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Contents 5_NOTE FROM THE EDITOR 6_In the news 11_BARRY HANSON 16_THE PRINT BIENNALE 22_NORTH COUNTRY 28_The season of light 34_picks of the month 38_what’s on?

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In the news Pictureville opens new bar The brand new bar at the Pictureville cinema within the National Media Museum re-opened mid-September with a packed evening where members and friends of the cinema were invited to sample the drinks from the rejuvenated menu, explore the cinema space, enjoy a selection of nibbles and even take part in a wine tasting.

With members of the cinema team on hand to greet the guests, there was plenty of time to discover the new bar, seating and relaxed environment that has been worked on over the summer.

Pictureville forms part of the wide range of screenings and special events held at the National Media Museum which also includes the Cubby Broccoli screen and the recently refurbished IMAX screen.

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2,331 people crowded onto a packed City Park last month to break a Guinness World Record for the longest chain of people making heartshaped gestures. A huge cheer greeted the official announcement, which marked the culmination of a major city-wide social media campaign using the hashtag #LoveBradford.

Games design luminaries John and Brenda Romero, a celebration of some of the greatest video games developed in Yorkshire, and the audio visual extravaganza DJ Yoda Goes To The Arcades: A History Of Gaming are among the highlights of the National Media Museum’s first Yorkshire Games Festival (9-13 November 2016).

The Love Bradford event was an incredible community event, attended by pupils from many local schools and lots of staff from local businesses and institutions. There was also a welcoming speech from both a Guinness adjudicator and the Lord Mayor, plus a visit from Billy Bantam and the Bradford Bulls’ mascot. The event also tied in with the World Curry Festival which provided free curry for all those taking part from one of the many stalls lining City Park during the event.

John and Brenda Romero each have more than three decades of experience in the games industry, during which they’ve received multiple awards and accolades for their work DJ Yoda Goes To The Arcades: A History Of Gaming is an audiovisual culture clash charting the best loved and most fondly remembered games from the early 1980s right through to 2016. The evening features game music, original soundtracks, gameplay footage and old TV ads, as well as new exclusive content in collaboration with gaming events specialists GamerDisco.

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Barry Hanson A dyed-in-the-wool Bradfordian If Barry had been a stick of rock you would have found Bradford embedded at his core. His death on 20 June this year was not unexpected - he’d borne his illness with uncomplaining fortitude and true northern grit. Barry was a film and TV producer, best known for the television film The Naked Civil Servant starring John Hurt and British gangster film The Long Good Friday with Helen Mirren and Bob Hoskins.

For those who need reminding of his contribution to the film and TV industries the Guardian obituary is a testament to his prolific achievements and touches briefly on the importance of his Bradford roots. I knew Barry for most of my life, since our parents were family friends and we spent a lot of time together at one another’s houses. Our fathers also worked together as commercial travellers for the Bradford Fertiliser Co, whose speciality was selling liquid and dried blood recycled from a local abattoir. Any old gardener will tell you that blood is a rich source of nitrogen

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A few early memories come to mind – as young boys, the agony of having to watch the Coronation all day with a room full of grownups on a 12” black-and-white television - a 12” screen was one of the largest you could get at the time. An early attempt to exploit our latent entrepreneurial talents by recycling discarded pop bottles from the waste tip at the Barr’s pop factory and claim tuppence back from the local off-licence was thwarted by my father, who frowned on the idea.

Later on Barry went to Belle Vue Boys school and I went to Hanson. Barry was good at organising parties during school holidays, while his parents were out at work. These turned out to be card schools and rock and roll record-playing sessions. I can still vividly recall the sound of Little Richard belting out Good Golly Miss Molly. Goodness knows what the neighbours thought. Barry was also a talented breaststroke swimmer and I remember watching him competing

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“For those who need reminding of his contribution to the film and TV industries the Guardian obituary is a testament to his prolific achievements and touches briefly on the importance of his Bradford roots”

in inter-schools swimming events at the Windsor Baths in Bradford, with good results.

I was aware that Barry had developed an interest in theatre at the Bradford Civic Playhouse and then become a member of Group Theatre, an offshoot of the Playhouse. He had also persuaded another school friend, Edward Peel, to act as a spear carrier in a play. As a result Eddie was similarly smitten and decided soon afterwards to have a stab at acting as a career, metaphorically speaking, of course.

Things turned out rather well for Edward too.

After leaving school Barry went to Newcastle University to study English and I went to Leeds University to study chemistry, so the links between us in interests and future careers were poles apart. Nevertheless we kept in touch over the years, mainly through family gettogethers when we swapped news over a pint or two of Tetley’s bitter. When Barry’s mother died I wouldn’t have been surprised if Barry’s visits to Bradford had dried up completely.

By this time his career was well established but he still took time out to come back to Bradford on fact-finding and research visits,

accepting a guest speaker appointment at Belle Vue Old Boys’ dinner and involvement in the Bradford International Film Festival, where he gave master class lectures. He also honoured a promise to his Auntie Doreen, who wanted her ashes scattering over Idle Moor, by making a special visit one weekend.

We duly carried out this duty in a howling gale. He needed reminding that it was better to perform this action by standing upwind - even so we had to grit our teeth to do it.

It was as if he felt the need to return to Bradford to recharge his batteries by revisiting old haunts such as The Swing Gate and Wrose Bull pubs, relishing proper fish and chips and the delicacies at Pie Herberts. He was distraught when he learnt Pie Herbert’s had closed and seriously considered mounting a petition to raise money to get it reopened!

Time inevitably moves on and I reached the stage of examining the bucket-list of things I hadn’t had time to do before. Writing a novel was one of them. I duly beavered away in isolation and eventually admitted to Barry, in a weak moment, what I’d been doing. To my

Bob Hoskins in The Long Good Friday, produced by Barry Hanson

surprise he offered to read what I’d been writing and subsequently encouraged me to finish it.

Early in 2015 Barry’s health was very poor and it was necessary for him to move to South Wales to be near his daughter and family. By this time I’d enjoyed the writing experience so much I wrote a sequel to my first novel and wondered if Barry was interested in reading this too, since I thought it might be a bit of occupational therapy for him. He agreed and five days later he rang me back to tell me he thought there was the potential for a TV series, based on the two books, and would act as my agent! He then persuaded me to write episode one of the script. Barry could be very persuasive when he got the bit between his teeth. I reluctantly agreed and eventually produced a sixtypage script which Barry was satisfied with.

His intention in November 2015 was to send it off to colleagues he used to work with, but this never happened as Barry suffered a catastrophic fall just before Christmas and things looked bleak. He did make a partial recovery and I visited him in February this year where, despite the depressing surroundings, he still had some of the old spark left in him.

