Some years ago we did a Crimbo gig at the 'Kingsdown Wine Vaults'. It was EPIC, one of our favourite gigs ever! We actually had it recorded thinking we might put it out as a live album, but that never happened..... So we thought it about time we did another seasonal outing of shanty silliness, at the location of our best-attended shanty singarounds. Spread the word. Let's see if we can fill the place again!!
A new event and location for us. (We love it when these requests come out of the blue!) So the Trowmen will be bringing some of their trademark shanty harmonies and silliness to Calne. A meagre £7 for over an hour of blended vocal glory. Bargain! Not seen us? You must! Local to Calne? Tell all your friends.......
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After last year's inaugural sea shanty festival in Bristol, it's returning in spades! More groups (20+), more venues (7), more performances (50+) and perhaps even more ale will be drunk........ The Trowmen are delighted to return and support this local charity event run by volunteers, and hope you will come along in droves and spread the words for a fabulous musical day out in our nautical city :-).
We sang at this small church last year as a threesome, and were blown away by it's glorious acoustics! We just seem to sing better without microphones and a PA. We actually did a warmup sing in the local pub before the gig, which went down well, so did again afterwards!! Small, local, charitable event, and we're back as a full-strength foursome! PLEASE lend your support and patronage.
We are proper Trowmen tickled to be invited back to the glorious Shrewsbury Folk Festival for the third time as performers (we were there as punters and ran a small shanty singing workshop in 2021). The first line-up announcement has been made and tickets go on sale today, so go check out their website. On our mission to prove to the world that there's more than one sea shanty, we'll bring our usual glorious a cappella harmonies and general silliness to the event. See you there!
After a desperate 3-year absence, we're booked back at our favourite local folk festival, high up on the Mendip Hills, where we first just rocked up to sing in the pubs about 9 years ago!! We'll be doing a couple of our own gigs, helping with some shanty singarounds and workshops, plus doing some general busking across the weekend. More details to follow.
Yea, we know. We launched our new album online at the end of February, so this is a bit late..... But this is the return of the Trowmen to dedicated gigs in our home town after a VERY long break. So we're calling it an album launch party, a homecoming, a re-grouping back to the core four, a glorious return from the frozen wastelands of shantydom........ No tickets, just turn up, buy lots of beer and we'll send a bucket round at the end. Hope to see LOADS of our local fans again!!
We've been invited back to this small but perfectly formed mini festival early next year, a slightly scaled down version of previous, but still with plenty of quality performers. We're singing on the bar stage on Friday evening. All money raised goes towards Zone Club, a charity which allows young disabled people to make music at the centre. It should be quite intimate and plenty of fun! #BradfordRoots2022 https://www.facebook.com/events/303755708420936
LOTS of stuff going on at various locations in Hotwells! Poetry, music, dance, comedy (see their website.) We're singing in the marquee outside Nova Scotia at 1.00pm on Sunday. Come along, bring friends, enjoy!
Multiple local shanty groups, singing in/on various waterfront venues. The Trowmen performances are as follows - The Underfall Yard (1.30-2.00pm), The Matthew (3.00-3.20pm), and Brunel Square (4.30-5.00pm). Other groups also performing on SS Great Britain. Full details on 'Bristol Shanty' Facebook page.
We've been asked to sing in a church in Melksham, so will probably be ditching the PA and indulging in the glorious acoustic of the place! We'll probably do 2 sets of 45 minutes, and might just sing a bit more in the local pub afterwards :-). Tickets are £8 in advance from The Bell on the Common, Broughton Gifford and Holt Superstore, or £10 on the night.
The amazing village folk of Woolaston, near Lydney, have decided to organise a mini festival, just to give some fun to their residents. Good for them :-) Bar, burgers, bouncy castle, plus we're singing there. What's not to like? If you're fairly local, come along!!
We're not official performers this year, but the lovely organisers have agreed to let us run a Sea Shanty singing workshop on the Saturday evening :-). This was so popular last time we did it that we burst out of our indoor venue and had to run it outside, standing on a picnic bench! Anyone remember that?? Full details in the festival program. We'd LOVE to see some of you again!!
Family fun days where kids will be able to make their own pirate boat, there will be stories about conditions and hardship in old Poole, plus a soundtrack of sea shanties provided by the Trowmen. We'll do 3 short sets at 11.00am, 12.45pm and 2.30pm, so easy to catch us for at least one of them!