In the last couple of years the Jon Palmer Acoustic Band has either played or been booked to play the following festivals – Beverley Folk Festival, Folk on the Farm (Anglesey), Hebden Bridge Folk and Roots Festival, Holmfirth Festival of Folk, Moonbeams, Bamfest, Musicport, Ingleton, Hardraw Summer Gathering, Barnsley Acoustic Roots, Otley Folk Festival, Saltaire, and the Aire Do Festival in Keighley. The band also appears frequently at local venues, and folk clubs – check out the listings below for up to date details.
| City | Venue | Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venue To Be Confirmed | 26 August 17 | TBC | Cottingham Folk Festival | |
| Langdale | Langdale Festival, | 09 September 17 | 8:00pm | Langdale Festival |
| Settle | Victoria Hall, Settle | 13 October 17 | 8:00pm | Victoria Hall, Settle |
| Hunton, Bedale | Hunton Village Hall | 09 December 17 | 8:00pm | Live In The Dales |
| City | Venue | Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alston, Cumbira | Alston Festival | 21 July 17 | 8:00pm | Alston Festival |
| Anglesey | Folk On The Farm Festival | 15 July 17 | 4:00pm | Folk On The Farm |
| West Tanfield, North Yorks | West Tanfield Village Hall | 08 July 17 | 8:00pm | West Tanfield Village Hall |
| Doncaster | Doncaster Catholic Club | 07 July 17 | 8:00pm | Roots Music Club - Doncaster |
| Otley | Korks, Otley | 25 June 17 | 6:00pm | All Done For 9 |
| Selby | James Street Soccer Field, Selby | 18 June 17 | TBC | Selby Fun Day Festival |
| Beverley | Beverley Folk Festival | 17 June 17 | 5:00pm | Beverley Folk Festival (Moonbeams Tent) |
| Oxenhope | Bay Horse | 10 June 17 | 8:00pm | Bay Horse Festival |
| Leeds | Heart Headingley | 02 June 17 | 8:00pm | Heart Headingley |
| Cleethorpes | Lakeside Station, Cleethorpes | 28 May 17 | 9:00pm | Cleethorpes Folk Festival |
| Bradford | Castle Acoustic, The Castle | 19 May 17 | 8:00pm | Jon Palmer & Friends |
| Howden | The Shire Hall, Howden | 13 May 17 | 8:00pm | Howden Live |
| Nelson | Moorcock Inn | 03 May 17 | 8:00pm | Moorcock Acoustic |
| Otley | Otley Courthouse | 22 April 17 | 8:00pm | |
| Driffield | Bell Hotel | 04 March 17 | 10:00pm | Moonbeams March Weekend |
| Glyde House, Bradford | Topic Folk Club | 23 February 17 | 8:00pm | |
| Chapel Allerton, Leeds | Seven Arts | 08 February 17 | 8:00pm | Seven Live |
| Otley | Otley Courthouse | 03 December 16 | 8:00pm | "Victorian Folk Extravaganza" |
| Hunton, Bedale | Hunton Village Hall | 26 November 16 | 8:00pm | Live In The Dales |
| York | Black Swan | 17 November 16 | 8:00pm | Black Swan Folk Club, York |
| Burton Constable Hall, Skirlaugh, East Yorks | 23 September 16 | 9:00pm | Cornucopia Festival | |
| Otley | Otley Folk Festival | 16 September 16 | TBC | Otley Folk Festival |
| Private Function | 06 August 16 | 8:00pm | Matt & Kathryn's Wedding!! | |
| Hull | Hull Folk Festival | 16 July 16 | TBC | Hull Folk Festival |
| Haxby | The Cottage Inn, Haxby | 10 July 16 | 8:00pm | Vale Radio Folk & Blues Club |
| Keighley | Exchange Arts Centre, Keighley | 06 July 16 | 8:00pm | Middleoftheweek |
| Otley | The Junction | 28 June 16 | 9:00pm | |
| Settle | Victoria Hall, Settle | 24 June 16 | 8:00pm | |
| Kirkham nr Preston | Willows Folk Club | 22 June 16 | 8:00pm | |
| Chapel Allerton, Leeds | Seven Arts | 20 May 16 | 8:00pm | |
| Hebden Bridge | Trades Club, Hebden Bridge | 14 May 16 | TBC | Hebden Bridge Folk & Roots Festival |
| Richmond | Tan Hill Inn, Richmond | 07 May 16 | 8:00pm | Tan Hill Inn, Reeth, Richmond |