He was still keen to make progress with our project and urged me to take this on. I feel that I ought to continue this as far as I can for Barry’s sake, but obviously lack the contacts to perhaps get a serious hearing, hence the article.

My latest novel From Czechoslovakia With Love has just been published, and I’ve dedicated it To the memory of Barry Hanson, a lifelong friend, who was always true to his Bradford roots.

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The British International Print Biennale Hall, Bradford 1968 – 1990

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There was a poster, every other year a signifier of summer at the edge of Lister Park gates. Sometimes abstract, always emblematic suggesting something modern, something new.

This was the British International Print Biennale – often referred to as the Bradford International Print Biennale, not a name harmful to civic pride - housed and nourished

by Bradford Museums & Galleries in the ‘Bradford Baroque’ dazzle of Cartwright Hall in Lister Park, Manningham, for around two months every two years, from 1968 to 1990.

Its inception became Bradford’s sharp 1960s zeitgeist art moment. Here was an international showcase of an exploding medium - Art as Print, Print as Art. As diverse a range of techniques as was possible to represent - images utilising screen-prints and lithographs, etchings and mezzotints, lino and woodcuts, letterpress, early Xerox experiments and many mixed media.

Exhibitions resulted from a mixture of an open and invited format - ten major invited British artists, a British open section, and printmakers from overseas invited to submit one print and nominate two others from their own country.

By the eighth exhibition in 1984 there were 380 prints from over 55 countries, divided and grouped by continent. Works usually for sale, prices fairly low and affordable to gallery visitors as much as public collectors.

Name artists like Richard Hamilton, Warhol and Lichtenstein were regulars, some works especially commissioned, but all the work, regardless of name, reputation or style, was absorbed into a much larger sense of international spectacle and arrangement.

1965 had been the year of the formation of the Printmakers Council. This new body put pressure on all art schools to set up devoted printmaking departments, and began creating touring exhibitions. Times were changing. There had been a sudden growth of interest amongst art dealers in print-publishing and a curiosity in the frisson of lithography and screen printing that was becoming rife inside a commercial art market.

The climate was certainly bright and right for a gathering together of accessible, often radical art - exploring modernist sensibilities and experimental techniques within the medium, as a celebratory forum.

A great scale of inclusion and democratisation uncoiled through this Biennale’s fresh process of presentation. The curatorial ambition had a facility of outreach impossible in other mediums – a kind of reprographic, single art form celebration, busy harnessing the intrinsic logic of its own technology. While the costs of transport insurance prohibited any similar gathering of paintings or sculpture on such a scale, the print, a multiple work of art, represented a robust and portable transmission from anywhere in the world towards a rack of serviceable frames lying in wait at Cartwright Hall.

The First British International Print Biennale opened in 1968. The colour offset lithograph poster for the inaugural exhibition was Bradford Tree 1968 commissioned from David Hockney.

This was an inevitable and sensible choice for the Biennale’s first publicity - a Bradford artist with a widening reputation who’d not just gone down to that London, but got caught up in that Pop Art Swinging London too. His impact in the Young Contemporaries Royal College exhibition with Peter Blake had boosted a hip-and-happening trajectory as major British

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artist. But Hockney was also a regular presence as participant at London’s Print Workshop in Fitzrovia, set up by his friend, Birgit Skiöld - who was to become instrumental in establishing the Bradford Biennale’s ethos.

A Swedish printmaker and artist, living in London, Skiöld was originally inspired to experiment with print through the influence of a lithographic exhibition by proto-surrealist Max Ernst. She broke new ground in establishing her Print Workshop in a Charlotte Street basement in 1958, which ran until 1983. In contrast to other studios orientated towards editioning and publishing, this became the first open access space in London where, at a low cost, artists could collaborate, create and produce prints with the equipment and technical help required.

It was, she said, “not a business, not a college, not a gallery, simply an idea which has worked.”

This ‘idea’ became a destination for artists including Allen Jones, Jim Dine, Dieter Roth as well as Hockney, all keen to use the facilities and share techniques with Skiöld.

She’d become influential - pioneering and championing the status of printmaking as art, an advocate for the artist’s print in all its manifestations, and a conduit for hybrid new technologies as printmaking underwent its transformation in the 1960s and 1970s.

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In 1965 Birgit became a founding member of the UK Printmakers Council and her involvement with Bradford emerged after her marriage of that year to Peter Bird. Bird had been involved with the Print Workshop but was to land the job of Director of Bradford City Art Galleries and Museums. With his Director’s brief and her creative fervour and

Swedish artist Birgit Skiöld, who inspired the Bradford Biennale

contacts, both would become progenitors and worker bees of an original Print Biennale blueprint. Another agent in the scheme, initially publishing and printing the exhibitions lavish catalogues, was Lund Humphries, a major Manningham printer and typographic luminary with London bi-location and deep connections within British art publishing and printing.

From 1968 until the eleventh and final exhibition in 1990 the Biennale continued to glow intermittently. By 1984 it was having to justify its very existence, under threat from a Bradford Metropolitan Council who’d ‘been forced’ to cut funding, suggesting this eighth show could be the last. Paradoxically, while its international status was cemented, its national role as a printmaking expo was on a cultural terrain of quicksand.

1986 saw another three month exhibition and a second Hockney poster. In 1988 changes in the perception of ‘International’ were evident - scaled down here to focus on Britain and Australia and for the final year in 1990, Britain / Canada / USA. And then it was gone.

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Post-apocalyptic

Bradford Playwright Tajinder Singh Hayer explains the ideas behind his Bradford-based postapocalyptic play North Country I suppose I should explain why I’ve killed off most of the world’s population in this play. North Country is a piece about communities trying to survive in a time of scarcity – a recession play in some ways. I’m aware that this is relevant given the financial crashes of the past eight years or so. Economic stagnation means a slightly different thing in the context of Bradford – this is a city that never quite recovered from the industrial decline of the 1970s and 80s. The abandoned husks of factories punctuated the landscape of my childhood and adulthood – these locations were already post-apocalyptic in a way.

It seems eerie therefore that Freedom Studios are performing North Country in a newer version of these empty places – a disused Marks and Spencer store on Darley Street where I still remember getting my school trousers. It also seems strangely apt that the dates of the performances – 26 October to 5 November – take in days that symbolise the macabre (Halloween) and mark political turmoil (Guy Fawkes’ Night).

It wasn’t just a melancholy awareness of decline that made me set the play in Bradford. I think there’s a resilience to the city that I wanted to tap into. Another part of me also felt an element of stubborn ‘why not Bradford?’ We’re so used to iconic locations in London, New York and Paris falling into ruin / being destroyed by aliens / overrun with zombies - what about the stories that don’t happen there?

