Meet-ups

6th April 2024

Bradford Stitch & Glitch – Scratch Orchestra

2nd March 2024

Bradford Stitch & Glitch – Play-a-Graphic Score

3rd February 2024

Bradford Stitch & Glitch – Print-a-Graphic Score

6th January 2024

Bradford Stitch & Glitch – Make-a-Graphic Score

2nd December 2023

Bradford Stitch & Glitch – Pipe-Up

Join us with church organ player Rebekah Okpoti at Bradford Cathedral as she shows us the stops and pistons. Have a turn, record or do some deep listening play with the resonance. 12-2pm @ Bradford Cathedral.

4th November 2023

Bradford Stitch & Glitch – Daytimer Rave

Raving to soundscapes! Sharing our skills, beat matching field recordings and mixing them into anything else – from Bhangra beats to 80s cartoon theme tunes. VJing to slide into Theatre in the Mill’s evening programme for BD is LiT. Session 3 of 3 with AllStar Entertainment (we ❤️ them)

7th October 2023

Bradford Stitch & Glitch – Learn to DJ

Do you know how hard it is to get a session on vinyl led by female DJ’s oop norf?! Really hard, the pool in Yorkshire is shallow. Let’s change it and create a resource of women & womxn DJ’s in Bradford! Level up your skills and have a go on analogue decks. Session 2 of 3 with AllStar Entertainment.

2nd September 2023

Bradford Stitch & Glitch – Learn to DJ

Daytimer raving? Convenient right?!? Learn how to DJ and maybe reignite this subculture! Herrd: exploring Bradfords sonic heritage through play. With AllStar Entertainment. Funded by Bradford Council & Bradford Producing Hub. 1 of 3.

5th August 2023

Bradford Stitch & Glitch – Make-a-Synth

From pom-poms! Artist Sam Topley will be showing us how to make and keep our own electronic instrument from pom-poms and conductive thread. Subverting wools sound absorbency into sound production. Part of the Herrd project, playfully exploring Bradfords Sonic Heritage, funded by Bradford Council. Materials provided

1st July 2023

Bradford Stitch & Glitch – Deep Listening

Join us for a Deep Listening exercise. If you’re new to deep listening it’s like aural depth perception – flexing the ears, backgrounding and foregrounding sounds. BYOS (Bring Your Own Sounds)

3rd June 2023

Bradford Stitch & Glitch – Make-a-Poster

We’re rubbish at marketing, so we spent the last of the biscuit budget on a silk screen and some paint. Help us design and make DIY posters, best design gets a biscui – oh wait, no…

13th May 2023

Bradford Stitch & Glitch – No Money, Mo Problems

Things we like;
A weekend off ✅
A sleep in ✅
Delivered! We also like money, so we’re going to use this session to figure out how to get some more. Later and shorter, 12noon – 2pm

1st April 2023

Bradford Stitch & Glitch – Make-a-Preamp

Never made a preamp? Us neither. Don’t know how to make a preamp? Us neither! But who gives a f_, let’s figure it out together by googling it-grab kit spots or free biscuits. The Permission to Play project is funded through Paul Hamlyn and YSWN. Materials provided.

4th March 2023

Bradford Stitch & Glitch – Make-a-Radio

We are so excited to bring members of the Shortwave Collective into this meet up. They will be delivering their radio making session for us to create our own Open Wave Receiver radio. The Permission to Play project is funded through Paul Hamlyn and YSWN.

4th February 2023

Bradford Stitch & Glitch – Hydrophones

Let’s Plastidip! Make your microphones into hydrophones for sub-aquatic (or just damp) recordings. The Permission to Play project is funded through Paul Hamlyn and YSWN. Materials provided.

7th January 2023

Bradford Stitch & Glitch – Make-a-Mic

Learn to solder and build your own contact microphone. Spaces are limited, but free. The Permission to Play project is funded through Paul Hamlyn and YSWN. All materials/tools provided.

3rd December 2022

Bradford Stitch & Glitch – Mixing & Editing

We will be crafting our mixing & editing skills with freeware (or whatever is already on your device). You just need a portable device and a sound file recorded on it. All levels welcome.

5th November 2022

Bradford Stitch & Glitch – Introductory Meet-up

Remember, remember! 5th November 11-2pm. An informal chat about what skills we can bring / would like to learn from the group.