Two cafes are running their own extensive programmes of events as part of this year's Bradford Festival.

A fringe festival is running all this week at Cafe Kino in the ground floor of the former Treadwell's building which is also temporarily housing the National Museum in Exile.

And there is a series of alternative arts events called Project X being staged at the Love Apple Caf in Great Horton Road, Bradford.

Caf Kino, in Upper Parkgate, Little Germany, has renamed itself the Art Mill for its arts extravaganza.

Described in the official Bradford Festival guide as a jazz festival, owner Steve Eustace said the week-long jamboree was in fact much more wide-ranging than that.

The venue has already seen performances by Latin musicians and dancers and the likes of experienced jazzman Gary Boyle.

The fringe festival continues tonight with an Easy Cheesy Listening session with DJ Gill Reynolds from 9pm.

A taste of Scandinavia is on the menu tomorrow when there is a wine tasting and smorgasbord evening, followed by a jazz jam night on Thursday and a special festival edition of the Smile dance night on Friday.

Caf Kino also hosts Eureka, a midsummer's night ball, on Saturday, featuring body casting, tattooing, stalls, a fashion show and DJs.

There will be also be a free lunchtime live music session every day until Saturday, with a Sunday roast from noon on Sunday.

Project X sees Dario Fo's The First Miracle of the Infant Jesus performed by Timothy Greenwood from 6pm to 7pm tonight and tomorrow.

There is also live music from The Kitchen Mechanics tonight, tomorrow and Thursday and That Man There on Friday. The Love Apple will also be the venue on Friday, Saturday and Sunday for a paranormal extravaganza called Independence Daze.

The caf will focus on Nicaragua next week as part of Third World Debt Awareness Week. Events will include a West African Night on July 6; theatre, music and poetry from Pete Goffin on July 7, music by the Red Herrings on July 8, live performance poetry by the Interchange Bradford Writers' Network on July 9 and a day of roots reggae and dub on July 12.

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