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‘Pressing On’

11 Jul 2025

The Apothecary Gallery

Art

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Imagine Zine Space

13 Jul 2025

Trapezium Gallery

Art Arts & Crafts Community Exhibition Free Event Official City of Culture 2025 Event Photography Workshop

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Untitled 3: Engines of Change

3 Jul 2025

Theatre in the Mill

Art Comedy Exhibition Theatre

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Summer Makers’ Fair

19 - 20 Jul 2025

Ilkley Manor House

Art Community Family Festival Free Event Outdoor

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Everything Is Connected – Hope

14 Sep - 12 Oct 2025

The Chapel - Woodhouse Grove School, Apperley Bridge

Art Exhibition Faith Family Free Event Free for Sanctuary Seekers Heritage History

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Everything Is Connected – Women in the Bible

5 Sep - 12 Oct 2025

St James Church, Thornton

Art Exhibition Faith Family Free Event Free for Sanctuary Seekers Heritage History

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Everything Is Connected – “Its Wings Are Almost Free”

5 Sep - 12 Oct 2025

South Square

Art Exhibition Faith Family Free Event Free for Sanctuary Seekers Heritage History Literature

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Everything Is Connected – ‘Jesus: Guru, Avatar, God?’

5 Sep - 12 Oct 2025

Bradford Cathedral

Art Exhibition Faith Family Free Event Free for Sanctuary Seekers Heritage History

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Everything Is Connected – Peril: Exploring People, Environment and Faith

5 Sep - 12 Oct 2025

Ben Rhydding Methodist Church

Art Exhibition Faith Family Free Event Free for Sanctuary Seekers Heritage History

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Snapshots of Ilkley: Youthful Visions & Historic Reflections

11 Jul 2025

Ilkley Manor House

Ilkley Manor House, Castle Yard, Ilkley LS29 9DT

Art Bradford Heritage Festival Heritage

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SOLAR GALLERY: Poetry and Image

14 Jun - 31 Aug 2025

Ilkley Manor House

Art Exhibition

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Faces of Bolton

12 Jul 2025

St James Community Church

Art Community

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Prints and Plants

28 Jun 2025

The People Powered Press | Salts Works

Art Arts & Crafts Community Family Free Event

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Bradford’s Becks Festival 2025

21 Jun 2025

Beside the cycleway along Valley Road and the Beck in Shipley, between Briggate and Poplar Road (BD18 2EJ).

Art Community Family Festival Free Event Health & Wellbeing Heritage History Music Nature Outdoor Spoken Word Walk Workshop

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Bound in Beauty: Create Your Own Collector’s Edition

6 Jul 2025

University of Bradford

Art Bradford Literature Festival Literature

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Book Binding Workshop

6 Jul 2025

University of Bradford

Art Bradford Literature Festival Talk

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Beyond the Biennale: Islamic Art and its Contemporary Resonance

5 Jul 2025

University of Bradford

Art Bradford Literature Festival

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Paper Marbling Workshop 

5 Jul 2025

University of Bradford

Art Bradford Literature Festival Talk

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Meet the Publisher: Bloomsbury

5 Jul 2025

University of Bradford

Art Bradford Literature Festival Literature Talk

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Lunch Bite: Inspired by Hockney with Samuel Sharp

4 Jul 2025

City Park

Art Bradford Literature Festival Talk

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Silk Road Slippers Writing Masterclass

5 Jul 2025

University of Bradford

Art Bradford Literature Festival Literature Talk

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Iznik Tile Talk

5 Jul 2025

City Park

Art Bradford Literature Festival Talk

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Threads of Palestine: A Tatreez Embroidery Workshop

28 - 29 Jun 2025

University of Bradford

Art Bradford Literature Festival Faith Talk

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Do the Arts Contribute to Social Cohesion?

