UPCOMING PERFORMANCES AND EVENTS.
2024
8th November Sunderland Royal Navy Association, Pickle Night
28th July North East Submarine Association, Cullercoats
18th May Sunderland Local History Society
14th May Bowes Belles WI Wrekenton
PREVIOUS PERFORMANCES AND EVENTS.
2024.
18th March Gateshead U3A Low Fell
2023.
14th December Fenham Local History Society
3rd November Pickle Night RNA Sunderland
30th September Oyster Festival Roker
17th September Whitburn Souter Lighthouse
2nd September Gateshead (Private Stagg Party)
12th August Hartlepool Headland Festival
8th July Hartlepool Tall Ships
25th June Seaham RNLI Lifeboat Day
24th June Sunderland Armed Forces Day
4th May U3A Washington
2022.
1st December The Willow Club Whitley Bay
27th October McCarthy and Stone Fenham
1st September HMS Trincomalee Hartlepool
30th June McCarthy and Stone Hexham
26th June RNLI Seaham
19th June RNLI Awards Event Queensferry
7th March. Heddon W.I. Private function.
26th February Trinity House, Newcastle
10th February Kenton Lodge. Private function.
17th Jan. U3A. Cleadon All Saints Village Hall.
2021.
13th December. Whickham local History Society. Private function.
10th December. The Manors, Prudhoe.
1st March. Heddon W.I. – Cancelled corona virus.
25th Jan. U3A Cleadon. Cancelled – corona virus.
2020.
13th Nov. The Manors, Prudhoe. Cancelled – corona virus.
10th Oct. Kenton Lodge. Cancelled – corons virus.
30th August 2020. Newbiggin by the Sea Music Day. Cancelled – corona virus.
26th June 2020. The Peoples Theatre, Jesmond as part of Maggie’s Walk. Cancelled – corona virus.
6th June2020. Bede Tower, Sunderland. Cancelled – corona virus.
2nd April 2020. The Sage. Cancelled – corona virus.
2019.
12th Dec. 2019 Fenham Local History Association. Christmas Event
18th Nov. 2019 Cleadon. U3A.
20th Oct. 2019 Hartlepool Folk Festival. R. N. Museum and aboard the Trincomalee.
14th Sept. 2019 Bede Tower, Sunderland. “The Radical North.”
25th August. 2019 Newbiggin Bank Holiday Fair.
3rd July. 2019 The Sage, Northern Rock Foundation Hall.
24th June.2019 Amber, film preview “The Fishing Industry Project”
June 23rd . 2019 East Durham Heritage and Lifeboat Centre, Seaham.
4th May. Kenton Lodge. 2019 Private event.
12th April. 2019 The Hearth, Horsley.
16th March. 2019 Finale of Music Marathon Day. Holy Trinity Church, Swalwell.
2018.
10th Dec. 2018. Heddon Local History Group. Xmas party.
3rd December 2018. The Silvers Xmas show.
1st December 2018. Fosums Christmas party. Sunderland.
25th October 2018. Double bill with Maggie Feeney. The Globe.
31st August 2018. St Mary’s Lighthouse, for their 120th birthday celebrations.
26th August 2018. Newbiggin by the Sea. Bandstand. Summer Fair.
28th July 2018. The Sage. Concourse. Exhibition of the North.
14th July. 2018. Sunderland Y.C.
12th July 2018. Singing with The Northern Lights Choir at Trinity, Gosforth.
10th July 2018. Sunderland Tall Ships Race. St. Peter’s Campus.
12th June 2018. Royal Northumberland Yacht club. Private function.
7th June 2018. Amber film shoot. The Old Low Light.
6th April 2018. Kenton Lodge, Gosforth, Newcastle. Private function.
18th March 2018. The Ship, Newton by the Sea. (Snowed off!).
5th March. 2018.Tynedale Rugby Football Club, Corbridge. A memorial tribute to founder Shantyman Black Jack (aka Keith Laidler).
17th February 2018. Woodhorn Museum, Northumberland.
2017.
11th December 2017. Heddon-on-the-Wall local history society.
6th December 2017. Central Bar Gateshead, Xmas Party.
3rd November 2017. National Museum of the Royal Navy, Hartlepool “Pickle Night” with Storiella
1st November 2017. Age Concern, Ashington. Volunteers prize-giving ceremony.
7th October 2017 Snods Edge Beer Festival, Shotley Bridge.
13th October 2017. The Vault at Haslam’s of Hallgate, Hexham.
9th September 2017. BAAFest, Bellingham, Northumberland.
28th August Newbiggin Pirate Fayre and Coxswains Memorial.
14th August 2017. Trinity House, Newcastle upon Tyne.
30th July 2017 Newbiggin Flower and Vegetable Show (Bandstand).
5th July 2017 St Mary’s Heritage Centre, Gateshead, as part of the William Shield Festival.
1st July 2017 Old Low Light Heritage Centre, North Shields. (A Fishermen’s Mission event)
16th June 2017 The Globe, Newcastle, with Storiella and Euphoria.
8th April 2017 Silver Vocal Day at The Sage.
28th January 2017 Old Low Light Heritage Centre, North Shields. (“Sail Not Drift” Art Exhibition)
2016.
7th December 2016 Silver Shantymen Christmas Party at Central Bar, Gateshead.
18th November 2016 International Men’s Day at Scotswood Centre, Newcastle.
15th October 2016 The Globe, Newcastle, with Storiella.
7th October 2016 Snods Edge Beer Festival, Shotley Bridge.
2nd October 2016 The Lookout Cafe, Seaham Harbour.
1st October 2016 International Day at Brunswick Church, Newcastle
28th September 2016 A Royal Voluntary Services Event in The Sage Barbour Room.
28th August 2016 Newbiggin Bandstand as part of the Tall Ships’ Festival.
7th August 2016 National Trust Open Day at Souter Lighthouse, Whitburn.
17th July 2016 The Big Silver Event, an all-day Festival at The Sage featuring several other Silver groups.
6th July 2016 The Silver Angels’ AGM in the Gateshead Old Town Hall (GOTH) council chamber.
24th March 2016 Part of a Silver Event in GOTH main hall.
23rd March 2016 The Central Bar, Gateshead.
2015.
2nd December 2015 The first advertised public performance of 5 songs in the GOTH cafe.
18th September 2015 An informal, unadvertised performance of 2 shanties in the GOTH cafe.
23rd September 2015 The first practice of the autumn term with five more Shantymen turning up to practise with the original six.
11th September 2015 An informal gathering of the Shantymen performing 6 songs to their wives in Corbridge.
22nd April 2105 The first Shantymen practice with 6 singers is held at GOTH.
April 2015 Opportunities to join the Silver Shantymen were advertised in the Silver Bugle.
18th March 2015 Preliminary meeting of the original four Shantymen at GOTH.