From a spectacular theatrical opening to Afrobeat brass bands via David Hockney and Wallace and Gromit, the city has big plans
Below-zero temperatures are forecast at City Park on Friday evening but the warmth radiating from Bradford’s mighty UK city of culture opening will undoubtedly put everyone in the mood to celebrate.
The city was right in the centre of a badly timed amber weather warning this week and suffered a deluge of snow that the council has “been proper grafting” to clear, said the show’s dramaturg, Kirsty Taylor.
