What’s on

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.

Ramadan Pavilion 2025

Zarah Hussain & Fatima Mejbil

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

I AM ME

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

David Hockney: Pieced Together

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

BBC Introducing at The Underground

BBC Introducing gigs at Bradford's iconic The Underground.

The DRAW! Tour: Workshops

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

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.

The Arbor (2010)

Clio Barnard

Clio Barnard’s innovative portrayal of the late Bradford playwright Andrea Dunbar.

Ginger Johnson’s Fun House

Welcome to the House of Fun.

Feed your Mind: Curator’s Talk and Tour

Join Curator Anne McNeill on a special talk and tour of Nationhood: Memory and Hope, celebrating the diversity of the UK today.

Lady Maisery with O’Hooley & Tidow

A double bill of English folk music royalty.

Dracula

Blackeyed Theatre

Welcome to fright night at Loading Bay.

Open Iftar

Break fast with Ramadan Tent Project.

Dragons

Eun-Me Ahn Dance Company

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

Share Your Story: Bradford Stories Bus

National Literacy Trust in Bradford

We’re inviting children and young people to share their stories aboard a classic American school bus.

Elevate Workshop: Embedding Access in Your Projects

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

Not Even Water

BBC Asian Network

Join BBC Asian Network for a live episode in Bradford!

Unspun Stories

509 Arts

An immersive installation exploring Bradford's textile heritage.

John Wick (2014)

Keanu Reeves stars as a legendary hitman out for revenge. A Moving Cinema screening at Bradford Industrial Museum.

The Lorax (2012)

Hilarious animation from the creators of Despicable Me. A Moving Cinema screening at Bradford Industrial Museum.

Shang-chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)

Action-packed Marvel adventure. A Moving Cinema screening at Bradford Industrial Museum.

Black Panther (2018)

Groundbreaking Marvel action-adventure. A Moving Cinema screening at Bradford Industrial Museum.

The Matrix (1999)

Keanu Reeves stars in the influential 1999 sci-fi masterpiece. A Moving Cinema screening at Bradford Industrial Museum.

The Terminator (1984)

James Cameron and Arnold Schwarzenegger team up for an iconic action spectacle. A Moving Cinema screening at Tesco Queensbury.

Small Things Like These (2024)

Oscar winner Cillian Murphy delivers a stunning performance as devoted father. A Moving Cinema screening at Tesco Queensbury.

Bradford on Foot

Walk a mile or more in our shoes…

The Outrun (2024)

Saoirse Ronan stars in this gripping portrait of addiction. A Moving Cinema screening at Tesco Queensbury.

The Apartment (1960)

The 1960 Best Picture winner is a darkly comic romance from Billy Wilder. A Moving Cinema screening at Tesco Queensbury.

Time for Tea

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

La La Land (2016)

Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling star in this joyful musical about a city full of dreamers. A Moving Cinema screening at Odsal Stadium.

YOU:MATTER

Marshmallow Laser Feast

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

Clean North

Tranquil Productions

Join Bradford’s premier breakdance crew in Wibsey for a high-energy show and dance workshop – no experience necessary.

International Roma Day Celebration

European Drom CIC

Everyone’s welcome at this celebration of Roma culture.

The Matrix (1999)

Keanu Reeves stars in the influential 1999 sci-fi masterpiece. A Moving Cinema screening at Woodbank Nurseries.

The Apartment (1960)

The 1960 Best Picture winner is a darkly comic romance from Billy Wilder. A Moving Cinema screening at Woodbank Nurseries.

Let’s Make

Lou Sumray

Get creative with artist Lou Sumray at these free family-friendly workshops in Wibsey Park.

The Great Adventure Build

Woodland Tribe

Build the playground of your dreams – then play!

Play Bradford’s Mobile Adventure Playground

Play Bradford

We’re teaming up with Play Bradford to bring mobile play to The Beacon in Wibsey Park

Eliza Carthy

The Queen of English folk music visits the Beacon for a rare solo show in Bradford.

asses.masses

Patrick Blenkarn & Milton Lim

A live video game played by you, the audience.

