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ISSUE three | may 2015

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NOTE FROM THE EDITOR Hello, and a big welcome to readers new and old.

Things seem to have gathered pace nicely in the past month and we’re establishing some really good links with interesting organisations throughout the city. This can only be a good thing for us as a magazine and you as the reader as we cast our net wider over Bradford’s cultural landscape.

We’re also delighted to welcome on board another enthusiastic and talented bunch of contributors, who have given their time to generate some great content for you to enjoy.

Hopefully this will allow us to keep improving the magazine and deliver a top quality guide to business, leisure and culture in Bradford.

We’ve really gone to town with events reviews and previews this month in an effort to inspire some of our readers to get out there and discover some of these fantastic venues and institutions for yourselves. Hopefully many of you will do just that and we may just end up with one or two of you itching to contribute yourselves...here’s hoping.

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As a controversial new book threatens to OVERSHADOW THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BRADFORD CITY FIRE, HAS THE WAY WE REMEMBER THE 11TH MAY 1985 CHANGED FOR EVER?

BY JOHN dEWHIRST The publication of a controversial new book the immediate aftermath of the disaster. I’m promises to challenge opinions about the sensitive to the suggestion that somehow our Valley Parade fire disaster, causing considerable generation forgot the fire or chose to ignore it disquiet among longstanding supporters by bottling our emotions. of Bradford City. I’m highly sceptical of claims that the fire was caused deliberately. No-one has a monopoly of grief to determine I’m disappointed at the manner in which the the form of commemoration or the narrative claims have been made, the of the disaster but I believe implicit connection with the it has subsequently been Hillsborough affair and the remembered in a dignified “Whilst timing of the revelations, but manner through the annual everyone is in I respect Martin Fletcher’s service outside City Hall, right to express his views. a minute’s silence before unison about the final home game of the marking the Until quite recently there’s season, and through ongoing been a general consensus about fundraising for the Bradford date I can’t how best to commemorate Burns Unit. In common with help but feel the fire disaster. but this new many other supporters who book comes amidst a growing were involved with the club in there’s a divergence of attitudes the 1980s I feel uncomfortable generational towards what happened on about how the emphasis of 11 May 1985. Whilst everyone commemoration appears to gap about how is in unison about marking be changing. Given the range best to do so.” the date I can’t help but feel of sensitivities and feelings I there’s a generational gap hope that the delicate balance about how best to do so. that has been achieved thus far can be maintained.

Those of us in our late forties and older now represent a smaller proportion of the Never before did we consider it necessary for club’s support, and the responsibility for match day displays of grief. In my opinion the commemoration of the disaster will be risk is that we could encourage a reaction from inherited by younger generations. Today there’s opposing fans, in the same way as the Munich a call for more outward displays of grief tragedy is now sadly commemorated and this contrasts to how we responded in by rival songs and jeers. Those in 7

attendance at the FA Cup game at Reading in March witnessed younger supporters from the home side taunting the Bradford City followers about the fire, which was hurtful. My fear is that we might be unintentionally encouraging this response, a phenomenon confined to a small number of incidences in the 1980s.

nothing else.

In the aftermath of the disaster there was an incredible sense of unity within the city and of common purpose. The focus was on supporting the bereaved and the injured. The victims were not just the 56 fatalities but the survivors too, a point I suspect is missed by People who were at Valley Parade on that day many younger fans. Above all it was about thirty years ago will never forget what happened ‘getting back to normal’. The football club had - our remembrance has not been confined to just been promoted to the second division of an annual commemoration as the experience the English football hierarchy, a level at which has lived with us all. The fire disaster was a Bradford City had not played for 48 years, and major event in people’s lives and I’m eternally there was a genuine feeling among supporters grateful that my life was not that the greatest tribute to those defined by the disaster. But for who perished was to rebuild the accident of circumstance the club and restore its self“In the of timing I know it could have respect and pride. The new been quite different.

Valley Parade was a symbol aftermath of of that fresh start; so too was the disaster For around ten years after the survival in the second division fire it was common for people, at the end of a nomadic season there was an on discovering that you were a in 1985/86. incredible City fan, to ask if you’d been sense of at Valley Parade that day. It was For those of us involved difficult to work out whether it with the club there was no unity within was curiosity, rubbernecking or forgetting the disaster. There the city and polite conversation but I never was fundraising for the disaster knew how to respond - or appeal and the Burns Unit and of common rather I didn’t know how people besides, so many people had purpose.” wanted me to respond. It was been affected by the disaster embarrassing that it could be that invariably you were considered a badge of honour confronted with it in daily life. I or distinction. I hadn’t been a hero and the readily confess to the awkward embarrassment truth is that, whilst I was at the game that day, that I’d survived unscathed.

I genuinely cannot recall much about it. My memories are framed by newspaper accounts There was no seeking to apportion blame and the YTV coverage. I couldn’t add anything for the disaster either. All of us knew that in profound to a conversation beyond what I’d 1985 Valley Parade was a decrepit stadium, read. I can recall precise details of preceding essentially much the same as that developed games but of that end of season fixture, very nearly 80 years before. With the exception little. Maybe my subconscious has blanked out of the Midland Road stand it would have that part of my memory as a form of self- been generally recognisable to those who had protection, I don’t know. It has remained with followed the club when it won the FA Cup in me however and occasionally, independent of 1911. Equally we were all realistic about the any deliberate prompting, I have flashbacks prospect of the ground being rebuilt given of the intense heat of the fire but thankfully the fact that the club was, to not put too fine

a word on it, skint, having been through an insolvency process only two years before.

The state of the ground was an inevitable legacy of the financial difficulties faced by Bradford City since the end of World War One and in my opinion it was not a black and white case to apportion blame. Just about every person who sat in the stand or stood in the paddock at the front pretty much knew the shortcomings but no-one ever remotely envisaged the possibility of disaster or fatality. If the fire authorities had believed it, they would have closed the ground and been pro-active. We should assume the directors would have done likewise.

And if fire was considered a possibility why was smoking permitted and indeed, why did people smoke? Similarly if journalists had detected the risks surely they would have reported them. And if we as supporters had genuinely believed a disaster was possible we wouldn’t have attended games. All of us made a probability assessment of risk and none of us - including those who were injured or perished - concluded that disaster was likely. The whole focus of everyone involved with the club in the 1984/85 season was on achieving promotion.

The supporters demanded that the directors invest spare monies in the team and we were all

content for rebuilding work on the stand to be deferred until the close season. In that regard I am as guilty of the disaster as those in charge of the club on the day. I would however prefer to believe that the disaster was an act of God and I see no value in trying to reconstruct an enquiry that took place thirty years ago and to seek unnecessary recriminations.

The Valley Parade fire opened eyes to the possibility of risk and ended the complacency that once existed throughout English football.

This recalibration represented a positive outcome after what happened thirty years ago. So too other things have changed, lest we forget the perimeter and segregation fences, the crumbling, open terraces, wooden stands, primitive toilet facilities and all the rest.

Nowadays families attend football matches.

Until 1985 health and safety was not a concern at stadia, instead the focus was on public order.

Thirty years later it is easy to forget the state of English football in 1985 but the Bradford disaster has never been forgotten.

John Dewhirst is the Co-founder of the fanzine The City Gent and author of A History Of BCAFC In Objects

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S ODIAN colin fine TALKEST CU E US HO AY PL RD AC BRADFO T HIS JOURNEY FROM PE TO MIKE FARREN ABOUTHEATRE-OWNING THESPIAN. TO LOVING IT SPECIALIST

Colin Fine, who became the owner of and it was only when attending a personal Bradford Playhouse last year, has such a development course that what he had to do diverse range of interests it’s difficult to know emerged. “Everybody was invited to come how to approach him. Theatre, language, up to the front and make a declaration,” he music, dance, science fiction, personal remembers. “I got into the queue to take the development, mathematics, railways and mic, and didn’t know what I was going to say. canals! Even this is not exhaustive - he studied Out of nowhere it came: ‘I’m going to change law and mathematics at Cambridge, did a my career to something that doesn’t support master’s degree in peace studies at Bradford the arms industry.’ I was flabbergasted. I’d University and worked in IT, including a 14had no conscious intention of saying it.” year stint at Saltaire’s Pace. There’s no time The upshot was that he would leave his to investigate all these facets job, that he didn’t know what but there’s plenty to focus on he would do next and that in his role as patron of the arts “I got into he would be open about it. in Bradford, and particularly After discussions just before the queue to the part he has played in saving Christmas, “I resigned and Bradford Playhouse. take the mic, on New Year’s Day, I was unemployed, with half a year’s and didn’t Born in North London he salary in the bank. They didn’t enjoyed his time studying in know what owe me anything, but I like to Cambridge so much that he think that my decision to be I was going was spending most weekends open was one of the factors.” there even after graduating. to say. Out So he moved back, living in A variety of factors led him of nowhere Cambridge throughout the to take the Peace Studies MA it came: 1980s and working for small in Bradford. After completing software companies. “I applied a dissertation on the role of ‘I’m going to do a diploma in computer self-esteem in conflict, “I hung to change science,” he comments, “really around the University intending to hang around in Cambridge. I to do a PhD., looking for a topic my career to got rejected so I took an interim in an area important to me. I something job programming.” didn’t find one.” Fortunately, what he found instead, was a that doesn’t The interim job led to other such fascination with theatre that support the roles. Then his company was set him on the unlikely path to taken over by an international arms industry.” owning Bradford Playhouse. conglomerate with dealings in the arms industry, which didn’t Colin explains the timing, “I sit well with Colin’s values. On a posting to saw my brother in The Gondoliers in 1990. the USA, he tells me, “I’d be in meetings, Up to that time I rather looked down on talking about engineering problems, and Gilbert and Sullivan but I saw this student somebody would say something that would production and went, ‘That looks like fun!’ remind me their problem was building a war So when I came up here the following year plane.” and found there was a G&S society I joined it. Apart from a school play my first time on Full realisation though was a gradual process, stage was the role of the Mikado in

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1992. I assumed I had no hope because I had no experience, but they gave me the role.”

