diff --git a/cpp/pybind/brad_server.cc b/cpp/pybind/brad_server.cc
index 881b7664..be006996 100644
--- a/cpp/pybind/brad_server.cc
+++ b/cpp/pybind/brad_server.cc
@@ -13,5 +13,10 @@ PYBIND11_MODULE(pybind_brad_server, m) {
 
   brad_server
     .def(py::init<>())
-    .def("create", &brad::BradFlightSqlServer::Create);
+    .def("create", &brad::BradFlightSqlServer::Create)
+    .def("init", &brad::BradFlightSqlServer::InitWrapper)
+    .def("serve",
+         &brad::BradFlightSqlServer::ServeWrapper,
+         py::call_guard<py::gil_scoped_release>())
+    .def("shutdown", &brad::BradFlightSqlServer::ShutdownWrapper);
 }
diff --git a/cpp/server/brad_server_simple.cc b/cpp/server/brad_server_simple.cc
index a2d69902..19321e76 100644
--- a/cpp/server/brad_server_simple.cc
+++ b/cpp/server/brad_server_simple.cc
@@ -51,12 +51,26 @@ BradFlightSqlServer::~BradFlightSqlServer() = default;
 std::shared_ptr<BradFlightSqlServer>
   BradFlightSqlServer::Create() {
     // std::shared_ptr<BradFlightSqlServer> result(new BradFlightSqlServer());
-    std::shared_ptr<BradFlightSqlServer> result =
-      std::make_shared<BradFlightSqlServer>();
-    for (const auto &id_to_result : GetSqlInfoResultMap()) {
-      result->RegisterSqlInfo(id_to_result.first, id_to_result.second);
-    }
-    return result;
+  std::shared_ptr<BradFlightSqlServer> result =
+    std::make_shared<BradFlightSqlServer>();
+  for (const auto &id_to_result : GetSqlInfoResultMap()) {
+    result->RegisterSqlInfo(id_to_result.first, id_to_result.second);
+  }
+  return result;
+}
+
+void BradFlightSqlServer::InitWrapper(const std::string &host, int port) {
+  auto location = arrow::flight::Location::ForGrpcTcp(host, port).ValueOrDie();
+  arrow::flight::FlightServerOptions options(location);
+  this->Init(options);
+}
+
+void BradFlightSqlServer::ServeWrapper() {
+  this->Serve();
+}
+
+void BradFlightSqlServer::ShutdownWrapper() {
+  this->Shutdown(nullptr);
 }
 
 arrow::Result<std::unique_ptr<FlightInfo>>
diff --git a/cpp/server/brad_server_simple.h b/cpp/server/brad_server_simple.h
index 70c64893..f6db4cbf 100644
--- a/cpp/server/brad_server_simple.h
+++ b/cpp/server/brad_server_simple.h
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ class BradFlightSqlServer : public arrow::flight::sql::FlightSqlServerBase {
 
   static std::shared_ptr<BradFlightSqlServer> Create();
 
+  void InitWrapper(const std::string &host, int port);
+
+  void ServeWrapper();
+
+  void ShutdownWrapper();
+
   arrow::Result<std::unique_ptr<arrow::flight::FlightInfo>>
     GetFlightInfoStatement(
       const arrow::flight::ServerCallContext &context,
diff --git a/src/brad/front_end/flight_sql_server.py b/src/brad/front_end/flight_sql_server.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..eb736e20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/brad/front_end/flight_sql_server.py
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import logging
+import threading
+
+# pylint: disable-next=import-error,no-name-in-module,unused-import
+import brad.native.pybind_brad_server as brad_server
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class BradFlightSqlServer:
+    def __init__(self, host: str, port: int) -> None:
+        self._flight_sql_server = brad_server.BradFlightSqlServer()
+        self._flight_sql_server.init(host, port)
+        self._thread = threading.Thread(name="BradFlightSqlServer", target=self._serve)
+
+    def start(self) -> None:
+        self._thread.start()
+
+    def stop(self) -> None:
+        logger.info("BRAD FlightSQL server stopping...")
+        self._flight_sql_server.shutdown()
+        self._thread.join()
+        logger.info("BRAD FlightSQL server stopped.")
+
+    def _serve(self) -> None:
+        self._flight_sql_server.serve()
diff --git a/src/brad/front_end/front_end.py b/src/brad/front_end/front_end.py
index e8f74a45..001f5371 100644
--- a/src/brad/front_end/front_end.py
+++ b/src/brad/front_end/front_end.py
@@ -87,10 +87,11 @@ def __init__(
         output_queue: mp.Queue,
     ):
         if BradFrontEnd.native_server_is_supported():
-            # pylint: disable-next=import-error,no-name-in-module
-            import brad.native.pybind_brad_server as brad_server
+            from brad.front_end.flight_sql_server import BradFlightSqlServer
 
-            self._flight_sql_server = brad_server.BradFlightSqlServer.create()
+            self._flight_sql_server: Optional[BradFlightSqlServer] = (
+                BradFlightSqlServer(host="0.0.0.0", port=31337)
+            )
         else:
             self._flight_sql_server = None
 
@@ -191,6 +192,10 @@ def __init__(
 
     async def serve_forever(self):
         await self._run_setup()
+
+        # Start FlightSQL server
+        self._flight_sql_server.start()
+
         try:
             grpc_server = grpc.aio.server()
             brad_grpc.add_BradServicer_to_server(BradGrpc(self), grpc_server)
@@ -281,6 +286,11 @@ async def _set_up_router(self) -> None:
 
     async def _run_teardown(self):
         logger.debug("Starting BRAD front end _run_teardown()")
+
+        # Shutdown FlightSQL server
+        if self._flight_sql_server:
+            self._flight_sql_server.stop()
+
         await self._sessions.end_all_sessions()
 
         # Important for unblocking our message reader thread.