Ilkley Carnival and the Saltaire Arts Trail will be among the highlights of the bank holiday weekend’s attractions in the district.

The carnival, on Monday, has been tipped to be the “biggest and best” in its history. With the months ahead set to include jubilee parties and the Olympics, it has been given the theme The Summer of Celebrations.

Carnival committee chairman Andrew Stacey said: “Ilkley has a lot of things on throughout the summer and this is sort of the start of that. It is very much aimed at families and children of all ages.”

It is hoped up to 10,000 visitors will enjoy the arts trail in Saltaire, which will see artists throw open their doors to the public to view their work and 60 designer-makers showcasing their craft at a fair at Victoria Hall.

Free arts and crafts activities will be on offer for children and animations and films will be screened, along with a series of artworks specially commissioned for the trail, which will run from tomorrow until Monday.

Phil Lawler, chairman of Saltaire Inspired Ltd, which organises the trail, said it was set to be the biggest yet. “Last year we had about 7,000 visitors and we’re hoping for 10,000 this year,” he said. “People really look forward to it.”

A free May Day music event will celebrate the power of the DIY ethic in the arts. The event, at the Kirkgate Centre in Shipley on Saturday and Sunday, will feature artists, performers, workshops and a book fair.

One of the organisers, Paul Barrett, said: “There’s a kind of revival about DIY publishing and artwork and Shipley’s quite a quiet town, so we thought ‘let’s do it where we live’.”

Also this weekend, Bradford Industrial Museum will be unveiling its refurbished textile galleries tomorrow, from 2pm to 4pm. Visitors can find out about the processes that turn wool into worsted and discover what life was like in the mills.

The National Media Museum, Bradford, is running a Free All Monsters activity all weekend, including Monday, from 1pm to 4pm.

Families can draw their own monsters and upload them to an app before sending them to a virtual “Monstropolis”. A monster trail will then take participants from the museum to City Hall where they can spot virtual monsters using the app.

Saltaire Arts Trail will include a video created by Leeds-based artist Eoin Shea. Set up inside Saltaire United Reformed Church, the installation was made by re-filming and re-editing parts of Andrei Tarkovsky’s 1979 science fiction film Stalker.