'The development agency for jazz in the North of England. Our mission is to increase the profile of contemporary jazz in the North by developing opportunities for artists and building audiences through collective partnership working. Our vision is that the North becomes recognised nationally and internationally as a place that enables jazz artists to reside, work and develop their practice in dialogue with interested, supportive and open-minded audiences.'

‘Established in 1966 and is the oldest grant-supported jazz promoting body in the UK.’ Now dependent on discretionary funding rather than regular grants, together with assistance from international cultural bodies, and sharing costs with other promoters: ‘We aim to mount a regular programme of around 40 concerts per year’.

‘The NEEMF workshop diary lists all the forthcoming early music workshops that are arranged by us, and the “other events” page lists other early music events that we think might interest our members. Under links you will find links to all the other early music forums; to a large list of small publishers specialising in early music; to sites that offer early music in sheet form that you can download, to sites that offer MP3s of early music, to specialised pages on instruments, and that celebrated category Misc.!’

'A multi-award winning open-access community orchestra based in the North of England. We welcome players of all standards to our weekly meetings at eight venues between the Scottish Borders and North Yorkshire, and to our programme of study days, residential courses and concerts throughout the region and as far afield as Italy and Hungary. We are a friendly and welcoming group that exists so that people can enjoy playing music together. It is open to anyone who wants to come along and join in, whether they have just started learning an instrument, have been playing for years, or haven't played for years ... The Cobweb Orchestra as well as off-shoot groups such as The Baroque Ensemble, The Cobweb Cabaret Ensemble and The Cobweb Chamber Orchestra often give an eclectic variety of performances at various venues throughout the North of England. These concerts are nearly always free although we do invite you to make a donation to The Cobweb Orchestra.'

‘The Championships attract bands from Cleveland, Cumbria, Durham, East Riding of Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire (formerly Humberside), North Yorkshire, Northumberland, and Tyne and Wear. Each band will compete in their respective graded section for the honour of representing the North of England, at the National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain.’