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Programme

Total events

4,147

Total events recorded in the Bradford 2025 Project hub
20 Jul 2023 – 31 Jul 2025

Total audience

2,834,832

Total audience recorded in the Bradford 2025 Project hub
20 Jul 2023 – 31 Jul 2025

Total participants

33,767

Total participants recorded in the Bradford 2025 Project hub
20 Jul 2023 – 31 Jul 2025

Events and audiences by month

In this section we look at events, audience and participant data by month and by specific events programmes.

Events
Jan 2024Apr 2024Jul 2024Oct 2024Jan 2025Apr 2025Jul 2025Number of events0200400600800Events July 2023: 1
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Events November 2023: 1
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Events January 2024: 3
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Events February 2024: 7
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Events March 2024: 4
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Events April 2024: 5
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Events May 2024: 21
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Events June 2024: 41
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Events July 2024: 42
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Events August 2024: 56
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Events September 2024: 88
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Events October 2024: 62
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Events November 2024: 40
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Events December 2024: 25
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Events January 2025: 288
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Events February 2025: 578
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Events March 2025: 472
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Events April 2025: 685
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Events May 2025: 965
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Events June 2025: 634
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Events July 2025: 129
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Audience
Jan 2024Apr 2024Jul 2024Oct 2024Jan 2025Apr 2025Jul 2025Audience figures0200,000400,000600,000Audience July 2023: 250
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Audience November 2023: 28000
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Audience January 2024: 0
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Audience February 2024: 0
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Audience March 2024: 0
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Audience April 2024: 0
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Audience May 2024: 11347
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Audience June 2024: 10296
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Audience July 2024: 1899
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Audience August 2024: 21679
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Audience September 2024: 16364
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Audience October 2024: 781883
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Audience November 2024: 14509
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Audience December 2024: 38818
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Audience January 2025: 213432
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Audience February 2025: 170987
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Audience March 2025: 239639
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Audience April 2025: 240921
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Audience May 2025: 507285
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Audience June 2025: 534376
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Audience July 2025: 3147
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Monthly breakdown

July 2023

Audience: 250, Events: 1

Event details
ProjectEvents
Sponsorship - Bradford Means Business1

November 2023

Audience: 28,000, Events: 1

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ProjectEvents
BD is Lit 20231

January 2024

Audience: 0, Events: 3

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ProjectEvents
Drum Roll Please3

February 2024

Audience: 0, Events: 7

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ProjectEvents
Drum Roll Please7

March 2024

Audience: 0, Events: 4

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ProjectEvents
TCF Artist Residency2
Closing Event - Emily Lim/Dan Canham1
Drum Roll Please1

April 2024

Audience: 0, Events: 5

Event details
ProjectEvents
TCF Artist Residency2
Bradford Glow1
Drum Roll Please1
Where It Began – Osman Yousefzada1

May 2024

Audience: 11,347, Events: 21

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ProjectEvents
Where It All Begain10
Where It Began – Osman Yousefzada4
New Focus: Bradford Young Curators3
Bradford Glow1
Drum Roll Please1
Sponsorship - Insider Placemaking1
Sponsorship - Sports Awards1

June 2024

Audience: 10,296, Events: 41

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ProjectEvents
Where It All Begain26
Where It Began – Osman Yousefzada7
New Focus: Bradford Young Curators5
BD: Walls1
Drum Roll Please1
Tour the Writer1

July 2024

Audience: 1,899, Events: 42

Event details
ProjectEvents
Where It All Begain26
Bradford Selection7
New Focus: Bradford Young Curators3
Where It Began – Osman Yousefzada3
Drum Roll Please1
Sponsorship - Bradford Means Business1
Tour the Writer1

August 2024

Audience: 21,679, Events: 56

Event details
ProjectEvents
Where It All Begain27
Compagnie Off: Giraffes10
Bradford Selection7
Les Girafes6
New Focus: Bradford Young Curators2
Tour the Writer2
Drum Roll Please1
Where It Began – Osman Yousefzada1

September 2024

Audience: 16,364, Events: 88

Event details
ProjectEvents
Sing, Dance, Leap42
Where It All Begain25
Bradford Selection7
New Focus: Bradford Young Curators2
A Portrait of Us - Outdoor Exhibition1
BBC 4-Leeds Piano Competition 20241
Beacon Feature Curtain1
Bradford on Foot1
Comma Press 'Book of the City'1
Cultural Learning Steering Group1
Drum Roll Please1
Programme Launch (Sept 12th event)1
Sponsorship - Alhambra Philanthropy1
Tour the Writer1
Wandering Imaginations: Emerging Fantasy Writer Exchange1
Where It Began – Osman Yousefzada1

October 2024

Audience: 781,883, Events: 62

Event details
ProjectEvents
Sing, Dance, Leap29
Where It All Begain12
Bradford Selection7
RISE3
Tour the Writer2
A Portrait of Us - Outdoor Exhibition1
BD: Walls1
Comma Press 'Book of the City'1
Cultural Learning Steering Group1
Elevate - Heritage Skills Project1
Meet Our Mothers1
New Focus: Bradford Young Curators1
Wandering Imaginations: Emerging Fantasy Writer Exchange1
Where It Began – Osman Yousefzada1

