On this week

Various dates in Oct 2025
Bradford City Centre guided walking tour
Follow Bradford’s history, origins, and its transformation into the city it is today on this guided walking tour.

3 Oct 2025
Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali Group
The torchbearers of Qawwali music visit Bradford for their only show in the North this year.

3-5 Oct 2025
STRIKE: Banner-Making and Printmaking Drop-In Workshops
MEK SUMMAT
Join MEK SUMMAT for a series of creative, drop-in workshops at Lister Mill.

3-5 Oct 2025
STRIKE
Urban Projections
A spectacular light and sound show celebrating the women who made modern Bradford.

6 Oct & 13 Oct 2025
In Other Words
Kirsty Taylor
Free, friendly creative writing workshops for all abilities.

23 Sep – 16 Oct 2025
Otherhood
Old Bird Theatre
A story of radical love and found family.

9 Sep - 21 Oct 2025
Open Hands
A relaxed time to share a cuppa, learn sign language, and make friends.
Highlights

20 & 21 Dec 2025
Brighter Still
The finale! Join us for our big closing event - and look ahead to a brilliant Bradford future together.

3 Oct 2025
Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali Group
The torchbearers of Qawwali music visit Bradford for their only show in the North this year.

21 Nov - 14 Dec 2025
Built by Sound
No Ghost, Dialled In and Bradford 2025
A mixed reality experience where memory moves to a beat.
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Meet Our Mothers
An interactive cookbook celebrating Bradford’s heritage.

Halloween Cinema
Step into the shadows this October for Bradford’s Halloween Cinema season.

OUR TURN
Bold, experimental and authentically Bradford, explore a brand-new visual arts festival coming to Bradford.

Wild Uplands
Striking new art for the moors above Haworth.

CHANNELS
Take a seat at our waterside listening benches and tune into audio artworks created especially for Bradford 2025.
Exhibitions

31 Oct - 23 Nov 2025
Nisbet Road Tailor Shop
Zain Ali
Step inside an immersive recreation of a South Asian tailors.

3 May – 2 Nov 2025
We Will Sing
Ann Hamilton
Ann Hamilton transforms the immense top floor at Salts Mill for her largest solo UK installation to date.
27 Sep 2025 – 22 Feb 2026
Turner Prize
We’ve teamed up with Tate to bring the Turner Prize to Bradford - tickets available now.

From 16 Oct 2025
Hardy and Free
Carolyn Mendelsohn
The Kirkgate Shopping Centre turns gallery for a monumental exhibition celebrating Yorkshire women and the natural world.

From 26 Apr 2025
Tower of Now
Saad Qureshi
This soaring sculpture explores what it means to be British – and celebrates Bradford’s dazzling diversity.

3 Apr 2025 – 28 Feb 2026
YOU:MATTER
Marshmallow Laser Feast
Explore how we’re all connected at this spectacular immersive experience.

Until 31 Dec 2025
HOPE/ACT
People Powered Press
Installations from the world’s largest letterpress printing press.
Loading Bay

3-12 Oct 2025
Life Class
509 Arts
Every body has a story.
Everybody sings a song.

18 Sep - 19 Oct 2025
OUR TURN: Practice Bradford
A group exhibition showcasing new work by four of Bradford’s most exciting emerging artists

22 Oct - 2 Nov 2025