A 'great deal of fun' will be coming to the city's Riverside this September.
The Glasgow Sea Shanty Festival, which will take place on The Tall Ship Glenlee, will be making its return to the city on Saturday, September 2.
The day will be filled with a range of free family-friendly activities including stories, workshops, face painting, a light show and ticketed live music.
Describing the festival as a day of 'sheer pleasure', organiser Tom Malone told the Glasgow Times: "It is so great to be back.
"I'm very excited for just the sheer pleasure of the festival. The day is a great deal of fun.
"We have some great musicians like The Keelers, who are a well-known shanty band in England, Glasgows own Muldoon's Picnic who perform acapella and LocTup Together who have been singing shanties for years.
"We have loads of other acts too and some choirs including Govanhill Voices.
"Every year we run this festival audiences are quick to learn the songs and frequently join in and it's just timeless."
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The festival first started in 2019 after Tom noticed a lack of shanty representation in music events around the country.
He said: "I used to attend the Clydebuilt Festival on the Quayside, which would finish in the late afternoon.
"One year I attended I was really into sea shanties and noticed that these shanty festivals were popping up across England in the likes of Halifax and even France.
"They are very popular there and attract thousands of people but there was none in Scotland.
"Tying in with the Clydebuilt festival, I then thought I could create a mini festival of shanty singing and so, that's what I did.
"The festival has been as popular as I hoped it would be since we started it up.
"Though we had to go online for a few years during Covid, we were able to come back in person in 2022 and have continued to grow our following."
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The day, which will kick off at 12.30pm and finish around 10.45pm, will also have a programme on the history and background of shanty singing for attendees to view inside the Riverside Museum.
Should it rain on the day, the festival will take place inside the museum rather than on the stationary ship, where Tom hopes to still 'entertain and attract a few people' into the venue.
Attendees will have to pay for the first half of the day (12.30pm until 4pm), while the evening shows (taking place from 7.30pm) remain free.
Tickets can be purchased HERE
For more information about the festival, or to contact the organisers, click HERE
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