🎼 The Albany Shantymen are recording a new album and we want you to be a part of our live audience!

Albany Town Hall is booked, we’ve got a bar on and we’re ready to have a shantastic time with you recording our more recent songs for a new album.

Entry to the venue is FREE
Drinks and snacks available for purchase (no BYO, sorry!)
Limited seating available

💬 Hit us up on our socials if you have any questions. Can't wait to see you there!

🔔 Reminder: this is a live gig, intended to record content for our next album. The performance may stop, start, repeat, require audience participation or ask for (relative) quiet. Please do not be disappointed if your favourite song isn't sung, as it may be on one of our previous albums, available on Spotify, or from Paperbark Merchants!

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A B O U T T H E A L B A N Y S H A N T Y M E N

This rowdy bunch of local Albany men sing together to pay homage to the merchant sailors of old with rhythmic choruses and rousing solos to stir the blood and soothe the soul. Their repertoire of songs, some self-penned, come from all parts of the globe - wherever sailors harnessed the wind with rope and old canvas.

Currently consisting of 15 men who perform primarily sea shanties and folk music in the English tradition, they came to the attention of media for their rendition of the 1800s folk song “Wellerman”, as the song was popularized on the video sharing social network service TikTok in early 2021 by singer Nathan Evans.

Cheer, stamp, clap and sing along to the Albany Shantymen at their regular gigs at Six Degrees Albany - every first and third Tuesday of the month - or at special events advertised on social media.