The Bradford Review | Issue 26 | March 2017

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Bradford Review ISSUE 26 April 2017

Contents 06 | In the News

10 | Politics in the Pub 14 | Tour de Yorkshire

18 | Bradford Cycling Club

22 | On the cover..Taaryn Brench 24 | Jump...Battle of the DJs 28 | Wild Woods 32 | Love Apple

36 | Picks Of The Month 38 | What’s On?

On The Cover

This month’s cover image is by Taaryn Brench . If you’d like to feature on the cover send your entry to enquiries@festivalpublications.co.uk.

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In the News

Wonderlab gallery to open at renamed museum

A state-of-the-art £1.8 million interactive gallery, a new name, and the arrival of astronaut Tim Peake’s spacecraft are among a series of major launches at the National Media Museum this year.

The museum, set to become the National Science and Media Museum to reflect its focus on the science behind the magic of photography, film and television, unveiled its new gallery Wonderlab with an opening family weekend on 25 and 26 March.

Featuring UK firsts and breathtaking live shows, Wonderlab explores the science of light, sound and images through stateof-the-art exhibits – including some that can’t be seen permanently anywhere else in the world. The Bradford-based museum has also confirmed it will host the world-famous Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft that carried Major Tim Peake to the International Space Station (ISS) and back to earth.

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Explore Little Germany with new heritage app

The Little Germany area has often seemed overlooked, but with the development of the nearby Broadway shopping centre reconnecting the area to the city centre, the residents and business owners of the area have fresh hope that more will see its potential.

They have introduced a number of quirky art installations alongside existing features which together form an evolving arts and heritage trail through Little Germany.

The app allows visitors to walk through Little Germany and discover the heritage of the area, using Bluetooth technology to display artwork and tell stories which add to the visitor’s experience.

The app is available to download from the Android and Apple app stores, and it’s called LGA Heritage Trail.

Launch of art collaboration

Funding boost for Manningham

Three Bradford-based organisations have received over £8,000 of National Lottery funding to Celebrate Manningham.

Mind the Gap, Millan Centre and Sharakat Project have been awarded over £8,000 to host three free community events in March, April and May celebrating Manningham. The first event, attended by over 70 people, at Millan Centre on 9 March coincided with International Women’s Day and included a performance by Trishool Dance and keynote speakers including local policewoman PC Fiz Ahmed.

The next Celebrate Manningham event will take place on Saturday 8 April in the grounds of Manningham’s historic St Paul’s Church, organised by the Sharakat Project, an interfaith project based at the church. This exciting event will include free food, stalls, children’s activities including a bouncy castle, face painting and an inflatable slide as well as street theatre from Mind the Gap and mendhi henna painting.

ARTbound Community is collaborating with Kala Sangam Arts Centre to bring an exhibition of celebratory artwork to Bradford. New Beginnings will showcase original art works celebrating life, positivity and energy at Kala Sangam Arts Centre in Little Germany from Mon 3 April to Fri 12 May. Yorkshire artists Emma Jane Collinson, Juliette Anne, Phillip Scaife and Sean Rutter will be featuring their creations in the main reception area of Kala Sangam, alongside a sculptural installation, for a six week period.

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Politics in the Pub They say politics and pubs shouldn’t mix, but this event has turned the idea on its head following a number of succesful events.

by John Atkinson

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Who could forget the 2015 election? Farage failing again, Cameron defying the pollsters to claim an unexpected majority, and the indefatigable George Galloway giving way to Naz Shah in one of the most contentious, exciting and widely reported constituency battles of the campaign. The battle for Bradford West wasn’t just about Shah vs Galloway, it gave us the idea for Politics In The Pub, a free monthly night of conversation, debate and discussion.

Our first two years have been filled with some fabulous speakers discussing a range of topics - Susan Hinchcliffe, Philip Davies and Richard Corbett MEP talking Brexit, Simon Cooke, Jeanette Sunderland and Dave Green debating devolution, David Ward and Baroness Thornton exploring why voting matters so very much. We’ve had our fair share of non-politicians, too, making sure our events are much, much more than party political broadcasts academics have discussed economics and evidence, and business people have tackled Brexit. It’s been a blast!

Politics In The Pub events are great nights to spend a few hours thinking and talking (and drinking) with your friends. All our events are free and happen in one of many pubs in Bradford city centre - it’s important for us to remind people that there’s a city out there waiting for them after work. We begin, as always, with a few jokes about political events, and a vote on the night’s topic. Our favourite response to the vote, which is invariably the majority, is Don’t Know. We love that, we take pride in that, and our speakers revel in that as it shows that our audience is free, openminded and willing to decide, based on the quality of the argument. The panel speaks about the subjects, questions come thick and fast from the floor, and we finish with the same vote and a chance to see how the speakers have influenced our audience.

Our speakers love Politics In The Pub because they get to share their passions, their ideas, their visions for the future, our audience loves it because they get to meet the people who make decisions, get to discuss the future of their country and communities, and get to speak truth to power… something both sides appreciate more than we might expect. Our audience appreciates the quality of our speakers; our speakers appreciate the quality of our audience. It’s a virtuous circle… with great beer. What more could you want?

We’ve a few events coming and I’m sure you’ll be interested. In April, with Bradford Civic Society, we’ll be debating regeneration in Bradford’s Independent Quarter. This event will be a little different and we’ll be encouraging much more recorded feedback than usual and presenting the ideas to Bradford Council, making Bradford a better place in which to live and work and love. In May, Reform of the House of Lords is on the agenda with Lord Wallace of Saltaire and the Deputy Chief Executive of the Electoral Reform Society. Over the summer, we’ll also be debating education in Bradford with a host of experts including Bradford East MP Imran Hussain. We’re always looking for ideas for future topics, so if you want it debated, get in touch.

Our events are free, open and enjoyable. For more info visit www.bradford.pitp.org.uk

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The Tour de Yorkshire

Last year’s Tour de Yorkshire winner Thomas Voeckler, who will be competing again in 2017 in his final year on the tour.

