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CHSq

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CHSq, short for Custom House Square, is an outdoor music festival held each summer in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on a public square beside the city's waterfront. The site had previously staged the Belsonic festival in 2014, and CHSq itself launched in 2017 as a new concert series on the same ground in the city centre.

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Belfast

Lush Classical August 2026

Lush Classical August 2026

Belfast · Custom House Square BelfastSat, Aug 8
Tom Jones

Tom Jones

Belfast · Custom House Square BelfastWed, Aug 12
Ben Hemsley

Ben Hemsley

Belfast · Custom House Square BelfastFri, Aug 14
A Celebration of Life with Foy Vance

A Celebration of Life with Foy Vance

Belfast · Custom House Square BelfastSat, Aug 15
The Proclaimers

The Proclaimers

Belfast · Custom House Square BelfastSun, Aug 16
Faithless

Faithless

Belfast · Custom House Square BelfastThu, Aug 20
CHSQ Stiff Little Fingers Pre Show - FEAT THE OUTCASTS LIVE

CHSQ Stiff Little Fingers Pre Show - FEAT THE OUTCASTS LIVE

Belfast · The Limelight 1Sat, Aug 22
Wunderhorse

Wunderhorse

Belfast · Custom House Square BelfastTue, Aug 25
IDLES

IDLES

Belfast · Custom House Square BelfastWed, Aug 26
Wolf Alice

Wolf Alice

Belfast · Custom House Square BelfastSat, Aug 29
Bryan Kearney - Notorious X

Bryan Kearney - Notorious X

Belfast · Custom House Square BelfastSun, Aug 30
CMAT

CMAT · Aug 31

Belfast · Custom House Square BelfastMon, Aug 31
CMAT

CMAT · Sep 1

Belfast · Custom House Square BelfastTue, Sep 1

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About CHSq

The festival's outdoor site holds about 5,000 people per show and typically presents a run of single-headliner concert nights spanning rock, pop, indie rock and dance music, rather than one multi-stage bill. Acts that have headlined the square include Kasabian, George Ezra, Stiff Little Fingers, Carl Cox and Simple Minds.

The event has run annually each August since its 2017 launch, though it has faced occasional disruption, including scheduling difficulties in its first two years and at least one artist illness that forced a lineup change. Its format — a concentrated run of single-headliner outdoor concerts within a small city-centre footprint — distinguishes it from larger multi-day festivals staged outside Belfast.

CHSq continues to operate as one of Belfast's main outdoor concert programs each summer, drawing touring acts across rock, pop, indie rock and dance music to the city centre for single-night shows during the August festival window, rather than one weekend-long event with a shared bill.

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