| Unplugged | Yes |
| Cover band | No |
| Members | 10 |
| Mar / 2025 | • | SXSW Texas | Austin Cabaret Theatre, Austin, US | |||
| Jun / 2022 | • | Glastonbury Festival, Acoustic Stage | Glastonbury Festival, Pilton, GB | |||
| Sep / 2021 | • | Moseley Folk Festival | Birmingham | |||
| Aug / 2022 | • | The Unthanks (Support Slot) | Cottingham Folk Festival, Cottingham, GB | |||
| Jun / 2022 | • | Weetwood Festival, Leeds | Weetwood Hall Estate, Leeds, GB | |||
| Mar / 2022 | • | Springboard Festival | Saint Mary the Virgin, Cottingham, GB | |||
| Nov / 2021 | • | This Is The Kit (Support Slot) | York City Church, York, GB | |||
| Aug / 2021 | • | Boomtown Fair Festival | Hamshire | |||
| Jul / 2021 | • | Deer Shed Festival 2021 | North Yorkshire | |||
| Apr / 2021 | • | The Green Note (Camden) | London | |||
| Apr / 2021 | • | Pavey Ark @ Middleton Hall | Hull | |||
| Oct / 2020 | • | Green Note, Camden | London | |||
| Aug / 2020 | • | Middleton Concert Hall | Hull | |||
| Jul / 2020 | • | Deer Shed Festival | Thirsk, North Yorkshire | |||
| Apr / 2020 | • | Oporto | Leeds | |||
| Mar / 2020 | • | Greystones | The Greystones, Sheffield, GB | |||
| Aug / 2019 | • | Gas Light Club | Oporto, Leeds | |||
| Aug / 2019 | • | Pavey Ark Live in Bridlington Priory | Bridlington Priory | |||
| Jul / 2019 | • | Candlelight Sessions | East Riding Theatre, Beverley | |||
| Nov / 2018 | • | The Adelphi Club, Supporting Aziz & Goldfinger (Unfinished Monkey Business) | Hull | |||
| Nov / 2018 | • | Southgate Sessions Acoustic Evening | Hornsea | |||
| Sep / 2018 | • | Sofar Sounds @ Leeds | Leeds | |||
| Sep / 2018 | • | Floral Hall Acoustic Evening | Hornsea | |||
| Aug / 2018 | • | Humber Street Sesh Festival 2018 | Hull | |||
| Jul / 2018 | • | Yorkshire Coast Music Festival - Main Stage | Scarborough | |||
| Jul / 2018 | • | Hull Folk Festival ( Main Stage) | Hull | |||
| Jun / 2018 | • | St Mary's Church - Headline Set | Beverley | |||
| Jun / 2018 | • | Speak Easy @ Head of Steam | Hull | |||
| Jun / 2018 | • | 53 Degrees North Music Showcase | Hull | |||
| May / 2018 | • | Springboard Festival | Cottingham | |||
| May / 2018 | • | Larkins - Speak Easy Acoustic | Hull | |||
| May / 2018 | • | Adelphi - Crooked Weather Folk Evening | Hull | |||
| Feb / 2018 | • | Processed Pea Folk Club | Etten | |||
| Jan / 2018 | • | The Sesh | Hull | |||
| Jan / 2018 | • | The Bowery | Bowery, Hull, GB | |||
| Nov / 2017 | • | Badly Drawn Boy Support | Hull | |||
| Oct / 2017 | • | Sofar Sounds | Hull | |||
| Oct / 2017 | • | For Folk's Sake (Live Session) | London | |||
| Sep / 2017 | • | Hull Record Fair | Hull | |||
| Sep / 2017 | • | Main Stage, Hull Trinity Festival | Hull | |||
| Sep / 2017 | • | Head of Steam acoustic night | Hull | |||
| Sep / 2017 | • | Supporting Wild Beasts (Welly Club) | Hull | |||
| Sep / 2017 | • | Freedom Festival (SpeakEasy Stage) | Hull | |||
| Aug / 2017 | • | Humber Street Sesh 2017 | Hull Marina | |||
| Jul / 2017 | • | Supporting Billie Marten @ Hull Fruit | Hull | |||
| Jul / 2017 | • | Hull Folk Festival | Hull | |||
| Jul / 2017 | • | Festival 8, Woodland Stage | Lincoln | |||
| Jul / 2017 | • | The Big Gig Festival (Main Stage) | Hull | |||
| May / 2017 | • | The Bedford Live | The Bedford London, London, GB | |||
| May / 2017 | • | Springboard Festival, Main Stage | Civic Hall, Cottingham | |||
| May / 2017 | • | Springboard Festival | Cross Keys, Cottingham | |||
| May / 2017 | • | Supporting Sound of Sirens | New Adelphi Club | |||
| May / 2017 | • | Culture Train, Acoustic night | Bell Hotel, Driffield | |||
