Events in Glasgow on 12 May 2024
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Events in Glasgow
A Play, A Pie and A Pint Spring Season
A Play, A Pie and A Pint's fabulous Spring Season features 18 wonderful new plays which will shine a spotlight emerging writers, many of whom have never written for them before!
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A Wee Walk & A Whisky (or three!)
Enjoy a wee walk and a premium whisky tasting in a local pub with a fun, local guide and see a new side to the city on your trip with this small group tour with Walking Tours in Glasgow!
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All Ages Retro Gaming Sessions At R-CADE
Get your game on at Glasgow's only family friendly retro gaming venue by booking one of their Retro Gaming Sessions!
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Arm Knit A Giant Blanket
Learn how to arm knit yourself a super cozy blanket for the winter on one of Braw Wee Emporium's workshops!
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Arta Wedding Showcase
Planning your big day? Join Arta for their upcoming Wedding Open Day and view the venue set up with various styles so you can picture how your special day will look!
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Baking Masterclass With House For An Art Lover Pastry Chef
Whether you're gearing up for a grand birthday celebration and want to make the cakes extra special, or simply seeking a relaxing (and tasty!) day out, this class is tailor-made for you!
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Beauty Brunch With MAC
Indulge in a delicious spread of brunch favorites while learning all about the latest products and techniques from MAC Cosmetics at October Cafe's Beauty Brunch event
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Bellah Mae
Rising English pop sensation Bellah Mae has announced a headline show at The Garage on Sunday 12th May as part of her Never Waste A Heartbreak tour!
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BIG Soul Events
Join in the fun and dance to the best in Soul, Disco, Motown, RnB, BIG Soul Classics to today's floor fillers!
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Black Edition: International Photography (Digital) Exhibition
The Glasgow Gallery of Photography presents a six week long exhibition called The Black Edition, themed on the colour black.
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Blochairn Car Boot Sale
Browse the stalls and bag yourself a bargain at Blochairn Car Boot Sale every Sunday from 6am to 3pm!
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Boat Trips Helensburgh
Join Boat Trips Helensburgh for a tour of the Clyde Estuary, round the Sugar Boat Wreck, to the Holy Loch, up the River Clyde, and a variety of other places!
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Carmunnock Heritage Trail
Take a unique, free, self-guided, multi-media tour around Glasgow's last village - Carmunnock by following the Carmunnock Heritage Trail!
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Celtic FC Player of the Year Awards
This special edition of the Celtic Player of the Year Awards will allow over 11,000 supporters to enjoy the annual ceremony in person for the first time at Glasgow's OVO Hydro on Sunday 12th May!
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Celtic Park Stadium Tour
Experience the magic within, soak up the history and feel the passion at Celtic Park Stadium, Scotland's largest football stadium, on this one hour guided tour.
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Curious About Glasgow - Quirky Heritage Walks for the Curious!
Have fun discovering Glasgow on this award-winning, quirky, self-guided, heritage walk with a treasure hunt theme from Curious About!
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Discover! Weekend Sessions
Join The Burrell Collection each weekend for a free drop in family session where you can get hands on and find out more about the collection through crafts, music and object handling!
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Dogs Trust Dog Training Classes
The Dogs Trust offer training classes for dogs at all stages of their lives, in a relaxed and enjoyable environment at Mount Vernon Community Hall!
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Drypoint Etching Workshop
This 4 hour workshop will give you a comprehensive introduction to Intaglio printmaking, a remarkably simple process which produces beautiful marks through the use of engraved lines.
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East Park: 150th Anniversary Exhibition
This exhibition explores the long history of East Park through a series of never-before-seen photographs at Maryhill Burgh Halls!
READ MOREElder Park Junior Parkrun
Elder Park Junior Parkrun is a weekly, free 2km timed run held on Sunday mornings at Elder Park!
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Family Fun Sundays At The Grosvenor
Come join the Family Fun at The Grosvenor, Ashton Lane every Sunday from 11am, it's free to attend, all you need is your party outfit!
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Food For Free - The Botanical Larder
Join the Dams To Darnley Ranger for a daylong session identifying and foraging plants across the country park and then cooking them up to sample!
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Foraging First Steps
Take a dip into the delicious wild abundance of your local hedgerows, parks and gardens on this foraging workshop for beginners from Curious In Nature!
