CT Sea Music Festival
June 12 - June 15
Free
Essex, CT – The 5th Annual CT Sea Music Festival will sail into historic downtown Essex on June 12-15, 2026.
This family-friendly weekend includes a Symposium on the Music of the Sea, free day-time workshops and concerts featuring local and regional maritime performers, a family stage, CT River sails, demonstrations of sailor skills and Irish currach rowing, a Revolutionary War reenactment and fife and drum parade, honoring America’s Semi-Quincentennial celebration, a hymn sing, and late night pub sings. Evening concerts at the CT River Museum are ticketed events. Ticket sales begin April 11.
For more information, visit the Festival website at https://ctseamusicfest.org, Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/CTSeaMusicFest, Instagram @ct_sea_music_festival, or contact@ctseamusicfest.org.
The CT Sea Music Festival is a project of the Maritime Music & Tradition Society Corp., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. It receives sponsorships from The Connecticut Office of the Arts (COA), The Folk Music Society of New York, Inc., The Paul Foundation, and support from The Griswold Inn and The Essex Corinthian Yacht Club.
