performing live in the historic hippodrome for one night only- sat april 25th
THE SHERINGHAM SHANTYMEN
Gt Yarmouth and Gorleston Lifeboat guild presents for One night only performance of popular Shanty songs by The Sheringham Shantymen, all proceeds in aid of the Local RNLI stations.
The Sheringham Shantymen travel widely throughout the UK and Ireland supporting Lifeboat Stations in their fundraising efforts and are always considering how they can help others to raise funds by performing concerts and now they come to the Historic Great Yarmouth Hippodrome to perform in the unique pirate lagoon with the iconic pirate ship making a great setting for the sea shanties on Saturday 25th April 2026 at 7pm.
The Shantymen have visited Germany, Virginia USA twice, Ireland four times, Holland twice and France twice. As well as hundreds of local performances the group has entertained at prestigious Maritime Festivals at Bristol, Lincoln, Ipswich, Great Yarmouth, Southampton start of the 2000 Tall Ships Race) and Portsmouth Festival of the Sea.
They helped open the International Boat Show at Earl’s Court in 1995 and have appeared on national television in ‘The Big Breakfast Show’, ‘Highway’ (with the late Sir Harry Secombe), Children in Need, and ‘Blue Peter’ for which they have ‘the badge’. Since 1990 the group has completed over 1,000 public performances, made three videos and recorded 7 CD’s the most recent one in 2016.