2025 at Bradford Cathedral
We look forward to welcoming you to Bradford Cathedral in 2025 as we celebrate our city as the UK City of Culture. In this special year of culture, here at the cathedral we are producing three seasons of events – ‘Creativity Under Pressure’, ‘Weaving Stories’, and ‘Global Connections’, tapping into the wealth of creativity, history, and connections we have here in Bradford.
Scroll down to explore these seasons and view or book into our upcoming events, and look out for more to be announced soon.
Creativity Under Pressure
January – April
Key Events
Tuesday 28th January
Bradford Schools of Sanctuary and Tom Palmer
Author event
Bradford Schools of Sanctuary present the children’s author, Tom Palmer, who will speak about how many of his books feature refugees and why that matters to him. In collaboration with City of Sanctuary.
8th January – 16th April (not 19th February)
Organ Recital Season
Music event
This season’s organ recitals will include compositions created during time of war.
Other Events
Wednesday 19th March
The Third Anglican Intercultural Mission Conference
Conference
The Anglican Network of Intercultural Churches has established itself as a significant resource for the Church of England to advocate for racial justice, promote global cultural awareness, champion God’s great commission to all nations and to encourage rehearsals for heavenly worship.
Weaving Stories
May – September
As part of our major project for City of Culture 2025, we will be helping people to explore the rich heritage of Bradford through the historic threads of the wool trade that go back to our foundations 1,400 years ago and bind our global city together. We will host demonstrations, offer tours around our many links with the wool trade and present art exhibitions on the theme of our woolen history. To accompany this we will be placing a large loom in the Cathedral and inviting everyone to add a piece of wool to a large tapestry that will hang in the Cathedral after 2025. This legacy tapestry will represent the countless stories of people’s connection to Bradford.
Key Events
Monday 12th May – Friday 20th June
Launch event: Thursday 15th May
Airedale Stitchers – Our Bradford
Exhibition
This textiles exhibition will see forty works hanging from the pillars in the Cathedral, each capturing a place or feeling from the Bradford District, and styled in one of many different types of stitches.
Monday 7th July – Friday 8th August
Woven Lives
Exhibition
Woven lives is a beautiful and powerful artwork which talks of the lives and stories of the people of Bradford. The woven coloured glass and symbols, lit from within, show how light and dark times are all part of the story of community and connection.
Saturday 13th September | 12noon – 3pm
Heritage Open Day
Open Day
We celebrate the work of women in our windows and textiles.
Other Events
May
Yorkshire Heritage Way: Ripon > Bradford Pilgrimage
4-day walk
A pilgrimage taking place from Ripon to Bradford Cathedral over four days.
Saturday 24th May | 11am
Cathedrals Cycle Relay 2025
Cycle ride
Join us for the launch event of this year’s Cathedrals Cycle Relay. Entry into the launch is free, but please click the link below to sign-up to cycle from Bradford to Wakefield for only £10, including a participation medal.
Friday 6th and Saturday 7th June
New Music Biennial
Music event
New Music Biennial is a three-day festival celebrating the best new music across all genres from the country’s most exciting composers – and in 2025, for the first time, it’s coming to Bradford. Produced by Bradford 2025.
Saturday 14th June | 6pm
Bradford Festival Choral Society: Echoes of Eternity – Music for Choir and Strings
Music event
A beautiful night of music brought to you by the Bradford Festival Choral Society
Saturday 12th July | 7:30pm
Chordiality
Music event
Join us for the latest Chordiality concert.
Global Connections
October – December
We are a diverse and distinct place where people have come from around the world and stayed. We welcome people from all nations to call our city home and this season of work will celebrate our international links. From globally significant artworks that engage in interfaith dialogue to young people making new links across cultural divides, we are engaging in big conversations with our global family.
Events in this season to be announced soon.
Discover More
Until Summer 2025
Cathedral Timeline
Discover more about our 1,400 years of history with our on-site temporary timeline, or view our online one today! The on-site timeline is viewable until Summer 2025.
March – October 2025
Bradford Faith Trail
Come and join the hundreds of visitors who will come this year from Bradford – and well beyond it – to participate in an “open door experience” at five of Bradford’s places of worship, from Leeds Road down to Bradford Cathedral
2025
The Model of Bradford Cathedral
Starting at our Heritage Open Day in Autumn 2024, Michael Scott is creating an n-gauge size model of Bradford Cathedral. You can watch his progress videos, which mix history with how-to!
2025
Tours
You can discover more about the Cathedral with our general tours, textile tours, or stained glass tours. For more information, or to book a tour, please e-mail education@bradfordcathedral.org
Visit Us:
Opening times
Monday – Saturday 10am – 4pm
Please see our what’s on calendar for any changes.
What to See?
Bradford Cathedral has been a site of Christian worship since the 7th century. Explore over 1000 years of history in the heart of Bradford. We also have a wealth of Morris & Co. stained glass, 18th Century monuments and a range of contemporary and historic textiles.