Live@Lunch with Kieran Flannery

Amp up the vibe! Kieran Flannery, guitar virtuoso and singer songwriter, writes raw, rollicking and relatable original songs through personal experience.

Kieran has been lead guitar in working bands for more than twenty years (Taurus Run, Dainty Rumble, Flannelette Jett, MemTV Retro and a 60s tribute show).

More recently, he has been wing-man in the local modern folk group Rare Birdz. Kieran’s rock-blues feel lends a delicious layer to Rare Birdz edgy, beautiful folk-noir playlist.

As part of Rare Birdz has played a variety of venues and events for Illawarra Folk Club (City Diggers, Thirroul Rail Institute, Crown Street Mall) Illawarra Music Foundry (Live Stream event), Art House Café, Port Kembla summer sessions and private house concerts both local and Sydney-side – as well as a number of community events from Playing for the Firies in 2022, Project Gallery Artspace opening nights (2020 Remix & Still Life) and Laneways Live festival in the Crown Street Mall for WCC (2022) – and a video project “Rare Birdz & Other Animals” funded by a WCC Small Grant (during Covid).”

(photo: Mark Lenzo/Illawarra Music Foundry)