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“It wasn’t just a melancholy awareness of decline that made me set the play in Bradford. I think there’s a resilience to the city that I wanted to tap into.”

I was also aware that I was bringing together disparate elements that haven’t usually overlapped - the post-apocalyptic genre, British Asian stories, theatre. Again there was a ‘why not?’ aspect to my approach – why can’t these three fields overlap? But I also think that there’s a need for them to come together. I’ll explain why. For the past few years I’ve been quite involved in the worlds of science fiction, fantasy and horror. I’ve been to academic and fan conventions and these genres obviously permeate a lot of the cultural products that we see around us. However whenever I’ve spoken at conventions, it feels like the tone of these fields is being set by works in film, TV, video games and prose fiction. And I think, from a theatre point of view, that’s missing a trick – there’s a potentially vast, socially-networked audience out there who would be committed fans for works, writers and companies that explore that genre.

There’s also a process of change going on in SF, fantasy and horror – a real awareness of diversity in fields that have had a problematic relationship with it in the past. Why is this important to me beyond the obvious reason?

Let me look at the genre of science fiction – this is an area that often looks at possible

futures. If British Asian writing is excluded or self-excludes from that genre, then you’re excluding yourself from a vision of the future.

If you’re not having British Asian characters in fantasy, then you’re excluding them from mythic storytelling and magical possibilities.

There’s a lot these genres have to offer. One of the reasons I wrote a post-apocalyptic piece is because the subgenre is absolutely focussed on issues central to migrant and second generation narratives. It’s about a journey from an old country to a new country – the pre-apocalyptic world to the post-apocalyptic. Characters are constantly making decisions about the customs they want to preserve, reshape, revive or leave behind – about the society they want to make. These are issues my grandparents, my parents, myself and my children have been grappling with and will continue to grapple for years to come. And, in the wake of Brexit and all the ructions around Britishness, it’s something we all have to address.

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The Season of Light

Summer’s finally over, but don’t be down because the Season Of Light is upon us! You’re going to be hearing a lot about this fancy season and we want to make sure you enjoy it as much as possible, so let’s dive right in.

What is the Season Of Light?

The Season Of Light is a brand new season that only happens in Bradford city centre. It’s spread over a few weeks right in the middle of what everyone outside Bradford is calling ‘Autumn’, and it’s loads better than any season in any other city centre, anywhere.

It’s a series of events and places springing up around the middle of town that will turn the dull months leading up to Christmas into a sparkly spectacle after dark.

Forest Of Light During the Season Of Light, you’ll be able to come into BD1 and see the incredible Forest Of Light in City Park, an illuminated wonderland not unlike the Garden Of Light you might have seen there before. Sculptures and light shows on a general floral and forestry theme will take over the space, providing free and beautiful entertainment for kids and adults alike.

From 6-9 October, come down and Instagram the living daylights out of this work of art as you wander round.

Lantern Parade On 28 October, Cecil Green Arts will lead a lantern parade through Darley Street. You can turn up just to watch this magical parade, or you can be part of it. There are free lantern workshops throughout September and October where you can create your own shining beacon, see www. cecilgreenarts.co.uk for details.

Christmas Lights Switch-On On 19 November, the Christmas Lights will take over where the Forest of Light left off. Come to the big switch-on, the penultimate event of this wonderful season.

The Wild Woods Last but definitely not least, it’s The Wild Woods. Darley Street will be turned into an indoor and outdoor wilderness, with art events filling what was once a department store, and is now to be something that no other city centre can boast, anywhere in the world.

With a bar run by our beloved Sparrow of North Parade fame, it’s a place to socialise and be silly. The Brick Box will host a series of happenings in this wild setting, bringing their experience and a track record of successfully animating public spaces to long-term positive effect on regeneration, so it’s fun with a very worthwhile twist.

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Picks of the month Inside Outside Jazz Duo Inside Outside Jazz Duo kicks off the season in the intimate and atmospheric setting of Delius Arts and Cultural Centre.

Renowned jazz guitarist Kathy Dyson with her partner John Dyson on alto, tenor and soprano saxophone will be playing their own compositions described as ‘Compelling linear jazz with the accent on sensitive interplay and two-part invention’ (Jazzwise magazine).

This welcome addition to Bradford’s Jazz scene is launching with gigs every second Friday in October, November and December and, hopefully, a lot more to come in 2017.

Doors open 7.30 for an 8pm start on Friday 14 October. The venue is fully accessible and there is a delightful bar.

Tickets are £10 full price, £8 concessions

On The Daodejing

Miles Cooper Seaton at FUSE

These 81 brief poems from the 5th century BCE make up a foundational text in world culture. In elegant, simple yet elusive language, the Daodejing develops its vision of humankind’s place in the world in personal, moral, social, political and cosmic terms. Martyn Crucefix’s superb new versions in English reflect – for the very first time – the radical fluidity of the original Chinese texts as well as placing the mysterious ‘dark’ feminine power at their heart.

For over a decade Miles Cooper Seaton’s work has defied genre and discipline, spanning immersive ambient installations, intimate sets in sacred spaces and festival stages from Los Angeles to Tokyo – as a solo artist, with his own band Akron/Family and as a member of Michael Gira’s Angels of Light.

Their common thread is the raw emotional charge that infuses every performance with incendiary energy, leaving listeners hypersensitised to their own feelings and bodies, to each other and to the world around them.

Martyn Crucefix will be supported in this bi-lingual reading by Yan Wang, a Mandarin speaker, and visual artist.

Wednesday 5 October 8pm, Fuse Art Space. milescooperseaton.bandcamp.com/track/echo

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Master light artists T-I-L-T return to City Park with an incredible new show designed specifically for City Park’s mirror pool.

The event will feature no less than 59 giant illuminated sculptures creating an enchanting atmosphere and radiating beautiful iridescent shades of red, green, orange and gold.

Huge wild thistles burst into life like exploding fireworks whilst beautiful red tipped reeds wave gently in the breeze.

The Widescreen Weekend hits the the National Media Museum’s Pictureville big screen 13-16 October. This unique festival offers musicals, mysteries, space horrors, thrill and chills, comedy capers and great guests.

Enormous luscious red flowers break into bloom and giant vertical shards of golden light rain down from huge illuminated fronds. Forest Of Light is part of the Bradford Season Of Light, which includes several creative events throughout October and November. 6-9 October dusk until 10pm each evening at City Park, Bradford. www.cityparkbradford.com

Other highlights include a 30th anniversary screening of Aliens (1986), the original Ghostbusters, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Alfred Hitchcock’s seminal Vertigo.

Jenny Hanley, from 1969 Bond movie On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, will be interviewed, followed by the film.

