Overview
This festival is part of the Tall Ships Challenge® for Tall Ships America (formerly, the American Sail Training Association). The tall ships are normally scheduled to run a tour of the Great Lakes every three or four years. (The tour was moved up a year from 2010 to 2013 to coincide with the anniversary of the Battle of Put-In-Bay.)
The Bay City Tall Ships Celebration was managed by one section of the local crew, while Jerry Casault managed what he called “Ballads and Brews”, the musical portion of the festival (which also seems to have run in years where there were no tall ships). Many groups from North America and Europe were invited to perform at this event, last held in 2019. This was notable as it was one of the few events anywhere in North America to regularly bring maritime music performers over from Europe. The event was scheduled to run again in 2022 but lingering concerns about the Covid-19 pandemic was said to have made the committee decide to cancel the event.
The Ballads and Brews Facebook page has not been updated since 2015.
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Associated Groups and Artists
Hoolie - Every year Tom Mason & the Blue Buccaneers - 2015, 2016, 2019 Za Horyzontem - 2019 Sasiedzi - 2019 El Pony Pisador - 2019 Bocca Musica - 2014, 2015, 2019 3 Sheets to the Wind (Males de Mer -1) - 2019 Harmony Glen - 2016 Pod Wiatr - 2015 Roane - 2014, 2015 Mâles de Mer - 2013, 2015 Lee Murdock - 2014 La 'Compagnie - 2014 Geoff Kaufman - 2014 Enter the Haggis - 2014 Bounding Main - 2013 Johnson Girls - 2013 Pat Sheridan - 2013 Banana Boat - 2013 Hardtackers, The - 2013 Dan Milner - 2013
Contact Information
Jerry
Casault
Bay City
MI
USA