| Wath | Wath Festival | 30 April 16 | 3:00pm | Wath Festival - Montgomery Hall |
| Otley | Otley Labour Club | 16 April 16 | 8:00pm | |
| Nelson | Moorcock Inn | 12 March 16 | 8:00pm | |
| Richmond | Tan Hill Inn, Richmond | 05 March 16 | 8:00pm | |
| Otley | Otley Courthouse | 27 February 16 | 8:00pm | |
| Haworth | Groovy Happening, Parkside Socal Club | 06 February 16 | 8:00pm | Groovy Happening |
| Bury | The Met, Bury | 20 November 15 | 9:00pm | |
| Private Function | 14 November 15 | TBC | Private Function | |
| Otley | Korks, Otley | 25 October 15 | 6:00pm | All Done For 9 |
| Bedale | Green Dragon | 16 October 15 | 9:00pm | Green Dragon |
| Chapel Allerton | FRACA - Chapel Allerton | 11 October 15 | 8:00pm | FRACA |
| Otley | Otley Labour Club | 03 October 15 | TBC | "We Shall Overcome" |
| Otley | Otley Cricket Club | 20 September 15 | 4:45pm | Otley Folk Festival |
| Otley | Black Horse | 19 September 15 | 5:00pm | Otley Folk Festival |
| Otley | Korks, Otley | 18 September 15 | 8:30pm | Otley Folk Festival |
| Langdale | Langdale Festival, | 12 September 15 | 8:45pm | Langdale Festival - The Bar Room |
| Kirkby Stephen | Kirkby Stephen "Beer 'n' Bangers" Festival | 04 September 15 | TBC | Kirkby Stephen "Beer 'n' Bangers" Festival |
| Private Function | 31 July 15 | TBC | Private Function | |
| Heckmondwike | Hecky Fest - Heckmondwike | 19 July 15 | 4:30pm | Hecky Fest - Heckmondwike |
| Chapel Allerton | FRACA - Chapel Allerton | 12 July 15 | 8:00pm | FRACA - Chapel Allerton |
| Beverley | Beverley Folk Festival | 20 June 15 | 3:15pm | Beverley Folk Festival |
| Otley | The Roebuck, Otley | 19 June 15 | 8:30pm | Buckfest |
| Leeds | Leeds Fake Fest - Roundhay Park | 13 June 15 | 4:45pm | Leeds Fake Fest |
| Oxenhope | The Bay Horse, Oxenhope nr Haworth | 13 June 15 | 9:00pm | Oxenhope Folk & Beer Festival |
| Bedale | Bamfest | 30 May 15 | 7:00pm | BAMfest - Main Stage |
| Bedale | Green Dragon | 30 May 15 | 10:30pm | BAMfest |
| Hebden Bridge | Old Gate, Hebden Bridge | 16 May 15 | 10:00pm | Hebden Bridge Folk/Roots Weekend |
| Doncaster | Ukrainian Club | 15 May 15 | 8:00pm | Doncaster Folk Festival |
| Holmfirth | The Nook, Holmfirth | 08 May 15 | 8:30pm | Holmfirth Festival of Folk |
| Otley | The Junction | 05 May 15 | 9:00pm | The Junction, Otley |
| Otley | Korks Wine Bar | 15 April 15 | 8:30pm | Otley Folk Club |
| Leeds | The Chemic | 24 March 15 | 8:00pm | Itinerant Waiters Club |
| Otley | Otley Labour Club | 22 March 15 | 7:00pm | Food Bank Gig |
| Glyde House, Bradford | Topic Folk Club | 19 March 15 | 8:00pm | Topic Folk Club |
| Driffield | Bell Hotel | 06 March 15 | 10:00pm | Moonbeams March Folk Weekend |
| Otley | The Junction | 24 February 15 | 9:00pm | |
| Doncaster | Ukrainian Club | 21 February 15 | 8:00pm | |
| Bedale | Green Dragon | 13 February 15 | 9:00pm | |
| Chapel Allerton, Leeds | Seven Arts | 12 February 15 | 8:00pm | |
| Haworth | Groovy Happening, Parkside Socal Club | 07 February 15 | 8:00pm | Groovy Happening |
| Otley | Korks Wine Bar | 07 December 14 | 7:00pm | Otley Victorian Fayre |
| Otley | Whitakers | 06 December 14 | 9:00pm | |
| Otley | Korks Wine Bar | 30 November 14 | 6:00pm | All Done For 9 |
| Headingley, Leeds | LS6 Cafe | 27 November 14 | 7:00pm | |
| Nelson | Moorcock Inn | 22 November 14 | 8:30pm | |
| Haworth | Cobbles & Clay | 20 November 14 | 7:30pm | |
| Rodley, Leeds | The Barge | 14 November 14 | 9:00pm | |