29 Jun 2025

City Hall

Art Bradford Literature Festival Talk

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Petrykivka Traditional Ukrainian Painting Workshop

29 Jun 2025

University of Bradford

Art Bradford Literature Festival Faith Performance

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Inside the Mind of Michelangelo

29 Jun 2025

Loading Bay

Art Bradford Literature Festival Performance

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Writing the North

29 Jun 2025

University of Bradford

Art Bradford Literature Festival Literature Talk

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Shadow Puppet Magic: Karagöz & Hacivat Puppet

28 Jun 2025

City Library

Art Bradford Literature Festival Family Free Event Talk

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Sacred Spaces: The Evolving Architecture of Makkah

28 Jun 2025

National Science and Media Museum

Art Bradford Literature Festival Talk

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Writing Castlevania Nocturne

28 Jun 2025

University of Bradford

Art Bradford Literature Festival Literature Talk

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Meet the Agent: Curtis Brown

28 Jun 2025

University of Bradford

Art Bradford Literature Festival Literature

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Manga Drawing Workshop

28 Jun 2025

University of Bradford

Art Bradford Literature Festival Literature Talk

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Hockney Gallery Tour: Salts Mill

28 Jun 2025

Salts Mill

Art Bradford Literature Festival Heritage History Tour

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Saltaire Model Village: Heritage Walking Tour

28 Jun 2025

Saltaire United Reformed Church

Art Bradford Literature Festival Heritage History Talk Walk

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The Pilgrims: A new Exhibition at The Bingley Gallery

5 - 29 Jun 2025

The Bingley Gallery

Art Arts & Crafts

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Celebrating Emily Brontë: Wild Drawing

26 Jul 2025

The Brontë Parsonage Museum

Art Arts & Crafts Heritage Literature

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SUMMER 2025 EXHIBITION // Jessica Swift: Between Mind + Motion at Fountain Street Arts Project

20 Jun - 10 Aug 2025

Fountain Street Arts

Fountain Street Arts Project

Art Exhibition Free Event

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DRAW! Tour : Haworth

12 Jul 2025

Cobbles & Clay

Art Family Free Event Haworth Festival

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The Making of Rombald’s Rocks

24 May - 28 Jun 2025

Keighley Creative

Art Exhibition

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Rombald’s Rocks: Keighley Sculpture Trail

24 May - 29 Jun 2025

Keighley Creative

Art Arts & Crafts Exhibition Family Free Event

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The Music of ELO with Explosive Light Orchestra

29 Nov 2025

All Saints Church Bingley

Art Music Music Month Performance

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The music of Fleetwood Mac in Bingley’s iconic medieval church

26 Sep 2025

All Saints Church Bingley

Art Music Month Performance

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Fountains Cafe: Serving Bradford for Fifty Five Years

13 - 13 Feb 2026

Bradford Industrial Museum

Art Exhibition Heritage

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Lucky Charms and Fortune Tellers display

5 Mar - 29 Jun 2025

Bolling Hall

Art Exhibition Free Event Heritage

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Tuesday Portrait Group in Keighley

21 Oct 2025

Keighley Creative

Art Arts & Crafts

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Tuesday Portrait Group in Keighley

7 Oct 2025

Keighley Creative

Art Arts & Crafts

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Tuesday Portrait Group in Keighley

16 Sep 2025

Keighley Creative

Art Arts & Crafts

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STRIKE

3 - 5 Oct 2025

Lister Mill

Art Free Event Heritage Official City of Culture 2025 Event

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Tuesday Portrait Group in Keighley

2 Sep 2025

Keighley Creative

Art Arts & Crafts

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Tuesday Portrait Group in Keighley

19 Aug 2025

Keighley Creative

Art Arts & Crafts

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Tuesday Life Drawing Group in Keighley

14 Oct 2025

Keighley Creative

Art Arts & Crafts

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Tuesday Life Drawing Group in Keighley

9 Sep 2025

Keighley Creative

Art Arts & Crafts

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Tuesday Life Drawing Group in Keighley

5 Aug 2025

Keighley Creative

Art Arts & Crafts

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Song for Bingley – World Make Music Day Celebration Event

21 Jun 2025

Bingley Arts Centre

Art Family Film Free Event Music

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Just Disco

23 May - 5 Jul 2025

Tinker Gallery

Art Arts & Crafts Exhibition Free Event

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Symposium: Jameel prize 7

3 Jul 2025

Cartwright Hall Art Gallery

Art Talk Workshop

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Organic Paper Making Workshop

