The Alma Inn is one one many venues across Harwich taking part in the town's shanty festival Hundreds of people descended on a seaside town on the first day of a three-day sea shanty festival. People ...

A weekend of "sea songs and salty harmonies" is taking place in Ilfracombe with the town hosting its first ever Shanty Festival. Organisers Scuttlebutt Shanty Crew said it would host 35 bands across ...

Out on the bay, the boats are jostling in the breeze, rain speckling their pale masts and the bright red buoys. Back on land, in the low-lit warmth of the Chain Locker pub, a band called Bone Idol ...

Following the unprecedented popularity of the Wellerman song on social media in lockdown, the Harwich International Shanty Festival is all set to be more popular than ever before. Running over the ...

DOZENS packed out historic Old Leigh for the first full day of this year's shanty festival. The 2024 edition of the Old Leigh Shanty Weekend returned on Friday evening with a shanty singaround at The ...

It may be unlucky for some, but Friday the 13th marks the start of Falmouth’s 21st international sea shanty festival. For over two decades, the port of Falmouth has played host to the International ...