Falmouth International Sea Shanty Festival Events / Events Date: Jun 18, 2010 - 01:32 PM This year's Falmouth International Sea Shanty Festival starts today Fri 18 June. The following from Falmouth Shout's website... 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 2010 Festival The dates for the 2010 Falmouth International Sea Shanty Festival will be Friday 18th June to Sunday 20th June 2010. We have had an enormous amount of interest for groups from many different countries, from all over the UK and of course the usual strong Cornish contingent for the 2010 Festival. Groups who have so far confirmed they will be performing at the 2010 Falmouth International Sea Shanty Festival (additional groups will be updated as they confirm): Andrew McKay & Carole Etherton: Llangennith, Wales Cadgwith Singers: Cadgwith, Cornwall Cape Cornwall Singers: St Just, Cornwall Charlotte and Spong: Brighton, East Sussex Cherbourgh Shanties: Cherbourg, France Crossjack: Germany Dutch Courage: Netherlands Emder Shanty-Gruppe: Emden, Germany Exmouth Shantymen: Exmouth, Devon Falmouth Fish: Falmouth, Cornwall Falmouth Shout: Falmouth, Cornwall Fisherman's Friends: Port Isaac, Cornwall GU10: Guernsey Hanging Johnny: Plymouth and East Cornwall Hooks & Crookes: Waterford, Ireland Mariners Away: South Zeal, Devon Naze Shanty Crew: Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex Rum & Shrub: Cornwall Shake-a-Leg: Bideford, North Devon Sheringham Shantymen: Sheringham, Norfolk Stamp & Go: Perranporth, Cornwall Tavy Tars: Bere Ferrers, Devon Treverva Male Voice Choir: Cornwall Wareham Whalers: Wareham, Dorset For more information see www.falmouthshout.com. * This article comes from falmusic.co.uk http://falmusic.co.uk/ The URL for this story is: http://falmusic.co.uk/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=666