Singalong Shanties With The Wellington Sea Shanty Society!

Round up Your Crew and Come Have a Sing and a Dance with Aotearoa New Zealand's Finest Proponents of the Sea Shanty!

Best Dressed Prizes! Nautical Games! Singalong Madness!

It's Labour Weekend so Monday Is a Holiday Too!

The Wellington Sea Shanty Society

Aotearoa New Zealand's Most 'Sea Worthy' Shanty Group™ have been belting out traditional and original sea songs from Aotearoa, France, Spain, the UK and more, since time immemorial (2012).

Seafarers and landlubbers from across the globe have been battered by the rousing chorus of this 4-sailor squall of pure shanty. With squeezebox, git-fiddle, fiddle, and drums expect rousing harmonies and raucous foot-stomping abound! Plus, the W.S.S.S believe that 'a shanty shared is a shanty savoured', so they pass out shanty song sheets so we can all sing along.

The W.S.S.S have toured Aotearoa and France multiple times and are known for their rowdy and participatory live shows. They've performed at Paimpol (one of the world's largest shanty festivals), Splore, and a shipload of other festivals in NZ, France & Canada. Their new EP 'Sea Shanties of the 70s, 80s, & Today!' has just recently surfaced to complement their 'Now That's What I Call Sea Shanties' series. Another must-listen is 'Ahoy!' - a French/English album made with Nantes amis Croche Dedans.

They have recently been riding the 'Wellerman' wave as their recording was released prior to the 'shantytok' phenomena and is widely regarded as the definitive version.

Live videos: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLucz5QmfKt0mdVGE-qBDQwpT_AnzqJMNx&si=4oP0BkoNZmCLiIwf

Reviews:
Probably New Zealand's best dance album of the year
Sunday Star Times.

Their live performances have turned into raucous crowd-participating evenings around the capital and there's certainly a Mumford and Sons-style danceability to these nine tracks which take them beyond simple comic value - although you'll be hard-pressed not to listen with a smile on your face.
Stuff.co.nz