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A Celebratory Cultural Encounter

WELCOME to Glasgow for what is sure to be an incredible 11 days of fun and excitement for everyone involved. As well as the incredible sporting action happening around Scotland, the inaugural European Championships are also an excellent chance to showcase the very best of Scottish culture.

We’re delighted to be running an action-packed programme of cultural events alongside the Championships. This will capitalise on Scotland’s world-renowned reputation for creative excellence and will allow everyone to play their part in the fun.

Glasgow’s iconic George Square will form the beating heart of these celebrations with the action spreading to other sites right across the country.

2018 is also the Year of Young People in Scotland – the first of its kind in the world – which is dedicated to celebrating the amazing achievements and contributions that young people make to Scotland.

There are opportunities for young people to engage in sporting and cultural events throughout Glasgow 2018, showcasing their talents across this exciting programme of activity.

We welcome sharing these Championships with Berlin who are hosting the Athletics. We have strong ties with our German neighbours and these Championships are yet another chance to strengthen the cultural links that bind us in close friendship.

Fiona Hyslop Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Tourism and External Affairs, Scottish Government

Welcome to Festival 2018

"With Festival 2018 we continue to build on Glasgow and Scotland’s international cultural reputation. In creating the programme we have worked side by side with local communities, artists and cultural organisations to bring their ideas and creative ambitions to the fore, delivering a large-scale spectacular event with a truly international and accessible programme."

GLASGOW’S status as a global sporting city is matched only by its reputation as a creative powerhouse and a home to extraordinary art, culture and entertainment.

Our city can boast rich, historic art and architecture alongside cutting-edge contemporary movements. Opera and ballet jostle for space on Glasgow’s many famous stages with the biggest names in music, theatre and comedy.

Our music heritage is renowned and we are proud to be a UNESCO City of Music, an accolade we have held for over a decade.

Glasgow is also a gateway to the rest of Scotland and Festival 2018 will put both our city and our whole country’s world-class creative contribution in the spotlight.

The programme you hold in your hands showcases everything from music, visual art, street art and dance to theatre, literature, digital art and comedy.

It has been shaped by our city and its people – and it is also the catalyst for a truly groundbreaking cultural partnership between Glasgow and our co-hosts Berlin that will highlight the vital and vibrant creative scenes in two great European cities.

Whether you call Glasgow home, or are visiting from near or far, there is something here for everyone.

Councillor Susan AitkenLeader of Glasgow City Council

Jill Miller OBE Director of Cultural Services, Glasgow Life

B Berlin Glasgow UNESCO City of Music

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The Great Big Opening Party!

Book tickets at glasgow2018.com/festival

1 Aug, Doors 16:00

£15/£7.50 + booking feeJoin us in the spectacular setting of George Square to welcome the 2018 European Championships and our friends from across Europe to the beating heart of the city.

A new era in sport gets underway with the start of an exciting new multi-sport event bringing together elite athletes in Athletics, Aquatics, Cycling, Golf, Gymnastics, Rowing and Triathlon.

The big stage programme features some of the most exciting names in Scottish music today.

Nina Nesbitt’s recent tracks ‘The Best You Had’ and ‘The Moments I’m Missing’ are a huge leap forward from her Top 15 debut album ‘Peroxide’. With her character-filled voice, the heartfelt, easily-relatable lyrics demonstrate a command of modernist pop and R&B-tinged sounds.

Winners of 2017 BBC Scots Trad Awards 'ALBUM OF THE YEAR' and Nominees 2018 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 'BEST GROUP', Elephant Sessions have exploded onto the indie folk scene with unparalleled effect; transcending boundaries and shaking the very foundations of expectation.

Sacred Paws, Glasgow/London duo, write instantly infectious songs, fitting perfectly between uplifting indie-pop and intricate post-punk.

Glasgow’s prodigious talent C Duncan released his critically-acclaimed second album ’The Midnight Sun’ last year. Recorded and produced entirely in his Glasgow flat, it blends electronic elements and sweeping synth sounds with his signature layered vocals and dreamy instrumentation.

Classic Brit and Global Award nominees, Infinitime Music and Young Scot Award winners, Scottish-Egyptian multi-instrumentalists The Ayoub Sisters are fast becoming the sound and faces of a truly exciting new generation of classical and crossover artists.

Featuring alongside a celebration of the European Championships sports and the people who have been part of the Glasgow 2018 journey.

Other highlights include performances by CREATE Voice Factory, Behind the Noise present Bowie, Pivot, Beats Per Minute, Bonnie and Her Splashmob, Nevis Ensemble and Mischief La Bas, all culminating in a spectacular fireworks display!

Supported by Glasgow UNESCO City of Music.

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George Square2–12 AugThe iconic George Square will be the beating heart of Festival 2018 during the Glasgow 2018 European Championships, creating a carnival atmosphere through a spectacular lineup that will delight all ages and put Glasgow and Scotland’s renowned creativity in the spotlight.

Open daily 10:00–22:00*

Joanne Tatham & Tom O’Sullivan'A Glasgow Spectacular (or the experience being an experience like the experience you just had)', 2018

2–12 AugFor Festival 2018 Joanne Tatham and Tom O’Sullivan have been commissioned to create a large-scale gateway structure into George Square and to design the Festival’s logo and brand. Their commission adopts familiar or amusing motifs, and makes specific reference to the context of Glasgow and the European Championships. Tatham and O’Sullivan have worked in collaboration for over 20 years and their artworks often consider the ways in which art may be expected to perform in public.

Pivot: a playground of semi-intelligent seesaws Sonica

2–12 Aug, 10:00–18:00From the amazing Australian artists who brought you Megaphones at Sonica 2017, Madeleine Flynn & Tim Humphrey present Pivot, a playground of semi- intelligent talking seesaws. Equipped with built-in voice communicators with a mind of their own, this chattering apparatus will poke, probe, question and counsel you as you seesaw your way to equilibrium. Consider this an opportunity to join the conversation, as Pivot helps unleash your inner child whilst playfully pondering the role of peaceful, shared dialogue in our modern world. Giving the people of Glasgow a voice, Pivot will help balance things out.

A new work commissioned by Melbourne Fringe and City of Melbourne, September 2017.

Supported by Australia Council for The Arts, Creative Scotland, Glasgow City Council & Cryptic presents Sonica.

Sonica presents Pivot

*Venue closes to general public at 16:00 on 10 August. Gates reopen at 18:00 for Orbital ticket holders. Venue closes at 22:30 on 10 August and 22:15 on 11 August.

Beats Per MinuteRaw Material & Pachamama Productions

2-9 Aug, 10:00–21:30, every 30 mins, Free10 Aug & 12 Aug, every 30 mins 10:00–15:30, FreeInside a geodesic dome in George Square, in the heart of the city, this immersive 30 minute audio-visual event invites you to get inside the beating hearts and heads of athletes who dedicate their lives to their sport at incredible cost.

Wearing headphones and vibrating Subpacs attached to your body and surrounded by projections you will enter into the world of the athletes and experience their hopes, their dreams and their adrenaline-fuelled victories.

Suitable for all ages and fully accessible.

Created by Cora Bissett (Glasgow Girls) and Leonie Rae Gasson, with Garry Boyle, Emily James and Jamie Wardrop.

FFBPM ShowdownRaw Material & Pachamama Productions

Sat 11 Aug, 15:00, 17:00, 19:00, 21:00Sun 12 Aug, 17:00, 18:30, 20:00, 21:15£12.50 + Booking Fee, Age 10+

Over the final weekend of Festival 2018 join us inside the geodesic dome in George Square for a high-octane, audio-visual showdown dance party.

As the audience gathers, mingle and dance inside the immersive dome surrounded by mind-blowing, colourful video projections, pop-up live performers will appear on raised platforms. Dancers, singers, acrobats and DJs combine in a symphony to endurance.

Featuring stunning live performances from Patricia Panther (Glasgow Girls), Chisato Minamimura (London Paralympic Games Opening Ceremony), DJ Letitia Pleiades, Jamie Rea and some of Scotland's most brilliant young acrobats performing jaw dropping moves, this exclusive finale event is the perfect way to celebrate reaching the festival finish line with friends.

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Supported by GEO3, Black Light, Slate Room Recording Studio, National Theatre of Scotland, Solar Bear, Tramway, Silent Events and The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.

Book tickets at glasgow2018.com/festival

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George SquareThu 2 Aug

Citizens of Everywhere!Curated by Douglas Gordon with Jackie Kay and the RSNO

20:00George Square hosts an exceptional collaboration between artist Douglas Gordon and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra.

Douglas Gordon curates a programme in response to the rich heritage of George Square as the civic heart of the city and its position between the river and the mountains. The programme combines classical and contemporary sounds and voices with the cornerstone being an orchestration of a glorious overture composed by Mogwai titled 'Music for a Forgotten Future' which is to be performed live for the first time. Scots Makar Jackie Kay also brings her unique words as an insight to the idea of citizenship.

Sonic Youths

A youth music showcase featuring some of Scotland’s most exciting young artists.

10:30–13:30 Hit the Road is a youth touring project which takes young artists on their first tours across Scotland where they acquire the skills needed to succeed as a professional touring musician. Hit the Road present four different musical acts performing their own material and showing the future of music in Scotland is vibrant.

14:00–17:00 Behind The Noise is an award-winning music and skills project engaging with around 100 young people from Glasgow and Renfrewshire each year. In addition to performing their own original material each band will perform a cover version from a well-known Scottish band or artist including Annie Lennox, Simple Minds, The Waterboys, Stealers Wheel, Alabama 3, Primal Scream and many more.

