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Big Ideas and Big Digs in Scarborough

The self proclaimed biggest creative and environmental festival in the north continues this week in Scarborough.

The Scarborough Big Dig, a community archaeology project, is once again bringing school children to Paradise where they will have a unique hands-on experience of working on an archaeological dig.

John Oxley is Co-Director of Big Ideas By The Sea.

He's a big fan of the Dig:

Other events have been taking place across Scarborough.​

Including magical musical evenings with six choirs coming together to fill St Mary’s Church with song for the Festival finale on Friday.

And there are walks, tours, performances, poetry events and exhibitions.

Kane Cunningham is another Co-Director of Big Ideas By The Sea.

He says it's not about preaching at people:

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