Shipyard Bards, Tall Tales and Dinner

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Hear the folk songs and legends of Glasgow's famous shipyards with this storytelling session accompanied by live music and meal at Mharsanta courtesy of Glasgow Music City Tours!

About Shipyard Bards, Tall Tales and Dinner

Listed Under Food and Drink Events / History Events / Music Events

Celebrate Glasgow’s shipbuilding heritage

John Brown’s, Fairfield, Yarrows… Cutty Sark, HMS Hood, Queen Mary… Titan crane, Broomielaw, Ovo Hydro… all names that have helped shape the past and present of the Clyde River and Glasgow.

Taking place in Mharsanta Scottish Restaurant on Bell Street in the Merchant City, Shipyard Bards, Tall Tales and Dinner uses entertaining stories and trad songs to explore the Clyde’s shipbuilding heritage and the Clydeside’s current regeneration.

A joint production from Glasgow Music City Tours and Mharsanta, the events also feature a delicious two course meal from a menu of Scottish favourites plus a dram of whisky.

Including material from Fairfield Heritage Museum and former shipyard workers, the stories – some funny, some more serious – range from famous work-ins to heated run-ins between the bosses in their bowler hats and the bunnet-wearing workers.

And of course there are plenty of songs inspired by the Clyde and its industrial heritage. Live music is from singer Mae MacInnes. Mae is from the Isle of Skye, and grew up steeped in the island’s music tradition. The performance part of the event is illustrated by past and present photos of the Clyde, the yards and their famous ships.

The food will be hearty, wholesome and local – think Peterhead haddock and chips; haggis, neeps and tatties (veggie version available) and Mharsanta’s steak and sausage pie. Desserts will be a warm apple pie with custard, traditional cranachan or sticky toffee pudding served with vanilla ice cream.

Doors open at 3.25pm with meal from 3.30pm, show starting at 5pm and finishing at 6pm.

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