Local Arts Organisations

Crescent Arts
Contemporary art gallery and studio workspace.

Stephen Joseph Theatre
Theatre, cinema and repertory theatre company.

Scarborough Art Gallery
Municipal art gallery exhibiting a fine permanent collection and has a very high quality changing exhibition programme.

Blandscliff Art Gallery and Studio
Small private gallery with studio space.

Roscoe Art Space
Artist run studio.

Film Scarborough
Home of the summer outdoor film festival and the silent film festival.

Whitby Music Port
Whitby based world music promoters of the exceptional annual Musicport world music festival and the regular Compass Club music nights.

Scarborough Jazz Festival
Already considered one of the best jazz festivals in the UK, this is an event with a big, and growing reputation.

Scarborough Jazz
Scarborough Jazz has been running every week, with a short Christmas break, for over twenty years. Out-of-town "name" bands are booked approximately once a month and these are the occasions when there is a small door charge. On other occasions the resident trio backs front line musicians, mostly from the North of England. Follow this link to find out more.

Beached Festival
Wouldn't it be great to watch some bands on the beach? That's what they thought and then they did something about it.

Filey Festival
A nine day annual arts and community festival (30th June - 8th July 2007)

Raised Eyebrow Theatre Company
Raised Eyebrow is a community touring Theatre Company based near Scarbourough.

Scarborough Orchestra
The Scarborough Symphony Orchestra consists of about 65-70 players, who between them give well over 6000 hours of their time every year to preparing public performances.

High Tide Magazine
your essential guide to Scarborough and beyond bringing you our selection of all the best cultural, arts, sports and leisure events.

Scarborough Literature Festival
Scarborough's first Literature Festival.

AiR (Arts in Richmondshire)
AiR (Arts in Richmondshire) is the arts development agency for Richmondshire, North Yorkshire. AiR generate and support a broad range of arts activities and events, developing arts practitioners and organisations within this Yorkshire Dales district.

Resources for arts professionals and organisation

Arts Council England
The national body for the arts in England.

Art Connections
Visual Art specialists who support the development of visual artists in North Yorkshire.

Voluntary Arts Network
A national umbrella organisation which encourages participation in the arts. Provides excellent briefings on all aspects of running an arts organisation or arts projects.

Creative Industry Development Agency (CIDA)
Huddersfield based creative industries support agency with a regional remit.

Department of Culture Media and sport
Government agency responsible for the arts and creative industries. A good site for discovering what the government thinks about this sector and what it claims it is doing about it.

Lumen
Leeds based audio visual resource that is responsible for the Leeds ‘Evolution’ film festival, but also has great audio visual equipment for hire at a discount to arts organisations

Awards for All
Awards for All is a Lottery grants scheme for local communities.

Arts and Business
Arts & Business is the world's leading not for profit organisation working in this field, covering 12 regions across the UK with over 100 members of staff.

Ryedale Voluntary Action
Ryedale Voluntary Action is the agency supporting voluntary and community groups within the Ryedale area.

Regeneration

Scarborough Urban Renaissance
The key regeneration organisation for Scarborough. Renaissance has done more for Scarborough in the last three years than many people realise. It is the fountain of all hope...apart from the creative sector of course.

Scarborough Borough Council
The local authority for the Borough of Scarborough. Follow the link to access their website.

Yorkshire Forward
They are starting to understand that the arts and creativity might actually be good for the economy. Find out what they are thinking here.

Comedy

The Other Side Comedy Club
Everyone likes a laugh and if you have just looked through all those other websites you might need some light relief.