Journey to Greatness with KES

As the much-anticipated Arthur’s Day™ draws closer, noted Trinidadian Band KES is now preparing to display its competence on the stage for the regional telecast of Arthur’s Day™ concert on September 22.

KES has made a phenomenal rise to greatness since its formation in 2005, so it was fitting for the band to be a part of the greatness associated with the Arthur’s Day™ celebrations. The team is expected to deliver a memorable performance alongside I-Octane and Assassin.

KES was formed by Kees Dieffenthaller, Hans Dieffenthaller, Riad Boochoon and Jon Dieffenthaller after Kees exited a cover band specializing in doing cover Billboard toppers, plus popular soca and reggae tracks.

The band has steadily risen to achieve tremendous feats within the region, and has become a household name in North American cities such as Miami, New York, and Los Angeles. It has garnered an envious reputation for its electric and high-energy performances. KES has also released several albums, and has made more than a dozen tracks which made it into the top 10 of major Caribbean charts. Additionally the band has won numerous awards for songwriting, toured globally, and performed at major festivals and events in the United States, Canada and Germany.

KES has also opened for acts such as Sean Paul, Musiq Soul Child, Usher, John Legend, and Rihanna. The band has had its music featured on television shows as well as licensed tracks to popular games on major video game platforms. With this lengthy list of achievements, KES is expected to deliver an engertic performance, to live up to the high expectations of the greatness associated with Arthur’s Day™, which will be celebrated simultaneously across the region on Thursday September 22.


The concert will reach thousands of Guinness® fans through a regional television simulcast and an online stream live on the official Guinness® Caribbean Facebook page at www.facebook.com/GuinnessCaribbean and follow us on Twitter (@GuinnessCarib)



The Arthur’s Day™ festivities will commence with a worldwide ‘toast to Arthur’ in Ireland at exactly 17:59 on Thursday 22nd September; honouring the date Arthur Guinness signed the lease on the St. James Gate Brewery (in 1759) and introduced GUINNESS® to the world. The toast will kick start a jam-packed night of live music performances taking place all across the world, starting in Dublin, Ireland the Arthur's Day™ celebration was set up in 2009 to coincide with the 250th anniversary of the signing of the original lease at St. James’s Gate.