 Logo of Bradford 2025 | |
| Date | Starts in 2025 for 12 months [a] |
|---|---|
| Location | Bradford, West Yorkshire |
| Type | UK City of Culture |
| Theme | Cultural |
| Organised by | Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport |
| Predecessor | Coventry UK City of Culture 2021 |
Bradford UK City of Culture 2025 is a designation given to Bradford, England, between 2025 and 2029 by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). The designation means that Bradford gains access to funding to improve its infrastructure and arts facilities, and will host a series of events celebrating local culture starting in 2025 for twelve months. Bradford won the designation on 31 May 2022,[1] winning over bids from County Durham, Southampton and Wrexham County Borough[2][3][4] to become the fourth UK City of Culture since the programme began in 2013, following Derry~Londonderry[b], Hull, and Coventry, as well as the second in Yorkshire. The 2025 bidding contest was launched on 29 May 2021, and was the first contest since 2013 open to local areas in the United Kingdom receiving twenty bids by July 2021.
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- ^ "City of Culture 2025: Bradford, County Durham, Southampton and Wrexham County Borough revealed as four areas in the running for title". Sky News. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
- ^ "The final four contenders for the UK City of Culture 2025 title". The Independent. 18 March 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
- ^ "UK City of Culture 2025 shortlist revealed". GOV.UK. Retrieved 24 March 2022.