Fri 3 Aug

Mix the City LiveFeaturing Kathryn Joseph, RM Hubbert, Barbara Morgenstern, Painted X-Ray & more

19:00This exciting live collaborative night launches Mix the City Glasgow and Berlin - an online interactive music platform where you can create and mix your very own soundscape of these two musical powerhouses.

Curated by Alun Woodward, a founding member of indie rock stalwarts The Delgados and co-founder of the Chemikal Underground record label, there isn’t a Glasgow-based musician that Alun doesn’t know, so who better to put together this one time only gig!

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Mix The City is delivered in partnership with the British Council and Glasgow UNESCO City of Music.

Piping Live!National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland & Friends

12:00Join The National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland and other young pipe bands in George Square, as they perform on the stage as well as inviting you to come and try sessions, where you can try the bagpipes and drums! These short concerts will leave you amazed by these talented young players. Also making a special appearance are Flings & Things, who bring their Highland Dancing with a modern, contemporary twist - think fun, funky, fresh and totally unexpected!

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Kathryn Joseph

National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland

Plus: live music throughout the day from Fèis Phàislig & Nevis Ensemble & performance from Surreal McCoy

Supported by Glasgow UNESCO City of Music.

Plus: throughout the day performances from Mischief La Bas with The Sportables

Supported by Glasgow UNESCO City of Music.

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Encontro Street Band Showcase

18:30An evening of spectacular carnival stage shows! Featuring inspirational international collaborations, presentations of new work, original Festival commissions and some of Europe’s leading artists. Special guests include Paraiso School of Samba (London), led by artists who grew up immersed in the Rio de Janeiro samba scene. The headline slot is reserved for Glasgow’s very own - and internationally acclaimed - SambaYaBamba, who will delight audiences with their uproarious blend of drums, brass, dancers and Glasgow sass. (see p19)

União das Ilhas

11:30The Encontro Street Band Festival presents a brand new UK-wide samba project. Uniting passionate players of samba music from all over the UK. (see p19)

George SquareSat 4 Aug

Mass Gaelic Ceilidhwith the Glenfinnan Ceilidh Band

16:30–18:00An early summer ceilidh, traditional style with Gaelic song and cracking music with singers Mary Ann Kennedy and Gillebride MacMillan to celebrate the Gaelic sport of Shinty.

Sun 5 Aug

Ailie Rutherford & Laurence Payot

Various TimesTogether with local choirs from across Glasgow and choir leaders Cath Campbell and Harry Campbell, artist duo Ailie Rutherford and Laurence Payot, together with Duncan Perkins, will surprise audiences in unexpected public spaces with a walking, singing sculpture.

See website for further times & dates.

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Greatest Hits PartyMassaoke Scotland

20:30It’s time for your vocal chords to get involved in the BIGGEST MASSAOKE SCOTLAND EVER. Belt it out to your favourite tunes including sport and Europe-themed classics. Have you got the 'Eye of the Tiger'? Well it’s 'The Final Countdown'! Glasgow, get ready to show the world that 'We Are the Champions'!

Make a Big NoiseSistema Scotland & BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

17:00Children and Young People from Big Noise Govanhill and Big Noise Raploch join forces with members of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra to perform a special one-off concert in George Square. Compèred by broadcaster and author, Sally Magnusson, the concert includes a programme of family-friendly music.

Supported by Glasgow City Council, Stirling Council, Players of People's Postcode Lottery and The Ellen Foundation.

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Jazz at Festival 2018in association with Glasgow Jazz Festival

18:00All the way from Turin are urban brass band Bandakadabra, playing everything from swing, rocksteady, Balkan, and reggae to drum & bass. In collaboration with the Italian Institute of Culture in Edinburgh.

Funky organ-driven movie soundtrack jazz led by guitarist Allan McKeown, The Dt6 mix funky chicken scratch guitar, soulful organ and Jazz horns. A nexus of James Brown, Ennio Morricone and Jimmy Smith.

Ali Affleck is equally at home with her beloved New Orleans trad Jazz and Blues as well as with more contemporary flavors, and with such distinct vocal styling she inevitably draws comparisons to the most memorable of Jazz divas such as Dinah Washington, Billie Holiday and Peggy Lee.

Glasgow’s own Fat-Suit are influenced by contemporary exponents of jazz, funk and fusion such as Snarky Puppy, Vulfpeck and GoGoPenguin are obvious influences, yet are already opening up fresh lines of enquiry. The approach may appear looser and more relaxed, but the aim is to entertain as much as it is to dazzle with technical ability!

Talisk

15:00Barely four years since their formation, Talisk have already stacked up several major awards for their pyrotechnic yet artfully woven sound - including Folk Band of the Year 2017 at the BBC Alba Scots Trad Music Awards, and a 2015 BBC Radio 2 Folk Award.

Mohsen Amini - the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards’ Musician of the Year 2018, Hayley Keenan and Graeme Armstrong meld concertina, fiddle and guitar seamlessly together, to produce a unique force that has taken them all over the UK, Europe, the USA, Canada and Australia.

Mon 6 Aug

Plus: music throughout the day from Byres Road Big Band and performances from Surreal McCoy and Indepen-dance

Supported by Glasgow UNESCO City of Music.

Plus: performances from Oshun and The Gold - A New Anansi Tale by Project X and Mischief La Bas

Supported by Glasgow UNESCO City of Music.

Plus: performances throughout the day from Ignite Theatre, Strong Lady & more

Supported by Glasgow UNESCO City of Music.

Made in AdelaidePresented in collaboration with Glasgow and Adelaide UNESCO Cities of Music

Electric Fields, 15:00 Multi-award winning Electric Fields create a striking and haunting merging of living traditional culture with electronic music, bringing moments of breath-taking beauty and power to the stage. Featuring the rare and beautiful voice of Zaachariaha Fielding, who often sings in his traditional languages of the Anangu people, Electric Fields' music ranges from soulful pop, to epic-scale electronic works, through to intensely intimate story-songs.

Ukulele Death Squad, 13:30 Ukulele Death Squad strives to entertain and wow their audiences by pushing the boundaries of the small four stringed instrument the Ukulele. UDS blend their own ukulele style with Flamenco, Mexican, Rap and Folk, with an energetic performance that goes beyond anything audiences have ever seen. With stage craft, mad thumping rhythms and outrageous solos, they will quite literally blow your minds. Enter at your own risk.

Colonel Mustard & The Dijon 5

18:45The shiny disco ball hat wearing, ultimate genre hopping, twisted, festival live stage machine that puts the emphasis on music, entertaining and laughter.

Ukulele Death Squad

Electric Fields

Remember the Women’s Cycling Road Race passes George Square 9 times between 12:30–16:00.

People Pavilion & the Strength-in-Unity Choir

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Mela at Festival 2018

From 15:00Scotland’s biggest multi-cultural festival, Glasgow Mela, takes to the stage curating a packed programme that fuses music and dance from across the world.

Highlights of the day include Güngur Arts from Barcelona, Circus Raj, from India the exquisite LOK Chhanda, Scotland’s own Desi Bravehearts, Abhinaya Dance Group and Hellenic Dance Group, all bringing colour and energy to George Square.

National Youth Orchestra of Scotland

Thu 9 Aug

18:00A celebratory gala concert with the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, the National Youth Orchestra of Scotland, and the Universität der Künste in Berlin. Through a live link, audiences in George Square Glasgow and the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church on the European Mile in Berlin can experience the excitement and atmosphere of the concerts in both cities on the stage and big screen. The popular concert programme features famous operatic tunes and melodies culminating in a mass singalong of much-loved songs from Scotland and Germany, audience participation is essential! Hosted by Jamie MacDougall this promises to be a spectacular evening capturing the energy of the young soloists, singers and orchestras and celebrating the ideals of European friendship and of an open, fluent European identity.

Plus: music throughout the day from Feis Phasilig, The Sloans Opera, Be Bop Bairns, and performance by Mischief La Bas

Supported by Glasgow UNESCO City of Music.

Peatbog Faerieswith support from The Shee

19:15Peatbog Faeries create a glorious mixture of traditional sounds and dance-floor grooves drawing upon a dazzling myriad of influences from jigs and reels through Dance Music, Jazz, African, and more, bringing the sound of Scotland, fresh-faced and breathless, to audiences around the world. No-one can resist moving to their trademark hypnotic ‘Celtic Dance’ sound.

Joining will be The Shee who bring Electro-harp, accordion, fiddles, flute, mandolin and three powerful voices together with a range of individual musical influences to produce an adventurous brew of Folk, Gaelic and American music. The Shee are previous nominees of Best Live Act at the MG Alba Scots Trad Awards and includes the BBC Radio Folk Award Musician of the Year, Rachel Newton among its ranks.

Supported by Glasgow UNESCO City of Music.

Plus: music throughout the day from Glasgow Jazz Festival Allstars and performance from Mischief La Bas and Strong Lady.

Project X

14:30Through ups and downs, highs and lows, trickery and play, we follow Anansi's journey of writing her own future. Watch the struggles and fun of relationships unfold, as Anansi begins to flourish and take off like an acrobat. A playful dance production developed with young people from across Glasgow and choreographed by Mele Broomes.

