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Contents 5_NOTE FROM THE EDITOR 8_In the news 12_india’s gateway 20_drummond’s mill 26_val denham 32_harry potter’s at waterstones 36_picks of the month 42_what’s on?
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In the news Council launches heritage bid Bradford Council has submitted an application to develop a Townscape Heritage scheme, which could see listed buildings in the city centre given funding grants of up to ÂŁ2 million. A bid has been submitted to the Heritage Lottery Fund highlighting a dedicated city centre conservation area that would be eligible for the scheme. The proposed area includes North Parade, Darley Street, Rawson Place and James Street, which have all seen a recent drop in retail and office usage. The council hope a successful bid will help breathe new life into the area to complement the burgeoning local leisure offering. If successful, landlords and tenants could receive funding grants of up to 80% of the cost of improvements up to a maximum of ÂŁ2 million.
Employment academy Bantams launch hails Broadway success crowdfunding scheme An academy set up to prepare unemployed Bradfordians for work at The Broadway has helped nearly 350 people land jobs. The SkillsHouse retail academy started last June to give jobseekers the training and support they needed to land top jobs at the ÂŁ260 million shopping centre, as well as other shops looking to recruit across the district. As part of the scheme, three local colleges have been providing jobseekers with two-week courses in retail, hospitality and customer service. So far, SkillsHouse has helped 342 people into work, 166 of whom have found jobs in The Broadway. And some of the shop and restaurant workers have already landed promotions in their jobs. To date a further 432 unemployed people have completed pre-employment training through the academy, gaining a qualification in either retail or hospitality.
Bradford City Football Club have enlisted the help of Italian star Gianluca Vialli to launch a crowdfunding campaign in order to improve facilities at Valley Parade. The Upgrade The Parade campaign will encourage supporters to make donations in exchange for a range of rewards. The campaign is being managed by Vialli’s company Tifosy, who have operated similar schemes at a number of other football league clubs. With the club concentrating their resources on the playing side, the scheme will be aimed at off-the-field projects in areas such as a new electronic scoreboard or meeting rooms for supporters like the Junior Bantams or disabled groups.
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India’s gateway
A photographic journey through Gujurat and Mumbai
By Tim Smith Bradford’s a wonderful place to be a photographer. I arrived in 1985 thinking I’d stay a year or two, but three decades later I’m still here. The city remains both a home to me and a source of much of my work, and it’s full of people with extraordinary life stories that connect where we live to the rest of the world. Exploring stories of migration remains a recurring theme for me. I’m fascinated by individual life stories that often depend on chance and circumstance, but are also shaped by the broad sweep of world affairs. The First and Second World Wars, the Partition of British India and the break-up of the Soviet Union are a few examples of global events that have had a profound effect on our city and its cosmopolitan communities. I’m particularly interested in how the textiles industry and international networks created via trade and the British Empire have brought many people to Bradford, as well as other parts of Britain.
The ambition of much of my work is to weave together the historical narrative with personal stories, whilst exploring connections between Britain and overseas. Photography, film making and oral history (recording people’s stories) are great tools for this, and act as my passport. I’ve had the privilege of photographing many remarkable people who have shared their own lives and those of their communities, both here and overseas. Conversations started locally have often been continued in eastern Europe - on islands in the Caribbean, in west Africa, east Africa, and in India and Pakistan. My most recent journeys took me to northwestern India where I spent nine weeks working in the state of Gujarat and in Mumbai, India’s biggest city still known by many locals as Bombay. The resulting exhibition, India’s Gateway, can now be seen at Cartwright Hall Art Gallery and the University of Bradford as part of a national tour to six different towns and cities, funded by Arts Council England and supported by Bradford-based Oriental Arts.
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The show weaves together photographs, film and people’s stories to explore the history of Gujarat and Mumbai as age-old centres of global trade and migration. It also focuses on their remarkable relationship with Britain, showing how this changed the region and its people, who in turn have profoundly altered the face of modern-day Britain. People of Gujarati heritage make up around half of the 1.5 million Indians and British Indians now living in Britain. The port of Bombay, once part of Gujarat, was for centuries the sub-continent’s main maritime link with Britain and played a fundamental role in the migration of Gujaratis, as well as many of those who laid the foundations of Britain’s Punjabi and Pakistani communities. By the time sailing ships from London reached Surat in 1608, marking the first point of contact between Britain and the subcontinent, Gujarat had been a centre for international trade for over 3,000 years. Its ports along the Arabian Sea connected northern India with the outside world, and were the crossroads for sea routes between Arabia, Africa, southeast Asia, Indonesia, and China. Trade brought people from overseas and from other parts of Asia to Gujarat. Control of the region’s ports and trading routes made many local communities very wealthy. People from Gujarat also traveled widely and settled in many parts of the world, from East Africa to the Pacific Ocean, and eventually found their way to Britain. India’s Gateway aims to tell this story by reflecting the region’s vibrant diversity of cultures, using photographs and people’s stories to reveal glimpses of contemporary life acted out in a landscape shaped by a rich history of trade, seafaring and migration. Gujarat is about the same size as Britain, with most British Gujaratis originating from the
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Top: Staff at the Britannia and Co., an Irani cafe in the genteel Ballard Estate business district of Mumbai. Bottom: Photographs of the extended family of Manu Mistry at his house in Degam, near Navsari. (Photos by Tim Smith)
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Kanku Manvar preparing yarn for weaving on her veranda in Bagasara in Gujarat. (Photo by Tim Smith)
coastal belt which runs from Kutch in the north to the southern areas closer to Mumbai. Different towns and cities in Britain have close links to particular regions over there and I met, photographed and interviewed many people from Britain during my trip. Most of Bradford’s Gujaratis trace their roots to southern parts of the state, around towns such as Surat, Navsari and Valsad. One of several stories featured in the show is that of Kaushy Patel, who grew up in the Navsari area and will be known to many readers as the founder of Prashad, the awardwinning local restaurant which serves some of the best vegetarian Gujarati food. Prashad have also sponsored the India’s Gateway show and the book that accompanies it. The exhibition and book show that Gujarat is Photos by Mick Flynn
home to people with a vast range of lifestyles, but one thing that unites them all is a love of good food. They aren’t the only ones Gujarati cuisine is now enjoyed all over the world, and that includes me, and Bradford! The main part of the exhibition will be shown at Bradford’s Cartwright Hall Art Gallery from 20 March to 3 July 2016. Gallery II at the University of Bradford will also be displaying the section of the show exploring the textile industry in Gujarat from 24 March to 2 June. Please check their website for opening times. The India’s Gateway book is published by Northern Arts Publications and available from all the usual outlets, local bookshops and online. Find out more at www.indiasgateway.org
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Drummond’s Mill: a great loss to our city By Steve Dearden
The first question West Yorkshire people ask is, ‘Was it a Bradford fire?’ Meaning not ‘Was it in Bradford?’, but was it deliberately set to solve the problem of a large redundant building standing on land that could profitably be developed if it wasn’t there? Having met the owners I am sure that was not the case. They wanted to regenerate a mill they’d kept beautifully preserved since its closure in 2002. What they were finding was that Bradford had neither the economic or demographic drivers that revived other industrial cathedrals across northern England with housing, retail, leisure or lighter industry. That meeting with the owners was part of the preparations for a site-specific show in
Drummond’s by Freedom Studios for the 2012 Cultural Olympiad. Ironically, The Mill: City of Dreams, directed by Madani Younis and produced by Deborah Dickinson, explored how a community drawn from Asia and Europe who made Bradford work in mills like Drummond’s, coped with a new world in which the production and much of the machinery that once filled these rooms had moved to the Indian sub-continent, leaving the city needing to adapt to survive. The show’s narrative was drawn from stories of ex-mill workers and local people, but framed by an aggressive developer with a vision of Drummond’s as pine floored condos and a gated leisure-based community. Actors, dancers and musicians led the
Top: Makng up pattern cards at Drummond’s Lumb Lane Mills in 1991 Bottom: The warping department at Drummond’s Lumb Lane Mills in 1991 when it was still producing large quantities of material for men’s suits on behalf of customers such as Marks and Spencer.
