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Black Dyke feature in Bradford cultural celebration

The Queensbury Band has been featured in a BBC 'Travel Show' programme that celebrates the rejuvenation of Bradford as the 2025 UK City of Culture.

Black Dyke
  The band was featured in their performance at the opening concert hosted by Zoe Ball (above)

Black Dyke Band's role in highlighting the artistic attractions to be found in Bradford, the 2025 UK City of Culture was seen and heard in a new BBC 'Travel Show' programme over the weekend.

Rebranding Bradford

Entitled 'Rebranding Bradford', it looked at how the city has found a renewed sense of pride in hosting over a thousand arts and culture events throughout the year, bringing in hundreds of thousands of victors and millions of pounds of income.

The Queensbury ensemble has already played a major part in its launch with the band part of a sold out concert at St George's Hall that was broadcast live on Radio 2 and which featured the world premiere of Peter Graham's 'Mill Town Revival'.

Bhangra connection

They also performed with the remarkable Bhangra band Punjabi Roots in a performance of 'Five Rivers' written by Lucy Pankhurst, part of which was replayed in 'The Travel Show' programme.

The band and MD, Prof Nicholas Childs were featured throughout in noting their history, their connections to Bradford and The Beatles on the pop song 'Yellow Submarine', and with their performance at the opening 'The Great Brass Blowout' event which was hosted by presenter Zoe Ball — bringing local and international cultures together.

To enjoy

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002dgfp/the-travel-show-rebranding-bradford

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