Bradford 2025 is running workshops, activities and events called "Our Patch" – all completely free. One of these activities is The Travelling Spoon - a series of cookery workshops to take the people of Holmewood on a culinary journey around the world. #OurPatch #Bradford2025 #CityOfCulture #Food

Exclusive! A preview of the exhibition of works by the four artists shortlisted for this year’s Turner Prize, now at Cartwright Hall Art Gallery in Bradford: Nnena Kalu, Rene Matić, Mohammed Sami and Zadie Xa. 📸 ©David Levene

Bradford's wide-ranging City of Culture year comes to an end with an equally-diverse range of activities in local spaces @bradford2025.co.uk #cityofculture #finalevents www.theatrereviewsnorth.com/post/bradfor...

Jeremy talking about The League of Gentlemen at @bradford2025.co.uk

Early on this month, we had the pleasure of hosting the BBC Proms with Angélique Kidjo and Corinne Bailey Rae at St George's Hall 🎤 🔗 Head to our Website to see what else we've got coming up in partnership with the BBC and more live music events! https://bit.ly/4n8TPbc 📸 Andy Benge

Tọlá Okogwu, best-selling author of the highly praised Onyeka series, visited Bradford with @literacy-trust.bsky.social to talk about her new book Champions of the Galaxy and give some lucky Bradford schools advance copies!

Great interview with Kerry Wright on her upcoming play, Kailey, debuting at @bradford2025.co.uk's Loading Bay next week. We're so proud to have supported the early development of this work and see the journey it's taken from R&D to stage! ayoungishperspective.co.uk/2025/09/02/i...

If you're curious to hear more about Bradford's latest sculpture - Tower of Now - join artist Saad Qureshi in conversation with Sarah Victoria Turner. Wednesday 10 September 18:00–19:30 Bradford Playhouse 🎟 Free tickets: henry-moore.org/whats-on/saa... @bradford2025.co.uk @yspsculpture.bsky.social

THE BOOK OF BRADFORD 📚 Edited by @saimamir.bsky.social 📅 Oct 2 (Pre-Order Now) The stories gathered here remind us that anyone who tries to dismiss Bradford does so at their peril. Specially commissioned for @bradford2025.co.uk 📚 commapress.co.uk/books/the-bo...

The final date of the Otherhood tour is now on sale as part of Bradford Arts Centre's opening season! 🎫 Book now for 16/10: bdartscentre.co.uk/whats-on/eve... That’s the full tour complete, which nicely coincides with rehearsals starting today 🎉 @bradford2025.co.uk #Bradford2025 #UKCityofCulture

Curator Jill Cook from the British Museum wants you to know what we have in common with people from thousands of years ago! A British Museum Partnership Exhibition with Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture and @bradfordmuseums.bsky.social Bradford District Museums & Galleries.

Tonight BBC Asian Network takes over BBC Music Introducing at The Underground Bradford - Live Music Venue Get ready for a headline set from Niki Kini, and sets from Bradford rappers S Dog and Flowzy - it's kicking off from 7:30pm!

A Good Yarn - on BBC Radio 4 Front Row www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... @bradford2025.co.uk @lukejerram.bsky.social

A local artist has put together an online survey, asking #ActuallyAutistic adults about the accessibility of @bradford2025.co.uk events. If you would like to have your say, please scan the QR code in the image or visit form.typeform.com/to/LHPduUUI

Great fun in Bradford today rolling giant yarnball around city for @bradford2025.co.uk We came across a wedding on our way ! Music from Bd1 Brass! www.lukejerram.com/a-good-yarn/ A Good Yarn .

Have you been to see The Railway Children? The critics love it - and we want to hear what you think too!

We couldn't deliver this incredible year without the support of organisations like @artscouncilengland.bsky.social 💛💚🩷 What a difference they're making across the nation!

The Railway Children #Bradford2025 - That was just WOW! Loads of laughs and at the end I must’ve got some smoke in my eye 😢 Brilliant all involved! @bradford2025.co.uk @kwvrfriends.bsky.social Fabulous experience! DON’T MISS IT!

Amazing to roll giant yarn ball through Bradford for @bradford2025.co.uk A Good Yarn !

Bradford! I'll be at The Beacon, Cliffe Castle Park next Thursday 10 July, 7.30pm as part of @bradford2025.co.uk. It's the last stop on the #ImaginaryFriends tour, and I'd love you to join me. 🎟️ bradford2025.co.uk/event/imagin... #Bradford2025

Giant Yarn ball wound up and ready to roll ! A Good Yarn - artwork made by @lukejerram.bsky.social, BloominBuds , Ravenstaging for @bradford2025.co.uk

1st peek at the image for new show OTHERHOOD 💓 Big thanks to the brilliant Amy from Wingfinger-we LOVE it 😍 On sale next week, we’re touring #Bradford & district as part of @bradford2025.co.uk 💥 Keep eyes peeled for tour dates & tickets for this story of radical love & found family... #Otherhood

#ListenBack to the New Music Show live from #NewMusicBiennial in Bradford 🎶 Featuring music by CMC Composers Linda Buckley, Ailís Ní Ríain & Xenia Pestova Bennett: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... New Music Biennial comes to the Southbank Centre, LDN in July: www.southbankcentre.co.uk/events/new-m...