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audience from small workshops and storerooms, up past the offices and social spaces, through the pattern and cutting rooms, into huge machine halls, and a wonderful high wooden vaulted room like the inside of an inverted hull that everyone called The Ship. As a producer for imove/The Olympiad I got time to knock about Drummond’s while Madani and Deborah made a show that captured the spaces, and the way people, processes and products filled them and connected with the rest of the world. You can see all that in this brilliant, and now heartbreaking, set of pictures from Tim Smith. In the days following the fire it wasn’t the video clips of the blaze or images from the City of Dreams show that filled my head. I was re-walking those rooms, the corridors, stairs, rereading the notices, picking up the odd tools, toys, bits of equipment left in spaces perhaps already lost back then in 2010/11. You could dismiss this as urban explorer or sitespecific arts fetishism, and some local people have used social media today to reinforce the same message as the graffiti in my pictures the work was hard, the hours long, the rewards small. But I’m sad a city that has done so much recently to ensure the arrival of a shopping mall the same-as-everywhere-else-ville, didn’t do more to prevent this unique, complex and beautiful building becoming a derelict gap ripe for units of breeze blocks and tin, or a striplit open plan call centre, where the work is dull, the hours erratic. And the rewards? Small. Steve Dearden is a writer, producer and Director of the The Writing Squad, the north’s development programme for young writers. www.stevedearden.com
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Top: Making pattern cards that determine the weave on a loom at Drummond’s Mill in 1991 Bottom: The cast of The Mill - City of Dreams. This 2012 promenade theatre production in Drummond’s Mill told the story of industrial Bradford by using the words of those who worked in the city’s textile mills.
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Val Denham Experimentalism and outsider pop By Tim Walker
I first met artist and musician Val Denham in 2006 in rehearsals with Oli Novadnieks at Voltage Studios in Bradford. Being largely unaware of Val’s work at that time, I did some Googling and was intrigued by an original, varied and experimental body of work. Since succumbing to the inevitable Facebook friendship I’ve been exposed to more of Val’s art, music and unusual (unique?) outlook on the world, so I’m rather chuffed to be able to probe a little deeper... Remind me what you were rehearsing for when we first met in 2006. It was for a gig in Amsterdam with Black Sun Productions called “Darkness is Enlightening”. That was at the Paradiso, Amsterdam, on a multiple bill with Psychic TV and Lydia Lunch. I performed five songs together with my good friend and collaborator Oli Novadnieks, who is also originally from Bradford. Much of your artwork seems to centre around the subject of gender identity, for example with your books, Dysphoria and Tranart. This in mind - how do you define your own identity and in practical terms, do you prefer to be called he or she? I am a typical transsexual. I prefer the label ‘transgender’ as people are uncomfortable with any title that has ‘sexual’ included. They hear the word sexual and presume that it’s some kind of perversion. I might add that society at this moment in time seems a little obsessed with transgenderism. My own gender issues are always mentioned in interviews. But think about it. If someone
did an interview with say... Stephen Fry, would we ask him the question “So Stephen, what’s it like being a homosexual?” Or perhaps, “How does your gay persona affect your work Stephen?” Fair comment, I brought it up as your own works address the subject quite readily. Do you feel a compulsion to express those issues through your art or is it more of a source of inspiration and liberation to do so? I’m a gender terrorist. I make no excuses. I used to be a guy, now I’m a middle-aged woman. I am referred to as ‘She’. Get over it, this is the 21st century. Was your attraction to visual arts an ‘as long as I can remember’ situation or can you pinpoint a eureka moment when you thought, ‘I want to do that’? Oh, I was fascinated by art from a very early age. I used to carry around a ‘security book’ as a toddler. This was full of pictures of science and art. I was particularly fond of a reproduction of Leonardo Da Vinci entitled “The Virgin of the Rocks”. I was always drawing. When I was drawing or painting, it meant I didn’t have to go out and play football with those horrid dirty boys. What were your early inspirations artistically and what are they more recently? Early inspirations? Hmmm....Salvador Dali when I was a teenager, Andy Warhol, Vincent Van Gogh, Gauguin maybe. I used to copy Van Gogh and Gauguin paintings. Almost forge them! I still have some of those oil paintings. I signed them ‘Val Denham’! Nowadays, I like anything weird, Pierre
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Molinier, Clovis Trouille and Henry Darger. I’m into the photography of Joel Peter Witkin right now. I love the work of Grayson Perry, but then I would wouldn’t I !? On to more local background - I’ve heard you say ‘I love Bradford’, so how would you describe your relationship with the city? Are you a born-and-bred Bradfordian and what keeps you here? I lived in London for 22 years of my life from 1979 until 2001. I lived in south London first, in Streatham, then we moved to east London to Walthamstow. I went to London with my girlfriend, who I married in 1980. I worked as the in-house graphic artist for Walthamstow Council Welfare Benefits Department. This was for 13 years until I was made redundant. Not long after I got divorced. However the strange thing is, when I painted landscapes in those years, they were always Yorkshire landscapes. I was unaware that I was doing this. It was a completely subconscious thing. To be more precise I was painting landscapes that were obviously landscapes just on the perimeter of Bradford. I had a terrible nostalgia for Bradford. I went to Bradford art college from 1974 until 1978 - one year for my foundation course and three years printmaking). These were some of the happiest years of my life. I always missed Bradford. I had the most ridiculous fantasy that one day I would return to Bradford and marry my first girlfriend from art college. Then I made it happen. I did marry her and we are still bonkers about each other 11 years later. It is possible to bend time and space. I think most Bradford citizens
have gripes about the city and past mismanagement but many now have fresh optimism. How do you see the current direction of Bradford from your own experience and perspective? I was at the top of town the other day and it looks like a ghost town. Something has to be done to change that. All those empty shops. This came about as a result of the new big Broadway shopping centre. That seems to be the nucleus of Bradford now. However I’m sure that in time those empty properties will be inhabited again, either by shops or bars, or maybe flats? It’s true the council has worked hard to ruin Bradford city centre in the past, but I am optimistic that it will be as splendid as it was when I first came to Bradford College of Art in 1974. I’m a bit of a dreamer. I will always love Bradford. I just love the people here. London is very cold, down there people keep to themselves. Oh, I did have plenty of friends, but they were all from Bradford! You’ve worked with quite a few famous names over the years, particularly in the music biz. How did your work with Marc Almond and with Psychic TV come about for example? Were they people you knew back in the day or did you seek each other out for collaboration? They were my first true fans. Someone called “Biggles” at Leeds Polytechnic persuaded me to get in contact with Genesis Breyer P Orridge back in 1979, around the time I went to the Royal College of Art in London. We were of like minds, we were interested in alternative approaches to art and music as well as gender identity interests. I knew Marc from Leeds Polytechnic and he came to my
