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music · Sunday 16 August 2026 · 6:00pm 
The Proclaimers - CHSq Belfast
At Custom House Square (CHSq) · Custom House Square, Belfast, Co. Antrim
At Custom House Square (CHSq) · Custom House Square, Belfast, Co. Antrim
Craig and Charlie Reid have been playing their songs to devoted crowds for four decades, and very little has changed - the harmonies are still tight, the anthems still land, and the audience still sings every word. On Sunday 16 August 2026, the twin brothers bring The Proclaimers to Custom House Square in Belfast for what the band have described as their biggest ever Belfast show. For anyone who has waited since the 2023 tour - when a perforated eardrum forced Charlie to cancel several dates including this very venue - this one carries a little extra weight.
Custom House Square holds around 5,000 people in the open air, with the neoclassical facade of Belfast’s Custom House as the backdrop. It is a standing outdoor show, so expect a proper Belfast summer evening crowd - relaxed, friendly, and well prepared for whatever the weather brings.
The Proclaimers set will draw heavily from a catalogue that spans over forty years and a dozen albums. “500 Miles”, “I’m Gonna Be”, “Letter from America”, “Sunshine on Leith” and “I Believe” are the tracks fans travel for, and the band rarely disappoint on any of them. Craig and Charlie deliver their sets with the same energy they always have - no elaborate production, no backing track theatrics, just songs that people know word for word.
The show is part of the wider CHSq 2026 summer concert series, running at Custom House Square from 8 August to 1 September. Doors are at 6:00pm; arrive early to get a good spot and to settle in before the headline set.
Custom House Square sits in the Cathedral Quarter of central Belfast, accessed via the Albert Clock entrance on Victoria Street. It is an easy walk from both Belfast Lanyon Place station (formerly Belfast Central) and Great Victoria Street station - neither is more than ten minutes on foot. Translink buses serve the city centre from across Belfast and the wider North, including routes from Newry, Derry and Armagh. If you are driving from the Republic, the M1 brings you into Belfast from Dublin; city-centre parking is available at the Laganside multi-storey on Oxford Street and at several car parks off Victoria Street, though a Sunday evening show means spaces do exist if you arrive a little before doors.
The Cathedral Quarter itself is worth an hour before the show - St Anne’s Cathedral, the Black Box arts venue and a string of bars and restaurants on Hill Street and Commercial Court are all within a few minutes’ walk of the square. There is more to see in Belfast and across Co. Antrim.
Heading to Custom House Square (CHSq) in Belfast? Antrim has plenty more to see. Read the Belfast area guide, find what else is on, and explore the towns and villages nearby.