November 2024

Audience: 14,509, Events: 40

Event details
ProjectEvents
RISE11
Meet Our Mothers6
Sing, Dance, Leap4
We Will Sing by Ann Hamilton at Salt's Mill4
Beacon Feature Curtain2
Bradford Selection2
PLAY: Grue2
Tour the Writer2
Bradford Poetry Slam 20251
Comma Press 'Book of the City'1
Cultural Learning Steering Group1
Elevate - Heritage Skills Project1
Sponsorship - High Sheriff1
Wandering Imaginations: Emerging Fantasy Writer Exchange1
Where It Began – Osman Yousefzada1

December 2024

Audience: 38,818, Events: 25

Event details
ProjectEvents
RISE11
PLAY: Grue4
Bradford Poetry Slam 20252
Sing, Dance, Leap2
BBC Bitesize1
Comma Press 'Book of the City'1
Cultural Learning Steering Group1
Tour the Writer1
Wandering Imaginations: Emerging Fantasy Writer Exchange1
Where It Began – Osman Yousefzada1

January 2025

Audience: 213,432, Events: 288

Event details
ProjectEvents
Pictureville Screenings150
Our Patch30
Nationhood: Memory and Hope21
David Hockney: Pieced Together17
Fighting To Be Heard15
RISE13
PLAY: Grue7
Bradford Poetry Slam 20255
Meet Our Mothers3
Akram Khan and Dance United - Memories of the Future2
Jungle Book ReImagined - Akram Khan Company2
Northern Soul (Clio Barnard)2
Sing, Dance, Leap2
Tour the Writer2
BBC Bitesize1
Bradford 2025 Mini Launch Event - Keighley1
Bradford Made MASTER1
Channels (Bodies of Water) - Turbynes1
Comma Press 'Book of the City'1
Cultural Learning Steering Group1
DRAW!1
Elevate - Heritage Skills Project1
I AM ME1
La Haine – Live1
New Focus: Bradford Young Curators1
PLAY: Intergenerational Play1
Pieced Together1
Press Trips1
Sponsorship - Business Breakfast1
Wandering Imaginations: Emerging Fantasy Writer Exchange1
Where It Began – Osman Yousefzada1

February 2025

Audience: 170,987, Events: 578

Event details
ProjectEvents
PLAY: Grue290
Pictureville Screenings106
Our Patch51
David Hockney: Pieced Together28
Fighting To Be Heard25
Nationhood: Memory and Hope22
PLAY: Intergenerational Play9
Bradford Poetry Slam 20257
DRAW!7
Northern Soul (Clio Barnard)5
PLAY: The Great Adventure Build with Woodland Tribe2
Sing, Dance, Leap2
Tour the Writer2
Akram Khan and Dance United - Memories of the Future1
BBC Introducing at The Underground1
Bassline Symphony1
Bradford 2025 Volunteer Celebration1
Bradford Made MASTER1
Comma Press 'Book of the City'1
Common/Wealth: Public Interest1
Community Takeover Days at Bradford City Football Club1
Cultural Learning Steering Group1
Elevate - Heritage Skills Project1
I AM ME1
New Focus: Bradford Young Curators1
PLAY: Playable Commission1
Pieced Together1
Ramadan Festival1
Ramadan Pavillion1
Sponsorship - Yorkshire Water1
The Big Creative Summit - Investment in West Yorkshire1
The Bradford Progress1
Wandering Imaginations: Emerging Fantasy Writer Exchange1
We Will Sing by Ann Hamilton at Salt's Mill1
Where It Began – Osman Yousefzada1

March 2025

Audience: 239,639, Events: 472

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ProjectEvents
Pictureville Screenings137
Our Patch84
Do your thing micro awards53
David Hockney: Pieced Together31
Fighting To Be Heard27
Nationhood: Memory and Hope22
Bassline Symphony20
BBC Extraordinary Portraits15
PLAY: Intergenerational Play13
Meet Our Mothers8
Bradford Poetry Slam 20256
Unspun - 509 Arts6
Dracula - Black Eyed Theatre4
The Railway Children4
Common/Wealth: Public Interest3
Dragons - Eun-Me Ahn Company2
New Focus: Bradford Young Curators2
Spread the Word About Bradford 20252
The Dreams I Had: Andrea Dunbar2
Tour the Writer2
A Screen Near You - The Incredible Moving Cinema1
ARCHIVE: How Soon Is Now (grant dependent)1
Akram Khan and Dance United - Memories of the Future1
BBC: Not Even Water Live (Podcast Recording)1
BD: Walls1
Bradford 2025 Partners and Funders Networking Event1
Comma Press 'Book of the City'1
Community Takeover Days at Bradford City Football Club1
DRAW!1
Elevate - Heritage Skills Project1
Ginger Johnson's Fun House1
I AM ME1
Lady Bushra (supporting Ginger)1
Lady Maisery / O'Hooley & Tidow1
Loaded Laughs (#1)1
Northern Soul (Clio Barnard)1
PLAY: Escape Room Design Challenge1
Pieced Together1
Ramadan Festival1
Ramadan Pavillion1
Share Your Story at Beacon (National Literacy Trust)1
Sing, Dance, Leap1
Sponsorship - Loading Bay Funder1
Sponsorship - Northern Trains1
The Bradford Progress1
We Will Sing by Ann Hamilton at Salt's Mill1
Where It Began – Osman Yousefzada1
Wild Uplands1
World Piano Day 20251

