CMAT to play new Belle and Sebastian curated festival

Belle and Sebastian have announced that they are curating a festival in their home city of Glasgow this summer. The Glasgow Weekender festival will include multiple stages, DJs, street food, exclusive merchandise and Ireland's own CMAT as part of the festival lineup.

Belle and Sebastian plan to play two shows as part of the festival, one one each each night. Along with its curators, The Glasgow Weekender boasts a line up of Camera Obscura, The Joy Hotel and punk rock group Bis. The festival will take place in Glasgow's SWG3 venue from August 2-3.

Tickets for The Glasgow Weekender are to go on general sale tomorrow February 2. However the band have released an exclusive Ticket Drop link which allows fans to purchase tickets in advance for £124.

The Scottish indie folk band made the announcement via Twitter, along with a link to their Ticket Drop.

Our newest Bowlie event ‘The Glasgow Weekender’ has arrived! We're taking over @SWG3glasgow on August 2nd and 3rd, curating multiple stages as well as playing two shows on consecutive nights. You can expect live music, DJs, street food, exclusive merchandise, and a line up to… pic.twitter.com/rjBvov7k8t

— belle & sebastian (@bellesglasgow) January 29, 2024

The Glasgow Weekender is not the band first foray into the world of festival curation. The festival the fourth of the band’s special ‘Bowlie’ Weekenders, with the first Bowlie staged in 1999 at Pontins, Camber Sands. They returned to Camber Sands in 2010 for ‘Bowlie 2’, and announced 2019’s ‘Boaty Weekender‘ which took place on a cruise ship in the Mediterranean Sea.

Belle and Sebastian frontman Stuart Murdoch said of the new Bowlie event: Belle & Sebastian are very much looking forward to hosting ‘The Glasgow Weekender’. We’ve been wanting to do a Glasgow event for quite a while, and SWG3 is a great venue. We’re going to have the run of the place for the whole weekend, great bands, great djs, great food and sundry ‘Bowlie’ type activities.

Concluding his statement Murdoch said: "It’s still in the middle of winter, but we’re glad we have something to look forward to, a sunny happening on the banks of the Clyde, see you there!”

The Bowlie isn't Murdoch only's upcoming 2024 project with a debut novel, Nobody’s Empire under way. The “part memoir and part fiction” book will be centred around a character called Stephen who shares same chronic fatigue syndrome as Murdoch himself. It will be released in September 2024.

Dublin singer songwriter CMAT was recently nominated for a Brit Award along with fellow Irish artist Jazzy.