About St Ives

Shanty Shout

St Ives Shanty Shout is organised in collaboration with Friends of Edward Hain.

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.

Bamaluz Bootleggers might not sing together anymore and venues have come and gone along the way, but the core idea proved to be very popular and is now an annual event.

From 2023 we have chosen to partner with the Friends of the Edward Hain Centre who support health and wellbeing in St Ives

Groups - 2024

Around 30 groups came our 8th St Ives Shanty Shout (2024).

To read more about them... head over to our groups page

Information for 2025 will be announced nearer the event

An original painting by Donald MacLeod of a ship being unloaded by two skiff rowed by bootleggers. St Ives Shanty Shout.

Our 2024 Venues

We'd like to thank all the venues for their sponsorship.

We have cafes, hotels, bars and pubs supporting us, so head over to our venues page to find out more about them.

The St Ives Shanty Shout venues are all within walking distance of each other in the centre of St Ives, Cornwall.

We look forward to welcoming you to St Ives