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Independent record shop, real ale, craft beer & charcuterie counter Visit therecordcafe.co.uk for more info. @therecordcafe

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Saturday Stop 10.30am to 4.30pm, Impressions Gallery Saturday Stop is our regular free event for families! Visit our exhibition, relax in the Lounge overlooking City Park and take part in free creative activities for children.

You can nip in for 10 minutes or stay as long as you like. Free event, drop in. impressions-gallery.com/events

Best of Bradford Showcase 11am- 2pm, Delius Arts & Cultural Centre The Handmade Alternative brings to you a series of events to promote and showcase some of the wealth of creativity that Bradford has to offer.

Tomorrow We Sail 7.30pm, Delius Arts & Cultural Centre Leeds based Tomorrow We Sail perform an impressive performance of reverbsoaked guitars, orchestral strings, piano, organ and multi-layered harmony.

90s Brit Pop Night 8pm till Late, The Underground Bradford DJ Playing the best in 90s Brit pop, Fancy dress, Photo booth and unbelievable drink offers FREE ENTRY theundergroundbradford.com

Oktoberfest Celebrations 8pm – 3am, Stein Bierkeller, Great Horton Road, Bradford Bringing some Bavarian oompah to Bradford’s West End. With a wide selection of German and World Beers and Ales and entertainment throughout the night. Entry: £5 including reserved seating; cloakroom and queue jump Or £10 also including a Haus Stein of Lager or Kettleburg Cooler Cocktail.

Email bookings@steinbierkeller.com to book a bench. steinbierkeller.com

Subveillance – curated by Helen Kaplinsky Runs until Thursday 8 December. Exhibition opening, 5pm - 8pm, Gallery II, University of Bradford

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This exhibition focuses on the alternative and counter-cultural activity in and around the University of Bradford over the course of half a century, where art has been a means to surveil and speak back to institutions of power whilst creating grassroots networks of mutual support and security. bradford.ac.uk/gallery

Blaq Ivory Live 8pm, Sun Hotel Outrageous cabaret and drag hosts every Saturday night at The Sun. facebook.com/sunbradford

THESMO - women only comedy workshops 2-4pm, Theatre in the Mill, University of Bradford Led by theatre-maker/comedy-lover/ academic Natalie Diddams, this lively and practical series of workshops will unlock your inner Funny Woman! brad.ac.uk/theatre/whats-on/Thesmo-workshops

G.O.D Soundystem presents Stamina 10PM-4:30AM, 1in12 club G.O.D celebrate their fourth birthday with a late night of DJs - the G.O.D crew + special guests playing jungle / drum’n’bass / dubstep / bassmusic. Over 18s only. You must be a member or guest of a member to attend. Get down early because this one is always full to the roof very quickly! £5 OTD.

Afrobeats 11pm, 1875 Bar, Ivegate Afrobeats to celebrate Nigerian Independence Day from 11pm till 8am.

Yorkshire’s best five DJs on rotation.

Food available all night. Tickets available on door.

Sunday 2 October Supersonic plus exclusive livestream Q&A 7:15pm, Picturehouse Cinema at National Media Museum Asif Kapadia teams up with Matt Whitecross to tackle the journey of game-changing Oasis. Supersonic tells the story behind one of the world’s greatest super-bands, and is a riveting portrayal of the Britpop phenomenon. picturehouses.com/cinema/National_Media_ Museum/Whats_On

Live music from Phil Cooper 7pm, The Record Café, North Parade, Bradford Singer-songwriter Phil Cooper returns to bring us more of his power pop songs. therecordcafe.co.uk

Monday 3 October Beehive Poets 8.30pm The New Beehive Inn Westgate BD1 3AA Readaround - bring your poems to read and share beehivepoets.org.uk

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Tuesday 4 October The Northern School 7.30pm 4 - 8 October, Bradford Playhouse Set at the end of the 1950s, featuring a live rock ‘n’ roll band, a beatnik jazz café, video and film projection, we go behind the scenes of Esme Church’s legendary Northern School of Acting in this brand new site-specific theatre experience. £12/£10 concession. ticketsource.co.uk/event/EHEKKE

A Tale of Two Cities 4 – 8 October, The Alhambra Theatre A Touring Consortium Theatre Company and Royal & Derngate Northamptonshire production of Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities comes to the Alhambra Theatre. £13.50 - £27.50 bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on

Wednesday 5 October MILES COOPER SEATON / BLACK SPRING 8pm, Fuse Art Space For over a decade Miles Cooper Seaton’s work has defied genre and discipline, spanning immersive ambient installations, intimate sets in sacred spaces and festival stages from Los Angeles to Tokyo – as a solo artist, with his own band Akron/ Family and as a member of Michael Gira’s Angels of Light. milescooperseaton.bandcamp.com/track/echo

WEDNESDAY @ ONE 1pm, Bradford Cathedral The new season of weekly lunchtime organ recitals continues with Greg Abrahams (Bishop’s Cleeve). Recitals start at 1.00pm and are free with a retiring collection. 01274 777720 www. bradfordcathedral.org @Bfdcathedral facebook.com/stpeterbradford

Wunderbar Frat Party 10pm, Stein Bierkeller, Great Horton Road, Bradford The ultimate weekly student frat party.

With DJ Tony Gold and Beer Pong. Then join Tony in a giant conga to the Circle Nightclub at 1am.

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Book a society party and get a free pizza. facebook.com/bierkellerbradford

Quids In 11pm – 4am, Circle Nightclub, Morley Street, Bradford Student night with massive Dance Anthems and Urban Classics. Giant Conga from Stein Bierkeller to Circle at 1am Entry - £1 before 1am with wristbands from Stein Bierkeller. email charlotte@tokyoindustries.com facebook.com/circlebradford1

CHUCK MOSLEY (FAITH NO MORE) 8pm till 12, The Underground Bradford The Underground will be hosting a special concert featuring Chuck Mosley and special guests £10 ADV - skiddle.com/e/12822448 theundergroundbradford.com

Thursday 6 October Topic Folk Club 8.15pm Glyde House, Glydegate, Little Horton Lane BD5 0BQ Singers and musicians night. Free entry topic-folk-club.org.uk

Bradford Family History Society 10am, Glyde House A talk by Kathryn Hughes – My Pybus and Bradford’s munitions factories. £2 glydehouse.co.uk/whats-on-events

Forest of Light 6 – 9 October, City Park Master light artists T.I.L.T return to City Park with an incredible new show designed specifically for City Park’s mirror pool. Expect some beautiful reflections and no less than 59 giant illuminated sculptures, creating an enchanting atmosphere. cityparkbradford.com

Marc & Abi (Issimo) Jam Session 10pm – 1am, Al’s Dime Bar

join us to host Al’s Dime Bar’s bi-monthly Jam Session. facebook.com/alsdimebarbradford

DARKO UK TOUR 8pm till 12, The Underground Bradford “Techy skate-punk for fans of Belvedere and Strung Out” – Rock Sound FREE ENTRY theundergroundbradford.com

Friday 7 October Christmas Showcase 6pm, Brew Haus, Great Horton Road, Bradford Businesses and other party organisers are invited to sample treats from the Christmas buffet menu and enjoy a complimentary glass of bubbly.