final degree show at the RCA with Genesis, Jhonn Balance of Coil and Stevo of Some Bizzare Records. They came to see my band The Death & Beauty Foundation perform. What other artistic associations would you care to name drop - who have been your favourites to work with? I’m on a cassette with The Residents (my favourite band)! I’ve played Stravinskyinspired piano with Robert Wyatt, and my new album features a lot of music from the Argentinian band Farmacia. I used to go to Derek Jarman’s flat for tea and biscuits (I prefer alcohol). I once made the Queen laugh. My band has been on the same bill as The Virgin Prunes, Psychic TV and Einstürzende Neubauten. Would you describe your own music as avant garde? It’s certainly not mainstream pop/rock. I call it Outsider Pop. Finally - what’s coming up for you in the future? Do you have any ambitions yet unfulfilled? A new album out early this year (vinyl and double CD) on the Vanity Case Records label entitled I Saw Myself In Your Dreams Last Night, featuring Oli Novadnieks, Farmacia, Geese, and Demian Nada of O Paradis from Barcelona. This album has been worked on for almost two years, and it’s my best ever. www.valdenham.com www.facebook.com/val.denham
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By Phillip Lickley
The Harry Potter book series is celebrating its nineteenth birthday this June and the popular love for the books and films is still huge, with a stage play, screenplay book and new film all due out in 2016. These and much more were celebrated as part of the national Harry Potter Night on Thursday 4 February. Bradford’s Waterstones welcomed in over fifty muggles of all ages to enjoy all things Harry Potter with fancy dress, a ‘fiendishly difficult’ quiz for house points and much more, with many of the shelves signs changed to reflect Hogwarts-style categories such as Study of Ancient Runes, Herbology and Charms. The evening, themed as A Night Of Spells, saw bookshops, schools and libraries around the country putting on various events to celebrate the book series, with other parties across the globe. Though the date doesn’t appear to have any significance in the Harry Potter world – fans, please correct us if you know more! – it was still a good excuse for a celebration of reading based around the franchise that has inspired so many children to pick up books over the last two decades. Waterstones saw lots of families come down
with their children, along with students in their teens arriving to enjoy the day, many in regulation scarves and carrying wands. “They were not too old for a wordsearch or a treasure hunt,” revealed Jane of Bradford Waterstones, “Some of them have passed the books onto their children and so we got some younger families.” Though the night was a celebration of the books rather than the wider universe, the film series and spin-offs such as London’s Harry Potter experience are proving to be gateways to children reading the books for the first time. With releases of new illustrated books and the script book of the upcoming two-part theatre play Harry Potter And The Cursed Child coming out on the main character’s July birthday there is still plenty of enthusiasm from bookshops about new books from J.K. Rowling. There are hopes the new release could spark the energy and excitement of the main series, though as Harry Potter’s birthday this year falls on a Sunday (31 July, pub quiz fans!) the famous midnight openings of the early 2000s might not be possible. Midnight releases generally haven’t been as popular since the seventh and final Potter book came out in 2007, except for events around
Harper Lee’s Go Set A Watchman last year. A fancy dress competition was held, with the prize going to a self-described ‘modern-day rebellious Harry Potter’ who, intriguingly, was sorted into Slytherin, thanks to the sorting hat at Waterstones. “There’s a pride in Slytherin,” Jane revealed. “It increased after Alan Rickman’s death. Not all Slytherins are bad”, she said, referencing Rickman’s Snape character who found redemption at the end of the series. There was also the quiz for house points, with rounds such as Spells And Charms, Jinxes And Hexes and Curses And The Dark Arts, which saw a shock fourth place for Ravenclaw and a well-deserved win for Hufflepuff with a magical 11,850 points, over 5000 ahead of second-place Gryffindor. Even other book characters got into the fun, with Paddington Bear dressing up for the occasion, becoming Harry Paddington, ‘the bear who lived’! I was keen to find out which book Jane most enjoyed, and her favourite matched mine, third entry Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban. “The first two are great stories but they are firmly in the 9-12 age group with a little bit of moderate peril and the odd bit of nearly swearing and some sadness, but the series took that dark twist in Azkaban where you could see there was something special happening. The evil stopped being quite so pantomime, and it became very, very real.” The Harry Potter night was a great experience and shows that when it comes to magic, the power of a good book is probably the most magical thing of all.
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Little Germany’s great little venue offering breakfast, lunch and evening tapas plus superb coffee, fine wine, real ale, craft beers and, on the walls, stunning photographic prints from the Guzelian news agency located directly above.
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Picks of the month Simon Kempston & Lowri Evans Award-winning singer/songwriter and leading acoustic fingerstyle guitarist Simon Kempston will be appearing at Topic Folk Club at Glyde House on 10 March. Simon will be performing original and contemporary acoustic music, steeped in the traditions of folk, celtic and blues music, complemented by a powerful and compelling vocal style. An inspiring and poetic lyricist, Simon’s thought-provoking songs sidestep the usual themes of love and attraction in favour of offering social commentary and an insight into the everyday lives of ordinary people. Supporting Simon will be Lowri Evans from Newport, with her mix of English and Welsh songs.
Judith Orr book launch event
Johnny Campbell Paddy’s Night gig
Today women are told they have it all, yet despite the gains of recent decades they face discrimination and sexism in every part of their lives.
Brew Haus bar will be hosting an evening with alternative folk musician Johnny Campbell to celebrate St Patrick’s Day. The event starts at 8pm on Thursday 17 March with Johnny performing original material with Irish, Scots and American folk influences. He embraces traditional music and sometimes frantic bluegrass-style picking with ‘self-penned songs of protest and debauchery’.
In this special event author Judith Orr will talk about her latest book, Marxism and Women’s Liberation, and look at the question of why women are still not equal in the 21st century. She argues that women have only ever won any rights through struggle and explores new debates around women’s liberation. This event takes place at Glyde House on Wednesday 23 March at 7pm.
