Falmouth Shout Shanty Singers Association

Falmouth International Sea Shanty Festival

The Falmouth International Sea Shanty Festival was founded and is organised by Falmouth Shout. The continuing work by members of Falmouth Shout, with the support of the RNLI has ensured that it has become a successful and popular annual event. The Festival has three main aims:

  • To create an enjoyable event for all involved
  • To raise money for the RNLI
  • To preserve and promote the maritime heritage of Falmouth and Cornwall

2009 Festival

This year's Festival has been another resounding success, and we'll have some final figures for the amount collected for the RNLI soon!

All of us from Falmouth Shout are enormously pleased, although also extremely tired after a weekend full of fabulous entertainment, and would like to extend our very sincere thanks to all the groups who came along to perform, the sponsors and collectors.

Groups who Performed at the 2009 Falmouth International Sea Shanty Festival

Sponsors of the 2009 Falmouth International Sea Shanty Festival

Year after year, so many businesses in and around Falmouth support the Festival. In these tough economic times, their magnanimity is so very gratefully received.

Special thanks again to Steve Skinner of Skinner's Brewery, whose generosity will again quench the thirsts of our performers. The Festival will again be Betty Stogs (she's a popular girl, when you've "experienced her", you'll understand why! For those visiting the Festival, this fine ale will be on sale at many of Falmouth's hostelries. Oggy Oggy Pasty Co and Cornish Miner will both be helping to maintain the stamina of our performers with scrumptious Cornish pasties during the Festival.