Upcoming events
Dec 2025
The DRAW! Tour: December Workshops
Hands-on drawing workshops across the district, part of Our Patch.
24 Sep - 31 Dec 2025
Wandering Imaginations: Exhibition
A special display at the Brontë Parsonage Museum.
1-31 Dec 2025
VEILED.Reality
Imran Ali & Tarique Naseem
An immersive digital fiction exploring the future of hijabs.
Until 31 Dec 2025
HOPE/ACT
People Powered Press
Installations from the world’s largest letterpress printing press.
Until 31 Dec 2025
Augmenting Bradford’s DNA
Razwan Ul-Haq
Homegrown artworks, made using calligraphy and community participation.
Until 4 Jan 2026
The Art of The City Gent
An exhibition celebrating the artwork of the UK’s longest-running printed fanzine.
Various dates
Turner Prize Art & Play for under 5s
Join these free, family-friendly Museums for Play and Growth sessions at Cartwright Hall Art Gallery inspired by the Turner Prize.
15 Jan 2025
Turner Lates: January
Celebrate the thriving artistic communities of our district.
5 Nov - 27 Jan 2025
The Repair Patch
Duncan Burnett
Pop-up textile workshops in Bradford's Libraries - Repair, Reuse, Upcycle, Upskill
21 Oct 2025 - 17 Feb 2026
Turner Prize Curator Tours
Sold out! Guided Curator Tours of the Turner Prize 2025 exhibition.
19 Feb 2026
Turner Prize Art & Play: half-term fun!
Half-term family fun at the Turner Prize for ages 5-11.
27 Sep 2025 – 22 Feb 2026
Turner Prize
We’ve teamed up with Tate to bring the Turner Prize to Bradford - tickets available now.
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.
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 – 22 Mar 2026
YOU:MATTER
Marshmallow Laser Feast
Explore how we’re all connected at this spectacular immersive experience.
On display now
Balancing Acts
Sam Shendi
A bespoke, playful structure created to celebrate the community and history of BD5.
On display now
40 Years of Checkpoint
Jamie Steward
Bradford’s West Indian community centre takes the spotlight in a vibrant new street artwork.
On display now
Breathe Breathe Breathe
Ricky Also in collaboration with Zayn Malik
Zayn Malik's lyrics make up this bold typographic artwork in Bradford City Centre, part of BD: Walls.
On display now
Wayfinders
misc.etc
This striking mural is a stark consideration of our connection to the natural environment and the ways in which we navigate physical and emotional spaces.
On display now
Serving the District
Local creatives
New street art at the Morrisons store in Idle.
On display now
Mills to the Hills
(Roids)
The Broadway is the home for a stunning public artwork created especially for Bradford 2025.
Exhibitions
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.
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 – 22 Mar 2026
YOU:MATTER
Marshmallow Laser Feast
Explore how we’re all connected at this spectacular immersive experience.
Explore more
OUR TURN
Bold, experimental and authentically Bradford, explore a brand-new visual arts festival coming to Bradford.
CHANNELS
Take a seat at our waterside listening benches and tune into audio artworks created especially for Bradford 2025.
BD: Walls
We've turned the streets into galleries for Bradford 2025.
Bradford on Foot
Walk a mile or more in our shoes.
DRAW!
A nationwide drawing project supported by David Hockney.