City Halls
City Halls, Glasgow's oldest purpose built performance space, has been entertaining visitors since 1841 and is renowned throughout the world for having some of the finest acoustics!
About City Halls
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No matter which concert you choose, from orchestral to the more intimate recital, the sound in the Grand Hall will be breathtaking. The traditional shoebox style auditorium is renowned throughout the world for having some of the finest acoustics.
The elegant and spectacular Hall provides the focus for Glasgow's Centre for Music. Dating from as far back as 1841, it is the city's oldest, but most well loved, purpose built performance and meeting space.
This exciting music complex also houses top class rehearsal, recording, broadcasting and webcasting facilities. As a hub of creativity, a jam-packed programme of public workshops and classes has already benefited everyone from babies, toddlers and school groups to amateur and professional musicians.
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Upcoming Events at City Halls
BBC SSO 2025/26: Rachmaninov’s Second Symphony
Rachmaninov's music is rarely more heartfelt or so fervently passionate as it is in the Second Symphony, join the BBC SSO as they perform it at City Halls as part of their Thursday Night Series.
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BBC SSO 2025/26: Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No.3
Rachmaninov's Third has been called the 'Everest of piano concertos' but if anyone's equipped to scale it, it's the superb young British virtuoso Isata Kanneh-Mason!
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Scottish Chamber Orchestra: L’Enfance du Christ
Welcome the coming festive season with one of the tenderest, most captivating Christmas pieces ever created, performed by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra!
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Bearsden Choir: Carmina Burana
Bearsden Choir, conducted by Andrew Nunn, will perform the ever popular, powerful and dramatic Carmina Burana at Glasgow's City Halls on Sunday 30th November!
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BBC SSO 2025/26: Sir Stephen Hough Plays Grieg: 90th Anniversary Concert
Something entirely new from the irrepressible imagination of Ayanna Witter-Johnson, and pianist extraordinaire Sir Stephen Hough brings all his heart and soul to a piano concerto that never grows old!
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Scottish Chamber Orchestra: The Nutcracker
Scottish Chamber Orchestra's Maxim Emelyanychev invites you to immerse yourself in all the sugar, snow and sparkle of the composer's full ballet score.
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BBC SSO 2025/26: Debussy, Ravel & Rare Gems
The bittersweet beauty of Ravel's waltzes – like the luminous colours of Debussy's ravishing Nocturnes – will sound fresher than ever!
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Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Gnarly Buttons
Join the Scottish Chamber Orchestra for a thrilling journey from the music of John Adams including hypnotic pulsations to red-hot emotion and vast cinematic soundscapes.
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BBC SSO 2025/26: Christmas Classics with BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
This year, the BBC SSO presents not one but two Christmas concerts at City Halls!
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Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Mozart Matinee With Peter Whelan
Celebrate the full breadth of Mozart's musical glories at this sumptuous concert in the company of some passionate Mozartians.
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BBC SSO 2025/26: Christmas at the Movies
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra's glorious 'Christmas at the Movies' concert returns to City Halls on Saturday 20th December!
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Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Haydn & Schubert with Lorenza Borrani
Smouldering drama collides with daring humour in this vibrant matinee concert directed by inspirational Italian violinist Lorenza Borrani.
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Rose Cousins and Support
Enjoy an evening of intimate, JUNO-winning folk-pop from Canadian singer-songwriter Rose Cousins at Glasgow's City Halls as part of Celtic Connections 2026!
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TMSA: 60th Anniversary Celebration
Join the Traditional Music & Song Association of Scotland as they kick off their 60th anniversary with a celebration at City Halls as part of Celtic Connections 2026!
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Ballads and Songs: Sam Carter sings Nic Jones
Sam Carter, a highly respected BBC Folk Award winner, presents a heartfelt and timely celebration of a towering figure in English folk music: Nic Jones.