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Gesso Painting Workshop
Join Helensburgh Art Hub and artist/creator Alison McIntosh Prentice to explore the life of Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh as well as her techniques in paintings using Gesso.
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Gin Tour and Tastings
Isle of Cumbrae Distillers' Gin Tour and Tastings highlight the important role women played in the history of gin and showcase the colourful smuggling history of the Clyde and the history of Millport!
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Glasgow Antiques & Fine Arts Society: Atkinson Grimshaw: Master of Moonlight
Glasgow Antiques & Fine Arts Society present a talk by Alexandra Epps, Accredited Art Society lecturer, on painter Atkinson Grimshaw.
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Glasgow Botanic Gardens Orchid Fair
Come along to the Glasgow Botanic Gardens on Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th May for the annual Orchid Fair hosted by the Scottish Orchid Society!
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Glasgow Central Station Tours
Glasgow Central Tours offer you the chance to explore behind the scenes of Glasgow's most iconic and busiest landmarks, Central Station!
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Glasgow City Centre Walking Tour
This is a 1.5 hour tour that will take you around all the main sites of the city, giving you an excellent opportunity to find out about Glasgow's rich history and culture!
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Glasgow City FC v Rangers FC
Glasgow City FC, Scotland's top women's football team, take on Rangers FC - one of their closest rivals in this seasons penultimate tussle for the League title.
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Glasgow Coffee Festival
The annual Glasgow Coffee Festival returns to The Briggait to showcase Scotland's speciality coffee culture in a two day event on Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th May!
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Glasgow Life Museums Annual Art Competition
Glasgow Life Museums' prestigious Annual Art Competition is open to children aged 3-18 who are invited to visit their museums to paint or draw!
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Glasgow Necropolis Walking Tours
The Friends of Glasgow Necropolis run regular friendly and informal walking tours of the Glasgow Necropolis!
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Glasgow Street Art Walking Tour
Immerse yourself in a different side to Glasgow on this unique street art and modern culture tour, a popular tour for those looking to go off the beaten track!
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Good Move Glasgow Health Walks
Good Move Glasgow's Health Walks are easy, fun and free. What's more, with over 50 walks taking place each week, there's bound to be one near you!
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Gothic Glasgow
Join Gothic Glasgow's sinister host Vincent (The Man in the Hat), for a unique evening walking tour uncovering Glasgow's ghostly, strange, supernatural, creepy history!
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Hand-Building: BYOB, Group Class - Make a Mug, Pot or Jug!
Join The Craft Pottery Studio for their most popular BYOB pottery session... a fun introduction to making ceramic forms using hand-building techniques!
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Historic Tours of Glasgow University
Join a historic walking tour of the University of Glasgow the fourth oldest university in the English-speaking world!
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Hurray for the Riff Raff
Hurray for the Riff Raff (aka Alynda Segarra) has announced a night SWG Glasgow on Sunday 12th May!
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Information Lecture: Help and Healing on the Spiritual Path through the teaching of Bruno Groening
A lecture about spiritual healing and help through the teaching of Bruno Groening is taking place in Glasgow.
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Jack Docherty: David Bowie & Me: Parallel Lives
Following rave reviews and a sell-out run at Edinburgh Fringe, BAFTA award-winning star of Scot Squad and Absolutely, Jack Docherty brings his critically-acclaimed show David Bowie & Me to Oran Mor!
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James McVey
The Vamps vocalist and guitarist, James McVey, is heading out on a solo tour across the UK, don't miss him live at Glasgow's King Tut's on Sunday 12th May!
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Julian Clary - Fistful of Clary
Julian Clary, renowned homosexual and national trinket, is fixing to saddle up and head on out for his 2024 UK tour and you can catch him at The Pavilion Theatre Glasgow on Sunday 12th May!
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Kelvingrove Organ Recitals
Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum holds delightful daily recitals by eminent local organists and visiting players!
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Loch Lomond Faerie Trail
Located in one of Scotland's most charming villages, join Loch Lomond Faerie Trail for a delightful adventure through our enchanting woodlands!
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Merchant Square Craft & Design Fair
The Merchant Square Craft Fair & Design Fair is held every weekend, why not spend a relaxing afternoon browsing the stalls!
