Newport Pirates in the Port.

The Shanty and Folk Festival in Newport, 31st May and 1st June 2025

Kit Elliott

6/5/20251 min read

We had a great time in Newport. We did three performances altogether, two on Saturday and one on Sunday and we were received very well at all of them. The first one, the picture above, was at 1pm on Saturday at McCanns pub. Although we were supposed to be on the stage, everybody was outside in front of the pub, so we set up there instead and entertained McCann's and the two pubs either side as well.

Second up was Sips coffee shop and Bar. It was a little empty when we started, but soon filled up as we sang. I think our sound was echoing around the hall outside the entrance.

Following that, on Sunday we sang at 2pm in "LePub". They have a proper venue and we were very fortunate to have a full PA system there and a real sound engineer to run the desk. Thanks Joe😉.

A very big thanks to Bois Y Bryn who organised it all. We are already looking forward to next year when we hope to have some new songs to add to our ever expanding repertoire. Hope to see you all then.