Essential Information
| Type | Events and festivals |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Date and Times | Saturday 22 November 2025 | 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 156th 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.
Stay tuned, more details to be announced!
Programme schedule
Scroll down to learn more about the performers.
| Time | 'Tween Deck | Dry Dock |
| 10.30am | Learn a shanty with John | The HogEye Men |
| 11am | Luigi Coppola - poet | |
| 11.15am | Sea Shanty history talk with Mark | Schools choir |
| 12pm | Learn a shanty with John | Sonny Brazil |
| 12.45pm | The HogEye Men | The Silver Darlings |
| 1.30pm | Sonny Brazil (and the Queer History Club Choir tbc) | Carmen Souza and band |
| 2.15pm | Luigi Coppola - poet | London Sea Shanty Collective |
| 2.30pm | Sea Shanty history talk with Mark | |
| 3pm | The Silver Darlings | Sonny Brazil and the Queer History Club Choir |
| 3.45pm | Sea Shanty history talk with Mark | Big sing along with all performers |
| 4.30pm | End | End |
Meet the performers
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The HogEye Men
The HogEye Men have 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. They 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
After a busy year of gigs and festivals in the UK and abroad, the London Sea Shanty Collective are delighted to be returning to one of the most enjoyable locations to perform at, the Cutty Sark.
They are a non-auditioning community choir of women and men of all ages and backgrounds from around the world, committed to social justice, equality and the joy of singing.
Be it in national institutions, private functions, clubs, pubs, churches, on street corners or under sail, they love keeping shanties and songs of the sea alive. They arrange and sometimes update traditional songs, while expanding the repertoire with their own compositions. It's a love they look forward to sharing!
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Carmen Souza
Don’t miss Carmen Souza’s electrifying performance as she unveils her 11th album, Port’Inglês (English port).
Through her unique style, Souza shares the untold stories of the British occupation of Cape Verde, seamlessly blending jazz and Cabo Verdean influences.
Renowned as the Cape Verdean Ella Fitzgerald, Souza’s charisma and virtuoso vocal technique transcend traditional music genres, captivating audiences with her vibrant performances.
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Mark Braby
Mark is a musician playing guitar, bass and drums. Mark drums in ’60s b-movie garage band The Voo-dooms and has his own Major Braby music project going on. Mark also works at Royal Museums Greenwich and has a particular interest in sea shanties.
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