Derry is getting a new music festival this April.
After Celtronica announced 2025 would be its last after 24 years of taking place during Easter, brand-new festival All Kinds Of Everything has risen in its place.
With a lineup drawn across a wider range of genres, All Kinds of Everything has set out its stall with a lineup of acts that would get any Nialler9 reader thinking of making the trip to Derry.
Acts playing this year include Derry’s own SOAK, Kelly-Lee Owens, Chalk, Curtisy, David Holmes, Gerd Janson, God Knows, Joshua Burnside, Niamh Regan, Sorcha Richardson, Cardinals and more – full list below.
The festival takes place from April 2nd to 5th with live concerts, club sets, film screenings, studio collaborations and discussions happening in Derry city centre including The Guildhall, The Nerve Centre, The Playhouse, Sandinos, The Guildhall Taphouse and Cultúrlann Uí Chanáin.
- Autumns
- Cardinals
- Cartin
- Chalk
- Curtisy
- David Holmes
- Dug
- Gerd Janson
- God Knows
- Hypnic Jerk
- Irvine Welsh
- Joshua Burnside
- Kelly Lee Owens (DJ set)
- Méabh McKenna
- Niamh Regan
- Our Krypton Son
- Piaras Ó Lorcáin
- Ports
- Ramper
- Reevah
- Seamas Hyland
- Soak
- Sorcha Richardson
- Tessio
- The Marra
- The Wran
- Zara Meadows
Tickets are now on sale for the events, including an all-access festival pass which grants entry to every event across the four-day programme. Tickets available at www.allkindsfest.com or via Eventbrite.
Among the artists confirmed for the 2026 programme includes Belfast DJ, composer and producer David Holmes, Welsh electronic artist Kelly Lee Owens, Belfast trio CHALK, internationally respected selector Gerd Janson, and Derry’s own SOAK, alongside a wide range of established and emerging artists from Ireland and beyond.
Among the artists confirmed is David Holmes, the Belfast DJ, producer and film composer whose career spans club culture, cinema and television. With five solo albums and more than 30 film and television scores to his name, Holmes has worked with artists including Noel Gallagher, Primal Scream and Manic Street Preachers, while his screen work includes Steven Soderbergh’s Ocean’s Eleven trilogy and dramas such as The Fall and Kin.
Spearheaded by Ross Cullen and Benedict Goddard, CHALK have seen a rapid rise in recent years. Between sold-out UK and European headline tours and support slots with the likes of IDLES and Fontaines D.C., they have built a devoted following through intense live performances with their debut album Crystalpunk due to be released this month.
Also joining the line-up is Gerd Janson, one of electronic music’s most respected DJs and producers. A familiar name to Derry audiences, Janson has spent decades playing clubs and festivals across the world, known for sets that move between house, techno, disco and rare grooves. A resident at Frankfurt’s Robert Johnson and Berlin’s Panorama Bar, he previously featured on Celtronic line-ups that helped define the festival’s reputation for adventurous dance music.
Welsh producer and DJ Kelly Lee Owens will bring her immersive electronic sound to the festival for a special DJ set. Blending techno, ambient and dream-pop influences, Owens has built an international reputation for emotionally rich dancefloor music, collaborating with artists including The Chemical Brothers and Bicep. Her recent album Dreamstate continues to expand the sonic territory she has carved out over the past decade.
Closer to home, SOAK will return to perform in the city where they first began writing and performing. One of Derry’s most celebrated musical exports, SOAK’s deeply personal songwriting and atmospheric sound have earned international recognition, including a Mercury Prize nomination, as well as winning the Choice Music Prize and NI Music Prize.
The wider line-up reflects the festival’s broad musical outlook, bringing together artists working across folk, hip-hop, rock, indie and experimental music.
Experimental folk songwriter Joshua Burnside will perform ahead of the release of his new record It’s Not Going to Be Okay. Dublin rapper Curtisy will make his Derry debut alongside Zimbabwean-Irish artist God Knows, whose work with Rusangano Family and his own solo material has helped shape the direction of Irish rap over the past decade.
Traditional and folk influences will also feature strongly across the programme. Waterford band The Wran arrive in Derry following a breakthrough year that included appearances at Glastonbury, Electric Picnic and All Together Now. Armagh sean-nós singer Piaras Ó Lorcáin will return to the city, while accordionist and composer Seamas Hyland will present work exploring the meeting point between traditional and experimental music.
Further Irish artists on the bill include singer-songwriters Sorcha Richardson and Niamh Regan. Derry trio PORTS will perform material from their recent album The Eyes of the Moon, while local band The Marra – praised by Noel Gallagher and championed by Paul Weller – continue to build a reputation as one of the most promising young acts to emerge from the city.
Also confirmed are Derry duo Tessio, experimental post-punk artist Autumns, and Americana-folk group DUG, whose debut album Have At It! was released last year on Claddagh Records.
The festival will also welcome acclaimed author Irvine Welsh for a special appearance as part of the programme of conversations and screenings. Welsh, whose debut novel Trainspotting became one of the defining books of the 1990s and later an iconic film adaptation by Danny Boyle, is the author of fourteen novels and remains one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary British and Irish literature.
Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005. He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter, and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.