I enjoyed working in Salts Mill and I liked the people, but for most of the time I was there, I didn’t let it take over my life.”

It was the start of a love affair with performance that saw him develop an impressive CV of His career at Pace ended in 2011. “One of singing and non-singing roles over the next the triggers was paying off the mortgage twenty-odd years. However, even these didn’t on the house that I still had in Cambridge. satisfy him. “I was in shows, I was lighting My monthly outgoings went down a bit, but shows, I was doing sound… I was technical symbolically I was in a different space.” manager for Theatre in the Mill, in a volunteer position.” After a trip to the Edinburgh Fringe This different space did not – originally – with a University group, Colin was one of include retiring, but rather creating a new three friends who formed a life, and taking a break. It was promotions company, Paradise only after a financial advisor Green, to provide fringe convinced him he was more “When I met venues at the festival. “We comfortably off than he’d them, my hire a city centre church, build thought that the necessity of reaction was four theatres in it and then we paid work diminished. At the sub-let,” he explains. “2015 is same time he was moving away that these Paradise Green’s 19th year.” from being predominantly people know involved with the University’s This mixture of love of theatre Theatre in the Mill and toward what they’re and pragmatism about staging other groups and venues, talking about! it successfully may have been including Bradford Playhouse.

A year ago, I excellent preparation for his eventual ownership of the “I was never heavily involved was chatting to Playhouse. However a different in here,” he says. “I was in a Jono, and he kind of pragmatism meant he few shows and lit a couple, had to combine a paying job mentioned the but I didn’t do a lot. It with drama and all his other certainly wasn’t the focus of guide price for my theatre. I came to 1 or interests. After working in IT in and around the University 2 things, probably in about the building. I he applied to several theatre and I was startled when thought, ‘Ooh, 2011, schools in 1997. To fund fees I saw the bar, and the state maybe I could and expenses Colin sought of repair compared to how I a short-term contract with remembered it. afford that!’”

Pace. “They didn’t offer me a contract,” he says, “but a “The Bradford Playhouse went permanent position. I accepted, making it into receivership in 2011, but the next year clear my intention was to stay for a year. 14 the receivers allowed Jono and Clare Gadsby years later…!” to reopen it as a theatre. When I met them, my reaction was that these people know what Those 14 years saw Colin working full time, as they’re talking about! A year ago, I was chatting well as all his other activities – something he to Jono, and he mentioned the guide price for seems to have managed “..by not having any the building. I thought, ‘Ooh, maybe I could downtime. Also, I enjoyed what I was doing, afford that!’ At the end of June last year, I

Colin in a recent production of our country’s good saw that Friends of Bradford Playhouse were trying to raise money to buy the place because it was going to auction. I just said, ‘Right, I’m in.’”

Technically Colin is ‘just’ the landlord, with the Gadsbys and others running the theatre day to day, but he remains involved as a volunteer (“..a slightly special one..”), and appeared in Our Country’s Good at the end of April. He’s also keen to see as much going on in the Playhouse as possible. This is certainly the case on the day I’m there, with preparations for a weekend musical event, a rehearsed reading and the set for Our Country’s Good under construction.

Colin also shows me the new music space, the Burnel Rooms, and the Studio, and talks about the upcoming Threadfest and a June performance of Rita, Sue and Bob Too, which is already sold out on two nights.

Other aspirations include seeing the Playhouse build a regular theatre audience, and improving visibility and accessibility. On the latter points he says, “When we put a lift in it’s going to be outside the wall facing Leeds Road. Longer term what we want to do is to turn the building round so it faces onto Leeds Road. Maybe in 1935, having a steep entrance up a side street

may have looked good, but it doesn’t now.”

As well as these aspirations there’s the sheer pleasure of owning the Playhouse and being a local patron of the arts. “I get such a kick out of saying ‘my theatre’. But also, this is a bit of Bradford heritage. It’s an art deco building, it’s a purpose-built theatre, Priestley was the president here, and I care a lot about local history and heritage.

“I take every opportunity to talk up Bradford.

I’m so excited with all the things that are happening. There are lots of people who want to talk Bradford down. I don’t!” says this adoptive Bradfordian.

I first encountered Colin when he presented the prize - which he himself had sponsored - for a poem for Marking Bradford Beck.

He says, “I was talking about the parallel between the regeneration of the beck and the regeneration of Bradford. I said, ‘They both used to be toxic, and have been cleaned and are coming up!’”

If that’s the case it’s in no small part down to people like Colin.

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WN RLD OF LITERATURE ARE IN TO WO E TH OM FR S ME NA P TO a HOST OF E FESTIVAL EVER BRADFORD LITERATUR ST FIR E TH R FO H NT MO IS TH After the overwhelming success of the September 2014 launch weekend the Bradford Literature Festival is set to take the national festival scene by storm with its distinct, diverse and dynamic brand of programming. At the heart of this unique festival is cultural literacy – an exploration of race, faith and culture through a celebration of literature, history and the arts.

By IRNA QURESHI not only screen the very first episode of Charlie and Lola, but the author will also talk about the process of taking the famous siblings from book to screen. There are workshops for different ages too – everything from storyboarding to making your very own 3D Charlie and Lola.

Will Self will be offering philosophical insights on particle physics with leading The Bradford Literature Festival takes place scientist Professor Akram Khan. The former Friday 15 to Sunday 24 May. With over 150 literary editor of The Independent, Boyd events in 20 venues, featuring Tonkin, will be discussing more than 250 writers, Freedom of Speech as well as “This is thinkers, artists and experts chairing a number of events from countries ranging from as part of a special Bronteone festival Nigeria to Syria, from Poland themed weekend. Bestselling that doesn’t to Pakistan and from Ireland author Sophie Hannah will shy away to Iran. Exploring everything be talking about her very first from ISIS to Islamophobia, Hercule Poirot mystery while from asking from Bollywood to the Brontes, Lauren Beukes discusses difficult from comedy to crime, from thrillers and horror. The questions.” diabetes to doll-making, from Festival is also hosting poetry football to feminism, from legend Brian Patten, Leonard horror to goth, from Sufism Lewisohn (an expert on to Judaism, and from poetry to politics; the 13th century Persian poet and mystic the festival has something for everyone. Rumi), and welcoming back Lemn Sissay.

The Festival will host some of the most notable names from the worlds of literature, poetry, journalism, science and faith this year.

Favourite children’s author Lauren Child will be celebrating the 10-year anniversary of her iconic book and television series, Charlie and Lola. To celebrate the occasion the Festival will

In the world of current affairs Yasmin Alibhai-Brown will give her take on the real meaning of Englishness, Baroness Warsi discusses issues of trust surrounding Muslims, Professor Paul Rogers from the University of Bradford examines ISIS and No More Page 3 campaigner Lucy Ann Holmes considers

Right to left: sophie hannah, will self and brian patten

the impact of female tabloid euphemisms.

This is one festival that doesn’t shy away from asking difficult questions. How do rising Islamophobia and antisemitism reflect on British values? What is the lure of ISIS? Ten years on, have we learnt any lessons from 7/7? Is there a crisis of masculinity today?

What are the burning questions you’ve always wanted to ask about Islam but never dared?

Do we really have freedom of speech, or is it a delusion of liberal societies? From current affairs to the politics of gender, from global conflicts to their local effects, this groundbreaking festival offers a neutral space for constructive conversations about thorny topics which urgently need to be addressed.

By celebrating Bradford’s literary, historical, faith and cultural heritage the festival is as much about the local as it is about the global. One of the festival’s flagship events is Sacred Poetry, a showcase of Bradford’s entire faithscape featuring Michael Symmons Roberts alongside some of Yorkshire’s finest artists including Supriya Nagarajan, Shabnam Khan and Inder Goldfinger, and taking place this year at the oldest building in the city, Bradford Cathedral.

There’s an entire weekend devoted to the Brontes including a return of last year’s sellout full day Bronte Heritage Tour with Christa Ackroyd. To mark 70 years since the first performance of J.B. Priestley’s An Inspector

Calls and to coincide with a new TV adaptation, the Festival brings together a panel of renowned Priestley experts to offer their insights on the play’s enduring appeal. There’s the opportunity to learn about the work and life of acclaimed artist Sir William Rothenstein, who painted the likes of Oscar Wilde and Albert Einstein.

Rothenstein’s father ran a textile warehouse in Little Germany and the young artist grew up in Manningham, once the Jewish quarter of Bradford and known a hundred years ago as the best end of town. Don’t miss the chance to hear Rothenstein’s grandnephew, art dealer Max Rutherston, discuss his family’s roots in Bradford’s textile heritage.

To coincide with the release of his new book, Necropolis: City Of The Dead, local author and photographer Mark Davis will offer a twilight tour of Bradford’s Undercliffe Victorian Cemetery. There’s even the opportunity to immerse yourself in the city’s gruesome past at Bradford Police Museum with a talk by Allan Cox to mark the launch of an exhibition on the history of Bradford’s most notorious public executioners.

Linking the city’s past and present and with an eye on its future, Bradford Literature Festival is spearheading the city’s cultural renaissance.

For details of the full programme and tickets, please visit www.bradfordliteraturefestival.co.uk.

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Moving on from her exhibition at the same venue last year Deborah further explores her fascination with colour and a variety of media - including acrylic, nail varnish, hammerite and ink - coolly completed with wood varnish. This time we have to delve a little deeper here and there to release motifs, images and ideas as they hide behind a melange of colour, imagination and wit.

all suggestive and decipherable – if you want them to be! A quartet of Touching The Moon, Tryst, Almost and Fading presented in small, simple white frames suggest almost-madeit moments in explicit and intricate imagery.

