As part of its landmark year as UK City of Culture, Bradford 2025 presents Summer Sounds, a vibrant new two-day music festival in the lush surroundings of Cliffe Castle Park, Keighley, taking place Saturday 2 and Sunday 3 August 2025.

Summer Sounds celebrates international pioneers, boundary-pushing talent, and local heroes, bridging generations, genres, and continents across two days of live music, community, and culture. Summer Sounds includes an eclectic line-up of singer-songwriters, soul divas and hypnotic sitar stylings, as well as renowned DJs and producers mixing afrobeat, drum ‘n’ bass and much more.

Saturday 2 August

The opening day features the mystical improvisations of legendary Balochi Benju instrumentalist Ustad Noor Bakhsh and pioneers of the contemporary British Asian music scene Metz N Trix. ganavya brings her transcendental melding of South Asian classical music with spiritual jazz, alongside Jasmine Jethwa’s folk-tinged alternative pop.

Fun’Da’Mental’s Inder Goldfinger will present a back-to-back set with SilverFinger Singh; whilst BBC Asian Network DJs Manara and Kizzi, Rinse FM’s Arthi, and forerunners of contemporary Panjabi youth culture Jawani Nights also bring the vibes – representing their hometown is Bassline MC S Dog. Expect an immersive day of rhythm, energy and radical connection through sound.

Sunday 3 August

On Sunday multi-award-winning musician, composer and producer Nitin Sawhney takes the stage, along with pop-soul singer Poppy Ajudha, and spoken word powerhouse Joshua Idehen. Mighty Leeds 10-piece TC & the Groove Family blend afrobeat, breakbeat, jazz, highlife and hip hop, as well as Bradford-born singer and rapper Kenzo Jae, mixing indie and punk with old school hip hop.

Soul singer and superstar-in-waiting Summer Pearl performs, and there’ll be music from the likes of Indo-jazz pioneer Sarathy Korwar and alt-soul singer Tawiah – as well as DJ sets from MUSYS and DJ Lubi.

Summer Sounds is co-produced by Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture, Dialled In and Serious.

Day and Weekend tickets are on sale now.