April 2025

Audience: 240,921, Events: 685

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ProjectEvents
Pictureville Screenings188
Our Patch99
The Bradford Progress48
PLAY: The Great Adventure Build with Woodland Tribe32
David Hockney: Pieced Together30
YOU:MATTER30
Fighting To Be Heard24
Big Brass Blowout23
Nationhood: Memory and Hope23
Bassline Symphony19
Frontline 1984-1985 by Victor Wedderburn15
CBeebies Bedtime Story Day8
PLAY: Intergenerational Play8
The Railway Children8
Wild Uplands8
BD: Walls7
Big Screen - Cannon Mills6
Bradford: A City of Film6
Meet Our Mothers6
BBC Extraordinary Portraits5
Palettes5
Claytime4
PLAY Facilitators @ Beacon (all)4
A Screen Near You - Cinema for All (grassroots development and screening)3
A Screen Near You - The Incredible Moving Cinema3
Lay Down Your Burdens3
Share Your Story at Beacon (National Literacy Trust)3
zz - Loading Bay Venue Activity (non-project related)3
BBC Introducing @ The Beacon2
Bradford on Foot2
Common/Wealth: Public Interest2
Curious Investigators2
Little Wimmin2
Loud and Proud Dohl Drumming2
New Focus: Bradford Young Curators2
Pop2
Say It As It Is - Wibsey2
So Far, So Good (Yorkshire Dance, as part of BD FEST)2
Tech Styles @ The Beacon2
The Sticky Dance2
We Will Sing by Ann Hamilton at Salt's Mill2
asses.masses2
ARCHIVE: How Soon Is Now (grant dependent)1
Akram Khan and Dance United - Memories of the Future1
An Evening with: Jacqui Dankworth1
Beacon1
Beacon Church Community Cuppa1
Bloom1
Bradford Poetry Slam 20251
Bradford South Young Peoples Celebration (Youth Service)1
Bradford's Bigger Picture - Pictureville Year Round Programme1
Comma Press 'Book of the City'1
Community Takeover Days at Bradford City Football Club1
Cultural Learning Steering Group1
DRAW!1
Digital Map1
Easter Fun and Celebration1
Elevate - Heritage Skills Project1
Eliza Carthy1
FRESH Workshops1
I AM ME1
International Roma Day Celebration1
It's Your Round1
Let's Make1
Pieced Together1
Ramadan Pavillion1
Roshni1
Saltaire Heritage Day1
Teen Scene Party1
Tour the Writer1
Tower of Now Engagement Strand1
Tower of Now: Saad Qureshi (programme strand)1
Toxic - Dibby Theatre1
University of Bradford Programme1
WOW Community Partnership1
West Yorkshire Young Poet Laureate1
Where It Began – Osman Yousefzada1
Youthology1

May 2025

Audience: 507,285, Events: 965

Event details
ProjectEvents
Bradford Producing Hub376
Our Patch158
Pictureville Screenings130
The Bradford Progress65
YOU:MATTER30
PLAY: Intergenerational Play19
David Hockney: Pieced Together16
A Good Yarn: Luke Jerram14
Creative Health14
Frontline 1984-1985 by Victor Wedderburn13
Common/Wealth: Public Interest12
Tape Letters8
Wild Uplands8
Bassline Symphony7
PLAY: Red Ball Project (WOW)7
Sisters 3605
PLAY Facilitators @ Beacon (all)4
Qawalli Night at The Beacon4
A Screen Near You - Cinema for All (grassroots development and screening)3
Let's Make3
The 563
We Will Sing by Ann Hamilton at Salt's Mill3
Zee and the City3
BD: Walls2
Bradford Belles2
Bradford Poetry Slam 20252
Channels (Bodies of Water) - Turbynes2
Creative Cities Convention2
Happy Hype2
Pictureville Screenings - Northern Youth Film Season2
Robyn Hood - Fidget Theatre2
zz - Beacon - Non-project related venue activity2
Akram Khan and Dance United - Memories of the Future1
An Evening with Resi/Dance @ The Beacon (Dance United)1
Aswad Arts Presents StreetSounds "LIVE" Bhangra Niche Set "LIVE"1
BBC Introducing at The Underground1
Bantam of the Opera1
Basel Zaraa - Moomins1
Beacon1
Bloom1
Bradford City Fire 40th Anniversary Memorial1
Bradford on Foot1
Bradford's Bigger Picture - Pictureville Year Round Programme1
Celebrations of Bradford 2025 and LNER Partnership1
Comma Press 'Book of the City'1
Community Takeover Days at Bradford City Football Club1
DRAW!1
Dancing with Colours1
Digital Map1
Earth & Sky (part of Wild Uplands)1
Elevate - Heritage Skills Project1
I AM ME1
Immersive Arts UK Conference1
Intro to Comedy Workshop Series with Alex Dunlop1
Jameel Prize: Moving Images1
Journeys with Mai (exhibition)1
Keighley Cougars Match Day Event1
Les Enfants Terribles - A Gameshow for Awful Children1
Nadine Shah @ St. Georges Hall1
New Focus: Bradford Young Curators1
Peace Picnics1
Pieced Together1
Share Your Story at Beacon (National Literacy Trust)1
Sing, Dance, Leap1
So Far, So Good (Yorkshire Dance, as part of BD FEST)1
Spin Arts: RIDE1
Sponsorship - Sports Awards1
Sponsorship - Super Soapbox Challenge1
Teen Scene Party1
The Portrait of Mai: Youth Engagement Programme1
Tour the Writer1
Where It Began – Osman Yousefzada1
Whine List1
zz - Loading Bay Venue Activity (non-project related)1