Stage Three: Sunday 30 April – Bradford to Fox Valley, Sheffield, 194.5km (120.9 miles) The decisive stage of this year’s race – ominously titled The Yorkshire Terrier due to its punishing parcours – exits Bradford’s City Park at 12:10pm and takes a scenic trip to the Dales before heading back along the Aire Valley for the first of eight climbs on the Côte de Silsden at 14:04pm. The Côtes de Haworth and Leeming then follow in quick succession at 14:22pm and 14:32pm respectively before the peloton reaches the Côte de Shibden Wall.

This cobbled beast will be crested at 14:54pm before an intermediate sprint takes place in Clifton at 15:09pm. There’s no respite as the

race passes into South Yorkshire, and the final sprint points are up for grabs in Stocksbridge at 16:47pm before the weary riders tackle a gruelling 22km concluding loop featuring no less than four categorised climbs.

The Côte de Deepcar is first up at 16:52pm and the Côtes de Wigtwizzle (16:58pm) and Ewden Height (17:01) come one after the other before one last drag up the Côte de Midhopestones at 17:07pm.

Anyone left in contention after that will duke it out for the stage and overall victory in Fox Valley at 17:15pm.

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Bradford Cycle Club: going uphill fast

by Phil Jackson

You may have noticed cycling is riding a popularity boost these days, and Bradford is very much caught up in all the interest and activity.

Bradford saw some amazing scenes as the Tour de France passed through the district in 2014, with millions packing the roadsides to enjoy the spectacle. The third edition of the Tour de Yorkshire starts its third and final stage from Bradford, the 2019 World Road Cycling Championships looks like being held here, and at a more grassroots level, Bradford Council are working to make Bradford THE Capital of Cycling.

Bradford Cycle Club is backing up all this excitement with the plans of Taras Stefanysyn and his colleagues Mick Charlton, Tracey Lee Gill, Pete Carroll, Chris Nelson and the countless volunteers who make Bradford Cycle Club possible. The club has managed to engage areas of the wider community in a way that’s encouraging and exciting for the future of cycling, both in the area and beyond.

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Taras is typical of Bradford’s multicultural mix, having a Ukrainian dad and Italian mum. He’s an absolute ball of energy and ideas - spend even a few minutes with him and you’ll be dazzled by the constant flow of ideas and possibilities. “I just want to be positive, and positive for Bradford,” he effuses.

Bradford Cycle Club’s partners include Bradford Council, the University of Bradford - including Sports, Physio & Rehabilitation Bradford Bulls, the Bradford Bulls Foundation, Choices for All, Forsters College, Bradford Youth Service, Holmewood PFD and Bradford Disabled Sports & Leisure. They’re also keen to work with other clubs in the area such as the fabulously named Queensbury Queens and Paul Milnes Bradford Olympic RC team, who boast the current junior world cyclo-cross champion, Tom Pidcock.

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The club’s main objectives are threefold one, to get more folk cycling, thus increasing the health, wellbeing & fitness of Bradford people, two, to improve the fabric and living environment of the district (happier, more inclusive people, less cars, less pollution), and three, the regeneration of Bradford through cycling by attracting events, tourism and more.

This year sees their second charity ride to Bradford’s twin town and iconic cycling destination, Roubaix, sponsored by Bradfordbased fashion retailer, La Redoute, whose world headquarters are there. It’s La Redoute’s first year of sponsorship and the plan is to step up their involvement and investment to make next year’s event a high-profile, mass participation event.

The La Redoute Bradford To Roubaix Cycle Challenge leaves Bradford on 5 April, cycling to Hull to catch the ferry to Zeebrugge, then cycling to Roubaix, arriving 6 April. Back in Bradford 11 April.

The club has planned the event to coincide with the 115th year of the major cycle racing

classic, Paris–Roubaix, a mammoth 160 miles in a day, with large sections of the course ridden over extremely rough cobbles.

Participants in the charity ride will be able to get a taste of just what it must be like to ride this event by riding over a couple of short sections of the cobbles, called pavé.

The club also organises weekly rides for all abilities, setting off from the Pavilion Café in City Park on Wednesday evenings, Saturday and Sunday mornings. And they’ve partnered with the Bradford Bulls to run Tuesday evening training events at the Bulls Stadium, including technical and know-how sessions.

Other plans include bike libraries, park-andrides, buddy matches from around the world, twin town events and much more. If Taras is anything to go by, then like it or not, Bradford streets are going to be inundated with happy cyclists of all shapes and sizes.

For more, please visit www. bradfordcycle.club or email bradfordcycleclub@outlook.com

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On the cover...

Taaryn Brench

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How did you get into illustration?

It was a bit of a happy accident to be honest! When I was 25 I decided to retrain as a graphic designer by doing an apprenticeship. Whilst on my course I found I was more drawn to designers who bring in illustration to their work. After I discovered you could actually get paid for drawing pictures, my work just developed from there.

Is your style something you worked towards or did it come naturally?

It’s definitely something I’ve worked towards. When I first started out, my background as a designer influenced my work and I found it was too bland and lacking in personality. I spent a lot of time experimenting with different art mediums as a way of getting off the computer and adding my own stamp to my digital work..

Are there any projects you’re particularly proud of ?

It’s my personal goal to do more work for good and I was asked by a charity called Safe Partnership to create a set of illustrations to show the services they deliver. Right from the start they were an absolute dream to work with. They knew exactly what they wanted but also gave me

a lot of creative freedom, the feedback they gave was really helpful and they paid on time!

What’s your relationship with Bradford and Bradford?

Bradford born and bred! I recently moved back to the area after spending the last eight or nine years in Sheffield. I have really fond memories of being 17 or 18 and hanging out at The Love Apple where people I knew were bringing top bands over to Bradford by putting on their own gig nights - Granadaland, Blank Generation Disco, Dog on Wheels. The music scene was so great around that time, it was a good time to be a teenager!.

Describe your perfect working environment.

I do my best work when it’s super quiet and there’s no one else around so maybe a solitary cabin in the woods. One with a big fire though, I get really cold so easily!

What do you like to do when you’re not illustrating?

I like to spend my time exploring the natural world, I really enjoy going for walks in the woods or going out to nature reserves.

