin – Dance Class

Mind the Gap

Join Bradford’s Breakin dance specialists for an energetic breakdancing session.

Turner Prize Curator Tours

Cartwright Hall Art Gallery

Join a guided Curator Tour of the Turner Prize 2025 exhibition.

Turner Prize

Cartwright Hall Art Gallery

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

The Power of Public Sculpture

with Henry Moore Institute

Venues across Bradford

Celebrating public sculpture through a series of talks and symposiums.

Turner Prize Art & Play for under 5s

Museums for Play and Growth

Cartwright Hall Art Gallery

Join these free, family-friendly sessions at Cartwright Hall Art Gallery inspired by the Turner Prize.

Bradford City Centre guided walking tour

Bradford City Centre

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

Poetry Drop-In Workshops

Nabeela Ahmed

Manningham Library

Free, family-friendly poetry workshops at Manningham Library.

The Beacon DRAW!

Part of Our Patch

The Beacon - Lister Park

Join us for a colourful celebration of creativity inspired by David Hockney.

STATUESQUE at Lister Park

Chicks on Sticks & Naomi Parker

The Beacon - Lister Park

Costumed characters, free family workshop and a community parade.

CultureCam

Photo Hub North CIC

The Beacon – Lister Park

The mobile camera and dark room touring communities around Bradford.

The Beacon Big Feast

The Beacon - Lister Park

Enjoy an outdoor community feast to celebrate the final day of The Beacon

Hardy and Free

Carolyn Mendelsohn

Kirkgate Shopping Centre

The Kirkgate Shopping Centre turns gallery for a monumental exhibition celebrating Yorkshire women and the natural world.

Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali Group

St George's Hall

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

Life Class

509 Arts

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Every body has a story.
Everybody sings a song.

STRIKE

Urban Projections

Lister Mill

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

John Grant

Plus support

St George’s Hall

John Grant makes his Bradford headline debut.

Youth Pass: Letterpress Printing Workshop – sold out!

The People Powered Press

Learn how to create your very own letterpress print using the largest letterpress of its kind in the world.

Bradford LGBTQ+ History Walking Tour – sold out!

Alice Parsons, Castles in the Sky Projects

Meet at Common Space

If the streets could talk, what would they have to say?

Cuppa T

509 Arts

Loading Bay

Conversations about creativity and ageing.

OUT All Night

Castles in the Sky Projects

Common Space

Explore the Back in the Pink pop-up exhibition.

Big Nights OUT

Castles in the Sky Projects

Bradford Playhouse

Learn how nightlife spaces supported community building.

Back in the Pink Cinema Special

Castles in the Sky Projects

Bradford Playhouse

Step back in time to enjoy recreations of screenings from the 80s.

Pink After Dark

Castles in the Sky Projects

Common Space

A celebration of the long-lost and much-missed spaces.

Talking Buildings Workshop

National Science and Media Museum

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

CBeebies Panto – Cinderella

CBeebies

Alhambra Theatre

Wild Uplands

Penistone Hill Country Park, Haworth

Striking new art for the moors above Haworth.

Earth & Sky

Opera North

Penistone Hill Country Park

An immersive sound walk over the moors above Haworth.

Earth & Sky: borrow a device

Collect from Brontë Parsonage Museum

Use this page to reserve a device and explore the audio world of Earth & Sky on one of our pre-loaded devices.

Otherhood

Old Bird Theatre

Venues across Bradford District

A story of radical love and found family.

BBC New Comedy Awards

The Alhambra Theatre

An epic night of free comedy at The Alhambra Theatre.

Plug It Up

Bradford Sound Wom*n Network

Theatre in the Mill

Discover different ways of working with sound at this DIY festival.

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

Bradford Resource Centre

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

Guided Walk: Five Rise Locks

Bingley Railway Station 

With Canal & River Trust.

BRAVE Festival 2025

Tricia Arthur-Stubbs

Bradford Arts Centre

Celebrating Black culture through arts events and workshops.

Open Hands

Bradford New Church

A relaxed time to share a cuppa, learn sign language, and make friends.

Alive & Kicking Drama Adventures

Home educator session

Bradford New Church

A special session for home educated learners.

Elmet

The Javaad Alipoor Company

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

Bring It Back

Natalie Davies

Bradford Arts Centre

An immersive theatre experience exploring Bradford's musical heritage.

Frontline 1984/1985

Victor Wedderburn

National Science and Media Museum

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

The Others (2001)

Milner Field Manor Ruins

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

We Will Sing

Ann Hamilton

Salts Mill

Ann Hamilton transforms the immense top floor at Salts Mill for her largest solo UK installation to date.

We Are Still ASAFO

Theatre In Flow

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

BD is LiT

Bradford City Centre

Watch as Bradford city centre is transformed by a stunning series of light and sound installations.

