Huartan

Huartan is an act that blends Irish traditional music with electronica, presenting their self-titled debut album on a tour that includes a stop at The Abbey Manchester.

Formed in 2023, Huartan combine Irish traditional music with electronica. The project is built around three Irish traditional musicians, Catriona Ní Ghribín, Múlú and producer Stiofán Ó Luachráin, who perform alongside masked performers embodying the síogaí, the fairy folk of Irish legend. The group emerged from the Gaeltacht quarter of West Belfast.

Their work reworks Irish-language songs at risk of being forgotten, aiming to bring Ulster's older singing traditions and native language to contemporary listeners. Rooted in decolonial and anti-capitalist ideas, their live shows draw on a mythic, pre-Christian Ireland. Hot Press has placed them among the leading figures reshaping modern Irish music and culture.

Huartan received the BBC Introducing NI Artist of the Year award and the 2024 NI Music Prize Live Act of the Year. The tour presents their self-titled debut album, which features Gaeilge songs set against electronica that Hot Press describes as urgent and pulsating. Chordblossom called it one of the most visionary albums of 2025. The Abbey Manchester hosts concerts and shows in the city.