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Est: 1956

Map &
Directions

Venue: The Castle Hotel, 20 Grattan Road, Bradford, BD1 2NA

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Thursday 23rd October 2025 at 7:30

NOTE: Tonight at The Castle,
20 Grattan Road, Bradford, BD1 2NA

The Castle is about 250 yards from the Sunbridge Wells complex - go west on Sunbridge Road, past Godwin St, turn right on Barry St and The Castle is where Barry St meets Gratton Road, just before Westgate. Many Topic regulars will have gone to The Castle in the days of Muppet's Friday singers and musicians sessions.

What Three Words: https://what3words.com/forget.tins.market

sunjay2025Sunjay

Sunjay is the antithesis of your typical denim clad disheveled folk and blues musician. From his perfectly groomed hair to his spotlessly shining winkle picker boots he walks onto the stage every inch the "city slicker."

When Sunjay starts to sing and play the guitar however, you are transported to a world where blues and country music meld seamlessly amidst humid mangrove swamps and red neck barbecues.

Sunjay is, without doubt, the real deal. Drawing from a rich, musical, and cultural background it is hardly surprising that Sunjay has quickly become recognised as one of the UK’s rising stars. His performances have been described as “mature and confident,” while his guitar playing has been hailed as, “superb, brilliant, experienced, intricate and faultless.” Sunjay’s style has that natural drift between folk and blues.

Sunjay has in every sense, grown up in public, having performed regularly to ever increasing audiences from the age of seven. Now, at thirty years of age, Sunjay has become a master guitarist, who has crafted his show to perfection. He also has an encyclopedic knowledge of his music, and a wicked sense of humour. An evening with Sunjay is an evening of exquisite blues, country and folk music with sonorous vocals and a master class in guitar playing, interspersed with hilarious anecdotes.

"One of the best young pickers and singers around." – Mike Harding, BBC Radio 2

“One of the UK's finest young Blues stars.” – Iain Anderson, BBC Radio Scotland

“A very accomplished and dynamic guitarist, with a mature stage presence and echoes of a young Ralph McTell.” – R2 Magazine

https://wegottickets.com/event/672063

Entry £9 (Members £6)
Doors open 7:00

IMPORTANT! PLEASE NOTE!

Hullabaloo is closed and The Wallers Bar at Sunbridge Wells has a previously arranged booking for someone else tonight, so tonight we are at The Castle, 20 Grattan Road, Bradford, BD1 2NA

What Three Words: forget.tins.market

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SWABAsongs

A collection of folk songs about people, groups and special places in Bradford District.

To mark Bradford City of Culture in 2025 the Topic Folk Club is gathering together folk songs about the story of the people and/or groups who work to make Bradford District a welcoming and supportive place.

Please send any observations and questions to bd25topic@gmail.com

See the 40 songs uploaded so far at Topic SWABA - a few more have been added in February.

 

Coming Soon

Bradford is City of Culture this year - Bradford Booking in the listing below indicates when a guest artist from Bradford has been booked to appear.


23rd October
Sunjay
https://wegottickets.com/event/672063


30th October
Union Jill
https://wegottickets.com/event/672065


6th November
Singers and Musicians
 

13th November Bradford Booking Double Header:
Reuben and the Bridge
and Chris Manners 
https://wegottickets.com/event/672078


20th November
Singers and Musicians


27th November
Jon Palmer Acoustic Band support Eric Sedge
https://wegottickets.com/event/672080


4th December
Singers and Musicians


11th December
Bradford Booking
Plumhall
https://wegottickets.com/event/672082
 

18th December Singers and Musicians

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