St Ives Shanty Shout

12/06/2026

ANNOUNCING a fun and exciting new venture between the Edward Hain Centre and Shanty Shout teams: SHANTY KIDS!

In the lead-up to this year’s St Ives Shanty Shout festival, the Edward Hain Centre and Shanty Shanty Shout teams are launching Shanty Kids, a community initiative for local children aged 5 - 10 years old. The aim: to give them the opportunity to learn and perform traditional Cornish sea shanties and perform them at St Ia's - St Ives Parish Church as part of the Shanty Shout festival programme in November.

So if you have children or grandchildren between ages 5 and 10 who love to sing — this could be tailor made for them!

The Shanty Kids will be taught the songs by a professional shanty singer: none other than Pilchard The Pirate Workshops and rehearsals will be at the Centre (at school-friendly times) between August and November, with the concert happening at St Ia on Saturday, November 21st. (Time tba)

🔸 For more details (including provisional timetable), and how to enroll your Shanty Kid, see here: https://edwardhaincentre.org.uk/shanty-kids-2026/
🔸 Ready to sign up? Email [email protected]

- please to help get the word out. We are SO excited about this, and hope you are too! ❤️

15/05/2026

If you’re at the St Ives Food Festival, please pop along to the Community tent to see the Edward Hain Centre team

14/05/2026

Catch us this weekend in the Community Tent supporting the Edward Hain Centre at the St Ives Food and Drink Festival

Tomorrow, Friday May 15th, our charitable pal Pilchard The Pirate will be there too

The Edward Hain Centre will be running their first-ever Cash Prize Raffle! (Tickets will be on sale all weekend)
🔸 £100 is the minimum prize; could be more, depending on number of tickets sold.
🔸 Ticket price: £1 each, or 6 for £5.
🔸 Ticket for sale all weekend - on-site only (raffle rules!) until raffle draw.
🔸 PRIZE DRAW is in the Community Tent at 4PM on SUNDAY, May 17th.

06/05/2026

Come and support EHC in the Community Tent

Starts next Friday, May 15th! We'll be in the Community Tent every day from Friday to Sunday 17th, with other community groups.

Hain Highlight: On Friday, we're joined by special guest Pilchard The Pirate, our hero of St Ives Shanty Shout, who'll be helping us sell tickets for our first ever £100 Cash Prize Raffle! Tickets are available ALL WEEKEND, on-site only (lottery rules): £1 each of 6 for a fiver - so come on in, say hello, and have a flutter!

Raffle draw will be on Sunday 17th in the tent, at 4pm.

16/04/2026

A quick shout out for our charity partner - Edward Hain Centre - who have an event this weekend

31/03/2026

Thanks to The Rusty Tubs for mentioning us in their recent blog

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27/02/2026

If you’d like to know more about how to help our charity partner- Edward Hain Centre - pop along to their event tomorrow

28/11/2025

A big Shout of Thanks to the 250+ singers from over 30 groups, the volunteer collectors (with Fred Thomas aka 'Betty' and Pilchard The Pirate), our sound engineers and for everyone who came along and listened/sang/donated last weekend, helping us raise £4627.91 for the Edward Hain Centre.

The event would not have been possible without the sponsorship from St Austell Brewery and the support of the venues The Bier Huis Grand Cafe, The Golden Lion, Harbour View House, The Lifeboat Inn, Pedn Olva, the Pilchard Press, the Queen's Hotel, The Rum & Crab Shack, Sea of Coffee, Tretho Lounge and The Western Hotel along with support from St Ives Town Council.

24/11/2025

Thank you everyone

SHANTY FANTASTIC! What a brilliant St Ives Shanty Shout weekend – with a whopping £4627.91 in cash donations for the Edward Hain Centre. So many people helped make this an event that everyone heartily enjoyed, while raising funds that are invaluable in keeping us running. We are beyond ecstatic, and so grateful.

🙏🏽 THANK YOU to all the groups who came from near or far, and all the venues who hosted them (please see listings at https://www.stivesshantyshout.co.uk/ );
🙏🏽 THANK YOU to everyone who came to and contributed your joyful spirit, generously donating your hard-earned cash for the cause;
🙏🏽 THANK YOU to the inimitable Cornish Maid, Betty Stoggs, and Pilchard The Pirate, for tireless bucket-wielding on our behalf;
🙏🏽 And THANK YOU to each one of our volunteers who gave time and footwork to collect donations. From A-Z: ⭐️ Angela & Mark Long ⭐️ Angie & Graham Evetts ⭐️ Catherine Pinfield & Nigel Melton ⭐️ Cath & Geoff Gaskell ⭐️ Jon Cox ⭐️ Jude Pemberton ⭐️ Justine Goff ⭐️ Kevin & Ian Veal ⭐️ Louise Vallis ⭐️ Lynne Isaacs ⭐️ Maggie Taylor, Maureen and Jo ⭐️ Meera Chandrakar ⭐️ Patricia (Tricia) Friskney-Adams ⭐️ Rob Jefferies ⭐️ Sandra Martin ⭐️ Sheila Roughneen ⭐️ Shelley Jackson ⭐️ Sophia Johnson ⭐️ Suzanne Ellacott
🙏🏽 Last but not least, we're sneaking in another big THANK YOU to the St Ives Shanty Shout committee, and all who worked so very hard to make this such a success - including our own EHC staff, director Sharron Goldingay, Sr. Office Manager Kerrie Cox and husband, and Community Hub Officer, Claire Jefferies (with apologies to Kerrie and Claire's other halves, who are now listed too - see above 🙏🏽)

You are all stars.

⭐️ 💜 ⭐️ ❤️ ⭐️ 💜 ⭐️ ❤️ ⭐️ 💜 ⭐️ ❤️ ⭐️ 💜 ⭐️ ❤️ ⭐️ 💜 ⭐️ ❤️ ⭐️ 💜 ⭐️

23/11/2025

If you enjoyed our Shanty Shout and would like to donate more or you missed the collection buckets you can still donate online. https://www.stivesshantyshout.co.uk/ and scroll down to the QR code. Thanks

St Ives Shanty Shout was started in 2016 by members of Bamaluz Bootleggers. They invited some friends to come and sing with them and raise some money for a good cause.