Festival News: CMAT announced as next LIDO Festival 2026 headliner

LIDO Festival, the newest highlight on London’s summer calendar, today unveils CMAT as their new headliner for 2026, performing on Friday 12 June, alongside artists Father John Misty, Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory, Beverly Glenn-Copeland and Elizabeth Copeland, Getdown Services, Katy J Pearson, Junior Brother, Jacqui McShee’s Pentangle and Zakia (DJ).

The second edition of London’s acclaimed sustainable music festival returns to Victoria Park in 2026 following its successful debut in June of this year. Tickets for CMAT’s headline show will go on general sale on Thursday 13 November, 10am.

International pop star CMAT brings her Very Sexy CMAT Band to headline LIDO Festival. This announcement caps a big year for the Dunboyne, Co Meath chanteuse, one which saw the release of her Mercury-nominated third album, EURO-COUNTRY, featuring singles ‘Running/Planning’, ‘The Jamie Oliver Petrol Station’ and ‘Take A Sexy Picture Of Me’ aka The Woke Macarena - alongside a slew of high-profile live appearances, including the Pyramid Stage in Glastonbury, Green Man, Primavera and All Points East.

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WTHB OnlineNovember 11, 2025Features, News