Event Calendar

BLF 2025
Valerie Waterhouse
Bradford’s Literary Connections: Malachi Whitaker & J.B. Priestley
Thursday, 3 July 2025 | 14:00 – 15:00
Festival Hub, City Park, BD1 1HY
Heritage Walks & Talks, Yorkshire
Event Reference: HT005
BLF 2025
Liz Mistry
Book Launch: Liz Mistry – Deadly Reckoning
Thursday, 3 July 2025 | 19:00 – 20:00
Festival Hub, City Park, BD1 1HY
Crime, Writing & Publishing, Writers & Thinkers
Event Reference: CR011
BLF 2025
How to Build a Library: Screening
Thursday, 3 July 2025 | 19:00 – 20:50
Cubby Broccoli Cinema, National Science and Media Museum, BD1 1NQ
Film
Event Reference: BF015
BLF 2025
Lamorna Ash, Chine McDonald
Seen & Unseen Live Podcast: Belief in the Age of Crisis
Thursday, 3 July 2025 | 19:00 – 20:30
The Norcroft Auditorium, University of Bradford, BD7 1DP
Faith, Mysticism & Philosophy
Event Reference: FMP015
BLF 2025
Nigel Grizzard, Rabbi Dr. Walter L. Rothschild
Tales from the Rabbi’s Desk: Growing Up in Jewish Bradford
Friday, 4 July 2025 | 10:30 – 11:30
Festival Hub, City Park, BD1 1HY
Heritage Walks & Talks, Yorkshire
Event Reference: HT012
BLF 2025
Lunch Bite: Inspired by Hockney with Samuel Sharp
Friday, 4 July 2025 | 12:00 – 12:45
Festival Hub, City Park, BD1 1HY
Lunch Bites, Art, Architecture & Design
Event Reference: LB005
BLF 2025
Irene Lofthouse
The Medieval Streets of Broad Ford
Friday, 4 July 2025 | 14:00 – 15:00
Festival Hub, City Park, BD1 1HY
Heritage Walks & Talks, Yorkshire
Event Reference: HT010
BLF 2025
Emily P. Webber, Craig Oldham
40 Years On: The Lasting Legacy of the Miner’s Strike
Friday, 4 July 2025 | 18:30 – 19:30
The Banqueting Hall, City Hall, BD1 1HY
History, Society & Citizenship
Event Reference: HI007
BLF 2025
The Invention of Charlotte Brontë
Friday, 4 July 2025 | 18:30 – 19:30
Brontë Birthplace, BD13 3HF
Brontë
Event Reference: BR008
BLF 2025
Dr Anthony Joseph
Antony Joseph & the Beehive Poets
Friday, 4 July 2025 | 19:00 – 21:00
First Floor, City Library, BD1 1SD
Poetry
Event Reference: PO009
BLF 2025
Ben Aitken
Shitty Breaks: A Celebration of Unsung UK Cities
Friday, 4 July 2025 | 19:00 – 20:00
Festival Hub, City Park, BD1 1HY
Travel & Adventure, Yorkshire
Event Reference: TA003
BLF 2025
John Cooper Clarke
John Cooper Clarke in Conversation
Friday, 4 July 2025 | 20:00 – 21:00
The Great Hall, University of Bradford, BD7 1DP
Poetry, Contemporary Culture
Event Reference: PO008