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Hard House DJ Rob Tissera

Battle of the DJs

by Haigh Simpson

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Martin Cook is aiming to unearth Bradford’s DJ talent through Jump, a new dance music night at the Mill nightclub featuring a DJ competition and a headline slot from Rob Tissera.

What gave you the idea to run a DJ competition?

judged differently than a similar event, say 10-15 years ago?

It’s always been difficult to get noticed as a DJ and be given an opportunity with a real crowd to prove yourself as an artist. We’re hoping to give someone that chance to shine.

New DJ tech such as Pioneer’s new XDJRX makes DJing really fun and the things I as a DJ back in 2000 wished for are now possible and then some.

Who can enter and what’s the music policy?

The Jump! style is one of progression, starting from funky, chunky 130bpm vocal house through to 150bpm+ hard house/ trance and beyond depending on the DJs but always uplifting and banging.

Anyone 18+ can enter the competition by swinging over to our website www. jumptrax.co.uk and checking out our music/mixes. Then simply register, put together a 30 minute mix and submit it before midnight on 22 April for a chance to win one of four one-hour slots on the launch night. The overall winner will become a Jump! resident, as well as a host of other prizes.

Has the response been good so far and what do you make of Bradford’s DJ talent?

We’ve had a fantastic response so far with over thirty mixes being submitted already (mid-March) and the entries are coming in from far and wide, so we’re really pleased.

Do you think new technology has changed the art of DJing? Would it be

Are you pleased to have signed up Rob Tissera to play a set on the night too?

I couldn’t be more pleased for Rob to be headlining and for that to be at our spiritual home The Mill makes it all the more special! Rob has been my idol since my early days DJing and his style of uplifting, banging dance music fits the Jump! ethos perfectly. I’ve been privileged to work closely with him in the studio over the last few months and can’t wait for us to drop our latest collaboration exclusively at the Jump! launch night.

Can you tell us a bit about your own background in DJing and promotion?

I was a resident DJ in Leeds back in 1999/2000 playing house, trance and hard house to 1000s of clubbers every week... Now, 17 years on, I’m married to my beautiful wife Victoria (a fellow Club Uropa clubber) have three lovely kids, a Siberian husky and run a small software development company but I never stopped loving the music! I’ve never done anything like Jump! before but I’m hoping it will be a new venture that’s supported and becomes as loved as Parlez-Vous which was one of my favourite regular events at The Mill.

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The enchanting Wild Woods events return to Darley street as part of the Creative Streets project.

by Kate Wellham

Last year a former department store on a formerly busy shopping street in Bradford city centre suddenly sprouted back into life and became The Wild Woods. This new indoor woodland space hosted film screenings, live music, food, drink and fun activities for everyone in Bradford and beyond, curated

by Bradford-based national arts organisation The Brick Box. Creativity and community spirit filled the space once dominated by retail, and the benefits for Bradford were bountiful. The Wild Woods events had the very tangible effect of bringing thousands of people back into the street, each spending money at local businesses and having a great time doing it.

Investment was quadrupled, partnerships were forged, and seeds were planted for Bradford’s future as a creative capital.

Now the Wild Woods are back for a final run of events before The

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Brick Box dismantle them for good, and we’d like you to join us for a celebration of springtime, colour and new beginnings. The Wild Woods have been given a floral makeover (with a twist), and The Brick Box will once again be working with partners across Bradford to deliver a packed and varied programme of performance, music, games, food, drink, art and more.

On 1 April and 15 April, The Wild Woods will be open from 4pm until at least 9pm. Entry is free, and everyone is welcome. We’ll be making robots, throwing colours, dancing and learning. Take part in all the activities or just sit back and enjoy the flowers and birdsong, it’s completely up to you.

To find out more, visit wildwoodsbradford.co.uk follow us on Twitter at @wildwoodsbd1 or like us on Facebook/wildwoodsbradford

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Lou Sumray’s art workshop

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Foodworks

No Hands DJs

Mind the Gap band

The Brick Box Bar

Amnesty International stall

Purple Patch Exhibition

Peace Museum Partition Workshop

Boar’s Wishing Well

Jean McEwan’s workshop

Pete Scotcher’s Clubhouse

Bare Plume cocktails

Peace Museum Exhibition Equity Partnership The Pond

Mike’s and May’s Maze

Collective Visions photo exhibition and flags

Wild Food buffet

Library Glade and the Bookstart bear

Impressions Gallery’s Cottingley Faeries

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The Bruising Bandita’s drive by Spring bonnet workshop Ruby film showing

Amnesty International stall The Cognitive Liberation Front Turkish Food

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Love that Apple - again It’s 20 years since the Love Apple opened in Bradford, and it’s former owners are celebrating with a tribute gig to one of the city’s best-loved venues.

by Michael Mullan

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Next month a unique chapter in Bradford’s history will be marked with an event that celebrates the city’s creative spirit. The chapter is the story of the Love Apple Café-Bar-Club, which flourished in the city’s West End as a hub of artistic and intellectual culture, including indie music and dance nights. The event aims at a one-off reincarnation of that legendary venue in the heart of the old town centre.

On 19 May the former Marks’n’Sparks on Darley Street will be home to a party for the 20th anniversary of the original Love Apple’s creation. The Apple opened in 1997, at the Randall Well end of Great Horton Road, partly because the city needed a new space for people to enjoy the food, the people, the music and the ideas that they loved.

Behind the venture were solicitor Parvez Iqbal and art student Victoria Brett, who met in the Java, a bohemian café that then stood opposite the Alhambra stage door. Both felt the multicultural city had undercurrents of creative energy that needed a home. Instead of waiting for it to happen, they made it their mission.

And so began the rollercoaster ride. Vic’s brother, chef Jim Brett, whose signature chicken burritos were the most popular dish on the menu, became part of the adventure.

“It was the right thing to do, and we made a difference”, says Jim. “We touched a lot of lives. We supported each other, but it was a bigger family than the three of us. For a lot of people, the Apple became a home.”

Pav and Vic changed careers after the Apple went bust, but both are proud of what it achieved. Even the University prospectus used to single out the Love Apple among the reasons why students should choose

Bradford. The nearby campus was good for the lunchtime trade. Every graduation day was celebrated with champagne at the Apple, and Peace Studies always held their parties there.

