
26 Jul 2025
A Good Yarn: City Centre Roll
Luke Jerram & Bloomin' Buds
Roll with it! We’re making a huge new artwork from the very fabric of Bradford.
Bradford’s textile heritage is the inspiration for A Good Yarn, an extraordinary new creation for Bradford 2025.
A Good Yarn is a huge ball of yarn – and we mean huge.
Fabric and clothing donations from across Bradford District have been plaited into a rope stretching more than a kilometre. With the help of community groups in BD10, we’ve wound the rope into a ginormous yarn ball, three metres high and wide.
A Good Yarn will be rolling through Bradford city centre on Saturday 26 July, as part of BD: Festival.
A Good Yarn is the brainchild of Luke Jerram, in partnership with Bradford’s Bloomin’ Buds – with a soundtrack from the Broken Orchestra and a helping hand from the people of Bradford.
Route
The city centre roll of A Good Yarn will start at 12.15pm from the junction of Hall Ings and Bank Street, moving onto Market Street and Centenary Square.
Please note
Due to the nature of this artwork public rolls are subject to dry conditions.
Listen to the soundscape
Listen along to the soundscape below, created especially for A Good Yarn by The Broken Orchestra.
About the Artists

Luke Jerram
Luke Jerram is a UK artist who creates extraordinary sculptures, installations and live art projects around the world, often for public spaces. His previous works include Museum of the Moon, which has been presented in more than 40 countries around the world; First Breath, a light artwork celebrating new life; and Play Me, I’m Yours, street pianos installed in cities from Tokyo to New York.
Bloomin' Buds
Bloomin’ Buds are a Bradford-based theatre company that works to increase access to the arts for working-class communities in the district. Based at Albion Mills in BD10, Bloomin’ Buds are passionate advocates for bringing voice and empowerment to working-class people and communities through the arts.
The Broken Orchestra
The Broken Orchestra are known both for their genre-defying music and for their innovative work in producing work for public space and community arts. Their projects transform public spaces into sonic canvases, using field recordings, spoken word and original compositions to reflect the stories, voices, and textures of local communities.
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