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Mariah Carey to headline Francofolies de Spa on 14 July 2027, tickets from 13 November
Francofolies de Spa has added an extra concert on 14 July 2027 featuring Mariah Carey, her only Belgian date on a European summer tour. Tickets go on sale on Friday, 13 November, from 89 euros.
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In brief
Francofolies de Spa has added a date on 14 July 2027 on the Place Royale, ahead of its open-air days from 16 to 18 July.
Tickets go on sale on Friday, 13 November, starting at 89 euros, with a separate sale for this date opening at 10:00 that day.
Festival director Yoann Frédéric said the festival wants to avoid becoming a niche for French-language chanson, after booking Sting last year.
- 9 NovFestival announces Mariah Carey as headliner and an extra 14 July concert
- 13 NovTicket sales open for the 14 July concert, from 89 euros
- 14 JulFrancofolies de Spa Collector concert on the Place Royale
- 16 to 18 July 2027Three-day open-air Francofolies de Spa festival
The announcement
The Francofolies de Spa festival said on Monday, 9 November, that Mariah Carey will headline its next edition. An extra concert has been added on 14 July 2027 on the Place Royale, billed as 'Francofolies de Spa Collector', ahead of the festival's three open-air days from 16 to 18 July. The organisers made the announcement in a press release.
Why the festival booked her
Festival director Yoann Frédéric said Carey is touring Europe this summer and was available on the festival's dates, so the offer came to the festival. He said the team could not pass up the chance to bring a star of this size to Spa.
“We could not resist the urge to host a star of this calibre in Spa.”
The booking also reflects a change in strategy. Last year the festival booked Sting as its international headliner, and Frédéric said the festival does not want to become a niche for French-language chanson alone. He stressed that the line-up will still lean francophone.
“We will still always have a majority of francophone artists, a large part of whom will be Belgian.”
Exclusivity and tickets
The festival presents the 14 July concert as the only Mariah Carey date this summer in Belgium, France and the Dutch-speaking territories. Tickets go on sale on Friday, 13 November, starting at 89 euros. RTBF reports that a separate ticket sale for this date opens at 10:00 that day, in addition to the sale for the festival itself.
The artist
Le Soir reports that Carey, who is 57, has sold more than 200 million albums. The Belgian stop is linked to the 25th anniversary of her album 'Glitter', and Le Soir lists 'All I Want for Christmas Is You', 'Without You', 'Obsessed' and 'We Belong Together' among her hits. Le Soir also counts 19 songs that topped the Billboard chart and notes that she was nominated twice for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. RTBF says it has been almost 10 years since she last performed in Belgium and points to her 2025 album 'Here For It All'.
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Sources and context
- RTBF“We could not resist the urge”: Francofolies de Spa explain the arrival of Mariah Carey next summer'On n'a pas résisté à l'envie' : les Francofolies de Spa s'expliquent sur la venue de Mariah Carey l'été prochain · original in French
- De MorgenGlobal star Mariah Carey is coming to Belgium next summerWereldster Mariah Carey komt volgende zomer naar België · original in Dutch
- Le SoirMariah Carey to headline a festival in BelgiumMariah Carey en tête d'affiche d'un festival en Belgique · original in French
- RTBFMariah Carey will give an exclusive concert at Francofolies de Spa in 2027Mariah Carey donnera un concert exclusif aux Francofolies de Spa en 2027 · original in French
- Mariah Carey
- American singer headlining the extra Francofolies de Spa concert on 14 July 2027
- Yoann Frédéric
- Director of the Francofolies de Spa festival
- Sting
- International headliner of the Francofolies de Spa festival last year
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