Black Inventors Travelling Exhibition by The Real McCoy
12, 13, 15 & 16 Sep 2025 at Bradford City Hall
An interactive, educational mobile display showcasing some of the world’s most important inventions and many of the everyday items which make our lives simpler, safer, faster and more efficient, all courtesy of talented Black inventors.

Show & Tell by Apna Heritage
13 Sep 2025 at Feversham Primary Academy
A vibrant and thought-provoking celebration of South Asian history inviting families to bring along treasured heirlooms — photographs, letters, books, diaries, cassettes, textiles and other keepsakes. The items will then be showcased and shared in a relaxed, open setting, encouraging conversations around heritage and memory.

Saltaire Heritage Open Day by The Saltaire Collection
13 Sep 2025 at Victoria Hall
Members of the Saltaire History Club will be presenting talks on Salt and Saltaire, and the Saltaire Collection will share items illustrating the architecture and planning that underpinned the village’s built heritage and Victoria Hall’s historical role in the community.

Bradford Unitarians by Ben Stables
13 & 14 Sep 2025 at Unitarian Church
The history of Bradford’s Unitarian congregation dates back to 1662, when the city itself was still just a small town. Today they worship in a purpose-built space. Over the weekend of 13-14 September, all are welcome to visit to find out more about the faith and its long, deep connection to the Bradford area including a historical talk, Sunday service and a timeline outlining over 350 years of the Bradford Unitarians and their effect on the city.

Rail Story Open Day by Vintage Carriages Trust
13 & 14 Sep 2025 at Ingrow Railway Station
A weekend of family-friendly activities in a Victorian-era railway station. Visitors can enjoy free entry to the Carriage Works and Engine Shed museums, special tours, and a packed programme including a talk on the iconic Bahamas locomotive, a new film screening, family activities, historical storytelling with George Stephenson, and live performances featuring Branwell Brontë in a playful railway-themed sketch show.

Sacred Vows and Sacred Spaces by Bradford South Asian Festival
13, 14, 20 and 20 September at various locations
Four intimate ‘Chai & Chat’ sessions, each lasting around 60–90 minutes, will be hosted in spaces of worship representing different faiths – a Hindu mandir, a Sikh gurdwara, a Muslim mosque, and the Urdu-speaking Christian Beacon Church. Each session will explore the shared cultural and religious significance of marriage ceremonies across those communities.

Celebration of Black Music – A UK Fusion! by Go Caribbean CIC & Culture City Radio
17 Sep 2025 at Bleu Rivera
The City of Culture Black musical celebration invites people to the making of a musical expression of togetherness and community cohesion through music at Bleu Rivera Tropical Lounge on North Parade. Broadcast live on Culture City Radio, this will be a truly special event, involving people from diverse backgrounds, races and cultures.

Global Dresses of the World by Intercultured Festival
18 Sep 2025 at BIASAN
Global Dresses of the World is a women-only cultural fashion show showcasing the cultural attire of multicultural women and children from across the globe. Participants will talk about the significance of their garments and share a short story about their historical and cultural context. The women will be dressed in jewellery to match, with traditional patterning of Mehndi, accompanied by traditional scarves.

Naturally Dyed: A Student Showcase by The Museum at Hanson
19 Sep 2025 at Atrium, Hanson Academy
A group of 15 Hanson Academy year 10 textiles students will showcase their dyed textile final pieces in a degree style showcase. Students will focus on the Victorian ornamental designs and patterns of the era, in line with the city’s main architectural style. Students will experiment with natural dyes and shapes to recreate some of Bradford’s heritage. The students will curate an exhibition of their textile creations in the museum at Hanson

Divided Self by Run of the Mill History
20 Sep 2025 at The 1in12 Club
A night of poetry, performance and punk in celebration of the life and work of ‘Wild’ Willi Beckett. Performers have been selected from throughout The 1in12’s history, friends and band mates of Willi’s alongside radical new performers coming through the scene today. Attendees will have chance to explore The 1in12 Club and contribute any memories they have of Willi to be archived as part of the wider project.

Historic Guided Walking Tour by Heritage Hub
20 Sep 2025 starting at Saltaire United Reformed Church
A fun local history tour journeying between two time zones starting with Victorian guide Pollie Toothill in Saltaire, who shares village history, scandals, and tales of Sir Titus Salt. Then, after a journey on the historic Shipley Glen Tramway to Edwardian England, suffragette Nell Kenney will lead attendees to the site of a 1908 rally that drew 100,000 people, sharing her powerful story and that of her famous sister, Annie Kenney.

Mapping Bradford’s History by Heritage Hub
20 Sep 2025 at South Square Centre
A talk celebrating the publication of Historic Towns Trust’s An Historical Map of Bradford, telling the fascinating history of the city centre and the two conservation areas of Manningham and Little Germany. The map itself is built on extensive research, drawing information from many archaeological and historical resources, brought together to illustrate the historical development of the city.

Its Wings Are Almost Free and Everything is Connected by Heritage Hub
20 Sep 2025 at South Square Centre
It’s Wings Are Almost Free is an exhibition of artworks from the Methodist Modern Art Collection by women, illustrating the role women played in the resurgence of interest in religious art in post-war Britain. Artist Zoë Maxwell will host a still life drawing class inspired by Eularia Clarke’s “Feeding of the Five Thousand” 11-1pm, and Artists in Residence Becky Cherriman and Imogen Joyce will be looking for visitor’s responses to the collection to feed into a mixed-media collective artwork.

Information on Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture’s Heritage Open Day events can be found here.

Heritage Open Days is England’s largest community led festival of history and culture, involving thousands of local volunteers and organisations. Every year in September it brings people together to celebrate their heritage, community and history. Stories are told, traditions explored, and histories brought to life.