A list of previous mischief
2023
August 26 International Play Music on the Porch Day
One of three groups performing on the driveway of one of our mates. The porch was too small to hold us all. The Jacks were the singalong portion, fit between baroque recorder ensembles and early music performances. A couple of the Jacks were part of those groups, too!
July 9 Gabriola Island Cultivate Festival
We were part of a shanty stage session in honour of the late Bob Wyche, led by Islander Bob Bossin and joined by our friends and inspirations Jon Bartlett and Rika Ruebsaat.
May 26 White Rock Volunteer Appreciation Lunch
By special request, we transformed ourselves into a pirate crew to fit into the afternoon’s theme – the decorations in the room really set the tone.
2022
November 11
We had a set at Hollyburn for Folk Music on the Beach.
August 6 Hollyburn Sailing Club and Open House
A return engagement to a waterfront venue. We shared the bill with a rock’n’roll ukelele band wearing matching Hawaiian shirts.
2020
Sunday, January 26 at the Tipper Restaurant 7 pm- 9 pm
Wow! We pulled in about 40 shanty fans and singers and easily filled two hours with traditional shanties, modern shanties, some humorous songs, and a moving recitation of a Les Barker poem, “Disaster at Sea” for our third (?) annual Open Shanty Session at the Tipper restaurant. By the end of the evening, we’d heard songs in English, French, German, and … a Balkan language I need to ask the singer to identify. We’d added in bodhran, penny whistle, concertina, and button accordion, as well as seen the debut of our limber jack dancing doll.
It’s a great room for singing, but not for photographs, so we have no visual evidence. But there may be some audio files at a later date.
Regular sessions at Old Hastings Mill Store Museum
Sunday afternoon open shanty sessions. 1 p.m. – 2 p.m.
1575 Alma Street at Point Grey Road, Vancouver
Admission by donation to the Museum.
Join us for an hour of shanties and sea songs, and take your turn to lead one from the audience or the front of the room.
Bonus. After the shanties and a short break, head upstairs to listen to or join the “fiddle session,” (included guitars, fiddles, concertinas, etc.) featuring old-time tunes and music from Irish, Scottish, Appalachian, Quebecois (and elsewhere) traditions, led by Doug Sherlock, sometimes shanty singer and always an enthusiastic fiddler.
2019 Dates at Hastings Mill
October
June 2
March 10
Friday, August 24 & Sunday, August 26
Excited to make our second (and third) appearance at the Granville Island Wooden Boat Festival this year, singing amidst seagulls and wooden boats of all sizes and descriptions. Organized by the Vancouver Wooden Boat Society.
2018 Dates at Hastings Mill
November 25
September 23
June 17th
March 18th
2019
Friday, February 8
Annual Open Shanty Session (with beer) at the Tipper Restaurant and Review Room , 2066 Kingsway, 7:30-9:30 p.m. Shanties and an occasional sea song. Eating, singing, snacking, and socializing with friends new and old.
Saturday, February 2
Vancouver Maritime Museum
Performing as part of the festivities for the Winter Wander in Vanier Park.
2018
Tuesday, October 23
Royal Vancouver Yacht Club, Point Grey Road
Entertainment following the AGM (with rum to begin the concert)!
Friday, August 24
Granville Island Wooden Boat Festival.
On the main market stage. Four days of fun related to boats, including music, displays, crafts, activities, and gorgeous wooden boats to visit.
Sunday, January 28, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Annual Lazy Jacks New Year Open Shanty Session
Tipper Restaurant and Review Room 2066 Kingsway at Victoria Drive
Our annual open shanty session, with beer (optional)
Lazy Jacks Shanty Crew 