Hailing from Huddersfield, Johnny has shared a bill with acts like Shane MacGowan, Billy Bragg, Ewan McLennan, Lynched, Steve Tilston, Seth Lakeman, Becky Unthank, Martin Carthy and many more. To reserve a table email alex.thompson@ tokyoindustries.com or you can just turn up on the night.
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Epilepsy Action Bradford 10K
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Epilepsy Action is urging people to stay on track with their New Year fitness goals by signing up to the 2016 Epilepsy Action Bradford 10k road race. Funds raised from the event on Sunday 13 March will go to support 600,000 people with epilepsy in the UK – over 50,000 of them in the Yorkshire and Humber region.
The National Media Museum Lates is a night of FREE entertainment for adults only (18+), where you can relax, have fun and experience exclusive shows, talks and activities. The next one takes place on Thursday 17 March from 6.30 - 9.30pm and the theme is Music.
Starting and finishing in Centenary Square, the 10k route is fast and flat, suitable both for first-time runners wanting a fun challenge as well as elites looking to achieve a personal best. Entry costs £20 or £18 for runners affiliated to a UK athletics running club. Prizes are awarded for both males and females placed first, second and third, and for winners of the veterans’ categories.
See headline acts in the foyer, grab a drink and take a seat at our lightning ten-minute talks in the café - a chance to feed your mind, or get hands on with displays and drop-in activities. This time we’re bringing music to your ears as we journey into the wonderful world of sound with interactive experiments, real life scientists and even a silent disco! Free entry. www.nationalmediamuseum.org.uk/lates
Bradford Young Writers Group
Satinder Sartaaj Live In Concert
Ilkley Literature Festival is launching a new writing group for young people in Bradford, giving them the opportunity to develop their skills and meet other teenagers who share their interest.
Satinder Sartaaj is an outstanding poet and singer from India. He has mesmerized audiences across the world with sell out tours. From performing at the prestigious Royal Albert Hall to crowds of over 50,000 people in India.
Building on the success of our Ilkley-based writer’s group, Bradford Young Writers will meet weekly on Wednesdays 4.30 – 6pm during term time at Bradford City Library. The group is open to young people aged 12 – 18 and sessions are free with snacks provided. The 90-minute sessions will include writing exercises, games and plenty of fun to help inspire teenagers, whether they want to write poetry, short stories, novels or even songs, and no prior experience is needed.
As an artist he excites, enlightens, leads and embraces his fans with insights into life’s meaning and deepest feelings. Ancestral values are seen embedded deep in his poetry. Satinder Sartaaj captivates audiences through the vigor and sheer beauty of his words and lyrics. His songs stir the souls, energize the bodies, liberate the minds and heal the hearts. This amazing talent is set to grace the majestic stage and host an intimate Mehfil at St George’s Hall on 31 March.
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TUESDAY 1 MARCH COLLECTION TOURS 1PM, NATIONAL MEDIA MUSEUM Join a 45 minute voyage of discovery, and see the Museum’s collection at first hand and a behind-the-scenes glimpse at some of the treasures not on permanent display. Tours at 1pm, every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. nationalmediamuseum.org.uk
DISCOVER TUESDAYS - JANIS: LITTLE BLUE GIRL 6PM, PICTUREHOUSE AT MEDIA MUSEUM Following 2015’s hit Amy Winehouse film Amy, Oscar-nominated documentarian Amy Berg (West Of Memphis) delivers an equally heart-rending account of the original bad-girl rock singer, Janis Joplin. Discover Tuesdays is a regular strand at the Picturehouse Cinema. Visit their website for more film screenings. picturehouses.com/cinema/National_Media_ Museum
BUDDHA LAND MEDITATION CLASSES 1st, 8th, 15th, DELIUS ARTS CENTRE Explore how Buddhist meditation can be used to solve daily problems, develop peace of mind, improve our health and find meaning and purpose in life. Classes include guided meditations and explanation of how to meditate, run on a drop-in basis so there’s no need to book. Tuesdays: 1, 8 and 15 March 7–8pm, £6 a session. www.enjoymeditation.org
WEDNESDAY 2 MARCH WEDNESDAY @ ONE ORGAN RECITAL 1PM, BRADFORD CATHEDRAL Organ recital every Wednesday from 1pm. Free entry. bradfordcathedral.org
CRAZY CRAFTERS 1PM, GLYDE HOUSE
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Knitting / needlework group meet the first and third week every month. Come and have a natter while you knit. New members always welcome. For further details contact Su Mitchell 07767 087 142 or email semitchell00@gmail.com www.facebook.com/GlydeHouse
COFFEE HOUSE SESSION 2PM, UNION MALL, STUDENT CENTRAL, UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD A free live twenty-minute music performance from an up-and-coming act, every Wednesday from 2pm. Free entry.
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BRADFORD YOUNG WRITERS 4.30PM-6PM, BRADFORD CITY LIBRARY Aged 12-18 and love writing? Join Bradford Young Writers, every Wednesday during term time at Bradford City Library. www.ilkleyliteraturefestival.org.uk
1in12 ARTS COLLECTIVE 7.30PM, 1IN12 CLUB Inaugural meeting of the 1in12 Arts Collective bringing people together to make art, share art, organise events, and discuss ideas of artivism for positively changing our city and our world! 1in12.com
CINEMATHEQUE BRADFORD PRESENTS - THE LESSON (BULGARIA 2015) 7.30PM, KALA SANGAM A teacher is determined to catch a petty thief in her class. But her family life and her financial stability are starting to unravel and she finds herself facing serious moral questions. £7.50 / £5 concession OTD. cinemathequebradford.wordpress.com
QUIZ NIGHT 8PM, BRADFORD BREWERY Entry £1 per person. Free food for all teams. facebook.com/BradfordBrewery
THE DIRE STRAITS EXPERIENCE 7.30PM, ST GEORGE’S HALL The Dire Straits Experience features former Dire Straits member Chris White (on saxophone), complemented by a brilliant band and an amazing show which re-creates the hits. Tickets £26.50. bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on
THURSDAY 3 MARCH PEACE MUSEUM 10AM - 4PM, PIECE HALL YARD Open every Thursday 10am till 4pm. Free entry. peacemuseum.org.uk
PINHOLE CAMERA WORKSHOP CARTWRIGHT HALL, BD9 4NS An invitation to work with pinhole camera wizard and photographer Bob Clayden. Create your own pinhole cameras and learn how to take pictures and develop them in Bob’s mobile darkroom! All materials provided. £10 per participant. Booking essential.