Tony’s collection of work is in sharp contrast, a simpler arrangement of words and letters strung together yet floating across a stiller backdrop.

The potent Following Flowing hangs next to an attention-grabbing Corridor to Nowhere, a perspective invitation from beginning to end.

Her trademark and frequent use of words reminds us of her intense fascination with literature. A liberal sprinkling of half-hidden bird motifs results in thrilling and enticing For Tony, young in experience as an artist and with a background in graphic works of art - quirkily original design, music and soundscapes with nods to familiar ideas and are almost hinted at in some of his occasionally familiar images, “Her pieces. Watercolour and graphite nestling in a seething pot of trademark dominate aesthetically presented sadness, humour and shy reality.

Her magpie instincts and her and frequent pictures, determined to provoke a reaction but remaining accessible. constant collecting of life’s use of words detritus assist in her storytelling. reminds us of Favourites? A definitive list would probably take two or As always for Deborah the her intense three leisurely visits, but for process is almost everything, fascination now Deborah’s It’s Ok In The exquisite illustration techniques Dark, Hidden Worlds, the reminding me of sophisticated with Touching The Moon quartet, illustrated children’s picture literature.” and Tony’s Heat Of The books of the 1970s - the Moments and Coming Round. same intimacy, warmth and attention to the minutiae of each image stunningly apparent. Thought-provoking as all art should be, occasionally ending in the artist’s soul, Deborah’s trio of canvasses Artifice, Chaos sometimes in a blaze of fabulous colour tinged and Control are particularly powerful, with mystery and fallibility. More than one visit supplemented by a quartet of smaller cheekier would be advisable, but where’s the hardship in pieces - Amaze, Illusion, Uncover and Solace. that? Forster’s is easily accessible in City Park, Reminiscent of last year’s exhibition is a deeply a vibrant and busy, multi-purpose, city-centre impressive set of 14 pictures, each precisely venue, hosting live music, art and a generally focused, suggesting myriad scenarios in creative atmosphere supported by smiling and brightly coloured collage on dark backgrounds, friendly staff.

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Back in 2007 independent record stores in the USA began an annual celebration of the art of the music store, in the face of a growing trend towards internet downloads over physical releases. The idea crossed over the pond to the UK and in 2015 we saw the eighth UK Record Store Day. Vinyl and CDs in limited editions appeared in stores across the country alongside special performances and more.

One place embracing this modern tradition is the Record Café in Bradford’s bustling independent sector, a business born out of the lack of any local outlets taking part in the day in 2014.

Keen to experience my first Record Store Day I made my way to North Parade to visit the café, which prides itself on a combination of three things: records, ales and ham. Naturally it was only right for me to experience at least two of those things, browsing through their selection of records and enjoying a pint of Happy Daze cider whilst talking with proprietor Keith Wildman about the shop. I began by asking him about his reasons for opening the café in the wake of last year’s Record Store Day.

But what does Record Store Day mean to the Record Café as a business? “Up until now we’ve been concentrating on the bar side and getting that up and running. I guess Record Store Day for me personally is a way of saying that we are a record store as well! You can come in here after work, have a drink, have some food, meet some people, and have a chat.

“That’s what record shops are supposed to be about - meeting people, talking about music.

You don’t get that by just clicking a button online. It’s convenient yes, but you’re missing the bigger picture.”

“That’s what record shops are supposed to be about - meeting people, talking about music. You don’t get that by just clicking a button online.”

“I thought it would be nice to have something in Bradford instead of people having to go to Manchester or Huddersfield or Leeds. I used to spend most of my weekends going around the record shops of Bradford so I thought it would be nice to have that back again.

“I thought ‘I wish somebody would do it’ and then thought ‘why don’t I do it’ and I did!”

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Keith spoke with passion about the personal side of music, how it’s possible to share thoughts on music on the internet, on Twitter and message boards, but how online lacks that spark.

“There are a lot of places around the country doing cafes and records and we’ve brought that to Bradford. So far people have enjoyed it and Record Store Day is a really good chance to show we are a serious record store, and to come down and to see what we’re all about.”

As well as their usual selection of real ales and records there was entertainment on throughout the day, including Proff Manning spinning a variety of vinyl in between live performances, amongst whom were Shipley band The Delvaux launching their CD, as well as cake and drinks for those queuing up outside at the start of the day ready to snap up some of the vinyl on offer.

Also there were Nagbea and his son, from

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Bradford-based independent label Sound Shack records, who had some more locallybased records on sale. As it was Record Store Day it would have been remiss of me to not get something to add to my collection and so I picked up the new CD from the Delvaux alongside a fourteen-track LP showcasing pieces written, recorded and played by artists performing in and around Bradford, plus an album by Junk Dealers. I also took the time to chat with Nagbea about the appeal of vinyl in a modern digital age and whether the trade-off with digital convenience has seen music lose some of its value?

“Definitely. Before you had to make some effort. It meant your relationship with the band over time developed, and it’s a more durable thing. You have a longer-lasting relationship. Download culture allows you to get things very quickly and then become disinterested very quickly and move onto the next thing. The longevity of a band and the energy the artist needs to develop their craft, the attention of people to give them critical input to take them forward, that’s largely lost.”

I also asked him about the types of artists on his label, all based around Bradford and producing music they enjoy. “It ranges from hard-core math rock to folk to street

buskers. We’ve got very eclectic musical taste!

“To allow an artist to develop they need support from the local community first - the alternative is to wait for the hand of Simon Cowell to touch them on their shoulder.

For most band it’s a journey that requires the support of lots of different elements.

“I’ve been making music in the city for thirty years in different forms and there’s never been a label to focus that energy and attention.

We’ve been trying to bridge that gap for five years and we concentrate on having the music available primarily in physical format.”

I asked Nagbea how initiatives like Record Store Day help bring the magic back into music.

“It’s a double-edged sword. It has a commercial aspect to it but the fact it does focus people’s attentions on that particular day is good and there’s still a very strong sense of the independent production involved. It’s great it brings forward a group of people who put more into the whole of the music rather than the quick access bits.

“Record Store Day is a good one day event.

But we could do with another 200 days like it!”

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bradford Jazz @topic folk club

By Steve Arloff

Reading in the first issue of the excellent Bradford Review about the world famous Topic Folk Club and noting the full page advert for its venue Glyde House on the back I thought it high time I wrote about jazz and its place there too. With an increasing number of venues across the city and the Westfield development due to open in the near future it’s great to see a whole load of evidence that Bradford is truly bouncing back at long last.

With more food outlets, including those with a multiplicity of real ales, the opportunities for chilling are mushrooming and nothing goes quite as well with a pie and a pint as live music. Like the Topic, JATP Jazz holds its gigs at Glyde House - doors 7.45 for 8.30pm - and on the first Friday of every month except August - see jatpjazz.blogspot.com as well as www.facebook.com/jatpjazz and @jatpjazz

sax, Mark Chandler - trumpet / flugelhorn, Martin Longhawn - piano, Garry Jackson – bass, and that all too rare phenomenon, a female drummer, Caroline Boaden, all of whom take us back to jazz roots, from the Cool to the King.

JATP began in 2000 and is a place where jazz lovers can hear the cream of the North’s jazz talent for a mere £7 - £5 for members. Over the years JATP has hosted over 200 gigs and is proud to have helped launch the careers of many of today’s rising jazz stars, including Laura Jurd and Go Go Penguin, both featured recently on BBC Radio 3. The next gig is 1 May and I can’t imagine a better way to celebrate May Day than by coming to hear the inimitable Al Wood and his fantastic band - described as Gerry Mulligan meets Benny Carter - featuring Al Wood - alto / baritone

Finishing off a wonderful season on 3 July will be a JATP favourite, the stonking band Elements fronted by man mountain Rod Mason aka The Roomdarkener, a veritable saxophone force of nature, more than ably assisted by ‘Capt’ Richard Weatherall on piano, bass wizard Richard Hammond - top gear of a different sort - and drum legend Dave Walsh.

When there’s a five week month we squeeze in a Jazz Extra, and on 15 May we welcome the Matt Owens Quintet. Matt’s debut album The Aviators’ Ball features elements of jazz, world, folk and classical music – an experience not to be missed. For those who like singers the Sally Docherty Quartet are a must-see on 5 June.

Not only is Sally a dream of a singer but Paul Kilvington is the most extraordinary pianist I’ve ever seen, Frank Grime is a benchmark for all bass players, and drums are once again provided by the brilliant Caroline Boaden.

The autumn season will begin in September but we hope to see you well before that!

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beer and hymns @bradford brewery

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By rev graeme dutton

“I’m sure if I advertise it well across all the churches in our circuit and the district we could certainly get a group of about 25 or 30 here. Would that make it worth staying open for?”

That was part of the conversation when I first pitched the idea of #beerandhymns to Matthew over a pie and a pint. In the end quite a few more showed up!

I made my way to the Brewery after our circuit evening service feeling quite excited about what was to come, but also a little nervous.

I ‘d basically promised what I thought would be a decent Sunday evening crowd and had high hopes that if anyone else turned up they might like to join in with one or two of the well-known hymns I had planned to sing.

Earlier in the week we’d arranged for some speakers to be brought along for the organ and decided that as a radio mic could plug into the same system we’d bring it along just in case we needed a little extra to be heard over any gentle chatter.

Bradford, I’m sorry, I seriously underestimated you! As soon as I looked through the window I realised this event might be a bit bigger

than I’d anticipated! Thirty minutes before we started and the place was already heaving.

Incredibly as we were setting up more and more people kept arriving until the main bar was absolutely packed with punters shoulder to shoulder. People from all over the city, young and old, of different faiths and no faith all crammed into a bar to enjoy some top quality beer and bang out some well-known retro hymns.

