June 2014, it was reported that the Ferry Boat Inn had been sold for "more than £500,000", and that it might be turned into a residential development. A representative for the estate agents that handled the sale stated that it would not be a backpackers' site and that the new owners would "probably be looking for other, denser uses for the site". In 2019, the site was put up for sale again, and bought by property development company Estateducation for £1.2 million. In October 2020, work began to build 41 homes on the site, comprising 2 in the former pub building and 39 in a five-storey tower in the car park. Building works stopped in January 2022 after, according to Companies House, the main contractor, Devise Construction Ltd, was forced into receivership due to failure to pay back a Coronavirus Business Interruption loan. Notable bands The Ferry Boat's regular presence on tour schedules meant that many bands would pass through it before moving onto greater acclaim. Examples of bands and artists to have played the venue include: 65 Days of Static Bring Me the Horizon Cult of Luna Deaf Havana Enter Shikari Gallows Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly Kimya Dawson Million Dead Sonic Boom Six Other notable bands include: RX Bandits, The Aquabats, Minus the Bear, Noisettes, Bleeding Through, Brigade, Anti-Nowhere League, UK Subs, Demented Are Go, Throwdown, The Vibrators, Twin Zero, The Business, Captain Everything!, The Red Chord, HORSE the band, Bullet Union, Eden Maine, Fastlane, The Littlest Man Band, Seachange, Hoover, Even in Blackouts, Stretch Arm Strong, Jeniferever, Kid commando, The Dangerfields, Logh, The Good Life, Vanilla Sky, Modern Life Is War, Howards Alias, MU330, Stza Crack, Send More Paramedics, Strike Anywhere, The Robocop Kraus, Decibully, Chris T-T, Swearing at Motorists, The Martini Henry Rifles, Miss Black America, Melys, Engerica, Kinesis, KaitO, Meanwhile, Back In Communist Russia..., Sputniks Down, The Dawn Parade, Bearsuit, Angelspit, The Suffrajets, The Microphones, Karl Blau, Magoo, Herman Düne, We vs. Death, Koufax, Funeral Diner, Days in December, Jairus, Leatherface, Champion, The Juliana Theory, Koopa. References Music venues in Norfolk Pubs in Norwich History of Norfolk 2006 disestablishments in England Former pubs in England Former music venues in England