The Festivals and Events Team deliver and facilitate a range of events across the year. If you are interested in organising an event and wish to contact the Festivals and Events Team, please email events@middlesbrough.gov.uk or call 01642 729137.

Below are some selected highlights of events in Middlesbrough in 2011. For a full list of up-coming events, please visit the What's On section of this site, go to www.lovemiddlesbrough.com or call the Middlesbrough Box Office on 01642 729729.

One of the North East’s biggest multi-cultural events. For feedback and information from this year's event click on the mela logo to the left.

For further information about this year’s Discover Middlesbrough events, please call 01642 729137.

The UK’s largest festival of digital art, music and moving image.

Arts Development is part of Economic Development, Culture and Communities Service.

Our aim is to help create a sustainable arts infrastructure in Middlesbrough, through developing artists and creative organisations, supporting art form development, and engaging a wide range of people across the town to encourage greater participation in the arts and attendance at arts events.

We develop and deliver a range of activities including projects, commissions and training. We also work with a wide range of partners, providing specialist knowledge to support arts activity delivered by other organisations and other council services.

We are currently developing Youth Music, Arts Forum, Gallery TS1, Company TS5, MAP Artist Network, and Youth Dance projects.

For more information or details on current projects please contact arts_development@middlesbrough.gov.uk

Tel: 01642 729073