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Movement: International Photography Exhibition
The Glasgow Gallery of Photography are hosting a month long photography exhibition, showcasing Movement in photography at their exhibition space on High Street during May.
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Park Lane Market at SWG3
Much-loved Southside pop-up Park Lane Market heads to SWG3 Glasgow for a special summer residency, taking place every Sunday between May 12th and June 9th!
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Pollok United Community Football Sessions
Join Pollok United at Nethercraigs every Sunday for their Community Football Sessions, and get your child started on their football journey in a friendly and fun environment!
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Polmadie Car Boot Sale
Held on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays, Polmadie Car Boot Sale is Scotland's only fully undercover car boot sale!
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Pottery Wheel: Group Introduction Class
Join The Craft Pottery Studio for one of their regular introduction to making ceramic forms using the potter's wheel sessions!
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Reportage: International Photography Exhibition
The Glasgow Gallery of Photography are hosting a month long photography exhibition, showcasing reportage in photography at their exhibition space on High Street during May.
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Richard Herring: Can I Have My Ball Back?
In his much-anticipated return to stand-up after six years, Richard talks bollocks and answers the question on everyone's lips: Is a severed gonad in a jar a fitting prize to bring in for Taskmaster?
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Scottish Opera - La Traviata
This beloved production, which began life at Scottish Opera in 2008, has been seen at opera houses around the world! Don't miss La Traviata when it returns to Glasgow in May!
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Secondhand Wonderland
Secondhand Wonderland is a monthly modern pre-loved market at Park Lane Market which aims to bring high-quality second-hand goods to a real life audience!
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Skyline Presents Sudbeat
Skyline are delighted to welcome Hernan Cattaneo's, Sudbeat label to the Skybar to celebrate turning 2!
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SoulINQUEST
SoulINQUEST is a powerful touring photography exhibition that sheds light on state-related deaths and provides the opportunity for bereaved families to express their experiences.
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Spring Exhibition: In Full Bloom
The Glasgow Gallery is stepping into Spring with their new exhibition: In Full Bloom which runs until Saturday 18th May!
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Spring Fair
Celebrate Spring at One Devonshire Gardens as they host a weekend long Spring Fair on Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th May in aid of Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre!
READ MORESpringburn Junior Parkrun
Springburn Junior Parkrun is a weekly, free 2km timed run held on Sunday mornings at Springburn Park!
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The ‘Why Is There A Banana?’ Comedy Open Mic
Jesters Comedy presents the ‘Why Is There A Banana?’ Stand-Up Comedy Open Mic, the only comedy show named after a question before anyone thought to ask it!
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The Barras Market
With its iconic archways The Barras Market is a Glasgow institution, open to the public every weekend, come along and grab yourself a bargain or two!
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The Glasgow Food and Drink Tour
Enjoy a walking tour and explore the thriving food scene of Glasgow's leafy west end with The Glasgow Food and Drink Tour!
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The Scottish Homebuilding & Renovating Show
A visit to The Scottish Homebuilding & Renovating Show at the SEC Glasgow is a must if you're planning a home upgrade!
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Two Ways Home
Expect an enchanting fusion of rock, folk, and country when Two Ways Home bring their Traveling Medicine Show to The Poetry Club on Sunday 12th May!
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UK2UA: United for Music and Peace
UK2UA: United for Music and Peace is a charity project of RCS students, created to help Ukraine, join them for their upcoming concert on Sunday 12th May!
READ MOREVictoria Junior Parkrun
Victoria Junior Parkrun is a weekly, free 2km timed run held on Sunday mornings at Victoria Park in the West End of Glasgow!
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Wheels Of Life
Wheels of Life at Sharmanka Kinetic Theatre is a special show which features some of the earliest and most exquisite work created by Eduard Bersudsky in Russia.
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White Edition: International Photography Exhibition
The Glasgow Gallery of Photography presents a six week long exhibition called The White Edition, themed on the colour white.
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ZO Jewellery Presents Wellness Fest & Small Business Market
ZO Jewellery Presents Wellness Fest & Small Business Market, a day full of fun activities, at The Haberdashery on Sunday 12th May!