“A lot of people could identify with what we were trying to do”, says Pav. “It was a safe place for people to enjoy good company, with fresh, wholesome food, an inclusive atmosphere, decent sound engineering, real ales...”

While most of the city’s other venues favoured only DJs and cover bands, the Apple specialised in the offbeat and original.

Disoriental nights introduced Bradford to some exciting world music, The Demon Barbers brought cutting-edge contemporary folk song and dance, and many young West Yorkshire bands found an audience for live, original performance with promotions like Granadaland, Random Sherlock or Dog on Wheels. Local rock legends Rob Heaton and Denny Austin ran the Fresh Milk project, encouraging new bands, at the Apple and MacRory’s Bar. Club nights were equally diverse. The late Steve Wood’s eclectic house night Aura would range from Irish traditional music to his own electronica, and other promoters built cult followings for regular sessions like Original Heroes/Trainer Trouble, Subculture, Worship, Kaos, Bops and Shrug.

The 2006 Big Gig, a free festival of live music over four days in July and mostly in the open air, was a highlight in the Apple’s story. For those who were there it may be hard to accept that is already 11 years ago, and there’s not even a blue plaque on Bradford College’s new building, sited on the very car park where thousands rocked to Wilful Missing, Analog Bombs and Sol Gravy – among some 40 acts, ranging from Angelo Palladino’s classic blues to Groovement’s reggae-jazz, via This Et Al’s indie dance-rock and witty ballads by Belinda O’Hooley.

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That historic event reflected the Love Apple’s unique ability to draw together an eclectic array of talents, united by goodwill. It was a huge success – but it didn’t miraculously solve the financial difficulties that were beginning to engulf a small family enterprise.

The Apple was of course an art gallery as well as a music and dance venue with a restaurant.

Creativity was its moving spirit from start to finish. Victoria curated the exhibitions, with many local painters and printmakers having their first selling shows around the walls of the Apple’s dining room. Its proximity to the Alhambra helped make it a favourite with visiting stars.

Pav and Vic were frankly struggling to make a living when the great crunch came.

The smoking ban, which most people welcomed, wasn’t what killed the original Love Apple. The growth of corporate pub chains, whose economies of scale enabled them to undercut food and drink prices in the independent sector, was another factor.

Banks became positively hostile to lending to small enterprises and as Pav and Vic had two daughters to raise, they had to pull the plug.

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“The fact is, most new businesses fold after a couple of years – and a new restaurant is lucky to survive one year,” Pav reflects. “The Love Apple was very successful in that way. It was a triumph of hope over economics.”

Love Apple customers, staff, musicians, artists and friends will convene on Friday 19 May in the former M&S store in Darley Street, made available by Brick Box and Wild Wood, to recapture some of the Love Apple magic. The party will raise funds for Bradford NightStop, a charity offering emergency accommodation for homeless young people.

The music will naturally be an exciting mix - jazz-rock from Bingley’s finest Flukes, Caribbean-flavoured pop from Riders In The Ska and Vic’s soul band, Rum Gargle, with a pop-up café-bar-club and some surprises promised.

Not so much a commemoration then, as a celebration of what Bradford can do when it puts its big heart into it.

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Imani Hekima @ Delius Arts Centre

A soulful treat at lunchtime from Bradford pianist Imani Hekima. His solo performance mixes jazz standards with unique renditions of reggae, soul and pop material, along with his own compositions.

This laid back launch introduces the latest musical venture at Delius Arts and Cultural Centre.

It’s the first of six Thursday lunchtime concerts – doors open at 12.30 and music is from 12.45 to 13.30pm. There is no entry charge and there will be a collection for the musicians. Light refreshments will be available – or bring a packed lunch and just get a drink.

Imani Hekima is at Delius Arts and Cultural Centre on Thursday 28 April from 12.30.

Fruity Firkins & Friends @ Jacobs

Jacobs Ale House, off Hall Ings in Bradford city centre, is hosting a Fruity Firkins And Friends mini-beer festival on 30 April, starting at 2pm.

There will be nine fruit cask beers, ten real ciders, eight fruit wines from Luddenden Foot, fruit liqueurs and fruity gin cocktails, plus fruit teas and Fentimans botanically brewed soft drinks.

Participating breweries include Half Moon Brewery, Bradford Brewery, Five Towns, Grafton, Titanic, Tiny Rebel, Sunbeam, Baildon and Saltaire.

Participating fruits are orange, plum, apricot, cherry, peach and blackberry.

There will also be a special fruity Kashmiri curry cooked by Taj from the Sheesh Mahal on sale!

30 April, Jacobs Ale House

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Record Store Day @ The Record Cafe

April the 22nd sees Record Store Day celebrate its 10th year. What started out as a small event in the US to help ailing independent record shops is now a global annual phenomenon, backed by the likes of the BBC, Jack White, Iggy Pop and Chuck D. The Record Café is delighted to be bringing the event to Bradford for the third year in a row, with the aim of making it the biggest and best yet.

This year we’ll have even more exclusive vinyl releases and we’ve teamed up with Saltaire’s Edward Street Bakery and Keir from Wilde Child Brewing Co to make sure you won’t go hungry or thirsty on the day.

We’ll also have our resident Thursday music quiz master Dave playing the pick of his favourite electro tunes on vinyl in the evening, and everyone’s favourite Bradford ska band Analog Bombs will be popping in to say hello.

Made Bradford @ Darley Street

After the success of the first Made Bradford Market, a second will be held on the weekend of the Tour de Yorkshire Grand Depart.

The market will have around 16-20 gazebos and will offer shoppers unique handmade items, produced by local independents businesses and creative.

The first market on Darley Street was well received and the traders were very happy with both the footfall and sales, selling items including candles, ceramics, food and paintings.

The second market will showcase a selection of the previous traders, and also a mix of new traders selling jewellery, produce and craft, and will run on both the Saturday and Sunday.

Made Bradford Market, 29 and 30 April, Darley Street, 10am – 5:30pm.

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What’s On? Saturday 1 April

Black Swan presents Round Window and the WindUp Birds!

8pm, The Black Swan Two amazing bands take Bradford by storm right here on our stage! This one can’t be missed.

