What’s on

Grue: For Home Educators

Wintercroft & ARCADE

Explore a wintry world in these sessions for home educators.

Welcome Ramadan Conference 2025

Scholars, activists, community leaders and changemakers discuss spirituality, faith and culture.

Ramadan Pavilion 2025

Zarah Hussain & Fatima Mejbil

A specially commissioned structure to celebrate the holy month of Ramadan.

Grue

Wintercroft & ARCADE

Explore a wintry world built by the people of Bradford.

The DRAW! Tour: Workshops

Hands-on drawing workshops across the district, part of Our Patch.

Photo Conversations

A day of advice, talks and behind-the-scenes insights into Nationhood: Memory and Hope.

Audience Development – Elevate Workshop

A practical workshop on identifying your audience and crafting effective communication strategies

BBC Introducing at The Underground

The first of four BBC Introducing gigs at Bradford's iconic The Underground.

David Hockney: Pieced Together

A new temporary exhibition at the National Science and Media Museum.

Nationhood: Memory and Hope

Aïda Muluneh

A modern-day insight into our four nations.

Fighting to Be Heard

British Library

Boxing, calligraphy and the collections of the British Library.

I AM ME

A new exhibition created with young people from across Bradford District.

The Dreams I Had: Andrea Dunbar

Celebrating one of Bradford’s most distinctive voices.

Extraordinary Portraits with Bill Bailey

Breathtaking portraits – incredible personal stories.

Loaded Laughs

Bradford 2025's new comedy night.

Ginger Johnson’s Fun House

Welcome to the House of Fun.

Lady Maisery with O’Hooley & Tidow

A double bill of English folk music royalty.

Open Iftar

Break fast with Ramadan Tent Project.

Dragons

Eun-Me Ahn Dance Company

Dance Consortium presents Eun-Me Ahn’s kaleidoscopic production.

Dracula

Blackeyed Theatre

Welcome to fright night at Loading Bay.

Embedding access in your projects – Elevate Workshop

Explore how you can open up your projects to be more accessible

Unspun Stories

509 Arts

An exhibition exploring Bradford's textile heritage.

Marshmallow Laser Feast

Explore how we’re all connected at this spectacular immersive experience.

Bradford on Foot

Walk a mile or more in our shoes…

The Bradford Selection

Edible Archives

Take a bite out of Bradford with our magnificent biscuits.

Time for Tea

Join Impressions Gallery for tea and cake at their friendly, social morning.

The Great Adventure Build

Woodland Tribe

Build the playground of your dreams – then play!

asses.masses

Patrick Blenkarn & Milton Lim

A live video game played by you, the audience.

Toxic

Nathaniel J Hall

Sometimes, survival means knowing when to leave.

Echoes of the North

BD1 Brass play live to an extraordinary film celebrating the way we were.

Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers – Live

Back on the big screen – with the soundtrack played live by the City of Bradford Brass Band.

Richard Hawley & the Black Dyke Band

Bradford’s brass legends team up with Sheffield’s favourite son for one night only.

KOKOROKO

Plus support

The powerhouse London collective round out our brass weekender.

Frontline 1984/1985

Victor Wedderburn

A fascinating exhibition exploring Black Bradford in the ’80s.

Simon Boccanegra

Opera North

Opera North’s first performances of the Verdi classic.

Tower of Now

Saad Qureshi

This soaring sculpture explores what it means to be British – and celebrates Bradford’s dazzling diversity.

Digital marketing – Elevate Workshop

A practical workshop exploring different digital marketing platforms and how to make them work for you.

Wild Uplands

Striking new art for the moors above Haworth.

We Will Sing

Ann Hamilton

Ann Hamilton transforms the immense top floor at Salts Mill for her largest solo UK installation to date

Earth & Sky

Opera North

An immersive sound walk over the moors above Haworth.

Bassline Symphony

The sound of our city as you’ve never heard it before.

The Bradford Progress

Paraorchestra with Charles Hazlewood & Jeremy Deller

A musical journey created with the people of Bradford.

Public Interest

Common/Wealth

An urgent immersive show on youth culture.

Portrait of Mai

Sir Joshua Reynolds' spectacular portrait visits Bradford on a UK-wide tour.

Tape Letters

Modus Arts

An exhibition exploring migration on tape.

New Music Biennial 2025

Fresh sounds from the UK’s most exciting composers.

The Book of Bradford

Comma Press, Saima Mir

Ten short stories by Bradford writers.

Ice Age Art Now

British Museum

Travel back in time at this British Museum Partnership Exhibition.

Tu i Tam/Tyt i Tam

Tim Smith & Marta Szymańska

An exhibition documenting our Polish and Ukrainian communities.

Memories of the Future

Akram Khan with Helen Linsell

An ambitious dance work starring the people of Bradford.

The Railway Children

The classic production heads to the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway.

Dialled In

A celebration of South Asian music and culture.

Meet Our Mothers

Deepa Mann-Kler

An interactive cookbook celebrating Bradford’s heritage.

Turner Prize

We’re teaming up with Tate to bring the Turner Prize to Bradford.

Elmet

The Javaad Alipoor Company

An epic northern noir.

Bradford Digital Creatives

New digital artworks exploring what it’s like to grow up in 2025.

So Far, So Good…

TC Howard & Dance On Bradford

An inclusive new dance show about growing older.

Sing, Dance, Leap

Royal Ballet and Opera, Northern Ballet, Opera North

A major programme to inspire young people’s creativity.

Flesh and Flamingos (working title)

Dominic Leclerc

The hidden history of northern queer culture.

The Ceremony

Jack King

An award-winning debut feature set in Bradford.

The Local (working title)

Kim Hopkins

Step inside a Bradford landmark…

New Focus: Bradford Young Curators

Ten young people curate a major exhibition at Impressions Gallery.

FORGE Shorts

New films from Bradford writers and directors.

Wandering Imaginations

The Brontës’ imaginary worlds reimagined for 2025.

BBC Contains Strong Language

The UK’s biggest poetry and performance festival comes to Bradford.

Roots

Peachzz

A vibrant street-art homage to a Bradford legend.

The Portal

NeSpoon

New street art inspired by old traditions.

REPLAY

The Herd

Enter an endless world of play in this interactive experience.