| Apr / 2017 | • | Filey Folk Festival | Filey | |||
| Feb / 2017 | • | Supporting Rob Heron & The Tea Pad Orchestra | Adelphi, Hull | |||
| Feb / 2017 | • | The Sesh (Headline slot & single launch) | Polar Bear, Hull | |||
| Feb / 2017 | • | Catwick Live | Catwick, Yorkshire | |||
| Dec / 2016 | • | BBC Introducing Live Session | Hull | |||
| Dec / 2016 | • | Sessions by the sea (Acoustic night) | Hornsea | |||
| Oct / 2016 | • | Supporting Steve Mason | Hull | |||
| Sep / 2016 | • | Northern Sky Festival | Scunthorpe | |||
| Sep / 2016 | • | Freedom Festival | Hull | |||
| Jul / 2016 | • | Festival 8 (Stage Headliners) | Lincolnshire | |||
| Jun / 2016 | • | The Bedford, Balham | London | |||
| May / 2016 | • | Springboard Festival | Cottingham | |||
| Apr / 2016 | • | Sessions by the Sea | Hornsea | |||
| Apr / 2016 | • | Filey Folk Festival | Filey | |||
| Label / Release | Type | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pavey Ark | |||
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Moonage Daydream (Live) | Single | 2021 |
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Close Your Eyes and Think of Nothing | Album | 2020 |
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Wallflowers (Radio Edit) | Single | 2019 |
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Cuckoo | Single | 2019 |
|
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Leaf by Leaf | Single | 2017 |
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Leaf by Leaf EP | Single | 2017 |
| Sunk Island Records | |||
|
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More Time, More Speed | Album | 2025 |
|
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Your Sweet Time | Single | 2023 |
|
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Leaf by Leaf (Live at Middleton Hall) | Single | 2022 |
|
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Live at Middleton Hall | Single | 2022 |
| Independant | |||
|
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Hidden Hills | Single | 2017 |
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Leaf by Leaf | EP | 2017 |
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Leaf by Leaf | Single | 2017 |
Known for their sublime live shows, Pavey Ark have played SXSW Texas (2025), the Glastonbury Acoustic Stage and closed Cambridge Folk Festival (Stage 3) in 2023. Huge achievements for an independent act. Their new album 'More Time, More Speed' was released in November 2025.
Atmospheric vocals, strings and horns glide over finger-picked guitar, melodic bass and complex percussion. The result is a beautiful orchestral-folk sound that evades immediate comparison. Upon further listening, the band’s wide range of influences start to reveal themselves – from the laid back ’60s and ’70s folk of Jackson C. Frank and Love, through to Nick Drake and Radiohead.
Pavey Ark’s debut album, Close Your Eyes and Think of Nothing received excellent reviews from UNCUT, Record Collector, Folk Radio and BBC Radio 6 Music airplay. It was chosen by the BBC as one of their picks for National Album Day in 2022. Their second album was mixed by LA based producer Paul Butler (The Bees, Micheal Kiwanuka, Andrew Bird, Teskey Brothers)
UNCUT Magazine "A striking Debut"
For Folks Sake "Moments of magic and majesty prevail making Pavey Ark a band impossible to pin down and one of the leading lights on the scene today"
The Sound of Violence "It possesses a level of refinement unheard of in the British indie pop scene for a long time" ★★★★ ½
God Is In The TV Zine "This album is simply beautiful" ★★★★