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Christian Wethered & Kenan Flannery

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Cluny 2

Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 2PQ

Sunday 19th of April - Sunday 19th of April 2026

19:30

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Christian Wethered [pron. wether-red’] is a poet and songwriter based in Dublin. His debut album, ‘Mon Petit Jardin’, featured in Hotpress' top folk albums of 2021. His songs have been broadcast on RTE1, RTE Culture and TodayFM. He most recently played at Hot Press' Y&E, The Ruby Sessions, Electric Picnic, Ireland Music Week and First Fortnight. Recent exposure saw him play the MainStage at Beyond the Pale Festival, as well as a series of gigs through Selective Memory, where he supported Hayden Thorpe of Wild Beasts, amongst others. This year the music video for his single 'La Madeleine' won 'Best Music Video' at the Dublin International Short Film and Music Festival, and is also an 'Official Selection' for the Prague Short-film Festival 2023. 

His poetry and spoken word has featured in RTE Culture, Southword, Poetry Ireland Review, Poetry Wales, The Moth and The London Magazine. A selectee for Poetry Ireland Introduction Series, he has earned funding from Arts and Disability Connect and Poetry Ireland. In 2020 his poem 'M1' accompanied David Fox's An Altered Land at the Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin. He has been anthologised in Writing Home, Local Wonders and The Book of Life (all by Dedalus Press). In 2022 he was selected to read for UCD Library Special Collections. In 2024 he came in second place in the Southword Subscribers Poetry Competition. 

As a music and poetry critic he writes the folk column for The Goo and regularly contributes reviews and features to The Line of Best Fit, Totally Dublin, KLOF Magazine, Poetry Wales, and PN Review.





"The Essence of Folk Music in its rawest and most Authentic form"Kenan Flannery is a 26-year-old award-winning folk songwriter from Dublin, praised for his “bone-breakingly beautiful” music and a voice with the intensity of “a hundred Irish poets.” Blending his upbringing of Irish ballads with American folk influences, he’s been compared to John Prine and Townes Van Zandt.He has performed at Electric Picnic, The Ruby Sessions, and The Secret Song, supported acts like The Wolfe Tones, The White Buffalo and Zachary Lucky, and completed multiple European, UK and Irish tours.Following the release of his acoustic EP Old Love Letters early this year and with a new album in the works, Kenan has been touring extensively and has become known as one of the most unique voices in modern folk music.


This event is 16 and over. Any ticket holder unable to present valid identification indicating that they are at least 16 years of age will not be admitted to this event, and will not be eligible for a refund. 

The Cluny 2

Venue Type

Live Music Venue

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34 Lime Street,

Newcastle upon Tyne,

Tyne and Wear,

England,

NE1 2PQ.

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