Summer Holiday events in Glasgow
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Events in Glasgow
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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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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Pollok Fold Events
The staff at Pollok Fold have some exciting events running throughout the year, come along and learn all about their award-winning highland cattle!
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Glasgow Vintage Vehicle Trust Super Sundays
The Glasgow Vintage Vehicle Trust opens its Bridgeton Bus Garage to the public for their Super Sunday events throughout the year!
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Little Look Club
Come and explore artworks together at the Hunterian Art Gallery with your wee ones and let their imaginations flow!
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Flamingo Beach at Silverburn
Pink flamingos are flocking back to Glasgow for Summer as Silverburn prepares for the return of its Flamingo Beach, bigger and better for 2025!
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Rangers Soccer Academy Summer Holiday Courses
The Rangers Soccer Academy Summer Holiday Classes offer an exceptional opportunity for children to make productive use of their school break!
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Fun Time Carnivals: St Enoch Square
Fun Time Carnivals are bringing their funfair to St. Enoch Square between Friday 27th June and Thursday 7th August, just in time for the Summer Holidays!
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Clyde Cruising Club Dinghy Sailing Summer School
Start sailing or improve your skills at Clyde Cruising Club's dinghy training centre at Bardowie Loch, near Milngavie, where children and adults have been learning for over 90 years!
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East Dunbartonshire Leisure and Culture Trust Summer Activities
From sports camps to crafts, children and young people are being offered the chance to enjoy an array of activities during the summer holidays with East Dunbartonshire Leisure and Culture Trust!
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Giffnock North Athletics Summer Camps
Giffnock North Athletics Club's Summer Holiday Camps, for 5 to 12 year olds, are a great way to have fun, whilst trying out some fun athletics activities and making new friends!
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North Kelvin - 6 Week Summer Football Camp
North Kelvin Sports Development Group are hosting a Summer Football Camp at Garscube Sports Complex for boys and girls from ages 5 - 12!
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Summer Adventure Camps
This summer, West End Adventure are running six weeks of fun and action packed adventurous activities for kids!
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Summer Holiday Food and Activity Programme
Come and join the team at Platform over the school summer holidays for a packed programme of free food and creative activities!
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Burrell’s Treasures
This summer families are invited to come along to the Burrell Collection and have a go at a range of arts & crafts, object handling and dress up inspired by the wonderful collection!
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Summer Holiday Roller Discos
Get your skates on for a summer of skating at Rollerstop! Roll, spin, and sparkle across the rink to great music and dazzling disco lights! Learn cool new moves or simply enjoy rolling with friends.
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Summer Pottery Club
Every Tuesday throughout the school summer holidays, Creative Bloc are running two pottery clubs for kids aged 5 - 9 or 10 - 14!
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Kids Boardgame Club
This summer, R-CADE will be hosting a weekly boardgame meetup in the R-CADE cafe, for gamers aged 10 and up!
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St Mungo Museum - Nature Inspired Activities
As part of Glasgow 850 celebrations St Mungo Museum are celebrating our Dear Green Place with a variety of nature inspired activities for all the family to enjoy!
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Behind the Scenes - Family Friendly Tours
Join the team at Glasgow Museums Resource Centre on Tuesdays and Thursdays during the summer holidays for a family friendly tour of the museum stores!
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Celebrating Glasgow at Kelvingrove
Celebrate Glasgow 850 with the Glasgow Museums team at Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, use a range of materials, learn about the collection and express yourself!
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Hame’ll Dae Me
No need for tropical beaches and exotic flights when you can experience a 'Hame'll Dae Me' summer full of adventure right here in Scotland thanks to the National Library of Scotland at Kelvin Hall!
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Land, Sea and Air Themed Crafts
This summer at Riverside Museum join the Glasgow Museums team for land, sea and air themed crafts inspired by the collections!
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Printmaking at GoMA
Celebrate Glasgow 850 by experimenting with different printmaking techniques, viewing different artworks in the exhibitions and learn more about Glasgow at GoMA!
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Summer Camp - Calm Kids Club
Looking for something creative, mindful and fun for your little one this July? Then join Nest for their special Summer Camp sessions!
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Arts & Crafts Drop-in Workshops
Tramway are running a series of free, drop in craft workshops over the summer holidays inspired by Solange Pessoa's exhibition Pilgrim Fields.
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Lights, Camera, Summer!
Families will have the chance to meet some of this year's biggest blockbuster-inspired characters for free at Glasgow Fort this summer, as part of a series of exciting meet and greet sessions!
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Kids Summer Cycling Programme
Women On Wheels are running a Kids Summer Cycling Programme on Thursdays during the holidays for kids and teenage girls of all cycling abilities!
