Festivals
Festivals in and around the Glasgow area
Glasgow’s summer festivals are hugely varied; there’s everything from Shakespeare to samba, and piping to Pride. We’ve picked out a few of Glasgow’s best summer festivals. You don’t even need your wellies at most of them.
Scottish rock titans Biffy Clyro have announced their biggest headline show ever at Glasgow Summer Sessions in Bellahouston Park this summer!
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds will play Glasgow Summer Sessions at Bellahouston Park!
The greatest pipe bands from around the world will descend on Glasgow Green this August with one goal – to be the World Pipe Band Champions!
Piping Live! is a week long piping event that makes Glasgow the centre of the world stage for piping brilliance. It’s exciting and challenging, traditional and contemporary and very much alive.
Coloursfest is back in Glasgow this June for it’s 15th year, at Braehead Arena and Waterfront.
The Electric Frog crew and Pressure have once again joined forced to bring you their outdoor electronic music festival at Glasgow Riverside!
The Glasgow International Comedy Festival returns for it’s 14th year this March, and the full programme has now been announced!
Paul Merton and his Impro Chums are coming to Glasgow’s King’s Theatre as part of the Glasgow Comedy Festival 2016!
Rob Delaney is bringing his critically acclaimed Meat tour to the 2016 Glasgow Comedy Festival!
The debut UK Carnival of Madness tour has been announced for 2016, with Black Stone Cherry, Shinedown, Halestorm and Highly Suspect, all playing in the SSE Hydro for one night in February!
In January 2016, Glasgow will once again provide the backdrop for Celtic Connections, one of the world’s largest and most prominent winter music festivals.
The fabulous Glasgow Festival of Burlesque will take to the stage in The Classic Grand in November 2015.