Details of the Bradford Festival have been released with organisers promising an action-packed seven-day event at City Park this month.

The new Bradford Festival will bring together international, British and local theatre, art, music and dance from Monday, June 10, to Sunday, June 16.

Some of the highlights of the seven-day festival include Bradford Festival Choral Society performing Carmina Burana and other popular classics.

The 200-strong choir and one of the north’s finest orchestras will perform on Friday, June 14, at 7.30pm.

Eduardo Niebla, a flamenco jazz artist, will perform on Saturday, June 15, at 3pm.

The Mugenkyo Taiko Drummers demonstrate their contemporary take on traditional Japanese drumming on Sunday, June 16, at 4pm.

The new one-day Mela on Sunday, June 16, will see a colourful fusion of international culture, community and food.

The line-up comes after last June’s Mela was cancelled at an estimated cost of £200,000 after the venue of Peel Park, Undercliffe, became waterlogged by torrential rain.

Bradford Festival was axed amid huge controversy in 2007 as part of a £500,000 package of cuts by the then Conservative-led, Liberal Democrat supported administration of the Council.

The decision was condemned as an absolute disgrace by the then-opposition leader Ian Greenwood.

But now it is back with Councillor Susan Hinchcliffe, Bradford Council's executive member for employment, skills and culture, saying: “The programme of events for Bradford Festival is really exciting and varied and I am confident there will be something to entertain everyone over the week.

“It is great that we are able to use the wonderful space in City Park and attract visitors to the city centre.”

Other events include Bollywood Bites which draws on salsa, hip-hop and Indian classical dance. That will be on at 11.30am on Sunday, June 16, and has already been performed for the Queen at Buckingham Palace.

At 3pm on Sunday, there will be a display of traditional South Indian classical music and dance with Samam by Srishti- Nina Rajarani Dance Creations.

Bollywood Brass Band with Rafaqat Ali Khan will play on the last day at 8.30pm.

Acrobats, dancers, actors and singers will bring surprise performances and experiences including Red Shoes, an acrobatic dance performed on giant poles and another performance will see ten performers with life-sized puppets become a dance troupe, a group of ventriloquists, nurses and patients, children and teddy bears.

For more information, visit bradfordfestival.org.uk