March 2020
Shanty Sundays – Naze Shanty
With Naze Shanty Join us in the Navyard Bar of the Pier Hotel for a Sunday lunchtime shanty session.
Find out more »April 2020
Cancelled: Shanty Sundays – The Hoolies
Please note that this event was cancelled due to the closure of the Pier Hotel. We hope to re-arrange it whenever this becomes possible. The Hoolies from Wivenhoe will join us for Shanty Sundays on Easter Sunday, 12th April
Find out more »October 2021
2021 Festival
Book the dates - we are planning to put on a festival! Full details This Years Festival
Find out more »March 2022
Photo Competition Deadline
Please submit any entries to our photo competition by 31st March 2022. We want you to send us your photos of any HISF event. It doesn’t have to be just a photograph of shanty singers at the Festival, but has to represent the kind of things our Festival covers, so you could consider for example, our fundraising events, or perhaps the Redoubt events over the Shanty Weekend. Entries have to be at least 1MB quality and will be used to…
Find out more »May 2022
Cakes & Shanties 2022
We'll be meeting on the green on Kings Quay Street (near the New Bell) for our second cake sale and perhaps a few shanties!
Find out more »June 2022
Summer Shanties On The Pier
Join Hoy Boy for a shanty session on Ha'Penny Pier, Harwich, this Sunday! https://youtu.be/GQCUUPl7ZE4
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