June 2025

Audience: 534,376, Events: 634

Event details
ProjectEvents
Pictureville Screenings139
Our Patch117
PLAY: Intergenerational Play33
YOU:MATTER30
Basel Zaraa - Moomins29
Bradford Producing Hub24
Frontline 1984-1985 by Victor Wedderburn22
A Good Yarn: Luke Jerram20
New Music Biennial20
Wild Uplands15
Bradford's Bigger Picture - Pictureville Year Round Programme11
Bradford on Foot9
Tape Letters9
The Railway Children7
Ice Age Art Now6
A Screen Near You - The Incredible Moving Cinema5
Bloom5
Greed - Tavaziva Dance5
Immersive Arts UK Conference5
Intro to Comedy Workshop Series with Alex Dunlop5
Launchpad Music Industry Careers Day5
Pictureville Screenings - Northern Youth Film Season5
Pictureville Screenings - Time and Place (Invisible Women)5
Sing, Dance, Leap5
At The 1 in 124
DRAW & Messy Play4
Penguin4
Share Your Story at Beacon (National Literacy Trust)4
BD: Walls3
Bassline Symphony3
Bradford Literature Festival @ Loading Bay3
Bradford Poetry Slam 20253
New Focus: Bradford Young Curators3
Wonky Olympics3
Club Ekta Events2
Daytimers (Heritage Bradford stories)2
Eggs Collective Dark Nights2
Museums for Play and Growth2
Pictureville Screenings - Cine Spotlights2
Street Choirs Festival2
Testo2
The Big Thing - Immersive Arts2
Tu i Tam / Tyt i Tam: Tim Smith & Lodz Fotofestival2
Wandering Imaginations: Emerging Fantasy Writer Exchange2
We Will Sing by Ann Hamilton at Salt's Mill2
A Screen Near You - Cinema for All (grassroots development and screening)1
Back In The Pink - Castles In The Sky1
Big Quiffy Bingo1
Bradford Literature Festival - New Commissions1
Bradford Made MASTER1
Bradford Sanctuary Seekers Education Awards 20251
Bradford Selection1
Channels (Bodies of Water) - Turbynes1
Comma Press 'Book of the City'1
Connecting Communities1
Cricket Tournament Awards Ceremony1
Cultural Learning Steering Group1
Digital Creatives1
Digital Map1
Earth & Sky (part of Wild Uplands)1
Elevate - Heritage Skills Project1
Forge - Practical Anarchy1
Forge - Scraps1
Jameel Prize: Moving Images1
Journeys with Mai (exhibition)1
Language: No Broblem - Shubbak Festival1
Loaded Laughs (#2)1
Multicultural Pentecost Party1
PLAY Facilitators @ Beacon (all)1
Peace Picnics1
Pictureville Screenings - 'Brought to Life' Season1
Pictureville Screenings - Film4 Curated Season1
Pop Up Family Pride1
Punjabi Heritage and Culture by Saath1
STRIKE1
Sarab1
Say It As It Is - Bowling1
So Far, So Good (Yorkshire Dance, as part of BD FEST)1
Sponsorship - YABA1
Sustenance the Power of Food1
The Belgrave House Band - Back to Black1
The Portrait of Mai: Youth Engagement Programme1
The Tiger Lillies1
Tour the Writer1
University of Bradford Programme1
Where It Began – Osman Yousefzada1
Youth Club in Bowling Park (closed event)1

