Overview
Oban International Shanty Festival
2026 Event Details
Get ready. Make plans. Polish your tonsils. A fantastic line up of shanty talent is making its way once more to Oban for the fifth International Shanty Festival.
2025 Event Details
Update your logbooks and chart a course for Scotland’s West coast for the 2025 Oban International Shanty Festival Friday 20th & Saturday 21st June.
Two days of rip-roaring songs and music of the sea await you courtesy of great musicians from France, the Netherlands, Canada, England and Scotland performing just for you amidst the spectacular scenery of the Western Highlands.
2024 Event Details
Update your logbooks and chart a course for Scotland’s west coast for the 2024 Oban International Shanty Festival.
A weekend of rip-roaring songs and music of the sea await you courtesy of great musicians from France, the Netherlands, Canada, England and Scotland performing just for you amidst the spectacular scenery of the Western Highlands.
You can also download our free shanty songbook and start practicing your rousing choruses!
The Oban International Shanty Festival 2023 will (Covid restrictions permitting) be a live event taking place at various venues in Oban, Argyll from Friday 23rd to Sunday 25th June and include concerts, interactive workshops and storytelling events.
2023 Event Details
Update your logbooks and chart a course for Scotland’s West coast for the 2023 Oban International Shanty Festival.
A weekend of rip-roaring songs and music of the sea await you courtesy of great musicians from France, the Netherlands, Ireland, England and Scotland performing just for you amidst the spectacular scenery of the Western Highlands.