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Fisherman’s Friends to play York Barbican on April 2 2027. Sheffield, Halifax and Bridlington dates announced too

Fisherman’s Friends: In harmony at York Barbican next spring

FISHERMAN’S Friends will make York Barbican a port of call on April 2 on their 34-date 2027 British tour.

The Cornish folk harmony group will play further Yorkshire concerts at Sheffield City Hall on March 19, Victoria Theatre, Halifax, April 23, and Bridlington Spa, November 7 2027.

Fresh from their sold-out 2026 UK dates and an Australia tour earlier this year, Fisherman’s Friends ran their inaugural Fisherman’s Friends Festival at Stithians Showground, Cornwall, in a landmark three-day celebration of music, maritime heritage and Cornish culture from May 28 to 30.

At a time when rising costs and industry pressures have seen many UK festivals forced to scale back, postpone or close altogether, the launch of a new independent festival marked a significant achievement, underlining both the enduring appeal of Fisherman’s Friends and their commitment to championing Cornwall’s culture, community and live music scene.

For a group whose remarkable story has inspired two hit feature films, 2019’s Fisherman’s Friends and 2022’s Fisherman’s Friends: One And All,  and the touring stage musical Fisherman’s Friends The Musical, the 2027 tour marks yet another chapter in an extraordinary journey that began with friends singing on the harbour in Port Isaac to raise money for local causes.

The tour will see Fisherman’s Friends perform across the UK from February through to November 2027, returning to theatres and concert halls nationwide with the humour, camaraderie and stirring harmonies that have made them one of Britain’s best-loved live acts.

Fisherman’s Friends said: “To be announcing another UK tour while opening our very first festival in Cornwall feels incredibly special. We never imagined when we started singing on The Platt in Port Isaac that it would lead us here.

“Launching a festival in Cornwall and seeing audiences continue to support live music means a great deal to us. We’re looking forward to getting back out on the road and seeing audiences around the country once again.”

York Barbican tickets are on sale at https://www.yorkbarbican.co.uk/whats-on/fisherman-s-friends/.

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Fisherman’s Friends to play York Barbican and Bridlington Spa on Rock The Boat Tour

Fisherman’s Friends: Booked for York Barbican return in November 2024

CORNISH “buoy band” Fisherman’s Friends will play York Barbican on November 8 2024 on their Rock The Boat Tour.

Tickets will go on sale on Friday at 10am at yorkbarbican.co.uk or gigsandtours.com/tour/fisherman-s-friends.

The 26-date itinerary will span next January to November, taking in a second Yorkshire gig at Bridlington Spa on February 10.

For more than 30 years, Fisherman’s Friends have gathered on the Platt of their native Port Isaac to sing the songs of the sea; songs that in some cases have been handed down for hundreds of years; songs that connect them to generations of Cornish fishermen.

The poster for Fisherman’s Friends’ Rock The Boat Tour

A decade ago, they signed a million-pound record deal that saw their album Port Isaac’s Fisherman’s Friends go gold as they became the first ever traditional folk act to land a British top ten album. 

Fisherman’s Friends now have nine albums to their name, two feature films, a stage musical, a book and a television documentary, along with playing for royalty and to tens of thousands of fans in sell-out tours year in, year out. Fisherman’s Friends: The Musical broke box-office records, selling over 250,000 tickets in the UK and Canada

In the line-up are lobster fishermen Jeremy Brown and Jason Nicholas, writer and shopkeeper Jon Cleave, smallholder and engineer John ‘Lefty’ Lethbridge, builder John McDonnell, filmmaker Toby Lobb and potter Bill Hawkins.
 
This summer, Fisherman’s Friends’ festival diary will include a sixth appearance at Glastonbury. For more details, go to: thefishermansfriends.com/tickets.