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 & Chris Kastle.

There was no festival in 2021.

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
(Held at the Latin School of Chicago due to remodeling at the History Museum)
 * 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 (Philippe Noriel and Philippe Rouxel)
 * 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