This is Bradford 2025, this is the UK City of Culture, this is us 💥
Announcing our brand new look, new website, first events and our Ambassador, the one and only
@ZaynMalik
🔥
Check us out:
BRADFORD IS
#CityofCulture2025
💥
This is our time to celebrate our extraordinary district – and for our young population to become leaders and change-makers to begin an exciting new chapter in our story.
This is Our Time, Our Place
#Bradford2025
Bradford is on the shortlist to become UK
#CityofCulture2025
💥
We're thrilled to annouce we're one of four places through to the final stage of the contest.
This is the time to tell the world our own story. This is Our Time, Our Place
#Bradford2025
❣️
"This is a defining moment for Bradford"
Today we submit our official bid to become UK
#CityofCulture2025
💥
Young people from across the district came together for a celebratory send-off, as the document heads to
@DCMS
📮
#Bradford2025
Bradford has been named as one of 8 places through to the next round of the
#CityofCulture2025
competition 💥
Join us to make the most inclusive, imaginative and distinctive bid possible, for the whole district. This is Our Time, Our Place
#Bradford2025
Today the nation is waking up to Bradford’s potential 🌤️
Bradford has been named as one of 8 places through to the next round of the
#CityofCulture2025
competition.
This is Our Time, Our Place
#Bradford2025
💥
Today we find out if Bradford will be named
#CityofCulture2025
💥
Thousands of people have been involved in shaping this process, generating energy and excitement across the district like never before 🌍
Tune into
@BBCTheOneShow
for the live result, tonight from 7pm on
@BBCOne
.
Bradford’s time is NOW. The race is on in the competition for
#UKCityOfCulture
in 2025 💥
#Bradford2025
is a massive opportunity for the whole district! Find out more 💫
BRADFORD IS UK CITY OF CULTURE 2025!
This result is down to the ambition, belief and hard work of thousands of people across the district who got behind
#Bradford2025
.
This is Our Time, Our Place
"We have a lot to offer the rest of the UK in terms of the way we do things, and it’s time to share a bigger story of Bradford with the world." 🌎
We're thrilled to annouce
@Jennyjetharris
has joined team
#Bradford2025
as Executive Producer 💥
"As well as culture, it is about identity and the North’s future prospects."
A nice good luck message here from
@yorkshirepost
ahead of tonight's
#CityofCulture2025
annoucement 💥
“Today is about demonstrating that not only can we put together a winning bid, but we can deliver it too.” Shanaz, Kersten, May & Kamran meet the
#CityofCulture2025
Expert Advisory Panel in London today, the final stage of the bid for
#Bradford2025
The Bradford 2025 office has been transformed✨
Our windows have been splashed with our new look and we love how the Bradford glow lights up Centenary Square🩷💛💚
We've just had a tour of the former Odeon, soon to be an impressive live venue. There'll be space for 3,800 in the main auditorium, 500 in the ballroom, and a smaller venue in the old boiler room. A huge 93% of people in Bradford told
@Bradford_TandA
they'll visit once it's open!
"So much hard work has gone on behind the scenes and we'd like to thank all those who have played a part in helping us get to this final stage."
There's just 1⃣ day to go until
#CityofCulture2025
is announced by
@DCMS
on
@BBCTheOneShow
– watch on the Big Screen in
@CityParkBD
💥
A lot of people have a lot to say about Bradford. Now it's time for our words to be heard 💥
Words from poets, school children, residents, writers and rappers have been appearing across our streets in WORD ON THE STREET by
@splituk
.
#CityofCulture2025
‘I am really excited to see what opportunities it brings for young talent in the city’✨
Tune into
@CapitalOfficial
to hear our Brand Ambassador
@zaynmalik
talk about how Bradford UK City of Culture is an amazing opportunity for Bradford👇
"I come from hope, I come from Bradford"
We love this Word on the Street installation from
@BVGAcademy
student Iqra Khan 💫
We're all about amplifying the voices of young people in our bid to become
#CityofCulture2025
– and this is pretty epic 📢
#Bradford2025
Today marks one year since Bradford won
#CityofCulture2025
💥
As well as looking back on the incredible day, we're excited to announce:
🏗️ £3m cultural capital fund
📐 Architectural competition with
@RIBA
🚀Partnership with
@GiveBradford
👀 Read more
"Bradford is where my heart is and has always been a hidden gem; a place filled with magic and wonderful people. I’m so proud to back this bid for Bradford to become the UK’s next City of Culture in 2025. This is our time!"
@Dynamomagician
#Bradford2025
#UKCityOfCulture
Last week, we announced an array of opportunities for our districts young people.
