This is the setting for Kilele, a brilliant festival showcasing east Africa’s experimental music and music technology scene. One of Kilele’s founders, David Tinning, also cofounded Santuri East Africa, a community-driven music innovation hub based in The Mall. At The Mall in Nairobi, it isn’t just the boundary-pushing music and the artists creating it that offer inspiration. No matter where in the world you are, when vacant space is offered to artists, good things happen. That is true of The Mall in Nairobi – and with a bit of leadership, support and open-mindedness, it could also be true of vacant commercial space in Dublin.

Source: The Irish Times March 16, 2026 09:07 UTC