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Loading Bay

A brand new pop-up arts venue for Bradford 2025.

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Big news: we have taken over an old storage depot and turned it into a pop-up arts venue for Bradford 2025.

Loading Bay is our very own pop-up venue in the city. We have transformed a disused storage depot into a temporary culture hub for Bradford 2025 – and it’s open now with an action-packed programme.

At Loading Bay we are presenting everything from gigs and comedy nights to exhibitions, immersive theatre shows and even live video games across two performance spaces and a gallery.

Read on to see what’s on, stay tuned for more news soon – and join us on Duke Street as we bring a true Bradford 2025 buzz to the heart of the city.

What's on

Discover what's coming up at Loading Bay.

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A man stands in a red convertible car.
FREE Part of Loading Bay

18 Apr – 11 May 2025 

Frontline 1984/1985

Victor Wedderburn

A fascinating exhibition exploring Bradford's African Caribbean communities in the ’80s.
Five performers wearing orange wigs stand in a V shape, against a green background.
Part of Loading Bay

24 & 25 Apr 2025 

Little Wimmin

Figs in Wigs

An unorthodox, apocalyptic, cosmically catastrophic adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel.
Part of Loading Bay

26 Apr 2025 

Lanre Bakare – ‘We Were There’ book launch

Bradford writer Lanre Bakare joins Victor Wedderburn in conversation, chaired by Dawn Cameron.
A man stands looking away from the camera - he is wearing a tracksuit stop and trousers. He's looking at a football stadium from the pitch, and is surrounded by white.
Part of Loading Bay

11 May 2025 

The 56

LUNG

‘Nobody dies in football matches'
Group image of young adults in a red and blue light
Part of Loading Bay

21–31 May 2025 

Public Interest

Common/Wealth

An urgent immersive show challenging the Criminal Justice System.
A man holds a plastic cassette tape.
FREE Part of Loading Bay

22 May – 15 Jun 2025 

Tape Letters

Modus Arts

An exhibition exploring migration on tape.
Part of Loading Bay

11 & 12 Jun 2025 

TESTO

Wet Mess

Wet Mess, Wet Messifies transitions, testosterone and the edges of drag.

Man stood on stage with a microphone, purple tinted lighting
Part of Loading Bay

13 Jun 2025 

Loaded Laughs

Bradford 2025's new comedy night.
A performer leans into a wooden structure.
Part of Loading Bay

17 Jun 2025 

Language: no broblem

Marah Haj Hussein

A theatrical journey into multilingualism.
Three women look into a mirror. They wear gold dresses and have drawings on their faces. One of them has a penis drawn on her forehead.
Part of Loading Bay

20 Jun 2025 

EGGS COLLECTIVE’S DARK NIGHTS

Twisted cabaret nights at Loading Bay.
A photo of a man in glasses stood in front of shelves of books, speaking to a room of people
FREE

27 Jun 2025 

The Pahari-Pothwari Literature Project

Nabeela Ahmed

New writing in the rarely-seen Pahari-Pothwari language and English.
A group of adults and children stood a priest who is reading from a book.
FREE Part of Loading Bay

3 – 27 July 2025  

Tu i Tam/Tyt i Tam

Tim Smith & Marta Szymańska

An exhibition documenting our Polish and Ukrainian communities.
A landscape image of a bench in front of a green field. in the near distance are some high rise flats and in the far distance is the city of Bradford
Part of Loading Bay

October 2025 

Elmet

The Javaad Alipoor Company

An epic northern noir.

 

Loading Bay opening hours

Loading Bay is a multipurpose venue and every day is different. For performances and events at Loading Bay, please check the event page for the most up to date start times.

The Gallery at Loading Bay is open at the following times:

  • Thursday – Saturday 12-6pm
  • Sunday 12-4pm
  • Closed Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
  • The gallery will also open to view before evening shows

If you have booked to see an evening performance in the theatre or basement, the Gallery will be open up to 15 minutes ahead of theatre and performance events so you can combine an exhibition with a visit to the theatre or basement.

Getting to Loading Bay

Loading Bay
1 Duke Street
Bradford
BD1 3QR

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