Established in 2000 to promote live music and music education in Whitby and the surrounding area, Musicport welcomes festival goers of all ages with its safe and indoor surroundings – guaranteeing a warm and wonderful festival, whatever the weather!

Being held in the Pavilion at one of the UK’s most beautiful and charming seaside resorts of Whitby, North Yorkshire, with an abundance of quality places to eat, drink and stay, makes for a truly unique festival.

Artists booked to appear include:
The Mahotella Queens (S. Africa),The Blockheads, Lynched (Eire), Kathryn Tickell & The Side, Soupsongs Live (The Songs Of Robert Wyatt), Martin Taylor Mbe, Jeremy Hardy, Lemn Sissay, Don Letts (Dj Set), Hardeep Singh Kohli, Ragged Union (Usa), Black Umfolosi (Zimbabwe), Árstíðir (Iceland), Coope Boyes & Simpson, Geoff Berner (Canada), Maz O'connor, Sarah Jane Morris & The Bloody Rain Band, Varldens Band (Sweden), Me & My Friends, Manjula, John Smith, Moussu T E Lei Jovents (Fr) Michael Messer's Mitra,(Uk/India), Sean Taylor, Me & My Friends, Jess Wright & Delia Stevens, Peace Artistes, , Moscow Drug Club, Jamie Smith's Mabon (Wales), Edd Bateman's W. African Love Affair, Martin Alvarado (Argentina), Harpeth Rising (Usa) , Morris-Natyam (UK/India) The Harty Family, Bayou Gumbo , Flying Chilli Beats , Fie! Fie! Fie!, Runaway Samba.