Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture
Overview
Bradford becomes the fourth UK City of Culture in January 2025. Bradford 2025 takes place throughout Bradford District, which covers 141 square miles across West Yorkshire. It features performances, exhibitions, events and activities inspired by the extraordinary variety of this landscape, from the city's historic centre to the breathtaking countryside that surrounds it. It pays homage to Bradford's potent heritage as everything from a former industrial powerhouse to the world's first UNESCO City of Film. Most of all, it celebrates the people of Bradford, from local artists and creative organisations to the diverse communities who call Bradford home.
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1A Aldermanbury Bradford West Yorkshire Yorkshire and the Humber BD1 1SD United Kingdom
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Access guidance
- We can support you by speaking to a member of staff at the entrance to each of our venues if you have a disability that means you cannot queue. They will assist you with priority entry for you as soon as the doors open. For outdoor performances, we are committed to ensuring there are accessible viewing platforms and/or areas for seating.
- All our venues are wheelchair-friendly, with accessible toilet facilities available. Please view our venue directory for specific facilities and information per Bradford 2025 venue, as this will sometimes differ slightly. Our Ticketing team are always on hand to assist you, too.
- The majority of our venues offer a close-by drop off area for those who require a shorter distance into the venue. Please view our venue directory for specific facilities and information per Bradford 2025 venue, as this will sometimes differ slightly. Our Ticketing team are always on hand to assist you, too.
- The majority of our venues offer a close-by drop off area for those who require a shorter distance into the venue. Please view our venue directory for specific facilities and information per Bradford 2025 venue, as this will sometimes differ slightly. Our Ticketing team are always on hand to assist you, too.
- Policies for assistance dogs vary per venue, please view our venue directory for specific facilities and information per Bradford 2025 venue or contact our Ticketing team.
- We offer one free essential companion ticket to every event for our access bookers. Once you are a member, this offer will automatically apply to your bookings online or via the Ticketing team.
- We want to make sure our website is as accessible as possible – for everyone. You should be able to: - Use our Accessibility settings menu to increase text size, stop animations and turn on dark mode for higher contrast. - Use the filters on our 'What's on' page to filter events by access provision. - Change font sizing and zoom with your browser. - Navigate the website using just your keyboard. - Navigate and read the website with a screen reader, including alt text on our images. - See video captions. -Change language by clicking 'Select Language' at the top of the website. We are aiming to achieve Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 level AA accessibility for this website and are making regular improvements to achieve it. We also offer audio descriptions that provide live verbal commentary of the performance for bookers who are blind or visually impaired. Audio description may also help autistic people or anyone experiencing an unfamiliar artform.
- We offer BSL-interpreted performances. These performances are interpreted in British Sign Language (BSL) by professional interpreters. We additionally offer captioned performances where we provide captioned performances to assist bookers who are deaf or hard of hearing. These performances may also help other people.
- Bradford 2025 is also committed to ensuring we provide the following across our programme and at our venues - Event pages on our website will contain specific information about accessibility. We aim to include as much information as possible ahead of each event to help you plan your visit. - Breakout/quiet spaces. We will provide a breakout or quiet space for as many events as possible. - Relaxed performances. We will offer relaxed performances for as many performances as possible. We're committed to making sure that all Bradford 2025 events are as accessible as they can be. We match events to the best access options – with input from members of our Access Forum, who help us make these decisions. For more information or assistance, please contact our Ticketing team by emailing ticketing@bradford2025.co.uk or calling 01274 053100.