About Us

The Connecticut Sea Music Festival is an event put on by the Maritime Music & Tradition Society to enact its mission of preserving and encouraging maritime and traditional music through education, research, performance, and community. Through the festival we aim to share and teach stories, roots, and culture behind the wonderful and expansive world of maritime music, from deepwater sailing to inland waterways.

Find out about our past festivals here! And see where we were mentioned in the New York Times here.

The CT Sea Music Festival is a project of The Maritime Music & Tradition Society Corp., a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. It receives major sponsorship from Privé-Swiss, sponsorships from CT Humanities, The Connecticut Office of the Arts (COA), The Folk Music Society of New York, Inc., Constellation, The Paul Foundation, and support from The Griswold Inn.

Mainstage of the connecticut sea music festival, with performers Vienna Carroll, Don Sineti, and Geoff Kaufman seated.
Vienna Carroll, Don Sineti, and Geoff Kaufman at the 2022 Connecticut Sea Music Festival