Hundreds of people descended on a seaside town on the first day of a three-day sea shanty festival. People came from as far as Canada and the US to enjoy the not-for-profit event in Harwich ...

A traditional sea shanty festival is returning next month with acts travelling to an Essex coastal town from all over Europe.

The Barnacle Buoys are one of the acts playing in Weston-super-Mare this weekend The organisers of a town's first-ever sea shanty festival hope to benefit from the genre's new-found popularity.

The Alma Inn is one one many venues across Harwich taking part in the town's shanty festival Hundreds of people descended on a seaside town on the first day of a three-day sea shanty festival.