Booking required - email charlotte@ tokyoindustries.com brew-haus.co.uk

Wild Woods 6PM, Darley Sreet, Bradford Explore a once familiar clearing in Darley Street, transformed into an enchanted forest where the creative spirit of Bradford grows free. Join us for a packed programme full of after dark adventures and spontaneous happenings. Extra dates... 21st October, 29th October, 4th November, 11th November.

Funkin’ Soul 8PM doors, 1in12 club Our regular funk/soul/ska/hip-hop/ breakbeat night returns with a blast, after a short hiatus. Live music from Albion Street (experimental and unique reggae, rock, funk, jazz named after their place of rehearsal) backed up by our house DJs Hashfinger (Bradford hip hop) and Jon G (eclectic mix of music genres). £3 Members/£4 Guests.

Singers, Musicians & Poets night 8pm, The Castle Come and sing a song, play a tune, recite a poem or come and relax and listen and enjoy the atmosphere whilst supping a pint of real ale.

Local Starlets Marc and Abi of Issimo

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Apres Ski Club 9pm ‘til late, Stein Bierkeller, Great Horton Road, Bradford Bavarian party with DJ Tony Gold. Party anthems and party games. (Then every Friday) £5 steins before 11pm Entry - £2 (free before 10pm).

Phone 01274 397 397 to book. facebook.com/bierkellerbradford/

THE BARMINES 6pm till 11pm, The Underground Bradford THE BARMINES with support from Bradford’s very own THE VOODOO BATS £5 ADV - skiddle.com/e/12808117 theundergroundbradford.com

Saturday 8 October Green Your City – Family Friendly Event 11am-2pm, Delius Arts & Cultural Centre A day to explore different elements of growing and the cycle of growing, led by Grow Bradford. FREE (bring a packed lunch).

Bradford Social Scene Spectacular ’16 – Student Event 4pm-9pm, Delius Arts & Cultural Centre An immersive miniature City experience; the Delius Centre brings together a taste of local venues and organisations so you can get to know your new City. FREE.

Rebel Cat Events Presents 7:30PM doors, 1in12 club Another ace night of punk from the Rebel Cat guys! Part of the We Shall Overcome week of gigs against austerity. Featuring No Decorum (Ska/Oi Punk), Mothcob (Grindcore punk) and Eye Licker (Hardcore Punk). Bring tinned/dried food and household products to donate towards food banks! £4 Members/ £5 Guests.

THESMO - Natalie Diddams 7.30pm, Theatre in the Mill, University of Bradford

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A funny fusion of stand-up, sketch, lecture and performance that celebrates and interrogates the disruptive power of women doing comedy. Work in progress showing. brad.ac.uk/theatre/whats-on/thesmo/

Bavarian Oompah Party 8pm ‘til late, Stein Bierkeller, Great Horton Road, Bradford Traditional Bavarian Bierkeller night, with Oompah party and Bavarian DJ JP. Bavarian steins, bratwurst and pretzel snacks. Large parties welcome. (Then every Saturday)

Entry – Booking advised: various priced packages to choose from.

Phone 01274 397 397 to book. steinbierkeller.com

ELODIE (ANDREW CHALK / TIMO VAN LUIJK / TOM JAMES SCOTT) + REIZEN 8pm, Fuse Art Space Andrew Chalk and Timo van Luijk focus their attention on one or two chosen instruments and naturally employ a more reductionist approach, allowing slow phrases to intertwine and repeat through the duration. At Fuse they will be joined

by Tom James Scott who has collaborated with them a number of times in the past, both on record and in a live setting.

JATP Jazz Club 8pm, Glyde House Promoting live jazz in Bradford, including established performers as well as up & coming acts primarily based in the Yorkshire and Humber region. £7 general admission, £5 for members. glydehouse.co.uk/whats-on-events/

Bradford City v Shrewsbury 3pm, Bradford City Football City Bradford City take on Shrewsbury in the Sky Bet League One. Adults: £25, Under 16: £15 bradfordcityfc.co.uk

Sunday 9 October Songs Without Frontiers: an Afternoon of Harmony and Solidarity 2.30pm, Delius Arts & Cultural Centre Bradford Women Singers and German women’s Choir Picanta are joined by tea and cake for a wonderfully intimate Sunday afternoonperformance. FREE.

OPEN MIC NIGHT 6pm till 11pm, The Underground Bradford Jam session for local artists to Jam together on the big stage, and have a bit of fun with it!

FREE ENTRY theundergroundbradford.com

Monday 10 October Beehive Poets 8pm for 8.30pm The New Beehive Inn Westgate BD1 3AA Visiting poet Martyn Crucefix and Mandarin reader and visual artist Yan Wang will share a reading from Lao Tsu’s Chinese text the Daodejing, based on Martyn’s critically acclaimed recent translation, published by the Enitharmon Press. beehivepoets.org.uk

My Scientology - film + satellite Q+A 7:30pm, Picturehouse Cinemas at The National Media Museum Louis Theroux’s first theatrical feature documentary from the Oscar-winning producer of Searching For Sugarman and Man On Wire. See the renowned filmmaker delve into the world of Scientology. This screening will be followed by a live satellite Q&A with Louis Theroux. picturehouses.com/cinema/National_Media_ Museum/Whats_On

Tuesday 11 October Book Group 5-6pm, Cafe W Join our regular monthly book group as we discuss what we thought of Grief Is The Thing With Feathers by Max Porter.

We meet on the second Tuesday of each month - everyone welcome! Contact the shop if you’d like to join our email list for book group updates.

My Scientology - film + recorded Q&A 8:15pm, Picturehouse Cinemas at The National Media Museum Louis Theroux’s first theatrical feature documentary from the Oscar-winning producer of Searching For Sugarman and Man On Wire. See the renowned filmmaker delve into the world of Scientology. This screening will be followed by a recorded Q&A with Louis Theroux. picturehouses.com/cinema/National_Media_ Museum/Whats_On

COFFEE CONCERT 11am, Bradford Cathedral The new season of monthly Coffee Concerts continues with Sally Leeming (Soprano). Concerts are preceded by coffee & cake from 10.30am. All welcome - Free entry - Donations appreciated.

