Gavin Osborn

About

Gavin Osborn is a 47yr-old singer-songwriter with six solo albums under his belt, having spent nearly
20 years touring the UK, Europe and Australia.

Familiar to listeners of BBC 6Music and Radio 4, Gavin’s tours and shows include support slots with the likes of Belle & Sebastian, Frank Turner and loads of festivals. Mostly, he has been onstage whilst audiences waited for the main act. And if he wasn’t, it’s hard to imagine other acts would’ve had such acclaim, riches and success.

His last album, Scrolling Home, totally sold out. Turns out he didn’t order enough and now they are
fully available (in CD form) at his live shows, where younger listeners assume they are coasters. Gavin co-wrote a trilogy of storytelling shows with comedian Daniel Kitson and during lockdown, his
viral hit ‘Born In The NHS’ was featured on Russell Howard’s Home Time on Sky One.

“Processes his anger into a kind of likeably grumpy bewilderment and uses it to unite his audience. A comfort blanket for post-Brexit alienation.

One of the year’s most relatable releases” - The Observer

“Poignant, warm, storytelling that’s not afraid to be both very funny and very sad, and is at its best
when it’s both” - Drowned In Sound “a brilliantly accomplished singer-songwriter with touchingly quirky lyrics” - Chortle Having loved his last gig at Exeter Comedy Festival, in a music shop in 2024, Gavin really should've been honing his craft and writing furious folk songs about the terrible state of the world.

However, he has been concentrating on charity work because he's a genuinely great guy making a real tangible difference to people's lives. Not that he likes to mention it. That would be crass. Let's just say that this year's show is likely to be VERY similar.