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This category contains 10 sites:

• Backworth Colliery Brass Band - Performing at concerts and contests in the area and teaching players, both junior and senior, to play any brass or percussion instrument. Rehearsal times, venues, band history, and midi files.
• Catherine Cookson - A personal profile of the famous Tyneside novelist by Geoffrey Mather.
• Culture 2008 - News about Gateshead and Newcastle's joint venture for the European Capital of Culture award.
• Dame Catherine Cookson - British writer 1906 to 1998, born in Tyne Dock near Jarrow, who wrote popular novels featuring the life and culture of the north east of England. Brief biography and list of works.
• Murder Mystery Newcastle - A night out for parties, birthdays or special occasions at north east country hotels and castles.
• Northern Children's Book Festival - Promoting the 17th book festival organised by the region's 12 library services for children in the North East and involving the UK's leading children's authors.
• Northern Sinfonia Orchestra - Information and contact details for this Tyneside based chamber orchestra, regularly performing both large and small scale concerts throughout the north east.
• Northumbrian Traditional Music - looks at what gives the music from Northumbria (Durham, Tyne and Wear and Northumberland) its distinctive sound and includes sheet music with guitar tab and GIF notation.
• Poetry Vandals - Venue details for forthcoming performances, reviews and a selection of work.
• South Tyneside Libraries - Includes information, opening times and contact details.