Ahoy there! Climb aboard for our Mini Sea Shanty festival on Saturday from noon.
RX Shanty men
It starts with the RX Shantymen from Hastings followed by…
Shirley Knott from Southampton
Spinnaker Shanty from Hampshire
Alternate Quay from Bristol & Portsmouth
Portsmouth Shantymen
RX Shantymen from Hastings
Graeme Knights from London
The Wilsons
The above have sung all over the world, many have sailed and sung on the tall ships in Amsterdam, Bristol, Hull, Liverpool, Portsmouth and Australia.
Graeme Knights was invited Down Under last year and also toured the USA where he sang in the famous maritime festival.The Wickham Festival is again hosting a sea shanty celebration
The Shanty songs, are working songs that helped sailors haul up the masts and sails on tall ships.
This event will be a real treat for those who love this rousing form of song so make sure you catch it in one of the tents at the bottom end of the festival.
Richard Thompson joined the great Australian guitarist Tommy Emmanuel onstage at Carnegie Hall, New York last night. Now why would we mention that? 😉 ... See MoreSee Less
Our first major act for next year Ferocious Dog are playing @the1865 in Southampton on Friday October 31. Make sure you catch them to see what you can expect at Wickham on August 1.
So sad to hear of the sudden passing of Shamus O'Blivion and the Megadeath Morrismen front man Mick who has lit up the Wickham Festival with his stage presence, humour and wonderful music
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/17YCaG4tGB/ He will be sadly missed by all of us
Congratulations to Alison Smith on winning the 2025 Wickham Festival signed guitar. Thank you to all who entered the raffle and helpd raise funds for the very deserving George's Rockstars.
You have until Sunday to buy tickets to be in with a chance of winning guitar signed by @LeoSayerReal @gladtobegay @RthompsonMusic @judietzuke @Fishy_Friends & more Tickets cost £2 & money raised goes to children's music therapy charity George's Rockstars https://www.wickhamfestival.co.uk/20477-2/