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ICE SKATING FOR BEGINNERS 6.30PM, BRADFORD ICE ARENA Skate UK Beginners 1-10 Lessons (6.30pm-7.30pm), followed by public family session till 10pm. Every Thursday. facebook.com/BradfordIceArena
SCREEN ARTS - NT LIVE: HANGMEN 7PM, PICTUREHOUSE AT MEDIA MUSEUM Matthew Dunster’s award-winning production of his deeply funny new play Hangmen, broadcast live to cinemas by National Theatre Live. Discover Tuesdays is a regular strand at the Picturehouse Cinema. Visit their website for more film screenings. picturehouses.com/cinema/National_Media_ Museum
80S INVASION TOUR 2016 7.30PM, ST GEORGE’S HALL The 80s are back! Tony Denton Promotions bring together four of the decade’s most memorable artists to tour together for the first time ever. Tickets from £31. bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on
JAM NIGHT 8PM, BLACK SWAN Weekly jam night. Hosted by local musicians. House instruments available. Free entry. facebook.com/blackswanbradford
TOPIC FOLK CLUB - SINGERS & MUSICIANS 8.15PM, GLYDE HOUSE A friendly and inviting live music event. All welcome, food available. Free entry. topic-folk-club.org.uk
FRIDAY 4 MARCH LUNCHTIME JAZZ WITH IMANI HEKIMA, PIANIST 12.45PM-1.30PM, DELIUS ARTS CENTRE Bradford jazz pianist Imani Hekima has a diverse musical background, and takes us on a journey across genres. His
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performance blends jazz influences with soul, reggae, Bollywood & middle eastern music. Lunchtime jazz session and BYOF (bring your own food). £3 (£2 Conc.) OTD, children are free. www.facebook.com/Artworks.at.Delius
ONE WORLD WEEK INTERNATIONAL FAIR 12PM, STUDENT CENTRAL, UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD
legendary Bradford-based Irish band The Wild Geese along with some of their friends. Everybody is encouraged to turn up dressed in something yellow. Free entry. facebook.com/erebus77
DJ BROWNIE 8PM, BLACK SWAN
Traditional dress, international food and cultural presentations from international students. Free entry. ubuonline.co.uk/whats-on
Well-established home to Bradford’s rock and roll community. Live music, quality beer, jukebox, pub games, late nights and good times. Free entry. facebook.com/blackswanbradford
TIME FOR TEA 11.30AM - 1.30PM, IMPRESSIONS GALLERY
JATP JAZZ: BLIND MONK TRIO 8.30PM, GLYDE HOUSE
Join us for free tea and cake, and enjoy a friendly, social morning in our gallery overlooking City Park. Time For Tea is our free regular event for over 55s, everyone is welcome. impressions-gallery.com/events
Blind Monk Trio put a fresh spin on the sax/bass/drums trio format, with influences blended with alternative rock and eastern folk, expect quirky original compositions with some surprising arrangements of classic standards. £5 members / £7 guests OTD. jatpjazz.blogspot.co.uk
BEEHIVE POETS GATHERING 7PM, WATERSTONES Stevan Alcock reading from and talking about his debut novel, Blood Relatives, a gripping coming-of-age novel set around the punk and gay scenes of 70s Bradford & Leeds. Free event, booking recommended. beehivepoets.org.uk
WHITNEY 7.30PM, ST GEORGE’S HALL A stunning celebration of the music and life of one of the greatest singers of our time. This award-winning production features a stellar lineup with rising West End star Rebecca Freckleton delivering a powerhouse breathtaking performance as Whitney. Tickets from £23.50. bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on
THE WILD GEESE CHARITY CONCERT 8.30PM, THE CASTLE Annual Big Yellow Friday Charity Concert, raising funds for the Children’s Liver Disease Foundation (see www. bigyellowfriday.org). Featuring the
FUNKIN’ SOUL 6PM-2AM, 1IN12 CLUB A night of funk, soul, ska, hip hop and breakbeat with live band Pearls Cab Ride - a nine-piece funk and soul act. Alongside resident DJs Hashfinger, DJ Sleazy G and DJ Jon G. Cafe open from 6pm. £2 members / £3 guests OTD. 1in12.com
LEEDS CITY STOMPERS 8PM, AL’S DIME BAR Live music, fun times, late nights and exotic drinks. Free entry. alsdimebar.com
DRAG WITH NO NAME 10PM, THE SUN HOTEL The drag with no name returns to the Sun! Open from 12pm, karaoke from 4pm, drag hosts from 8pm, cabaret from 10pm, open till 3am. Free entry all day and night. www.facebook.com/sunbradford
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SATURDAY 5 MARCH BRASS BAND CHAMPIONSHIP 5TH-6TH, ST GEORGE’S HALL The annual brass band contest returns to St George’s Hall. Tickets from £9.50. bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on
BRADFORD PARK RUNS 9AM, LISTER PARK & HORTON PARK Free and friendly timed 5k run. Every Saturday at Lister Park and Horton Park. parkrun.org.uk/bradford
SATURDAY ART CLUB 10.30AM-12.30PM, BRADFORD SCHOOL OF ART Free Saturday Art Club from 10.30am. Life drawing with John Stainton, fashion with Rajan Soond, and creative & digital imaging with Kulvinder Reehal. Free event every Saturday. www.facebook.com/BradfordSchoolOfArt
SATURDAY STOP 10.30AM - 4.30PM, IMPRESSIONS GALLERY Visit our exhibition, relax in the lounge overlooking City Park and enjoy free creative activities for children. Every Saturday at Impressions. impressions-gallery.com/events
SORM FEST IV 12.30PM-MIDNIGHT, DELIUS ARTS CENTRE Annual SORM Fest all-dayer plus SORM record label grand launch! Voodoo Bats / Francis / Clan of Anarchy / Reject Renegades / Shot in the Dark / Dravenfall and more… £5 on the door. www.facebook.com/Artworks.at.Delius
STILLBORN UNICORN / FLATHEADS 8PM, BLACK SWAN Grunge/Punk bands from 8pm. Wellestablished home to Bradford’s rock and roll community. Live music, quality beer, jukebox, pub games, late nights and good times. Free entry. facebook.com/blackswanbradford
WHITE NOISE 3RD BIRTHDAY 10PM-5AM, THE MILL NIGHTCLUB
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White Noise Soundsystem’s third birthday party, featuring Man About A Dog live, Stig Of The Dump live, Extra Spectrum, Shamen, Dafuzz, Who’s Dave, and Burnside. £10 on the door. themillbradford.com
DUB TRAIN TO ZION 10PM-4AM, RAILWAY CLUB, Soundman & Dub Trilogies Promotions
presents - a roots reggae night - Dub Train to Zion pt1, feat. Birmingham’s Rod of Correction, Preston’s Deep Weight & Treble and Huddersfield’s New Sub Sound - Jnr - Vision Muzik. Tickets £5, £8 OTD.