| Bishop Auckland | Bishop FM | 10 November 14 | 9:00pm | The Folk Show |
| Otley | The Junction | 14 October 14 | 9:00pm | |
| Leeds | BBC Radio Leeds | 12 October 14 | 8:00pm | Durbervilles Folk & Roots Show |
| Otley | Otley Folk Festival | 20 September 14 | 12:30pm | Whitakers Garden |
| Otley | Otley Folk Festival | 19 September 14 | 10:00pm | Korks, Otley |
| Langdale | Langdale Festival, | 13 September 14 | 9:00pm | Langdale Festival |
| Keighley | Aire Do Festival | 03 August 14 | 5:00pm | Acoustic Tent |
| Hardraw | Hardraw Gathering, Green Dragon | 27 July 14 | TBC | |
| Hardraw | Hardraw Gathering, Green Dragon | 26 July 14 | TBC | |
| Anglesey | Folk On The Farm Festival | 19 July 14 | TBC | |
| Driffield | Moonbeams Wold Top Folk Festival | 12 July 14 | TBC | |
| Dent | Dent Festival | 29 June 14 | 12:15pm | Dent Festival |
| Haworth | Haworth Festival | 22 June 14 | 9:00pm | |
| Otley | The Junction | 10 June 14 | 9:00pm | |
| Otley | Otley Fake Festival | 07 June 14 | 3:45pm | |
| Bedale | Bamfest | 30 May 14 | 6:00pm | |
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| Leeds | LS6 Beer Festival, Leeds | 24 May 14 | 8:00pm | |
| Otley | Otley Show | 17 May 14 | 4:00pm | |
| Bradford | Castle Acoustic, The Castle | 16 May 14 | 8:30pm | |
| Blacko | Moorcock Acoustic, Moorcock Inn | 07 May 14 | 8:30pm | |
| Halifax | Actors Workshop | 26 April 14 | 8:30pm | |
| Wakefield | Henry Boons | 24 April 14 | 8:00pm | |
| Otley | Whitakers | 05 April 14 | 9:00pm | |
| Hackforth | Hackforth Live | 21 March 14 | 9:00pm | |
| East Retford, Notts | Reverb Project, The Birches | 15 March 14 | 9:00pm | |
| Chapel Allerton, Leeds | Seven Unplugged, Seven Arts | 12 March 14 | 8:30pm | |
| Heaton, Bradford | Kings Arms | 28 February 14 | 9:00pm | |
| Otley | The Junction | 25 February 14 | 9:00pm | |
| Bedale | Green Dragon | 15 February 14 | 9:00pm | |
| Rodley, Leeds | The Barge | 07 February 14 | 9:00pm | |
| Otley | Whitakers | 14 December 13 | 9:00pm | |
| Wakefield | Henry Boons | 12 December 13 | 8:30pm | |
| Wakefield | Harry's Bar | 25 November 13 | 9:00pm | |
| Keighley | Cricketers | 22 November 13 | 9:00pm | |
| Kirton in Lindsay | Town Hall | 17 November 13 | TBC | JP Trio supporting The Hut People |
| Nelson | Moorcock Inn | 16 November 13 | 9:00pm | |
| Dewsbury | Socialist Club | 09 November 13 | 9:00pm | |
| Otley | The Junction | 05 November 13 | 9:00pm | |
| Heckmondwike | Crown of Lights | 01 November 13 | 8:00pm | |
| Bedale | Green Dragon | 25 October 13 | 9:00pm | |
| Whitby | Whitby Pavilion | 20 October 13 | 3:00pm | Musicport Festival |
| Ribblehead | Station Inn | 06 October 13 | 8:00pm | Ingleton Folk Festival (free bus from Ingleton) |
| Otley | Otley Cricket Club | 22 September 13 | 6:00pm | Otley Folk Festival |
| Otley | Whitakers (Garden) | 21 September 13 | 3:00pm | Otley Folk Festival |
| Otley | Korks Wine Bar | 20 September 13 | 9:30pm | Otley Folk Festival |
| Bedale | Big Sheep Little Cow | 14 September 13 | 10:00pm | Yorkshire Cancer charity event |
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Current set opener "Haul Away". An old sea shanty that Jon wrote last year!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=shmKr0EDRKM&index=1&list=PL8EGdrr1su9aRFCP9JJbwdfbsXXMwFF86Jon Palmer Acoustic Band - Haul Away live @ ADF9 June 2017
Describing the band as “a cross between The Pogues and Bruce Springsteen’s Seeger Session Band – with a bit of Waterboys and Saw Doctors thrown in for good m...