The Jake Leg Jug Band

The Jake Leg Jug Band are playing St Mary's Church on Saturday 15th May 2027, bringing their take on vintage music from the 1920s and 30s to the old church on Castle Road. It's a particular corner of the town's music scene — the kind of thing that works as well in a church as it does in a pub, and with the 1920s and 30s as their source, the set sits comfortably in that space between a proper gig and a bit of a throwback evening.

St Mary's is a historic church on Castle Road, and from its position it looks out over Scarborough Harbour. It's a spot that's easy to find if you know the area, and the view from the church is one of the better ones in the town. The band will be the sole feature of the night, so the whole evening is built around their set rather than a shared bill.

If you're not familiar with the sound, jug bands are a folk tradition that grew out of the American South, built on whatever instruments were to hand — washboards, jugs, and other household items alongside the more standard guitar and piano. The Jake Leg Jug Band works from that same vintage playbook, drawing on the music of the 1920s and 30s. It's a style that's as much about the instruments as the songs, and hearing it in a space like St Mary's gives the whole thing a bit of room to breathe.

Doors open at 7:00pm, with the music starting at 7:30pm. The venue is St Mary's Church, Castle Road, Scarborough, YO11 1TH.