Deckchair Productions - Folk on the Pier and other folk, rock and roots gigs in East Anglia

Scott Butler created Deckchair Productions in the early 'noughties' initially as an agency for a number of English folk rock bands which included Little Johnny England and Tickled Pink. However during that time as originator and producer of the ‘Folk on the Pier’ festival in Cromer, Norfolk , Scott branched out to produce a number of offshoot concerts under the banner ‘Folk Beyond the Pier’. Since then he has gone on to produce numerous concerts and events mainly in the East Anglia area including promoting many years of the Fairport Convention annual Winter Tour dates in Norfolk and an extensive run of 'Live at the House' concerts at Norwich's historic Assembly House. He has also produced some significant rock & blues shows including ‘Heads Down No Nonsense Boogie’ which featured the Hamsters and Wilko Johnson and two ‘Rock & Blues on the Pier’ with Dr Feelgood, Nine Below Zero and many others. Scott still produces a number of concerts but ‘Folk on the Pier’ remains the flagship production and more information on the festival can be found on the Folk on the Pier website.

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Press and Media Release – 1st April 2025

‘Cromer Festival is Celebrating Best Ever Ticket Sales for its 25th Production’

Despite a certain amount of doom and gloom in some areas of the events industry, Cromer’s ‘Folk on the Pier’ festival is bucking the trend and enjoying the best advance ticket sales ever in the twenty seven years since it first started.

Occupying the usual spot on the second weekend of May, the Pavilion Theatre on Cromer Pier will host another eighteen acoustic-roots and electric folk-rock acts over three days. Though the festival was started twenty-seven years ago, this year will actually see in real terms a twenty-fifth production, given the two years taken out due to the pandemic.

The programme includes performances from English Folk-Rock heavy weights such as Home Service, Merry Hell and a final Cromer performance from the Oysterband as part of their ‘Long Goodbye Tour’ before they retire. There’s also Blues and Americana from Saints and Sinners and Brooks Williams, spellbinding songs and music from newcomer to the event Dorie Jackson, as well as top drawer acoustic performances from the likes of Urban Folk Quartet, Jez Lowe, Bob Fox, Jacqui McShee and Kevin Dempsey, Megson, Huw Williams and the festival’s very own and brand new patron, Richard Digance. East Anglian support acts at the Pavilion Theatre include KEGS, Joe and Mary, Eric Sedge, King’s Gambit and a farewell performance from the Bounty Hounds.

As well as the main action on the pier, there are once again many fringe events around town, organised by 1.3 East, and also a new series of formal concerts and events under the banner of ‘Second Venue’, produced by Cromer Community Centre and starting from the Thursday night with Attila the Stockbroker. Other artists for these shows will include Luke Jackson, Ella Spencer and local acts Rattlebox, North Norfolk Ukeleles and the Browns.

Folk on the Pier runs from 9th to 11th May.

Further news and information on all events can be sourced at:

Promoters for Folk on the Pier

…and other fine folk, rock and roots events