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Events in Glasgow

Glasgow 850

1st January 2025 - 31st December 2025
Various Locations Glasgow

2025 will be a big year for Glasgow as we celebrate the city's 850th birthday. It's a milestone and everyone who has or does call Glasgow home is invited to the party!

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Glasgow 850 Taste The Place

1st April 2025 - 30th April 2025
Various Locations Glasgow

Taste the Place will provide the chance for locals and visitors to learn more about the history of Glasgow's hospitality scene by eating their way around the city!

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Glasgow 850 Theatre & Entertainment Tour

Selected dates between 24th April 2025 - 30th August 2025
Glasgow City Centre

Enjoy an edifying, amusing and sensational walking tour of the entertainment and theatre history of Glasgow over the last 850 years!

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Glasgow Trades Union Council May Day Programme

24th April 2025 - 11th May 2025
Various Locations Glasgow

Join Glasgow Trades Union Council this May Day as we celebrate the rich tapestry of our city's history, marking 850 years since Glasgow's founding!

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Storytelling Through Banners and Stained Glass: 850 Years of Our City

1st May 2025

Creativity is an integral part of our struggles for liberation. Learn about how different art forms can help tell the stories of our class.

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Dear Green Place Exhibition

3rd May 2025 - 31st May 2025

The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts celebrates, Glasgow 850, The Blythwood Festival, and the RGI's Kelly Gallery's 60th Birthday, with its 'Dear Green Place' Exhibition!

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Yardworks Festival

3rd May 2025 - 4th May 2025

Yardworks Festival returns to SWG3 in Glasgow for another electrifying year. Join us for a celebration of graffiti, street art, culture, and community on Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th May!

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Glasgow May Day March and Rally

4th May 2025
Glasgow East End

Join Glasgow Trades Union Council for this years Glasgow May Day March and Rally to mark 850 years of the workers who have build this city!

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Votes, Voices & Freedom: Glasgow’s Women & The Slave Trade

Selected dates between 10th May 2025 - 24th May 2025

Join Walking Tours in Glasgow for 'Votes, Voices & Freedom: Glasgow's Women & The Slave Trade' a special event walking tour for Glasgow's 850th birthday celebrations.

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Hidden Histories

14th May 2025

It has been 100 years since the original Kelvin Hall was destroyed by fire. Join us for an evening of surprising stories exploring what has happened in this beloved building since then!

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Shoebox Street Crafternoon

17th May 2025

At this fun family crafternoon you can design and create your own building to add to the shoebox street at National Library of Scotland at Kelvin Hall!

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Clyde Chorus

29th May 2025 - 31st May 2025
Various Locations Glasgow

In celebration of Glasgow's 850th anniversary, Clyde Chorus, a spectacular three-day music event, will shine a light on the city's rich musical heritage and its status as a UNESCO City of Music!

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Autism Friendly Family Workshop: Printing 850

7th June 2025

Celebrate Glasgow's 850th birthday by printing your own designs of iconic Glaswegian symbols on this relaxed family session at Kelvin Hall!

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Glasgow’s Rainbow Trail: The Hidden History of LGBTQ+ Life In Glasgow

Selected dates between 14th June 2025 - 22nd June 2025

Join Walking Tours in Glasgow for 'Glasgow’s Rainbow Trail: The Hidden History of LGBTQ+ Life In Glasgow' a special event walking tour for Glasgow's 850th birthday celebrations!

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Glasgow Mela

22nd June 2025

The Glasgow Mela, Scotland's biggest multi-cultural festival of music, dance and arts returns to Kelvingrove Park on Sunday 22nd June!

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Glasgowist All Day Summer Party at BAaD

28th June 2025

Celebrating 850 years of Glasgow with live music, DJ sets outdoors and inside inspired by local nightlife, street food, cocktails and good times!

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Glasgow Kiss: Ashley Rawson Solo Exhibition

4th December 2025 - 24th December 2025

For the first time Ashley Rawson's original paintings are being put on display, don't miss the Glasgow Kiss Exhibition at Cass Art in December!

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Glasgow International Comedy Festival

11th March 2026 - 29th March 2026
Various Locations Glasgow

The Glasgow International Comedy Festival returns in March 2026 featuring spectacular stand-up stars and home-grown favourites on stages across the city!

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Glasgow Blythswood Festival
Headline PR
R-CADE
City Of Glasgow Chorus
Glasgow Music City Tours
City Sightseeing Glasgow
WSS Media Scotland
Glasgow Vintage Vehicle Trust
RSPB
Glasgow City Council
Fayre Play
Connect Choir
Napier Uni
Go Radio

Popular Events

Mrs. Doubtfire The Musical
Beloved Scottish nanny Euphegenia Doubtfire will be packing up her suitcase and hitting the road as her West End and Broadway musical Mrs. Doubtfire tours the UK and Ireland for the first time!
HAIM
HAIM have announced details of a UK arena tour in support of their fourth album, I quit, which will see them headline Glasgow's OVO Hydro on Friday 31st October!
Summer Nights at the Bandstand
The Summer Nights at the Bandstand festival returns to Kelvingrove Park for a tenth year with 13 nights of live music from elbow, Billy Ocean, Hue And Cry, Teenage Fanclub and many more!
Derren Brown: Only Human
Prepare to be astonished! The multi award-winning master of mind control and psychological illusion, Derren Brown, returns to Glasgow with his brand new live show, ONLY HUMAN!
Summer Nights on The Southside
Del Amitri, The Saw Doctors, Echo & The Bunnymen and Ocean Colour Scene will all headline The Big Top Tent in Queens Park when Summer Nights on the Southside returns in 2025!

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