Performances at Europe's leading world-music festivals — WOMAD (UK), Folk Alliance International (Netherlands), Sziget (Hungary), and others. June-August 2026.
Katya Chilly announced on 24 January 2026 a European festival tour with 8 performances in 8 countries throughout summer 2026 (June-August). Route: WOMAD (Wiltshire, UK, 24 June) → Holadem (Gran Canaria, Spain, 5 July) → Sziget (Budapest, Hungary, 12 July) → Couleur Café (Brussels, Belgium, 18 July) → Folk Alliance International (Utrecht, Netherlands, 25 July) → Bardentreffen (Nuremberg, Germany, 2 August) → Pohoda (Trenčin, Slovakia, 9 August) → Sopot Folk Festival (Sopot, Poland, 16 August). At each of 8 performances — a 45-minute set of 8 songs. Programme: 4 tracks from the new album 'Koleso' (see separate news), 3 classic Chilly hits ('Koliskova', 'Sukhar Banya', 'Sontsevorot'), 1 collaboration song with a local performer in each country (invited guests remain secret until the performance moment). Instrumental cast — Voytenko's 4-member team: double bass, drums, synthesizer, clarinet/bodhran. WOMAD (founded by Peter Gabriel in 1980) is the world's most renowned world-music festival. This is Chilly's third WOMAD performance in history (previous — 2003, 2015), and the first in evening main-stage slot format (previous — smaller stages). At Sziget (one of the top 10 European music festivals) it's Chilly's debut. The expected total tour audience is up to 95 thousand spectators over 8 performances.