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Glasgow Meets Berlin: a Gala Celebration

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Orbitalwith support from Plaid

Doors 18:00, £25/12.50 + Booking FeeAfter a barnstorming live reunion which saw Orbital play to ecstatic audiences across Europe throughout 2017, Britain’s giants of electronic music are back – with new music and an upgrade of the legendary live show that transformed festivals across the world. Following the release of their new single, ‘Tiny Foldable Cities’ their first new album in five years - ‘Monsters Exist’ – is released in September. Orbital bring their groundbreaking live show to Festival 2018 and George Square as part of a string of high-profile festival dates and headline shows across Europe.

Plaid sit right at the very heart of global electronica. In fact there’s a very real sense in which Ed Handley and Andy Turner are the perfect encapsulation of what the electronic music of their generation was all about. As Plaid and as two-thirds of The Black Dog alongside their WARP stablemates Autechre and Aphex Twin, they brought new rhythmic variation, emotive melody and sensual textures to electronic music, creating a warm and welcoming counterpart to the white heat of the rave explosion.

Includes extensive strobe-like visual show.

Very limited tickets. Book now at glasgow2018.com/festival.

Venue closes to general public at 16:00 on 10 Aug. Gates reopen at 18:00 for Orbital ticket holders.

Supported by Glasgow UNESCO City of Music.

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Triathlon Opening Ceremony

18:00The Triathlon Opening Ceremony will include a parade of participating nations' flags and athletes, followed by welcoming speeches and an exciting evening of entertainment.

Oshun and The Gold– A New Anansi Tale

Plus: music throughout the day from Children's Classical Concerts, performance by Strong Lady and more

Supported by Glasgow UNESCO City of Music.

Be-Bop Bairns

10:15Be-Bop Bairns is a fun, family friendly musical extravaganza that helps children express themselves through music, dance, singing, sport and party games.

Peatbog Faeries

Remember the Women’s Cycling Time Trial passes George Square between 08:45–11:45 and the Men’s Cycling Time Trial passes between 12:45–15:15.

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Festival 2018 Carnival Procession

Sat 4 Aug, 12:00Join us for an extra special Festival 2018 Carnival Procession and watch the streets of Glasgow come alive with local and international performers and community groups.

A vibrant feast of music, dance and street performance, the colourful celebration and hundreds of revellers will make its way through the city streets taking in the Festival 2018 sites and finishing at GO LIVE! at the Green.

The procession will be the culmination of months of work developed with community groups, schools and artists from the four corners of Glasgow and beyond who have been exploring and celebrating our Shared Differences.

This year we also celebrate our European Championships connection with Berlin, with a special exchange with artists working on the city’s Karneval der Kulturen.

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Departs George Square, through Merchant City Festival and then along High Street and Saltmarket to GO LIVE! at the Green.

Are you looking for something fun to do on Thursday 2 and Friday 3 August? Would you like to help create artwork that can be waved or displayed along the Merchant City route as the wonderful Festival 2018 Carnival Procession passes on Saturday 4 August? If so, come along to drop-in workshops between 12:00–16:00 at Merchant Square.

Free and open to all on both days.

Produced by Bridgeman Arts.Supported by Glasgow UNESCO City of Music.

Sat 11 Aug Sun 12 Aug

New European Musiccurated by Mogwai’s Barry Burns

19:00George Square will host three musical acts with links to both Glasgow and Berlin. The event aims to celebrate the importance of European relationships and the potential creative possibilities. The event is curated by Glasgow's Barry Burns (Mogwai).

SUMS is Barry Burns, celebrated electronic Berlin based producer Kangding Ray and drum wizard Merlin Ettore.

Stockholm born and Berlin-based DIY phenomenon Molly Nilsson has written, produced and released 5 LPs + 1 EP, most recently on Glasgow’s Night School Records.

Konx Om Pax - For Glasgow's Tom Scholefield, the language of design and music production crosses over. As a producer, he has released two LPs on Planet Mu. Tom now resides in Berlin.

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SAY Awards Long List Special

16:30A rundown of the 20 albums which form the longlist of the coveted Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) Award. Featuring a special performance from Free Love (formerly Happy Meals).

Plus: music throughout the day from Berrie Big Band, Esperanza, JR Green, Beth Malcolm & Jumpers for Goalposts

Supported by Glasgow UNESCO City of Music.

Celtic Connections

17:00Fèis Phàislig Ceilidh Trail will open the evening’s entertainment and mark their final performance of a two week summer tour especially for Festival 2018.

Siobhan Miller Band is a multi-award-winning traditional singer and exceptional talent.

Appearing as a winning combination, Galician trio Tanxugueiras comprise of three powerful voices accompanied by tambourine, creating an overwhelming presence on stage.

Ross Ainslie and Jarlath Henderson Band push the boundaries of what their instruments can achieve and make music that matches roller-coaster thrills with heart-melting lyricism.

Shooglenifty have promoted Scottish music all over the world for more than 25 years and will perform with their fusion of traditional melodies with contemporary beats and basslines.

Hailed as one of the most vital standard-bearers of modern African music, Malian singer and guitarist Fatoumata Diawara takes her artistry to fresh and thrilling heights by being boldly experimental yet respectful of her roots. Those Fatoumata Diawara has worked with include some of the biggest names in contemporary music.

Plus: performances throughout the day from Nevis Ensemble, Mischief La Bas & the Tron Community Choir

Supported by Glasgow UNESCO City of Music.

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Fatoumata Diawara

Remember the Men’s Cycling Road Race passes George Square 16 times between 10:30–16:30.

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The centrepiece of Glasgow’s summer events calendar is back for 2018 presenting the best in Scottish and international arts and entertainment, showcasing the unique cultural and creative hub that is Glasgow’s Merchant City.

Markets

4–5 Aug, 9–12 AugTimes and locations vary–check website for detailsExplore eclectic markets offering a range of amazing crafts, gifts, and foods from around the globe. Look out for our Local Larder food trucks and Scottish Market, showcasing the best in Scottish produce.

The Merchant Square Craft Market takes to the streets on both weekends with unique handmade gift ideas with something for everyone.

Makers’ Space

4–5 Aug, 12:00–18:00A celebration of making led by some of Glasgow’s finest designers.

Glasgow is home to a vibrant community of designer/makers and we want to shout about it! Come along and meet them, get involved, get behind the scenes access and if you fancy it get hands-on designing and making!

Merchant Square Merchant City Festival is supported by Merchant Square, Clydebuilt and Fraser Suites.

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Judy’s Affordable Vintage Fair

4–5 Aug, 11:00–16:00Judy’s Affordable Vintage Fair brings together over 40 traders from around the UK to create a wonderful vintage marketplace packed with items from the 1940s onwards. Expect fashion, accessories, jewellery and a splash of homeware. Be unique, spend less, buy vintage!

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Judy’s Affordable Vintage Fair

Candleriggs Square

4–5 Aug & 9–12 Aug, 10:00–22:00Bring the family and soak up the festival atmosphereat Candleriggs Square. Your one-stop-shopfor delicious Scottish street food with a fully licensedbar, live music and DJs.

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The Encontro Street Band Festival

4–5 Aug, various timesNow in its second year, The Encontro Street Band Festival is a spectacular weekend-long celebration of street band music.

Bringing 25 UK and international bands to the streets of Glasgow, the festival boasts a packed programme–including two days of captivating pop-up outdoor performances in and around the Merchant City.

Featuring all flavours of street drumming, carnival brass, marching band, New Orleans jazz, Afro-Brazilian percussion and straight up samba. Add extravagant costumes, awesome dancers, artistic collaborations and massed youth bands and the festival brings the spirit of hot dusty streets at carnival time right into the heart of Glasgow!

4–5 Aug, 12:00–18:00Free pop up programme across the Merchant City.

Supported by Glasgow UNESCO City of Music.

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Encontro Festival Opening Party

3 Aug, 20:00–24:00, £12/8 The Encontro Street Band Festival gets underway in fittingly flamboyant style, with a spectacular programme of carnival bands, including Reel Brass (Edinburgh) - a street-brass ceilidh experience like no other - and the inimitable Rhythms of the City (London)–who take Samba percussion, vocals & guitars to another level entirely!

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Encontro Festival Club

4 Aug, 22:00–02:00 £6/8 on the door, Age 18+After-hours party for performers and public alike! Cocktails, carnival DJs and assorted festival bands!

Classic Grand, G1 4QD

The Encontro Street Band

Street Level Photoworks

4 Aug, 11:00–13:00, Free but ticketedA walking tour of the hidden past and present of the inner east of Glasgow as depicted by leading documentary photographers.

Starting off with a guided tour of Steven Berkoff’s Gorbals 1966 exhibition at Street Level, it will take in places featured in images over the decades by Thomas Annan, Oscar Marzaroli, David Peat, Hugh Hood, Allan Bovill and Chris Leslie.

Street Level Photoworks, Trongate 103, G1 1HD

Glasgow Through The Decades: A Photography Walking Tour

Sharmanka’s St Mungo Walk

4 Aug, 16:30–18:30Free but ticketedA unique musical storytelling walk for all ages bringing to life Sharmanka’s Russian beginnings and its presence as part of Glasgow’s rich and diverse culture, interwoven with the city’s St. Mungo legend.

The walk will culminate at Sharmanka Kinetic Theatre where multilingual performances accompanied by Eduard Bersudsky’s marvellous mechanical sculptures will celebrate Glasgow’s present, past, and its welcoming openness to the world beyond the city.

Sharmanka Kinetic Theatre, Trongate 103, G1 1HD

Run Lola RunISO

4 Aug, 19:00, £6Set in Berlin the frenetic thriller Run Lola Run is showing at the ISO studios in the heart of the Merchant City.

