MUSIC ARCHIVE
Previous Music Nights at the Old Parcels Office
Music Night Archive
ELIZABETH & JAMESON 22nd Nov
Sat 22nd Nov 7.30pm doors 7pm. Tickets £15
Hannah Elizabeth and Griff Jameson have joined forces to create an acoustic folk-roots sound which encompasses both their individual musical backgrounds. Hannah’s influences are firmly planted in traditional folk-roots, whilst in contrast Griff has formed his musical reputation within folk pop/rock genres.
Sound of Scarborough 2025 Weekender 21st & 22nd June
Saturday 21st June Steamin 6 – 11pm + Bar
Sunday 22nd June Music Excursion 2 – 6pm + Bar
Lost Notes 15th March
7.30pm doors 7pm. Tickets £15
Just been voted ‘ Best Band of the Year ‘ by FATEA Magazine
Lynne Hanson – Tues 1st April
7.30pm doors 7pm. Tickets £15
Return visit for “Canada’s own Queen of Americana”
Callaghan – Friday 6th June
7.30pm doors 7pm. Tickets £15
Great to have Callaghan back in Scarborough again.
Pine Hill Haints – 27th June 2025
7.30pm doors 7pm. Tickets £15
Scarborough debut following their acclaimed performance at 2024 Filey Folk Festival.
Max & Veronica – Friday 11th July
7.30pm doors 7pm. Tickets £15
Wonderfully entertaining Italian blues and ragtime duo.
Lachlan Bryan & The Wildes – Saturday 23rd August
Aussie alt-country favourites make their Old Parcels Office debut
7.30pm doors 7pm. Tickets £15
Stephen Fearing – Friday 26th September
Canadian song maestro
7.30pm doors 7pm. Tickets £15
Alice Howe & Freebo – Sat 9th Nov
A welcome return for this brilliant duo
7.30pm doors 7pm. Tickets £15
Coal Porters – Thurs 21st Nov
SOLD OUT
7.30pm doors 7pm. Tickets £15
A real coup to get this exciting, dynamic bluegrass combo to Scarborough.
Ruth Moody 1st Feb 2025
7.30pm doors 7pm. Tickets £15
Scarborough debut for this acclaimed Canadian performer.
Ranagri – Friday 27th Sept
7.30pm doors 7pm. Tickets £15
Welcome return to the Yorkshire coast for this much loved and respected folk band
Karen Jonas Trio – Sat 5th Oct
7.30pm doors 7pm. Tickets £15
Scarborough debut for this acclaimed singer song writer trio.
Jeffery Straker – Sat 9th Nov
7.30pm doors 7pm. Tickets £15
Welcome return to Scarborough after his great show in 2022.
Hillbilly VEGAS 28th Jan
Sun 28th Jan 7.30pm doors 7pm. Tickets £14
Scarborough debut for this acclaimed band from Oklahoma.
Hillbilly Vegas is a Southern Rock Country band from Oklahoma. They have toured all over North America, been viewed 100’s of thousands of times all of the world, and performed at every major bike rally in America.
Salt House 15th March
SOLD OUT
Friday 15th March 7.30pm doors 7pm. Tickets £15
Scarborough debut for this acclaimed Scottish band.
Salt House have been a mainstay of the folk scene for a decade. New songs that sound as if they’ve always been here. Ancient ballads woken up. Songs strong rooted in place, people and their shared love of the natural world.
Alice Howe and Freebo 27th April
Saturday 27th April 7.30pm doors 7pm. Tickets £14
Scarborough debut for this superb duo.
In 2016 Alice Howe from Boston, Massachusetts attended the Folk Alliance Conferencem where she met Freebo, Bonnie Raitt’s bassist for over a decade. Alice had found her ideal collaborator and they have worked and toured together ever since.
Deep Dark Woods (Solo) 17th May
Friday 17th May
7.30pm doors 7pm. Tickets £14
Scarborough debut for the leader of the award winning band, The Deep Dark Woods.
