Bradford Literature Festival 2027
Starts: 11th Jun 2027
Various venues across Bradford, West Yorkshire, England
Ten days of literature, music, theatre and debate across venues in Bradford.
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About
TBC - programme not yet announced
Bradford Literature Festival is a ten-day arts festival held annually across venues throughout the Bradford district, including the Alhambra, Bradford City Hall, the National Science and Media Museum, bookshops, colleges and galleries. Founded in 2014, it grew from fewer than a thousand attendees in its first year to more than 155,000.
The programme runs to over 500 events spanning literature, poetry, history, politics, social justice, philosophy, faith and wellbeing, delivered as author talks, panel discussions, live performances, exhibitions, creative writing workshops and school activities, alongside film screenings and music. The festival describes itself as purposefully a literature festival even though its programme reaches across the arts.
The festival features family fun days, storytelling sessions and hands-on workshops for young readers - 29,000 people attended the family days at the 2026 edition alone.
