Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture newsletter - The Beacon comes to Keighley

 With details of what's coming to Cliffe Castle this week and more:

The Beacon comes to Keighley!

Noticed something new in Cliffe Castle Park?

People of Keighley, we’re coming your way! The Beacon is Bradford 2025's new touring venue - and from Thursday (10 July) until 10 August, it will be at Cliffe Castle Park. Get ready for a jam-packed summer of cultural celebrations, free family days, hilarious comedy, theatre, community events – even a boutique music festival. See what’s on, and book tickets today – and we’ll see you in Keighley.

See what's on at The Beacon

Free family fun

Images L-R: The Big Beacon Family Welcome, Play Bradford's Mobile Adventure Playground, The Bradford Stories Bus, Wonky Olympics, Lets Make and Community Celebration.

Get ready for a fun-filled summer at The Beacon in Cliffe Castle Park! We have an amazing line-up of free family events with plenty for all ages: You’re invited to The Big Beacon Family Welcome, an afternoon filled with family fun and activities (12 July). Get onboard and enjoy the magic of storytelling with National Literacy Trust on the Bradford Stories Bus (19 July). Play for free on Play Bradford’s Mobile Adventure Playground (various dates from 24 July). Get ready for the silliest sports session you’ve ever seen at the Wonky Olympics (27 July). Get creative with artist Lou Sumray at free family-friendly workshops in Cliffe Castle Park (27, 28 Jul & 10 Aug). Enjoy a day filled with the culture, creativity and fun that South Asian culture brings to Keighley at Celebrating Culture at Cliffe Castle (31 July). Get a taste of South Asian wedding culture at Shadmanny, a family-friendly celebration, with Bradford South Asian Festival (10 Aug). We can’t wait to see you there!

Check out more events at The Beacon

Performance and theatre

Imaginary Friends 10 July Tickets: £8 Join award-winning writer-performer Daniel Bye for a show about a floundering TV comic taking comfort in his imaginary friends. Book now Drag-ford 11 July Tickets: £8 Enjoy an evening of cabaret with five local drag artists from Keighley and beyond. Book now Loaded Laughs 13 July Tickets: £5 Bradford’s freshest comedy night brings the best new voices in stand-up to The Beacon in Cliffe Castle Park. Book now

Your Best Guess 22 & 23 July Tickets: £8 Life is entirely unpredictable. But what if we could rewrite history? Book now Colorsphere 25 & 26 July Tickets: Adults £5, under 16s free  Help the explorers on this circus adventure uncover the mischievous creatures that just can’t stop generating colourful balls. Book now Evening Conversations 28 July Tickets: £8 Sudha Bhuchar (from BBC’s Virdee) invites her boys to ‘crack open a cold one’ and share their views on life. Book now

Music

Summer Sounds: Saturday 2 Aug Day Tickets: £15 Weekend: £25 Asha Puthli, Metz n Trix and ganaya headline day one of our boutique music festival - curated by Dialled In. Book now Summer Sounds: Sunday 3 Aug Day Tickets: £15 Weekend: £25 Don't miss the perfect soundtrack to a summer Sunday in the park - curated with Serious. Book now Stick in the Wheel 10 August Tickets:  Adults £17, Seniors £14 Experience the raw holler of folk, synths, spoken word and intricate guitar fuzz with the East London duo. Book now

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