As we got into the swing of things I was able to look around and see my city joined together in song and it was wonderful. It was an immense privilege for me to lead that service, to give thanks for God’s good gifts to us and to properly belt out classics like Amazing Grace, Love Divine and And Can It Be. The girls from St Joseph’s Catholic School even added a bit of extra class with their beautiful rendition of their school song In God Alone.

Not to mention giving us a great idea for a future #beerandhymns. #Hymnaoke anyone?

As the chorus built into the climax of Thine Be The Glory and pint glasses were raised in the air it was clear that together we were a part of something very special. Thank you all for coming, I can’t wait until next time!

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Realism In Rawiya @impressions gallery

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By Asiya Hussain

Realism In Rawiya is the current photography exhibition at Impressions Gallery and it’s probably one of the most emotional exhibitions displayed there, created through a collaboration of female photojournalists with personal stories to tell. In order to highlight the gripping nature of this exhibition it’s my job as blogger of New Focus Impressions young people’s project group to write about it and provide information on the different works and how they interlink.

Realism in Rawiya is complex - it presents different perspectives of the Middle East from several female photojournalists living there. Rather than depicting the Middle East as consisting of war, terror and death these photojournalists have provided an insight into their reality of life, representing the everyday lives of people who are subject to identity and gender stereotypes and prejudices. The photographers all describe a different story within Middle Eastern society, unrecognized by wider society. This exhibition is extremely empowering for the Middle Eastern woman as it provides her with a voice, still ignored or unheard in society. The empowerment can also be seen in the title, as Rawiya, when translated from Arabic to English, means ‘she who tells a story’.

Listen by Newsha Tavakolian focuses on how

Iranian women aren’t allowed to sing solo.

Part of this is a video with Iranian women singing, but with the audio silenced to display the restrictions they face in society. And the series Jerusalem in Heels: Transsexuals of the Holy Land breaks the stereotypes placed upon people within the Middle East as it presents the strong LGBT community in Jerusalem, breaking the barriers of gender and identity.

These hidden aspects in societies of the Middle East are brought to light by this exhibition, a powerful device for broadening people’s perception of certain areas which aren’t highlighted in the media. As the name indicates Realism In Rawiya depicts the reality of a society unacknowledged by the rest of the world.

Realism in Rawiya is on tour from New Art Exchange, Nottingham. The exhibition finishes 16 May. For more information visit www.impressions-gallery.com/exhibitions Asiya Hussain is a member of Impressions Gallery’s young people’s project group New Focus, an initiative developed by the gallery to share the ideas and opinions of young people. To find out more visit the New Focus blog at www.newfocusblog.wordpress.com Follow us on Twitter @ImpNewFocus or Instagram ImpNewFocus or like us on Facebook www.facebook. com/NewFocusImpressions

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threadfest @ bradford playhouse

By andy abbott Threadfest, Bradford’s acclaimed festival of independent music and art, returns this May Spring Bank Holiday for a special ‘compact edition’. After three years of successfully joining up venues and organisations across the city, this time we’re bringing it all under one roof to give you a focused taste of what Bradford’s DIY, notfor-profit, independent and underground scenes have to offer.

Confirmed acts include Sun City Girls’ Sir Richard Bishop (USA), ATP recording’s Vision Fortune, bleak heaviness from the North East’s Drunk In Hell, avant-garde songsmith Richard Dawson, Yorkshire-born folk legend and Thurston Moore favourite Michael Chapman, Bradford’s psychedelic world-folk power trio The Family Elan, Italian free jazz devotionalists Jooklo Duo, The Quietus’ John Doran collaborating with Arabrot from Norway, the UK’s first qawwali band Bradford’s Hameed Brothers Qawwal, experimental techno from Leeds’ Chrononautz, Finnish progressive rockers Circle, Londonbased indie trio The Wharves, new no-wave noise rockers Commiserations, Aquarius Records favourite genre-defying ensemble Orchestra Of The Upper Atmosphere, Devo-inspired angular pop from Cowtown, Northumbrian folk artist The Horse Loom, Roma Gypsy music from Makanitza, Welsh ‘post-pre punkers’ Mwstard, hardcore legends War All the Time, improvunrock trio Jung Witches, heavy indie from Big Love, Italian Occult Psychedelia from Father Murphy, danceable synth experimentalism

from Lord Adonis, ambient guitar courtesy of Bingley’s Dean McPhee, Leeds’ Black Flag flying hardcore tetrad Mob Rules, dreamy avant-folk from Sophie Cooper, a trio from the Todmorden experimental music scene including members of Sam and The Plants and Vibracathedral Orchestra known as Local Improvisers; and ‘Bradford’s Nick Drake’ Gerrard Bell-fife.

Art In Unusual Spaces offers a programme of artistic interventions and performances including multi-disciplinary artist Laura Milnes, and Quatsch: a noise act meets fashion show.

Rehana Zaman will be producing a new work for the festival and Newcastle’s Charm Offensive will bring their performance installation to the Playhouse’s bar area.

Bare Plume will provide sense-indulging ethical food and cocktails to help fuel the fun into the wee hours of what promises to be a feast for lovers of adventurous grassroots and underground music and art.

For devotees and supporters of this exciting festival of cutting edge independent music weekend tickets at just £27 will guarantee you access to Bradford Playhouse for the full three days. For the curious a limited number of paywhat-you-feel daily tickets will be available on the door at the event.

More details and full line-up at www. bradfordthreadfest.com

all star 45s Saturday 4th April @trash

By tim walker In an age when rock and metal seem to have become dirty words to the fashionable mainstream, opening a new club of this style is a bold step. Trash occupies the former premises of West 29 and Lingards in Sackville Street, BD1. As a live band venue, the room itself is faultless; not so small as to be a claustrophobic struggle to see the stage, yet not so big as to feel you’ve been kidnapped and left in an aircraft hangar when it’s quiet. The stage is a good size and there’s some in-house PA and lighting gear to get bands up and running.

The All Star 45s hit the stage with a tight confident set of their own raw rock tunes, mixed with some familiar classics. They delivered a flawless performance, with the modest PA kicking out a surprisingly loud good quality sound to an appreciative audience.

The sympathetic acoustics of the room gave their songs a clarity often missing in live band

venues, so the DJ set afterwards was oddly disappointing.

It sounded a bit like the PA was next door, churning out mostly muffled sub-bass to the detriment of the tunes themselves. There has also been some criticism of the DJ’s reluctance to play the requests of paying customers, a common bugbear with rock club devotees in the recent past. Let’s hope these issues are just teething troubles to be rectified quickly, as the place shows great promise.

Although nobody expects a return to the glory days of the 1990s there’s still a healthy audience across all ages for heavy music and if the club can include all loud guitar genres for the live bands then Bradford may well have an exciting new addition to its blossoming nightlife and a much-needed impressive city centre gig venue.

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chaz t

@ forsters bistro, friday 10th april

By phillip lickley Every Friday Forster’s Bistro in Centenary Square showcases a live act and on 10 April Chaz T stepped in after the booked act couldn’t make it to deliver two sets of their lounge punk jazz, with relevantly-timed political commentary wrapped up in some speedy and precise guitar work.

“Some of our content may be political,” they declared after a couple of songs, but otherwise they let their music do the talking and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Their opening song – Accidental Life Of An Anarchist - dressed up political comparisons in a jaunty folk tune, the witty lyrics really hitting home with the duo very tight on their guitars, creating studio-style effects live with just their vocals. Rattling through a songbook of catchy numbers we also got their take on the Who’s My Generation, tweaked into I Hope I Grow Before I Die, the style and stuttering of the record expertly moulded into a new piece. The memorable tunes continued with Resolutions and the slower Back To Beige, which came near the end of their opening seven songs.

After some liquid refreshment the pair returned for a further selection, including a very evocative

and visual opener welcoming the audience back into the fold like a circus ringmaster plying his trade, the audience now including a group who were happy to get up and dance, twirling a dress like a flamenco dancer. Calls from the merry group for Chaz T to play covers were tackled with a pleasing tongue-in-cheek style by the duo on stage, who continued with their own compositions regardless. As their atmospheric and nocturnal-sounding second opener moved on to folk tunes with a subtle Spanish flavour we also got a couple of my favourites from the night, the satirical Mustn’t Grumble, wrapping up plenty of politics and satire in a foot-tapping tune, and the similarly themed We Think We Don’t Protest Enough.

Chaz T’s performance was impromptu but well worth seeing, their timely and politically-charged folk tunes sitting well with me, with the bite of their lyrics complimenting the handmade burger and rustic bread that evening.

You can find out more about Chaz T at www. soundcloud.com/dave-gill-2 and www.facebook. com/pages/Chaz-T/236967453052847

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find out what’s happening in bradford this month BALANGA BAR SESSION WITH FRANKIE PORTER 8PM, BALANGA BAR

Live music at Bradford’s longest running indie music bar. The Beatholes are an Italian Beatles punk tribute. Free entry. Open til 2am. www.facebook.com/deliusbar

vinyl records and a bar serving craft/real ales. Expect funky breaks, vintage soul, reggae-reggae bass and more than enough jazzy soundtracks and beats to tap your toes too. Come before you go clubbing to the Mill or town, grab a pint when crawling around North Parade, or hang around all night and enjoy yourself! Free entry.

MAYDAY PICNIC 4PM, CITY PARK

May Day singers, musicians, poets session 8pm, The Castle

A picnic get-together to celebrate International Workers Day. NB* this is a picnic party, not a political party; expect flags & banners of the colour red and black (or just black). Everyone welcome.