Boldt is the lead singer and songwriter in The Deep Dark Woods, crafting beautiful, intimate songs that are steeped in traditions found in places like English folk music, country blues, and 60s R&B.
Dean Owens & The Sinners 24th May
Friday 24th May
7.30pm doors 7pm. Tickets £15
Award winning singer songwriter plays at the Old Parcels Office.
Dean will be performing with his great band The Sinners.
Award winning Scottish singer songwriter Dean Owens is one of UK’s finest troubadours, with fans including authors Irvine Welsh (Trainspotting), Ian Rankin (whose iconic character Rebus has Dean’s CDs on playlist!) and BBC legend “Whispering” Bob Harris.
Carter Sampson & Malcolm McWatt 7th June
Friday 7th June 7.30pm doors 7pm. Tickets £14
Terrific double bill with the Queen of Oklahoma, Carter Sampson and Scottish folk and Americana songwriter, Malcolm McWatt.
Carter Sampson is a multi award-winning singer/songwriter born and raised in Oklahoma. She tours nationally and internationally, playing both solo and with her trio and band, and has performed in the UK many times.
Rachel Croft 28th June
Friday 28th June 7.30pm doors 7pm. Tickets £15
A Scarborough debut for this rising star of the folk/indie scene.
Featured on Netflix and BBC 2, Rachel Croft is an “emotive and uncompromising alternative artist at the top of her game” (Atwood Magazine) with a vocal range that flows effortlessly from fierce power to deadly soft.
Robert Vincent – 31st August
31st August 7.30pm doors 7pm. Tickets £15
Acclaimed singer songwriter Robert Vincent returns to the Old Parcels Office following last years sellout gig.
AMERICANA MUSIC ASSOCIATION UK’s 2021 UK Artist of the YEAR and 2021 UK Album of the YEAR*
CELTARABIA 2nd Nov
2nd Nov 7.30pm doors 7pm. Tickets £14 Festival favourites Celtarabia play high energy music for dancing.
The band guarantee a great night out. As Mojo described it – from ‘Erect medievalism to tribal dervish’. The band are consummate musicians and showmen ‘Expect to dance!’
Hillbilly VEGAS – 28th Jan
Scarborough debut for the acclaimed Southern Rock Country band Hillbilly Vegas from Oklahoma.
28th Jan 2024 7.30pm doors 7pm.
LYNNE HANSON 13th Oct
13th Oct 7.30pm doors 7pm. Tickets £15
Lynne Hanson is an Ottawa-based, Americana songwriter known for her high energy roots guitar driven live performances with an authenticity that’s as entertaining as it is disarming.
CARTER SAMSON & AMELIA WHITE 21 June
Oklahoma meets Nashville. Carter & Amelia have both toured here extensively in the past – here they join forces to visit UK for the first time as a double bill of contrasting, top quality music. Old Parcels Office Artspace 21 June 7.30pm doors 7pm. Tickets £14
Sara Petite Band 15 July
Sara Petite is a gritty Pollyanna, Minnie Pearl type Bruce Springsteen rocker with an Outlaw-Classic Country style. Raised in a Tulip farming town in Washington she resides in San Diego, CA. A gifted singer-songwriter who possesses the unique ability to reach the hearts and souls of fans young and old. Old Parcels Office Artspace 15 July 7.30pm doors 7pm. Tickets £14
Gaelforce 25 March
Rock music and traditional Celtic music beautifully combined, Gaelforce put on a great live show. Winners of the introducing stage on January 2023 by public vote at the Great British Folk Festival in front of a crowd of over 2,000.
Highly recommended. Old Parcels Office Artspace 25th March 2023 7.30pm (doors 7pm) £12
Eric Brace & Thomm Jutz 20 May
Eric Brace &Thomm Jutz. Whether it’s Jutz’s flatpicking or the plucking of a banjo we have music that creates space to enthrall. Old Parcels Office Artspace 20 May 7.30pm doors 7pm. Tickets £14