By far the biggest event in the shanty calendar is nearly here again, this year running from Friday 13th June - Sunday 15th June. Yes, its the Falmouth International Sea Shanty Festival and the Tars will be there doing our stuff as usual on Friday evening and Saturday. We are are just a part of the 48 shanty crews, national and international that will be there.
Here is a link to this year's festival programme, which includes details of the 5 locations where we will be performing over the weekend. Nice to see that this year the Tars are being sponsored by our friends at Seasalt, who are now main sponsors of the festival too.
We look forward to meeting friends old and new and to seeing some of our local supporters there too!
Tavy Tars on YouTube
- Greenland Whales- Falmouth 2016
- My Last Night in Baltimore at Falmouth Int Shanty Festival 2014
- Plymouth Pirate Weekend-May 2014
- Tars in Bere Ferrers-December 2013
- Tavy Tars singing on the ketch Irene at Bristol Harbour Festival 2011
- Tavy Tars sing James Craig
- Watch the Tars sing 'Roots'
- Watch the Tars sing Cousin Jack
- Watch the Tars sing High Barbary at Falmouth Int. Shanty Festival 09
- Watch the Tars singing Barrett's Privateers at Falmouth Int. Shanty Festival 09
- Watch the Tars singing Roll Alabama Roll at Falmouth Int. Shanty Festival 09
- Watch the Tars singing Sloop John B at Falmouth Int. Shanty Festival 09
- Watch the Tars singing Whip Jamboree at Falmouth Int. Shanty Festival 08
A Bit about the Tavy Tars
The Tars celebrated their 10th anniversary in 2013. Formed originally to sing shanties at the launch of a new pilot gig on the river Tamar, the pleasure of performing together has kept us going ever since.
The Tars mostly live on the Bere Peninsula in West Devon, where there is a fine tradition of amateur music making. Apart from the music, we are bound together by a shared interest in rowing, sailing and all things nautical. Our music reflects that shared interest - we perform a mixture of traditional sea shanties and other 'songs of the sea', blending male voice harmonies with instrumental support from guitar, concertina and banjo.
As our reputation has grown, we have been invited to perform at some very different events, across the South West and beyond. Favourites have included surprising the passengers on the 'Scillonian III' ferry between Penzance and the Isles of Scilly, and the Christmas shoppers at the John Lewis store on Oxford Street. We have attended the Falmouth International Sea Shanty Festival for many years. Whatever next?
The Tars mostly live on the Bere Peninsula in West Devon, where there is a fine tradition of amateur music making. Apart from the music, we are bound together by a shared interest in rowing, sailing and all things nautical. Our music reflects that shared interest - we perform a mixture of traditional sea shanties and other 'songs of the sea', blending male voice harmonies with instrumental support from guitar, concertina and banjo.
As our reputation has grown, we have been invited to perform at some very different events, across the South West and beyond. Favourites have included surprising the passengers on the 'Scillonian III' ferry between Penzance and the Isles of Scilly, and the Christmas shoppers at the John Lewis store on Oxford Street. We have attended the Falmouth International Sea Shanty Festival for many years. Whatever next?
Contact and Bookings
- To contact us about anything or discuss a possible booking, please email us at: tavytars@gmail.com
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