01274 777720 www.bradfordcathedral.org @Bfdcathedral facebook.com/stpeterbradford

Northern Ballet: Romeo and Juliet 11 – 15 October, The Alhambra Theatre Share in the passion and stolen moments of the world’s most famous young lovers, and get swept up in the heartbreak as the tragedy of their world consumes them.

Northern Ballet is the first company to bring Jean- Christophe Maillot’s Les Ballets de Monte Carlo’s Romeo and Juliet to the UK. £13.50 - £35.50 bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on

Wednesday 12 October WEDNESDAY @ ONE 1.00pm, Bradford Cathedral The new season of weekly lunchtime organ recitals continues with Prof Graham Barber (Leeds). Recitals start at 1.00pm and are free with a retiring collection.

01274 777720 www.bradfordcathedral.org @Bfdcathedral facebook.com/stpeterbradford

Thursday 13 October Imagine If Theatre Company present: You Forgot the Mince 7:30pm, Theatre in the Mill Imagine If Theatre Company aims to educate the public about the causes and consequences of issues of social and economic disadvantage through artistic performances and workshops. Its goal is to instigate change in communities through art. £6 - £10 brad.ac.uk/theatre/whats-on/

Triumph of Love: Big Make-In 12-3pm, Wur Bradford artspace, Kirkgate Market Join artists Uzma Kazi, Chemaine Cooke and Jean McEwan in a massive love themed make-in session - to create lanterns, banners, decorations and costumes. These will become part of ‘ The Triumph of Love’ a new art project celebrating our love and ambition for Bradford. Free, drop in, all welcome wurbradford.wordpress.com

Widescreen Weekend 2016 13-16 October, Picturehouse Cinema at The National Media Museum A unique celebration of boundary-pushing technology, and spectacular large format films. Widescreen Weekend will feature new Cinerama restorations, classic 70mm screenings and demonstrations of the latest ways to enjoy immersive cinema. picturehouses.com/cinema/National_Media_ Museum/Whats_On

Topic Folk Club 8.30pm Glyde House, Glydegate, Little Horton Lane BD5 0BQ Dave Burland. One of the most respected and long established performers on the folk scene. Support from the Saddleworthbased duo,Wilson McGladdery. topic-folk-club.org.uk

Friday 14 October Jazz at The Delius: Inside Outside Jazz Duo 7.30pm, Delius Arts & Cultural Centre Kicking off our Jazz programme, jazz couple Kathy and John Dyson perform ‘pure, wholly enjoyable, entirely unpretentious music’. £10 (£8 Conc.) £5 Student Special – Tickets available via Eventbrite or OTD

Sam Barrett 8pm, The Castle Raised in the English folk tradition, Sam also draws heavily on English, Irish and Scottish folk music and arranges his own unique versions of traditional songs taking influence from such luminaries as Ewan McColl, Tim Hart and the Waterson’s to create his own unique sound.

Dolly Parton Tribute Night Napoleon’s Casino and Restaurant Bradford Enjoy a Dolly Parton Tribute Night along with a 4-course dinner, complimentary drink on arrival and a free £5 bet to spend in the casino. £25 napoleons-casinos.co.uk/bradford/whats-on/

PICCADILLY CIRCUS 8pm till Late, The Underground Bradford Bradford’s very own Indie night with live

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music from CITRUS HEIGHTS and more TBA, with a DJ playing the best in all things alternative, Indie and Rock £4 ADV theundergroundbradford.com

talents to break in years. £13.50 bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on

Alauda Quartet 7:30pm, Bradford Cathedral The Alauda Quartet’s debut performance at Bradford Cathedral as part of the 29th Chamber Season. £15 - £17 bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on

Multi venue festival to raise music for Oxfam, with Live music from 2pm – 12pm and The Underground will be hosting the after party!

Wristbands - £8 Single Venue - £5 theundergroundbradford.com

Northern Ballet: Tortoise & the Hare 2pm, The Alhambra Theatre

Photobook Fair 11am to 4.30pm, Impressions Gallery

Following the successes of Ugly Duckling, Three Little Pigs and Elves & the Shoemaker and the TV adaptations for CBeebies, Northern Ballet bring their magic to Tortoise & the Hare. £6.50 bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on

Don’t miss this fantastic opportunity to browse a huge range of photobooks and zines, including newly-published work, rare publications and self published photobooks. Stalls include RRB Photobooks, Village Bookshop and Cafe Royal Books. Talks, workshops, and signings will take place throughout the day. impressions-gallery.com/events

Northern Epidemic 8pm – 2am, Al’s Dime Bar Northern Epidemic come to Al’s Dime Bar so come and fall at the feet of these amazing good time givers! All the music you love, served to you in the best possible way! facebook.com/alsdimebarbradford

Saturday 15 October Bradford Oxjam Takeover 2pm - late, 1in12 club and other venues The 1in12 club takes part in Bradford’s Oxjam takeover. This is a mega-lineup of amazing artists and bands over 8 venues. Search Bradford Oxjam Takeover on Facebook for in depth details. Single venue entry £5, all-venue wristband £8, early-bird wristband £6.50.

Artist Talk with Peter Mitchell 3pm to 4pm, Impressions Gallery Join us for an insight into the distinctive work and ways of Peter Mitchell as he takes us on a journey through his career in photography.

Free event, booking required impressions-gallery.com/events

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Lexi Pinners Live 8pm, Sun Hotel Outrageous cabaret and drag hosts every Saturday night at The Sun. facebook.com/sunbradford/

Dane Baptiste: Reasonable Doubts 8pm, The Studio Original, provocative and exceptionally prolific, Dane Baptiste is already being hailed as one of the most exciting comic

OXJAM FESTIVAL 8pm till Late, The Underground Bradford

Birthday Party 9am-5.30pm, (Also 16 October 10.30am - 4.30pm) Waterstones This weekend Waterstones celebrates 20 years in The Wool Exchange with authors (including A A Dhand, Frances Brody and John Dewhirst), cake and lots more.

We’ll have special offers and gifts and would love to share the celebration with customers old and new.

Live gig - Kascarade 9pm, Highfield Hotel, Highfield Road, Idle Bradford indie rock band Kascarade play an extended set of original material, including performance of their debut album The Start Of It All, with a couple of covers thrown in for good measure!

Entry - free

Sunday 16 October Yoko Ikeda / Lo Wie / Wakana Ikeda / Ryoko Akama / Charlie Collins Quintet 8pm, Fuse Art Space The international quintet of Yoko Ikeda (violin), Lo Wie (objects), Wakana Ikeda (flute), Ryoko Akama (electronics), and Charlie Collins (percussion) embarks on a short UK tour, incorporating improvised pieces and text compositions, including include ‘mada’ (2015) by Taku Sugimoto, Cloud Scissors (2015) by Lo Wie.

