Hungarian dark pop duo Black Nail Cabaret have announced new live dates for 2026, with headlining shows, tour support slots and festival appearances confirmed across Hungary, Germany, the Czech Republic and the United Kingdom between July and December. The Black Nail Cabaret tour dates for 2026 are billed mainly in support of their album Chrysanthemum, released on March 1, 2024.

Vocalist Emese Árvai-Illés commented on the announcement: “We invite you to come and see us one more time in 2026 with the current selection of songs. We are deep into the process of creating something special and 2027 will bring a new Black Nail Cabaret release. Catch this incarnation while you can!”

Black Nail Cabaret tour dates for 2026

• 30 July 2026 – Mátra-Sástó, Hungary – Fekete Zaj Festival (“Woodland Memoirs” concert)
• 20 August 2026 – Torgau, Germany – Entenfang 2, Stella Nomine Festival
• 21 August 2026 – Berlin, Germany – Bi Nuu, Shadowplay XX
• 28 August 2026 – Prague, Czech Republic – Fuchs2, XXI. Prague Gothic Treffen
• 30 August 2026 – Taunton, United Kingdom – Vivary Park, Electric Summer
• 3 December 2026 – Glasgow, United Kingdom – Slay, Covenant Legacy Tour
• 4 December 2026 – Sheffield, United Kingdom – Corporation, Covenant Legacy Tour
• 5 December 2026 – Cardiff, United Kingdom – The Globe, Covenant Legacy Tour
• 6 December 2026 – London, United Kingdom – The Garage, Covenant Legacy Tour

A previously announced show in Chemnitz, Germany, on 22 August 2026 at Wasserschloß Klaffenbach has been cancelled.

The Mátra-Sástó date is billed as a dedicated “Woodland Memoirs” concert, drawing on the material from that 2023 album, while the December dates see the duo join Covenant’s Legacy Tour across four UK cities.

About Black Nail Cabaret

Black Nail Cabaret is a Hungarian electro-pop noir (dark pop) duo established in 2008, consisting of vocalist Emese “Emke” Árvai-Illés and Krisztián Árvai on keyboards. The group formed in Budapest and later spent several years based in London. Original member Sophie Tarr, who handled keyboards, left the band in 2016 to pursue her own music project. Before forming Black Nail Cabaret, Árvai-Illés and Árvai were part of Budapest’s industrial and cyber party scene and co-founded the theatre group Art Macabre in 2005.

The duo has released music through Dependent Records, with a discography that includes the self-released full-length “Pseudopop” (2018), “Gods Verging on Sanity” (2020), and “Woodland Memoirs” (2023). Their sixth studio album, Black Nail Cabaret launches all new album ‘Chrysanthemum’, followed on March 1, 2024, preceded by singles including “Roadtrip” and “Darkness Is a Friend”. The 2026 live dates mark another round of shows built around that album’s material, ahead of new music the band has said is planned for 2027.

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