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The Glasshouse

Saturday 4 July 2026   |   12:00pm

Lens to Lyrics

Tish Murtha x Sam Fender

Lens to Lyrics

Tish Murtha x Sam Fender

Part of Summer Mix Tape

Northern Rock Foundation Hall

Tickets – £35.00

This is a story about place. About people. And about telling it like it is.

We kick things off at The Glasshouse, Mercury Prize-winning People Watching on the turntable. Songs that feel close to home – full of sharp observations, big feelings, and familiar lives. With Geordie tapas on the side, bringing a taste of the North East to the actual table.

Then we follow that thread along the river to Baltic’s Tish Murtha & Kuba Ryniewicz exhibition. Here curators Niomi Fairweather and Rose McMurray pull you deeper into Murtha’s world. The faces. The streets. The stories that shaped generations, and later found their way onto Fender’s album artwork.

A one‑off afternoon that brings the whole story together – start to finish.

Need to know

Venue: The Glasshouse – Baltic

Price: £35

Time: 12pm

Includes:

Two artists. One North East story.

Glenn on the Wall. Elwick Kids, Tish Murtha © Ella Murtha, all rights reserved

From lens

to lyrics

Tickets

Saturday 4 July 2026

£35.00

Tickets on sale Friday 24 April

Northern Rock Foundation Hall