Day one of Summer Sounds, Bradford 2025’s music weekender, gets under way.

Expect ganayva’s soulful sounds, Panjabi rave aces Jawani Nights and the bang-bang sounds of Dhol Academy.

Acts across two stages include:

• Metz n Trix, pioneers of the contemporary British Asian music scene
• ganayva, one of the hottest acts on the scene, blending spiritual jazz and South Asian devotional music
• Ustad Noor Bakhsh, legendary Pakistani maestro of the Balochi benji
• Jasmine Jethwa’s folk-tinged alternative pop
• Inder Goldfinger x SilverFinger Singh, father-son duo pairing the legendary producer (Fun-Da-Mental et al) with the singer and BBC Radio Leeds presenter
• Dhol Academy, drumming kingpins since 1994

…Plus Panjabi rave promoters Jawani Nights, BBC Asian Network’s DJ Kizzi, Rinse FM’s Arthi, deep club cuts from DJ Manara, Nepalese producer–DJ YZYN, Bassline MC S Dog and more to be announced.

It’s all curated for Bradford 2025 by Dialled In, longstanding champions of the South Asian underground.

Tickets are just £15 for the day, or £25 for the full weekend.

Add full price tickets for Summer Sounds: Saturday and Summer Sounds: Sunday to your basket and the weekend ticket discount will automatically apply when you check out.

Discount only available on full price tickets. Offer applies once for every pair of Saturday and Sunday tickets you buy.

Already booked a ticket for Sunday and want to upgrade to the full weekend offer? Contact ticketing@bradford2025.co.uk to upgrade and enjoy two days of music.