Krakow Shanty Festival

The crew are very proud to be taking part in our first European Shanty Festival. Here's hoping its the start of things to come.

For over four decades, Kraków has hosted this salty sea shanty festival with so much success that it has spawned an astounding twenty other shanty festivals across Poland. The festival has risen to become not only the most important celebration of maritime music in the country, but the largest in all of Europe. Attracting salt-creased sea dogs, selkies, and sirens from across the continent, the biggest stars of sea songs perform on the festival stage and at afterparties in the Stary Port sailor tavern (the best part of the festival). In addition to concerts, expect a raft of workshops, photo exhibitions, and other accompanying events. Foreigners need fear not—while many of the performers are Polish, there are plenty of international acts as well.

Shanties 2025 will be…