July 2025

Audience: 3,147, Events: 129

Event details
ProjectEvents
Frontline 1984-1985 by Victor Wedderburn17
Our Patch14
The Railway Children11
Tu i Tam / Tyt i Tam: Tim Smith & Lodz Fotofestival11
Ice Age Art Now6
PLAY: Intergenerational Play6
Bradford on Foot5
Chasing the Wind4
Wild Uplands4
Intro to Comedy Workshop Series with Alex Dunlop3
New Focus: Bradford Young Curators3
Our Patch - Tu i Tam Community Visits3
BD: Walls2
Drag-ford: Drag Cabaret Built in Bradford2
Health and Wellbeing Day2
PLAY: Alive & Kicking Drama Adventures2
Pictureville Screenings - Film4 Curated Season2
Wandering Imaginations: Emerging Fantasy Writer Exchange2
We Will Sing by Ann Hamilton at Salt's Mill2
zz - Beacon - Non-project related venue activity2
zz - Loading Bay Venue Activity (non-project related)2
A Good Yarn: Luke Jerram1
A Screen Near You - Cinema for All (grassroots development and screening)1
Akram Khan and Dance United - Memories of the Future1
Beacon1
Bloom1
Bradford Literature Festival @ Loading Bay1
Bradford Made MASTER1
Bradford's Bigger Picture - Pictureville Year Round Programme1
Channels (Bodies of Water) - Turbynes1
Digital Creatives1
Digital Map1
Earth & Sky (part of Wild Uplands)1
Imaginary Friends - Daniel Bye1
Jameel Prize: Moving Images1
Journeys with Mai (exhibition)1
My Thousand Year Old Land1
People First Keighley and Craven Summer Party1
Pictureville Screenings - 'Brought to Life' Season1
STRIKE1
Share Your Story at Beacon (National Literacy Trust)1
So Far, So Good (Yorkshire Dance, as part of BD FEST)1
The Portrait of Mai: Youth Engagement Programme1
Tour the Writer1
YOU:MATTER1

Summary of events by programme

Project Name Dates Events Audience Participants More info
Sponsorship - Bradford Means Business 20 Jul 2023 – 22 Jul 2024

2

500

BD is Lit 2023 3 Nov 2023

1

28,000

Drum Roll Please 16 Jan – 11 Sep 2024

17

104

Closing Event - Emily Lim/Dan Canham 1 Mar 2024

1

13

TCF Artist Residency 15 Mar – 10 Apr 2024

4

23

Bradford Glow 16 Apr – 30 Jun 2024

2

Where It Began – Osman Yousefzada 29 Apr 2024 – 30 Jun 2025

26

347,683

65

The Bradford Progress 30 Apr 2024 – 30 Jun 2025

115

10,668

2,740

Bradford 2025 Website 1 May 2024 – 1 Jun 2025

1,427,381

Where It All Begain 3 May – 13 Oct 2024

126

26,777

Sponsorship - Insider Placemaking 13 May 2024

1

125

Sponsorship - Sports Awards 17 May 2024 – 8 May 2025

2

400

New Focus: Bradford Young Curators 31 May 2024 – 30 Jul 2025

29

BD: Walls 10 Jun 2024 – 12 Jul 2025

17

273

Tour the Writer 20 Jun 2024 – 19 Jul 2025

20

Bradford Selection 6 Jul 2024 – 26 Jun 2025

31

Compagnie Off: Giraffes 20 Aug – 24 Aug 2024

10

37

Les Girafes 24 Aug 2024

6

5,000

Sponsorship - Alhambra Philanthropy 4 Sep 2024

1

25

A Portrait of Us - Outdoor Exhibition 8 Sep – 5 Oct 2024

2

718,630

Bradford on Foot 11 Sep 2024 – 31 Jul 2025

18

Comma Press 'Book of the City' 11 Sep 2024 – 26 Jun 2025

10

Programme Launch (Sept 12th event) 12 Sep 2024

1

BBC 4-Leeds Piano Competition 2024 19 Sep – 20 Sep 2024

1

Beacon Feature Curtain 20 Sep – 25 Nov 2024

3

Cultural Learning Steering Group 20 Sep 2024 – 13 Jun 2025

8

Sing, Dance, Leap 23 Sep 2024 – 18 Jun 2025

88

Wandering Imaginations: Emerging Fantasy Writer Exchange 27 Sep 2024 – 31 Jul 2025

