The Cluny

The Cluny is a 300-capacity live music venue, pub and café, on Lime Street, in the Ouseburn Valley area of Newcastle upon Tyne, England.

Based in a former flax spinning mill,[1] The Cluny occupies part of the wider building at 36 Lime Street, sharing the space with artists, offices and recording studios.

[3][4] Lasting just 12 years, it was re-opened in 1860 as a steam-powered flour mill by Henry Proctor & Co.[1] At some point in its history, the building became a Scotch whisky bottling plant called the Cluny,[5] hence the current name.

The Trust remains a landlord and developer in the Ouseburn, and seeks to involve people in the heritage and regeneration of the area through its programme of free walks, talks and volunteering activities.

These complement the already-established pub-trade which has long served the area, including The Free Trade, The Tyne, The Cumberland Arms, The Ship Inn and The Tanners.

[12] Notable acts to have played the venue in recent years include The Vapors, The Vaccines, Glasvegas, The Futureheads, Mumford & Sons, I Am Kloot, Editors, We Are Scientists, Daniel Johnston, Arctic Monkeys,[13] Kate Nash, Graham Coxon, Seasick Steve, Mercury Prize nominees Led Bib, The Go!

From 1999 to 2003, Keith Morris and Charlie McGovern ran the influential weekly Schmazz jazz club at The Cluny, bringing radical performers like Gilad Atzmon and Reem Kelani to the city.