SUNDAY 6 MARCH VINTAGE SUNDAYS - PSYCHO (1960) 2.30PM, PICTUREHOUSE AT MEDIA MUSEUM Alfred Hitchcock’s stunningly realised tale of gruesome murders and sly verbal sparring at the Bates Motel. Vintage Sundays is a regular strand at the Picturehouse Cinema. Visit their website for more film screenings. picturehouses.com/cinema/National_Media_ Museum
LUNCHTIME TALK AND DRAWING DEMO WITH DARREN BAKER CARTWRIGHT HALL, BD9 4NS Darren Baker is now acknowledged as one of the leading painters of the classical realism genre, and his style displays the influences of both the Dutch masters and the contemporary realist school. Free entry. Booking essential. bradfordmuseums.org
MOTHERS’ DAY ENTERTAINMENT 3PM-6.30PM, GINGER GOOSE A fabulous afternoon of live entertainment with two excellent artists. Soulful harmonies and crisp covers of classic soul and motown hits with the exciting duo Little And Often plus Lance Gold with his tribute to Sam Cooke and the great soul legends. Free entry. gingergoose.co.uk
MATT BAXTER ACOUSTIC 8PM, AL’S DIME BAR Live music, fun times, late nights and exotic drinks. Free entry. alsdimebar.com
MONDAY 7 MARCH BEEHIVE POETS GATHERING 7PM, NEW BEEHIVE INN A mutually-supportive poetry group that meets every Monday. Free entry. beehivepoets.org.uk
TUESDAY 8 MARCH COFFEE CONCERT 10.30AM, BRADFORD CATHEDRAL Coffee concert featuring Simon Passmore on piano. Concerts are free and last 45 mins, starting at 11am, preceded by coffee
& cake. Free entry. bradfordcathedral.org
FREE LEGO SESSION 10.30AM-11.45AM, BRADFORD CITY LIBRARY Calling all under five Lego fans! Lego and Duplo fans will love crafting Lego under the expert guidance of Keith Moran from Bricks4Kidz. Singing and free play will also form part of the experience. www. facebook.com/bradfordlibraries
TELL ME ON SUNDAY 7.30PM, ALHAMBRA THEATRE Jodie Prenger steps into Andrew Lloyd Webber and Don Black’s classic musical, Tell Me On Sunday. Tickets from £24.50. bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on
CELEBRITY CHEF JAMES MARTIN 7.30PM, ST GEORGE’S HALL Celebrated chef and TV personality James Martin comes to St George’s Hall as part of his first UK tour. Tickets from £31.50. bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on
WEDNESDAY 9 MARCH ANTON & ERIN 2PM & 7.30PM, ALHAMBRA THEATRE Join the nation’s favourite ballroom couple when they return to Bradford with a thrilling new show that will dazzle audiences. Tickets from £38. bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on
THE LEGENDS - FORMER BANTAMS ASSOCIATION 7PM, VALLEY PARADE The launch of the Former Bantams Association, as the club welcome back to the Coral Windows Stadium many previous players. Join us at this event as we celebrate times gone by. Watch out for when we receive confirmation of ex-players attending. Booking essential. www.facebook.com/thebantams
THURSDAY 10 MARCH
10TH-12TH, BRADFORD PLAYHOUSE Join BUSOM for our main show Back To The 80s, where we’ll be rocking, popping, and dancing on the ceiling as we journey through the memories of Cory Palmer’s musical recollections of his 80s school days. Free entry. ubuonline.co.uk/whats-on
ONE WORLD WEEK INTERNATIONAL GALA 12PM, STUDENT CENTRAL, UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD A celebration of cultures across the campus. Free entry. ubuonline.co.uk/whats-on
ARTISTS NETWORKING EVENING 6PM-8PM, KALA SANGAM An evening of networking, food and drink for Bradford-based artists, with a guest speaker and performance, Free event. kalasangam.org
TOPIC FOLK CLUB - SIMON KEMPSTON 8.30PM, GLYDE HOUSE Edinburgh-based singer/songwriter and fingerstyle guitarist performing original and contemporary material combined with powerful vocals. Support from Lowri Evans, a rising star on the acoustic music scene. £6 / £5 members OTD. topic-folk-club.org.uk
FRIDAY 11 MARCH BUCKFEST 11TH - 12TH, 1IN12 CLUB A festival in celebration of Buckfast. Brewed by monk, drunk by punks! Expect live music and lots of buckfast. 1in12.com
SMETANA PIANO TRIO 7.30PM, BRADFORD CATHEDRAL The Smetana Piano Trio makes a welcome return to Bradford Cathedral with a programme including Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Dvořák. Tickets from £14. bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on
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Featuring the Eastcoast Boys celebrating the music of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons. Tickets from £23. bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on
RUM DOODLE 8.30PM, THE CASTLE Rum Doodle are a folk roots acoustic duo from Leeds. Martin & BB Tim play mostly their own original songs with influences as broad as Christy Moore and The Dubliners to Bob Dylan and Neil Young. Free entry. facebook.com/erebus77
KALEIDOSCOPE 9pm-2am, NEW BEEHIVE INN CELLAR BAR Reggae, dancehall classics, roots and culture. Free entry. www.facebook.com/NewBeehiveInn
SATURDAY 12 MARCH WOMEN OF PALESTINE: LIVING THROUGH TRAUMA, BUILDING RESILIENCE 12.30PM-12AM, DELIUS ARTS CENTRE Special event for International Women’s day. Conference (women only): 12 noon doors open for soup and to browse the exhibition. 1pm for conference opening. The evening celebratory meal, beginning from 6pm, is open to all and is £10/£5 concession. Tickets and further info available from hillyfletcher@btinternet. com or call 01422 881 436. www.facebook.com/Artworks.at.Delius
KALA SAMARPAN 6PM-10.30PM, KALA SANGAM A variety of dance, music and poetry is presented to celebrate and seek the blessings of the Lord of Arts. Tickets £10 / £5 concessions. kalasangam.org
GOT IT COVERED 9PM, GINGER GOOSE Hi-energy specialised indie rock
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covers band, cracking covers including Stereophonics, Arctic Monkeys, The Who and James. Free entry. gingergoose.co.uk
SOUNDS OF MOTOR CITY 9PM, CITY VAULTS With a passion for 60s motor city Detroit and the Motown label, Sounds of Motor City cover classic tunes that make you want to get up and dance. Free entry. cityvaults.co.uk
SUNDAY 13 MARCH EPILEPSY ACTION 10K RUN 9AM, CITY PARK Bradford’s biggest and fastest 10k road race! Starting and finishing in City Park, the route is fast and flat, so it’s a great race for both first-time runners and those looking to achieve a personal best. Sign up online. www.epilepsy.org.uk/bradford10k
LUNCHTIME TALK AND TOUR WITH NANCY HONEY CARTWRIGHT HALL, BD9 4NS Award-winning international photographer Nancy Honey takes a lunchtime tour of her 100 British senior women exhibition. bradfordmuseums.org
