The Mystic Seaport Sea Music Festival , held annually in June from 1979 to 2020 at the Mystic Seaport Museum in Mystic, Connecticut, was among the oldest, and was the largest sea music festival in the United States. It reportedly attracted "the highest caliber of sea music performers, scholars, and fans."[1] sea music as well as a symposium for ethnomusicologists, anthropologists, and historians.[2]
List of Performers
1979 (1st)
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1989 (10th)
Ancient Mariners
Jerry Bryant Cabestan
Jon Campbell and Joe Houlihan
Ellen Cohn Bob Crowley
Tony Davis
Stuart Frank and Mary Malloy
John R "Joli" Goncalves
Tom Goux & Jacek Sulanowski
Cliff Haslam
Dick Holdstock and Allan MacLeod
Stan Hugill Cindy Kallet Wickford Express
Bob Webb
Jeff Warner and Jeff Davis
Bob Walser
John Townley
Dick Swain
Stephan Sanfillippo
William Pint
Daisy Nell and David Coffin
Tom Lewis Louis Killen Mystic Seaport Shanteymen
1999 (20th)
Source: "Festival To Flow With Talent" ."Sea Music Morning, Noon And Night" ."Anthologies: Mystic Seaport Sea Music Festival" .
Ancient Mariners
Armand Hayet Winners
Black Bush
Bruce MacIntyre
Cathy Barton and Dave Para
Cliff Haslam
The Ebony Hillbillies
Ellen Cohen
Forebitter
James "Sparky"Rucker
Jeff Warner
Louis Killen Mainbrace
Mike Seeger MSM Chantymen
Ti Jardin
The Windlasses
2000 (21st)
Source: "Anthologies: Mystic Seaport Sea Music Festival" .
Bill Harlet
Compass Rose
Finest Kind (Don Sinetti, Bill Walach, Jerry Bryant, Gary Buttery, Steve Royce)
Forebitter
Jay Ungar & Molly Mason
John Roberts and Tony Barrand Lee Murdock
Liereliet
Louis Killen Mamadou Diabate
Maree de Paradis
Mystic Seaport Chantey Singers
Next Tradition
Tom Lewis
2001 (22nd)
Source: "Anthologies: Mystic Seaport Sea Music Festival" .
Bob Walser
Celeste Bernardo
Cliff Haslam
Cindy Kallet
Dave Littlefield
Dick Swain
Forebitter
Geoff Kaufman
Jeff Davis
The Johnson Girls
Ken Sweeney
Liam Clancy
Louis Killen Magpie
Martin Hugill
Matapat
Robbie O'Connell Shipping News
Steve Sanfilippo
2003 (24th)
Source: "Anthologies: Mystic Seaport Sea Music Festival" .
Anita Best & Pamela Morgan
Bill Stevens
Craig Edwards
Don Sineti
Danny Spooner
Forebitter
Georgia Sea Island Singers
Hoolie
Marc Bernier
The Next Tradition
Nic Gareiss & Tim Reilly
Robbie O'Connell Rum Soaked Crooks
Skip Healy
Tom Lewis Ye Mariners All
2004 (25th)
Source: 25th Annual Sea Music Festival (Media notes). Mystic Seaport .
2006 (27th)
Source: "Mudcat Cafe" .
Len Cabral
John Campbell
Debra Cowan
Jeff Davis
Cliff Haslam
Ida Red
Ilsha
Danny O'Flaherty Dan Milner and Bob ConroyBob Walser
Bob Webb
Sule Greg Wilson
Brian Peters Roll and Go
Rick Spencer
Three Sheets to the Wind
2007 (28th)
Source: "Title unknown" (PDF) . Mystic Seaport . Archived from the original (PDF) on June 11, 2011.
Ana Vinagre
Bob Walser
Bob Webb
Bonnie Milner
Bruce MacIntyre
Chanteens
Chanterelle
Chris Koldewey
Cindy Kallet Cliff Haslam
Craig Edwards
David Littlefield
Don Sineti
Ellen Cohn
Geno Leech
Geoff Kauffman
Gianna Iannucci
Jeff Warner
Jerry Bryant John Bartlett & Ricka Ruebsaat
Ken Sweeney
Kenny Wolin
Lee Murdock
Louis Killen Marc Bernier
Moe Bowstern
Northern Neck Chanteymen
Rachel Thomas
Rick Spencer
Steve Roys
Tim Reilly
Tom Lewis William Pint & Felicia Dale
2008 (29th)
Source: "Music in the Air" (PDF) .
Barnacle
Bob Webb
Bob Zentz
Calico Jack
Charlie Ipcar
Cliff Haslam
Danny O'Flaherty
Danny & Joyce McLeod
Finest Kind George Ward
Hand in Hand
Jeff Davis
Johnson Girls
Mystic Seaport's Chantey Staff
Robbie O'Connell Sheri Mortimer
Trout Bas
2009 (30th)
Source: "Meet Past Sea Music Festival Performers" . Mystic Seaport . Archived from the original on 2010-07-06.
