What an absolutely brilliant weekend!  We are so grateful to everyone involved and to all the visitors who braved the weather.  Together you helped ensure the continued success of this event come rain or shine. Sincere thanks goes out to the performers who filled our towns with salty tunes for locals and visitors to enjoy and of course to our new maritime presenters who demonstrated great skills of old, told stories of the sea and provided singing workshops, a real treat and the cause of much buzz about town. Behind the scenes, the committee members, the Back Beach Boyz, their partners and the many, many volunteers who readily stepped forward to help ensure every base was covered, from hospitality and sound support through to collecting donations, selling programmes and merchandise.  Together you ensured a warm welcome and have made the Teign Shanty Festival 2019 the success it clearly is.  THANK YOU! Our thanks to the Mayor and Mayoress of Teignmouth who went out of their

Some brilliant tales of the sea brought to you by Lisa Schneidau at 11am

Just a reminder of the earlier start for Maritime events  today – 11am sees a talk on maritime flags at at The Ice Factory upstairs, whilst at the same venue and time, Figurehead will run a singing workshop downstairs.

                  Please note the changes to the published programme, which are detailed below. Please also note that, weather permitting, the River Teign Rowing Club taster Gig sessions will be going ahead on Sunday September 29th from 1pm until 3pm. Just head down to the area around the RNLI slipway, near to where the Teignmouth to Shaldon Ferry Boat lands and give it a go – no experience necessary and there will be friendly helpful people there to assist. Singing changes: Saturday 3 – 4 pm The Ferry Boat Chantry Buoys 7 – 8 pm The Lemon Tree Short Drag Roger 10 – 11 pm The Devon Arms Singaround  – hosted by Missin’ Tackle Sunday 3 – 4 pm Molloys Exmouth Shanty Men Maritime Experience Changes Saturday 12 noon – 1pm Alice Cross Centre – Alan Whitbread ‘s talk on history of shanties – Cancelled Sunday 1 – 2 pm Ice Factory Sailmaking Talk  – Cancelled 4 – 5 pm Ice Factory

Have you picked up your 132 page full colour printed programme yet??? You can pick one up from a range of outlets in Teignmouth, Shaldon and Dawlish – just £3 and profits from the sale of the programme go to charity. All the events themselves are FREE! Available from the Teign Shanty Festival Event Hub over the weekend and following places: Dawlish 🔹Dawlish Tourist Information Centre Teignmouth 🔹Alice Cross Centre 🔹Ashleigh Way Post Office 🔹Blue Anchor Inn 🔹Dicey Reillys  🔹Jolly Sailor 🔹Teign Heritage Centre 🔹Teign Music 🔹Teignmouth Pavillions 🔹Ship Inn 🔹Voyage  🔹Fair Trade Shaldon 🔹London Inn 🔹Spar