Essential Information
| Type | Events and festivals |
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| Location |
Cutty Sark
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| Date and Times | Saturday 23 November 2024 | 10am - 4.30pm |
| Prices | Free with entry to ship |
Cutty Sark's Sea Shanty Festival is back! Come and enjoy traditional maritime music in celebration of the tea clipper's 155th birthday.
The event will feature the vocal talents of bands and artists from across the UK and beyond. Get ready for a day of fun and festivity.
Meet the performers
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The HogEye Men
With almost 20 years of experience as a group singing shanties and maritime songs to audiences around the country, including a monthly residency on Cutty Sark since 2019, The HogEye Men are respected as London's primary exponents of these unaccompanied working songs from a past age.
The group blends strong voices and subtle harmonies to give audiences a taste of the true nature of the traditional shanty form, while also offering them a selection of more up-to-date tales of the sea.
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London Sea Shanty Collective
Recently returned from international shanty festivals in France and Germany, the London Sea Shanty Collective continues to keep shanties and songs of the sea alive and relevant to today, arranging traditional songs, sometimes with a modern twist, and expanding the repertoire with their own compositions.
They sing at festivals and in national institutions, pubs, clubs, care homes, churches, cathedrals and on barges and ships. Plus, most notably in the case of the magnificent Cutty Sark, they sing under them too!
As a non-auditioning community choir, they're open to all and made up of women and men of all ages from around the world who are committed to social justice, equality, and the joy of singing.
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She Shanties
She Shanties is a captivating folk harmony group renowned for their enchanting performances that transport audiences to the maritime past.
Hailing from across the north of England, this talented ensemble weaves together hauntingly beautiful shanties and folk melodies, celebrating the age-old tales of sailors, fishermen and adventurers.
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Sonny Brazil
Sonny Brazil is a folk singer and Squeeze Box player from the southeast of England. Raised in South East London and Brighton, Sonny dwells among the Bargee Traveller Community, living and playing music as they have for centuries on the inland waterways of England.
Sonny lives entrenched in the world of English folk culture, working as a crew member on the Thames Sailing Barges and living on the canals.
They are one of the founding members of the folk collective Goblin Band, described by leading folk singer Martin Carthy as "The band we've been waiting for".
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Lucas Vale school and Poetry Vs Colonialism
Join students from Lucas Vale Primary in Deptford for a performance of a Bengali river racing song and some sea shanties that they have re-written to tell some of the stories of the Lascars.
The pupils have worked with Poetry Vs Colonialism artists Gouri Choudhury and Laila Sumpton to learn and craft these songs of the river and sea. Get ready to haul, heave and sing along!
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The Gouri Choudhury Band
The Gouri Choudhury Band brings songs about the rivers of Bangladesh in Bengali and songs that explore the poetry of water.
Accomplished musician Gouri Choudhury was born into a musical family in Sylhet, Bangladesh and first started performing when she was just six years old. She has performed all over the world as well as at the Royal Albert Hall, Royal Festival Hall and Barbican Centre. Gouri has thirty five years experience in the music industry singing a diverse range of genres including folk, Tagore's poetry and contemporary music.
What’s On
Images courtesy of the performers
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Cutty Sark
- Explore the main deck
- Walk beneath the ship
- See how the crew lived
- Family activities and interactives
- Guaranteed entry time
- Audio guide included
| Adult | £20 |
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| Child | £10 |
Royal Museums Greenwich Day Pass
- Save 25% with combo ticket
- Cutty Sark
- Royal Observatory
- Guaranteed entry time
- Planetarium shows not included
| Adult | £30 |
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| Child | £15 |
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| Direct Debit | One-off |
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| Individual: £50 | Individual: £60 |
| Family: from £60 | Family: from £70 |
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