⭐ Young Curators
⭐ Apprenticeships
⭐ Youth Panel
We hope that these opportunities will give them the skills to kickstart their careers in the creative sector!
📷
@nathanmcgill_
A very poignant moment yesterday, as we collectively think of Ukraine 🇺🇦
Bradford is a city of sanctuary and peace and is home to more people of Ukrainian descent than anywhere in England outside London.
We take this moment each night at
#TheMillsAreAlive
to
#StandwithUkraine
Congratulations to
@MaryDowson
of
@bcbradio
on recieving the British Empire Medal!
As well as her services to community radio, Mary has been an integral part of the
#Bradford2025
journey so far (leopard print coat to boot).
We're recruiting for two very exciting LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES for the delivery of
#Bradford2025
💥
🌟 CREATIVE DIRECTOR
🌟 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Deadline: Sunday 17 July, 5pm
Today the sun is out and we're welcoming the
@DCMS
special advisory panel to Bradford for the day 🌤️
We'll be showing them why we're the most exciting candidate to be
#CityofCulture2025
👀💥
#Bradford2025
"Bradfordians will know already that the
#CityofCulture2025
title should not only be about good headlines and filling hotel rooms – the real prize is to bring its people hope and fresh possibilities."
“It isn’t just about Bradford, it’s about us transforming the North as a crucible of culture.” Bradford winning
#CityOfCulture2025
will impact across the North - from Sheffield to Manchester to Liverpool💥
The final stop for
#CityofCulture2025
panel visit was an epic lunch in
@SaltsMill
Rite of Spring gallery 🌱
The panel had a chance to catch up with our amazing creatives and community leaders and got a chance to see the brand new 90m
#DavidHockney
exhibition 💥
#Bradford2025
Today 1,001 candles were lit on the steps of City Hall to remember each person lost to COVID in the Bradford District. Anyone in the district who is experiencing
#bereavement
remember that
@healthymindsbdc
&
@MindinBradford
are here to help you get the support you need.
#KeepHope
BD25 is here!
All areas of our district from BD1 right up to BD24 (and even LS29) will benefit from the impact
#UKCityofCulture
can bring 💥
BD25 is not just a year, but an extraordinary destination where anything can happen.
The result of
#CityofCulture2025
will be announced this Tuesday 31 May 💥
Tune into
@BBCTheOneShow
on Tuesday from 7pm to see the result live 👀
There is no better time to shout from the rooftops about why you think it's got to be
#Bradford2025
📢
Bradford is getting ready for
#CityofCulture2025
👀
Read more about the multi-million pound projects and changing street scenes breathing new life into Bradford city centre over the coming months in
@Bradford_TandA
Bradford's City Centre will be transformed into a wonderful light festival this weekend as BD:isLIT starts tomorrow 🎆
Here is a sneak peek of what to expect 👀
📅BD:isLIT 3 & 4 November
#BDisLIT
#Bradford2025
"These five words painted on a wall became an iconic image of the city"
This classic Bradford graffiti, thought to have been written by a student in the 1960s, became something of a local landmark – inspiring a book, a song, a shop and more 💥
Van Gogh Alive is coming to Bradford this autumn for its Yorkshire premiere🌻 Experience the artist like never before in this multi-sensory experience
@RegencyYorks
13th October – 8th January. More information and booking here:
"Bradford wants
#CityofCulture2025
not to wear as a badge of honour, but to help deliver long- term, sustainable growth and to harness its unique identity"
More regional love in today's
@yorkshirepost
#Bradford2025
💥
Exciting new plans for an art hotel in the upper floors of the Wool Exchange and a £1.5m re-purposing of Vintry House into a sustainable & accessible multi use major event and digital creative space with room for galleries and workspace.
#CityOfCulture2025
We’re excited to announce a £6 million investment from the West Yorkshire Combined Authority in support of our ambitious plans for UK City of Culture in 2025!
This funding will help us drive economic growth through the region's creative industries 🙌
🔗
Hidden History: The Lost Portraits of Bradford is back on BBC iPlayer 📸
The documentary explores extraordinary portraits taken at Belle Vue Studio – capturing the hidden history and changing face of Bradford 💫
#Bradford2025
“We really wanted to make sure we were supporting groups across all communities of Bradford” 💥
We’re thrilled to announce cultural venues across the district who are benefitting from our £3 million cultural capital fund to prepare for
#CityofCulture2025
We're so happy to welcome Keighley's finest
@ShanazGulzar
as the new Chair of
#Bradford2025
bid! 💥
With a career spanning film, visual arts, theatre, public art and media, we're lucky to have her guidance as the bid evolves.
Read more:
📺 Tonight
@Channel4
will air a three-part documentary series that will lift the lid on how Britain’s Asian community stood against far-right violence in the 70s/80s and, will feature the story of the Bradford 12.
