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.
More artists confirmed! Ian Prowse and Amsterdam will be at this year's Wickham Festival on Sunday 3rd August. Ian toured with Elvis Costello last year and is touring with Levellers this Spring. Great artist. Great band. Day & weekend tickets now onsale via www.wickhamfestival.co.uk/tickets... See MoreSee Less
We've kept Earlybird prices as low as possible for as long as possible but prices have to rise soon. You can still save £80 on every weekend ticket if you book before midnight on Sun Dec 5. A four-day ticket is currently just £180, that's just £45 a day http://www.wickhamfestival.co.uk/tickets
We're delighted to announce that @Oysterband1 will be extending their 'Long, Long Goodbye' Tour to appear at #WickhamFestival. They'll be with us on Sunday, 3rd August 2025.
We're delighted to announce that chart-topping singer songwriter @LeoSayerReal will be at Wickham next year on Saturday 2nd August 2025. Cheap-rate earlybird day & weekend season tickets still onsale for a limited time via
Hailing from the Isle of Skye, one of Scotland's best live bands, The @PeatbogFaeries will be at #WickhamFestival next summer on Sunday 3rd August 2025.
https://peatbogfaeries.com/bio/
Another confirmation! The excellent @regmeuross and his quartet feat. Phil Beer, Marion Fleetwood & Geraint Hughes will be bringing their 'Fire & Dust' / Woody Guthrie tribute to #WickhamFestival on Sunday 3rd August 2025.
