Bradford 2025 draws to a colse
On the evenings of 20th and 21st December 2025 two final events were held to mark the approaching of the end of the year and Bradford's tenure as the UK's official City of Culture.
The finale evenings were held in Bingley's Myrtle Park and featured various performances celebrating culture in and around the Bradford area.
These evenings were the last in a series of events which had been staged in and around the Bradford area as part of the City of Culture programme. During the year there have been various different performances, exhibitions and occassions held in and around the city, including the hosting of the Turner Prize at Cartwright Hall, the installation of artworks on the moors above Haworth and a special royal reopening for the Bronte Birthplace in Thornton.
According to sources such as the BBC the whole programme cost £51M, with at least £31M coming from the public purse via funding from central government, Bradford Council and the West Yorkshire Combined Authority. This spending will have undoubtedly raised awareness of the city and brought extra visitors in over the course of the year, though given the somewhat intangible nature of these benefits what the return on investment in the longer term is likely to be remains to be seen.
[News item posted by Eagle Intermedia December 2025.]
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