Elikya, David DeBarra, Farah Elle, Cormorant Tree Oh, Little O, Pablo Santo

SIGNS lands at The Sugar Club, Dublin, on 3 May 2026 for a multi-stage showcase of live acts and DJs. Rooted in club culture and blurring gig and party energy, the series threads jazz, soul, funk, trad and global sounds with disco, hip hop, house and left‑field detours.

ELIKYA
Ireland-based for two decades, Elikya channel modern Congolese rumba and ndombolo with a nine-piece lineup. Tight guitar lines, bass that drives the hips and layered percussion meet soaring melodies in Lingala, with a taste for choreography and sharp stage craft shaped by big-band tradition.

CORMORANT TREE OH
Dublin’s Mary Keane builds eerie, beautiful worlds from folk, psychedelia, horror scores and field recordings, favouring unusual instruments and self-made visuals. Three albums in, including Moonish, her live set drifts between intimate storytelling and experimental textures.

DAVID DEBARRA
A Dublin singer-songwriter with a composer’s ear, deBarra bends pop and rock into bright, immediate songs. Think 90s grit rubbing shoulders with 60s/70s harmonies, hooky melodies and lyrics that cut close, shifting between dense arrangements and bare-bones clarity.

FARAH ELLE
Drawing on Libyan heritage and personal journeys, Farah Elle’s debut Fatima folds piano-led songwriting into cinematic contours. Her voice steers between delicacy and bite, echoing classic art-pop influences while keeping a modern, focused pulse.

LITTLE O AND PALS
Global club selections built for movement: afrohouse, batida and bass-forward rhythms stitched with a dancer’s instinct.

ALBA MOLINA
From Spain to Dublin floors, Alba blends afrobeat, breakbeat and Latin currents with a warm, high-energy touch.

LUCAS BAPTISTA
Brazil-rooted and Dublin-shaped, Baptista moves through baile funk, tribal, Afro, jungle and drum & bass with easy flow.

PABLO SANTO
A selector spanning genres and tempos, Pablo bridges Brazil and Dublin scenes, introducing fresh sounds via Different Rhythm.

FRAWL
Limerick DJ and producer tracing long arcs across house, disco, soul and rare left-field picks; co-founder of East–West Assembly.