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Tutankhamun: The Immersive Exhibition
Tutankhamun: The Immersive Exhibition, a spectacular hi-tech experience will open its doors at SEC Glasgow on Thursday 24th July, following a sell-out 14-week run in London!
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Family Workshop - Character Explorers
Join illustrator Emma Melchor to discover the art of character design at the Hunterian Zoology Museum during the summer holiday!
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Govanhill International Festival and Carnival
The Govanhill International Festival and Carnival 2025 returns for its 9th year, celebrating creativity, solidarity, and liberation, from Friday 1st August to Sunday 10th August!
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Shawlands Pier
From Friday 1st to Sunday 10th August, My Shawlands are bringing the seaside to Shawlands... it's going to be great fun for the whole family, and it's completely free!
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Interstellar in IMAX
If you can go beyond, you can go back. And, Glasgow Science Centre are bringing Christopher Nolan's Interstellar back to Scotland's BIGGEST screen for a limited time!
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Lush Glasgow Fort - Space Week
Join the team at Lush Glasgow Fort for some out of this world fun... make your own space themed bath bomb and take part in some star-tastic games!
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Meadow Discovery
Have you noticed how busy a meadow can be? Come and see which species visit the Kelvingrove meadow! Draw your favourite species for our meadow bunting. We will use pens and cotton bunting.
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National Play Day at Platform
As part of their Summer Holiday Food and Activities Programme, Platform Glasgow have a special celebration for National Play Day on Wednesday 6 August!
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Raptor World
Join Riverside Museum for some roarsome entertainment during the Summer Holidays featuring walking, roaring, fully interactive dinosaurs in action!
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Silent Disco Magic
Join the National Library of Scotland at Kelvin Hall for Silent Disco Magic, they'll supply the headphones, you supply your funky moves and be transported through a century of dancing across Scotland!
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Zippos Circus at Kirkintilloch’s Woodhead Park
Zippos Circus returns to Kirkintilloch's Woodhead Park between Wednesday 6th and Monday 11th with their all-new 2025 production, Bravo!
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Ultimate Frisbee Youth Camp - 4 Nations Ultimate
Learn to play Ultimate Frisbee this summer at the 4 Nations Youth Camp! This mixed gender camp is for anyone aged 8 to 18 and is open to all abilities – beginners welcome!
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Four Nations Ultimate
Introducing Four Nations Ultimate, the first ultimate frisbee tournament to take place between the creme de la creme of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales!
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Glasgow Indie Games Festival
The Glasgow Indie Games Festival is a celebration of indie games, showcasing the most interesting, the weirdest, the most moving and unconventional games from Scotland and around the world!
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Loch Lomond Shores Continental Market
The Continental Market returns to Loch Lomond Shores on August 9th & 10th, expect to find tasty street food options, tempting sweet treats and a range of authentic craft offerings!
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FREE Cross Cycle Skills and Ride
Join Movement Park and Rock Up and Ride for a fun, action-packed cycling session designed to boost confidence, coordination, and all-round bike skills!
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Girlypop Live
The ultimate pop festival, Girlypop Live, featuring incredible tributes to Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, Chappell Roan, Beyonce and Olivia Rodrigo heads to SWG3 Glasgow on Sunday 10th August!
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Piping Live!
Piping Live!, Glasgow's International Piping Festival, will return for its 22nd edition this summer with an eclectic calendar of events from Monday 11th - Sunday 17th August!
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Theatre School of Scotland: Wicked - The Untold Story 2 Day Camp
Join the Theatre School of Scotland for an enchanting two-day camp inspired by the beloved musical Wicked... make new friends and create unforgettable memories in a whimsical setting!
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Go Batty in Milngavie
Come along and learn about the real stars of the night! Search for perky pipistrelles and delightful Daubenton's on this bat-tastic evening walk in Milngavie with the Mugdock Park Ranger!
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Would you like to take home seeds for your own meadow? Make a seed ball to take home. We will use clay, soil and native wildflower seeds.
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Kirkintilloch Big Weekend
Whether you're into cars, music, food, or just looking for a brilliant day out with the family, the Kirkintilloch Big Weekend is well worth a visit!
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World Pipe Band Championships
Thousands of pipers and drummers are expected to compete for the ultimate prize in pipe band competition when the World Pipe Band Championships return to Glasgow Green on the 15th and 16th August!
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Rock and Row’ll
Get ready to rock the boat with live music and rowing fun at Rock and Row'll hosted by Glasgow Rowing Club on Saturday 16th August!