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BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: Górecki’s ‘Symphony of Sorrows’ and Alice Zawadzki
Experience a monumental work of 20th-century classical music 50 years after its composition, as the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra performs Henryk Gorecki's intensely spiritual Symphony No. 3.
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Harp Heaven: Rachel Hair & Ron Jappy
This rare hometown performance at Celtic Connections is a chance to see Rachel Hair and Ron Jappy in action as recent tours have seen them venture across the USA, Japan, Australia and New Zealand.
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The Ayoub Sisters with BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: Arabic Symphony
In this very special performance with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, The Ayoub Sisters celebrate their ten-year anniversary with a whirlwind evening of folklore and adventure.
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The Conundrum: International Piping Night
The Conundrum brings together leading exponents of the world’s great piping traditions in a unique celebration of shared heritage and musical innovation.
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Celtic Odyssée
This year's Celtic Odyssée continues its musical journey from south to north led by Scottish musician and composer Calum Stewart as artistic director.
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The Fiddle Line: Hosted by John McCusker with special guest Aly Bain
Join renowned fiddle player, composer, and producer John McCusker for an intimate live recording of his new podcast The Fiddle Line, in conversation with the legendary Aly Bain.
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Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Mozart’s Last Three Symphonies
Discover – or rediscover – the compelling power of Mozart's last three symphonies as Maxim brings his vibrant visions to Scotland.
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Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh with Kim Carnie
Two multi-award-winning singers, one unmissable evening of song... don't miss Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh with Kim Carnie live at City Halls as part of Celtic Connections 2026!
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Over The Moon and Support
Over The Moon is an award-winning roots/swing duo from the foothills of the Canadian Rocky Mountains, featuring the musical and married partnership of Suzanne Levesque and Craig Bignell.
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BBC SSO 2025/26: Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No.2
Guest conductor Gemma New conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and brings something wholly new to Rachmaninov's most popular piano concerto.
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Scottish Chamber Orchestra: The Great Grumpy Gaboon
Join the Grumpy Gaboon and friends on this brand-new musical adventure as together they discover the importance of friendship and forgiveness!
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BBC SSO 2025/26: Afternoon Performance - Rachmaninov’s Symphony No. 1
It's a gripping climax to this concert from guest conductor Chloe Van Soeterstede: an afternoon that begins in the dream-world of Debussy's mythical Faun, and ends at the gates of the inferno.
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BBC SSO 2025/26: Mozart’s Piano Concerto No.27
Join the BBC SSO at Glasgow's City Halls for a final farewell from Mozart - elegant, witty and nostalgic!
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Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Baroque Inspirations
Maxim Emelyanychev returns with an annual highlight of the SCO Season, rediscovering the musical splendours of the Baroque.
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Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Benedetti plays Mendelssohn
Mendelssohn;s exhilarating Violin Concerto is the ideal showcase for the world-renowned Scottish violin virtuoso's consummate talents.
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Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Borrani & Beethoven
Lorenza Borrani returns for a second concert of the Season with an evening of wit, humour and magical evocations.
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Movies to Musicals
Get ready to be swept away by the iconic soundtracks of your favourite musicals performed live on stage when Movies to Musicals comes to Glasgow's City Halls on Sunday 8th March!
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BBC SSO 2025/26: Afternoon Performance - Alban Gerhardt Plays Britten’s Cello Symphony
Britten's playful 'Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra' is paired with the composer's Cello Symphony. Plus, there's music inspired by the enchanting imagination of William Shakespeare.
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Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Saxophone Dreams with Jess Gillam
Jess Gillam brings her invigorating musical personality to a colourful and adventurous concert.
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BBC SSO 2025/26: Tchaikovsky’s Pathétique Symphony
Pulse-raising passion and a teenage prodigy's firecracker piano concerto... join the BBC SSO for Tchaikovsky's Pathétique Symphony!
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Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Beethoven, Pekka & the Dreamers’ Circus
Classical and folk join forces for a celebration of dance, in this joyfully unconventional programme masterminded by Pekka Kuusisto.