FUNKIN’ SOUL 6PM-LATE, 1in12 CLUB

An exploration of warped, dream-like atmosphere and taut, noise-ingrained electronics, Paper Dollhouse has evolved from the solo work of Astrud Steehouder into an expansive, cinematic project now involving visual artist Nina Bosnic. Recorded with a stronger focus on electronic processes and with a deeper, light-starved aesthetic, Aeonflower’s emboldened use of crushednoise dynamics takes the London-based group’s debut A Box Painted Black (2011, Bird/Finders Keepers) frame into darker, murkier and more thrilling territory. Free entry. www.wearefuse.co

FRIDAY 1 MAY THE BEATHOLES 9PM, DELIUS LIVED NEXT DOOR

EGGS COLLECTIVE 7.30PM @ THEATRE IN THE MILL You know what we always say, better out than in…Pinned on the arse-end of a night out, Eggs Collective Get A Round is a show with lipstick on its teeth and Wotsits on its face. A wayward exploration of friendship, kindness and belonging that spills out towards its audience. In a world that tells us we are not rich, thin or successful enough, Eggs Collective wonder if the basic principles of a good night out might just make the world a better place. Smart and energetic, entertaining and political, this is a piece of theatre that warms hearts and reeks of Blossom Hill.

Tickets £6-£8. www.bradford.ac.uk/theatre

JATP JAZZ - AL WOOD QUINTET 7.30PM, GLYDE HOUSE ‘Gerry Mulligan meets Benny Carter’ in the form of the Al Wood Quintet featuring Al Wood - alto / baritone sax, Mark Chandler - trumpet/flugel, Martin Longhawn - piano, Garry Jackson - bass, Caroline Boaden drums, taking us back to jazz roots from the Cool to the King. £7/£5 on the door. www.gumptioncentres.co.uk/entertainmentinbradford

BENGAL LANCERS 8PM, FORSTERS BISTRO Bengal Lancers performing live. Free entry. www.forstersbistro.co.uk

DIG JAZZ! & TRAINER TROUBLE PRESENTS LISTEN UP! 9PM-2AM, THE NEW BEEHIVE INN CELLAR BAR

Live music session. Free entry. Love music, love Balanga! www.facebook.com/balanga.by.berry

PAPER DOLLHOUSE 8PM, FUSE ART SPACE

Come down and play, sing, recite a poem or just sit drink and listen.

A monthly night of funk, soul, reggae, ska, and hiphop, with resident DJ Hashfinger!

Cafe 7pm-9pm, dance floor till 1am! £3/£2 members. Starting off with The Wobbly Bros for May Day, Imani Hekima’s band, DJ Sleazy G, DJ Jon G, D’oink and The Urbanizer. £4/£3 members. www.1in12.com

IN THE CITY PRESENTS TRENCH TOWN 9PM, GINGER GOOSE

SATURDAY 2 MAY

Trenchtown are a 4 piece ska outfit from Drogheda in Ireland, playing 2tone, ska and reggae. Free entry. www.gingergoose.co.uk

SCENES FROM THE BIG SCREEN 7PM, KALA SANGAM The Yorkshire School of Acting has become one of the most successful dramatic training institutions in the country. The enthusiastic young actors meet weekly to create at Kala Sangam Arts Centre under the baton of director Matt Zina. Join them for an evening of dramatic art, taking some of the most loved and well-known TV and film scenes and performing them in their own enigmatic style.

Tickets £7.50 / £5 concessions. www.kalasangam.org

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BREAKTHROUGH SOUNDSYSTEM LINK-UP 10PM-4AM, NEW BRADFORD PLAYHOUSE Breakthrough features local DJs and soundsystems donating their time for free to support this event and fundraise money for Raleigh International projects in India. For the first time ever the mighty Dirtbox Soundsystem and the White Noise Sound Enforcement crew are linking their soundsystems together. Featuring DJ residents of BOSH!, GOD and B2B. £10 on the door.

WESTERMAN’S FUNK & SOUL VINYL REVUE 9PM, DELIUS LIVED NEXT DOOR Live music at Bradford’s longest running indie music bar. Free entry. Open til 2am. www.facebook.com/deliusbar

APACHE HI-FI 10PM-5AM, 1in12 CLUB

IN THE CITY PRESENTS FREE EMPIRE 9PM, CITY VAULTS

Once again the mighty Apache Hi Fi returns to the legendary 1 In 12 Club. Full Apache crew selection alongside original DJ/MC Rockers Roadshow and Rizla. Heavyweight sound system guaranteed playing the best in reggae, dub, roots, dancehall. Cheap good quality drinks all night long. £4/£3 members.

Brilliant covers band performing for the first time at City Vaults. Free entry. www.cityvaults.co.uk

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SUNDAY 3 MAY DMA LIVE 8PM, AL’S DIME BAR Local Bradford band DMA returns to Al’s Dime Bar to kick off May with a roar. The band embraces an Americana/blues/rock vibe and a variety of covers as well as fantastic original tracks. Free entry. www.alsdimebar.com

MONDAY 4 MAY A GRAND DAY OUT ALL DAY @ INDUSTRIAL MUSEUM, BD2 3HP A fun-filled Grand Day Out with kids activities, Viking warriors and birds of prey there’ll be loads to see. Contrast the lives of our families in the 1875, 1945 and 1975 backto-back houses. See some of the inventions that made life easier and experience how transport changed from our tram to a 1970s camper van. With a brass band, a troop of Home Guard and 1970s music on vinyl records you can hear the differing tastes in music over the years. All welcome and, best of all, it’s free! www.bradfordmuseums.org

WEDNESDAY 6 MAY ORGAN RECITAL 1PM, BRADFORD CATHEDRAL Organ Recital with Ghislaine Reece-Trapp from Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.

FREE entry. www.bradfordcathedral.org

THE CAT IN THE HAT 4.30PM, ST GEORGE’S HALL Based on the much loved book by Dr Seuss, The Cat in the Hat is a lively and engaging first theatre experience for young children aged 3+. Expect towering hats, mischief and an imagination recharge! Tickets £13.50. Also showing Thursday 6th & Friday 7th. www.bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on

THURSDAY 7 MAY FROM BRADFORD TO BENARES: THE ART OF SIR WILLIAM ROTHENSTEIN

from Punjab, Dr Virinder Kalra presents themes from his new book Sacred and Secular Musics: A Postcolonial Approach. Talk followed by Q&A. Free entry. www.wearefuse.co

Weybourne ‘Chester’ Bingley 8pm, The Castle A versatile acoustic performer with one foot in the transatlantic folk tradition and the other firmly planted on the modern European troubadour circuit. Equally at home in more discerning folk clubs or banging out popular favourites to crowds of drunks.

SATURDAY 9 MAY ELEVATIONS PRESENTS SHINE 2PM & 5.30PM, ST GEORGE’S HALL The students of Elevations Academy Leeds present another hand clapping, toe tapping variety show with dance theatre and gymnastics. Tickets £14. www.bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on

OFF THE WALL VINTAGE WEDDING FAIR ALL DAY @ CLIFF CASTLE MUSEUM, BD20 6LH To complement the Fabric of Society exhibition, this Off the Wall vintage wedding fair is hosted with Rose & Brown Vintage, in the unusual and quirky setting of Cliffe Castle Museum. Whether you’re getting married and you’re looking for items to make your day individual rather than something expensive and off the peg, or you’re hosting a party, love vintage fashion, or simply love searching for that special piece of history then this is the fair for you. Free entry. www.bradfordmuseums.org

HELEN TOOKEY POETRY READING FOLLOWED

BY EXPLORING POETRY SESSION WITH ANDREW MCMILLAN 7.30PM @ CITY LIBRARY Part of the Read Regional campaign promoting Northern writers. Free of charge.

Refreshments served. Places must be booked - email dionne.hood@bradford.gov.uk or call 01535 618211.

ALT-TRACK, STEVE STRONG, & FOLD 7.45PM, 1in12 CLUB A night of live electronica, trip-hop, drum & bass and math featuring acts from as near as Heaton and as far as Catania, Italy! Alt Track; local mashup of drum & bass, punk & hip hop, Steve Strong; one-man looped guitar/ drums/bass live trip hop machine hailing from Plymouth. Fold; excellent Leeds-based spoken-word/hip hop vibes. Veggie/vegan food available from the cafe. £4/3 members. www.1in12.com

BALANGA BAR SESSION WITH DAN AUDIO AND LINDSAY CAWTHRA 8PM, BALANGA BAR Live music session. Free entry. Love music, love Balanga! www.facebook.com/balanga.by.berry

DUB TO THE FOUNDATIONS PRESENTS UNDERGROUND ROOTS & OPERATION SOUND SYSTEM 10PM, THE MILL NIGHTCLUB Underground Roots returns to the The Mill Nightclub for the second time in 2015 and it promises to be a big one. Live in session is Operation Sound, who have played with the sounds of Jah Shaka, King Earthquake and Iration Steppas, to name but a few. This is a raw reggae, dub, steppas, roots & culture experience not to be missed! £5 on the door. www.themillbradford.com

SUNDAY 10 MAY IN THE CITY PRESENTS VE DAY CELERBARATION 70TH ANNIVERSARY 3PM, GINGER GOOSE A big celebration for the 70th anniversary of VE day with live performances from Vera Lynn tribute, plus super vintage performance from Crooner and accomplished musician Ricky. The finale offers big swing hits performed by Jump n’ Jive Swing Band.

Free entry. www.gingergoose.co.uk

BLUES NIGHT 8PM, AL’S DIME BAR

Join curator Jill Iredale for a free tour of the exhibition. Free but booking essential cartwright.hall@bradford.gov.uk or 01274 431212.