65 Virginia Street, G1 1TS

Sharmanka’s St Mungo Walk

Merchant City Festival 4–5 Aug

Credit: Steven Berkoff

Book tickets at glasgow2018.com/festival

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D-ConstructionCompagnie Dyptik

4–5 Aug, 14:00 & 18:00An ultra-energetic hip-hop dance performance from France with a powerful beat and an oriental twist.

Six dancers experience the liberation of the mind through movement. Merging into a group, they create a stronger entity; breaking apart, they assert their uniqueness.

A metal scaffolding stands in the middle of the space and the dancers interact with it. It cages, protects and frees them at the very same time. D-Construction connects, inspires and destroys to create something new.

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Happy Birthday Mr. MackintoshMischief La Bas

4–5 Aug, 12:00 & 15:00Glasgow-based street theatre company Mischief La Bas bring Charles Rennie Mackintosh back to life in this, the year of his 150th birthday.

The great man will be visiting his home city with his wife Margaret Macdonald and some other close associates.

Walkabout

7–8 Aug, 17:00 & 19:30Free but ticketedJoin the artists of Recollective for an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour of the world-famous Barrowland Ballroom. Stand in the same spot as your favourite acts, hang out in the backstage lounge, and keep an eye out for the alleged ghost.

Did you dance there as a youngster? Do you remember your first gig? Recollective would like to hear about it over refreshments in the backstage lounge. Each participant will receive a special souvenir of their visit.

The Barrowland Ballroom, 244 Gallowgate, G4 0TT

Barrowland Ballads: Backstage at the Ballroom

Get Snapping!Merchant City & Trongate Community Council

4–5 Aug, 9–12 Aug, 12:00–18:00Bring along your favourite Glasgow 2018-or Festival 2018-related photo to us on a digital camera, phone or tablet. We’ll print it on the spot, free of charge, and put it on display. All submitted photos will be judged on 12 August and prizes sent to the winners.

Bazaar Bar, City Halls

Happy Birthday Mr. Mackintosh

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Anti-Apathy AmbassadorsLoop Theatre

4–5 Aug, 13:00 & 16:00The Anti-Antipathy Ambassadors have landed from another planet! Down in the dumps after a bout of Apathermia, things changed when they found a disc featuring some disco sounds sent from afar. Heeding the disco/jazzercise call from across the galaxy they’ve been hurtling through space since 1979 honing their moves to perfection, and they can’t wait to share them with you…

Walkabout Greyfriars Garden Open Day

9–12 Aug, 12:00–16:00Located in the Medieval City on a site adjacent to the former Franciscan Friary, step into this magical space, delight at the variety of vegetables and flowers grown by local gardeners and lose yourself in the wildflower meadow.

Haiku poems will be displayed throughout the garden, why not create your own? Other activities include a Garden Discovery Quiz and Mindfulness colouring in.

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A Selection of Short FilmsGMAC Film & Scottish Documentary Institute

9 Aug, 18:00As a homage to the European Championships you are invited to join us for a GMAC Film and Scottish Documentary Institute free public screening presenting a programme of rolling sports themed short films.

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Book tickets at glasgow2018.com/festival

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Urban AstronautHighly Sprung Performance

9–10 Aug, 13:00 & 16:00Urban Astronaut provides a glimpse of a future that might be, where the problem of air pollution has reached crisis point. Is there any way back?

Combining stunning design and a unique flying machine with simple storytelling and a moving dance performance, Urban Astronaut searches for a solution to the looming environmental disaster.

Walkabout and Brunswick Street South

The Kit Kat Club Cabaret

9–12 Aug, 19:30 & 22:00, Age 18+9 & 12 Aug, £12/£10, 10 & 11 Aug, £15/£10Think Moulin Rouge meets Cabaret. An immersive, exciting atmosphere where anything can happen.

Hosted by the effervescent force of nature that is Billy Kirkwood, the Kit Kat will bring the best in local and international comedy, magic, burlesque and some very special surprises!

With a different bill every night, you can see the fabulous Susie McCabe, the surreal Nick Revell and downright funny Raymond Mearns to name a few.

After the late show, join us to dance your way into the wee small hours. It’s the best party in town.

Blackfriars, G1 1LG

Book tickets at glasgow2018.com/festival

POP-UP Duets (fragments of love)Janis Claxton Dance

9–10 Aug, 14:30 & 17:00Award-winning choreographer Janis Claxton and composer Pippa Murphy join forces with a team of world-class dancers for a series of short performances in public spaces. Based around love, duets will ‘pop-up’ at Merchant City Festival this August delighting its 'accidental audience’.

Supported by Creative Scotland.

Walkabout

When we cried confettiMAN || CO

15:00 Hutchinson St at Wilson St (9 & 10 Aug)19:15 Merchant Square (9 Aug)21:15 Merchant Square (10 Aug)A dance performance about the fear of being forgotten, the fun we’re obliged to have and the awkwardness we should try to conceal at parties. MAN || CO, a young Amsterdam-based collective create theatrical dance performances using a fresh and dynamic movement style.

Dance Stage @ MCF

9 Aug, 17:00–20:0010 Aug, 17:00–22:00MCF continues its commitment to develop dance in non-traditional places and spaces. Merchant Square becomes a focus for showcasing exciting work from Scottish and international companies, including Scottish Ballet, Y Dance, Paragon, Project X and MAN || CO from the Netherlands.

You can also see the best of the Glasgow Mela performances here including the stunning Lok Chhanda company from India. Look out for other dance events throughout the festival.

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The SedateStasis

10 Aug, 20:45Witness the hypnotic distortions from female quartet, Stasis. They carried their dancing shoes in their handbags and caught each other on the floor. They took pleasure in style, disruption, and fantasy. They didn’t know how to stop so they reckoned they might as well keep going.

Blown out basslines, pure expression and messing with the status quo. Featuring electronic mix by artist Ailie Ormston.

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Baba Yaga’s HouseDizzy O’Dare

9–10 Aug, 12:00, 14:00, 16:30Are you brave enough to find Baga Yaga’s House? She’s a fearsome character from Russian folklore, flying across the landscape in her giant mortar using the pestle for a rudder, while her ramshackle house roams the land on chicken legs. She might tell your fortune in exchange for a day of your life…then again…she might just eat you.

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Brunswick Stage

9 Aug, 17:00–22:0010–12 Aug, 11:00–22:00Live music and emerging talent including Electronic Glasgow’s takeover on Saturday 11 August, featuring sets from the best of Glasgow’s electronic music scene.

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Family Afternoon FunMerchant City Festival & Edinburgh International Children’s Festival

9–10 Aug, 12:00–16:00MCF teams up with Edinburgh International Children’s Festival to present performances and hands-on arts activities. Two afternoons of free events and activities for all the family including performances, live music, and interactive fun. No need to book, just come along to Merchant Square and join in.

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Urban Astronaut

Dizzy O'Dare: Baba Yaga's House

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SoundcycleChildren’s Classic Concerts

10 Aug, 12:00 & 14:30, £8/£5Children’s Classic Concerts’ Essential Orchestra and presenter Owen Gunnell are stepping up to the podium for a celebration of top tunes, sporting fun and medal-winning performances.

Cheer on sections of the orchestra as they go for gold in a musical relay race, experience a synchronised swimming routine that’s a stroke of genius and show off your freestyle moves in a game of musical statues – a CCC concert isn’t just a spectator sport!

And you won’t want to miss the highlight - the premiere of Soundcycle, a piece for bicycle and orchestra, by Tom Harrold, performed by world - champion percussionist, Colin Currie.

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Konx-Om-Pax ExhibitionISO

10 Aug, 18:00–21:0011 & 12 Aug, 12:00–18:00ISO are pleased to welcome Konx-Om-Pax, Berlin-based audio-visual artist Tom Scholefield, for an exhibition of film and graphic artwork. Tom takes classic ’80s sci-fi and modernist cues to create a vivid aesthetic that has shaped the looks of musicians including Hudson Mohawke, Oneohtrix Point Never and Kuedo.

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Hip Replacement

10 Aug, 19:30–00:00£10, Age 18+Too old to go out clubbing but too young to go to bed? We’ve got this, the club where middle age and cutting edge collide.

Since 2010 Hip Replacement has been filling the disco void, running a monthly club where those in the know can dance themselves dizzy.

One of the sell-out hits of the Merchant City Festival 2017, earning the nickname The Big One, we are delighted to return in 2018 with The Big One Two.

A night where you are absolutely guaranteed disco fun on a grand scale. Strictly for the middle edge!

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Provand’s Lordship Family Fun Day

11 Aug, 12:00–16:00Spend the afternoon exploring the history of Glasgow’s oldest house and discover how it, and the local area, has changed over the centuries. The stories of previous inhabitants will be brought to life through music and promenade theatre performances. Get in character with an array of dressing-up costumes before designing your own family crest.

Learn how the garden has been used for food and medicine, and while you’re there meet a carthorse or hold an owl!

Castle Street, G4 0RB

Music Moments FestivalGlasgow Music Studios Stage

11–12 Aug, 12:00–20:00An exciting weekend of music run by young people who have been working towards this event with workshops and training at Glasgow Music Studios throughout 2018. Local bands from folk, ceilidh, rock and blues. McLaren’s Piano Bar will soothe your soul with wonderful piano, from jazz to classical while you enjoy a glass of something delicious and some great food – a truly eclectic couple of days. PLUS performances from Carla J. Easton and psychedelic sounds from Medicine Men.

