Cornwall’s finest Fisherman’s Friends are heading north for a gig at Holmfirth’s Picturedrome this month.
The band which proved a massive hit on TV will be entertaining the crowds from 7.30pm on Saturday, October 18 and the audience have been warned to “be prepared to have your ears blown off.”
The Friends are traditional shanty singers who have entertained people in the tiny fishing village of Port Isaac for more than 15 years with almost 300 live performances.
At around 8pm on the harbour front on summer evenings, tourists and locals gather to hear this nine-man group mesh their voices in an extremely rousing and joyful set of shanties and Cornish folk songs.
Each member of the group are or have been fishermen, lifeboatmen or coastguards. They’ve known each other since childhood and learnt their powerful brand of Cornish harmony singing at the local Methodist chapel – now the pottery of Fisherman’s Friend Billy Hawkins (baritone).
