Planning a concert night in Falmouth? Scouting For Girls play the Marquee on 13 August 2026 during Falmouth Week, mixing familiar indie-pop hits with songs from These Are The Good Days. Plan your visit and ticket purchase for an evening of big singalong choruses by the waterfront
Scouting For Girls return to Falmouth with a new album and big choruses
Scouting For Girls perform at the Marquee in Falmouth on Thursday 13 August 2026, as part of Falmouth Week. Doors open at 19:00, and the concert comes in the middle of a week in which the town on the Cornish coast turns into a combination of regatta, daytime events and evening music. For the band, this is a return to the same event after performing there the previous year, giving the evening an additional connection with an audience that has already seen them in Falmouth.
Scouting For Girls have an easily recognisable signature: bright British indie pop, simple melodies, piano and guitar parts that quickly lead towards the chorus, and songs made for singing together. "She's So Lovely", "Heartbeat", "Elvis Ain't Dead" and "This Ain't a Love Song" remain among the titles by which they are most quickly recognised, but the Falmouth concert comes at a time when the band is not living on nostalgia alone.
In March 2026 they released the album "These Are The Good Days", and during the summer they continued to expand it with new releases. At the beginning of July, a duet version of "Counting Down The Days" also arrived. The Falmouth audience therefore gets a band in an active recording phase, with new material that naturally builds on the more optimistic pop sound for which they are known.
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The new album gives the concert more than a nostalgic framework
"These Are The Good Days" was released on 27 March 2026 and brings ten new songs. The album was written and produced by Roy Stride, and recorded with Greg Churchouse and Pete Ellard. The title track, "Get What You Give", "Don't You Go Solo" and "Counting Down The Days" give the current concert period enough fresh content that the performance does not have to be merely a retrospective.
Also interesting is the release "These Are The Good Days (Deluxe Tour Edition)", on which live recordings of older favourites have been added alongside the new material, including "She's So Lovely", "This Ain't a Love Song", "Heartbeat" and "Elvis Ain't Dead". Such a combination describes the band's current position well: they present new music to an audience that knows the early singles very well and expects them to remain an important part of their concert identity.
Scouting For Girls are not a band that builds a concert around complex arrangements or detached presentation. Their strength is directness. The chorus arrives quickly, the audience can embrace it without preparation, and communication between songs is an important part of the rhythm of the performance. That is why summer and festival concerts suit them naturally.
Songs that define their concert identity
There is no confirmed set list for Falmouth and the exact order of songs should not be assumed. Still, current releases and documented performances from 2026 show which songs and periods are key to the band's present-day identity.
- "She's So Lovely" - one of the early singles and their most recognisable singalong moment.
- "Heartbeat" and "Elvis Ain't Dead" - songs from the first album that carry the bright indie-pop sound of the band's early period.
- "This Ain't a Love Song" - one of the biggest singles and an important part of the album "Everybody Wants To Be On TV".
- "These Are The Good Days" - the title track of the 2026 album and a bridge between the old catalogue and the current phase.
- "Get What You Give", "Don't You Go Solo" and "Counting Down The Days" - newer material that continues their accessible pop sensibility.
At the concert in Oxford in March 2026, the band strongly involved the audience, used a video feed on a screen and combined songs from the album "Everybody Wants To Be On TV" with the then-new title track "These Are The Good Days". A review from Glasgow from the same month describes a sold-out venue and an audience that came precisely for the mixture of nostalgia and communal singing. This does not confirm what will happen in Falmouth, but it provides a good framework for the type of performance the band is currently giving.
Falmouth is not a random stop on the summer schedule
Falmouth Week runs from 7 to 16 August 2026 and traces its roots to a local sailing regatta dating back to 1837. Today, the regatta and events on land take place in parallel, so the town has a different rhythm during the week from an ordinary summer day. The daytime programme is centred around sailing and family activities, while the evening programme moves towards the Waterfront Marquee.
Scouting For Girls arrive on Thursday, and their slot carries additional weight because they also performed at the previous edition of Falmouth Week. The organisers describe the return as a response to the very good reception the previous year. For a visitor, this means that the concert is not merely a passing date on the summer schedule, but the return of a performer that already knows this event and its audience.
Falmouth itself gives the evening a different context from a conventional city venue. It is a harbour town on the south coast of Cornwall, with a walkable centre, harbour and the area around Events Square. During Falmouth Week, the music programme is not isolated from the town: throughout the day, the audience mixes with regatta visitors and people attending daytime activities, while in the evening the flow of people shifts towards the concerts.