Glasgow Music Studios Stage, Osborne Street

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Belhaven Stage at the Tron

11 Aug, 12:00–22:00 & 12 Aug, 12:00–20:00Soak up the sounds of the Seven Song Club this summer as Fox Star Records programme the Tron’s outdoor stage.

With their finger on the pulse of Glasgow’s new music scene, enjoy a truly acoustic affair on the Trongate, with the coolest of cool summer vibes.

Chisholm Street

11–12 Aug, 12:00–21:00The Glastival Festival Tent makes its first appearance at Merchant City Festival. Expect DJ sets featuring tracks from all the biggest artists from this summer’s music festivals, an outdoor dancefloor, pop-up bars and food stalls.

Meanwhile on the stage it’s cabaret all day long with acts including CJ Banks, Bella Houston and Mr. Paul Puppet providing comedy, magic, music and lots more.

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Virginia Street Glastival Festival Tent and Stage With G1

Dance Along Trolls

11 Aug, 11:00 & 14:00, BSL SignedIndividual £6, Family of four £18, Under 2s freeJoin Dance HQ for a family-friendly screening of Trolls that will have you dancing in the aisles-literally! Learn all of the key dance moves before the movie begins then show them off in our ‘Can’t Stop the Feeling’ soul train finale. Poppy & Branch will be dancing with you every step of the way.

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Big Top Circus Mask MakingGlasgow Print Studio

11 Aug, 12:00–16:00, Age 5+Celebrating the 250th anniversary of the birth of circus, come along and participate in this fun drop-in mask-making workshop.

Glasgow Print Studio, Trongate 103, G1 1HD

Hear Our VoiceScottish-Asian CreativeArtists Network

Check website for performance detailsA new ensemble of Scottish-Asian musicians will come together to create a new piece of music exploring a theme of acceptance. They will draw on creative writing, sound art and visual art output created through workshops held in East Dunbartonshire, where young people explored their own stories of seeking acceptance. The music will be showcased alongside footage of the workshops.

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Beautiful BonesLove Music Productions and Surge Featuring Metropolitan Brass Band

15:00Beautiful Bones honours human passing with irreverence and black humour - greeting death as a friend to be made welcome. When the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse attempt to spread doom, a massed trombone orchestra and a street party, the likes of which have never been seen on the streets of Glasgow, will confront them.

Walkabout and Brunswick St South

Big Rory and Ochie the DogSurreal McCoy

13:30 & 16:00Big Rory and Ochie the Dog are no ordinary street theatre act. A giant Scotsman and his endearing giant dog explode onto Surge Festival. Enormous in size and character, people (and dogs) fall in love with Ochie and can’t help cuddling the huge pup, who is full of surprises.

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Bug n’ BuzzConcordance

14:30 & 17:00(12:30 & 16:30 inside, if wet)Bug n’ Buzz make up new rules, break all the codes and embrace the unexpected. Their ability to turn everything into an instrument and perform the mostunique dance wraps you in a sensitive collective experience, distorting space and time.

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Osadia

11–12 Aug, 13:00–16:00The sculptural quality of hairdressing becomes theatre in Osadia’s barber’s chairs. In this show an audience member becomes the central performer, transformed on stage, as styling becomes the showpiece. Osadia create original and provocative exhibitions of sophisticated make-up and hair art, set to fantastic music mixes.

Merchant SquareHidden FootprintsA Moment’s Peace Theatre Company

11 Aug, 12:00, 14:30 & 16:30 12 Aug, 12:00 & 14:30, £6/3Join us for a promenade performance through the Merchant City inspired by the historical and contemporary voices of women in our city.

Combining historical fact with personal reflections, we follow in the footsteps of the women who went before us.

Departs from City Halls.

Supported by Glasgow Life & Glasgow City Council.

Ceilidh and Family Ceilidh

11–12 Aug, 17:00–18:30 (Family Ceilidh)11–12 Aug, 20:00 –21:30Limber up for 2 nights of Celtic Connections Ceilidhs. Take your partner by the hand and spin across the floor to your favourite tunes.

Hop, twirl, leap and jump at our Family Ceilidh led by musicians from the award-winning Celtic Connections Participation Programme. Featuring the Celine Donoghue Band.

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SLAM 88

11 Aug, 22:00–03:00, £20/18/15 + Booking FeeA special celebration of 30 years of Acid House with the scene’s originator, Chicago’s DJ Pierre & Glasgow protagonists Slam.

Includes strobe lighting and sub-bass.

Old Fruitmarket

Lids Open Day at City HallsGlasgow Piano City

12 Aug, 11:00–18:00Fancy the opportunity to play two beautiful Steinway concert grand pianos on stage in the Grand Hall and the Recital Room? Why not bring your friends and family along to listen. Book your slot online.

All ages and abilities welcome. Gaun Yersel!

City Halls

Project Ability

12 Aug, 11:00–13:00 & 14:00–16:00, Age 5+Children and families are invited to join Project Ability for a drop-in art workshop in the T103 foyer inspired by the Glasgow 2018 UEC Road Cycling European Championships.

Project Ability, Trongate 103, G1 5HD

Merchant City Festival- Family Workshops

12 Aug, 14:00–17:00, £15/13 + Booking Fee That Swing Sensation - the band that got Glasgow dancing into The Guinness Book of World Records - return to the Old Fruitmarket with more than enough quicksteps, foxtrots, waltzes, and maybe even a wee slosh or two, to satisfy first-timers and veterans alike. Ticket includes tea, coffee & cake.

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Merchant City Festival Tea Dance 2018

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Surge Festival 11–12 Aug

BornRamblers Teatro

12:30 & 15:00A poetic performance transports the audience to a pre-Hispanic Mayan world, where people are born from corn and jaguar gods roam the ancient lands of Yucatan.

Through movement, masks, marionettes and music, Ramblers Teatro create dreamlike imagery to explore Mayan origins and folklore.

The tale follows K’iin, son of the goddess Ixchel, whose life journey takes him through jungles, pueblos and cenotes to realise his destiny and protect his homeland.

Born was developed with Surge as part of the Street Theatre Bursary Programme for the Surge Festival.

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Surge descends on the Merchant City with a line up of superbly singular acts.

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Book tickets at glasgow2018.com/festival

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HAND//SHAKEKatie Armstrong and Lucy Ireland

13:30 & 16:00Two movement sketches of geographically and intellectually accessible dance. The work resonates themes of openness, awkwardness and competitiveness.

Developed in parthnership with Surge.

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Music on CyclesLaDinamo

12:30 & 16:15Catalonia’s funkiest band on bikes! LaDinamo is funk on the move - Music on Cycles. A truly unique band on wheels, determined to break the mould of more traditional street bands and take their funk to the streets.

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Mother’s RuinPigsticks Productions

14:00 & 16:30Baby needs fed. Baby needs changed. Baby needs to play. Feed Baby if you dare. Mother won’t mind. The most demonic, obnoxious, mischievous baby is having a day out and he smells trouble brewing.

Mother’s Ruin is a giant puppet manifestation of the epitome of mother and child. Serene Mother and demonic Baby will be causing havoc in the Merchant City.

Mother's Ruin was developed with Surge as part of the Street Theatre Bursary Programme for the Surge Festival.

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Definitely, maybe not Oasis Biff and Cooper

13:15 & 15:45Ah! The 90s! The Union Jacked-up days of Cool Britannia! A time when Britpop - not Brexit - was the nation’s greatest export and ‘strong and stable’ madeway for hope.

Is it all a bit of a Blur? Then meet the Gallaghers; the mono-browed laddish embodiment of sticky pub-floor Britain. Come sing-along as they swagger furiously down roads that are a-winding to a simpler time and the gig of the 20th century.

Look Back in Anger? You must be madferrit!

Developed with Surge as part of the Street Theatre Bursary Programme for the Surge Festival.

Walkabout and Candleriggs Square Surge Festival is supported by Creative Scotland. surge.scot

The band at the end of the world!Ramshaklicious

13:45 & 16:30Dressed like a punk marching band, they arrive in a cloud of raucous brass-heavy music, driving their homemade, water-spurting, flaming, smoking battle-church. Existing within their very own miniature apocalyptic microclimate these idiots are convinced that the inevitable end of the world is upon us: maybe today, maybe right here, maybe right now!

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11:00–lateTontine Lane will be transformed into an animated environment, offering the very best in Scottish street food and pop-up dining, alongside art installations and cinematic projection. Music and performance will enhance this singularly urban environment, with Turner Prize winner Douglas Gordon’s iconic ‘Empire’ sign just one of the neon artworks located in Tontine Lane to be re-illuminated during the event.

King Putt’s: Putting Holes In HappinessRob Kennedy

11:00–21:00A free, public, crazy golf course, designed in collaboration with a number of local artists and community groups across Glasgow, and constructed from the city’s recycled rubbish.

Confronting issues of access, exclusion, value and commodity the golf course is best understood through social, sporting and competitive use, provoking questions about how the competition, collaboration and sociability of playing games can help us to understand and think about the consequences of our actions on the wider world.

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While Having SoupATSA

9-12 Aug, 12:00–15:00While Having Soup is a free 'three course dialogue'. Artists and local volunteers play the role of Maître d’ at this special restaurant, welcoming the public to savour a thought-provoking, confidential conversation with a stranger over a bowl of soup.

Together they will create their poetic portrait, which will be recorded and will join thousands of others from around the world. With a conversation menu crafted just for Glasgow, we invite you to participate in feeding the encounter and adding to the conversation. Perhaps if we talk more, listen better, then necessary change can happen.

