A Very Sea Shanty Xmas Party

Hey Ho Ho Ho and a bottle of rum (or coconut water?)! ⚓

NAUTICAL GAMES /// BEST DRESSED PRIZES /// SINGALONG SHANTIES /// XMAS-TYPE STUFF

Prepare to be hit by a wave of joy and merriment as the Full Wellington Sea Shanty Society Experience transform the Vogelmorn Bowling Club into a shanty wonderland.

Your work xmas-party is going to be lame or they probably won't even have a budget for it...so slap a 2-dollar shop Santa's hat on 2026 and have a sing with Aotearoa's Most Seaworthy Shanty crew.

If there's one thing we can all agree on in this country, it's that xmas needs more sea shanties!

We'll have shanty booklets for all ye faithful and merch for Xmas presents.

All ages licenced venue so bring the whānau if you want! Tamariki under 12 are free.

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REVIEWS:
Their live performances have turned into raucous crowd-participating evenings around the capital and there's certainly a Mumford and Sons-style danceability to these nine tracks which take them beyond simple comic value - although you'll be hard-pressed not to listen with a smile on your face.
Stuff.co.nz

It’s hard to describe the impact of stadium concert level audience euphoria in a small community hall, yet that is what it is. Bopping bodies, bathed in coloured light, so into the music, which is just fantastic in every way. The dance area is more like an ecstatic mosh pit.
Theatreview

Do you still call it “stagecraft” if they work the whole room? We split into hoorays and hoorahs for shanty classic Le Corsaire Le Grand Coureur. Things get tribal. Swords are brandished. It is indeed a tempest.
The Post

The debut release from Wellington Sea Shanty Society is, as the album and band title suggest, brimful of tunes of which the Pogues would be proud.
Otago Daily Times.

Probably New Zealand's best dance album of the year
Sunday Star Times.

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WELLINGTON SEA SHANTY SOCIETY

Aotearoa New Zealand's Most 'Sea Worthy' Shanty Group™ have been belting out traditional and original sea songs from Aotearoa, France, Spain, the UK and more, since time immemorial (2012).
The W.S.S.S have toured Aotearoa and France multiple times and are known for their rowdy and participatory live shows. They've performed at Paimpol (one of the world's largest shanty festivals), Splore, Albany Folk Festival (Aus), Quebec Sea Shanty Festival (Canada) and a shipload of other festivals in NZ, France & Canada.

They will be playing new classics from their forthcoming EP 'Never Mind the Rowlocks' as well as your foamy favourites from the 'Sea Shanties of the 70s, 80s, & Today!' EP and their 'Now That's What I Call Sea Shanties' series.