Folk'N'Shanty Night

Join us for a night of sea shanties and classic folk with the Salty Sirens and Sarah Calderwood & Paul Brandon!

As one half of renowned bands Súnas and RedCrow, Sarah and Paul have toured extensively in Australia and overseas, played at most folk and roots festivals and released five acclaimed albums. The last Súnas album and Sarah’s first solo record (both produced by the ABC) charted in the ARIA classic/world/roots Top Ten, and receive worldwide airplay, while the debut RedCrow album was a finalist in the Australia Roots Music Awards.

Sarah has received international recognition as a singer and front-person, and is also one of the best traditional flute/whistle players in Australia. Her vocal style is incredibly varied and distinctive; from soft and intimate, rising to bold and striking. She’s also performed (and is a rare Australian member) of legendary Scots/Irish band, The Waterboys, at the Sydney Festival.

Paul has been playing in bands for over 25 years. As a guitarist, he has performed in places ranging from the UK to Canada, New York to Russia. He is also an accomplished bodhrán player, songwriter, session musician, photographer, and multi-award nominated writer.

As a duo, Sarah and Paul have played in almost every environment, from small intimate venues such as cafes and weddings, right up to supporting Celtic Thunder in front of 15,000 people at the Boondall Entertainment Centre and the sold out Celtic Spectacular concerts at QPAC with the Queensland Pops Orchestra.

Sarah received an ARIA nomination for Best World Music Album for ‘As Night Falls’, and individual tracks from the recording have had over 1.5 million views on YouTube.

They are currently at work on a new album entitled ‘Between the Stars and the Sea and will be hitting the recording studio in July.

Lovers of swell sea shanties and rollicking singalongs, The Salty Sirens are Kristy "Capstan"field (vocals and accordion) and Elyse "Fish"patrick (vocals and whale facts). Since 2021, they have been rocking boats the country wide with their flavour of sea shanties, SHE shanties and sea songs with a modern, queer twist, and now these sapphic sailors are sailing into Ipswich to lead you on a musical journey through traditional and modern nautical folk song, tales of shipwork, daring adventure, defiance and debauchery on the high seas.
Hoist the anchor and limber up those sealegs - these really aren't your grandpa's sea shanties!

Tickets are $15/20 presale or $20/25 on the day.

Buying presale is cheaper for you and helps the artists to plan their events.