• Date and time: Saturday 7 June 2025, 7.30pm to 9.30pm
  • Location: In-person only
    National Centre for Early Music, Walmgate (Map)
  • Admission: Tickets: £25.00 (£23.00 concessions), booking required

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Event details

Enjoy a performance by one of the UK’s most exciting folk acts. BBC Radio 2 Folk Award winner Sam Kelly leads the powerhouse band The Lost Boys, known for electrifying performances that blend traditional tunes, original songs and surprise rock classics. With virtuosic players on banjo, cello, whistles, melodeon and drums, their sound is vibrant, inventive and utterly captivating.

Praised by Seth Lakeman as ‘one of the best bands on the scene’, The Lost Boys deliver uplifting melodies, soaring harmonies, and jaw-dropping instrumentals - all laced with Sam’s stunning vocals and playful charm.

About the performers

Sam Kelly and The Lost Boys. One of the most exciting bands to have entered the UK folk scene in the past 20 years, Sam's band The Lost Boys has gained a reputation as one of the best live acts in the UK and they have packed out festival tents and venues the world over since they started in 2016. With the virtuosic talents of Jamie Francis (banjo), Graham Coe (cello), Toby Shaer (whistles/fiddle), Archie Moss (melodeon) and Evan Carson (drums), The Lost Boys have become known for their eclectic and innovative reworking of traditional songs and tunes from England, Scotland, Ireland and the US, as well as stunning original music and the occasional surprise classic rock cover.

Partners

National Centre for Early Music

Venue details

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Hearing loop