Local History Talk

2pm Glyde House Foreign Consuls in Bradford from 1862 to 2017. £5 includes refreshments

Top of Town’s Got Talent by Q20

1pm - 4pm, Oastler Square (Off North Parade) Make an April fool of yourself and find out if you’ve got what it takes to become Top of the Town. Be amazed by local people’s special talents acrobatics, poetry, platespinning, clog dancing or even just ear wiggling!

Free.

Email info@q20theatre.co.uk or call 01274 221 360 to find out more.

Edge Of Darkness: Photographs

by Ian Beesley with poems by Ian McMillan

Runs to to 16 April, Bradford Cathedral Twilight is being affected by current levels of environmental pollution.

Light pollution drives us further into the wildness to encounter the full spectrum of twilight and the wonder of the night sky. Our Lent exhibition of Ian Beesley’s photographs of Yorkshire enables us to come close to Jesus’ experience of forty-two days in the wilderness. All welcome - free entry - donations appreciated. www.bradfordcathedral.org

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New Beginnings - by ARTbound Community

7pm launch, exhibition runs Saturday 1 April to 28 May, Kala Sangam Arts Centre - open weekdays 9am to 5pm. Free event all welcome.

ARTbound community, an innovative arts agency brings together talented independent artists Emma Jane Collinson, a Leeds-based sculptor, Juliette Anne, a Leeds-based artist, Bradford-based designer Phillip Scaife and Nidderdale-based Sean Rutter to create New Beginnings, celebrating life, positivity and energy.

Ruby Murry, As Seen on Britain’s Got Talent, Live at The Sun! 8.30pm, The Sun Hotel Outrageous cabaret every Saturday night at The Sun from 8.30pm!

Cabezudos // Sly Antics // Minus The Intention

8pm, The Underground They are an authentic and truly debonair act, full of zeal and drive and with an apt ability to create music which is so nonpareil and expressive that they cannot possibly be tied to any one genre... and it is that unique and endearing individuality that makes them so very special.

Sunday 2 April

4-7pm, Bradford Brewery On the first Sunday of every month stroll through Bradford Brewery’s Crafters Market Hops & Shops, bursting with unique items handmade by fellow Bradfordians.

Menopause The Musical

4.30pm & 7.30pm, The Alhambra Theatre Starring Cheryl Fergison (EastEnders), Maureen Nolan (The Nolans), Rebecca Wheatley (Casualty) and Ruth Berkeley (Penny Dreadful), Menopause the Musical is heading out on another UK-wide tour. This hysterical show packed full of oneliners about night sweats, hot flushes and memory loss is backed by an instantly recognisable soundtrack of innuendo-laden versions of 60s, 70s and 80s pop classics.

Monday 3 April Schools’ Prom 2017

3 - 4 April, The Bradford Hotel Annual Schools’ Prom – children performing over two nights from schools across the Bradford district.

Tuesday 4 April Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat

4 - 8 April, The Alhambra Theatre Retelling the Biblical story of Joseph (Joe McElderry), his eleven brothers and the coat of many colours, this magical musical is full of unforgettable songs including Those Canaan Days, Any Dream Will Do and Close Every Door.

Wednesday 5 April WEDNESDAY @ ONE

1pm, Bradford Cathedral The season of weekly lunchtime organ recitals continues with Jem Stephenson from Toulouse. Recitals start at 1pm and are free with a retiring collection.

www.bradfordcathedral.org

Quiz Night

8pm, Bradford Brewery Join Bradford Brewery’s weekly pub quiz with beer tokens, cash prizes and free nibbles every Wednesday.

Journeys: Launch Evening

5.30pm, Peace Museum The Peace Museum is launching a new exhibition on Wed 5 April titled Journeys, exploring themes of migration. refuge and identity.

It’s a co-creation by six Bradfordbased artists from BIASAN (Bradford Immigration & Asylum Support & Advice Network). www.peacemuseum.org.uk/journeyslaunch-evening

Flourishing City

6.30pm, Bradford Cathedral The Dean of Bradford, the Very Revd Jerry Lepine, and the Chief Executive of Bradford Council, Kersten England, host the first of a series of seminars that will explore the different strands that need to come together for developing cities in the 21st century.

Business, architecture, health, technology, sustainability, education and faith are just some of the angles but there are more aspects of cities that will be covered over time. www.bradfordcathedral.org

Music: Knotted

7pm, The Record Café, North Parade Live Norfolk based pop folk band influenced by the likes of The Beautiful South and The Lightning Seeds

Thursday 6 April Topic Folk Club

8.15 pm Glyde House, Glydegate, Little Horton Lane BD5 0BQ Singers and musicians night. Free entry. www.topic-folk-club.org.uk

Phil Dirt at Al’s

8pm, Al’s Dime Bar Phil Dirt, aka Doug Nissley, is returning to Dime Bar to tell bluesy tales of exwives, Nascar racing and other such delights!

Re-Discovering Yorkshire: printmaking by Sarah Harris

Until Sept 2017, Cartwright Hall Art Gallery Each print in this exhibition holds a visual narrative about its location.

Sarah Harris has shared a story for each, about its history, or her own personal experience at that place.

Friday 7 April Play for Ale

8pm, The Castle Inn Bradford A welcome return to the Castle for this band which consists of Clive and Shirley Castle along with friends who play an eclectic mix of music & songs ranging from Bob Dylan to George Formby with some traditional English & Irish songs and tunes in between.

Homeless in Homeland - Sariyah Idan

7.30pm and Sunday 9th April, 2.30pm, Theatre in the Mill Brief description: Homeless In Homeland is a solo show in a documentary hip-hop theatre aesthetic, based on a trip taken by the writer-performer to the State of Israel and occupied Palestine. £10 full/£6 concessions/£4 discounted

European Union Chamber Orchestra

Friday 7 April 7.30pm, Bradford Cathedral Featuring music by Haydn, Tchaikovsky and Mozart’s Horn Concerto No.4 K.495 with Benjamin Goldschieder (horn soloist) BBC Young Musician of the Year Wind Finalist. Tickets from 01274 432000 www.bradford-theatres.co.uk

TLR Presents: Andy Fairweather Low & The Low Riders

8pm, Caroline Street Social Club Andy Fairweather Low’s pedigree is the stuff rock dreams are made of. He first came to prominence at the vanguard of the new youthful expression of music as the lead singer in Amen Corner. If you were paying close attention you might have picked up a clue in the magnificent ‘Gin House’ to Andy’s future musical collaborations. www.theliveroom.info

Saturday 8 April Family Fun Day

2 - 4pm, St Paul’s Church, Manningham A free fun day for all the family in the grounds of Manningham’s historic St Paul’s Church run by Sharakat Project.