Big Hero 6 (2014)

Sci-Fi animation from the creators of Wreck-It Ralph and Frozen. A Moving Cinema screening at Horton Park Avenue car park.

Claytime

Indefinite Articles

Welcome to a family show with a difference – an interactive play made out of clay!

John Wick (2014)

Keanu Reeves stars as a legendary hitman out for revenge. A Moving Cinema screening at the TFD Centre, Holme Wood.

Black Panther (2018)

Groundbreaking Marvel action-adventure. A Moving Cinema screening at the TFD Centre, Holme Wood.

Palette(s)

Cie Moost

A show for two artists, 20 wooden pallets – and one bottle of water.

Toxic

Nathaniel J Hall

Sometimes, survival means knowing when to leave.

The Big Beacon Family Welcome

Join us in Wibsey Park for an afternoon of family fun.

BBC Radio 2 Loves Brass

with Marti Pellow and Carly Paoli

Join us for a night showcasing the range of brass music - hosted by Zoe Ball.

Echoes of the North

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

Reggae + Brass

Jerry ‘Red Dred’ Crawford, Natural Rhythm

Join us as we celebrate the first night of The Big Brass Blowout with a reggae and roots reunion headlined by a true Bradford legend.

The Big Brass Blast

We’re taking our weekend-long brass celebration to the heart of the city with a series of free outdoor gigs.

Balkan Beats & Brass

DJ Marco

The Underground goes east for a night of Balkan brass bangers.

Brass Oranje

Kymara, Sam Newbould Quintet, Peter Somuah

We’re going Dutch for The Big Brass Blowout with this showcase of three great new acts from the Netherlands.

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.

Hall Royd Band

The famous Shipley band celebrates its 80th birthday with a free concert in Wibsey Park for The Big Brass Blowout.

LOUD & PROUD Dhol Drumming

Punjabi Roots

Learn to play the iconic dhol drum at this free workshop – no experience necessary.

Brass on a Sunday Afternoon

Toby Brazier Sextet, Omotola & Friends, Hot Aire!

Cool jazz, hot Yoruba sounds and a classic brass band – it’s an eclectic Sunday at Loading Bay.

KOKOROKO

Plus support from TC & the Groove Family

The powerhouse London collective round out our brass weekender.

Curious Investigators

One Tenth Human

Stop an egg from smashing in this cracking new adventure for children aged 3–7 and their grown-ups…

CBeebies Bedtime Stories Day

CBeebies

Once upon a time… Evie Pickerill and George Webster from CBeebies bring the magic of Bedtime Stories to The Beacon.

It’s Your Round

Scary Little Girls

Pens at the ready – comedy meets cabaret down the pub at our fabulous quiz night.

Amar Akbar Anthony (1977)

Bollywood action comedy with a memorable soundtrack!

Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2015)

‘India’s most-loved film’

Frontline 1984/1985

Victor Wedderburn

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

Speed (1994)

Fasten your seatbelts…

The Wild Robot (2024)

A classic DreamWorks animation.

Jab We Met (2007)

Imtiaz Ali’s joyous romantic musical comedy.

Easter Party in the Park

Teen Scene Parties

Bradford’s premier teen party producer present an unmissable Easter special in Wibsey.

An Evening with Jacqui Dankworth

One of Britain’s finest jazz singers brings her trio to The Beacon – exclusively for Bradford 2025.

Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011)

Three friends take a batchelor road trip to Spain.

Pop!

Vince Virr

Vince Virr’s exhilarating dance piece explores the fears, the surprises and the joys of growing up.

Say It As It Is

with Kirsty Taylor

Speak up and listen in – Kirsty Taylor hosts a special open mic night for Bradford 2025

Beacon Church Community Cuppa

The Beacon Church

Beacon, meet Beacon – the local church comes to our pop-up venue in Wibsey for a relaxing coffee morning.