Monday 17 October Beehive Poets 8.30pm The New Beehive Inn Westgate BD1 3AA Readaround - bring your poems to read and share

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Shane Filan 7pm, The Alhambra Theatre Westlife frontman Shane Filan comes to Bradford to extend the huge success of his Right Here 2016 tour. £34 - £51.50 bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on

Tuesday 18 October Alex Eden’s Blues Jam 8pm - 11pm, Factory St. Studios, 9 Factory Street, Dudley Hill, Bradford, BD4 9NW. Alex Eden (Crosscut Saw) will be hosting this special blues jam. Once a month you’ll be able to get up with the house band, join in, dance and enjoy some quality blues with some of the finest blues musicians in the country. factorystreet.co.uk

Bradford City v Southend United 7:45pm, Bradford City Football Club Bradford City take on Southend United in the Sky Bet League One. Adults: £25 bradfordcityfc.co.uk

Steeleye Span In Concert 7:30pm, King’s Hall Ilkley The folk-rock pioneers are touring with a new live show. Steeleye Span are not just a legendary name in British music but also a link to the classic days of rock and folk music £23 bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on

Wednesday 19 October Kissing The Shotgun Goodnight 19 - 20 October, Theatre in the Mill Christopher Brett Bailey’s words deliver a linguistic kaleidoscope of caustic cartoons and crackpot prophesies in this new dark production. £6 - £10 brad.ac.uk/theatre/whats-on/

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Recitals start at 1.00pm and are free with a retiring collection. 01274 777720 www. bradfordcathedral.org @Bfdcathedral facebook.com/stpeterbradford

Halfway to Paradise – The Billy Fury Story 7:30pm, The Alhambra Theatre With the sensational Colin Gold as Fury.

Billy Fury was Britain’s own Elvis. With looks like James Dean - he was sex on legs.... & the girls went wild for him! £19.50 - £21.50 bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on

Thursday 20 October Topic Folk Club 8.30 pm Glyde House, Glydegate, Little Horton Lane BD5 0BQ Tom McConville. Award-winning virtuoso fiddle player and fine singer. One of Tyneside’s best, with his own unique sound and Geordie wit. topic-folk-club.org.uk

The Washboard Resonators 8pm until late, Al’s Dime Bar A washboard, a resonator and a banjo.

What more do you need to bring the best in vintage, foot-stomping blues! facebook.com/alsdimebarbradford

Gilbert O’Sullivan In Concert 7:30pm, The Alhambra Theatre Don’t miss this acclaimed live show in support of new Latin-influenced album Latin Al G, performed with his fabulous ten-piece band. A global superstar who topped the UK and US charts with the likes of Alone Again (Naturally) and Get Down, Gilbert O’Sullivan is an artist who has never rested on his laurels. £31 bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on

Friday 21 October Moist Tiger 7pm doors, 1in12 club Moist Tiger returns with their night of danceable ska/punk/rock/indie.

Presenting Tree House Fire (south Wales based 5-piece reggae/dub/ska), Nutty

Skunk (ska, punk and other junk from Leeds) and Herbie Jack (politically charged punky ska from Stoke-on-Trent). Search Moist Tiger on Facebook for more info on this event and other upcoming events! £5 members/ £6 Guests.

Starman – David Bowie - A Musical Celebration 7:30pm, King’s Hall Ilkley The finest musicians and singers combined with an amazing performance from theatre stage star Michael King will celebrate the music of David Bowie. The show includes big screen audiovisual footage plus various costume changes. It’s an awesome show taking the audience on a Fantastic Voyage of Bowie hits bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on

UP: START Live presents OTIS MENSAH 8pm till Late, The Underground Bradford Otis is a rap poet whose lyrical excellence shows maturity and real life experience.

OTD - £5 theundergroundbradford.com

Blind Dead McJones Band 8pm until late, Al’s Dime Bar These crazy boys are back, complete with their elephant on a lead. If you missed them last time, they danced on chairs (Ben almost fell off), they had their instruments hijacked by a certain staff member, it was all good, clean, boozy fun! facebook.com/alsdimebarbradford

Muppett 8pm, The Castle Swaps his usual role of the Castle’s M/C tonight to perform his array of humorous parodies and chorus songs with a few tall tales thrown in for good measure. Definitely a night of audience participation.

Saturday 22 October I Just Wanna D.I.Y Fest 2pm- 1am, 1in12 club Sink! Bradford! Sink! Proudly brings to you some of the best UK DIY there is to offer. Presenting in no particular order Syslak, Little Fists, Fresh, Me-Rex, Milk Crimes, Gerrard Bell-Fife, Ganglions,

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Crumbs, Threat Level Midnight, Fight Rosa Fight and more TBC. For those who know Sink Bradford Sink, this is also his 26th birthday party. An all-dayer not to be missed!

Janis and Emmylou-inspired tunes.

TEN 8pm, Fuse Art Space

Workshop - bring your poems for critical and constructive feedback beehivepoets.org.uk

Ten (Dominic Deane) is a musician and artist from Leeds, and has been making experimental and ambient music since 2009. Ten’s sound combines electronic keys, shoegaze noise and percussion with acoustic glockenspiel and strings to create a beautiful cinematic sound-scape that moves from slow, eerie and melancholic to pulsating and optimistic.

BILLY BIBBY AND THE WRY SMILES 8pm till Late, The Underground Bradford Ex Catfish and the bottle men Billy Bibby, with support from ISSIMO and ORMSTONS £7 ADV - skiddle.com/e/12814095 theundergroundbradford.com

Family Learning Festival: Planet Me 11am - 3pm, 22 & 29 October, Impressions Gallery As part of this year’s Family Learning Festival, take part in Planet Me and tell us your story. Get creative using cut outs and collage at this digitally interactive storytelling workshop.

