Robert Plant and Saving Grace

Robert Plant and Saving Grace play Scarborough Open Air Theatre on Saturday 26 June 2027. It's part of their Root & Branch summer tour, which also takes them to Lincoln, Dublin and across the continent, coming after a period of relentless touring.

Saving Grace started at Plant's home on the Welsh borders in 2019, bringing together musicians from the English countryside who share a love of roots music. They draw on blues, folk, gospel and country, and the sound is built around a full band: vocalist Suzi Dian, drummer Oli Jefferson, guitarist Tony Kelsey, banjo and string player Matt Worley and cellist Barney Morse-Brow. They've released two records on Nonesuch: the album Saving Grace in 2025 and the EP Saving Grace: All That Glitters..., which covers traditional tunes like 'The Blackest Crow' and 'Two Coats' alongside Gillian Welch's 'Orphan Girl' and Bert Jansch's 'Poison'.

Plant himself was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Americana Music Association Awards earlier this year. He's also been open about where he's at with his writing: he told The Times that he's stepped away from songwriting in recent years, feeling that the world around him is too vast and panicked for his words to matter. At this stage, he says, he wants to entertain, sing and make people feel good.

The Scarborough show features special guests Kate Rusby and Seth Lakeman, so there's a full bill of folk and roots music on the one night. The date falls on Saturday 26 June 2027 at Scarborough Open Air Theatre.