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BLF 2026
Nigel Grizzard
Little Germany: Heritage Walking Tour
Sunday, 12 July 2026 | 10:30 – 12:30
Festival Hub, City Park, BD1 1HY
Heritage Walks & Talks
Event Reference: 26HW4
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BLF 2026
Shadow Puppet Magic: Karagöz & Hacivat Puppet Show
Sunday, 12 July 2026 | 10:15 – 11:15
The Studio, The Alhambra Theatre, BD7 1AJ
Family Days Out
Event Reference: 26MU12
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BLF 2026
Xingyun Ba
Qigong
Sunday, 12 July 2026 | 10:00 – 11:00
City Park, BD1 1SD
Health & Wellbeing
Event Reference: 26HB3
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BLF 2026
Testament
Saints on a Bridge
Saturday, 11 July 2026 | 20:00 – 21:00
Loading Bay, BD1 3QR
Theatre, Gigs & Concerts
Event Reference: 26MU2
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BLF 2026
Rushil Ranjan
Sufiyana Kalaam
Saturday, 11 July 2026 | 19:30 – 22:00
Main Hall, St George’s Hall, BD1 1JT
Theatre, Gigs & Concerts
Event Reference: 26MU6
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BLF 2026
David M. Barnett, Elle Machray, Remona Aly
Reimagining the Classics
Saturday, 11 July 2026 | 18:15 – 19:30
Festival Hub, City Park, BD1 1HY
Fiction
Event Reference: 26FI2
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BLF 2026
Dan Richards, Jean Sprackland, Sally Coulthard, John Siddique
In Praise of Darkness
Saturday, 11 July 2026 | 17:45 – 19:00
The Studio, The Alhambra Theatre, BD7 1AJ
Nature & The Outdoors, Fiction, Poetry
Event Reference: 26NE7
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BLF 2026
Lucy Rose, Jessie Elland, Charlotte Paradise
The Gothic Body: Queerness, Disability, and Defiance
Saturday, 11 July 2026 | 17:30 – 18:45
Loading Bay, BD1 3QR
Society & Citizenship, Fiction, Feminism
Event Reference: 26SC1
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BLF 2026
Fatima Bhutto
The Hour of the Wolf: In Conversation with Fatima Bhutto
Saturday, 11 July 2026 | 17:30 – 18:30
The Chamber, City Hall, BD1 1HY
Memoir
Event Reference: 26ME5
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BLF 2026
Polly Atkin
Swimming the Seasons with Polly Atkin
Saturday, 11 July 2026 | 16:45 – 17:45
Festival Hub, City Park, BD1 1HY
Nature & The Outdoors, Sport, Health & Wellbeing
Event Reference: 26NE6
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BLF 2026
Naz Shah, Iain Dale
Have I Said Too Much? Iain Dale in Conversation with Naz Shah
Saturday, 11 July 2026 | 16:30 – 17:30
Banqueting Suite, City Hall, BD1 1HY
World Affairs & Politics, Society & Citizenship, Race & Identity
Event Reference: 26WA23
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BLF 2026
Soraya Bouazzaoui, Eliza Chan
Fantasy as a Political Mirror
Saturday, 11 July 2026 | 16:00 – 17:00
Loading Bay, BD1 3QR
Comicon, Comics & Manga
Event Reference: 26CM2
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