BDH Performances
After a thoroughly enjoyable – at least for us! – 2025, we are now looking forward to a bumper 2026 in terms of BDH performances around the UK and Europe. So, why not seek us out and enjoy shanties just as they should be!
See us atthe following in 2026 (more details follow later)
Lamb Inn Silverton (near Exeter), Friday Jan 30th at 7pm
Krakow Shanty Festival Poland, Feb 21st/22nd
Cockwood Shanty Festival on Sunday March 22nd
Plymouth Pirate Weekend on w/e of 9th/10th May
Port Isaac Shanty Festival on Saturday October 3rd
Weston Shanty Festival, Weston-Super-Mare on Saturday 1st n
Mevagissey Shanty Festival from the 16th to 18th October
St Ives Shanty Shout on 20th and 21st November
And remember, we also go down a storm at private functions such as weddings, birthdays, anniversaries and corporate events – so get in touch and let us liven things up with a performance of sea songs and shanties you will never forget! (email: battendownthehatchesuk@gmail.com)
And if you can’t get to see us live, below you will find a few recorded morsels to keep you going till we can meet!
Leaving of Liverpool
Six Feet of Mud
The Wellerman
Tinnie (lend me your pigeon!)
- Roseabella (one fine morning in the month of ???)
- Home Boys Home (the oak and the ash and the bonny rowan tree)
Batten Down the Hatches 