10

RISE 21 Oct 2024 – 11 Jan 2025

38

23,172

2,387

Elevate - Heritage Skills Project 24 Oct 2024 – 28 Jun 2025

8

12

Meet Our Mothers 30 Oct 2024 – 17 Apr 2025

24

191

PLAY: Grue 23 Nov 2024 – 23 Feb 2025

303

1,711

357

We Will Sing by Ann Hamilton at Salt's Mill 26 Nov 2024 – 31 Jul 2025

15

53

30

Bradford Poetry Slam 2025 28 Nov 2024 – 27 Jun 2025

27

110

Sponsorship - High Sheriff 28 Nov 2024

1

280

BBC Bitesize 10 Dec 2024 – 23 Jan 2025

2

Our Patch 1 Jan – 12 Jul 2025

553

6,265

15,700

Pictureville Screenings 3 Jan – 29 Jun 2025

850

11,812

Bradford Made MASTER 6 Jan – 25 Jul 2025

4

Channels (Bodies of Water) - Turbynes 10 Jan – 31 Jul 2025

5

Nationhood: Memory and Hope 10 Jan – 26 Apr 2025

88

15,175

Press Trips 10 Jan 2025

1

DRAW! 15 Jan – 18 May 2025

11

David Hockney: Pieced Together 15 Jan – 18 May 2025

122

24,007

La Haine – Live 15 Jan 2025

1

Pieced Together 15 Jan – 17 May 2025

5

Fighting To Be Heard 16 Jan – 27 Apr 2025

91

15,917

Sponsorship - Business Breakfast 16 Jan 2025

1

35

Bradford 2025 Mini Launch Event - Keighley 18 Jan 2025

1

Akram Khan and Dance United - Memories of the Future 24 Jan – 5 Jul 2025

7

1,060

Jungle Book ReImagined - Akram Khan Company 24 Jan – 25 Jan 2025

2

1,794

PLAY: Intergenerational Play 29 Jan – 16 Jul 2025

89

32

1,073

Northern Soul (Clio Barnard) 30 Jan – 14 Mar 2025

8

I AM ME 31 Jan – 4 May 2025

5

23,224

Sponsorship - Yorkshire Water 5 Feb 2025

1

35

The Big Creative Summit - Investment in West Yorkshire 5 Feb 2025

1

PLAY: The Great Adventure Build with Woodland Tribe 13 Feb – 9 Apr 2025

34

100

812

Ramadan Festival 15 Feb – 22 Mar 2025

2

586

Ramadan Pavillion 16 Feb – 12 Apr 2025

3

Common/Wealth: Public Interest 19 Feb – 31 May 2025

18

1,051

Community Takeover Days at Bradford City Football Club 22 Feb – 2 May 2025

4

PLAY: Playable Commission 26 Feb 2025

1

9

BBC Introducing at The Underground 28 Feb – 30 May 2025

2

Bassline Symphony 28 Feb – 14 Jun 2025

50

60

245

Bradford 2025 Volunteer Celebration 28 Feb 2025

1

BBC Extraordinary Portraits 11 Mar – 6 Apr 2025

20

11,004

2,400

Bradford 2025 Partners and Funders Networking Event 12 Mar 2025

1

Sponsorship - Loading Bay Funder 12 Mar 2025

1

27

The Dreams I Had: Andrea Dunbar 12 Mar 2025

2

979

Loaded Laughs (#1) 14 Mar 2025

1

164

Ginger Johnson's Fun House 15 Mar 2025

1

174

Lady Bushra (supporting Ginger) 15 Mar 2025

1

Spread the Word About Bradford 2025 15 Mar – 16 Mar 2025

2

Lady Maisery / O'Hooley & Tidow 16 Mar 2025

1

183

Wild Uplands 18 Mar – 31 Jul 2025

36

245

Dracula - Black Eyed Theatre 21 Mar – 23 Mar 2025

4

705

Dragons - Eun-Me Ahn Company 21 Mar – 22 Mar 2025

2

Dragons 22 Mar 2025

1,274

Share Your Story at Beacon (National Literacy Trust) 22 Mar – 11 Jul 2025

10

474

The Railway Children 22 Mar – 31 Jul 2025

30

245

151

BBC: Not Even Water Live (Podcast Recording) 25 Mar 2025

1

PLAY: Escape Room Design Challenge 25 Mar – 27 Mar 2025

1

Unspun - 509 Arts 26 Mar – 30 Mar 2025

6

1,852

Sponsorship - Northern Trains 27 Mar 2025

1

40

World Piano Day 2025 29 Mar 2025

1

A Screen Near You - The Incredible Moving Cinema 30 Mar – 15 Jun 2025

9

859

32

ARCHIVE: How Soon Is Now (grant dependent) 31 Mar – 1 Apr 2025

2

Do your thing micro awards 31 Mar 2025

53

Bradford's Bigger Picture - Pictureville Year Round Programme 1 Apr – 19 Jul 2025

14

Beacon 2 Apr – 9 Jul 2025

3

YOU:MATTER 2 Apr – 31 Jul 2025

91

17,995

Tech Styles @ The Beacon 3 Apr 2025

2

159

39

asses.masses 3 Apr – 5 Apr 2025

2

82

A Screen Near You - Cinema for All (grassroots development and screening) 4 Apr – 31 Jul 2025

