CHSq

Custom House Square (Stylised as CHSq) is an outdoor music event held in Custom House Square, Belfast. 2017 was the first year of CHSq but events have been held at this venue before such as the Belsonic music festival back in 2014. The capacity of this event is 5,000.[1]

CHSq
DatesAugust (2017 – present)
Location(s)Custom House Square, Belfast
Years active2017 – present
Websitecustomhousesquare.com

2018

CHSq 2018 was announced to return in 2018 with the first headlining act to be Rag’n’Bone Man with support.[2] 8 more headliners were announced in the coming weeks and months along with their supporting acts. Kasabian are to return to CHSq in 2018 after last years concert was cancelled minutes before they were to take to the stage "due to illness".[3]

2018 Line-Up
Year Day/month Headline artist Supporting artists
2018 10 August George Ezra Hudson Taylor, Dan Caplen
11 August Ben Nicky Jody Wisternoff, Jerome Isma-Ae, Paddy Gormley
18 August Sasha & John Digweed Nic Fanciulli, Psycatron
20 August Kasabian DMA's
22 August Travis Turin Brakes
23 August Kodaline Lewis Capaldi, Brand New Friend
24 August Rag'n'Bone Man Mullally
25 August Stiff Little Fingers The Damned/Buzzcocks, The Defects, Terri Hooley
26 August Drumcode X Shine Adam Beyer, Amelie Lens, Enrico Sangiuliano, Schmutz

2017

CHSq 2017 was announced in March[4] with acts being added to the line-up every couple of weeks. It was announced via CHSq's social media that the August 20th show with headlining act Oliver Heldens would be cancelled due to "scheduling difficulties", they also announced that another date would be announced for Winter 2017 in due course to make up for the inconveniences caused.[5] Kasabian's concert was cancelled minutes before they were to take to the stage "due to illness", organisers say they are going to reschedule the concert.[6]

2017 Line-Up
Year Day/month Headline artist Supporting artists
2017 11 August Above & Beyond Oliver Smith, 16 Bit Lolitas
12 August Walking on Cars TBA
16 August Emeli Sandé Ray BLK
17 August Timmy Trumpet Will Sparks, Joel Fletcher
19 August Foy Vance Amy MacDonald, Ryan McMullan, David C Clements
20 August Oliver Heldens - Cancelled John Gibbons, Jax Jones
22 August Kasabian - Cancelled Blossoms, Touts
25 August Ocean Colour Scene The Coral, Carl Barât, The Jackals
26 August Stiff Little Fingers The Stranglers, The Ruts DC, The Outcasts, Terri Hooley
27 August Carl Cox Hot Since 82, Phil Kieran, Schmutz

References
  1. "Belsonic is this year's biggest outdoor music festival in Belfast - N…". archive.is. 13 August 2008. Archived from the original on 13 August 2008. Retrieved 22 June 2017.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. McStravick, Sheena (29 January 2018). "Rag'n'Bone Man confirms Belfast show this summer". belfastlive. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  3. "Kasabian to play rearranged Belfast show in 2018". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  4. "Custom House Square - Belfast Live". www.belfastlive.co.uk. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  5. "DJ Oliver Heldens cancels Belfast gig at Custom House Square - BelfastTelegraph.co.uk". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  6. "Kasabian cancel Belfast gig at last minute". BBC News. 22 August 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
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