The Llandoger Trow launch Sea Shanty singing night
Posted on: 14 Jun 2022The team behind one of Bristol’s oldest and most renowned watering holes have announced a unique new live music series.
Apt considering the rich history of the venue, popular King Street pub The Llandoger Trow will be running a bi-monthly Sea Shanty event every second and fourth Tuesday of the month.
Beginning tonight (Tuesday 14 June), the famous timber-framed pub - which dates back to 1664 - has hosted a whole heap of new events since its reopening in 2021 after a two-year closure.
Visit the pub's Facebook page for more information.
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— The Llandoger Trow (@llandoger_trow) June 14, 2022
sea, the name of the ship was the Billy of Tea! ??
Tonight! We are commencing our Sea
Shanty Singing Night at The Llandoger Trow ????
Free Entry for all!
8pm
Where better for Sea Shanties than the drinking
hole of Captain Blackbeard himself!?????? pic.twitter.com/zCzqRU7DzZ
One of the most historic and renowned pubs in Bristol, boasting an unmistakable black and white front, The Llandoger Trow was built in the 1600s and takes its name from a local village – the birthplace of flat-bottom boats.
It also holds an important place in literary legend, having reportedly been the meeting place for Daniel Defoe and the man he eventually based Robinson Crusoe on as well as being the inspiration for characters in Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island.
With this rich nautical history in mind, The Llandoger Trow is the perfect setting for this brand-new Sea Shanty Singing Night set to be held every second and fourth Tuesday of the month.
The art of sea shanties has had something of a revival in recent years, mainly due to a 2021 TikTok trend bringing back such melodies as ‘What Shall We Do with the Drunken Sailor’ and ‘The Wellerman’.
The last time sea shanties were in their heyday, so too was the Llandoger Trow with the cosy interior of the King Street pub echoing with the sound of fishermen, merchant sailors and whalers singing these maritime-themed folk songs.
Indeed, a trip to the pub might even culminate in a ghostly meeting with these seventeenth-century sailors...
The most haunted pub in #Bristol is the @LlandogerTrow The best known and most tragic ghost is Pierre, a boy who doesn't know he's dead. pic.twitter.com/IFKQ8Ouglg
— Weird Bristol (@WeirdBristol) October 31, 2017
Head to The Llandoger Trow's website or Facebook page to find out more about the free bi-monthly event and discover what else the pub has on offer.
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Stan is a born and bred Bristolian, recently graduated from studying English Literature in Sheffield. His passions are music and literature and he spends the majority of his time in venues all over the city, immersing himself in Bristol’s alternative music scene. A lifelong Bristol City fan, Stan’s Saturdays are spent watching his team both home and away.