Bradford Made Conference

Bradford Live

Celebrating cultural learning and local stories.

Loaded Laughs

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Bradford 2025's comedy night.

Radio 1 Anthems Live

Bradford Live

Radio 1 Anthems Live lands in Bradford for the first time ever.

Tech Styles 10

Tech Styles International

Bradford Arts Centre

Celebrate 10 years of uniting the world’s finest Bboys, Bgirls, Crews, DJs, MCs and Graffiti Artists.

Nisbet Road Tailor Shop

Zain Ali

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Step inside an immersive recreation of a South Asian tailors.

A Good Yarn

Luke Jerram & Bloomin' Buds

Bradford Industrial Museum

Get up close and personal with an extraordinary new artwork – made in BD10 from the fabric of Bradford.

Urooj Ashfaq: How To Be A Baddie

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Edinburgh Comedy Awards Best Newcomer Urooj Ashfaq is back, but this time she’s different.

BBC Introducing at The Underground

The Underground

BBC Introducing gigs at Bradford's iconic The Underground.

If All the World Were…

Tutti Frutti Productions and Bradford & Leeds Libraries

Various locations

A beautifully performed reading of "If All the World Were..." by award-winning children’s writer Joseph Coelho.

REPLAY

The Herd

Damart Mill, Bingley

Enter an endless world of play in this interactive experience.

REPLAY: Early Years sessions

The Herd

Damart Mill, Bingley

Early Years sessions for children aged 6 months to 5 years.

The Keighley Chorus

Hannah Butterfield and Shane Durrant

Airedale Shopping Centre

Come along to a community singing session around the piano.

EGGS COLLECTIVE’S DARK NIGHTS

Loading Bay

Twisted cabaret nights at Loading Bay.

Built by Sound

No Ghost, Dialled In and Bradford 2025

Loading Bay

A mixed reality experience where memory moves to a beat.

Make Yourself at Home

Impressions Gallery

Ten young people curate a major exhibition at Impressions Gallery.

Turner Prize Home Educator Session

Cartwright Hall Art Gallery

A special interactive tour and workshop session, especially for home educated learners.

Growing Care Gathering

Our Patch

One City Park, BD1 1SD

We value and listen to people who receive care, are carers, or do not get the care they need.

Brighter Still

Myrtle Park, Bingley

The finale! Join us for our big closing event - and look ahead to a brilliant Bradford future together.

OUR TURN: Bradford Art Show

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A dynamic exhibition of artwork from artists across Bradford responding to the theme of Our Place.

Wandering Imaginations: Exhibition

Brontë Parsonage Museum

A special display at the Brontë Parsonage Museum.

HOPE/ACT

People Powered Press

Venues across Bradford

Installations from the world’s largest letterpress printing press.

Augmenting Bradford’s DNA

Razwan Ul-Haq

Various locations

Homegrown artworks, made using calligraphy and community participation.

Harvest of Harmony and City of Dreams

Ruth Agbolade and Mod One

Darley Stret Market

An eye-catching pair of murals designed to welcome visitors to the new Darley Street Market.

Wayfinders

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15 Park Road, Bingley

This striking new mural is a stark consideration of our connection to the natural environment and the ways in which we navigate physical and emotional spaces.

Roots

Peachzz

MAPA

A vibrant street-art homage to a Bradford legend.

Serving the District

Local creatives

Morrisons, Bradford Road, Idle

New street art at the Morrisons store in Idle.

Come on in my friend

Jemima Spence

Buttershaw Youth Centre

New striking street art inspired by the people of Buttershaw.

RAVO

Alastair Flindall

Ravenscliffe Youth Centre

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

Balancing Acts

Sam Shendi

MAPA Bradford
1 Coates St
Bradford
BD5 7DL

A bespoke, playful structure created to celebrate the community and history of BD5.

Growing Together

Sven Shaw

Girlington Community Garden

New street art capturing the community spirit of Girlington.

The Portal

NeSpoon

Church Bank House, near Bradford Cathedral

New street art inspired by old traditions.

FORGE Shorts

Filmed across Bradford District

New films from Bradford writers and directors.

Flesh and Flamingos (working title)

Dominic Leclerc

To be announced

The hidden history of northern queer culture.

The Local (working title)

Kim Hopkins

To be announced

Step inside a Bradford landmark…

Wool City Rockers

Bradford Live

New Model Army, Terrorvision and Paradise Lost co-headline a one-off show at Bradford Live.

Tower of Now

Saad Qureshi

Hall Ings, Bradford

This soaring sculpture explores what it means to be British – and celebrates Bradford’s dazzling diversity.

YOU:MATTER

Marshmallow Laser Feast

National Science and Media Museum

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