David Kitt

The best thing about playing festivals is that you’re tapping into that energy of people getting a bit looser than they would on a regular Friday or Saturday night. I’ve done my research in the field. That energy comes from dance music, and there’s always been a big association between that world and the more ecstatic, recreational world.

At a festival, you're trying to create moments that people wake up the next day still thinking about, and it stays with them for years to come.

I performed my New Jackson set at Another Love Story last year, and it almost feels like a house party. There’s so much lovely attention to detail, great food and so many great people. You can kind of go anywhere without a schedule and you’re going to encounter incredible music, or find your new favourite band. I even met my partner there – so it has a really special place in my heart.

• David Kitt, aka New Jackson, plays Another Love Story at Killyon Manor, Co. Meath (August 23-25).

David Kitt at All Together Now 2023. Copyright Trevor McGrath.

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