Friday 29 June - Sunday 1 July 2018
This festival, the first of it's kind in Finland, will fill Mariehamn's Western Harbour with song and nautical spirit. We, Shanty Society Pommern, offer you a mental trip across the seven seas and an opportunity to relive the past on board the great sailing ships. Performers from some ten countries will present you a menu of salty songs with traditions from the time of the Tall Ships. Come and seize the opportunity to make new friends from near and far!
With the sea as a backdrop we will listen to some of the most prominent shanty singers of the world in the bright and warm summernight.
Why not combine the festival with a weekend on the Aland Islands, enjoying the sunny weather and nature by day and having a great dinner in the evening on Restaurant Nautical or the local Yacht Club's Pavilion? Be sure to book a cruise with the galleass Albanus, which takes you out into the archipelago while you enjoy shanty music.
With the sea as a backdrop we will listen to some of the most prominent shanty singers of the world in the bright and warm summernight.
Why not combine the festival with a weekend on the Aland Islands, enjoying the sunny weather and nature by day and having a great dinner in the evening on Restaurant Nautical or the local Yacht Club's Pavilion? Be sure to book a cruise with the galleass Albanus, which takes you out into the archipelago while you enjoy shanty music.
What is a shanty?
A sea shanty, chantey, or chanty is a type of work song that was once commonly sung to accompany labor on board large merchant sailing vessels. The term shanty most accurately refers to a specific style of work song belonging to this historical repertoire. However, in recent, popular usage, the scope of its definition is sometimes expanded to admit a wider range of repertoire and characteristics, or to refer to a “maritime work song” in general.
