“Pub” Sing
Come and join us for our first ever FREE Rockport Celtic Festival pub-less, Pub Sing! Led by our very own local Sea Shanty star, David Coffin, this event will bring together music-lovers from all kinds of backgrounds to raise the rafters and sing together as the spirit of the Rockport Festival leaves the theater and resonates through the town! NOTE: There will be no refreshments offered (ie drinks) at this pub-less Pub Sing.
Free, no reservations required.
Location: Spiran Hall, (18 Broadway, Rockport)
About David Coffin
At the heart of David Coffin’s work is traditional and contemporary folk music. He draws on vocal and instrumental music from North America as well as England, Scotland, Ireland and Brittany, but the songs from the Maritime tradition; sea-chanteys, ballads and the songs of the sailors comprise his main repertoire.
Coffin has performed with Revels since 1980 as a singer, instrumentalist and, since 1991, as Master of Ceremonies. As of 2022, with the Christmas and Spring performances combined, he has appeared in over 70 different Revels productions, celebrating the solstice through the traditions of many cultures.
To date, David has recorded four solo CDs, three digital albums, and has participated on numerous other recording projects both vocally and as an instrumentalist. His last CD, Last Trip Home, features his daughter Linnea. He was also the featured Chantey Singer in Amazon Prime’s hit movie, Blow the Man Down.
About the Rockport Celtic Festival
Maeve Gilchrist & Brian O’Donovan, co-artistic directors
For over three decades, Brian O’Donovan has been hosting A Celtic Sojourn on WGBH, a program exploring traditional and contemporary music from around the Celtic world. He’s also well known for his live concert series A Christmas Celtic Sojourn, as well as many other presentations around New England. In partnership with Rockport Music and working in close collaboration with fellow Artistic Director, Edinburgh-born harpist/composer Maeve Gilchrist, Brian is proud to present the third annual Rockport Celtic Festival- Exploring Celtic Roots and Branches. Featuring a wide and quite extraordinary variety of new and familiar musicians, singers, dancers, and storytellers, the weekend will focus on the genre’s broad and vibrant range with an emphasis on musical influences from Scandinavia. The Festival brings crossover and collaborative work between musicians from different genres including classical, jazz, and American Traditional.
Thank you to our Rockport Celtic Festival Corporate Partners!
