Dancing in the street in the city's West End pub and club scene is included in a draft programme for next year's Bradford Festival to be officially unveiled next week.

The Festival, expected to cost almost £720,000 and break even, would also include a European film programme and the Bite the Mango festival.

And Bradford International Festival Company Ltd proposes a street theatre weekend with major international presentations in venues including Lister Park, Exchange Court and the city centre.

The popular Bradford "beach" in Centenary Square would continue throughout the Festival, existing events would be expanded and new entertainment is also planned.

The company intends to meet criticism of the famous Mela this year with improved family and children's programmes, an international food market and more community involvement. There are proposals for a sports arena at the event with better viewing facilities.

Commissioned work would include a community play called Tell Tales of Bradford and there would be extensive street arts.

The company is getting its first full year to organise the programme since winning the contract to operate it from the non-profit-making, smaller Bradford Festival Company last October It had eight months to prepare and bad weather throughout the event, and a report to next week's regeneration and scrutiny committee from John Botteley, head of theatres, arts and festivals, says it did well but there is room for significant improvement.

Members are expected to agree a 24-point action plan for the company which is headed by professionals who have been involved in major festivals across Europe.

Neil Butler, director of Bradford International Festival Company, said: "We are developing areas which really worked last year and we are going to involve not just the artistic but the whole community."