THIS year's Bradford Dragonboat Festival has been officially unveiled by the Lord Mayor of Bradford in City Park.

The Lord Mayor, Councillor Geoff Reid, was joined by last year's winning team, members of teams already signed up and festival volunteers.

They were joined by three full-size dragonboats, which were on display in the Mirror Pool.

The festival is now in its third year, and will be raising money again for the Lord Mayor's Appeal's chosen charity, which this year is children and young people's mental health charity Young Minds.

The festival will take place over three days from Friday, May 5, to Sunday 7.

On the Friday the competition will be open to children aged 11 to 17 - or 25 for people with disabilities - followed by the main event on Saturday, and on Sunday will be a corporate event.

Last year the festival helped to raise more than £43,000.

The Lord Mayor of Bradford, Councillor Geoff Reid, said: “The Bradford Dragonboat Festival is a fantastic event.

"It is delivered by volunteers and is a whole community festival, planned, designed and delivered by the community, for the community, involving the community and raising funds for the community.

"We still need teams to take part as well as a vast army of volunteers. Anyone interested should please visit the website and register their interest.”

To register interest in taking part, visit bradforddragonboatfestival.co.uk.