Southend-on-Sea's only female Sea Shanty crew. Arrrrrrr! thesilverdarlingsshanty.bandโฆ
Joined August 2019
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The Silver Darlings retweeted
26 May 2025
Closing In! ๐ฅ Folk-punk chaos from @TheDreadnoughts - POLKAโS NOT DEAD TOUR 2025 plus The @Skimmity Hitchers and newly added @ShantyDarlings, live at @TheUnderworld, Thursday 19 June
Final Tix ๐๏ธ tinyurl.com/UWdread
๐ถ spoti.fi/3dIotnj
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20 May 2024
Move over shipping forecast, @bbcessex is where all the exciting sea chat is happening today Arrrrrrrrrr ๐ Between 17:00-17:20 tune in for a round-up of the wonderful Leigh Shanty festival, which we performed at last Saturday and hear us singing our stripes off ๐บ ๐ต ๐ค ๐ ๐งโโ๏ธ
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16 Jun 2023
This looks set to be a cracking event - grab yer tickets quick! ๐ถ ๐งโโ๏ธ
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20 May 2023
Todayโs the day! The sun is out, the sky is blue, thereโs beer to be supped, ice creams to lick and shanties to sing!
See you down there?
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The Silver Darlings retweeted
7 May 2023
At The Hoy on Tuesday 9th May we have a very Special Night with excellent local groups @shantydarlings the Silver Darlings and @TheUmbrellaFac1 the Umbrella Factory sharing the bill. It makes for a guaranteed brilliant evening.
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The Silver Darlings retweeted
2 May 2023
COMING THIS MONTH
The Old Leigh Shanty weekend returns this month! Featuring a whole host of toe tappingly good shanty crews and folk artistes over one weekend, you'll be sorry if you miss this fantastic FREE event!
๐ Old Leigh
๐ 19 - 21 May
๐ ow.ly/oCzH50NQteU
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The Silver Darlings retweeted
30 Apr 2023
10 days to go till.......
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24 Apr 2023
๐ฃ BIG NEWS ANNOUNCEMENT ๐ฃ We are excited to announce that we will be performing atโฆ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ
๐ LATITUDE FESTIVAL ๐
Friday, Saturday and Sunday mornings in the Lavish Lounge arena - please do join us, it will be OAR-some ๐ถ ๐งโโ๏ธ #latitude #latitudefestival #shanty #folk
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20 Apr 2023
New publicity shots. I'll be honest, the new look is a bit of a departure for The Silver Darlings, but the neck beards are certainly eye-catching ๐ค ๐ #shanty #folk #womensupportingwomen #wellermansong #sailing #southendonsea
ALT Sepia photo of four elderly fishermen, posing by and on an upturned boat. They look to be Victorian in era with lots white facial hair, battered hats and knitted jumpers. Two of them are smoking pipes.
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5 Apr 2023
Our next public outing sees an Essex girl invasion of Kent! Rochester, brace yerselves!
We will be performing 3 sets on Saturday 29th April at the magnificent Sweeps festival. See you there? ๐ถ ๐งโโ๏ธ
5 Apr 2023
NEWS: Hundreds of Morris dancers will clatter their clogs along #Rochester's historic high street later this month. The Sweeps Festival, the UKโs largest celebration of folk music & dance, returns between Sat, 29 April and Mon, 1 May.
Find out more: orlo.uk/aNrdI
ALT A graphic with the words: Rochester Sweeps Festival, live folk music and dance with a picture of a female Morris dancer
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15 Jan 2023
How does an all-female shanty crew celebrate the impending arrival of a baby? With afternoon tea and a river cruise of course!
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22 Dec 2022
Wishing all our friends and families a very Merry Yuletide and heaps of blessings for the New Year
With massive love and thanks, for all your support ๐ฅฐ
2022 has been shantytastic! Hereโs to a rollickinโ good 2023!
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13 Nov 2022
Doors open at 10am, we are singing loud and raucous songs at 12pm, soft harmonious songs at 3pm and the massed shanty at 5pm
Oh! And itโs Grace Darlingโs birthday! Come and help celebrate! ๐ถ ๐งโโ๏ธ
12 Nov 2022
๐ถ#CuttySarkShantyFest returns next Saturday!
Join @HogEyeMen @LondonShanty @PagodaArts @pot_crew @shantydarlings and Swinging the Lead for a fantastic day of #SeaShanty performances and workshops in celebration of the tea clipper's birthday.
Join us: bit.ly/CSShantyFest22
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The Silver Darlings retweeted
12 Nov 2022
๐ถ#CuttySarkShantyFest returns next Saturday!
Join @HogEyeMen @LondonShanty @PagodaArts @pot_crew @shantydarlings and Swinging the Lead for a fantastic day of #SeaShanty performances and workshops in celebration of the tea clipper's birthday.
Join us: bit.ly/CSShantyFest22
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2 Nov 2022
Valhalla! So proud of our Viking Darling ๐งโโ๏ธ ๐ถ
2 Nov 2022
Our #WestieWednesday Spotlight is on @emilybarnes30 who's had a busy summer with a European feel, performing with her shanty crew in Belgium, Netherlands, Scotland and the South East, also taking part in the Camden Fringe festival, showcasing a play with fellow East 15 grads!
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28 Oct 2022
๐ถ can you hear us, pumping on your stereo ๐ถ
We are very humbled to appear as featured artists on Stuart Greenโs inestimable The Folk Club radio show this week.
Hereโs the link - do check it out for 3 of our album tracks ๐ถ ๐งโโ๏ธ
mixcloud.com/stuart-green16/โฆ
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The Silver Darlings retweeted
26 Oct 2022
1st play of Show 112 on burwell.radio/player/ at 7pm with featured artists @shantydarlings
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The Silver Darlings retweeted
21 Oct 2022
The Next Featured Artist on the The Folk Club (Show 112) are @shantydarlings
Plus your songs in 'Here We Are' this week from, Jacque Daniels, Forty Elephant Gang and Laura Mulcahy
From weds 26th Oct @BurwellRadio @BluesRootsRadio @westnfkradio
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15 Oct 2022
Front page of the Harwich Standard ๐คฉ
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