Saturday 14th November 2026, from 7:30pm at Wexford Arts Centre.
A night of music, spoken word, and song celebrating resistance, solidarity, and the power of people coming together.
Featuring the wide ranging, impassioned mix of Rita Perry, Jamie Bishop (Muckno), Stephen "Pecker" Dunne, and Farah Elle. More acts are to be announced, and we're delighted to have some of our 32 counties' greatest performing here in Wexford Town.
Artist bios:
Rita Perry –
Rita Perry is an Irish-Catalan artist, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist. Her music drifts between the two landscapes of Ireland and Catalunya exploring how place, memory, and identity intertwine. Her work spans a variety of projects, including performing live film scores for silent films to her recent self-produced EP called "Kill Your Darlings". The record was released to critical acclaim, earning high praise from the likes of Donal Dineen and Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh, calling it a “gorgeous delicacy.” This debut has confidently established Rita Perry on her own distinct sonic path.
Jamie BIshop –
Jamie Bishop is a musician and producer from the border-town Castleblayney. Named after the lake in his hometown, he works under the alias Muckno. His work focuses on sampling, and explores border identities.
He is inspired in equal parts by folk and hip-hop.He is a founding member of Shamrock Showband, a modern psychedelic Showband from the border counties. He is a collaborator of Dundalk punk legend Jinx Lennon. He shares a studio and collaborates with Belfast artist Joshua Burnside and is a sideman for many notable folk artists such as Alana Henderson and Dani Larkin. He recently performed with Andrew Hendy and Ken Mooney from The Mary Wallopers. Jamie works as a producer and engineer for other artists, and runs his own studio, Swimming Pig Studio.
Stephen 'Pecker' Dunne –
Stephen Dunne is a musician and singer. He plays the banjo and guitar, keeping the singing tradition of his father, Pecker Dunne alive and well. He leads and organises the Pecker Dunne Festival in Wexford town. He has also taken part in Smithfield Fleadh, Dublin TradFest, Traveller Pride Awards and the Fleadh Ceoil.
Farah Elle –
Libyan-born Farah El Neihum – also known as Farah Elle, began composing music at the age of 10 as a means of making sense of the culture clash she witnessed as a growing individual & Artist being raised in Ireland. Teaching herself to play the piano and writing poetry to coincide with it in her teenage years, led her on to study Modern Music at BIMM Dublin University – graduating in 2016 and acquiring a degree in Songwriting, later qualifying in various forms of trauma healing methods in order to explore music as a means of self-expression, personal development & healing. So far, Farah Elle has released her debut album FATIMA, named after her mother – marking the culmination of a near decade of work, among many other collaborations, commissions and residencies. Weaving traditional Arabic melodies into the tapestry of her music, Farah’s compositions meld her combined North African and Irish heritage to create a sound that is thoroughly contemporary and completely her own. Following a sold out run of her one-woman show LIBYA! at Dublin Fringe Festival 2025, she continues to write and explore the many facets of her Artistry. Songs aboutlife and all of its’ beauty, pain and everything in between – her music captures the wonder of the ephemeral everyday and so her songwriting is ever- changing, keeping in flow with the nature of life and all of its’ seasons.