BALLYHOO/EVENTIDE 9PM, DELIUS LIVED NEXT DOOR

TOPIC FOLK CLUB - SINGERS & MUSICIANS 8.30PM, GLYDE HOUSE

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MONDAY 11 MAY

Informal sing-around nights in a small friendly and inviting venue to make you feel totally at ease. All welcome. Free entry. www.topic-folk-club.org.uk

AN EVENING OF POETRY WITH MIKE HARDING

DERREN BROWN LIVE 7.30PM, ALHAMBRA THEATRE

FRIDAY 8 MAY VIRINDER KALRA BOOK LAUNCH / RAJ VEER 8PM, FUSE ART SPACE Drawing on examples of spiritual music

Live music at Bradford’s longest running indie music bar. Free entry. Open til 2am. www.facebook.com/deliusbar

7.30PM, ALHAMBRA STUDIO With four published anthologies to his credit, he’s been dropping in to read his poems at poetry and literary festivals around the country lately. Now Mike has decided to take his poetry on tour. And as well as reading his work he’ll be telling the personal stories that prompted him to write them. Tickets £13.50.

We’ve got three fantastic blues acts lined up including Ben ‘Blue’ Waters, The Hoodoo Operators, and Jack Blackman. Free entry. www.alsdimebar.com

The multi-award winning acknowledged master of psychological illusion is back on tour in 2015 with a brand new one-man show.

Tickets £34-£41.50. Also showing Tuesday 12th - Saturday 16th. www.bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on

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ORGAN RECITAL 1PM, BRADFORD CATHEDRAL

THURSDAY 14 MAY

Organ Recital with Roger Fisher from Chester Cathedral. FREE entry. www.bradfordcathedral.org

THE UNFAIR - GRIEF SERIES PART 4 ALL DAY @ THEATRE IN THE MILL There is plenty to be angry about in the world today, but what do we do with our anger?

Whilst anger can be destructive, can it also be a source of positive change? The Unfair is a fairground filled with fun, games and a chance to let off steam. Play a game of Angry Jenga, write a note and Bottle It Up, eat too much candy floss or join in an Angry Karaoke sing along. Free entry. Also on Thursday 14th and Friday 15th. www.bradford.ac.uk/theatre

SPRING REIGN 7.30PM @ THEATRE IN THE MILL Syria has descended into civil war and Aleppo is besieged. Salah and Aisha have lost control of their lives and are plunging headlong into an uncertain future. Based on real-life accounts collected from Syrian refugees, aid workers, activists, journalists and photographers, Spring Reign features live performance, video, original music performed

by Chris Davies, and frontline photography by Musa Chowdhury. Devised by the company and scripted by award winning writer Rob Johnston it’s produced and directed by Benedict Power. Tickets £6-£8. www.bradford.ac.uk/theatre

Mental Illness in History: Old Three Laps, The Story of William Sharp 1777-1856 2PM @ CITY LIBRARY A talk for Mental Health Awareness Week.

The story of Old Three Laps, one of Keighley’s Victorian characters well known in local folklore, by Ian Dewhirst MBE. Following a disappointment in love, William Sharp went to bed and remained there for 49 years until his death in 1856. The Keighley Local Studies Library has recently acquired the will of his father which sheds new light on the story. In this talk, Ian Dewhirst will explore the story in the context of the lack of understanding of mental illness at that time which could allow a physically healthy man to lie waste for almost half a century. This is a

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Patagonia and on American TV series Arrow. £7/£5 on the door. www.gumptioncentres.co.uk/entertainmentinbradford

ALASH ENSEMBLE 8PM, FUSE ART SPACE

DMA 9PM, DELIUS LIVED NEXT DOOR

The three musicians who make up Alash – Bady-Dorzhu Ondar, Ayan-ool Sam and Ayan Shirizhik – have won numerous international awards in Tuvan throat singing, a technique which allows vocalists to sing multiple pitches at one time. Ensemble members also play a variety of Tuvan traditional instruments, contributing to an overall musical experience that a Washington Post review described as ‘absolutely stunning’. Last summer the group took part in international throat-singing festivals in their Tuvan homeland and the first-ever such festival in China. Free entry. www.wearefuse.co

Live music at Bradford’s longest running indie music bar. DMA are old-skool Americana rock at its best. Free entry. Open til 2am. www.facebook.com/deliusbar

PAUL FOOT - HOVERCRAFT SYMPHONY IN GAMMON # MAJOR 8PM, ALHAMBRA STUDIO Heralded by critics, Paul’s previous tours have been showered with five star reviews and nominations, credited as ‘masterful’ (Scotsman) and ‘ingenious’ (Australian Herald Sun). His subversive insightful absurdity constantly challenges and delights his faithful connoisseurs, leaving ‘your sides sore and your face wet with tears’ (Edinburgh Evening News). Tickets £14. www.bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on

JAM NIGHT 8PM, AL’S DIME BAR The May installment of our monthly jam night. Host TBC, but guaranteed to be a good time. Free entry. www.alsdimebar.com

FASHION SHOW FUNDRAISER 8PM, FORSTERS BISTRO Fashion Show Fundraiser in collaboration with Tongues Will Wag Fashion, in aid of Cancer Support Bradford & Airedale. Tickets £10, includes a glass of prosecco on arrival and canapés. All ticket proceeds go to Cancer Support Bradford & Airedale. Booking essential. www.forstersbistro.co.uk

TOPIC FOLK CLUB - SARAH MCQUAID 8.30PM, GLYDE HOUSE Another welcome return for this captivating performer, with her well-crafted original songs and interpretations of existing material. £6/£5 on the door. www.topic-folk-club.org.uk

FRIDAY 15 MAY

Keystone Acoustics 8pm, The Castle

EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO ASK ABOUT ISLAM BUT NEVER DARED! (BRADFORD LITERATURE FESTIVAL) 7.30PM @ THE MIDLAND HOTEL

Keystone are Pam Stone, vocals and tenor ukulele, husband Peter, acoustic guitars and bouzouki. Based in Featherstone they play a mix of Americana, folk, jazz and blues tailored to suit their audience.

You are invited to an evening of candid conversation with renowned scholar and intellectual Ziauddin Sardar. Open to Muslims and non-Muslims alike; come and have your opinions affirmed or shattered. Tickets £6. www.bradfordliteraturefestival.co.uk

SATURDAY 16 MAY DALES JAM - WEST RIDING CINEMA 7.30PM, BRADFORD CATHEDRAL

JATP JAZZ - MATT OWENS QUINTET 7.30PM, GLYDE HOUSE

The Dales Jam Community Orchestra features more than thirty amateur musicians, playing live soundtracks to vintage short movies from the Yorkshire Film Archive alongside jazz arrangements drawn from world cinema.

Tickets £8 / £5 concessions. www.bradfordcathedral.org

Matt’s debut album The Aviators’ Ball incorporates elements of jazz, world, classical and folk music, arranged variously for jazz quartet, wind quintet and tuned percussion.

Collaborations with singer/songwriter Kirsty Almeida feature in the films Albatross,

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FROM CHARLIE AND LOLA TO RUBY REDFORT – LAUREN CHILD IN CONVERSATION (BRADFORD LITERATURE FESTIVAL) 12PM @ NATIONAL MEDIA MUSEUM Do you love the adventures of Charlie and Lola? The stories of sassy and confident schoolgirl Clarice Bean? Daring, gadget-laden, code-cracking teenage spy, Ruby Redfort?

Then don’t miss the opportunity to hear Lauren Child, award-winning writer and illustrator of these books. Tickets £6. www.bradfordliteraturefestival.co.uk

HAWORTH 1940S WEEKEND 12PM, HAWORTH VILLAGE Nostalgia through the streets of Haworth as visitors flock to Bronte Country for the village’s popular 1940s weekend, with live entertainment, beer tent, land army parade, cadet drill, static planes, military vehicles and vintage stalls. All free! www.haworth1940sweekend.co.uk

POETRY READINGS BY MANDY SUTTER AND GILL MCEVOY 2PM @ CITY LIBRARY Free of charge. Refreshments served. Places must be booked by email - dionne.hood@ bradford.gov.uk or 01535 618211.

A DAY IN MAY FEAT. PHUNK AND DISORDERLY 2PM, DELIUS LIVED NEXT DOOR An outdoor festival celebrating the start of the summer and raising funds for the Bradford Burns Unit on the 30th anniversary. www.facebook.com/deliusbar

LUCY BEAUMONT - WE CAN TWERK IT OUT 8PM, ALHAMBRA STUDIO Foster’s Best Newcomer nominee 2014, winner of the BBC New Comedy Award, Chortle Best Newcomer and star of BBC 3’s Live at the Electric, Lucy Beaumont presents her hugely anticipated debut show. Tickets £13.50. www.bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on

AN EVENING OF COMEDY (BRADFORD LITERATURE FESTIVAL) 7.30PM @ THEATRE IN THE MILL Bradford Literature Festival celebrates the simple and essential delights of laughter and comedy. Shazia Mirza is back by popular demand, joined by award-winning comedians Ian Moore and Otiz Cannelloni, for a concentrated dose of hilarity hosted by Maureen Younger. Tickets £10. www.bradford.ac.uk/theatre

YONG YONG / SAM ANDREAE / PIP / MATILDA ROLFSSON 8PM, FUSE ART SPACE Four-way bill for this one!!! Yong Yong are a Glasgow-based electronic duo originally from Lisbon. Their latest album Greatest It’s came out on Night School Records. Pip

is the Norwegian acoustic improvising duo of Fredrik Rasten on guitar and Torstein Larvik on trumpet. Matilda Rolfsson is an improvising percussionist from Sweden working extensively with texture, gesture and often collaborating with dancers. Sam Andreae is a Manchester-based experimental saxophonist and sound artist. Free entry. www.wearefuse.co

CROHN’S & COLITIS FUNDRAISING GIG (RUN BY EMILY MCKINLEY) 8PM, AL’S DIME BAR This is a gig with a purpose! Line up will include - John Boxall, Dave McKinley, Nervous ‘Orse, George Quinn, Liz Mackenzie, Sylwia Adamczyk, Jon Smith, and Dan Collins. Anyone looking to get involved should contact Emily McKinley. Donations www.justgiving.com/ CrohnsColitisFundraisingGig. www.alsdimebar.com

GOD SOUNDSYSTEM 10PM-5AM, 1in12 CLUB The 1in12 club, Bradford welcomes back G.O.D Soundsytem for a fun-filled night of jungle, DnB, jump-up ‘n’ dubstep silliness! but this time we’ll be running two floors of tunes from the usual suspects of G.O.D Soundsystem. Plus special guests. Tickets £10. www.1in12.com

SUNDAY 17 MAY SACRED POETRY (BRADFORD LITERATURE FESTIVAL) 6.30PM, BRADFORD CATHEDRAL

TUESDAY 19 MAY LEARNING HOW TO DIE - LUCA RUTHERFORD 7.30PM @ THEATRE IN THE MILL Written and performed by Luca Rutherford.