Contact Michelle Moyle on 07870 387055 for more information.

The Ladybears of Leeds

8.30pm, The Sun Hotel Outrageous cabaret every Saturday night at The Sun from 8.30pm!

Gods and Mortals, The Odissi Ensemble, by Kadam/Pulse

7pm Kala Sangam Arts Centre Odissi, the classical dance style of Orissa is inspired by imagery from temple sculptures and stories of gods and mortals and Kala Sangam is delighted to present the finest national Odissi artists in the creation of a magical experience that will move and thrill. £7.50 standard, £20 family, £5 concessions. www.kalasangam.org

Double Denim LIVE Bradford: JUDAS plus special guests

7.30pm, The Underground DOUBLE DENIM LIVE: The best Rock n Roll live music club night in Leeds Judas / Regan / The Voodoo Bats at The Underground Bradford for a top night of live music. www.double-denim-live.co.uk

Sunday 9 April

Jez Barraclough Solo at Al’s Dime Bar 8pm, Al’s Dime Bar Easy, laid back americana-folk style covers of all the hits!

Tuesday 11 April

COFFEE CONCERT: Anna Prosser (soprano) and Hannah Mason (mezzo soprano) 11am, Bradford Cathedral This month’s concert includes Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater for Holy Week. All welcome - free entry donations appreciated. www.bradfordcathedral.org

Dick & Dom Live!

2pm & 5pm, The Alhambra Theatre Dick and Dom are touring the UK in a show that promises to get the whole family on their feet, with a performance full of madcap challenges and audience participation games that will guarantee to have you in stitches.

Olivia Furber & Creative Scene present DOUGH!

1pm, MInd The Gap Studios Dough! explores how life can be filled with colour and beauty when we step outside the beige world we know.

Familiar to all cultures, dough creates the loaves, naan bread, croissants, dumplings and chapattis that remind us of home. Tickets: £4 or £13 for a group of 4 people. Suitable for ages 3 - 8. Also on Wednesday 12 April. www.mind-the-gap.org.uk/mtg-studios

Wednesday 12 April WEDNESDAY @ ONE

1pm, Bradford Cathedral The season of weekly lunchtime organ recitals continues with former Cathedral organ scholar Anthony Gray now at Cambridge. Recitals start

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at 1pm and are free with a retiring collection. www.bradfordcathedral.org

Quiz Night

8pm, Bradford Brewery Join Bradford Brewery’s weekly pub quiz with beer tokens, cash prizes and free nibbles every Wednesday.

St Ives Easter holiday forest school (for 5-11yr olds)

10am-3pm, Also 13th April. St Ives Estate, nr Bingley.

Our popular holiday forest school in St Ives estate is back for Easter with the usual mix of fun and games in the woods. Hide and seek, capture the flag, tree climbing, den building, wood craft, swings, climbing ropes and a campfire will all be on offer, led by our experienced forest school practitioners Kate and Rachael. £42 (£21/day), for 5-11yr olds www.getoutmorecic.co.uk

Thursday 13 April Topic Folk Club

8.30pm Glyde House, Glydegate, Little Horton Lane BD5 0BQ Iain Thomson & Marc Duff.

Contemporary songs with a traditional twist from a ‘singing shepherd’ and Marc, multi-instrumentalist of Capercaillie fame.

Good Citizens at Al’s Dime Bar

8pm, Al’s Dime Bar Local popular covers band, Good Citizens, as seen on the Valley Parade pitch, are returning to Dime bar to sing us all the songs - top prizes if you can beat the Dime staff at ‘guess which soundtrack it’s from’.

Friday 14 April

Good Friday Singers, Musician & Poets Session 8pm, The Castle Inn Bradford Join in with a song, tune, a poem or just come and listen and enjoy a pint or two.

Nervous ‘Orse at Al’s Dime Bar

8pm, Al’s Dime Bar Nervous ‘Orse return to Dime Bar, for some Easter weekend shenanigans!

Boycott and Aggers

7.30pm, The Alhambra Theatre Geoffrey will be sharing some unseen footage from the BBC archives and some rare photographs from his private collection, while Aggers challenges Geoffrey to justify his forthright views on cricket and life in general and our Geoffrey will say exactly what he thinks (what else?) about The English and Wales Cricket Board, England’s management and coaching staff, team selection, the captaincy, Kevin Pietersen and many other subjects he has hit out on in his latest autobiography, on air and in print.

Saturday 15 April Justin’s Party

15 - 16 April, 11.30am & 2.30pm, The Alhambra Theatre Justin’s Party is a brand new show packed full of fantastic songs, dances and hilarious games guaranteed to make it THE party of the year! There will be lots of exciting surprises along the way and you’ll get to meet Justin’s adorable new puppy Engelbert!

Fannie Coil

8.30pm, The Sun Hotel Outrageous cabaret every Saturday night at The Sun from 8.30pm!

The Rootsman meets Inspirational Sound Live Dub Session

8pm - 2am, Fuse Art Space The collaboration between The Rootsman and Inspirational Sound began in late 2015. A 7-inch vinyl release titled Refugees was released in 2016 featuring the legendary Macka B on vocals, and a new tune titled Militant Style is due for release in summer 2017. This project brings together two generations of the dub reggae scene

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from the city of Bradford to serve up some authentic West Yorkshire heavyweight sound system dub.

Morris from Birmingham. Recitals start at 1pm and are free with a retiring collection.

The programme will be once again be led by qualified forest school leaders Annie and Beate.

Sunday 16 April

Quiz Night

Friday 21 April

Sponsored cycle! In aid of #andysmanclub with the Black Swan...

