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A woman with short grey hair in a red lightweight jacket stands on a moor with the sun rising in the distance.
FREE

16 Oct 2025 - 22 Feb 2026

Hardy and Free

Carolyn Mendelsohn

The Kirkgate Shopping Centre turns gallery for a monumental exhibition celebrating Yorkshire women and the natural world.

cartoon hands in the air, in the colours green, pink and yellow
FREE Part of Our Patch

9 Sep - 21 Oct 2025

Open Hands

A relaxed time to share a cuppa, learn sign language, and make friends.

A smiling man in a 1980s music shop.

23 Oct 2025

Frontline 1984/1985: A Panel Discussion with Victor Wedderburn

Panel discussion delivered in partnership with The University of Bradford and Bradford Black Heritage Arts and Culture Group (BHAC).

Cose shot of a crowd of peoples feet and legs walking on a dusty path

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.

Man drawing on a table, table is filled with pencils, coffee
FREE Part of Our Patch

6 - 27 Oct 2025

The DRAW! Tour: October Workshops

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

A moody woman in a green hoodie stands in front of a sunset landscape

22 Oct - 2 Nov 2025

Elmet

The Javaad Alipoor Company

An explosive Northern drama – created especially for Bradford 2025 by The Javaad Alipoor Company.

a drawing of a hand drawing leaves on a vine, some leaves are heart shaped
FREE Part of Our Patch

8 Oct - 26 Nov 2025

Heart and Hands Studio

A series of free creative workshops

Part of PLAY

14 Oct - 30 Nov 2025

REPLAY

Families of all ages welcome!

Enter an endless world of play in this interactive family experience from The Herd.

A man leans down to guide a toddler in a soft play area
Part of PLAY

Dates between 14 Oct - 30 Nov 2025

REPLAY: Early Years sessions

For ages 6 months to 5 years

A recycled playground without limits! Join a session just for little ones.

FREE Part of Our Patch

Various dates

The Keighley Chorus

Hannah Butterfield and Shane Durrant

Come along to a community singing session around the piano.

FREE Youth Pass

26 Oct - 14 Dec 2025

Youth Pass: Padel Session

Free court hire at Bradford's first premium indoor padel centre.

An illustrated image - looking at the back of four peoples heads, two adults and two children. To the left of the image, there is a table with a model building upon it. There's lots of blues and blacks, with pops of orange, green and purple.
Part of Wandering Imaginations

24 Sep - 31 Dec 2025

Wandering Imaginations: Exhibition

A special display at the Brontë Parsonage Museum.

FREE Part of Turner Prize 2025

21 Oct 2025 - 17 Feb 2026

Turner Prize Curator Tours

Join a guided Curator Tour of the Turner Prize 2025 exhibition.

FREE

27 Sep 2025 – 22 Feb 2026

Turner Prize

We’ve teamed up with Tate to bring the Turner Prize to Bradford - tickets available now.

Highlights

Part of PLAY

14 Oct - 30 Nov 2025

REPLAY

Families of all ages welcome!

Enter an endless world of play in this interactive family experience from The Herd.

A man leans down to guide a toddler in a soft play area
Part of PLAY

Dates between 14 Oct - 30 Nov 2025

REPLAY: Early Years sessions

For ages 6 months to 5 years

A recycled playground without limits! Join a session just for little ones.

Artist Ann Hamilton stands among the blue material that makes up the giant curtain in We Will Sing
FREE

31 Oct 2025

In Conversation with Ann Hamilton and Guests

Join international textile artist, Ann Hamilton, as she shares her inspiration and processes creating We Will Sing and asks what does the future need to know?

Part of Loading Bay

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.

28 Nov 2025

BBC Introducing at The Underground

BBC Introducing gigs at Bradford's iconic The Underground.

15 Nov 2025

Radio 1 Anthems Live

Radio 1 Anthems Live lands in Bradford for the first time ever.

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Available now

Meet Our Mothers

An interactive cookbook celebrating Bradford’s heritage.