LULU LIVE 7.30PM, ST GEORGE’S HALL The incredible Lulu still has plenty to shout about and is back with another fantastic tour. Tickets from £31.50. bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on
HOODOO OPERATORS / BEN ‘BLUE’ WATERS & ONE SCOTCH, ONE BOURBON, ONE BEER 8PM, AL’S DIME BAR Live music, fun times, late nights and exotic drinks. Free entry. alsdimebar.com
MONDAY 14 MARCH VARSITY 2016 14TH-16TH, CROSS-CITY
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The annual sporting competition between Bradford and Huddersfield returns, where the sports teams from the two universities go head-to-head to find out who’ll be crowned varsity champion and win the trophy. Free entry. ubuonline.co.uk/whats-on
ROCKY HORROR SHOW 14TH-19TH, ALHAMBRA THEATRE Following a record-breaking worldwide
tour Richard O’Brien’s classic is ready to thrill you once again with its frothy fun and naughty moments! Tickets from £17.50. bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on
TUESDAY 15 MARCH ALEX EDEN’S BLUES JAM 8PM, FACTORY STREET STUDIOS, 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. Free entry. factorystreet.co.uk
WEDNESDAY 16 MARCH CINEMATHEQUE BRADFORD PRESENTS – RAMS (ICELAND 2015) 7.30PM KALA SANGAM This surprise hit features two brothers living on the same family farm who haven’t spoken for 40 years. But when their herds of heritage sheep are threatened by disease and forced slaughtering, can they come together to defend their land? A wonderful deadpan comedy-drama. £7.50 / £5 concession OTD. cinemathequebradford.wordpress.com
THE STORY OF GUITAR HEROES 7.30PM, ST GEORGE’S HALL The Story Of Guitar Heroes is a mind blowing live concert style rockumentary, paying homage to some of the greatest guitar heroes of all time! Tickets from £21.50. bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on
THURSDAY 17 MARCH FEED YOUR MIND 12.30AM - 1.30PM, IMPRESSIONS GALLERY Join us for an informal information session to learn a bit more about dementia, led by a dementia champion. This session is inspired by work in our current exhibition Jerwood/Photoworks Awards 2015. Free event . Booking advised, but not essential. impressions-gallery.com/events
ST PATRICK’S DAY SHENANIGANS FEATURING LIVE MUSIC FROM SCARLET HEIGHTS ALL DAY, GINGER GOOSE The biggest St Patrick’s Day party in town. Join us for a full day of non-stop
entertainment with the amazing Scarlet Heights supported by DJ Ellen and upbeat 100 mile-an-hour Irish music. Free entry. gingergoose.co.uk
RECLAIM THE NIGHT 5PM, UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD A march through Bradford to reclaim the night from harassment and violence against women on the streets. ubuonline.co.uk/whats-on
LATES: MUSIC 6.30PM-9.30PM, NATIONAL MEDIA MUSEUM The National Media Museum Lates is a night of free entertainment for adults (18+), where you can relax, have fun and experience exclusive shows, activities and talks. This time we’re bringing music to your ears as we journey into the wonderful world of sound, with hands on experiments, the science of audio and much more. Free entry. www.nationalmediamuseum.org.uk/lates
FRANKIE BOYLE 8PM, ST GEORGE’S HALL Frankie Boyle returns to St George’s Hall with his new show Hurt Like You’ve Never Been Loved. Tickets from £26.50. bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on
REMOTE [BRADFORD] 7.30PM, THEATRE IN THE MILL REMOTE is a piece of sit-down interactive theatre, interrogating the politics of choice, the Uberisation of everything, and living in an immaterial world. REMOTE arrives to help your city become more the place of your dreams. Tickets £9 / £7 concession. brad.ac.uk/theatre/whats-on/coney
THE ABIDERS DO THIN LIZZY 8PM, AL’S DIME BAR Live music, fun times, late nights and exotic drinks. Free entry. alsdimebar.com
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TOPIC FOLK CLUB - JOHN CONNOLLY 8.30PM, GLYDE HOUSE A welcome and overdue return for the composer of the iconic Fiddlers Green and other such classics. A firm favourite everywhere he goes. £6 / £5 members OTD. topic-folk-club.org.uk
ST PATRICK’S DAY CELEBRATION 8PM-LATE, BREWHAUS An evening of Irish craic with alternative folk music from Johnny Campbell. Performing original material with Irish, Scots and American folk influences and a fast, ruthless, uncompromising sound. Free entry. www.facebook.com/brewhausbradford
JAM NIGHT 8PM, BLACK SWAN Weekly jam night. Hosted by local musicians. House instruments available. Free entry. facebook.com/blackswanbradford
THE WILD MURPHYS 9PM, CITY VAULTS Undoubtedly the most exciting three-piece Irish music trio in the UK. Middi and the boys are purveyors of the greatest hangovers in history. Well worth a trip to the City Vaults and a great afternoon of live music. Free entry. cityvaults.co.uk
FRIDAY 18 MARCH DALES JAM 7PM, DELIUS ARTS CENTRE World music and jazz orchestra Dales Jam return to the Delius Centre with Spring in their step and two completely new sets of music for your delirious enjoyment. £4 (£3 concession) on the door. www.facebook.com/Artworks.at.Delius
ISLANDS IN THE STREAM 8PM, ST GEORGE’S HALL
Celebrating the queen and king of country, Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers. Tickets from £24. bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on
MOODHOOK 8PM, BLACK SWAN Blues/rock bands from 8pm. Wellestablished home to Bradford’s rock and roll community. Live music, quality beer, jukebox, pub games, late nights and good times. Free entry. facebook.com/blackswanbradford
SPAN THE WORLD WITH MUSIC 8PM, 1IN12 CLUB A night full of wonderful live music, with all the money going to help the youth-run Woodcraft DF movement. To continue creating social justice and friendship. 1in12.com
LIZ NAREY 8.30PM, THE CASTLE A regular floor singer at the Castle, Liz will be the star of the night tonight, performing a mix of her own songs as well as a few covers and a tale or two. Free entry. facebook.com/erebus77
SATURDAY 19 MARCH DRAWING IN WEFT : TALK BY TAPESTRY ARTIST PAT TAYLOR INDUSTRIAL MUSEUM, BD2 3HP This talk engages with drawing in weft which lies at the heart of Pat Taylor’s work. Free entry with refreshments provided. Booking essential. bradfordmuseums.org
TOMOKO SAUVAGE 8PM, FUSE ART SPACE Japanese musician/sound artist based in Paris, plays with different forms of water – drops, waves and bubbles resonating in bowls as well as audio feedback creating waving drones and natural overtones. £4 OTD.