9am, The Black Swan The morning of 16 April the Black Swan is having a sponsored cycle from the Black Swan to the Cross Keys in Skipton and vice versa! Staff from both venues and volunteers will be doing the event! Sponsor forms will be at the bars! Please help us raise money for this great charity...£10 sign up fee asap for t-shirt plus wrist band.

Large t-shirt should fit all. Minimum sponsorship £50 per rider.

Black Swan presents: Charity fun day in aid of #andysmanclub

1 - 4pm, The Black Swan Here at the Black Swan we’re supporting #andysmanclub. The single biggest killer in men under 45 in the UK is suicide. 42% of men aged 18-45 have thought about taking their life. Over 4200 men in 2014 took their own life. That’s one every 2 hours. It’s time to change this, so we’re holding an all day fun day fundraiser in aid of this amazing charity!

Tuesday 17 April S.N.D Paddy’s Day

11am-2pm, Westleigh Hotel Well, it’s that time of the year, it’s Paddy’s Day on Friday! And if you needed an excuse to have a drink or 2, then Paddy’s Day is the one!. Spring has sp-r-rung and the crowd ses proper bo!

Wednesday 19 April WEDNESDAY @ ONE

1pm, Bradford Cathedral The season of weekly lunchtime organ recitals continues with Nicholas

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8pm, Bradford Brewery Join Bradford Brewery’s weekly pub quiz with beer tokens, cash prizes and free nibbles every Wednesday.

Thursday 20 April Topic Folk Club

8.30pm Glyde House, Glydegate, Little Horton Lane BD5 0BQ Wilcox: Hulse. Previously two thirds of the popular Queensbury Rules, a duo strong on vocals and harmonies,and songs with a social conscience.

Support from Heather McNeill.

Saltaire Easter holiday forest school

10am-3pm also on 21 April, Hirst Wood, Saltaire We’re looking forward to returning to Hirst Wood this Easter to look for signs of spring and enjoy a range of woodland activities such as den building, tree climbing, wild games, natural craft and campfire cooking.

Our forest school practitioners Charlie & Kate will be heading into the woods for more fun and adventure at our Saltaire forest school. £42 (£21/day), for 5-11yr olds www.getoutmorecic.co.uk

St Ives Easter holiday forest school for young people (for 1015yr olds)

10am-3pm, Also 21 April St Ives Estate, nr Bingley Our St Ives programme has been running for over 6 years and is very popular, so we’re now offering 2 programmes in different parts of the estate, one for 5-11 year olds and this one for 10-15 year olds. This older programme will include the same mix of games, woodland activities and crafts, but with a focus on higher level skills such as using tools, campfire cooking and other bushcraft skills.

www.getoutmorecic.co.uk

Inn Churches Kitchen Takeover

5:30pm, Bradford Brewery Bradford charity Inn Churches will be bringing their waste food project The Storehouse Cafe to Bradford Brewery for a chili and cornbread night. All food will be rescued ‘waste’ food, and will be served on a pay-as-youfeel basis with all donations being reinvested in the charity.

All Star 45s at Al’s Dime Bar

8pm, Al’s Dime Bar Join us to welcome All Star 45s back, these guys haven’t been at Dime for ages, and they do ALL THE HITS!

Bric–a-Brac

8pm, The Castle Inn Bradford This band includes Bradford’s own Bella Gaffney, they’re a young footstomping folk band who play both traditional & original songs and tunes with a range of instruments.

Saturday 22 April Turkish Foodie Takeover

6pm, Bradford Brewery Hasret Mufeed (Turkish Foodie) will be taking over Bradford Brewery’s kitchen once again with another evening of delightful homemade Turkish food. We’re excited to be hosting a night bursting with Turkish traditions, from the tunes to the tasty food.

Son ofa Tutu

8.30pm, The Sun Hotel Outrageous Cabaret Every Saturday Night at The Sun from 8.30pm!

Saif Ul Maluk Festival

7pm, The Alhambra Theatre Hans Raj Hans made an appearance

at the Saif Ul Maluk festival in 2014 and won over thousands of hearts with his soulful performance of various pieces from Saif Ul Maluk. He is coming back to deliver his magic once again. A Punjabi singer from Punjab, India and politician, Hans RajHans is famous for his classical variations in singing.

Saturday 22 April Lisa Kilty: Affinity

Runs to 28 May, Bradford Cathedral An exhibition of spiritually inspired paintings by local artist Lisa Kilty.

The exhibition also includes a large triptych, two years in the making, called The Reappropriation Of St George. Preview Friday 21 April at 7pm. Free entry, donations appreciated. www.bradfordcathedral.org

Tez

8pm, The Alhambra Theatre Join one of the UK’s most exciting rising stand up stars as he heads out on his first nationwide tour.

RECORD STORE DAY 2017

From 8am , Record Café, North Parade Record Store Day celebrates its 10th year, and its 3rd year in Bradford. We’ll have exclusive RSD2017 releases, on a first come first serve basis, with food from Saltaire’s Edward Street Bakery, plus Bradford’s own Analog Bombs and Dave Glenister DJing in the evening.

Griff’s Magic Theatre 10pm-3am, The Mill, Preston Street

Bradford Psychedelic underground vinyl experience with special guests EdStones & theBD3. £5 / £3 conc.

Big Band Theory - CDMC + Black Falcon Support at Al’s Dime Bar 8pm, Al’s Dime Bar

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Rock juggernauts from Sheffield are touring, and we managed to snag them for Dime Bar. Support from Black Falcon, will be a crazy night!

Tuesday 25 April The Wedding Singer

25 - 29 April, Various Times, The Alhambra Theatre Rock-star wannabe Robbie Hart (Jon Robyns Avenue Q, Legally Blonde) is New Jersey’s favourite wedding singer. When his own fiancée dumps him at the altar a seriously bummed out Robbie makes every wedding as disastrous as his own.