ATSA, When Art Takes Action is supported by Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec.

Soul Food Sisters

9-12 Aug, 15:30–16:30Soul Food Sisters is a vibrant female-led social enterprise who believe in improving skills and self-esteem through cooking.

They use food as a force for nourishment, for better understanding, respect and inclusion.

Join their free, fast-paced workshops and learn how to make Bavarian Semmelknoedel bread dumplings, Spanish Churros and Flores Frittas, Polish Pierogi, and Injera pancakes from Eritrea.

Tomorrow’s KitchenKüche

9-12 Aug, 17:00–18:00Küche is a social start-up that involves people and communities in creating a programme of one-off food-led events and community dinners.

Tomorrow’s Kitchen is both a celebration of traditional Scottish dishes and an exploration of how multicultural Glasgow creates exciting new culinary fusions. Posing the question, “What might we make in our kitchens in the future?"

Seasonal Food with Gary Maclean

9-12 Aug, 18:30–19:30Join Gary Maclean’s celebration of national produce and learn how to make the most of locally sourced, healthy and affordable food.

The Civic Canteen tent will host a series of special workshops and events, all of which have the shared goal of using delicious food as a vehicle to promote cultural exchange. Different workshops take place each day and all events are free to attend, so come along, join the discussion, challenge your preconceptions, and leave knowing how to make delicious food from all corners of the globe!

Civic Canteen is proudly supported by Fáilte Foods.

Civic Canteen 9–12 Aug

Tontine Lane 2–12 Aug

40 John St, G1 1JQ (behind City Chambers)

Hidden within plain sight in the heart of the Merchant City, a unique and normally secret space opens its gates to host a series of extraordinary interventions.

Civic Canteen is a celebratory and provocative programme exploring food and nourishment as one of the uniting forces in life. Regardless of how old we are or where we are from, the universal truth is that everyone needs to eat!

Soul Food Sisters

See glasgow2018.com/festival for full programme and to book your free tickets.

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Celebrate

Find out more glasgow2018.com/go-live *extended opening hours on 8 and 12 August

2–12 August, 10:00–19:00*Free and unticketedGlasgow Green will be a city hotspot during the Glasgow 2018 European Championships, bringing together sport, culture and entertainment to provide a daily programme of free activities.

Enjoy 11 days of fun, sport, culture and entertainment.

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See glasgow2018.com/go-live for more details *extended opening times on 8 and 12 August during the Glasgow 2018 UEC Road Cycling European Championships.

FREE Action-Packed Fun EverydayOpen Daily 10am–7pm* Soak up the festival atmosphere and enjoy all of the fantastic activities. Find out where to find everything when you arrive.

Kids Play Science & Learning Family Fun Have-a-go Sports The Kitchen Garden Disc Golf Info Point Cycling Centre Celebrating Glasgow's Gardens Watch Live Sports Action Year of Young People 2018 Healthy Living, Mind and Soul

Toilets Accessible toilet Changing places

Large Screen Main Stage & Screen Ferris Wheel The Big Top^ Autism Friendly Zone Festival 2018 Glasgow Museums Finish line for cycling events

^ Performances at The Big Top are free to attend but ticketed. Tickets/wristbands are available from 2–12 Aug. Collect from Big Top ticket booth on the day of the performance.

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All shows are free, suitable for all ages and guaranteed to surprise and delight!

Free tickets for all shows can be collected from the Big Top ticket booth on the day of the performance on a first come, first served basis.

What Am I Worth?Extraordinary Bodies

4–5 Aug, 14:00 & 17:00 Extraordinary Bodies create circus like no-one else. In this groundbreaking new show instant judgement matters and survival hangs in the balance as the performers dance, fly, catch, play and sing on a stage that flies, tips and spins.

Who will be left when the world stops spinning in this groundbreaking physical performance?

This show includes integrated audio description and sign language interpretation (BSL). Touch tours are available before each show.

The Crow HouseCirco Rum Ba Ba

2 Aug, 13:00 & 17:00A silent movie inspired show using an eclectic mix of circus, puppetry, musical saw, harp playing and audience participation featuring a frenzy of acrobatics, silks trapeze, hat juggling and slap stick.

What Am I Worth?

Bring your appetite to The Kitchen Garden

To whet appetites further there will also be the Kitchen Garden Food Village, with a blend of fresh, local delicacies, live cooking demonstrations from top Scottish chefs, tasting sessions and healthy eating guidance throughout.

Check out the website to find out what’s on and drop in to the free daily cooking demos for delicious healthy meal time inspiration.

Action-packed every day• Have-a-go sports, fitness classes and nature zones• Watch the Championship action live on the large screens• Meet the athletes• Delicious foods and live cooking demonstrations at The Kitchen Garden Food Village• Bodyworks exhibitions from The Glasgow Science Centre• Jaw-dropping cycling shows from The Clan - Scotland’s Cycle Stunt Team• Capital FM will host the stage and provide daily prize giveaways

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Glasgow Green will also be a key sport venue during the Championships as it hosts three days of elite cycling events as follows:

Women’s Cycling Road Race: Sun 5 AugustMen’s and Women’s Cycling Time Trials: Wed 8 AugustMen’s Cycling Road Race: Sun 12 August

glasgow2018.com/go-live

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Festival 2018 Big Top

To celebrate Circus 250, the UK-wide anniversary of the first circus ring established 250 years ago in London, a beautiful Big Top on Glasgow Green is hosting the best in contemporary circus.

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Aerial Edge Youth Circus

7-8 Aug, 12:00 Participants from Aerial Edge Youth Programme showcase their skills, from death-defying feats such as silks, trapeze and aerial hoop to ground-based acrobatics, flips and tricks!

Look out for walkabout performances from Aerial including stilt walkers, jugglers, hula hoopers and more!

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7–8 Aug, 17:00 Award winning show from Catalan company eia. Breath-taking, poetic, funny and heart-warming, a stunning contemporary circus show, inspiring tenderness for the strange beast that is the human being. Four acrobats watch each other, gauge, run into, carry, throw each other and sweep us along in their physical and metaphorical dance: a glimpse into the kaleidoscope of human relationships.

The Exploded CircusMimbre

10 Aug, 17:00 & 11–12 Aug, 12:00 & 17:00 Step into the moment where an explosion has been frozen in time, the remnants of a big top caught mid-air – with everything from circus ring, sequins and fairground horses suspended above ground. Featuring a breathtaking mix of acrobatics, surprising aerial feats and masterful juggling, The Exploded Circus weaves a story told without words, where six female performers have to come together to seek order in the chaos and create a new normal. With striking imagery and subtle humour, the show explores themes around change, hope and belonging.

Celebrating Glasgow's Gardens

2–12 Aug, 10.00–19.00 Marking the 30th anniversary of Glasgow’s Garden Festival in 1988, we’re looking back and looking forward. Share your memories of 1988 and tell us what you think about the future of Glasgow’s gardens. From window sills to allotments and bugs to bees, join in the fun and start your own green space journey with a bit of help from us.

The People’s PianosTom Binns

2–12 Aug, 10.00–19.00 The Festival 2018 People’s Pianos are there for you to play. All ages welcome to help decorate the piano or play a tune. Gaun Yersel! Watch out for the special 'High Noon' performance each day. (See also p45)

Go For GoldVelocity East End Residency

2–12 Aug Various times and dates. See website for details. Playful street theatre performance by young people and their families from Glasgow’s East End & Rutherglen. Directed by Velocity East End Artist in Residence. (see p45)

Between the LinesAerial Edge Artists

6 Aug, 16:00 Between the Lines combines dance and physical performance with jaw-dropping circus skills and explores the performer’s relationship with risk. Directed by Brazilian director Adilso Machado and featuring performance from Scottish circus artists Mark Gibson, Adam Wright and Stewart Watts.

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The People UniteOlivier Grossetête & UZ Arts

3 Aug, 12.00–17.00, 4 Aug, Topple 16:00 approx The people of Glasgow celebrate and honour the people of Berlin by building a cardboard structure inspired by the city’s Brandenburg Gate, with a Mackintosh twist. Volunteers will build the cardboard ‘bricks’ in advance and then we need you to help bring the building to life on 3 August. On 4 August gather to celebrate the achievement and see it ceremoniously topple.

Supported by Insitu - with thanks to Smurfit Kappa.

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Beyond Boundaries

3 AugFestival 2018 ran an open call for poems responding to ‘Beyond Boundaries’. These could be inspired by the idea of overcoming obstacles and striving towards a goal, or by the concept of uniting in our differences and celebrating our diversity.

In this event, hosted by Glasgow’s Poet Laureate, Jim Carruth new and established poets will perform some of the work from the collection. (see p45)

Four Go Wild in WelliesIndepen-dance

9-12 Aug, 10:30A brand new show for audiences aged 3–5 years from Indepen-dance 4, Scotland’s inclusive professional dance company. Four Go Wild In Wellies is a whimsical adventure featuring bobble hats, scarves, tents that have a life of their own and, of course, lots of fun in wellies!

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Four Go Wild in Wellies

The SportablesMischief La Bas

2 & 4–6 AugVarious times. See website for detailsA comical collection of outdoor performances that showcase three unique sports and celebrate the maverick athletes at their heart. The streets and parks will become the arena for these unconventional games: Sponge Wrestling, Inner City Twitching and The Great Space Hopping Selfie Challenge.

You are invited to participate, cheer and watch in wonder as the ‘hotshots’ from each sport show you exactly how it’s done.

