The 4th Annual CT Sea Music Festival will sail into historic downtown Essex, CT on the weekend of June 6-9. This family-friendly event includes a Symposium on the Music of the Sea, free daytime workshops and concerts featuring local, regional, and international maritime performers, a family stage, demonstrations of sailor skills, sails on the Connecticut River, a Sunday morning revival-style hymn sing, and late night Chantey Sings in the historic Griswold Inn and the Essex Corinthian Yacht Club. Main stage evening concerts are ticketed events. Stroll Essex with ice cream in hand and hear sea chanteys and maritime music from all over the world!

 

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The CT Sea Music Festival is a project of the Maritime Music & Tradition Society Corp., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. It receives major sponsorship from Privé-Swiss, sponsorships from The Connecticut Office of the Arts (COA), The Folk Music Society of New York, Inc. and 4Imprint, and support from The Paul Foundation, The Griswold Inn, and The Essex Corinthian Yacht Club. For more information, visit the Festival website at ctseamusicfest.org or contact@ctseamusicfest.org. ■