Wednesday 26 April WEDNESDAY @ ONE

1pm, Bradford Cathedral The season of weekly lunchtime organ recitals continues with Benjamin Saunders from Leeds. Recitals start at 1pm and are free with a retiring collection. www.bradfordcathedral.org

Book Launch: Dave Randall Sound System: The Political Power of Music

8pm, The Record Café, North Parade Dave Randall is a musician and activist who has toured the world playing guitar with Faithless, Dido, Sinead O’Connor and many others. His book is a “deeply intelligent look at music and society, and in particular pop’s tempestuous relationship with commerce

Quiz Night

8pm, Bradford Brewery Join Bradford Brewery’s weekly pub quiz with beer tokens, cash prizes and free nibbles every Wednesday.

Kindertransport Exhibition Closing Event

5:30-7:30pm, The Peace Museum Film screening and discussion with Judith Rhodes, daughter of Ursula Michel, whose story is central to the exhibition. Free entry. www.peacemuseum.org.uk

Butterfly - Vici Wreford-Sinnott 7.30pm, Theatre in the Mill,

University of Bradford Butterfly is not about suffering from, or surviving, a condition.

It’s about history, stigma, about misunderstandings and misrepresentations. BSL Interpreted Performance. £10 full/£6 concessions/£4 discounted

Thursday 27 April Topic Folk Club

8.30 pm Glyde House, Glydegate, Little Horton Lane BD5 0BQ Rubber Wellies.This travelling folk band have traversed the world from Ireland to New Zealand: expect something a bit different (as well as the name....). www.topic-folk-club.org.uk

Discussion: Cooperative Housing

7-9pm, Delius Arts and Cultural Centre This event looks at cooperative approaches to housing with guest speakers from Leeds Community Homes who are supporting groups to build affordable, sustainable homes for young and old alike. www.facebook.com/ BradfordAreaCohousing/#

Friday 28 April Martin Francis

8pm, The Castle Inn Bradford A popular return to the Castle, Martin has an extensive repertoire which includes traditional, contemporary folk, gentle ballads and his selfpenned songs.

www.topic-folk-club.org.uk

Delius Arts and Cultural Centre 7.30pm Stepping Out Of Line

featuring Sound Company Men’s Choir A get together exploring protest, walking and song with entertainments, education and maybe some thrills!

See our website to find out more about this intriguing and unique evening

www.artworkscreative.org.uk

Ducking Punches plus support

8pm, The Underground Ducking Punches stop off in Bradford on their UK Tour.

Listen Up! 9pm, Bradford Brewery

Tony Safari and Jazz Daddy present...

Listen Up! at Bradford Brewery on the last Friday of every month. Free entry with everything from vintage soul, funk, reggae, ska, afro, hip hop and jazz vinyl.

Whiskey Pistol at Al’s Dime Bar

8pm, Al’s Dime Bar Blues rock covers band, Whiskey Pistol, come along to Dime bar to sing up some classics.

Saturday 29 April

Tom Allen and Suzi Ruffell: Hit the Road!

8pm, The Studio Suzi Ruffell returns to the road with her third show Common in which she explores her dodgy family history, her working class roots and makes you laugh a lot! Official tour support for Alan Carr and Josh Widdicombe.

Blaq Ivory

8.30pm, The Sun Hotel Outrageous cabaret every Saturday night at The Sun from 8.30pm!

Black Swan presents: The Trap Door pre-party

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7pm, The Black Swan The Black Swan presents: THE TRAP DOOR pre-party! Matt Kula hosts the night with an acoustic set with anything from the 60s till now! Plus the amazing Hoodoo Operators take the stage! Not only that, Gail from Al’s Dime bar will be running our bar for a night of amazing banter and drinking games! Doors open at 1pm.

Dhoom Dhoom Lak Lak!!

Bhangra and Dhol extravaganza

by Punjabi Roots Academy

7pm Kala Sangam Arts Centre A fantastic night of Punjabi music, dance and culture as Punjabi Roots Academy present their PRA Fest to celebrate north India’s harvest festival of Baisakhi. £10 standard, £7.50 concessions. www.kalasangam.org

Jump

10pm til 4am, The Mill, Preston Street Bradford Funky house & hard house with Rob Tessara & residents with DJ competition winners hosting their own floor! Early bird tickets £5 moreonthedoor.

Sunday 30 April

Tour de Yorkshire Stage 3 start

9am-12noon, City Park Bradford Stage 3, The Yorkshire Terrier begins in City Park before heading out of the city via Manningham and Saltaire.

Further details to be added when they become available. Times indicative at this point. Watch this space.

TLR Presents: WORRY DOLLS

8pm, Caroline Street Social Club Worry Dolls are a young female duo who met in Liverpool at an open mic night when they were 18, both redheads with guitars, on their chosen path of becoming solo singer songwriters, and both falling under the spell of ‘O Brother, Where Art Thou?’. Their great chemistry and

love of harmony led them to starting a contemporary bluegrass band playing Nickel Creek & Alison Krauss songs. www.theliveroom.info

Monday 1 May

Dirty Dancing Until 5 May, The Alhambra Theatre

Seen by millions across the globe this worldwide smash hit tells the classic story of Baby and Johnny, two fiercely independent young spirits from different worlds, who come together in what will be the most challenging and triumphant summer of their lives. Featuring 35 hit songs, including Hungry Eyes, Hey Baby, Do You Love Me? and the heart stopping (I’ve Had) The Time Of My Life.

We’re offering spring/summer work placements for anyone looking to gain experience in the following areas: Writing Editing Research Social Media Marketing Admin If you are interested and are available to work part time or full time from our studio at Assembly Bradford please get in touch. Expenses will be covered.

Tel: 07392110861 Email: enquiries@festivalpublications.co.uk

A Quick Chat with

Jonny Noble

Jonny Noble is the City Centre Manager for Bradford

Favourite place to hang around in and around Bradford?

Valley Parade.

Local event you could not live without?

Bradford City home games – I’m lost out of season!

Local business you admire?

There are so many but if I had to pick one it would be The Sparrow, who took a chance and toughed it out for a couple of years on North Parade.

Local person you admire (past or present)?

You can probably guess but it’s got to be Stuart McCall. I’ve watched him play for City from the mid-eighties and now he’s back as manager, some 30 odd years later.

Name a guilty pleasure A curry, cold beer and Saturday night takeaway with Ant and Dec – or is it Dec and Ant?

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