With heart-on-the-sleeve storytelling, beautiful lyrics, warm harmonies and relentless repartee, The Young’uns celebrate two decades together with their life-affirming folk songs for today.

20 years since accidently discovering folk music in the back room of a North East pub, folk favourites The Young’uns celebrate two decades together and their 40th birthdays! The Young’uns’ live shows are renowned. With heart-on-the-sleeve storytelling, beautiful lyrics, warm harmonies and relentless repartee, Sean Cooney, Michael Hughes and David Eagle (the award-winning stand-up comedian) sing life-affirming folk songs for today.

Born from empathy, crafted with care, fired by hope, and shared with joy, The Young'uns' songs have been described as ‘a heartfelt secular hymnary for these troubled times and a rallying call for humanity’ (The Scotsman). They have led the band to three BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards (including Best Album in 2018 for Strangers) and the creation of the acclaimed international theatre show The Ballad of Johnny Longstaff.

Whether performing at Glastonbury Festival, writing a song about pigs with a group of schoolchildren or presenting a programme on Radio 4, The Young’uns are just the same.