AN action-packed weekend featuring top musical acts, carnivals and festivals is set to take place across the Bradford district.

The best of youth street culture and music will hit City Park for Bradford's Urban Festival tomorrow.

A selection of artists will perform a broad range of music genres including ska, dub, soul, RnB, garage and jazz.

Budding musicians and DJs can participate in a music industry question and answer session with some of the headline artists. Workshops in street dance, face-painting and DJ-ing.

The event, held from noon to 9pm and funded and managed by Bradford Council, also includes a silent disco where club music is simultaneously streamed live to headsets.

Top British artists Tom Zanetti, Danny Bond and Kane Towny, alongside Bradford's own TS7, and the London singer-songwriter, Little Nikki take to the stage.

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Hundreds of visitors flocked to last year's two-day Urban Festival, which was headlined by the British circus company Cirque Bijou performing Project 3Sixty, a spectacular show mixing circus acts with extreme sports, breakdance, and live music.

Elsewhere tomorrow, the Emergency Services Show will see an estimated 9,000 people attend the Fire and Rescue Service headquarters.

The annual event, now in its tenth year, has attractions including Freddie the Fire Engine, an Army assault course, dancing troupes and Fire Service and Pipe Bands in action.

A demonstration of a road traffic collision will also be on display at the site in Bradford Road, Birkenshaw. The event is open between 11.30am and 4.30pm and features both West Yorkshire Police and West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service.

All proceeds will be split between the Fire Fighters Charity, My Burns Club and St John Ambulance.

Dom Furby, station commander of West Yorkshire Fire Service, who has organised the show with Sarah Goodall, also based the Fire HQ, said: "It gets bigger and better each year.

"We would like to raise £10,000. All of the money we raise goes to charity.

"The police, fire and ambulance service will all be there."

Admission is £1, with under fours free.

Meanwhile, Baildon Carnival will be themed on the forthcoming World Cup Rugby tournament and feature a display of Harley Davidson motorbikes.

Baildon Rugby Club hosts the community event tomorrow and children are encouraged to dress up to represent the different countries taking part in the famous international sporting event later this year.

Backed by Baildon Town Council, the event, held between 2pm and 5pm, includes the Carnival Canter, where runners will race up and down Baildon Moor. A children's fun run will also take place.

More than 40 stalls for charities and small businesses will also be held at the Jenny Lane site.

Organisers will be looking to beat last year's rebirth of the event which attracted 1,500 people.

Live music will be an added attraction through bands including the Baildon ukelele and mandolin groups.

Councillor Peter Ashton says organisers hope to surpass the success of last year's event.

He said: "It's going to be a fun, and hopefully, sunny afternoon.

"It will have a great atmosphere, if its anything like last year's event."

Tickets are £2 for adults, £1 for children and a family ticket is £5, for up to two adults and four children.

All proceeds go towards staging next year's carnival and split between a range of local charities.

Meanwhile, Red House Museum is hosting a commemorative garden party this weekend.

Tomorrow's event, organised by the Friends of Red House and Gomersal Moravian Church, marks the centenary since Doctor Richard Waring Taylor invited the church to host their annual garden party at the house on July 10, 1915.

Councillor Lisa Holmes, president of the Friends of Red House, will officially open the garden party at noon.

There will be stalls and live music and entertainment from Lindsey Moore, James Woolford and Oakenshaw Community Choir. Free entry.

Sumo wrestling, wellie throwing and ferret racing are all promised at Cottingley Fun Day at the village's recreation ground tomorrow.

Children's rides, stalls, games and a dog show are also on offer at the free community celebration which runs from 1pm to 4pm.

Popular bands including The Feeling, 90s Indie act Dodgy, who had a Number 4 hit with 'Good Enough', and girl group Stooshie will take to the stage at the Oakwell Music Festival on Sunday.

More than 20 bands are booked to play across three stages in the grounds of Oakwell Hall in Birstall.

Music fans of all genres will be catered for through rock, DJs, acoustic, folk and punk rock acts. Gates open at 11am with the first act on stage at 11.30am. The Festival's entertainment closes at 10.30pm.