Little Wimmin

Figs in Wigs

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

Simon Boccanegra

Opera North

Opera North’s first performances of the Verdi classic.

Lanre Bakare – ‘We Were There’ book launch

Bradford writer Lanre Bakare joins Victor Wedderburn in conversation, chaired by Dawn Cameron.

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.

Share Your Story: On Board at The Beacon

National Literacy Trust in Bradford

The Bradford Stories Bus is coming to The Beacon for a one-day story spectacular.

West Yorkshire Young Poet Laureates – Open Mic

with Sharena Lee Satti

Join the West Yorkshire Young Poet Laureates and other young poets for an afternoon of wonderful words.

A Night at the Musicals

Youthology

Young performers bring the West End to Wibsey at this special concert.

The Sticky Dance for Sensory Groovers

Second Hand Dance

An interactive performance installation for autistic/neurodivergent children aged 3–7.

The Sticky Dance

Second Hand Dance

An interactive, engaging and colourful performance installation for children aged 3–5 and their families.

Lay Down Your Burdens

Rhiannon Faith Company

Rhiannon Faith’s acclaimed dance theatre show explores hope, compassion and transformation through the prism of a local pub

The Bradford Selection

Edible Archives

Take a bite out of Bradford with our magnificent biscuits.

We Will Sing

Ann Hamilton

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

Les Enfants Terribles: A Gameshow for Awful Children

Marcel Lucont

Comedian Marcel Lucont pits kids against grown-ups as he looks to crown the most awful child in Bradford…

Marcel Lucont’s Whine List

Alternative comedy meets group therapy – get your moans off your chest with the UK’s favourite French comic

Bradford Belles

The mighty Belles bring their new walkabout street performance to The Beacon

Bassline Symphony

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

The 56

LUNG

‘Nobody dies in football matches'

Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali Group

The torchbearers of Qawwali music visit Bradford for their only show in the North this year.

The Bradford Progress

Paraorchestra with Charles Hazlewood & Jeremy Deller

A musical journey created with the people of Bradford.

Nadine Shah

Plus support

Mercury Prize-nominated Shah brings her mesmerising voice to 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.

Earth & Sky

Opera North

An immersive sound walk over the moors above Haworth.

TESTO

Wet Mess

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

Language: no broblem

Marah Haj Hussein

A theatrical journey into multilingualism.

EGGS COLLECTIVE’S DARK NIGHTS

Twisted cabaret nights at Loading Bay.

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.

The Book of Bradford

Comma Press, Saima Mir

Ten short stories by Bradford writers.

Dialled In

A celebration of South Asian music and culture.

BBC Contains Strong Language

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

Wandering Imaginations

The Brontës’ imaginary worlds reimagined for 2025.

New Focus: Bradford Young Curators

Ten young people curate a major exhibition at Impressions Gallery.

Turner Prize

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

Meet Our Mothers

Deepa Mann-Kler

An interactive cookbook celebrating Bradford’s heritage.

Elmet

The Javaad Alipoor Company

An epic northern noir.

John Grant

Plus support

John Grant makes his Bradford headline debut.

Roots

Peachzz

A vibrant street-art homage to a Bradford legend.

The Portal

NeSpoon

New street art inspired by old traditions.

Sing, Dance, Leap

Royal Ballet and Opera, Northern Ballet, Opera North

A major programme to inspire young people’s creativity.

FORGE Shorts

New films from Bradford writers and directors.

REPLAY

The Herd

Enter an endless world of play in this interactive experience.

Flesh and Flamingos (working title)

Dominic Leclerc

The hidden history of northern queer culture.

Bradford Digital Creatives

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

The Ceremony

Jack King

An award-winning debut feature set in Bradford.

So Far, So Good…

TC Howard & Dance On Bradford

An inclusive new dance show about growing older.

The Local (working title)

Kim Hopkins

Step inside a Bradford landmark…