"Not only original... But a revelation!"
The Guardian
"Absolutely astounding!"
Festival At The Edge
"Horrible histories for grown up singalong style"
Cheshire Folk
"Can't recommend this one man show highly enough"
Keith Donnelly
"Utterly Brilliant!"
Clonter Opera
"Fiercely creative, skilful, talented and terminally unpredictable."
MOJO Magazine.
"A TOUR DE FORCE"
This new show of Pete’s is a tour de force, it is honestly a revelation, and a real joy, to see a performer at the top of his already deeply impressive game.
The premise of the show is that the friendly ghost of a sailor haunts an old pub, meeting and talking with people through the centuries, the famous and infamous, observing the changing world with a smile and a quick wit, singing popular songs from times gone by.
A happy mixture of music hall, pantomime, standup comedy, rowdy back room folk clubs, with moments of utter beauty and breathtaking audacity, it is a unique experience. It’s full of laughter, singalongs, history, poetry, philosophy and life affirming fun. It’s one of the very best things I’ve ever seen.
The audience were with him from the start, and their laughing, singing, clapping and foot stamping filled the hall. It was a mesmerising performance, a non stop cavalcade of vignettes and quips. I was left in awe of Pete’s command of the huge amount of material the show contains, just one person with a guitar and a voice, keeping the carnival vibrantly alive for us all.
Pete Kenny
SAILOR SWIFT'S Forthcoming Spirited Performances!!
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2026
Friday 9 January
Norwich Folk Club
https://norwichfolkclub.net/club-dates/
Friday 16 January -
Cambridge Folk Club
Wednesday 21 January -
Romford Haverfolk Club
https://www.facebook.com/groups/romfordhaverfolkclub/
Wednesday 4th February -
Spalding Folk Club
Thursday 5th February -
Railway Roots Folk Club, Portslade
www.facebook.com/groups/51995129457/?locale=en_GB
Tuesday 10 February -
Pete Morton - Songwriter Show
Hoy at Anchor Folk Club, Leigh on Sea
Tuesday 3 March -
Phoenix Cafe, Findhorn, Moray
https://www.facebook.com/PhoenixCafeFindhorn/?locale=en_GB
Wednesday 4 March -
Cramlington Folk Club, Northumberland
https://cramfolk.wixsite.com/cramfolk
Thursday 5 March -
Crooks Folk Club, Sheffield
https://www.facebook.com/CrookesFolkClub/?locale=en_GB
Friday 6th March -
Pickering Book tree, Pickering
Saturday 7th March -
The Queens Head, Belper
Friday 13th March -
Caistor Heritage Centre, Lincolnshire
https://www.caistorahc.org.uk/events/music-night
Saturday 14 March -
Black Dyke Mills Heritage Venue, Queensbury, W.Yorks
www.blackdykemills.org/whatson.html
Saturday 21 March -
Clonter Opera, Cheshire
https://clonter.org/events/folk-music/
Saturday 28 March -
Next Level Folk Club, Stourbridge
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THE GB COAST CHARITY TOUR!
Here begins the GB Coast Charity Tour! Kicking off southbound from Lincolnshire and finishing off in Hull.
Raising money for www.papyrus-uk.org the national charity for the prevention of young suicide.
Four concerts will be Special Charity nights for Papyrus . All other dates are regular admission concerts with a collection bucket for the charity. The tour is nearly complete with some confirmations to come(TBC) and some more to be added (TBA).
Wednesday 8 April -
Arts Coritani, Swineshead, Boston
Thursday 9 April -
The Alma Inn, Harwich
https://www.almaharwich.co.uk/
Friday 10 April -
Papyrus Charity Night!
Estuary Club, Leigh on Sea
Featuring the Hoy At Anchor Shanty Crew
Saturday 11 April - (Matinee)
Tom Thumb Theatre, Margate
https://sites.google.com/view/tomthumbtheatremargate/home
Saturday 11 April - (Evening)
Hastings/St Leonards tba
Monday 13 April -
Chichester Folk Song Club
Tuesday 14 April -
St Aldhelm's Centre, Poole
Wednesday 15 April -
Ashburton Arts Centre, Devon
Friday 17 April -
Minehead, TBA
Saturday 18 April -
Penarth, Wales TBC
Sunday 19 April -
Port Eynon, Swansea TBC
Wednesday 22 April -
Bijou Club, Southport
Thursday 23 April -
Fleetwood Folk Club
Friday 24 April -
Papyrus Charity Night!
Barrow in Furness, Cumbria TBA
Saturday 25 April -
Laurieston, Dumfries and Galloway
Sunday 26 April - (Matinee)
The Oban Inn, Oban
Tuesday 28 April -
Plockton Village Hall, Ross-shire tbc
Wednesday 29 April -
The Mallard, Dingwall
Thursday 30 April -
The Aurrie, Lower Largo
Sunday 3 May -
Papyrus Charity Night!
Brotton Village Hall, Redcar and Cleveland
Tuesday 5 May -
The HU5 Sessions, Hull
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Wednesday 6 May -
The International (Musician 2) Leicester
Support - Pete Kenny
Thursday 11 June -
Bowes Park Folk Club, London
Pete Morton - Songwriter Show
31st July -7 August (day tbc)
Sidmouth Folk Festival
21st-23rd August (day tbc)
Moira Furnace Folk Festival, Leics
plus Songwriter show
www.moirafurnacefolkfestival.co.uk
Thursday 10 September -
Islington Folk Club, London
Friday 11 September -
Other Space Arts, Windsor
Saturday 12 September -
Quorn Village Hall, Leics
Support- Pete Kenny
Wednesday 16 September -
Nether Edge Folk Club, Sheffield
Saturday 19 September -
Hop Barn, Southwell
Friday 25 September -
Everyman Folk Club, Suffolk
Saturday 26 September -
Alstonefield, Staffs
Sunday 15 November -
The Rifle club Falcon Series, Whitby
Wednesday 18 November -
Carrington Triangle Folk Club, Nottingham
Friday 4 December -
Milkmaid Folk Club, Bury St Edmunds
The Ghost of a Sailor's talking blues is a new show of singing together, comedy and storytelling. The 17th century ghost is a shipwrecked sailor, who has remained resident in a harbour tavern to the present day, telling his tales in an unruly mix of stand up, tales and popular chorus. The show is primarily a community singalong that crosses the centuries with well known traditional ditties, music hall and modern day popular classics, with songs for all generations.
The sailors ghost winds his way back and forth through time, interacting with the audience, observing the world and history, whispering to famous characters, dancing with revellers and falling in love. The show is wrapped in the style of the talking blues -a simple guitar and spoken word technique invented by Woody Guthrie, and later made famous by Bob Dylan in his early recordings).
Pete Morton - As Sailor Swift
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