8

International Roma Day Celebration 4 Apr 2025

1

67

Eliza Carthy 5 Apr 2025

1

175

Let's Make 5 Apr – 28 May 2025

4

832

PLAY Facilitators @ Beacon (all) 5 Apr – 7 Jun 2025

9

2

685

Claytime 6 Apr 2025

4

227

So Far, So Good (Yorkshire Dance, as part of BD FEST) 6 Apr – 20 Jul 2025

5

Palettes 7 Apr – 9 Apr 2025

5

896

University of Bradford Programme 8 Apr – 22 Jun 2025

2

338

Toxic - Dibby Theatre 9 Apr 2025

1

165

Roshni 10 Apr 2025

1

104

Big Brass Blowout 11 Apr – 13 Apr 2025

23

2,444

68

Saltaire Heritage Day 11 Apr 2025

1

Bloom 12 Apr – 13 Jul 2025

8

165

Digital Map 12 Apr – 31 Jul 2025

4

Loud and Proud Dohl Drumming 12 Apr 2025

2

158

Curious Investigators 13 Apr 2025

2

245

Bradford South Young Peoples Celebration (Youth Service) 14 Apr 2025

1

70

CBeebies Bedtime Story Day 15 Apr – 16 Apr 2025

8

500

Big Screen - Cannon Mills 17 Apr – 19 Apr 2025

6

382

Bradford: A City of Film 17 Apr – 19 Apr 2025

6

Frontline 1984-1985 by Victor Wedderburn 17 Apr – 31 Jul 2025

67

2,134

2,267

It's Your Round 17 Apr 2025

1

89

An Evening with: Jacqui Dankworth 19 Apr 2025

1

155

FRESH Workshops 19 Apr 2025

1

Pop 19 Apr 2025

2

204

Say It As It Is - Wibsey 19 Apr – 22 Apr 2025

2

119

15

Easter Fun and Celebration 20 Apr 2025

1

421

Teen Scene Party 20 Apr – 25 May 2025

2

Beacon Church Community Cuppa 22 Apr 2025

1

WOW Community Partnership 23 Apr 2025

1

159

Little Wimmin 24 Apr – 25 Apr 2025

2

129

BBC Introducing @ The Beacon 25 Apr 2025

2

126

9

Tower of Now: Saad Qureshi (programme strand) 25 Apr – 26 Apr 2025

1

Tower of Now Engagement Strand 26 Apr 2025

1

37

West Yorkshire Young Poet Laureate 26 Apr 2025

1

109

17

Youthology 26 Apr 2025

1

171

The Sticky Dance 27 Apr 2025

2

50

Lay Down Your Burdens 28 Apr – 30 Apr 2025

3

123

3

zz - Loading Bay Venue Activity (non-project related) 30 Apr – 15 Jul 2025

6

Qawalli Night at The Beacon 2 May 2025

4

163

Bantam of the Opera 4 May 2025

1

32,033

Les Enfants Terribles - A Gameshow for Awful Children 4 May 2025

1

150

Peace Picnics 4 May – 21 Jun 2025

2

81

Sponsorship - Super Soapbox Challenge 4 May 2025

1

20,000

Whine List 4 May 2025

1

124

Bradford Belles 5 May 2025

2

146

Creative Cities Convention 6 May – 7 May 2025

2

436

The 56 10 May – 11 May 2025

3

164

Bradford City Fire 40th Anniversary Memorial 11 May 2025

1

Keighley Cougars Match Day Event 11 May 2025

1

A Good Yarn: Luke Jerram 12 May – 12 Jul 2025

35

300

17

Celebrations of Bradford 2025 and LNER Partnership 19 May 2025

1

120

Nadine Shah @ St. Georges Hall 20 May 2025

1

650

zz - Beacon - Non-project related venue activity 21 May – 12 Jul 2025

4

An Evening with Resi/Dance @ The Beacon (Dance United) 22 May 2025

1

86

Jameel Prize: Moving Images 22 May – 31 Jul 2025

3

Journeys with Mai (exhibition) 22 May – 31 Jul 2025

3

Tape Letters 22 May – 15 Jun 2025

17

709

The Portrait of Mai: Youth Engagement Programme 22 May – 31 Jul 2025

3

6

Aswad Arts Presents StreetSounds "LIVE" Bhangra Niche Set "LIVE" 23 May 2025

1

86

Earth & Sky (part of Wild Uplands) 23 May – 31 Jul 2025

3

Immersive Arts UK Conference 25 May – 11 Jun 2025

6

Intro to Comedy Workshop Series with Alex Dunlop 25 May – 13 Jul 2025

9

PLAY: Red Ball Project (WOW) 25 May – 31 May 2025

7

28,623

Robyn Hood - Fidget Theatre 25 May 2025

2

164

Dancing with Colours 27 May 2025

1

47

Happy Hype 27 May – 28 May 2025

2

39

Sisters 360 29 May – 31 May 2025

5

146

Zee and the City 29 May – 31 May 2025

3

651

Pictureville Screenings - Northern Youth Film Season 30 May – 13 Jun 2025

7

Spin Arts: RIDE 30 May 2025

1

Basel Zaraa - Moomins 31 May – 22 Jun 2025

30

943

Bradford Producing Hub 31 May – 30 Jun 2025

400

Creative Health 31 May 2025

14

DRAW & Messy Play 2 Jun – 3 Jun 2025

4

Greed - Tavaziva Dance 5 Jun – 6 Jun 2025

5

29

New Music Biennial 6 Jun – 8 Jun 2025

20

2,626

Sponsorship - YABA 6 Jun 2025

1

210

Club Ekta Events 7 Jun – 15 Jun 2025

2

46

22

The Tiger Lillies 7 Jun 2025

1

149

Bradford Literature Festival - New Commissions 8 Jun – 29 Jun 2025

1

Multicultural Pentecost Party 8 Jun 2025

1

1,473

Punjabi Heritage and Culture by Saath 8 Jun 2025

1

95

Wonky Olympics 8 Jun 2025

3

44

44

Sustenance the Power of Food 10 Jun 2025

1

24

The Big Thing - Immersive Arts 10 Jun – 11 Jun 2025

2

Testo 11 Jun – 12 Jun 2025

2

209

Tu i Tam / Tyt i Tam: Tim Smith & Lodz Fotofestival 11 Jun – 26 Jul 2025

13

592

358

Daytimers (Heritage Bradford stories) 12 Jun – 13 Jun 2025

2

22

Loaded Laughs (#2) 13 Jun 2025