2 Aug 2025

Impressions Gallery

Art Arts & Crafts Nature Workshop

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Book Binding Workshop

2 Aug 2025

Impressions Gallery

Art Arts & Crafts Free Event Nature Workshop

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Feed your mind: Curator’s Talk and Tour

14 Aug 2025

Impressions Gallery

Art Exhibition Free Event Photography Talk

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PhotoFutures: Photography and Sustainability

28 Jun 2025

Impressions Gallery

Art Exhibition Free Event Nature Photography Talk

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Yorkshire Day 2025 at Ilkley Manor House

1 - 3 Aug 2025

Ilkley Manor House

Art Arts & Crafts Exhibition Family Free Event Heritage

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Grete Marks, Mural

12 - 11 May 2026

Salts Mill

Art Arts & Crafts Free Event Heritage

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Pauline Caulfield, Textile Artist

12 May - 2 Nov 2025

Salts Mill

Art Arts & Crafts Exhibition Free Event

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Stories from Valley Parade

22 Jun 2025

Bradford City AFC

Art Community Dance Exhibition Family Free Event Heritage Official City of Culture 2025 Event Performance Spoken Word Tour

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Wild Uplands

24 May - 12 Oct 2025

Penistone Hill Country Park

Art Nature Official City of Culture 2025 Event Outdoor

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Jameel Prize: Moving Images

23 May - 17 Aug 2025

Cartwright Hall Art Gallery

Art Exhibition Free Event Official City of Culture 2025 Event

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Held Spaces for Writing

20 May - 19 Aug 2025

Common Space

Art Free Event Literature Networking Spoken Word Workshop

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Connecting Communities

22 Jun 2025

The Beacon at Bowling Park

Art Arts & Crafts Family Festival Free Event Free for Sanctuary Seekers Official City of Culture 2025 Event

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ReelBFD: Digital Arts, Bradford Stories

14 Jun - 7 Sep 2025

National Science and Media Museum

Art Exhibition Free Event

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Painting: Ways into Abstraction

22 Apr - 15 Jul 2025

Art School Ilkley

Art

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Draw, Paint, Print Evenings

23 Apr - 16 Jul 2025

Art School Ilkley

Art

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Poetry Workshop with Flow & Verse

5 Jul 2025

The Classroom

Art Arts & Crafts Community Performance Spoken Word Workshop

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Equine Pastel Drawing Workshop with Amy Mckimm

4 Jul 2025

The Classroom

Art Arts & Crafts Workshop

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Highland Cow Pastel Workshop with Amy Mckimm

27 Jun 2025

The Classroom

Art Arts & Crafts Workshop

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Single colour lino printing with simple Chine Colle – Heather Swain

25 Jun 2025

The Classroom

Art Arts & Crafts Workshop

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Woven Lives

8 Jul 2025

Bradford Cathedral

Art Free Event

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20 Flowers For 2025 And Some Bigger Pictures by David Hockney

29 - 4 Jan 2026

Salts Mill

Art Exhibition Free Event

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Saltaire Winter Makers Fair

25 - 26 Oct 2025

Victoria Hall, Saltaire

Art Arts & Crafts

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Exploring Heritage

26 Jul 2025

Bradford New Markets

Art Heritage Workshop

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Mindful Abstracts – Watercolour workshop with Essoldo Design

25 Sep 2025

The Classroom

Art Arts & Crafts Workshop

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Floral Watercolour Collage – Watercolour workshop with Essoldo Design

24 Sep 2025

The Classroom

Art Arts & Crafts Workshop

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Tile Inspired Watercolours – Watercolour workshop with Essoldo Design

24 Jul 2025

The Classroom

Art Arts & Crafts Workshop

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Seascapes and Sea Glass – Watercolour workshop with Essoldo Design

23 Jul 2025

The Classroom

Art Arts & Crafts Workshop

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Turner Prize

2 Sep - 28 Feb 2026

Cartwright Hall Art Gallery

Art Exhibition Free Event Official City of Culture 2025 Event

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Life Goes on by Ian Beesley

4 May - 31 Dec 2025

Salts Mill

Art Exhibition Free Event

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