The first weekend of the Festival kicks off in style as Dónal Dineen brings his wildly popular club night to the Set. Conceived back in 2015 as a place to gather the sounds he was collecting from all over the world, Backstory has since become the stuff of legend, a place for discerning dancers to discover the thrill of new music together on the dance floor. Packed with incendiary tunes from South America, Africa, the Caribbean and elsewhere, Backstory is the perfect way to get the party started. Bring your dancing shoes!
In bringing his Backstory night to the Kilkenny Arts Festival for the first time, Dónal will be returning to a city he loves armed with an arsenal of incendiary tunes he has unearthed from South America, Africa, the Caribbean and other tropical musical hotspots. He will also be joined in The Set Theatre by a very special guest:- Fellow vinyl digger and musicologist extraordinaire, DJ Repo-man from New York.
It promises to be quite a night
Please note this is a standing gig.