1

120

Street Choirs Festival 13 Jun – 14 Jun 2025

2

800

At The 1 in 12 14 Jun – 15 Jun 2025

4

159

Big Quiffy Bingo 14 Jun 2025

1

124

Digital Creatives 14 Jun – 31 Jul 2025

2

Pop Up Family Pride 14 Jun 2025

1

200

Cricket Tournament Awards Ceremony 16 Jun 2025

1

120

Forge - Practical Anarchy 16 Jun 2025

1

Bradford Sanctuary Seekers Education Awards 2025 17 Jun 2025

1

Language: No Broblem - Shubbak Festival 17 Jun 2025

1

106

Pictureville Screenings - Cine Spotlights 17 Jun – 18 Jun 2025

2

Youth Club in Bowling Park (closed event) 17 Jun 2025

1

227

Ice Age Art Now 18 Jun – 31 Jul 2025

12

Museums for Play and Growth 18 Jun 2025

2

66

Say It As It Is - Bowling 18 Jun 2025

1

40

12

Pictureville Screenings - Time and Place (Invisible Women) 19 Jun – 25 Jun 2025

5

The Belgrave House Band - Back to Black 19 Jun 2025

1

140

Eggs Collective Dark Nights 20 Jun 2025

2

60

Penguin 20 Jun – 21 Jun 2025

4

108

Sarab 21 Jun 2025

1

Connecting Communities 22 Jun 2025

1

392

Forge - Scraps 23 Jun 2025

1

Launchpad Music Industry Careers Day 25 Jun 2025

5

Opera North Earth and Sky 25 Jun 2025

765

Pictureville Screenings - Film4 Curated Season 26 Jun – 10 Jul 2025

3

Back In The Pink - Castles In The Sky 28 Jun 2025

1

550

7

Bradford Literature Festival @ Loading Bay 28 Jun – 1 Jul 2025

4

50

Bradford On Foot 30 Jun 2025

2,162

CHANNELS 30 Jun 2025

786

DRAW 30 Jun 2025

718

Learning resources 30 Jun 2025
Pictureville Screenings - 'Brought to Life' Season 30 Jun – 31 Jul 2025

2

STRIKE 30 Jun – 2 Jul 2025

2

PLAY: Alive & Kicking Drama Adventures 1 Jul – 9 Jul 2025

2

My Thousand Year Old Land 8 Jul 2025

1

57

Our Patch - Tu i Tam Community Visits 9 Jul – 16 Jul 2025

3

27

52

Imaginary Friends - Daniel Bye 10 Jul 2025

1

40

Drag-ford: Drag Cabaret Built in Bradford 11 Jul 2025

2

56

36

Chasing the Wind 12 Jul – 13 Jul 2025

4

110

People First Keighley and Craven Summer Party 14 Jul 2025

1

Health and Wellbeing Day 16 Jul 2025

2

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Venues

Some event series are associated with particular venues.

Loading Bay

Beacon

Evaluation Category

Evaluation categories are derived from the Programme category assigned to the project in Airtable.

Community-led arts event

1 projects

Digital

6 projects

Exhibition

18 projects

Festival

4 projects

Film

1 projects

In-person

192 projects

Training and skills development

2 projects

Data pipeline

The count includes events records in the Bradford 2025 Project Hub Schedule table.

The initial extract selects only the following entries:

  • Only events that are associated with Greenlit projects are extracted.
  • Only events which are part of projects not in the following project phases: On Hold, Archive or External Activity. Projects with no defined phase are also excluded.
  • Only records which are of type Event (any public-facing activity) are included.

This extract also sets an Evaluation category, based on data entered into the Programme Category field. The logic is outlined below, with the Evaluation Category being set to the first value that is matched:

  • If the Programme Category contains Exhibition, then the Evaluation Category is set to Exhibition.
  • Else if the Programme Category contains Festival, then the Evaluation Category is set to Festival.
  • Otherwise the Evaluation Category is set to In-person.

Preparation for the data dashboard site includes additional processing:

  • Missing event end dates are substituted with the start date (effectively converting to a single event)
  • An Event Count is calculated from difference between the start and end dates. This assumes that there is a single event per day, and does not take account of days during a block where events might not take place (e.g. a museum not being open on Mondays).
  • Record validation is performed to reject the following:
    • Missing project names are excluded — removes records.
    • Records with no start date — removes records.
    • Records that have not started at the time of processing — removes 0 records.
    • Records with a start date after the end date — removes records.
    • Records marked with a Producing model of Artist Led Awards - removes records.

Further processing is performed to allocation multi-day events to specific periods (e.g. months). As an example, a multi-day event record starting on 29 Jan and finishing on 2 Feb should be allocated 3 days in January and 2 days in February.

In this page, future events are rejected by clipping the date ranges to the current date.