Here are a few of the workshops:

There are half hour mini-concerts on two stages, mostly by the groups I mentioned in my last post, plus people who work at the seaport.

One stage is for children's stuff.

There's one set of demos of shipboard stuff: how a halyard shanty was actually used, a windlass demo, a whaleboat demo, capstan changies....

Three tracks of general workshops. Examples: Music of West Indies; Rivers, Lakes & Canals; Women and the Sea; Songs of Immigration; Humorous songs; Songs of Fishermen; Ballads; Intro to Sea Songs. Guitar workshop by Martin Carthy; Instruments that went to Sea; Dance & dance music; whaling songs; more.

The workshops are generally done by a panel of singers. There's usually no audience participation because the majority of the audiences are tourists. Singing along on the choruses is the norm.

Well that's a quick picture of the weekend. Hope it helps.

Rita