By Edward Watson
A 200-strong choir will be the highlight of Bradford Festival's main event opening night on Friday evening.
Just a week after the Bollywood Carmen, City Park will play host to another large scale event this weekend.
The festival is making a return after a six year absence. It is being hosted for the first time in City Park as well as various other venues scattered across the city.
It will see a vast array of music, dance, theatre and food over the three days culminating with 'Mela Day' on Sunday - incorporating the former Bradford Mela which was cancelled due to bad weather last year.
Friday night's highlight will come from the Bradford Festival Choral Society - a 200-strong choir including a mixture of people from Bradford alongside some star solo singers.
They'll be joined by a professional orchestra - The Skipton Building Society Camerata.
Councillor Susan Hinchcliffe helped to organise the event and will also perform as part of the choir.
She said: "It's the first year in some time we've had the festival and I hope it will celebrate everything that's good about Bradford.
"The festival is great boost economically as well bringing people to the city centre.
"I've been a part of policy making for the event but I also wanted to be a part of it myself."
Maggie Eisner is due to perform with the Bradford Festival Choral Society.
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