Article Source: Merchant City Festival
Last Updated: 18 May 2021 10:20
An Opening Carnival celebration, inspired by Baroque Venetian themes, will open the festival in style on Thursday 8th July with pop-up performances in a variety of places. The full programme will be announced in the following weeks.
The 2021 festival will be slightly different to previous years to ensure compliance with current Public Health guidelines. All events during the festival will continue to be free to attend however due to current restrictions, several of the programmed events will need to be pre-booked online to ensure numbers are managed in the safest way.
To mark the launch of the 2021 edition, Merchant City retailers and restaurants are being invited to apply to the festival’s Get Involved Fund which offers a £500 grant to businesses operating in the area to join in the festival atmosphere and organise some entertainment and cultural activity within or outside their premises during the event.
Premises who are existing licence holders are also being invited to apply to extend their licenced outdoor areas for the duration of the festival so that food and drink provision will be readily available across the festival site. There will be no markets or additional food and drink provisions aside from what is already in operation in the Merchant City this year.
Councillor David McDonald, Chair of Glasgow Life said: “We can’t wait to welcome the return of Merchant City Festival this summer. It is such a warm and welcoming event and with restrictions starting to lift and light appearing at the end of this difficult year we look forward to sharing the programme of engaging and celebratory events with you over the coming weeks.
“The local retailers, restaurant and bars within Merchant City are an integral part of the festival every year and I do encourage as many as possible to sign up to the Get Involved Fund so we can help facilitate them being an even bigger part of what is set to be a feel-good and exciting long weekend of culture and fun.”
Lorenzo Mele, Merchant City Festival Executive Producer, said: Although the festival offering won’t be the same as previous years, the programme will continue to be centred around a rich cultural experience, with community at its heart. The Festival will celebrate the best from Scotland and the UK in outdoor performance, covering circus, dance, carnival, music, outdoor theatre and cabaret. While it will look and feel different from previous years, it will still surprise and delight as familiar streets and spaces are transformed by performances and excitement. The Festival will continue to support the local businesses in the Merchant City, working closely with them to present performances and encourage a safe return to the cultural heart of the city. We will also continue to explore the difficult history of the area with its roots in the Transatlantic Slave trade and British colonialism.”
Merchant City Festival will run from Thursday 8th - Sunday 11th July 2021 with programme details to be announced in the coming weeks!
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