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The PARAGON (Scarborough)
A quiet family run guest house (AA 4 star guest accommodation) over-looking Scarbourough's North bay. The Paragon offers individually decorated en-suite rooms, all complete with colour T.V. and tea & coffee making facilities, many have sea views.

Why not come and relax in the lounge and enjoy a drink from the bar or a coffee and admire the spectacular views of Scarborough Castle and the North bay.

The Paragon offers good home cooking and a relaxed atmosphere, and is the ideal base for those seeking to get away from it all.

Scarborough has plenty to offer visitors, from it's two golf courses, four theatres, it's weekly jazz and blues clubs and diverse live music scene, Sea Life Centre, Castle, harbour and amusements. With many other attractions close by such as the NYM steam railway, Eden Camp WW2 Museum, several stately homes and gardens and the North Yorkshire Moors National Park.


Scarborough Jazz
Every Wednesday from 8 p.m. at Sigma, The Cask, Scarborough.

Enjoy an intimate evening of jazz, with top national and international artists. Resident band, the Mike Gordon Trio.


Scarborough Blues Club
Scarborough Blues Club every Thursday at Sigma, The Cask Inn, Scarborough. 8 p.m. till late.

SUPER Tuesdays, top national & international artists, tickets from Mojo's Music Cafe (18-20 Northway) or pay on the door.

Thursday nights enjoy a varied programme from the resident band fronted by guitarist Tom Townsend.


Musicport World Music Festival
Musicport World Music Festival, 17-19 October 2008, The Spa, Bridlington.


Joel Meyerowitz (photographer)
Joel's site is one I return to frequently for inspiration. He has an ability to capture the unconspicuous and mundane in a way that both attracts and intrigues.


Coastival 13th-15th February 2009
COASTIVAL 2009
3 days of the very best in arts and culture.
Imagine some of the very best creative talent Yorkshire has to offer, a few special guests and a whole lot of love. Then bring them all together over three days in the place that invented the weekend away beside the sea. That's Coastival.

Whatever you enjoy - music, film, spoken word, dance, comedy, visual arts, theatre - there's a packed programme with internationally-known names, and a few you'll be delighted to discover for the first time. Plus a series of events for kids - Rollercoastival - and a spectacular Festival of Light.

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So pop it in your diary: Coastival, 13-15 February 2009, Scarborough, North Yorkshire. Could you possibly have more entertainment, stimulation and sheer fun in one weekend? We hope to see you there.