CMAT announced for CHSq 2026
Irish singer-songwriter CMAT is pleased to announce her largest ever Belfast headline show 🙌
📍 Monday 31st August 2026
🎤 Custom House Square
International pop star. Writer of songs. Fearer of bugs. Girlboss of the Very Sexy CMAT Band. Once, twice, three times a loser at 2024’s BRITs, Mercury Music Prize and Ivors. Has just released her album, EURO-COUNTRY, which will no doubt rectify these errors.
How to get tickets:
Tickets on sale Thursday 11th December at 10am via www.ticketmaster.ie
Check out some of the other CHSq headliners announced 👇
Lush! Classical
Following the sold out June show, Lush! Classical announced a second Belfast show due to phenomenal demand at CHSq previously - a magical evening where the Ulster Orchestra meets the biggest dance anthems for a spectacular show that will be quite simply out of this world.
Foy Vance
Following his recent run of sold out Grand Opera House and Waterfront Hall shows, local singer-songwriter Foy Vance presents a very special show at CHSq. Featuring a host of special guests, including musicians Joshua Burnside and Bonnie Bishop, comedian Vittorio Angelone, and poet Jon Plunkett.
Stiff Little Fingers
Following their sold out show earlier this year, Stiff Little Fingers are proud to announce the line-up for their eighth annual hometown festival, Putting the Fast in Belfast 8.
This year, they'll be joined on Saturday, August 22nd by their friends and very special guests The Undertones, Ruts DC, Sabrejets, and DJ Terri Hooley.
The Proclaimers
Scottish music duo The Proclaimers are pleased to announce a return to Belfas to headline Custom House Square next summer. Strikingly individual, twin brothers Craig and Charlie Reid emerged 34 years ago with their debut album This Is The Story and Top 3 single 'Letter from America'.
IDLES
Multi Grammy-nominated UK rock band IDLES are pleased to announce a return to Belfast for their biggest NI show to date at Ormeau Park. Formed in Bristol in 2009, IDLES are widely recognised as one of the most electrifying, boundary-pushing bands working today.
CMAT
Irish singer-songwriter CMAT will perform her largest ever Belfast headline show this summer at CHSq. These Belfast dates cap off a year of live performances for CMAT, who will be promoting her acclaimed third album Euro-Country — a record that brought her widespread acclaim and a Mercury Prize nomination.