Eliza Carthy returns with her new album 'Frenemies' and her band The Restitution to the Scarborough Spa Theatre.
Eliza Carthy plays the Scarborough Spa Theatre on Sunday 14 March 2027, performing with her long-standing band The Restitution. She's touring her new album Frenemies, which she co-wrote and co-produced with Ben Seal. It's a record that blends sharp humour, traditional folk and a punk spirit, and she's written it as a reflection on motherhood, betrayal, forgiveness and the state of the modern world — taking in everything from complicated relationships to solidarity with the LGBTQIA+ community.
Carthy's been at this for over thirty years since her debut, and she's still one of English folk's most distinctive and uncompromising voices. She's known for weaving traditional melodies together with her own contemporary interpretations, so Frenemies sits right in that territory: old songs and new ones side by side, and the folk tradition treated as something to be worked with rather than just preserved. The Restitution are her regular band, so this is the full-band sound rather than a solo turn.
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The gig is at the Spa Theatre, part of the Scarborough Spa on South Bay, YO11 2HD. Doors open at 7:00pm and the show starts at 7:30pm. If you're coming from out of town or just want to make an evening of it, there's pre-show dining at Farrer's Bar and Restaurant on-site.