Barnacle
Bob Walser
Bob Webb
Carl Thornton
Cliff Haslam
Daisy Nell & Stan Collinson
Danny Spooner
Dave Peloquin
David Kleiman
Heather Wood Ellen Cohn
Dick Holdstock & Allan MacLeod
Jeff Warner
Jerry Bryant John Roberts Judy & Dennis Cook
Louis Killen Marc Bernier
Martin & Phillip Hugill
Nanne Kalma and The Hudson Crew
New Bedford Harbor Sea Chantey Chorus
Rick Nestler
Rum Soaked Crooks
Sheri Mortimer
Stout
Stuart Frank & Mary Malloy
Talitha MacKenzie Les Bouthilliers
The Ancient Mariners
The Clancy Legacy
Walter Askew
2010 (31st)
The Jovial Crew
2011 (32nd)
Source: "Mystic Seaport to Host Annual Sea Music Festival" .
ARRR
Bob Webb
Brian Peters Caryl P. Weiss
Celeste Bernardo
The Chanteens
Danny Spooner David Stone
Jack Dalton
Jeff Davis
John Roberts Judy Cook
Kapriol!
Ken Sweeney
Margaret McCandless
Martin and Shan Graebe
Northern Neck Chantey Singers
Raizes
Richard Grainger
Rick Spencer
Robbie O'Connell and Dan Milner with Jeanne Freeman and Benedict GagliardiRoll and Go
Tom Kastle
2012 (33rd)
Source: "Mystic Seaport to Host 33rd Annual Sea Music Festival" . 24 May 2012.
Calico Jack
Finest Kind
FUNI from Reykjavik, Iceland
Lee Murdock
The Morgans
Mystic Seaport Chantey Staff
Rick Spencer
S.S. Chanteens
Tom Lewis
Yankee Frolics
2013 (34th)
Source: "2013 Mystic Sea Music Festival Coming Up" .
AcquAria (Sicily)
Danny Spooner
Jerry Bryant
Kapriol’! (Netherlands)
OCEAN Celtic
Mystic Seaport Chantey Staff (Craig Edwards, Jesse Edwards, David Iler, Geoff Kaufman, Barry Keenan, Denise Kegler, David Littlefield, Don Sineti, and Chris Koldewey)
Sara Grey and Kieron Means
Sasiedzi (“the Neighbors”) (Poland)
Tim Radford
2014 (35th)
Source: "Mudcat Cafe" .
Ana Vinagre
Barrouallie Whalers
Bob Walser
Celeste Bernardo
Chris Kastle
Dan McKinnon
Dan Milner & Robbie O'Connell with Jeanne Freeman and Benedict Gagliardi
Dave Peloquin
Dave Webber & Annie Fentiman
Dick & Carol Holdstock
Don Sineti
Forebitter
Jack Dalton
John Roberts
The Johnson Girls
Ken Sweeney
Larry Kaplan
Margaret McCandless
Nanne Kalma, Ankie Van Der Meer, and Tseard Nauta
The S.S..Chanteens
Winston "Jeggae" Hoppie
2015 (36th)
Source: "Event of the Week: 36th Annual Sea Music Festival" .
Alan Reid with Rob van Sante
Cathy Barton & Dave Para
Charlie Zahm
George Ward
Ian Bell
Jackson Gillman
Jeff Warner
Jordan Shapiro’s Shanty Shakedown
Judy Cook
MARA (Brigitte Kloareg, Katell Kloareg and Yuna Léon)
Maurice Leyden & Jane Cassidy
Meridian (Olivia Gale & Colin de la Barre)
Mystic Seaport Chantey Staff (Craig Edwards, Jesse Edwards, David Iler, Geoff Kaufman, Barry Keenan, Denise Kegler, David Littlefield, Don Sineti, and Chris Koldewey)
Northern Neck Chanteymen
Pressgang Mutiny
Sara Grey & Keiron Means
2016 (37th)
Source: "Sea Music Festival Performance Schedule" (PDF) .
Aunt Sallie’s Band
Barrule
Bob Walser
Bob Zentz Brien Bradley
Bror Okerblom
Castelbay
Chris Foldaway
Cliff Haslam
David Jones
Fred Gosbee
Heather Wood
John Doyle
Jon Campbell
Julia Lane
Kieran Jordan Dance
Kieth Kendrick & Sylvia Needham
Kim & Reggie Harris
Magpie
Margaret McCandless
Matthew Byrne
Moe Bowstern
Mystic Seaport Chantey Staff (Craig Edwards, David Iler, Geoff Kaufman, Barry Keenan, Denise Kegler, David Littlefield, Don Sineti, and Chris Koldewey)
Nanne Kalma & Ankie van der Meer
Pressgang Mutiny
Richard Grainger
Spitzer & Mareva
Tim Radford 