Popping up across our live sites & venues - see webstie for details.

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Strong Lady

7–10 AugVarious times. See website for details

A genuine strong woman, Betty Brawn presents an elegant array of feats of strength: she breaks things, lifts men overhead as if they were feathers and gives your laughing muscles a workout. You will walk away smiling from this wholehearted celebration of femininity and strength.

Also appearing at George Square.

Pop-up Opera RoadshowScottish Opera

2 & 9 Aug, 11:00,13:00,15:00 Scottish Opera is packing up its theatre on wheels and taking The Pop-up Opera Roadshow to Festival 2018. Two brilliant 25-minute shows for audiences of all ages are brought to life by a storyteller, singers, musicians and a series of colourful illustrations, offering a fantastic introduction to opera. Both shows are performed in a specially-adapted, fully-accessible trailer, recreating Glasgow’s Theatre Royal. Join us for a version of Gilbert and Sullivan’s classic A Little Bit of HMS Pinafore and Be a Sport, Spike!, a new work for kids aged 4–7.

Also apperaing in locations across Scotland – see website for full details.

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Velophonic OrchestraJane Bentley

12 Aug, 17:30The Velophonic Orchestra is a spontaneous bicycle orchestra that anyone can join - just bring your bike!

Over the period of an hour, we’ll explore the possibilities of using bicycles as instruments: playing on bells, spokes, frames, saddles - you name it! No previous bicycle-playing experience necessary - just follow the conductors and experience being part of the band as we create and perform a piece of music to celebrate each of the four cycling disciplines of the European Championships.

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Super Night ShotNational Theatre of Scotland and Gob Squad

9 Aug, 22:00, Age 18+Free but ticketedSuper Night Shot is a magical journey through the night-time streets of Glasgow. Full of surprises, the Glasgow public become co-stars in a movie that celebrates unplanned meetings with strangers and delights in the randomness of urban existence.

Both comical and moving, Super Night Shot attempts to elevate the banality of everyday life into the glamour and glitz of a big-screen blockbuster. Completely unpredictable, the result is an experience halfway between theatre and film, elevating the everyday into the epic and playing with your perceptions of the familiar. Anything can happen, and usually does.

The film begins exactly one hour before you come to watch it when the four performer/activists meet, arm themselves with their video cameras and start them simultaneously. Embarking on a “war on anonymity”, they set off into the night on an adventure where only one thing is certain: 60 minutes later they will meet again and present what they have filmed to the waiting audience.

Argyle Street Arches, G2 8DL

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Tell Us Who We AreNYCoS, NYOS, SYT & YDance

7 Aug 20:00, 8 Aug 12:00, 9 Aug 15:00 & 20:00£5 + Booking FeeFor the first time, the National Youth Choir of Scotland, National Youth Orchestras of Scotland, Scottish Youth Theatre and YDance (Scottish Youth Dance) collaborate to present this new commission for Festival 2018.

In Tell Us Who We Are, the young collective asks, what can we, the liberal snowflakes of today, tell you about war? What can we, the mollycoddled millennials with our safe spaces tell you about anything?

We have all of the information we could ever need at the touch of a button. We never had to fight to have it. We have a voice: we want to use it. But are we willing to fight to be heard?

Old Fruitmarket

1,210kmJunction 25 and Theater an der Parkaue

10–11 Aug, 19:30£12.50/9An explosive new show that will inspire, question and provoke. 1,210km features award-winning young performance companies Junction 25 from Glasgow and Theater an der Parkaue from Berlin who explore ideas of cross-cultural identity, connection and belonging as they ask the question ‘what is the space between us?’

The work will premiere at Tramway as part of Festival 2018 before touring to Theater an der Parkaue in Berlin.

Junction 25 is co-produced by Glas(s) Performance and Tramway, and 1,210km is supported by Festival 2018 and The Goethe Institute.

Tramway, Albert Drive, Glasgow

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Street Level Photoworks

2 Aug–30 SepAn artistic photographic exchange between Street Level in Glasgow and OSTKREUZ Association in Berlin, in which eight members of the aff Galerie collective will be shown at Trongate 103. Totally East by Harald Hauswald will show at Goethe Institute and Hillhead Library.

Trongate 103 will screen Maik Reichert’s film Foto: OSTKREUZ and host talks by the two residency artists and four of the exhibiting artists.

In a reciprocal event in Berlin in October during Monat der Fotografie OFF, an exhibition of contemporary Glaswegian photographers takes place at aff Galerie. Das Giftraum will feature work by Harry Papadopoulos and there will be a screening of the acclaimed film Big Gold Dream on the history of Scottish post-punk and indie music. Talks and performances will also feature in this reciprocal element.

Supported by the Goethe Institute, Glasgow & British Council Berlin.

Trongate 103, G1 5HDGoethe Institute, G3 6AXHillhead Library, G12

Fotografische Parallelen/ Photographic Parallels

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Glasgow Wide 2–12 Aug

Letters to my ShadowGeneration Dance Festival

2–3 Aug, 19:30, £6/5Generation Dance Festival is an exciting triple bill involving Scottish Ballet Elders Company performing ‘Faith’, choreographed by Lewis Normand; the National Youth Dance Company of Scotland performing ‘Di-ver-gent’, choregraphed by Anna Kenrick; and the Generation Performance Company, an intergenerational group brought together for Festival 2018, performing the premiere of ‘Letters to my Shadow’, choreographed by Lorraine Jamison and Anna Kenrick. This work brings together six intergenerational groups from across Scotland to reflect and celebrate in this poignant, humorous, and uplifting new piece.

Supported by Creative Scotland, Scottish Government and Glasgow City Council.

Tramway, Albert Drive, Glasgow

FFRotate GenerateParagon Ensemble

7–9 AugRotate Generate is Paragon’s inclusive music and dance project linking art, sport and science, using the principles of renewable energy, health and wellbeing to create a brand new dance piece.

Performances throughout Glasgow will involve young disabled people from diverse communities.

Supported by Creative Scotland and Big Lottery Changing Lives.

7 Aug, 12:30: Pollok Health Centre 8 Aug, 12:30: Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity 9 Aug, 17.00–18.00: Merchant City Festival

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Turn the Ordinary into AdventureGoMA, Platform & Monster Chetwynd

Mon–Thu, 13:30–16:00Mon–Thu Workshops: 2–9 Aug, 13:30–16:00This summer, as part of the Glasgow 2018 European Championships, GoMA will be collaborating with Turner prize nominated Monster Chetwynd. She will be working with adult and youth groups from GoMA and Platform to create a short film inspired by the novel The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov. This subversive and magical film will see people transform through organic face creams and potions - a portal to the supernatural.

The UK premiere of this short film will be screened in George Square on 9 August between 12:00–13:00.

Taking inspiration from the project, GoMA will also have a summer of magic with FREE family workshops with a supernatural theme. Come along to make powerful potions, create creepy creatures, potty plants and even make things fly or transform.

Gallery of Modern Art, G1 3AH

Tramway

2–12 AugTramway presents an eclectic visual arts programme for Festival 2018 including a unique and engaging exhibition for children that presents new commissions by Richy Carey, James McLardy, Anne Seseke, Melissa Stabile, and Oliver Pitt. The exhibition features soft and malleable sculptures, an interactive sound and visual installation and colourful wall murals and projections.

Samara Scott’s immersive installation fills Tramway’s main gallery with large suspended and translucent sculptures. Body gel, glitter, toilet paper, sponges, milk, nail varnish and food dyes are just some of the many substances that make up her sumptuous forms. This is Scott’s most ambitious exhibition in a public institution to date.

In Tramway’s theatre Rustic Prologue organised by Glasgow-based artist Jamie Crewe features a wide range of inspirational material and experimental animation. The event introduces their upcoming exhibition Pastoral Drama, a new commission which reflects on Queer legacies, realised in partnership with KW Institute of Contemporary Art in Berlin.

See website for dates & times.

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Confortáveis (Comfortables) by Melissa Stabile

New Order, Other SpacesJo Longhurst

2–12 Aug, 10:00–17:00Opening Preview 2 Aug, 18:00–21:00Multi-site solo presentation from Jo Longhurst exploring the gymnastic body across photography, moving image and installation. (See p59)

Kelvin Hall Ballroom, 1445 Argyle St, G3 8AW

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Credit: Marvin Gaye Chetwynd courtesy of Sadie Coles

Sunny G Radio 103.5 FM

2–12 AugSunny Govan Community Media will provide a platform for local voices throughout Festival 2018 and the Glasgow 2018 European Championships. Look out for Sunny G Radio staff and volunteers who will deliver a series of radio roadshow events and will broadcast live performances. A team of young people have been trained as radio journalists to document the summer’s activities and will work with Sunny Govan Community Media to give a platform to local artists, local people with links to sport, and anyone who wants to celebrate the Championships.

Turn it up, Govan!

Sports venues throughout Glasgow.

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The People’s PianosTom Binns

2–12 AugThe Festival 2018 People’s Pianos are there for you to play. Come and help us decorate ‘Daisy’ on Glasgow Green, play ‘Hen’ in the Merchant City and find more popping up around town at surprise locations during the Festival. Watch out for 'High Noon' every day for a special performance at each piano.

Get yourself down to City Halls for a special ‘Lids Open Day’ on Sat 12 August.

There are loads of ‘Pianos in Public Places’ out there to play, so what are you waiting for?

11 Days, 22 Pianos, 88 Keys… 1 Glasgow Piano City.

Various Locations - check website for details.

