New Year’s Festival Dublin continues to grow as a flagship event within Fáilte Ireland’s Winter in Dublin programme, showcasing the very best of Irish culture and live entertainment throughout the shoulder season. It plays an important role in attracting visitors, supporting local businesses, and positioning Dublin as a world-class destination to ring in the new year.
Kíla have been hailed as one of Ireland’s most innovative and exciting bands. Coming from differring musical backgrounds, each member of this Trad Fusion group share a passion to create great music, and with an ability to absorb influences from across the globe they have created their own distinctive style of world music. With thier roots in traditional Irish music they feature percussive and balladic songs, gorgeous melodies, fabulous arrangements and a serious rhythmical undercurrent.
Kíla have won over audiences around the world with their spectacular live performances and are widely renowned for their stunning sets and surprise guest performers at their shows, including trapeze artists, choirs, dancers and more recently an eight piece brass ensemble. Their energetic live performances have seen them continue to wow new audiences in over 35 countries throughout the world, at festivals; the likes of - Womadelaide (Auz), Womad (Eng, Spain and Sicily, New Z), Sigzet Festival (Hung), Montreaux Jazz Festival (Swiz), Stockholm Water Festival (Swe), Globaltica (Pol), Glastonbury, Boomtown Cambridge Folk Fest (Eng), Celtic Connections (Scot), RWMF (Mal), KAMWA (Rus), Opening ceremony of Special Olympics (Ire).
Albums [available from http://www.kila.ie/shop/]
–Studio & Live– Alive Beo 2017 Suas Síos 2014 Soisín 2010 Rogha 2009 Gamblers’ Ballet 2007 Kíla & Oki 2006 Live In Dublin 2004 Luna Park 2003 Lemonade & Buns 2000 Tóg É Go Bog É 1997 Mind The Gap 1995 Handel’s Fantasy 1993
–Soundtracks– Arracht 2021 WolfWalkers (Bruno Coulais & Kíla) 2021 Song of the Sea (Bruno Coulais & Kíla) 2015 Secret of Kells (Bruno Coulais & Kíla) 2009 Monkey - 2001