This is a show about death. It’s not a show about being sad. Or about grief. Or pity. This is a show about the actuality of dying and how an acceptance of mortality can drive a passion for life. Join Luca in Learning How to Die and it might just change the way you live.

Tickets £6-£8. www.bradford.ac.uk/theatre

WEDNESDAY 20 MAY ORGAN RECITAL 1PM, BRADFORD CATHEDRAL Organ Recital with Benjamin Saunders from Leeds Cathedral. FREE entry. www.bradfordcathedral.org

FREEDOM STUDIOS PRESENTS: A PUBLIC READING OF NEW PLAYS (BRADFORD LITERATURE FESTIVAL) 7.30PM @ THEATRE IN THE MILL Public reading of three 20 minute plays by writers from the Street Voices 5 programme.

This is an exciting opportunity to hear three very different stories from new writers with something to say about the world we live in, from their own unique perspectives. And your reactions will count – you will be part of the play’s journey and the writer’s development. If a line doesn’t get a laugh, it might be cut. If a scene soars, it stays. If you nod off, it might be time for a rewrite. Tickets £3. www.bradford.ac.uk/theatre

An uplifting celebration of divine music and verse from across the religious spectum featuring renowned poets reciting sacred verse. www.bradfordliteraturefestival.co.uk

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THE FABRIC OF INDIA: TEXTILES AND FASHION AT THE V&A (BRADFORD LITERATURE FESTIVAL) 3PM @ THE MIDLAND HOTEL

7.30PM @ THE MIDLAND HOTEL

This exclusive talk will present The Fabric of India exhibition to be held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London from 3 October 2015 to 10 January 2016. It will explore the incomparably rich world of handmade textiles from India from the earliest known fragments to cutting-edge contemporary fashion.

Tickets £6. www.bradfordliteraturefestival.co.uk

MONDAY 18 MAY JUDY - THE SONGBOOK OF JUDY GARLAND 8PM, ALHAMBRA THEATRE The life and music of a Hollywood legend.

The UK premiere of a song and dance spectacular celebrating the classic songs of Miss Judy Garland. Tickets £27.50 - £31.50.

Also showing Tuesday 19th. www.bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on

THE PHILOSOPHY OF PARTICLE PHYSICS – AKRAM KHAN & WILL SELF (BRADFORD LITERATURE FESTIVAL) Join renowned contemporary thinker Will Self and world leading physicist Professor Akram Khan in a wide ranging discussion about the philosophy of particle physics, and belief as the basis for both physics and metaphysics. Tickets £8. www.bradfordliteraturefestival.co.uk

THURSDAY 21 MAY HOMAGE 2 FROMAGE 6.30PM, THE BRADFORD BREWERY This well established cheese club is coming to Bradford for a regular event that aims to celebrate great cheese in an informal fun way. Each event is themed (cheddar, Irish, blue etc) and special cheese guests introduce le fromage. So, if you’re passionate about cheese, curious about how it’s made, where it comes from, who makes it, and why something so simple can be so diverse, so versatile, so delicious – this is the club for you. www.clubhomage2fromage.co.uk

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find out what’s happening in bradford this month IN CONVERSATION WITH NAHID SIDDIQUI (BRADFORD LITERATURE FESTIVAL) 7.30PM @ THEATRE IN THE MILL Bradford Literature Festival and South Asian Arts present a rare opportunity to hear worldrenowned kathak dancer and choreographer Nahid Siddiqui in conversation as she discusses her life, work and influence. Nahid Siddiqui will be accompanied by percussionist and music composer Hassan Mohyeddin.

Tickets £10.

SHAPPI KHORSANDI - BECAUSE I’M SHAPPI 8PM, ALHAMBRA STUDIO The star of Live At The Apollo, Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow, Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, Have I Got News for You and QI is back with a brand new show.

Tickets £15.50. www.bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on

TOPIC FOLK CLUB - MORFRAN HEIGHTS 8.30PM, GLYDE HOUSE Local singer/songwriter Martin Francis teams up with whistle player Paul Morris to bring a distinctive accompaniment to traditional / contemporary / original songs and lilting tunes. £6/£5 on the door. www.topic-folk-club.org.uk

FRIDAY 22 MAY CHEQUERED LIVE 8PM, FORSTERS BISTRO Chequered band performing live. Free entry. www.forstersbistro.co.uk

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BRADFORD THREADFEST 7PM, BRADFORD PLAYHOUSE Threadfest, Bradford’s acclaimed festival of independent music and art returns this May Spring Bank Holiday for a special compact edition. After three years of successfully joining up venues and organisations across the city, this time we’re bringing it all under one roof to give you a focused taste of what Bradford’s DIY, not-for-profit, independent and underground scenes have to offer.

Weekend tickets £27 and a limited number of pay-what-you-feel tickets available on the door. www.bradfordthreadfest.com

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SUFIANA KALAM: THE MUSIC OF THE SUFIS (BRADFORD LITERATURE FESTIVAL) 7.30PM @ THEATRE IN THE MILL

Jon has built a solid reputation around the live music circuit. He’s blessed with a rich, powerful voice, a tasty guitar technique and is a brilliant songwriter whose material has been adopted by many luminaries of the festival and recording scene.

Join Bradford Literature Festival for a unique, jewel-like event to experience Sufiana Kalam performed in a traditional setting.

Let the beautiful voice of Shabnam Khan transport you, as she sings the poetry of Mian Muhammed Baksh and Bulleh Shah, and immerse yourself in the culture of a bygone era. The poetry will be sung in Punjabi with English introductions. Tickets £10.

SATURDAY 23 MAY CINÉMATHÈQUE BRADFORD SCREENING HEMALKASA 7PM, KALA SANGAM Cinémathèque Bradford was set up to maintain the provision of film screenings of specialised films, especially foreign language and smaller independent films in Bradford, and to provide film education activities including introductions, notes, discussions and day schools/evening classes for the general public. Hemalkasa is an inspirational biopic following the selfless journey of Dr. Prakash Baba Amte and his wife Dr. Mandakini Amte, a couple who dedicated their lives to the development of tribal people of Maharashtra, India, in the toughest of conditions with little or no support from the establishment. Tickets £7.50 / £5 concessions. www.kalasangam.org

LAUGH OUT LOUD COMEDY CLUB 8PM, ALHAMBRA STUDIO Laugh Out Loud Comedy Club brings you another hilarious comedy evening. Each show includes several top professional comedians from all over the world to make you LOL! Featuring Archie Kelly, Peter White, Paul Mcmullen, Jenny Collier. Tickets £16.50. www.bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on

56 - ALWAYS REMEMBERED 5PM, THE BLACK SWAN Benefit gig for the commemoration of the Bradford City fire disaster of 1985. Bands, raffle, food available. Money raised will go to the Burns Unit. Free entry. www.facebook.com/blackswanbradford

SALTAIRE ARTS TRAIL - 23RD-24TH MAY WEEKEND FESTIVAL 12PM, SALTAIRE VILLAGE

BALANGA BAR SESSION WITH VANESSA NDKUBA 8PM, BALANGA BAR

A packed weekend of contemporary art and craft and creative family activities, including the popular Open Houses, Makers Fair and new exhibitions. www.saltaireinspired.org.uk/saltaire-arts-trail

Live music session. Free entry. Love music, love Balanga! www.facebook.com/balanga.by.berry

SUNDAY 24 MAY

DEBBIE TAYLOR, AUTHOR OF HERRING GIRL - A TALE OF PAST LIFE REGRESSION AND MURDER 2PM @ CITY LIBRARY

DOGA: YOGA FOR YOU AND YOUR DOG (BRADFORD LITERATURE FESTIVAL) 2.30PM @ CITY LIBRARY

Part of the Read Regional campaign promoting northern writers. Free of charge.

Refreshments served. Places must be booked by email - dionne.hood@bradford.gov.uk or 01535 618211.

What could be more fun than involving your pet in your yoga sessions? Even if you are new to yoga, Mahny Djahanguiri has adapted all the key yoga poses to involve your dog, including the Sun Salutation, Warrior Pose, and, of course, Downward Facing Dog. Tickets £6. www.bradfordliteraturefestival.co.uk

SIMON STUBBS AND THE CRABS 9PM, DELIUS LIVED NEXT DOOR Live music at Bradford’s longest running indie music bar. Simon Stubbs and the Crabs - rock / alt.country / indie / open-minded, barrierfree alternative rock. Free entry. Open til 2am.

