Tickets to visit Extraordinary Portraits at Loading Bay are free and available now! Head to our website or the link in our bio to grab yours. 📆 Opens 1 May 2026 📍Loading Bay, 1 Duke Street 🎟 Tickets are FREE! Book now at bradfordculture.co.uk

Bradford 2025's Our Patch team has delivered more than 140 creative projects in every corner of Bradford District, bringing people together to learn skills, make connections, and experience the joy of taking part in art. Music: Happy Daggers - "Hold it Down" Edit: Tom Box

Bradford 2025's Our Patch team supported Northcliffe Environmental Enterprises Team (NEET) to create a new, free, public sensory art trail through Northcliffe Woods near Shipley. https://bradford2025.co.uk/story/northcliffe-environmental-enterprises-team-northcliffe-woods-public-art-trail/

We had an astonishing 12 months during 2025 as the UK's City of Culture - and we're not stopping there! 💛💚🩷 Both Loading Bay and The Beacon are coming back! We're working hard to get them both ready - The first shows will be announced very soon. 👀 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiHX-zNxrU0

Get ready for a fun packed half‑term in the Bradford district. Bring the kids for fabulous days out from a brilliant games festival to exciting shows and more. Click the link to start planning an adventure they’ll love. www.visitbradford.com/whats-on/hal... #VisitBradford #HalfTermFun

Over the summer of 2025, a team of artists led by Creative Practitioner Amy Bairstow brought colour and creativity to life through an 18-metre mural co-created with the people of Denholme. Find out more and check out the full video at https://bradford2025.co.uk/story/denholme-mural-project/

🧶Visit Bradford Industrial Museum on Sunday, 1st February for the Blaise Wool Festival. Celebrate Bishop Blaise and Bradford's rich woolly heritage with live performances, music and exhibitions. It's going to be a day filled with themed fun! www.visitbradford.com/whats-on/bla... #VisitBradford

Check out this article about our friends at The 1 in 12 Club Bradford about their history of DIY culture and community-led anti-fascism. We're proud to have supported the 1 in 12 Club with capital funding for much essential building work so they can continue for years to come.

Join Matthew from our team as he takes part in a volunteer day with Participate Projects, Bradford 2025 Staff and National Lottery Community Fund to give the amazing MAPA Cultural Arts Centre a fresh look! 🧑‍🎨 With huge thanks to NLCF for their brilliant support making our year of culture possible!

What a year we've had as UK City of Culture! 5,000 events, 3 million people in audiences, 650 local artists & organisations and 87,000 people taking part 💛💚🩷 A special thank you to all the residents of Bradford who have come together to make this year such a huge success 🫂 https://bit.ly/45ka7ag

Yes yes Bradford! Tomorrow will be Brighter Still 🌅 Thousands of you joined us in Myrtle Park on the two longest nights of the year for an epic gathering 🔥 This show was made from Bradford spirit 💛💚🩷 🎥 Created By Story

Superb show to close off @bradford2025.co.uk The whole year has been fantastic!

You can vote for the Bradford Accordion Band here! royalphilharmonicsociety.org.uk/awards/rps_m...

🐓🐓🐓 Next Tuesday, the mighty Bantams take on Port Vale ⚽ We met in 1925 - the year Stoke-on-Trent became a city... and now 100 years on it's time for the UK City of Culture to meet The Centenary City! BFD 🔛 🔝 💛💚🩷

Christmas card!! @bradford2025.co.uk @bradfordmusicscene.bsky.social @bbc6music.bsky.social #synthpop #electropop #synthfunk #sophistipop #electro #perfectpop #altpop #bradfordmusicscene #bradford #bradfordelectroscene

Night in the Northern City .. #Bradford @bradford2025.co.uk

Really proud to have edited the music for the amazing 'Painting the Sky' Hockney drone event for @bradford2025.co.uk @bradfordmusicscene.bsky.social . Thanks to @jennyjetharris.bsky.social, Laura Beddows and the rest of the team there. Great event! www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdVC...

We’re on the telly! Our mass Wuthering event from the summer is featured in the BBC’s Dance Passion Bradford programme, available now on iplayer. You’ll find me and 500 Kates at the end 💃 @bradford2025.co.uk www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

PAINTING THE SKY - THURSDAY 7PM! 🎨 🌌 Due to exceptional demand there will be an additional show of Painting the Sky, our spectacular celebration of Bradford-born artist David Hockney, taking place in Saltaire on Thurs 13 Nov at 7pm! 🔗 https://bradford2025.co.uk/event/painting-the-sky/

Lighting up the town: 'BD is LIT' last night was wonderful! @bradford2025.co.uk

📣 Just announced: Painting the Sky Painting the Sky is a spectacular celebration of Bradford-born artist David Hockney, taking his work out of the gallery and into the Saltaire skies. Full information is at https://bradford2025.co.uk/event/painting-the-sky/

Claret and Amber Sky, Bradford, painting by Jane Fielder. View over Bradford City's Valley Parade ground. #WomensArt #NorthernArt

It's November! This month comedian, actor and artist Johnny Vegas wants you to draw something that makes you happy. Share your drawings by tagging us, using #Bradford2025, or visiting bradford2025.co.uk/draw where you can see Johnny's drawing 💛💚🩷 www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4_g...

Bradford 2025’s Our Story Our City at Yarn Studios paired portraits from 1999 and 2025, capturing life across Bradford’s postcodes. Free Our Patch events continue — see link in bio.