Tickets for this event are in demand.
What to expect from the atmosphere in the Marquee
The Waterfront Marquee is neither an arena nor a conventional concert hall. It is a festival space connected with the evening programme of Falmouth Week in the Church Street waterfront area. Visitors therefore do not come to an isolated building on the edge of town, but to a space that forms part of the broader festival flow.
For Scouting For Girls, this is a logical setting. Their songs depend on the audience's immediate response, a short path from verse to chorus and an atmosphere in which singing from the crowd is an integral part of the performance. At earlier performances in 2026, Roy Stride often communicated with the audience and built transitions between songs through conversation, humour and short stories about the band.
The acoustics and exact production setup for this evening should not be assumed in advance. No details have been published that would justify claims about special staging, guests or effects. The same applies to the duration of the performance and any possible support act. The safest expectation is a concert built around the band, recognisable choruses and contact with the audience.
Getting to Falmouth and an important change for drivers
The most important practical information for arriving by car concerns the car park next to the event area itself. Cornwall Council states that Church Street car park is closed from 2 to 19 August 2026 to support the organisation of Falmouth Week. It should therefore not be relied upon for the evening of the concert.
There are other public car parks in the town, but during one of the busiest summer weeks it is sensible to plan the journey in advance.
- For a shorter stay, Cornwall Council lists Grove Place, The Moor and Well Lane.
- For a longer stay, options include The Dell and Town Quarry, while Church Street is closed during Falmouth Week.
- Arriving by train via Falmouth Town avoids searching for parking in the centre during the evening programme.
- Falmouth Town and Falmouth Docks are connected via Truro, and the town's waterfront can be reached on foot.
If travelling from another part of Cornwall or from more distant parts of the United Kingdom, it is useful to check the last evening connections before entering the concert. The published door-opening time is not the same as the finishing time of the performance, and the end of the evening has not been confirmed in advance.
How much will the new album change the evening
The most interesting question for this performance is not whether the audience will recognise the old hits, but how much space "These Are The Good Days" will receive. In Oxford at the end of March, shortly before the album's release, the band performed the title track, while the rest of the evening was strongly tied to the anniversary focus on the album "Everybody Wants To Be On TV". By August, the situation is different: the new album has already been out for months, and "Counting Down The Days (Duet Version)" arrived in July.
It is therefore reasonable to expect a combination of several periods, but without guessing the exact set list. The band now has enough fresh material for the concert to show where it stands in 2026, while at the same time it would be difficult to separate its live identity from the songs that brought it the widest recognition.
That balance is particularly well suited to a summer audience. Long-time fans come for the emotional connection with older songs, while the newer material prevents the evening from becoming merely a reproduction of the past. Current tour releases and concert reviews show that the band treats the old singles as a shared language with the audience and the new songs as a continuation of the same temperament.
Practical notes before entering
The concert date is Thursday 13 August 2026, doors open at 19:00, and the venue is the Marquee in Falmouth, as part of the evening programme of Falmouth Week. For younger visitors and those accompanying them, the current entry rules should be checked in advance because age restrictions depend on the conditions of the event.
There is no confirmed information about the exact duration of the concert, an interval, a support act or a special guest. The final set list has not been published either. Visitors who depend on public transport are therefore better advised to plan their return with a time buffer rather than build their plans around an assumed finishing time.
It is worth keeping in mind that Church Street car park is closed during Falmouth Week. If arriving by car, an alternative car park should be chosen before reaching the centre. If arriving by train, Falmouth Town is a practical starting point for continuing on foot towards the waterfront.
Ticket sales for this event are ongoing.
Sources:
- Falmouth Week - date and location of the performance, Scouting For Girls' return after the previous year, and the schedule and context of Falmouth Week.
- Visit Falmouth - broader context of the regatta and events in the town.
- Cornwall Council - closure of Church Street car park during Falmouth Week and a list of other town car parks.
- Great Western Railway - Falmouth Town as the railway station closest to the centre and the Maritime Line connection via Truro.
- Songkick - concert date, Marquee and door-opening time.
- Scouting For Girls / "These Are The Good Days" - album date, band members, songwriting and production.
- Spotify - album track list and the release "These Are The Good Days (Deluxe Tour Edition)".
- Apple Music - current discography, "Counting Down The Days (Duet Version)" and the best-known songs.
- Photo Pit Live - description of the Oxford concert in March 2026, interaction with the audience and performance of "These Are The Good Days".
- Square One Magazine - report from the Glasgow concert in March 2026 and the context of the tour at the time.