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BBC SSO 2025/26: Debussy’s Pelléas Et Mélisande
If you've only heard Debussy's opera in the theatre, you haven't heard it all, and this concert performance will bring out every shimmer and sigh of Debussy's astonishing score.
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Scottish Chamber Orchestra: The Language of Eden
Andrew Manze conducts an evening of rapturous English music and striking new sounds, with Roderick Williams and the SCO Chorus.
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City of Glasgow Chorus - Messiah
The City of Glasgow Chorus is thrilled to present Handel's Messiah, one of the greatest pieces of classical music ever written, at Glasgow's iconic City Halls on Saturday 28th March!
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BBC SSO 2025/26: Afternoon Performance - Bartók, Shostakovich & Britten
Guest Conductor Elim Chan reveals the deadly secrets of Bartók's thrilling work 'Bluebeard's Castle' with the help of two world-class soloists.
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Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Bohemian Rhapsodies A Celebration of Czech Music
Flamboyant Greek-Albanian violinist Jonian Ilias-Kadesha directs a concert dedicated to the gutsy glories of Czech music.
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Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Baroque Threads, Contemporary Colours
Kaleidoscopic hues and big emotions sit side by side in this vibrant concert weaving together the Baroque era and the present day.
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Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Mozart Requiem
Riccardo Minasi is joined by the excellent SCO Chorus and a brilliant line-up of vocal soloists for Mozart's Requiem.
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Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Schumann Cello Concerto
Join Principal Conductor Maxim Emelyanychev and exceptional SCO Principal Cello Philip Higham for this varied concert.
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Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Dvořák ‘New World’ Symphony
Join Maxim and the SCO musicians for an electrifying and emotional conclusion to the Season – with one of the most cherished symphonies of them all.
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BBC SSO 2025/26: Afternoon Performance - Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet
Glasgow accordionist Ryan Corbett performs Jay Capperauld's electrifying concerto that was written especially for him and Emilia Hoving conducts Prokofiev's enchanting story of star-crossed lovers.
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BBC SSO 2025/26: Closing Night: BBC Singers, Bruckner, Wigglesworth
Join the BBC SSO at City Halls for a glorious finale to their 90th season, where voices and orchestra soar as one!
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The Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
2 Sauchiehall Street,
Glasgow City Centre G2 3NY
The Glasgow Royal Concert Hall is one of Scotland's most prestigious venues and world renowned classical, jazz, pop, rock and folk artists take to its stages for nearly 250 performances each year!
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The Old Fruitmarket
The Old Fruitmarket Candleriggs,
Glasgow City Centre G1 1NQ
Prepare to be caught under the spell of Glasgow's Old Fruitmarket, Glasgow's Centre for Music, as soon as you walk through its doors!
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More Live Music Venues in Glasgow
Barras Art And Design Centre
54 Calton Entry,
Glasgow East End G40 2SB
Barras Art and Design (BAaD) is a venue, a studio, a retail space and a creative hub - bringing an eclectic mix of creative talents under one roof!
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The National Piping Centre
30-34 McPhater Street,
Glasgow City Centre G4 0HW
The National Piping Centre, Glasgow was created in 1996, as the world centre for excellence in the promotion and study of the Great Highland Bagpipe.
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O2 Academy Glasgow
121 Eglinton Street,
Glasgow City Centre G5 9NT
O2 Academy Glasgow has made an outstanding contribution to Scotland’s vibrant live music scene since its arrival in the city in 2003.
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ONeills Merchant Square Glasgow
71-73 Albion Street,
Glasgow City Centre G1 1NY
You'll always find a warm welcome at O'Neill's Merchant Square in Glasgow. Ours is a place where you're free to go with the flow. Where great food and...
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George Square
George Square George Street,
Glasgow City Centre G2 1DU
Throughout the year, Glasgow's George Square is a focal point for many popular events such as Piping Live! and Glasgow Loves Christmas!
