FOG BLOG SAINT JOHN LOG: SEA SHANTY FESTIVAL WAS THIS WEEKEND IN THE SAINT JOHN AREA!

Fundy Sea Shanty Festival ⚓︎ August 12th 3:00 PM to August 14th 6:00 PM SAINT MARTINS, NEW BRUNSWICK

The tiny seaside village of St. Martins, N.B., served as the backdrop to the first-ever Fundy Sea Shanty Festival this summer. Proudly presented by our partners Port Saint John, DP World and Envision Saint John, this event payed tribute to the time-honored east coast tradition of sailing songs and the region’s rich maritime history. “St. Martins” was a big shipbuilding port, major shipbuilding port, and Yarmouth was a major ship-owning port,” says Eric Ruff, skipper for the group the Yarmouth Shantymen. “The festival gave us a chance to talk about the history of where we come from.” Sea shanties are traditional tunes that were sung by sailors during work aboard ships and, as Ruff explains, each song has a particular rhythm to match the task at hand.