Moth x Human first performance to full house at @bradford2025.co.uk Loading Bay Theatre. 🦋 Part of PRS Foundation's New Music Biennial @prsfoundation.bsky.social #nmb25 Commissioned by @ocmevents.bsky.social

The #BigThing kicks off this evening. Join @immersiveartsuk.bsky.social‬ for 3 days of talks, workshops, live performances, special announcements and opportunities for collaboration for artists and technologists. ‪Taking place in @bradford2025.co.uk‬ the UK's 2025 City of Culture buff.ly/RurjZQb

Eid Mubarak, Bradford! Wishing all those celebrating over the next few days a wonderful Eid-ul-Adha 💖

Free - This weekend - New Music Biennial! New Music Biennial is a three-day festival celebrating the best new music across all genres from the country’s most exciting composers – and in 2025, for the first time, it’s coming to venues around Bradford. Tickets: bradford2025.co.uk/programme/ne...

In rehearsals. Full fat Moth x Human with live musicians, visuals ... and, of course, moths. 🦋 #nmb25 Hear it live in Bradford this Saturday. Morning gig at 10.30am. bradford2025.co.uk/event/moth-x... @ocmevents.bsky.social @prsfoundation.bsky.social @bradford2025.co.uk @ukceh.bsky.social

Due to the wet and windy weather all Wild Uplands family activities will be taking place at St Michael and All Angels church and the Parsonage School Room from 11am-3pm. The artworks on Penistone Hill are open as normal. bradford2025.co.uk/event/wild-u...

First light at the Cow and Calf Rocks, Ilkley for the beginning of #thebradfordprogress @bradford2025.co.uk @paraorchestra.bsky.social @commonerschoir.bsky.social

Be bold. New Bantams kit is now on sale!

I was delighted to be the chosen author for the Silsden Big Read sponsored by @bradford2025.co.uk What a great way to bring communities together through reading. @lorellabelliagency.bsky.social @hqstories.bsky.social #Reading #Crimefiction #BookTwitter www.lizmistry.com/monsters-bog...

It’s the last week to see Frontline, the exhibition by Victor Wedderburn, at loading bay - closing Sunday. Hear from Victor and Tim Smith as they recall what it was like to photograph Bradford in the 1980s

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Football brings Bradford together. Never seen anything like it .......................... #MovingUp @bradfordtanda.bsky.social @bradford2025.co.uk #BCAFC #TheBantams @bradfordcity.bsky.social

Bassline meets orchestra. One night only. Bassline Symphony – 9 May, Bradford Jamie Duggan | TS7 | DJ Q Opera North Orchestra| Katie Chatburn MCs, vocalists & surprise guests Tickets: bradford2025.co.uk/event/bassline-symphony #BasslineSymphony #ukcityofculture

🚶‍♀️ Every walk has a story to tell. Bradford on Foot invites you to slow down, notice the little things, and explore what makes our district bold, beautiful and full of life. 23 walking routes created by Bradfordians, walking groups and community organisations. bradford2025.co.uk/programme/br...

The Bradford Progress, 17 & 18 May 🥁 Join us for a musical journey celebrating the sound of Bradford - and the musicians who create our district’s soundtrack. You don’t need to book tickets, and it’s all free. 🧵 Thread!

Become a part of history! @bfdcathedral.bsky.social invites you to contribute to a new tapestry celebrating the city's rich heritage for the UK City of Culture in 2025, @bradford2025.co.uk Discover how you can get involved 👇 buff.ly/wMUQazQ #Bradford2025 #CityOfCulture

Just announced: the 2025 #TurnerPrize nominees are: 🎉 Nnena Kalu 🎉 Rene Matić 🎉 Mohammed Sami 🎉 Zadie Xa The #TurnerPrize2025 exhibition of the four artists’ work will open on 27 September at The Cartwright Hall Art Gallery in Bradford @bradfordmuseums.bsky.social

This week you might see something new forming part of the Bradford skyline - the 15-metre sculpture Tower of Now Saad Qureshi moved to Bradford when he was 8 - and now takes us behind the scenes to share how he created this tribute the rich variety of cultures in our city, district in 2025

Loads of fun and energy at Pop! @bradford2025.co.uk The Beacon in Wibsey Park #Bradford

Wonderful evening seeing @richardhawley.bsky.social playing with Black Dyke Band for @bradford2025.co.uk

It's the Big Brass Blowout weekend! From Black Dyke classics to bhangra mash-ups, join us to celebrate the best in brass this weekend - unique events, plus free city-centre brass performances featuring some of the region’s finest ensembles, come and join us! bradford2025.co.uk/programme/th...

New Marshmallow Laser Feast exhibition @mediamuseum.bsky.social for @bradford2025.co.uk is absolutely amazing. Beautiful, thought provoking and innovative. I want to go back and spend a few hours there!

Old skool ravers, grab your crew and get ready… Bassline Symphony hits St George’s Hall Bradford on May 9th with DJs, orchestra, and pure nostalgia. Few tix left! 🎟️ bradford2025.co.uk/event/bassline-symphony #BasslineSymphony #Bradford2025 @bradford2025.co.uk @vitalcultureuk.bsky.social

Know someone who'd want to work on really cool stuff? I'm looking for a Social Media Manager to join my amazing team here full time at @bradford2025.co.uk! Working here is a job of a lifetime: Details are here, drop me a line if you want a quick chat about it. bradford2025.co.uk/opportunity/...

Another lovely project funded by our @bradford2025.co.uk micogrants bears fruit! Bradford Jubodhol Fc connects young people through sport, art and culture. Their 'Mindfulness Girls' project used the grant to run workshops to design a banner using paint/fabric to represent community and self love. ❤️

Last chance - Support Bradford 2025 Today! We have been awarded £15,000 match funding from an anonymous donor who is as passionate about the power of culture as we are. Arts for Impact will double your donation, so you can make double the difference. #ArtsForImpact from @biggive.bsky.social

Mark our words: Sound of the summer!