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Events in East Renfrewshire
Here's a selection of events you can find over on our sister site, What's On East Renfrewshire:
Adult Sunday Art Workshop: Pastel Painting Landscapes and Flowers
Have you ever fancied having a go at learning how to use pastels properly to create beautiful works of art? Join Caroline at The Wee Art Studio for this Sunday Art Workshop for adults!
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Rouken Glen Junior Parkrun
Rouken Glen Junior Parkrun is a weekly, free 2km timed run held on Sunday mornings at Rouken Glen Park!
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The Bike Month Challenge with Love to Ride! - East Renfrewshire
This May, join the movement to create safer, more bike-friendly streets with the Bike Month Challenge and #MakeEveryRideCount!
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Here's a selection of events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Edinburgh:
Photography Tuition in Edinburgh’s Old Town
Learn to use your camera in one of the most beautiful cities in the world from a working photographer and film maker! Perfect for solo travellers, couples and families.
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Tom Bailey
Thompson Twins’ Tom Bailey is undertaking a major headline UK tour celebrating the 40th anniversary of the iconic eighties album ‘Into The Gap’, with a date at The Queen's Hall in May!
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Stockbridge Market
The weekly Stockbridge Market is a foodie heaven featuring creative crafts, original artwork, superb street food. Eat, meet, greet or treat - there is something for everyone!
READ MOREEvents in Fife
Here's a selection of events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Fife:
Kirkcaldy Boot and Mart
Kirkcaldy Boot and Mart, indoor and outdoor every Saturday, Sunday and Wednesday... all welcome!
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Scotland’s Gardens Scheme Open Garden: Willowhill
Willowhill is an evolving three-acre garden with a series of mixed borders designed with different vibrant colour combinations for effect all season.
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Brushstrokes
Did you know that OnFife museums look after an amazing collection of paintings, prints and drawings? Want to know more? Then come along to our exhibition 'Brushstrokes'!
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Here's a selection of events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Lanarkshire:
Leadhills Miners Library
Leadhills Miners Library is the oldest subscription library in the British Isles and is now a museum of literature and village life, open weekends May to September!
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The Canny Capercaillie: From Illustration to Interactive
Enjoy this immersive exhibition based on the children's book The Canny Capercaillie by local artist, illustrator, author and storyteller Fiona MacGregor at Low Parks Museum!
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Strathaven Miniature Railway Season
Strathaven Miniature Railway reopens for the 2024 season in March and will run every weekend until the end of September!
READ MOREEvents in Renfrewshire and Inverclyde
Here's a selection of events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Renfrewshire:
Barshaw Junior Parkrun
Barshaw Junior Parkrun is a weekly, free 2km timed run held on Sunday mornings at Barshaw Park, Paisley!
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Try Bowls For Kids
Bowls is a great sport open to girls and boys aged 8 and upwards that gets them out in the fresh air and is fully inclusive, why not join Ralston Bowling Club for one of their free Try Bowls sessions!
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BIG SOUL Events
Join in the fun and dance to the best in Soul, Disco, Motown, RnB classics to today's floor fillers when BIG SOUL Events come to the Normandy Hotel!
READ MOREEvents in Stirling
Here's a selection of events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Stirling:
Don Roberto & Scotland: International Perspectives
Enjoy a day of talks celebrating the life, travels and vision of Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham at The Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum!
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Stirling Future World Exhibition
40 years since its release, Tolbooth Gallery will show ‘Stirling Future World’ a short film hosted by journalist and historian Magnus Magnusson.
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Hogmanay Ceilidh (Gartmore) 2023
Step into 2024 in style with the fabulous Burns Brother Ceilidh Band at Gartmore’s sensational foot stomping interactive Hogmanay Ceilidh!
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Ayr Sunday Market and Car Boot Sale
Whether you're wishing to purchase a few hidden treasures, interested in selling or just wishing for an enjoyable day out, there is something for everyone at Ayr's Sunday Market and Car Boot Sale!
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History of Prestwick Airport Walking Tour
Prestwick Airport, just 30 miles south west of Glasgow has had a colourful history since aviation activity was first recorded over 110 years ago in 1913, find out more on one of these walking tours!
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WedFest Wedding Festival
WedFest brings together a selection of wedding suppliers to the grounds of Harelaw Farm, offering soon-to-be brides and grooms a glimpse into a world of endless possibilities for their special day.
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