Event Calendar

BLF 2025
The Food Our Grandmothers Knew
Saturday, 5 July 2025 | 16:00 – 17:00
Festival Hub, City Park, BD1 1HY
Food
Event Reference: FO011
Sold Out
BLF 2025
Shaykh Dr Ahmed Saad
Qur’anic Themes and Parables
Saturday, 5 July 2025 | 16:15 – 17:15
The Banqueting Hall, City Hall, BD1 1HY
Faith, Mysticism & Philosophy
Event Reference: FMP011
BLF 2025
Culture Wars & Cancel Culture
Saturday, 5 July 2025 | 16:30 – 17:30
Ballroom, Bradford Live, BD1 1NN
Society & Citizenship
Event Reference: SC003
BLF 2025
Careers in Publishing
Saturday, 5 July 2025 | 16:30 – 17:30
John Stanley Bell (JSB) Lecture Theatre, The University of Bradford, BD7 1DP
Art of Writing
Event Reference: AW003
BLF 2025
Silke Ackerman, Abdul Rahman Azzam, Rizwan Ahmad
Beyond the Biennale: Islamic Art and its Contemporary Resonance
Saturday, 5 July 2025 | 17:00 – 18:15
The Norcroft Auditorium, University of Bradford, BD7 1DP
Art, Architecture & Design
Event Reference: AD013
BLF 2025
Shattered Lands: Five Partitions and the Making of Modern Asia
Saturday, 5 July 2025 | 17:30 – 18:30
The Chamber, City Hall, BD1 1HY
History
Event Reference: HI014
BLF 2025
Whirling Dervishes
Saturday, 5 July 2025 | 17:30 – 18:45
The Great Hall, University of Bradford, BD7 1DP
Faith, Mysticism & Philosophy
BLF 2025
Fiona Keating, Paul Burston, Jason Okundaye, Paul McVeigh, VG Lee
Polari Literary Salon
Saturday, 5 July 2025 | 18:00 – 19:30
Wallers Brewery, Sunbridge Wells, BD1 1SX
Poetry
Event Reference: PO006
BLF 2025
The Old Dark House: Screening
Saturday, 5 July 2025 | 18:00 – 19:30
Pictureville Cinema, National Science and Media Museum, BD1 1NQ
Film
Event Reference: BF019
Limited Tickets
BLF 2025
David Engels, Dr Shashi Tharoor, Wael Hallaq, Malika Bilal
Doha Debates Town Hall: The future of national identity and the nation state
Saturday, 5 July 2025 | 19:00 – 21:00
St George’s Hall, BD1 1JT
World Affairs & Politics
Event Reference: DD001
BLF 2025
Loïe Fuller: Obsessed With Light: UK Premiere
Saturday, 5 July 2025 | 19:00 – 20:35
Cubby Broccoli Cinema, National Science and Media Museum, BD1 1NQ
Film
Event Reference: BF018
BLF 2025
Adrian Lukis
Being Mr Wickham
Saturday, 5 July 2025 | 19:30 – 21:00
Ballroom, Bradford Live, BD1 1NN
Austentatious, Theatre, Gigs & Concerts
Event Reference: AU002