What's On In March

Welcome to a marvellous March in the Bradford district! With spring on the horizon and the countryside coming back to life, it's the perfect time to explore and enjoy the area. Take part in incredible events, including celebrations of Mother’s Day, International Women’s Day and more exciting Bradford UK City of Culture 2025 activities.

Look into the Faces of Bradford in a new exhibition at Ilkley Manor House, which reopens this month. From 1^st-23^rd March celebrate Bradford’s rich cultural heritage and diversity through the art of portrait photography.

Join the Bradford Faith Trail, which returns for a series of monthly tours from Saturday, 1^st March. Along the way, head to five of Bradford’s diverse places of worship, where experienced guides will show you around and answer your questions.

Get creative for nature at Cliffe Castle Museum & Park, Keighley, on Sunday, 9^th March. Join crafting activities, workshops, nature walks and more as you discover how you can play your part in creating a wilder Yorkshire.

Pick up something delicious for dinner at the Saltaire Farmers Market on Sunday, 9th March. There’ll be plenty of fresh breads, cakes, cheeses, meats, coffees and more from local, specialist and independent producers.

See the wonderful artwork from the BBC’s Extraordinary Portraits with Bill Bailey at a special exhibition as part of Bradford 2025.  The works will be on display from 13^th March-6^th April at Loading Bay in Bradford.

Join the gardeners at NT East Riddlesden Hall in Keighley for a demonstration of seed sowing on Saturday, 15^th March. You can also take the opportunity to chat with them about how the beautiful gardens of the Hall are maintained and how they are being made ready for spring.

Discover the wonder of Cinerama at Pictureville Cinema in Bradford on Sunday, 16th March. Enjoy a rare chance to tour the projection facilities after the screening and see what goes into one of the two surviving Cinerama screens in the world.

All aboard the trains of the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway as the Steam Gala returns from 20^th-23^rd March. Ride behind our guest locomotives and watch out for goods trains and special double-headed trains.

Put on your dancing shoes for a fantastic day at Victoria Hall in Saltaire on Saturday, 22^nd March. The Lavender Café Orchestra’s Masked Ball features live music, special guests the Leeds Project Big Band, Dance classes and sequence dances to join.

Meet artists James Robert Morrison and Chemaine Watkiss at Cartwright Hall in Bradford on Saturday, 22^nd March, as they celebrate the ‘I Am Me’ exhibition. Find out about their lives as artists, get some top tips and advice about the art world and take part in a variety of pop-up activities throughout the day.

See the award-winning author Marianna Spring, the BBC’s award-winning disinformation & social media correspondent, at Ilkley Grammar School on Saturday, 29^th March. She’ll take you on a tour through Conspiracyland with tales of online stories, trolls and algorithms. Tickets are on sale now.

Race through Keighley on Sunday, 30^th March for the Keighley 5k and 10k. Whichever route you choose, you’ll be taking in some of the best sights in the area as you run along the Leeds-Liverpool Canal and NT East Riddlesden Hall.

March brings a slew of unmissable shows to the district’s stages that’ll keep you coming back for more. Travel into darkness at the all-new Bradford 2025 venue, Loading Bay, with a new production of Dracula. See the incredible performance of Dragons at the Alhambra. Enjoy the dazzling dance of Karen Hauer & Gorka Marquez in 'Speakeasy' at St George’s Hall in Bradford, while Jimmy Carr brings the laughs. Gordon Buchanan is heading to King’s Hall in Ilkley with his new show 'Lions and Tigers and Bears,' and Su Pollard will be there for a night of musical entertainment.

Silsden Town Hall will be a must-visit place for music lovers when Creating Carmen arrives to tell the tale of the making of the classic opera. Josienne Clarke will fill The Live Room in Saltaire with the fabulous music of Sandy Denny whilst Chris Bannister performs at the Ilkley Playhouse. Over at St George’s Hall in Bradford, John Barrowman will present an incredible musical experience and Rock and Roll Hall of Famers the Drifters will be putting on an incredible new concert.