Remember that viral craze that washed ashore and flooded our Instagram, TikTok and Twitter feeds a few years back? Captivating videos of harmonizing choruses singing classic sea shanties that build into something akin to nautical symphonies.
If you want to get to bring that social trend into the real world, the South Street Museum has made it easy for you with a monthly sea-music event called “Sea Chanteys and Maritime Music.” The event is the original NYC shanty singalong, and it features members of The New York Packet singing songs round-robin from living rooms, kitchens and other spaces across the city. The music events occur in person aboard the 1885 tall ship Wavertree on select Sunday through fall (June 1, July 6, August 3, September 7, and October 5) with each singalong hosted by a local artist who will lead the group through a variety of traditional maritime work songs and ballads.