We’re Hosting a Spoken Word Night in Clare Celebrating Pride & LGBTQ+ Futures
District is heading west for a special Pride event on June 25th that shines a light on rural LGBTQ+ voices. We’ve teamed up with An Post to present a night of LGBTQ+ joy, reflection, and community at the barns of one of Clare’s most beloved venues, Pot Duggans. Hosted by Brendan Egan with music performances from Clare’s finest and a stellar spoken word line-up, all proceeds will go to Belong To. Tickets via Eventbrite
We’re Hosting a Spoken Word Night in Clare Celebrating Pride & LGBTQ+ Futures
Join us at Pot Duggans for a special Pride edition of ‘Letters to My Future Self’ on June 25th. Secure your tickets here.
District is heading west for Pride. Presented in collaboration with An Post & Pot Duggans, we’re bringing An Post’s Letters to My Future Self series to the barns of one of Clare’s most beloved venues. Set against the backdrop of rolling hills, this celebration of LGBTQ+ voices and futures will be on Wednesday, June 25, and you’re invited.
We’re swapping the city for Ennistymon, but keeping everything you love about District events: spoken word, live music, community, and libations. We’ll be in the barns at Pot Duggans, a space that already feels like home, for a night of powerful performances and unapologetic LGBTQ+ joy.
From 6.45pm, guests will be welcomed with a couple welcome drinks and Pot Duggans’ pizza, with time to mingle and settle in before showtime at 7.30pm. Expect an evening of music, spoken-word poetry, and storytelling that shines a light on rural LGBTQ+ voices. The line-up (so far) features:
- Branwen Kavanagh, the West of Ireland multidisciplinary artist blending folklore, poetry, and puppetry into otherworldly performance art.
- Maeve Abyss, a spoken word poet from the U.S. whose dark humour and immersive visuals bring new dimensions to live storytelling.
- Molly Sterling, the introspective singer-songwriter whose haunting melodies hit straight in the chest.
Brendan Egan, our host. Brendan’s a visual artist, lecturer and speaker known for work in the evolving exploration of the entanglement between self, place, and the layered complexities of LGBTQ+ identity.
More performers will be announced soon, but this night is about more than any one act. It’s about holding space for LGBTQ+ joy, memory, and the futures we’re building.
As with every Letters to My Future Self event, we’re inviting you to reflect, through art, letters, and presence, on who you were, who you are, and who you’re becoming. Pride is about visibility, but it’s also about imagining a future that can include everyone in the community. We want this night to be both a celebration and a time capsule: a reminder of the power of personal expression in all its forms.
Best of all, every cent from the €10 ticket sales will go directly to Belong To, to support LGBTQ+ youth across Ireland. Get your tickets here.
District is heading west for a special Pride event on June 25th that shines a light on rural LGBTQ+ voices. We’ve teamed up with An Post to present a night of LGBTQ+ joy, reflection, and community at the barns of one of Clare’s most beloved venues, Pot Duggans. Hosted by Brendan Egan with music performances from Clare’s finest and a stellar spoken word line-up, all proceeds will go to Belong To. Tickets via Eventbrite
