Festivals
Glasgow's reputation for fun and friendliness is reflected in the wide and diverse range of festivals it hosts. Not a month goes by without something happening.
January
- Celtic Connections - Celtic folk music festival
February
- Glasgow Film Festival
- New Territories - contemporary dance and live art
March
- Magners Glasgow International Comedy Festival
- Aye Write! Bank of Scotland Book Festival
- Glasgow Art Fair
April
May
- Maydaze - free music, dance and entertainment on first weekend of May
June
- West End Festival
- Glasgow Mela - multicultural music and dance festival in Kelvingrove Park
- Glasgow International Jazz Festival
- Bard in the Botanics
July
- Glasgow River Festival - weekend of land, air and water-based entertainment on banks of River Clyde
- North Glasgow International Festival - celebrates cultural diversity
August
September
- Merchant City Festival - film, theatre, comedy, visual arts, street theatre, live music, food and fashion
October
- Glasgay!- celebration of gay and lesbian culture
- Big Big World - world music festival
November
- Glasgow Fireworks- free display set to music
- Glasgow on Ice- outdoor skating
December
- Glasgow's Hogmanay- at George Square
"I love the city of Glasgow! It’s home now."
Rachael Fulton, 4th year Hispanic Studies
Montage (L-R): French and Saunders, Frankie Boyle: Magners Glasgow International Comedy Festival; West End Festival, Matthew Annis; Radiance Festival of Light, Tyler Kelcey; fruit market during Celtic Connections, Epicscotland; Glasgow Light Festival, Guang Zeng; model clown at the West End Festival, Chelsea Kappeter, festival fireworks, Blake Williams.