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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!

City Halls

About City Halls

City Halls Candleriggs, Glasgow City Centre G1 1NQ
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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.

Upcoming Events at City Halls

BBC SSO 2025/26: Afternoon Performance - Bartók, Shostakovich & Britten

16th April 2026

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

17th April 2026

Flamboyant Greek-Albanian violinist Jonian Ilias-Kadesha directs a concert dedicated to the gutsy glories of Czech music.

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Lucy Darling: Simply Darling

19th April 2026

Award-winning performer Carisa Hendrix stars as charming socialite and cocktail enthusiast Lucy Darling when she brings 'Simply Darling' to Glasgow's City Halls on Sunday 19th April!

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Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Baroque Threads, Contemporary Colours

24th April 2026

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

1st May 2026

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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Tectonics

2nd May 2026 - 3rd May 2026

Tectonics, the BBC SSO's festival of new and experimental music, returns to City Halls and Old Fruitmarket on Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd May!

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Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Schumann Cello Concerto

8th May 2026

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

15th May 2026

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

17th May 2026

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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Angela Hewitt

18th May 2026

Award-winning recording artist and leading pianist Angela Hewitt will perform a solo solo programme of Mozart, Beethoven, Haydn, Schubert, and Bach in collaboration with the Nite Piano School!

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BBC SSO 2025/26: Closing Night: BBC Singers, Bruckner, Wigglesworth

21st May 2026

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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Bearsden Choir: Dona Nobis Pacem & Magnificat

23rd May 2026

Bearsden Choir is delighted to showcase the work of two of the most important British composers of the 20th and 21st Century when they return to Glasgow's City Halls on Saturday 23rd May!

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Celebrating Nat King Cole with the Down for the Count Swing Orchestra

28th June 2026

Join the 30-piece Down for the Count Swing Orchestra at City Halls for a celebration of one of the most iconic figures in swing music history – the incomparable Nat King Cole!

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Enter THE CASTLE with Jon Ronson - Mystery, Crime & Unmoored Men

3rd October 2026

In this brand-new live show Jon Ronson, bestselling author of The Psychopath Test, takes you on a perilous journey with his first book in 11 years!

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Jeremy Bowen: Truth Under Fire

16th October 2026

BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen brings Truth Under Fire to Glasgow's City Halls, an essential evening for anyone who wants to understand the world as it is, not as we wish it to be!

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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

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