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MONDAY 25 MAY THE WOMAN IN BLACK 7.30PM, ALHAMBRA STUDIO Now celebrating 25 years in the West End, The Woman In Black is ‘a marvellous exercise in tension, spun from perfectly paced storytelling’ (The Independent) that has enthralled over seven million people since its original debut. Tickets £13 - 27.50. Also showing Tuesday 26th - Saturday 30th. www.bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on

WEDNESDAY 27 MAY ORGAN RECITAL 1PM, BRADFORD CATHEDRAL Organ Recital with Daniel Bishop from Liverpool Anglican Cathedral. FREE entry. www.bradfordcathedral.org

PAPER DOLLHOUSE 8PM, FUSE ART SPACE Eric Chenaux plays with ballads, songs, tunes, improvisations, guitars, voices, electronics, films and very small swinging speakers.

Since 2006 Constellation has been home to Chenaux’s more overtly song- based work.

His warm, gliding voice and erudite lyricism, channeled next to an utterly unique guitar technique and a deep immersion in pop, the avant- garde and folk traditions from the obscure to postmodern have made for some absorbing live shows and albums. Free entry. www.wearefuse.co

wicked Sheriff of Nottingham who rules over the good people of Sherwood, collecting taxes to pay for his own evil plans. Tickets £15.50.

Also showing on Saturday 30th at 2pm. www.bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on

ROCK STEADY LIVE 8PM, FORSTERS BISTRO Rock Steady performing live. Free entry. www.forstersbistro.co.uk

BLONDIE TRIBUTE CABARET DINNER NAPOLEONS CASINO Tickets are £25 per person & include a drink on arrival, four course meal and a £5 bet. www.napoleons-casinos.co.uk/bradford/whats-on

DIG JAZZ! & TRAINER TROUBLE PRESENTS - LISTEN UP! 9PM-2AM, THE NEW BEEHIVE INN CELLAR BAR Dig Jazz! and Trainer Trouble playing old vinyl records and a bar serving craft/real ales. Expect funky breaks, vintage soul, reggae-reggae bass and more than enough jazzy soundtracks and beats to tap your toes to. Come before you go clubbing to the Mill or town, grab a pint when crawling around North Parade, or hang around all night and enjoy yourself! Free entry.

Ian Hill 8pm, The Castle

THURSDAY 28 MAY

Traditional tunes and songs with a leaning towards Irish and Northumbrian. Plays guitar, mandola, mandolin, cittern & banjo. Also sings unaccompanied songs.

SEX IN SUBURBIA 7.30PM, ST GEORGE’S HALL

SATURDAY 30 MAY

Claire Sweeney stars in and co-writes this brand new comedy about dating, men and finding Mr Right. Tickets £23.50. www.bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on

BLOOD 7.30PM, ALHAMBRA STUDIO Caneze meets Sully in the college canteen.

The heat rises over triple chilli sauce in Nando’s. She makes her move in the sweet smoke of a shisha bar. A touchpaper is lit... but neither of them bargained on the lengths to which her brother would go to keep them apart. Tickets £13.50. Also showing Friday 29th. www.bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on

TOPIC FOLK CLUB - STUART DOUGLAS 8.30PM, GLYDE HOUSE A rare solo gig from this fine singer and interpreter of carefully chosen songs delivered with passion, enthusiasm, and tasteful guitar accompaniment. £6/£5 on the door. www.topic-folk-club.org.uk

FRIDAY 29 MAY ROBIN HOOD & HIS MERRY MEN 7PM, ST GEORGE’S HALL

AUTO/MOBILE BY INSTANT DISSIDENCE 10AM-5PM (RUNNING TIME, 20 MINUTES) @ THEATRE IN THE MILL Please note: the capacity for each performance is 3. If you want to see the performance with friends or family, please ensure you book the same slot. If you haven’t got a slot, you can come and watch from the outside. One car, two passengers, and you. auto/mobile is an outdoor piece taking place in a parked car. You are invited to enter the car, become one of its passengers, and go on an imaginative journey that transports you out of the familiarity of your surroundings and into a world of wonder. Tickets £6-£8.

PEPPERJAM 9PM, DELIUS LIVED NEXT DOOR Live music at Bradford’s longest running indie music bar. Get down to Pepperjam, playing roots, ska and soul. Free entry. Open til 2am. www.facebook.com/deliusbar

IN THE CITY PRESENTS - MEMPHIS CRUISERS 9PM, CITY VAULTS Live music at City Vaults. Free entry. www.cityvaults.co.uk

JACOBS 2ND BIRTHDAY PARTY 1PM, JACOBS BEER HOUSE Join the celebrations of the award winning pub, with cider tasting, pizza buffet and local cabaret act Toute Suite. The final of the Jacobs dominoes competition at 1pm, with the winner taking away £100 (ask the barkeep for details about entering the playoffs) www.facebook.com/JacobsAleHouse

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BRADFORD PRIDE 1PM-7PM, CITY PARK Bradford Pride is a celebration of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans rights, and the committee is preparing for its ninth year. It’s organised by volunteers and is a community-based event.

The Pride event is funded through donations and fundraising. Bradford Pride provides an opportunity for people who are beginning their journey of ‘coming out’ as LGBT, and those who just want to celebrate their identity.

Pride also provides an occasion for people not familiar with the LGBT community to come along and enjoy the day, promoting good relations between the LGBT community and the wider Bradford community. It’s estimated that approx. 10,000 people came to the square throughout the day at the last Pride, many travelling from outside the city. www.1in12.com

IN THE CITY PRESENTS - ROXY MUSIC TRIBUTE BAND 9PM, GINGER GOOSE A tribute to 70s art rock band Roxy Music. www.gingergoose.co.uk

TRAPDOOR - ALTERNATIVE ROCK PARTY! 10PM, THE MILL NIGHTCLUB A legendary rock and alternative party the last Saturday of every month. DJs on two floors playing alternative rock, punk, ska, and metal.

Plus live bands and optional fancy dress. £5 on the door. www.themillbradford.com

MONDAY 1 JUN STEWART LEE - A ROOM WITH A STEW 7.30PM, ST GEORGE’S HALL A brand new live show with fresh material in preparation for the next BBC2 series of Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle. Tickets £22.50. www.bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on

BRADFORD PRIDE PARTY 7PM-LATE, VARIOUS LGBT VENUES Join the party around Sunbridge Road and Sackville Street.

Join our hero Robin Hood, played by CITV’s Hi-5 Chris Edgerley, as he puts right the

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YOUR GUIDE TO ongoing events in and around bradford MONDAYS beehive poets

The New Beehive Inn

8.30PM A mutually supportive poetry group

POKER NIGHT

The Black Swan

7pm

Poker night and free pool available.

SMARTPHONE QUIZ

The Sun Hotel

8pm

Download the app and join the quiz.

Westleigh Hotel

7PM

Popular student karaoke night

DISCOVER TUESDAYS

Picturehouse Cinema

6PM

Discover stunning cinema.

karaoke

The Sun Hotel

7PM

Nick’s ‘Battle of The Decades’ with Karaoke

ORGAN RECITAL

Bradford Cathedral

1pm

Organ recitals featuring guest musicians.

QUIZ NIGHT

Bradford Brewery

8PM

£1 entry, jackpot question - winner takes all.

BELLISFUL YOGA

Delius Arts Centre

6.30pm Vinyasa Flow yoga classes by Yoga Bradford

TOPIC FOLK CLUB

Glyde House

8.30PM A friendly and inviting live music event.

MUSIC @ THE CASTLE

The Castle

8pm

Folk singers and musicians

POLISH & ENGLISH KARAOKE

Balanga Bar

8pm

Authentic Polish tavern

THANK FORSTERS IT’S FRIDAY

Forsters Bistro

8pm

Live acts every Friday

ASHTANGA YOGA

Kala Sangam

10.30am Beginner’s class in Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga

BRADFORD PARK RUN

Lister Park

9am

KS ACADEMY

Kala Sangam

9.30am Classes in music, dance, language and yoga.

SATURDAY STOP

Impressions Gallery

10am

Free creative activities for children

Picturehouse Cinema

12pm

Classic films back where they belong.

TUESDAYS karaoke

WEDNESDAYS

tHURSDAYS

FRIDAYS

SATURDAYS Free and friendly timed 5k run.

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mad to be opening a new venture right in the heart of the city. Just look at the buzz around the Independent Quarter on a weekend and I think we’re already proving them wrong.

What’s the best thing about your job?

Everyone wants to be your friend. Honestly, I’ve met some of the most incredible people since opening the brewery. I’d like to think it was my charm and dashing good looks they want but I think it’s just the beer.

What’s your relationship with Bradford

Bradford’s the childhood sweetheart I couldn’t get over. I’m a Bradford boy. I spent most of my youth in Rio’s and the 1in12 but left for the bright lights of London 10 years ago. Bradford was a very different city then. I came back two years ago and every day I’ve questioned why it took me so long. I’m not going anywhere again.

What are your plans for the next year or so?

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Who are you and what do you do?

I’m Matt Halliday. I’m lucky enough to run Bradford Brewery.

What prompted you to open up a bar/brewery in the heart of Bradford?

Like every good idea, it started over a pint. A pint of Leeds Brewery in the Sparrow Bier Café in fact. A friend asked me why there wasn’t a Bradford Brewery. Two years and a lot of sleepless nights later, here we are.

How’s the response been so far?

Absolutely amazing. Lots of people said I was

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Our beers are slowly rolling out to bars and clubs across Bradford and beyond. We’ve got the ambition of seeing a Bradford beer on every bar in the district before the year is out.

We’ll also be canning our beer so you’ll soon be able to enjoy it in your own home. And if you see Robbie Hunter-Paul tell him you want a can of Bradford on the terraces of Odsal Stadium.

You made the national press recently following a public spat with George Galloway, are you friends now?

Ha, no! Bradford Brewery is a Galloway Free Zone! At Bradford Brewery we’re proud to be creating a space that’s used and loved by all members of our great community. As far as I’m concerned Galloway only works to create division. I will personally stand against him in the next election if he is re-elected to Bradford West.

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