All events are at the four-star Village Hotel & Leisure Centre (built in 2002), and run from Noon to Midnight, Friday 9th July through Sunday11th July inclusive, in four separate venues within the hotel.

The Festival Office is at 60 Highbury, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 3LN (Telephone 0191 281 2935). Payment can be made by cheque or Postal Order made out to Whitley Bay Jazz Festival. Credit/Debit Card/Paypal bookings are welcome via this website. Full Weekend tickets for 2010 are priced at £75, and Day tickets are also available at £30 for Friday and Sunday and £35 for Saturday.

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£75 all weekend ticket	Friday all day - £30	Saturday all day - £35	Sunday all day - £30

If you are joining us for the first time, the Festival takes place at the Village Hotel, North Tyneside, on the Cobalt Office Park which is about four miles from Whitley Bay itself and just off the A19. The full address is Silverlink North, Cobalt Business Park, Newcastle upon Tyne NE27 0BY, telephone (0191) 270 1414. Click here to visit the Hotel website for details of facilities, booking procedures, etc., etc. Remember to quote the code-word “JAZZ” if booking a room, in order to get the special Festival rates.

Those travelling with SatNav should input the Hotel’s postcode, NE27 0BY. For those navigating by more old-fashioned means, comprehensive directions from all points of the compass follow below! There is free parking for 400 cars at the Hotel.

On arrival at the Festival, please go to the Festival Information Desk, located in the main reception lobby, where you can exchange your ticket for your Weekend or Day Pass and ribbon. These should be displayed at all times, please, to make life easier for our friendly volunteer stewards.

Local Transport: the Festival provides a free Jazz Bus service between the Village Hotel venue and the coast at Whitley Bay, Cullercoats and Tynemouth. This will run between 10am and 12 noon to get you up to the Festival venue in the morning, and from10.30pm to 12.30am to get you back again at the end of the day - a timetable is enclosed. In addition, four public bus services from the coast (numbers 309, 337, 355 & 356) stop outside the Hotel, and the Route 19 bus connects with the Metro system at Northumberland Park station. Full bus timetables are available from the Hotel reception or online at www.nexus.org.uk. In addition, we have negotiated a special deal with East Coast Taxis for discounted fares between the Village Hotel and Whitley Bay/Tynemouth, for those who prefer a fully flexible, door-to-door service: phone 253 3770/253 3777.

If you are looking for alternative hotel accommodation, there is a Premier Inn at Holystone and a Travelodge (the former Menzies Hotel) at Silverlink, both just a few minutes away by car. For B&Bs or other area hotels, the Whitley Bay Tourist Information Office (0191 200 5895) will be pleased to assist you.

OTHER THINGS TO SEE & DO
Nearby tourist attractions include Durham Cathedral and Castle, Hadrian’s Wall and its attendant forts, Alnwick Castle & Gardens, the giant MetroCentre shopping mall and Newcastle/Gateshead’s vibrant Riverside scene. Further afield, the countryside between Tyneside and the Scottish Borders offers wonderful vistas, quaint villages and many a mediaeval castle. Nearer at hand, you can stroll along the beautiful sands of Whitley Bay and Tynemouth beaches, or visit the romantic ruins of Tynemouth Castle and Priory (not to forget amazing fish & chips on North Shields Fish Quay!). East Coast Taxis also offer reasonably-priced tours of local attractions.

Tel: 0191 270 1414
Fax: 0191 270 1515

Click HERE to go to the Village Newcastle Hotel website for more information and booking details.

Travel directions to the Festival

Northbound by car
Follow the A1M Northbound. Take the A194 towards Hebburn and Tyne Tunnel. Join the A19 towards the Tyne Tunnel. Continue through the Tyne Tunnel. On leaving tunnel, turn left on A19 North towards Morpeth. At the next roundabout continue on the A19 North, then take the first slip road on the left. At the bottom of the ramp, turn right at the big roundabout onto the A191 for Whitley Bay and New York. Go straight over the next roundabout, staying on the A191 for Whitley Bay Centre and Country Park. Pass Northumberland Arms on your right, then turn right at the roundabout onto Silverlink North (brown sign for Village Hotel). Hotel is 100 yards on the right.

Southbound by car
From the A1 southbound, join the A19 at Cramlington. Turn off to join A191 signposted for Whitley Bay. At the big roundabout take the second exit onto the A191, signed for Whitley Bay. Go straight over the next roundabout, staying on the A191 for Whitley Bay Centre and Country Park. Pass Northumberland Arms on your right then turn right at the roundabout onto Silverlink North (brown sign for VILLAGE HOTEL). The Hotel is 100 yards on the right.

Westbound by car
From the A69, take the A167 (inner city motorway) and fork left at the underpass onto the A1058 signed for Tynemouth and the Coast. At the Silverlink exit, stay in left lane on exit ramp and turn left onto A19 North. Leave at first sliproad exit on the left. At the bottom of the ramp, turn right at the big roundabout onto the A191 for Whitley Bay and New York. Go straight over the next roundabout, staying on the A191 for Whitley Bay Centre and Country Park. Pass Northumberland Arms on your right, then turn right at the roundabout onto Silverlink North (brown sign for VILLAGE HOTEL). The Hotel is 100 yards on the right.

From Newcastle/Gateshead by car
Crossing the Tyne bridge, bear right and take the underpass (A167), then take first exit ramp on the right, signed for A1058, Wallsend & The Coast. Stay on the A1058 until the Silverlink exit. Keep in left lane on exit ramp and turn left onto A19 North, signed for Morpeth. Leave at first sliproad on the left. At bottom of ramp, turn right at the big roundabout onto the A191 for Whitley Bay and New York. Go straight over the next roundabout, staying on the A191 for Whitley Bay Centre and Country Park. Just past Northumberland Arms pub on your right, turn right at the roundabout onto Silverlink North (brown sign for VILLAGE HOTEL). Hotel is 100 yards on the right.

By rail
Newcastle Central Station - 6 miles. Taxi from here to Village Hotel, or you can take the Metro to Northumberland Park station, then the Route 19 bus to Silverlink North – the bus stops in front of the Hotel.

By air
Newcastle International Airport - 12 miles. Continue by Taxi, or you can take the Metro to Northumberland Park station, then the Route 19 bus to Silverlink North – the bus stops in front of the Village Hotel.