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Contact: Morgan Smith, 415-561-7049 SEA MUSIC FESTIVAL BRINGS SEAFARING HISTORY TO LIFE Find Your Park With Sea Chanteys and Concertinas! What: San Francisco’s Sea Music Festival features heartfelt singing, sweet instrumentals, dance, and a day and evening of traditional maritime music from around the world. Performances on Hyde Street Pier and on board historic ships, Living History players, nautical demonstrations, and an evening chantey sing finale bring maritime history to life. Don’t miss this chance to be a jolly roving tar and “Find Your Park” on San Francisco’s spectacular waterfront! When: Festival:Saturday, September 12, 2015, 9:30am – 5:00pm. Chantey Sing Finale: 7:30– 9:30pm. Where: San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, at Hyde and Jefferson Streets, San Francisco. Two stages on Hyde Street Pier, and performances on the 1886 square-rigger Balclutha and the 1890 steam ferryboat Eureka. Presenter: San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park. Cost: Free to stroll Hyde Street Pier and enjoy performances on two outdoor stages. Vessel admission fees apply for shipboard performances: $5 adults, ages 15 and under, free. Also free with national park passes and active military with current I.D. Purchase vessel admission on Hyde Street Pier. Reservations required only for evening chantey sing: please call 415-561-7171 or email peter_kasin@nps.gov. More Info: Call 415-447-5000. Access performer photos and bios at https://www.nps.gov/safr/planyourvisit/seamusicfestival2015.htm Check https://www.facebook.com/SanFranciscoMaritimeNHP and https://twitter.com/SFMaritimeNPS for updates, and visit https://www.flickr.com/photos/sfmaritimenps for more photos of Hyde Street Pier and the historic ships. Performing at the 2015 Sea Music Festival: Mick Moloney and Dana Lyn The Johnson Girls Holdstock and Macleod Shay Black Canciones Del Mar Simon Spalding Patrick Landeza American Center of Philippine Arts Julie Henigan A Thousand Years At Sea Dogwatch Nautical Band Salty Walt Soraya Parker Talitha Phililips and Michael Aho Riggy Rackin Joni Rueter Jeremy Friedenthal Richard Adrianowicz Kathy Daskal Billy Higgins Val Rose, Jason Pollack and Kyle Alden Erin Conner Dave Nettell Autumn Rhodes Stephen Canright Ed Silberman # # # 07-27-15 |
Last updated: July 28, 2015