2 Oct - 2 Nov 2025

Halloween Cinema

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

An artwork drawing of two women holding hands, their clothing is colourful reds and yellows, with the rest of the image in black and white.
18 Sep 2025 - 28 Jan 2026

OUR TURN

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

Two girls sat on a bench outside

CHANNELS

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

Four people raise their hands in the air in front of an outdoor cinema screen, on a hill high above Bradford.

Bradford: A City of Film

We’re teaming up with the National Science & Media Museum to bring the joy of cinema to people across the district for Bradford 2025.

Exhibitions

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A black and white photograph of a man standing in a tailor's shop, looking towards the camera. He has a tape measure around his neck.
FREE

31 Oct - 23 Nov 2025

Nisbet Road Tailor Shop

Zain Ali

Step inside an immersive recreation of a South Asian tailors.

A wide shot of a metal horn on a pole in front of a giant blue curtain. They are inside the roof of an old mill.
FREE

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.

The artwork Tower by Steve Messam, in the landscape of Penistone Hill. The large sculpture is covered in sheep fleece, creating the shape of an arch with angular corners, set against a cloudy sky and the natural landscape.
FREE

24 May – 12 Oct 2025

Wild Uplands

Striking new art for the moors above Haworth.

FREE

27 Sep 2025 – 22 Feb 2026

Turner Prize

We’ve teamed up with Tate to bring the Turner Prize to Bradford - tickets available now.

A woman with short grey hair in a red lightweight jacket stands on a moor with the sun rising in the distance.
FREE

16 Oct 2025 - 22 Feb 2026

Hardy and Free

Carolyn Mendelsohn

The Kirkgate Shopping Centre turns gallery for a monumental exhibition celebrating Yorkshire women and the natural world.

A detailed view of the Tower of Now sculpture, against a blue sky.
FREE

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.

Two children infront of a bright close up image of the sun

3 Apr 2025 – 28 Feb 2026

YOU:MATTER

Marshmallow Laser Feast

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

A photo of a man lifting paper from a printing press with the words HOPE and ACT printed on it in black and pink
FREE Artist Award

Until 31 Dec 2025

HOPE/ACT

People Powered Press

Installations from the world’s largest letterpress printing press.

A man with long dreads poses with his walkman on the pavement
FREE

12 Jun – 29 Oct 2025

Frontline 1984/1985

Victor Wedderburn

A fascinating exhibition exploring Bradford's African Caribbean communities in the ’80s.

A giant ball of colourful yarn with the Bradford skyline around the edge of it against a blue sky.
FREE

27 Jul - 26 Nov 2025

A Good Yarn

Luke Jerram & Bloomin' Buds

Get up close and personal with an extraordinary new artwork – made in BD10 from the fabric of Bradford.

Loading Bay

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A moody woman in a green hoodie stands in front of a sunset landscape

22 Oct - 2 Nov 2025

Elmet

The Javaad Alipoor Company

An explosive Northern drama – created especially for Bradford 2025 by The Javaad Alipoor Company.

A flag of green, yellow and red vertical sections. Three peoples faces are on the right hand side of the image.
Part of Loading Bay

7-9 Nov 2025

We Are Still ASAFO

Theatre In Flow

A theatre performance with live music and dance, that reminds us we are never truly alone.

Part of Loading Bay

14 Nov 2025

Loaded Laughs

Bradford 2025's comedy night.

Artist Award

22 Nov 2025

Love. Unite. Freedom.

Sinead Campbell

A live music show that takes you on a journey through decades of Black British music and culture.

A black and white photograph of a man standing in a tailor's shop, looking towards the camera. He has a tape measure around his neck.
FREE

31 Oct - 23 Nov 2025

Nisbet Road Tailor Shop

Zain Ali

Step inside an immersive recreation of a South Asian tailors.

A woman with long dark hair and wearing a pink dress stares into the camera - her background is red and she's holding a microphone.
Part of Loading Bay

28 Nov 2025

Urooj Ashfaq: How To Be A Baddie

Edinburgh Comedy Awards Best Newcomer Urooj Ashfaq is back, but this time she’s different.

A view across the moors from Penistone Hill. A woman sits alone on a rock looking at the view.

Wild Uplands Digital

Experience Wild Uplands at home. Learn about the artists, watch in depth videos and take a virtual tour of this installation high on the hills above Haworth.