The worldwide popularity of Sea Shanties shows no sign of slowing down! A phenomenon on Tik Tok and other social media sites, Sea shanties are work songs that were created by 19th century sailors aboard merchant ships, usually sung in accompaniment of hard labour such as hoisting the sails or raising the anchor. Flash forward to 2012, when La Nef worked with the video game company Ubisoft to create the wildly popular soundtracks to the video games Assassin’s Creed III, Black Flag and Rogue. Since that time, La Nef has been touring and recording these songs of travel, adventure, and missing loved ones who are far away.
Co-founder and former lead vocalist for Barenaked Ladies, the iconic Canadian musician will perform alongside Craig Northey (guitar, vocals), Kevin Fox (cello, vocals), and the Victoria Symphony to finish the festival in style, with all-time favourites songs such as Jane, Brian Wilson, Call and Answer, and Gravity. For the festival finale, some dazzling fireworks!
For those of you unable to return to the concert hall, we will continue with our Virtual Season airing programs online and free of charge.
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The Victoria Symphony performs on the traditional lands of the Lekwungen peoples and acknowledges with respect the Songhees, Esquimalt and WSÁNEĆ peoples whose historical relationships with the land continues to this day. We extend our appreciation for the opportunity to live, create, and perform on this territory.