The Bad Latitudes

23/05/2026

We'll be opening the show at 12:15 at St Dogmael's Festival next Saturday 30th May - come and support this local event.

23/05/2026

Looking forward to performing at this year's Cardigan Lifeboat Street Food & Shanty Event on 20th June - get the date in your diaries

30/04/2026

Want to see the top local Shanty Crew in musical action?

The Bad Latitudes are performing at Cardigan Market Friday 1st of May at 12:45pm.

We’d love to see you down there for some songs of the sea and one about a shed!

01/01/2026

A Happy New Year to one and all! Looking forward to another year of shanty singing, with lots of new tunes, gigs in far flung places and plenty of laughs along the way. Now taking bookings - get us in your diary while we still have spaces

23/12/2025

What a great fun night at Skippers Tresaith last night. Joining us were some of the Howni Shanty Group for the first time. The Fairytale of New York went down a storm with enthusiastic and tuneful audience participation, it was very liberating!

Here we are singing Sosban Fach, note the tuneful enhancements from the bar area. A great fun night from the venue that keeps on giving, well done Ben, Jim and all the staff.

14/12/2025

Come and join the festive singing shanty style at our favourite local Skippers Tresaith

22/10/2025

We have just come down to earth from the Meva Shanty Fest weekend, the crew performed three gigs which were very well received at The Ship, The Wheelhouse and The Cellar.
Amazing atmospheric evenings were spent listening to and joining in with many other great shanty bands, my voice is still hoarse, in The Ship and The Fountain, with some of the great local beer and even a superb curry house.

We hope we are invited back!

See Ryan giving it large on Santiana in Cymraeg and some other photos / videos which can't convey the amazing atmosphere

19/10/2025

A great weekend in Mevagissey, Diolch yn fawr Bois

All then from West Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Saith Shanty Crew blasting it out is The Cellar Bar - Meva Shanty Fest keeps giving

06/10/2025

We are off to Mevagissey in a week or so! Looking forward to having a great time

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We are delighted to welcome Saith Shanty Crew

“In the beginning, Saith Shanty Crew grew from a fondness for songs of the sea, struggle and sheds. The Crew members hail from the area around Tresaith in Ceredigion, West Wales, and can often be found singing in The Skippers, their local pub right on the sea. Their song repertoire is many and varied, from rousing shanties to reflective songs of absence and loss. The Crew also sing some Welsh shanties and (whisper it quietly) a few non-shanties thrown in the mix.

Aspiring to include natural harmonies with most choruses and to use to the maximum the great voices at their disposal, most of the crew take a turn at leading a song or verse. The Crew’s mission is to have a lot of fun, with performances noted for their public engagement, humour, occasional loudness and contrasting wistfulness. The crew are continuing their search for a song about sheds!”

14/08/2025

We're singing on the green at 7:15!

See you there 😀

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