Editing Bradford, Pennsylvania (section)

==Arts and entertainment==
The Bradford Creative and Performing Arts Center season runs from September to March. The Bromeley Family Theater at The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford hosts many events in the university's Spectrum Series that brings authors, artists, musicians, recitalists and performance groups to campus with all events open to the public. Theater productions are staged by the theater departments at Pitt-Bradford and the high school and by the Bradford Little Theater (BLT), which celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2006. BLT also operates Togi's Playhouse for smaller productions. An annual community talent show, Kiwanis Kapers, occurs in the fall.

In May 2017, the Marilyn Horne Museum and Exhibit Center opened in downtown Bradford. Part of the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, the 3,400 square-foot exhibition space celebrates the life and career of American mezzo-soprano, Marilyn Horne. The museum highlights objects from Horne's personal archive, which is housed at the University of Pittsburgh.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.marilynhorne.org/themarilynhornemuseum.html | title = Marilyn Horne Museum | access-date = 2018-11-22}}</ref>

Annual festivals include Stinkfest (a festival promoting [[leek]] cuisine),<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.stinkfest.org/ | title = Stinkfest | access-date = 2009-06-05 | publisher = East Bradford Business Association | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090505075109/http://stinkfest.org/ | archive-date = 2009-05-05 | url-status = dead }}</ref> Summer Daze (formerly known as Summerfest), Autumn Daze, the Italian Festival, the Zippo/Case International Swap Meet (biennial, with Zippo Days held in off years) and the Crook Farm Country Fair. In early August, the annual [[Big 30 All-Star Football Game|Big 30 Charity high school all star football game]] takes place at Parkway Field, where a million-dollar artificial playing surface was installed in 2008. In 2009, for the first time, National Night Out was a significant event in Bradford, coinciding with Taste of Bradford. A [[First Night]] celebration is held on [[New Year's Eve]], complete with a [[List of objects dropped on New Year's Eve|ball drop of its own]].