Overview
The Cutty Sark Sea Shanty Festival has been running annually since 2021, held in the unique venue of a 19th Century Tea Clipper in Greenwich, London. The latest edition of the festival is on 21st November 2026, a fantastic day of sea shanty performances and workshops in celebration of the ship’s 157th birthday.
Performance programme
The 2026 Sea Shanty Festival timetable will be as follows.
There are two opportunities to see the Festival programme – a morning session and an afternoon session. You can arrive in the morning and stay all day if you wish; alternatively, if you’d prefer you can book 10am tickets or 2pm tickets and see all the performances in half a day.
| Time | Dry Berth | Tween Deck |
| 10.30am | Swinging the Lead | The Silver Darlings |
| 11.15am | Sonny Brazil | The HogEye Men |
| 12noon | The Queer History Club Choir | Talk – Mark Braby |
| 12.45pm | London Sea Shanty Collective | Upping The Shanty |
| 1.30pm | Big sing along – all | |
| Break | ||
| 2.30pm | The Silver Darlings | The Queer History Club Choir |
| 3.15pm | The HogEye Men | Swinging the Lead |
| 4pm | Upping The Shanty | Sonny Brazil |
| 4.45pm | London Sea Shanty Collective | Talk – Mark Braby |
| 5.30pm | Big sing along – all |