Our Patch is bringing free creative workshops to communities across Bradford 🎨 In Bradford South, families at Reevy Hill Community Centre have been painting a colourful mural celebrating everything they can do there. See what’s coming up next — link in bio.

Absolutely superb work

We’ve loved seeing all your photos (and sketches) from Wild Uplands 🌿 Did you know you can still explore it from home? Visit Wild Uplands Digital to experience the sounds, stories and landscapes wherever you are. 👉 Explore now via the link in bio. Credit: Gavin Reid

Bradford 2025’s Our Patch workshops are free and open to everyone — no experience needed. The latest Repair Patch explored crochet and weaving at the Oneness Centre, with more sessions popping up across Bradford this winter. 📸 Karol Wyksynski

♻️ REPLAY is now open! REPLAY is a recycled playground without limits - come and play in a space built entirely from reused materials, repurposed for fun! Sessions for early years, and older children at Damart, Bingley 🔗 Find out more at https://bradford2025.co.uk/event/replay/ 📸 Karol Wyszynski

Director Javaad Alipoor saw something of Bradford in Fiona Mozley’s, Elmet — a story of family, revenge and the ultimate price of freedom The Javaad Alipoor Company brings that vision to life at Loading Bay. Music: The Unthanks Elmet, Loading Bay 22 Oct–2 Nov. Tickets available via link in bio.

This exhibition was so good - www.theguardian.com/artanddesign... @bradford2025.co.uk

As the sun sets over Penistone Hill, we say 'good night' to Wild Uplands. Thank you to everyone who walked the moors, shared in the stories, and brought this landscape to life. #Bradford2025 #WildUplands Credit: Shanaz Gulzar

All this year our amazing Our Patch producers have been running DRAW workshops to get as many people drawing as possible, supported by David Hockney. Find your next workshop: https://bradford2025.co.uk/event/the-draw-tour-october-workshops/ 📸 Karol Wyszynski

♻️ REPLAY is a recycled playground without limits - a space built entirely from reused materials, repurposed for fun! 🏭 Based in the Damart basement in Bingley, open to families of all ages, 14 Oct through till 30 Nov. 🔗 Find out more https://bradford2025.co.uk/event/replay/

All year, we've been working with Bradford District and Craven Mind and Healthy Minds to help people whose mental health can be a barrier. 🍃 Read more about how we're supporting people with long term mental health challenges at the link in our bio 💛💚🩷 #WorldMentalHealthDay #MentalHealth

✍️ The Turner Prize lands in Bradford’s Cartwright Hall for UK City of Culture 2025 – world-class art meets a city alive with fresh voices By John Atkinson @bd-angry.bsky.social

Relive The Bradford Progress - A musical journey that celebrated the sound of Bradford – and the musicians who created our district’s glorious soundtrack. https://bradford2025.co.uk/programme/the-bradford-progress/ Co-produced with Paraorchestra. Supported by The Signatur Programme.

Up close and personal with your Turner Prize finalists 🔍 Zadie Xa Nnena Kalu Rene Matić Mohammed Sami 🔗 Book here https://bradford2025.co.uk/event/turner-prize/ 📸 Andy Benge

It's time for the next theme for DRAW - This month, mural and graffiti artist Gent48 would like you to draw something Street Style! Share your drawings by tagging us and using #Bradford2025, or visiting bradford2025.co.uk/programme/dr... 💛💚🩷 youtu.be/rQ34nzomDYA

Carrom is the tabletop game that's going viral - but what is it? We welcomed carrom players from all over the country to Keighley, where we held a 24-hour tournament! Find out more about carrom, and see how the tournament went at the link in our bio! #OurPatch #Bradford2025 #CityOfCulture

From Wibsey to Bowling, Cliffe Castle to Lister Park — The Beacon has brought people together in celebration, conversation and creativity. Thank you to everyone who joined us along the way. 💛 #Bradford2025 #TheBeacon

A sneak peek aheads of this weekend's STRIKE event, a spectacular show that uses light, sound and projections to celebrate pioneering Bradford women 🪧 📍Lister Mill, Patent St, Bradford BD9 5BE 🔗 https://bit.ly/47dPQ6L

What an incredible evening we had at Bloom! 💐 A special thanks to everyone involved with the making of the event! Such a brilliant show, and a real standout across our year of culture! 👏 📸 David Lindsay

Our closing event Brighter Still is on sale now! 🌅 🗓️ 20 & 21 Dec 2025 📍 Myrtle Park, Bingley 📸 Rabbit Hole 🎟 Tickets are just £2 and FREE for under 16s and seniors Book now! https://bit.ly/4g7fiPl

BD Walls: Wayfinders 🪿 🏭 Wayfinders is part of BD: Walls, a collection of new street art commissioned by Bradford 2025 for walls across Bradford District 🫟 📍15 Park Rd, Bingley BD16 4BD 🔗 Plan your trip to see it here! https://bit.ly/3Kqytrv 📸 Andy Benge

Meet Our Mothers is FINALLY here! 🎉 After months of waiting, the book is finally here and ready for you to take home 🥘 📖 Get your copy here! https://bit.ly/3JGQP7l 📍 Or pick one up in person from our Ticket + Info Hub! 1a Aldermanbury, Bradford BD1 1SD 📸 Andrew Benge

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