5th Annual Connecticut Sea Music Festival
The 5th Annual CT Sea Music Festival will drop anchor in 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 fife and drum parade and Revolutionary War reenactment, 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 [email protected].









