Dance music pioneer Pete Tong and global music icon Billy Ocean, together with special guest Marti Pellow, are heading to the Yorkshire coast next summer.
Pete and his world-renowned Ibiza Classics show, featuring The Essential Orchestra, will headline Scarborough Open Air Theatre on Friday 26 June 2026.
Two days later – on Sunday 28 June – Billy Ocean, the chart-topping legend behind such classic hits as ‘Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run)’ and ‘Red Light Spells Danger’, will headline the historic seaside venue with special guest and former Wet Wet Wet frontman Marti Pellow.
Tickets for both shows go on general sale at 10am on Friday 17 October via Ticketmaster and Scarborough Open Air Theatre website.
Next summer’s Scarborough date will be a welcome return to the Open Air Theatre for Pete Tong after a sensational Ibiza Classics show at the venue in 2023. Earlier this year, he celebrated the 10th anniversary of Ibiza Classics with four sold-out nights at the Royal Albert Hall.
Born in Trinidad and raised in London’s East End, Billy Ocean is one of the UK’s most enduring and successful artists. He has sold more than 30 million records worldwide, received GRAMMY and Ivor Novello Awards, two Billboard Music Awards, a MOBO Lifetime Achievement Award and an MBE for services to music.
Billy’s breakthrough came with ‘Love Really Hurts Without You’ in 1976, followed by a string of global hits.
Billy Ocean and Pete Tong join singer-songwriter David Gray and vocal powerhouse Teddy Swims among the first headline announcements for Scarborough Open Air Theatre 2026.
Julian Murray, of Scarborough OAT promoters Cuffe and Taylor, said: “Hot on the heels of announcing David Gray and two sold out nights with Teddy Swims, we are absolutely delighted to reveal another two headline shows for Scarborough OAT 2026.
“Billy Ocean and Marti Pellow are two of pop’s best loved talents and to have them here at this wonderful venue on the same night is going to something really special.
“Pete Tong is a true dance music icon and his Ibiza Classic’s show here in 2023 was so good we just had to bring it back to the Yorkshire coast!
“We know these two shows will be incredibly popular so we’d advise getting tickets early!”
Last year’s 18-gig TK Maxx presents Scarborough Open Air Theatre series – headlined by the likes of Will Smith, Gary Barlow and Snow Patrol – attracted more than 100,000 music fans to the Yorkshire coast venue.
For more information about the 2026 series go to the Scarborough Open Air Theatre website.