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Theatre Royal Glasgow
282 Hope Street,
Glasgow City Centre G2 3QA
Theatre Royal Glasgow is home to Scotland's resident companies, Scottish Opera and Scottish Ballet, featuring a Victorian auditorium, Theatre Royal presents first class entertainment for all!
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Junction 1
Junction 1 Morris Park,
Glasgow East End G5 0YD
Junction 1 is a multi purpose outdoor events space in the East End of Glasgow designed to showcase music concerts, comedy, visual arts & dance!
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The Merchants House of Glasgow
7 West George Street,
Glasgow City Centre G2 1BA
The Merchants House of Glasgow is situated at the corner of George Square and West George Street and is home to one of the most ancient and prestigious organisations in the City of Glasgow.
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The Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
2 Sauchiehall Street,
Glasgow City Centre G2 3NY
The Glasgow Royal Concert Hall is one of Scotland's most prestigious venues and world renowned classical, jazz, pop, rock and folk artists take to its stages for nearly 250 performances each year!
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The Glad Cafe
1006a Pollokshaws Road,
Glasgow South Side G41 2HG
The Glad Cafe is the award winning cafe/music venue/creative hub of Glasgow south serving delicious food and a delectable programme of gigs and events!
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The Britannia Panopticon Music Hall
113-117 Trongate,
Glasgow City Centre G1 5HD
The Britannia Music Hall (The Panopticon) located at the end of Argyle Street in Glasgow's Trongate is the oldest surviving music hall in the world!
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The Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
The Glasgow Royal Concert Hall is one of Scotland's most prestigious venues and world renowned classical, jazz, pop, rock and folk artists take to its stages for nearly 250 performances each year!
READ MORE
The Old Fruitmarket
Prepare to be caught under the spell of Glasgow's Old Fruitmarket, Glasgow's Centre for Music, as soon as you walk through its doors!
READ MORE
Barras Art And Design Centre
Barras Art and Design (BAaD) is a venue, a studio, a retail space and a creative hub - bringing an eclectic mix of creative talents under one roof!
READ MORE
The National Piping Centre
The National Piping Centre, Glasgow was created in 1996, as the world centre for excellence in the promotion and study of the Great Highland Bagpipe.
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O2 Academy Glasgow
O2 Academy Glasgow has made an outstanding contribution to Scotland’s vibrant live music scene since its arrival in the city in 2003.
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ONeills Merchant Square Glasgow
You'll always find a warm welcome at O'Neill's Merchant Square in Glasgow. Ours is a place where you're free to go with the flow. Where great food and...
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George Square
Throughout the year, Glasgow's George Square is a focal point for many popular events such as Piping Live! and Glasgow Loves Christmas!
READ MORE
Theatre Royal Glasgow
Theatre Royal Glasgow is home to Scotland's resident companies, Scottish Opera and Scottish Ballet, featuring a Victorian auditorium, Theatre Royal presents first class entertainment for all!
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Junction 1
Junction 1 is a multi purpose outdoor events space in the East End of Glasgow designed to showcase music concerts, comedy, visual arts & dance!
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The Merchants House of Glasgow
The Merchants House of Glasgow is situated at the corner of George Square and West George Street and is home to one of the most ancient and prestigious organisations in the City of Glasgow.
READ MOREThe Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
The Glasgow Royal Concert Hall is one of Scotland's most prestigious venues and world renowned classical, jazz, pop, rock and folk artists take to its stages for nearly 250 performances each year!
READ MORE
The Glad Cafe
The Glad Cafe is the award winning cafe/music venue/creative hub of Glasgow south serving delicious food and a delectable programme of gigs and events!
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The Britannia Panopticon Music Hall
The Britannia Music Hall (The Panopticon) located at the end of Argyle Street in Glasgow's Trongate is the oldest surviving music hall in the world!
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