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25 - 31 May 2025

RedBall Project

Kurt Perschke

The longest-running street art project in the world came to the UK City of Culture.

RedBall is a public artwork that's travelled the world for more than 20 years – and for seven days only in May, it took a tour around seven locations around Bradford, from Haworth to Saltaire.

RedBall is just that – a massive red ball, 15 feet high and wide. Created by American artist Kurt Perschke, this iconic art project has brought joy and wonder to Barcelona, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Paris, Sydney and cities worldwide since it first popped up in St Louis back in 2001. And we were delighted to roll out the red carpet for it here in Bradford.

RedBall was in each location for one day only from 10am – 5pm every day.

Sunday 25 May

Cliffe Castle Museum entrance
Spring Gardens Lane
Keighley
BD20 6LH

Monday 26 May

Bowling Park Lodge (next to the Lodge Café)
Bowling Hall Road
Bradford
BD4 7TL

Tuesday 27 May

Bradford Industrial Museum
235 Moorside Road
Bradford
BD2 3HP

Wednesday 28 May

Lister Horsfall Jewellers
2 The Grove
Ilkley
LS29 9EG

Thursday 29 May

Queensbury snicket
27-33 A647 (note: this location is an alleyway off the main road)
Queensbury
Bradford
BD13 2PE

Friday 30 May

Haworth Central Park
Central Park (bandstand)
Haworth
Keighley
BD22 8QE

Saturday 31 May

Roberts Park
Opposite Roberts Park bandstand
Higher Coach Road
Saltaire
BD17 7LU

See the locations

About the artist

Kurt Perschke is an artist who works in sculpture, collage and public space. RedBall is a travelling public art project that has taken place in around 50 cities, including Abu Dhabi, Antwerp, Chicago, Galway, London, Marseille, Perth, Taipei and Toronto, and has received a National Award from Americans for the Arts’ Public Art Network.

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