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Bradford Mela is a large scale celebration principally of South Asian culture [1] and was the first such event in Europe. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The Mela is a free one-day festival held in Bradford City Park and is part of the Bradford Festival.
Bradford is the fourth UK City of Culture, following Derry-Londonderry in 2013, Hull in 2017 and Coventry in 2021. It was selected in May 2022 from a field of 20 bidding towns and cities.
The Bradford Literature Festival (sometimes abbreviated to BLF) [1] is a spoken and written word event that promotes literature and is held for ten days annually over June and July in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. The first event was held in 2014 and was attended by 968 people; over the next decade the attendance had risen to over 115,000 ...
The museum organised and held four major film events every year: Bradford International Film Festival, Bradford Animation Festival, Bite the Mango and Fantastic Films Weekend. These attracted international speakers and new and classic works from around the world. All four festivals were eventually cancelled by the museum.
Today, the National Science and Media Museum hosts the annual Widescreen Weekend film festival. [22] With a large influx of South Asian immigrants and the Bradford Council's pursuit of a policy of multiculturalism in the 1980s, separatism between ethnic communities became an issue, an issue highlighted by Bradford headteacher Ray Honeyford. [23]
Today, the statue is situated in the now Oastler Square and is a Grade II listed building by Historic England. [13] In 2016, plans were made to relocate the entrance to the east-facing side of the centre to create more space for outdoor stalls. However, the closure of the nearby Morrisons supermarket made the 2016 plans no longer economically ...
Construction of this section begun in 2011 and was officially opened on 24 March 2012 with an all-day celebratory event featuring parkour, fireworks, balloons and other attractions. The city park was part of the 'masterplan' for Bradford city centre, a regeneration project first begun in 2003. Several revisions were made to the original plans.
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