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Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games
Running from 23rd July to 2nd August, the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games will bring together 3,000 athletes from 74 nations and territories to compete across 10 sports and six Para sports!
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The Enormous Crocodile The Musical
The Enormous Crocodile is weaving his way through the jungle to the King's Theatre Glasgow... snap up your tickets today for this wickedly funny musical adventure, perfect for the whole family!
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Summer Holiday Events in East Renfrewshire
Here's a selection of Summer Holiday Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On East Renfrewshire:
Dinosaur Adventure Live: The Big Jurassic Storm
Calling all dino fans... join an interactive adventure to save Volcano Island from a jurassic storm and meet incredible life-like dinosaurs when Dinosaur Adventure Live comes to Eastwood Park Theatre!
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Cooking With Fire
Come along for an afternoon of campfire cooking at Whitelee Windfarm with the Whitelee Countryside Rangers!
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Kids Golf Summer Camps
Join Mearns Castle Golf Academy throughout the summer for their Kids Summer Golf Camps covering all aspects of golf including putting, chipping, pitching, irons and driving!
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Here's a selection of Summer Holiday Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Edinburgh:
Costume at court: Family dressing up
Discover some of the past fashions of the Palace with our costume at court drop-in sessions and take part in our dressing up activity!
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Summer Surf Camp
These week-long surf camps at Lost Shore Surf Resort are the perfect way for young surfers to build confidence, learn new skills, and fall in love with the surf.
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Arthur’s Secrets
Come along on a guided walk to learn more about Arthur's Seat's turbulent past, created by fire and ice!
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Here's a selection of Summer Holiday Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Fife:
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists (U)
We searched high and low for this treasure this summer. A delicious cast for this Aardman animated treat, with Hugh Grant in his first voice role in an animated film.
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Kipper’s Summer Club
Join Kipper’s Summer Club at The Scottish Fisheries Museum every Tuesday and Thursday for a different drop-in craft activity!
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Children’s Art Club
Running this summer, from Mondays to Thursdays, Forgan Arts Centre's Children’s Art Club encourages kids aged between 5 - 12 years to take part in creative activities led by artists!
READ MORESummer Holiday Events in Lanarkshire
Here's a selection of Summer Holiday Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Lanarkshire:
Badger Watch at Falls of Clyde
View badgers, bats and other nocturnal creatures on a Badger Watch event organised by the Falls of Clyde Rangers!
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Nature Track Packs
Explore the countryside at the National Museum of Rural Life this summer with our Nature Track Packs.
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Dinosaur Adventure Live: The Big Jurassic Storm
Calling all dino fans... join an interactive adventure to save Volcano Island from a jurassic storm and meet incredible life-like dinosaurs when Dinosaur Adventure Live comes to Lanark Memorial Hall!
READ MORESummer Holiday Events in Renfrewshire and Inverclyde
Here's a selection of Summer Holiday Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Renfrewshire:
Ferguslie Park Gala Day
Join the rest of the community on Saturday 9th August to enjoy Ferguslie Park's longest standing tradition... the annual Gala Day!
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Starlight Swim Sessions
Experience the magic of swimming under the stars this summer at Gourock Pool's Starlight Swim Sessions!
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The Fashion Class - Highland Fling Summer Fashion Camp
Learn fashion design and illustration, take part in a themed fashion photo shoot and much more at The Fashion Class Highland Fling Summer Fashion Camp!
READ MORESummer Holiday Events in Stirling
Here's a selection of Summer Holiday Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Stirling:
Scotland’s National Hero
Who was William Wallace? Listen as a costumed actor gives you an insight into the life of Scotland’s National Hero.
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Killin Highland Games
Held in Breadalbane Park, Killin, the 2025 Killin Highland Games returns on Wednesday 6th August!
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Summer Junior Ranger Camp: Creative Woodland
Learn the ways of the wilds on this 3 day adventure in nature at Mugdock Country Park in August.
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Kelburn School Of Sorcery - The Dragon Trials
Step into a world of dragons, magic and adventure at Kelburn Castle's School of Sorcery this August... if you're not quite ready to go back-to-school, you're sure to have a fabulous time at this one!
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Adventure Cinema: Outdoor Cinema at Dumfries House
Adventure Cinema, the UK's largest outdoor cinema tour, returns this summer with incredible movies to watch under the sun and stars at Dumfries House!
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Fresh Ayr Folk Fest
Fresh Ayr Folk Fest, will showcase an array of incredible live entertainment, family-friendly activities, fantastic food and drinks when it returns to Ayr Town Centre in August!
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Brodick Highland Games
The 2025 Brodick Highland Games will be held at Ormidale Park on Saturday 9th August, they're a great day out for all the family!
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