While the spread of coronavirus and the resulting restrictions wiped out most events this year there is still plenty to look forward to on the eve of 2021.
With the Oxford vaccine now given approval, just a couple of weeks after the rollout of the Pfizer jab, it is hoped that a much larger percentage of the population will be able to receive it sooner.
And while things are very much reliant on government guidance at the time, Falmouth Town Team has given a teaser of what people can look forward to in 2021 if the situation allows.
Falmouth International Sea Shanty Festival
Taking place between June 11 and 13, the Sea Shanty Festival is one of the biggest maritime music concerts anywhere in Europe.
Under normal circumstances, people can expect more than 70 shanty groups, 25 venues and 350 hours of shanty singing.
The town will be filled with music and singing, with groups coming from far and wide including The Netherlands, France, USA and across the UK.
In the past the likes of Fisherman’s Friends, The Oggymen, Rum & Shrub, Exmouth Shantymen and many more have appeared.
The Sea Shanty Festival is held at multiple venues throughout the town but the main stages are Custom House Quay, Events Square (Discovery Quay) and The Moor.
Other performances take place at pubs, King Charles the Martyr Church, cafes and mobile performing spots throughout the main streets.
Falmouth Week
This coming year's dates are scheduled for August 6 to 15. Falmouth Week has grown into one of the most prominent sailing regattas in the South West, with yachts from many classes racing over eight days along with a lively programme of shoreside events.
Expect six days of match racing for keelboats, traditional craft and dinghies in the waters off Falmouth Bay, the Carrick Roads and the harbour.
There will be a race for the big yachts with a 25 mile coastal course finishing in the inner harbour, whilst smaller boats race in the Carrick Roads.
Vantage points around the town include Pendennis and St Mawes Castles, St Anthony Head, Castle Drive and Pendennis Point, Trefusis Point and Flushing. To view the dinghy racing, walk along from Mylor Yacht Harbour towards Restronguet Sailing Club.
This year's sailing did go ahead thanks to the efforts of the organising committee, but shoreside events had to be cancelled.
However, it is hoped that in 2021 the usual programme activities will make a return, from themed party nights, to carnivals and shows.
In Events Square there will be daytime events, while evenings see a line up of renowned music acts. Full details will be announced later in the year.
Magellan-Elcano 500 Series 2021 Tall Ships Race
Up to 40 of these magnificent sailing vessels are expected to arrive in the port to to participate.
The race will start in Falmouth on August 19 with vessels arriving during the previous week.
The maritime event will mark the sixth time Falmouth has hosted the tall ships, with the inaugural one for the town being held in 1966.
Given current surrounding circumstances related to Covid and potentially necessary social distancing and safety measures, the 2021 Falmouth event will be operationally innovative, whilst adhering to all necessary Government guidelines.
Read more: Tall Ships will return to Falmouth next year as port chosen to host race start
Tour of Britain 2021
Cornwall will host the Tour of Britain in September 2021, after it had to be postponed from this autumn.
With Falmouth on the cycling route, the town is set to be busy for a weekend full of related activities.
It will be the first time that Cornwall will host the prestigious cycling race, with the Grand Depart of the race seeing riders travel 170 kilometres through the Cornish countryside.
The stage’s provisional route will visit Penzance, St Just, St Ives, Hayle, Camborne, Pool, Redruth, Falmouth, Penryn, Truro, Newquay, St Austell, the Eden Project and Bodmin.
Read more: Tour of Britain map route in Cornwall revealed as 12-month countdown begins
Falmouth Oyster Festival
This year's scheduled dates are October 7 to 10. The full programme is yet to be announced, but expect.
The Falmouth Oyster Festival began in 1996 and celebrates the start of the oyster season. It has a loyal following of thousands who gather to celebrate this unique local heritage.
A great number of partners, sponsors, local chefs and Oyster Fisherman are an integral part of the festival and key contributors to its ongoing popularity.
And if you can't wait that long, the National Maritime Museum Cornwall, based on Falmouth's Events Square, is running its Monsters of the Deep exhibition until January 2022.
Take a deep breath and plunge down to the dark murky depths of the ocean to discover the monsters that lurk beneath. Are there krakens with tentacles two miles long and giant sharks as big as skyscrapers?
Explore the centuries-old myths and legends, when chance sightings and odd appearances led to tall tales of deep sea creatures.
Become a 19th century pioneer scientist aboard HMS Challenger and advance your understanding of the sea. Handle real objects, try out the microscopes and understand what it felt like to be an explorer aboard a floating laboratory.
Progress to the modern day and discover how today’s scientists explore the seas aboard submersibles, going deeper and further into uncharted waters, then get lost amongst specially selected specimens - the real monsters of the deep.
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