Hold on to your tri-corn hats and get ready to stomp your wooden legs—***Blackbeard’s Tea Party*** is coming to town! If you think folk music is just about sitting around quietly, think again. This raucous crew of reprobates takes traditional sea shanties and injects them with a massive, bombastic rock edge. Expect fierce fiddles, driving electric guitars, pounding drums, and killer four-part harmonies. They’ve got dirt under their fingernails and a twinkle in their eye, turning traditional instrumentals into late-night, high-octane floor-fillers that will make it absolutely impossible to stand still. They’ve built a massive reputation as the ultimate go-to band for late-night festival shenanigans, tearing up stages everywhere from Glastonbury and the Cambridge Folk Festival to the Rainforest World Music Festival in Borneo. The band is also sailing into an exciting new chapter. Following the retirement of longtime frontman Stuart Giddens, they’ve welcomed their fierce new singer and Pirate Queen, Amy Kakoura, to lead the charge ahead of their upcoming 2027 album and tour. Get ready for a night of fantastic musicianship, playful chaos, and an unstoppable urge to dance. "Taking traditional folk songs and themes, transforming them for the modern era with lively arrangements, infectious dance rhythms, and at times, a pronounced rock influence." — **London Celtic Punks**