Secret Shanty Festival in Old Leigh

The Secret Shanty Fest will take place across sites in Old Leigh, from The Crooked Billet and Strand Wharf to the Olde Smack and The Mayflower, as part of the Southend Arts Festival on September 11 and 12, 2021.

Featuring a plethora of live musical acts, including the famous and long-established Hoy Shanty Crew, and the Ondines, as well as The Hogeye Men, Random Folk, Freddie’s Barnets and Mains’l Haul Shanty.

It will also feature The Silver Darlings: a Leigh-based all-female crew who leapt to national fame during the Shanty Singing resurgence that swept social media during lockdown.

There is also a chance to see The Thameside Mummers side in action on Sunday.

Each day starts between 12.15 and 1 pm and ends around 4 -5 pm.

Leigh Times