A Portrait of Us

Aïda Muluneh

Across the district

A photographic celebration of our unsung heroes.

Hidden in Plain Sight – Full Day CPD for Educators

Farfield, Farfield Road, Shipley, BD18 4QP

Inspire your learners by unlocking the heritage learning on your doorstep with this full day CPD.

We Are Still ASAFO

Theatre In Flow

Loading Bay

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.

Preview of Sonic Swirl & Silence

Loading Bay

See a preview of the artwork and hear from the artist Zohaib Kazi in conversation with Shanaz Gulzar, Creative Director of Bradford 2025.

Sonic Swirl & Silence

Zohaib Kazi

Loading Bay

An immersive journey into the mystical world of Sufism.

Youth Pass: Bradford City AFC V Burton Albion

Valley Parade Stadium

Youth Pass exclusive offer - experience Bradford City AFC V Burton Albion for just £4!

Smoke-Blackened Walls & Curlews

Matthew Bourne, Ben Cottrell & Keeley Forsyth

The Underground

A portrait of the West Riding through poetry, music, and improvisation.

Bradford Made Conference

Bradford Live

Celebrating cultural learning and local stories.

Youth Pass: Pottery Painting – sold out!

Salts Pots Ceramic Studio

Paint your own pottery at a Bradford local studio.

Turner Lates: November

Cartwright Hall Art Gallery

DJs, music, fashion, food, workshops and more at our young people’s night.

Loaded Laughs

Loading Bay

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.

Creative Careers Festival

Bradford Live

A careers festival for young people aged 16-25 in the heart of Bradford.

Creative Careers Festival: Quiet Hour

Bradford Live

From 10am – 11am, join us for a quiet hour designed with inclusivity and comfort in mind to ensure that anyone can attend the Creative Careers Festival!

Love. Unite. Freedom.

Sinead Campbell

Loading Bay

A live music show that takes you on a journey through decades of Black British music and culture.

Nisbet Road Tailor Shop

Zain Ali

Loading Bay

Step inside an immersive recreation of a South Asian tailors.

Heart and Hands Studio

St James's Community Hub, Baildon

A series of free creative workshops

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

Loading Bay

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.

Youth Pass: Bradford City AFC V Exeter City FC

Valley Parade Stadium

Youth Pass exclusive offer - experience Bradford City AFC V Exeter City FC for just £4!

Pins for Peace

Mek Summat & The Peace Museum

The Peace Museum

A supersized celebration of the pin badge.

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

Families of all ages welcome!

Damart Mill, Bingley

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

REPLAY: Early Years sessions

For ages 6 months to 5 years

Damart Mill, Bingley

A recycled playground without limits! Join a session just for little ones.

The DRAW! Tour: November Workshops

Venues across Bradford District

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

The Keighley Chorus

Hannah Butterfield and Shane Durrant

Airedale Shopping Centre

Come along to a community singing session around the piano.

Youth Pass: Padel Coaching Sessions – sold out!

Strike Padel

Level up your padel game with an exclusive coaching session at Strike.

Steven Frayne: Back Home and Magical

Loading Bay

Steven Frayne returns to his home city of Bradford for a special UK City of Culture residency.

From Fragment and Friction

Sudha Bhuchar

JB Priestley Library, Richmond Road

Creative sessions with the Commonweal Collection, turning peace archives into new stories for change.

Turner Lates: December

Cartwright Hall Art Gallery

Season’s greetings! Join us for creative workshops and festive fun.

EGGS COLLECTIVE’S DARK NIGHTS

Loading Bay

Twisted cabaret nights at Loading Bay.

Youth Pass: Calligraphy Workshop with Razwan Ul-Haq

Bradford Arts Centre

Learn new skills in a hands-on calligraphy session led by artist Razwan Ul-Haq.

Youth Pass: Padel Session – sold out!

Strike Padel

Free court hire at Bradford's first premium indoor padel centre.

Youth Pass: Letterpress Printing Workshop – sold out!

Salts Works, The People Powered Press

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

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.

Turner Prize Art & Play: half-term fun!

Cartwright Hall Art Gallery

Half-term family fun at the Turner Prize for ages 5-11.

Turner Prize Art & Play for under 5s

Cartwright Hall Art Gallery

Join these free, family-friendly Museums for Play and Growth sessions at Cartwright Hall Art Gallery inspired by the Turner Prize.

The Power of Public Sculpture

with Henry Moore Institute

Venues across Bradford

Celebrating public sculpture through a series of talks and symposiums.

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

Loading Bay

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.

VEILED.Reality

Imran Ali & Tarique Naseem

Online

A first-person digital fiction exploring the future of hijabs.

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.

Turner Lates: January

Cartwright Hall Art Gallery

Celebrate the thriving artistic communities of our district.

Mills to the Hills

Roids

The Broadway Bradford, BD1 1JR

The Broadway is the home for a stunning new public artwork created especially for us.

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.

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.

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

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.

Bradford 2025 Surgery Sessions: Meet the team

Bradford 2025 office

Back in 2024, this series of events was an opportunity to meet the team behind Bradford 2025.

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.