Ellen and the Escapades were an acoustic/pop/rock band from Leeds, England.

[2][3] The following year, Ellen and the Escapades won the Q Magazine/Glastonbury Emerging Talent Competition and performed on three of the festival's main stages.

[2][1] The band received regular national radio play from BBC 6 Music and Amazing Radio.

Ellen and the Escapades played on The Black Isle Brewery Grassroots Stage on Saturday 4 August at the 2012 Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival near Beauly, Invernes-shire.

In February 2015, the band announced via their Facebook page that they would be breaking up.