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HAWKWIND TRIBUTE 8PM, BLACK SWAN A tribute to the wonderful Hawkwind from 8pm. Well-established home to Bradford’s rock and roll community. Live music, quality beer, jukebox, pub games, late nights and good times. Free entry. facebook.com/blackswanbradford
LITTLE COSMIC LIVE 10PM, THE SUN HOTEL
RUBBER KAZOO ‘WELCOME BACK ANNA’ GIG 8PM, AL’S DIME BAR Live music, fun times, late nights and exotic drinks. Free entry. alsdimebar.com
GOOD FRIDAY SINGERS, MUSICIANS & POETS NIGHT 8.30PM, THE CASTLE
Little Cosmic’s debut at The Sun! Open from 12pm, karaoke from 4pm, drag hosts from 8pm, cabaret from 10pm, open till 3am. Free entry all day and night. www.facebook.com/sunbradford
Come down and sing a song, play a tune, recite a monologue or poem or just come and listen and sup a pint or two. Free entry. facebook.com/erebus77
MONDAY 21 MARCH
TOPIC FOLK CLUB - JACK HARRIS 8.30PM, GLYDE HOUSE
BRADFORD HISTORY SOCIETY 9.30AM, GLYDE HOUSE Special guest David Glover presents Scandal & Humour from Halifax Parish records. New members welcome. Free entry. www.facebook.com/GlydeHouse
TUESDAY 22 MARCH TAP FACTORY 7.30PM, ST GEORGE’S HALL
Award-winning singer/songwriter - a troubadour making a name for himself in the US and across the UK. £6 / £5 members OTD. topic-folk-club.org.uk
FRIDAY 25 MARCH EASTER WEEKEND BEER FESTIVAL 25TH-27TH, FIGHTING COCK
A breathtaking show in the genre of Tap Dogs and Blue Man Group. Tickets from £22.50. bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on
10 hand-pulled cask ales and live music from Friday through to Sunday - with Saturday headline Trenchtown UK - in the Fighting Cock’s new beer garden. Free entry. facebook.com/fightingcockbradford
ACOUSTIC NORTH OPEN MIC 8PM, GLYDE HOUSE
ASHLEY & PUDSEY LIVE 25TH-27TH, ALHAMBRA THEATRE
Open mic session with a very supportive audience. Free entry. www.facebook.com/GlydeHouse
WEDNESDAY 23 MARCH BRADFORD SCHOOLS PROMS 23RD-24TH, ST GEORGE’S HALL Dance, music and drama from schools across the Bradford district. Tickets from £6.50. bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on
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MARXISM & WOMEN’S LIBERATION 7PM, GLYDE HOUSE A book launch hosted by Bookmarks bookshop with author Judith Orr. www.facebook.com/GlydeHouse
THURSDAY 24 MARCH JAM NIGHT 8PM, BLACK SWAN Weekly jam night. Hosted by local musicians. House instruments available.
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to join us for a brand new interactive spy adventure suitable for the whole family starring everyone’s favourite Britain’s Got Talent champions. Tickets from £19.50. bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on
SUPERSONIC DJ NIGHT 8PM, BLACK SWAN Mod, Britpop and indie DJ from 8pm. Well-established home to Bradford’s rock and roll community. Live music, quality beer, jukebox, pub games, late nights and good times. Free entry. facebook.com/blackswanbradford
BRADFORD BLUES CLUB 8.30PM, GLYDE HOUSE An evening of the finest blues and roots musicians on the circuit, this month featuring Chris James and Martin Fletcher. Free entry.
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GOD SOUNDSYSTEM PRESENTS STAMINA 9PM-5AM, 1IN12 CLUB G.O.D Soundsystem are back at the 1in12 to rattle the window frames! With nothing but jungle, DnB, dubstep and dub until 5am! £5 OTD. 1in12.com
TRAINER TROUBLE 9PM-2AM, NEW BEEHIVE INN CELLAR BAR Funk, soul, reggae, hiphop and afro records played by Tony Safari (Trainer Trouble) and Jazz Daddy (Dig Jazz). Special guest Pada (NoHands / HIfi ClubLeeds) playing world beats. www.facebook.com/NewBeehiveInn
SATURDAY 26 MARCH ISSIMO FULL BAND SINGLE LAUNCH 7.30PM, BENTLEY’S LIVE LOUNGE Issimo are a unique ensemble, fronted by Marc and Abi and backed by the Issimites (a rogue bunch of unruly jazz musicians). With support from indie/alt rock fourpiece, Blyss. Tickets £4, £5 OTD. www.facebook.com/Bentleyslivelounge
LIZARD TONGUE 8PM, BLACK SWAN Thrash metal band from 8pm. Wellestablished home to Bradford’s rock and roll community. Live music, quality beer, jukebox, pub games, late nights and good times. Free entry. facebook.com/blackswanbradford
THE FRINGE 9PM, CITY VAULTS Excellent rock covers band with an extensive repertoire. Great performers. Free entry. cityvaults.co.uk
BEAUTIFUL NOISE 9PM, GINGER GOOSE Back by popular demand Beautiful Noise are a truly amazing band. Performing
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fantastic covers from the Beautiful South’s back catalogue - British music at its best. Everybody’s talking about this one. Make sure you’re in fine voice as this is one massive singalong from start to finish. Free entry. gingergoose.co.uk
REGGAEMATIC ROOTS NIGHT FT. DANEJAH 10PM-4AM, 1IN12 CLUB Apache Hifi returns to the 1in12 Club supplying the heavyweight sounds with Rockers Roadshow and Danejah in full effect. 10pm - 4am. £5 OTD. www.facebook.com/Apache.Hi.Fi
BAMBI BOO LIVE 10PM, THE SUN HOTEL Bambi Boo returns to The Sun! Open from 12pm, karaoke from 4pm, drag hosts from 8pm, cabaret from 10pm, open till 3am. Free entry all day and night. www.facebook.com/sunbradford
TRAPDOOR 10PM-LATE, THE MILL NIGHTCLUB The legendary last Saturday of every month rock and alternative party! DJs on two floors playing alternative rock, punk, ska, and metal. £5 on the door, £4 NUS. themillbradford.com
SUNDAY 27 MARCH LEO KENNY 3.30PM-6.30PM, GINGER GOOSE Sunday afternoon live entertainment from local legend Leo. A great afternoon of soul classics we all love to get up and dance to. Free entry. gingergoose.co.uk
VINTAGE MARKET 12PM-8PM, BREWHAUS & STEIN BIERKELLER Featuring the best of local handmade and vintage vendors, including arts and crafts, jewellery, clothing, handmade and continental gifts, records and musical items. Street food and entertainment throughout the day. Free stalls and free
entry. www.facebook.com/brewhausbradford
SKA SUNDAY WITH TRENCHTOWN 8PM, AL’S DIME BAR Live music, fun times, late nights and exotic drinks. Free entry. alsdimebar.com
TUESDAY 29 MARCH JACKIE THE MUSICAL 29TH-2ND, ALHAMBRA THEATRE Once there was a time with no mobiles, no online dating and no Facebook, when teenage girls waited with bated breath by the letterbox for their weekly issue of Jackie Magazine. Tickets from £21. bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on
WEDNESDAY 30 MARCH CINEMATHEQUE BRADFORD PRESENTS – COURT (India 2014) 7.30PM KALA SANGAM This subtle film uses a single case in the Indian law courts to expose inequalities of wealth, social class and caste. The director follows the stories of the judge and the lawyers as well as the defendant and the victim’s family. £7.50 / £5 concession OTD. cinemathequebradford.wordpress.com
THURSDAY 31 MARCH SATINDER SARTAAJ LIVE 7.30PM, ST GEORGE’S HALL Oriental Arts presents Satinder Sartaaj Live in Concert. Tickets from £26.50. bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on
TOPIC FOLK CLUB - NINEBARROW 8.30PM, GLYDE HOUSE Multi award-winning folk duo who are impressing audiences far and wide with their innovative approach to traditional and original songs. £6 / £5 members OTD. topic-folk-club.org.uk
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