Chicago Maritime Festival
The Chicago Maritime Festival is a maritime music and culture festival held in Chicago, Illinois, every winter, usually the last weekend in February, usually at the Chicago History Museum. It is not uncommon for over 500 people to participate. It has existed in its present incarnation since 2003 and is the only wintertime festival featuring maritime music in the United States. The main organizers are performers Tom and Chris Kastle.
List of musical performers at Chicago Maritime Festival
2003
- Kat yn 't Seil
- Johnny Collins
- John Conolly
- 97th Regimental String Band
- Mlynn
- Tom & Chris Kastle
2004
- Don Sineti
- Tom Lewis
- Bob Zentz
- The Johnson Girls
- Tom & Chris Kastle
- Lanialoha Lee
- David H.B. Drake
- Bounding Main
- Sheridan Shore Chantey Singers
- Old Town School of Folk Music Sea Music Class
2005
- Pint & Dale
- Serre l'Ecoute
- Talitha MacKenzie
- Lee Murdock
- Tom & Chris Kastle
- David H.B. Drake
- Bounding Main
- Sheridan Shore Chantey Singers
- Friends Good Will Singers
- Old Town School of Folk Music Sea Music Class
2006
- The Boekaneirs
- David H.B. Drake
- John Townley
- Nanne Kalma & Ankie van der Meer
- Tom & Chris Kastle
2007
- Bounding Main
- Jerry Bryant
- Johnny Collins
- Philippe Duo
- Tom & Chris Kastle
2008
- Northern Neck Chantey Singers
- Debra Cowan
- Walter "Salty Walt" Askew
- Holdstock & MacLeod
- Tom & Chris Kastle
2009
- Dan Milner
- David Coffin
- The Johnson Girls
- Patrick Denain and Miguel Biard
- Tom & Chris Kastle
- Bounding Main
- Old Town School of Folk Music Sea Music Class
2010
- Caryl P. Weiss
- John Roberts
- Rick Spencer
- The 97th Regimental String Band
- Tom and Chris Kastle
- Old Town School of Folk Music Sea Music Class
2011
- Bob Walser
- Cindy Kallet
- Pint and Dale
- Belize Culture and Heritage Association
- Great Lakes Navy Band
- Tom and Chris Kastle