Bar35 Bude Sea Shanty Festival

The Bar35 Sea Shanty Festival is an annual event held in Bude, Cornwall U.K. in aid of the RNLI.

The third Annual Bar 35 Bude Sea Shanty Festival and RNLI Fundraiser was held on Sunday, 16th November 2025.

The festival is organised by the shanty group, Cousin Jack and features a number of popular maritime and folk music performing groups.

Bar35 may be found at: Belle Vue Lane, Bude, Cornwall, GB EX23 8BS

(*) Non-singing appearance

Betty Stogs was a Cornishwoman in a folktale. She lived on moorland near Towednack, Cornwall. She had a six-month-old baby but was lazy and dissipated. The whole town went looking for her child all through the night, but they came up with nothing. Betty was distraught and cried the whole night as she searched for her child. The neglected baby was cared for by the fairies, who returned it clean and laid upon a bed of moss. The tale is a traditional one of the area; a warning to mothers to look after their children properly, lest the pixies take them.

A beer is now named Betty Stogs after this character. With an ABV of 4.0% it is brewed by Skinner’s Brewery in Truro and won the CAMRA prize for Champion Best Bitter in 2008