Weekly Monday folk and shanty singing session by The Auntie Shanty Crew at The Jolly Farmers pub.
Auntie Shanty returns to The Jolly Farmers on Monday 2 November, kicking off a new run of sessions in central Oxford. It's a folk shanty-singing night run by The Auntie Shanty Crew, who bill it as 'folk and shanties for the 21st century'.
If you've come across them before, you'll know the format: it's a session rather than a formal concert, and the Crew are the ones leading the singing. The '21st century' part of the description is the bit that sets it apart from a traditional folk night — it's shanties brought into the present, and the session is as much about the singing as it is about the pub around you.
This isn't a one-off, either. The winter programme of 2026 runs across five Monday nights, from 2 November through to 1 March, with the sessions always starting at 6:00pm. If you miss the first one, there are four more to follow over the coming months, so you've got plenty of chances to get involved.
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It's held at The Jolly Farmers, 20 Paradise Street, OX1 1LD, right in the centre of town. The session starts at 6:00pm on Monday 2 November, and the Auntie Shanty Crew will be there leading the singing.
