Fisherman's Friends

On 25 April 2027, The Fisherman’s Friends bring the sound of Port Isaac to The Hexagon in Reading, United Kingdom. Formed in the mid‑90s on the Cornish coast, this crew sings sea shanties and maritime songs rooted in working life at sea: call-and-response refrains, stories of storms and homecomings, and harmonies shaped by the rhythm of the tides. The heart of their show is collective a cappella singing, occasionally coloured by a stripped-back folk instrumentation that lets the voices lead.

Expect a set that dips into traditional repertoire passed down on quaysides and lifeboat stations, delivered with the easy rapport of singers who know these songs from the inside out. Their chorus hooks are built to carry across a room, inviting the audience into the swell of the harmony without gimmicks. Over the years they’ve taken these songs from Cornish pubs to major festival stages, and their unlikely journey even inspired the Fisherman’s Friends films, but on stage the formula stays simple: shared voices, lived-in stories, and the pulse of the sea, brought to life in Reading for one night only.