Overview
Overview
The 2024 Old Leigh Shanty Festival will be held on 18 May and features a number of premier maritime musical acts from across the island.
The 2023 edition of the Old Leigh Shanty Festival was hosted by The Brave Marauders on 20-21 May 2023. “The Brave Marauders will be performing at various venues in the town throughout the week-end.”
“Old Leigh Shanty Festival” was to have been held on Saturday 10 September 2022, in conjunction with the Old Leigh Regatta on Sunday 11 September 2022; unfortunately, both events were cancelled. The event was to include Songs of the Sea, Pirates, Dance & Drama, Performed by Shanty Crews & Folk Artistes. It was a Southend Arts Festival Community Event Hosted by the Lions Club of Leigh on Sea and The Hoy at Anchor Folk Club.
[MMDI note: is this the successor to the “Secret Shanty Festival in Old Leigh”?]
General Information
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Leigh on Sea
United Kingdom
4Sheets Shantymen Any Good Thing Black Deep Shanty Crew The Brave Marauders Forebitter Crew Freddie's Barnet The Hog Eye Men The Hoolies Hoy Boy Hoy Shanty Crew Impressed The Loose Cannons Lowestoft Longshoremen Mains'l Haul Shanty Crew The Motley Crew Off Quay The Ondines Pot of Gold Shanty Crew Shantyfolk Short Drag Roger Silver Darlings