Free, drop in. impressions-gallery.com/events

Fonda Cox Live 8pm, Sun Hotel Outrageous cabaret and drag hosts every Saturday night at The Sun. facebook.com/sunbradford/

Bradford City v Sheff Utd 3pm, Bradford City Football Club Bradford City takes on Sheff Utd in the Sky Bet League One. £25 bradfordcityfc.co.uk

The Ken Dodd Happiness Show 7:30pm, The Alhambra Theatre

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Comedian of unrivalled and legendary status, Ken Dodd has been entertaining audiences for a lifetime of happiness and laughter. £20.50 - £24.50 bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on

Sunday 23 October Live music from Waiting for Wednesday 7pm, The Record Café, North Parade, Bradford The ever-popular duo make their first appearance bringing with them their Joni,

Monday 24 October Beehive Poets 8.30pm The New Beehive Inn Westgate BD1 3AA

Tuesday 25 October The Glenn Miller Story 25 – 29 October, The Alhambra Theatre Brought to the stage in a brand new production, the life, fame and disappearance of America’s most famous big band leader. It’s been seventy years since Glenn Miller vanished over the English Channel as he flew to Paris to entertain the troops during the Second World War. Did he crash? Was he shot down? Will the mystery ever be solved? £16.50 – £43.50 bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on

Wednesday 26 October Film screening: Calypso At Dirty Jim’s 8pm, The Record Café, North Parade, Bradford As part of Black History Month, a screening of the award-winning documentary recreating the atmosphere of the famous Trinidad club in the golden era of calypso. And we’ll have Caribbean food too.

Only Fools and Boycie – The New Show 7:30pm, The Studio Enjoy an intimate evening with John Challis, one of the nation’s greatest comedy actors, best known as Boycie in BBC1’s Only Fools and Horses. £17.50 bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on

WEDNESDAY @ ONE 1.00pm, Bradford Cathedral The organ recital season continues with James Luxton (Liverpool). Recitals start at 1.00pm and are free with a retiring collection. 01274 777720 bradfordcathedral. org

Frat Party - Twisted Fairytale Halloween Special 10pm, Stein Bierkeller, Great Horton Road, Bradford Expect the unexpected at this weird and wonderful spooky student event. With DJ Tony Gold and Beer Pong. Join Tony Gold in a Creepy Conga to circle at 1am Entry: Free before 11pm £2 after 11pm Includes £1 wrist bands for guaranteed entry to Circle Nightclub Book a society party and get a free pizza.

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Quids in - Twisted Fairy Tale 11pm – 4am, Circle Nightclub, Morley Street, Bradford Spooky Halloween special student night.

Expect the unimaginable on “the craziest night out you will ever experience”.

Entry: £1 Entry before 1am facebook.com/circlebradford1/

Thursday 27 October Doug Nissley 8–11pm, Al’s Dime Bar Doug Nissley has previously played at Dime Bar for a Bradford Blues Club night, but he was so great we just had to get him back in on his own! Funny, talented, and a lot of stories to tell, it’s guaranteed to be a great way to spend a laid-back Thursday evening. facebook.com/alsdimebarbradford

The Rubettes featuring Alan Williams 7:30pm, Kings Hall Ilkley Join original Rubettes Alan Williams, John Richardson and Mick Clarke as they play the hits and tell it like it was. Accompanied

by Steve Innes Etherington. £21.50 bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on

Paul Foot: ‘Tis A Pity She’s A Piglet 8pm, The Studio In ‘Tis A Pity She’s A Piglet, Paul’s first new show in two years, Professor Ketchup and his camembert piglet join forces as he tackles the big issues such as terrorism.

Plus Ant ‘n Dec, immigration, X-Factor and breakfast. £15 bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on

George Michael Tribute Night Napoleon’s Casino and Restaurant Bradford Enjoy a night of George Michael Tribute music along with a four-course meal, complimentary drink on arrival and free £5 to spend in the casino. £25 napoleons-casinos.co.uk/bradford/whats-on/

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Topic Folk Club 8.30 pm Glyde House, Glydegate, Little Horton Lane BD5 0BQ Lowri Evans & Lee Mason. Singer/ songwriter duo (kindly standing in for Bric a Brac who have postponed to 22 December) who delighted us with a support performance earlier in the year. topic-folk-club.org.uk

Friday 28 October Ian Hill 8pm, The Castle Ian Hill has been playing and performing for nearly forty years, When not in sea-song mode, he is an accomplished player of the guitar and mandola, and occasionally also plays mandolin, cittern, and banjo.

Figurines and Two To Tune - Lola Maury 7.30pm, Theatre in the Mill, University of Bradford An exercise in transformation and perpetual movement, Figurines is inspired by whirling Dervish Dance. Two to Tune is a sweaty game celebrating instinct. £10 Full / £6 concessions / £4 discounted brad.ac.uk/theatre/whats-on/lola-maury/

LUCIFERS LIVE LOUNGE – HALLOWEEN SPECIAL 8pm till Late, The Underground Bradford Live music from ROCK BOTTOM RISERS and more TBA, with a DJ playing all things rock and alternative after! £5 ADV theundergroundbradford.com

Night Market 8pm, BrewHaus & Stein Bierkeller, Great Horton Road, Bradford Featuring the best of local handmade and vintage vendors. Browse through stalls offering a broad range of unique, niche goods, including arts and crafts, jewellery, clothing, handmade and continental gifts.

Street food and entertainment throughout the day. As always, over 70 beers at the BrewHaus & Bierkeller bars.

Free stalls, free entry. Email charlotte@ tokyoindustries.com to apply for a stall. brew-haus.co.uk

Saturday 29 October Claire Potter and Bridget Hayden (TBC) 8pm, Fuse Art Space Bradford, 7 Rawson Place, Bradford BD1 3JP Claire Potter and Bridget Hayden (TBC) and more at Fuse Art Space. This off-site event is part of the events programme for Subveillance at Gallery II. brad.ac.uk/music/

Rubber Kazoo 8 – 11pm, Al’s Dime Bar Halloween is our favourite time of year, and since it falls on a Monday this year, we’ll just have to stretch the party out longer! Dime Bar Halloween favourites Rubber Kazoo return for the annual scare fest, with gritty, husky, rocky goodness! facebook.com/alsdimebarbradford

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SEASON OF LIGHT Forest of Light 6th-9th Oct, dusk until 10pm each evening Master light artists T-I-L-T return to City Park with an incredible new show designed specifically for City Park’s mirror pool.

Watch 59 giant illuminated sculptures create an enchanting atmosphere radiating beautiful iridescent shades of red, green, orange and gold.

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Christmas Lights Spectacular 19th Nov, 5-6pm Look out for the wonderful Spark! drummers with their vibrant musical arrangements, dazzling costumes, beautiful lighting design and dynamic choreography. This will be a Christmas lights show like no other!

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City of Light Lantern Parades

7th Oct, 6-10 | 21st Oct, 6-10 4th Nov, 6-10 | 11th Nov, 6-12

Lister’s Lanterns, 15th Oct, 6pm-8pm at Cartwright Hall, Lister Park

Explore a once familiar clearing in Darley Street, transformed into an enchanted forest where the creative spirit of Bradford grows free.

Join us for a packed programme full of after dark adventures and spontaneous happenings.

www.cecilgreenarts.co.uk

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Darley Street Parade 28th Oct, 6.30pm, Darley Street www.cecilgreenarts.co.uk