Harwich Shanty Festival

Name: Harwich Shanty Festival
Address: 19, George Street, Harwich, CO123ND, GB
Telephone: +447921640772

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Harwich International Shanty Festival - the UK's premier shanty festival
9-11th October 2026
8th-10th October 2027

06/06/2026

Shanties and Cake! The perfect combo. Happening at The New Bell Inn at Harwich now!! ⛵🪗🎶

04/06/2026

If you are planning on coming to the Cake 'n' Shanty on Saturday, we are most likely to be INSIDE at The New Bell Inn at Harwich as there's stormy weather on the horizon.

Shanties from both The Orwellermen Shanty Crew and Black Deep Shanty. So get your wellies on and come down!

🪗🎶⛵☔🍰🪗🎶⛵☔🍰

Kick off is at 11 and we'll be rolling that old chariot along through the afternoon.

02/06/2026

Hey folks! How do you consume music when you're not hanging out around Harwich singing your hearts out?

How about The Folk Club Podcast?

We were really grateful to talk about the festival with Stuart last year and tomorrow heralds its 300th episode!

Give it a listen. 🎙️🎶🎻🪉⛵🪕🪗

Weds 3rdJune 6.30pm UK (Rpt. Sunday 2pm UK)
https://www.radio-uk.co.uk/folk-friday-radio

Thurs 4th June Fri 3am UK (Rpt Fri 11am UK) [US 9pm CT/]
https://folkmusicnotebook.com/

Sat 6th June 7pm UK
http://www.westnorfolkradio.co.uk/

Plus Mixcloud
https://www.mixcloud.com/stuart-green16

30/05/2026

Haul away to Maldon! Best of luck to the organisers to the Maldon Shanty Festival and all the crews singing there today. If you're an easterner, get yourself to Maldon. Shanties all afternoon in various locations and then a concert in the church at 7pm.

👏🏽 Mains'l Haul Shanty Crew 👏🏽

⛵🎶🪗⛵🎶🪗⛵🎶🪗

Hoy Boy The Orwellermen Shanty Crew Black Deep Shanty Hog Eye Men The FelixStowaways

Who have we missed?

All raising money for the incredible Thames Sailing Barge Trust (TSBT), training the next generation and keeping those old beauties on the water, many of which were originally built in Harwich.

10/05/2026

Tickets!! We have received a donation of these amazing tickets to see Kate Rusby at the Apex in Bury St Edmunds THIS TUESDAY.

They are £71 for the pair. (It's sold out.)

To get your hands on these, you need to do the following:

Message the page (this page!) by midday tomorrow (Monday). Don't leave a comment. Send us a message.

Be ready to transfer funds and receive the tickets tomorrow afternoon by email. So be ready to check messages then.

We will select who gets them by using a random number generator after midday tomorrow.

All funds will go to the Harwich Shanty Festival.

Please share very widely so that we can send these to a good home, and raise some money to keep the festival sailing along.

Thank you!!! 🎶🎶🎶

08/05/2026

Fantastic Friday Fans ⛵🎶⛵🎶 Douwe Huizinga, Fred Winkel, Peter Scott, Johno Brett, Jo Gent, Richard Hughes, Peter Brooker, Richard Banner, Gillian Lemar-Collings, Jane Rogers Facebook tells us you are TopFans. Thanks for all your help. We reward you with some blue skies and Harwich heritage.

More about the sculpture in the comments.

Harwich and Dovercourt Life Harwich Museum Stormy Stan Harwich RNLI Harwich Maritime Harwich Visitor Information Centre

01/05/2026

A is for... Shall we go round again? ⚓⚓⚓

We won't. BUT let us recommend to you, on this fine bank holiday weekend, the Harwich Ale Trail.

Did someone say ALE? Yes. We did. 🍻🍻🍻

Hurray for ! Visit the Essex Sunshine Coast Harwich and Dovercourt Life

P.S. The photo is of sailing barge anchors in Maldon. In case you were wondering...

Address

19, George Street
Harwich
CO123ND

Telephone

+447921640772

Website

http://www.harwichshantyfestival.co.uk/

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