Watch tonight at 9pm.
Exciting job opportunities to be part of the incredible
#Bradford2025
#CityofCulture2025
💥
🎇 Executive Producer
🎟️ Head of Audiences
💷 Head of Finance
🤝 Head of Partnerships
🫂 Head of People
Apply now! Deadline Sun 4 Dec.
"I am a Keighley girl and if you said to me at 16 that I'd be doing something like this, I couldn’t have possibly imagined it."
We're celebrating female change-makers for
#IWD23
and you can catch
#Bradford2025
Creative Director Shanaz Gulzar on
@SunriseRadioUK
later today 💥
Hey Folks!
@BradicalPress
here. Central Library exciting place for me growing up. I felt very grown up when my big sis took me here. It was giant, a beautiful place to explore on a long Saturday. It had a mezzanine you could spend all day exploring.
#ThisIsBradford
#Bradford2025
.
Bradford 2025 Chair Shanaz Gulzar describes how the district is at the epicentre of a renewed push to use culture and the arts to inject a multi-million pound boost to help rebuild the economy, while attracting a new generation of audiences to the sector.
Thank you Wakefield for your support for Bradford's bid to be
#CityOfCulture2025
. If we win, it will be a game changer for the whole region.
#Bradford2025
Shoutout to our friends at
#Bradford2025
who start the final push to be UK city of culture. We're really chuffed that Bradford is up for this
Let’s not underestimate the fantastic impact it would have on West Yorkshire as well as Bradford
💼 💃 👯 💷
Come on
#Bradford2025
"I am a Keighley girl and if you had said to me at the age of 16 that I would be doing something like this, I couldn’t have possibly imagined it." 💥
🗞️ Our Creative Director
@ShanazGulzar
profiled by
@YvetteHWriter
in today's
@yorkshirepost
Hi, my name is Cain Lewis. I’m a member of the Bradford 2025 Engagement & Inclusion Board. As part of Black History Month I’m taking over the Bradford 2025 social media for one day. I will be sharing a few posts throughout the day about what culture is to me, living in Bradford!
Totally normal scenes in Little Germany 🎬
The area has been transformed for Tyler Perry's new drama Six Triple Eight – telling the story of the only all-women, all-Black US battalion during WWII.
This year, Saltaire is celebrating 20 years as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Here at
@SaltaireArt
we present art in many of the Saltaire’s iconic buildings and in the village’s Grade II listed homes. What’s your favourite building in Saltaire?
#socialmediatakeover
Hello everyone! I’m Shannen Johnson and I’m super excited to be taking over Bradford 2025 Twitter all week. I’m 26. I live in Bradford with my husband & two cats, Ned & Leia. I work as Learning & Engagement Officer
@PeaceMuseumUK
. I’m a museum, culture, food, wine & cats fan!
Thrilling, unfiltered, and eclectic. Bradford exists on its own terms 💥
Read more about how our new look, created by
@rabbithole
, plays into the district’s unique identity.
Introducing
#Bradford2025
👀
PEOPLE MAKE BRADFORD 💥
More giant words have popped up in Bradford from
@PeoplePoweredPr
written by our local community and letterpress printed by hand.
👀 Keep your eye out for more coming across the district.
#Bradford2025
#CityofCulture2025
❤️ We're putting young people at the heart of Bradford 2025
Today, we're launching a number of programmes to ensure young people from all corners of our district have the opportunity to get involved in UK City of Culture 2025
A new 90m long artwork by David Hockney is going on display at
@SaltsMill
🖼️📏
The frieze A Year in Normandie depicts the changing seasons of his French garden and will be seen in the UK for the first time in Bradford.
#Bradford2025
#CityofCulture2025
👀 All eyes on Bradford! Huge announcements coming tomorrow 💥
We're talking getting involved, new brand, new website and our very first events for 2024! We can't wait to show you what we've been working on 👏
#CityofCulture2025
#Bradford2025
Bright bold street art designed by Leena, aged 16. The 2025 young ambassadors
@YouthBradford
chose this design out of many entries from across the district. Great to partner with
@FountainsChurch
to make this happen and🙏to Jameson Rogan for developing the work with Leena.
"What I am most excited about is the energy and dynamism in Bradford... There is a lot of sharing of ideas and a can-do punk sensibility and drive. So there is a very definite forward motion."
Read more of our Chair
@ShanazGulzar
in
@yorkshirepost
"This project will be transformational" 🚀
@PeaceMuseumUK
, the only museum in the UK dedicated to the history of peace, is moving to new premises – increasing access to its unique collection with support from
@HeritageFundUK
🕊️