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.
Thursday 31 July to Sunday 3 August. We've 'frozen' our 2025 ticket prices for as long as we can but prices will have to rise after Easter. Save yourself £40 on every 4-day adult weekend ticket (£20 on every Under-16 ticket) by booking NOW via www.wickhamfestival.co.uk/tickets... See MoreSee Less
We have a fantastic line-up of artists awaiting you. The full line-up confirmed so far plus info. on who's appearing each day can be viewed on our website www.wickhamfestival.co.uk
This is a great festival, make sure you get your ticket!
Got our tickets! Great festival , good vibes, been coming for years
The ever-popular Phil Beer will be appearing solo at #WickhamFestival on Sun. 3rd Aug. as well as joining with Reg Meuross, Marion Fleetwood & Geraint Watkins to perform 'Fire and Dust: A Woody Guthrie Story'
Huzzah for @festivalwickham and Saturday 2nd August and another mighty HUZZAH for it is a particular favourite of ours, do thoroughly deserving of thrice Huzzah! http://Www.wickhamfestival.co.uk for tickets!! See you there. Is there time for one more Huzzah?
We've updated the 'Line-Up' pages of our website to show who's playing (so far!) on which day. You can also view artist biogs & videos by clicking on artist photos. https://www.wickhamfestival.co.uk/line-up/
The wonderful singer-songwriter @NewtonFaulkner will make his #WickhamFestival debut on Friday, 1st Aug. Same day as @Fishy_Friends, @TaliskMusic, @FlookQuartet and many others.
More artists confirmed! @IanProwse and Amsterdam will be at this year's #WickhamFestival on Sunday 3rd August. Ian toured with Elvis Costello last year and is touring with Levellers this Spring.