Beyond Boundaries

3 Aug, 17:30Festival 2018 ran an open call for poems responding to ‘Beyond Boundaries’. These could be inspired by the idea of overcoming obstacles and striving towards a goal, or by the concept of uniting in our differences and celebrating our diversity.

In this event, hosted by Glasgow’s Poet Laureate, Jim Carruthers new and established poets will perform some of the work from the collection.

Various Locations (see p40)

Velocity East End Residency

2–12 AugVelocity is a year-long artist residency programme where young people, their families and friends from the East End of the city and the Rutherglen participated in dance, drama and performance workshops in the local areas. It will cumulate in playful, street performances to be showcased each day at GO LIVE! At The Green.

The aim is to support young people from these areas in the city to stay socially engaged in arts practice and be encouraged to undertake further training, be signposted to local delivery partners or routes into involvement with the arts. Look out for emerging artists in the coming months!

A co-commission between Festival 2018, Clyde Gateway, Creative Scotland and Glasgow.

Various Locations.

Book tickets at glasgow2018.com/festival

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Wild CityThe Walking Library & Alec Finlay

3 Aug & 10–11 Aug, Free but ticketedThe Walking Library brings walking and books together. Join us on a place-aware wander through the wild city, as we carry our library on a slow walk. Select a book to share and help create a map of wild nature.

3 Aug, 11.00–13.00: George Sq to Glasgow Green10 Aug, 11.00–15.00: George Sq to the West End 11 Aug, 14.30–16.00: Children’s Wood and North Kelvin Meadows to the River Kelvin

Supported by Glasgow Life and the University of Glasgow.

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30 Mar–14 Aug, £7/£5, under 16s FREEEnjoy the celebrated work of the renowned Glasgow architect, designer and artist as we mark his 150th anniversary. Discover his influences and inspirations and understand the work of his contemporaries, particularly those working in the Glasgow Style, leading to the birth of the only Art Nouveau movement in UK which impacted internationally on the art world.

The exhibition will combine highlights of Mackintosh’s work and the wider Glasgow Style and will include a number of objects which have never been on public display. The full spectrum of Mackintosh’s work will be covered including stained glass, ceramics, mosaic, metalwork, furniture, stenciling interiors and architecture.

To find out more about the exhibition and the Mackintosh events programme pick up a leaflet in venue or visit glasgowmuseums.com.

Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, G3 8AG

Glasgow Film Festival

£10.50/7.50, children: £5.50At GFT we are diving into the cinematic history of Berlin, showing 5 films that give a sense of the changing face of this incredible city. Watch Berlin onscreen from the turbulent war years, through the divided late-20th century, to the vibrant present.

Cabaret - Tue 31 Jul, 20:10 (15)The Lives of Others - Sun 5 Aug, 16:30 (15)Wings of Desire - Mon 6 Aug, 20:15 (12)Victoria - Sat 11 Aug, 15:30 (15)Symphony of Now - Sun 12 Aug, 13:00

Glasgow Film Theatre, G3 6RB

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PortalSonica

2–12 Aug, 11.00–19.00Free but ticketedEmbark on an audiovisual adventure as multimedia artist Robbie Thomson and composer Alex Menzies transform the 762 metre-long walkway of the Clyde Tunnel into a sensory subterranean spectacle. Inspired by marine mythology and science fiction, this otherworldly odyssey reveals robotic sculptures and electronic sounds which lead you through a series of close encounters. Immersive and intriguing, Portal presents a rare opportunity to re-discover this remarkable Glasgow landmark which celebrates its 55th anniversary year.

Supported by Creative Scotland, PRS for Music Foundation and Talent Development. In partnership with Glasgow City Council and The Robertson Trust.

Southbound Pedestrian & Cycle path, The Clyde Tunnel (meeting at 911-919 Dumbarton Road, G11 6NA) Also performing at George Square.

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What Gives Me StrengthIgnite Theatre

3 Aug & 6 Aug, 14.00–15.00Ignite Theatre presents What Gives Me Strength. This piece brings together an incredible cast mixing experienced performers with inspiring young people from challenging backgrounds who have made Glasgow their home.

3 Aug: Knightswood Community Centre, G13 3DD6 Aug: Maryhill Community Central Halls, G20 7YE

Supported by Gordon Fraser Charitable Trust, BBC Children in Need, The Robertson Trust, Lloyds TSB Foundation and Bank of Scotland Foundation.

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Charles Rennie Mackintosh– Making the Glasgow Style

What Gives Me Strength

Book tickets at glasgow2018.com/festival

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2–12 Aug, 10:00–18:00Glasgow Pixillated: A dynamic D fie foe Film, featuring pixillated young performers against a backdrop of iconic Glasgow architecture and landscapes. The beautiful technique of 'pixillation’, (animation of the human form), was made famous by Scottish-born Norman McLaren in the 1950s. It's a style halfway between drama and stop-frame animation, which is then combined with sequences of time-lapse and slow-motion to express certain moods.

The film will be presented throughout the Festival in George Square.

Supported by Glasgow Film Theatre.

FFDeepening The RiverPaul Towndrow and The Keywork Orchestra

10–11 Aug, 20.00, £16Jazz saxophonist and composer Paul Towndrow leads a new and exciting multi-genre Big Band in his newly composed suite of music celebrating our city, its people, its culture and its potential.

The Keywork Orchestra is a custom-built large ensemble comprising top international talent across a number of disciplines from jazz, to traditional folk and Indian classical music. The concert features the premier of a brand new work commissioned by Festival 2018, entitled ‘Deepening The River’.

The music explores a multitude of themes based around Glasgow’s people, communities, history, and culture, specifically the role in the 17th Century of The Merchants House of Glasgow in campaigning for the deepening of the Clyde to enable the passage of ships, and facilitate trade.

The Merchants House, 7 West George St, G2 1BA

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OrographicOceanallover in association with Feral

3–4 Aug & 10–12 AugOrographic is a new outdoor performance from visual performance company Oceanallover, fusing otherworldly choreography, live music and sculptural costume inspired by the position and form of landscape, with particular reference to the paintings made by Charles Rennie Mackintosh in France towards the end of his life.

2018 marks the 150 year anniversary of the founding father of the ‘Glasgow’ style. Orographic takes direct inspiration from his abstract lines, shapes and cartography looking at the mountains and hillsides of Scotland and Southern France.

Join Oceanallover for a mesmerising promenade performance that blends surreal choreography, sonic invention and carnival couture design.

4 Aug: Strathclyde Country Park10 Aug: Merchant City Festival11 Aug: Balloch

See glasgow2018.com/festival for times & additional dates.

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Janice Kerbel 'Sink'The Common Guild

3 Aug, 18:00, 18.45, 19.30 & 20.15, £5‘Sink’ is a new artwork by artist Janice Kerbel. It takes the form of a synchronised swimming routine, to be performed for the first time in the unique surroundings of The Western Baths Club, Glasgow.

Synchronised swimming is marked by a unique history infused with the magic of cinema, the discipline of dance, and the precision and athleticism of contemporary competitive sport. ‘Sink’ explores those contradictions to imagine a compositional choreography that is both austere and extravagant, performed by specialist, elite female swimmers.

The Western Baths Club, Cranworth Street, G12 8BZ

Book now at glasgow2018.com/festival

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The Sloans Opera - Glasgow 2018 EditionNOISE presents The Sloans Opera plus two new operas specially commissioned for Festival 2018.

6–8 Aug, 10.00, 14.00 & 18.00, 12 Aug, 15:00, £15/12The Sloans Opera, Gareth Williams and David BrockTravelling through the three floors of the incredibly beautiful Sloans Bar and Restaurant, the opera brings to life characters past and present who have visited this famous Glasgow landmark.

Love Speaks, Jenny Knotts and Kevan O’ReillyThis opera was commissioned to celebrate Scotland's powerful and progressive decision to make PrEP available on the Scottish NHS. PrEP protects men and women from contracting the HIV virus.

Ceilidh, Scott Gilmour and Claire McKenzieFrom award-winning writing partnership Noisemaker, comes this unique opera packed with singing, dancing and immersive storytelling.

Sloans Bar and Restaurant, 108 Argyle St, G2 8BG

Also performing in George Square.

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Cèilidh Mòr Gàidhlig

4 Lùn, 16:00Cèilidh tràth samhraidh, anns an t-seann dòigh le òrain Ghàidhlig agus ceòl beòthail bho chòmhlan chliùiteach, Còmhlan Cèilidh Ghleann Fhionnain agus le Màiri Anna NicUalraig agus Gillebrìde Mac ’IlleMhaoil a’ seinn.

Ceàrnag Sheòrais

Gaelic Events Tachartasan Gàidhlig

Latha Mòr na Camanachd

5 Lùn, Bho 11:00 ( iomadh uair)Le dlùth cheangal eadar cultar agus dualchas na Gàidhlig, ’s e gèam luath, clis agus sgileil a th’ ann, le seallaidhean air leth dhan luchd-amhairc – feumaidh duine sam bith aig a bheil ùidh ann an spòrs seo fhaicinn dhaibh fhèin.

Tha cothroman ann tighinn agus fheuchainn dhuibh fhèin, bidh gèam cùpa Glaschu 2018 sònraichte ann, taisbeanaidhean bho na cluicheadairean as fheàrr ann an Alba agus cèilidh comharrachaidh. Faic an làrach-lìn airson fiosrachadh iomlan.

GO LIVE! at the Green agus Ionad Ball-coise Greenfield, G32 6TP

Cuairt Òrain Ghlaschu Gàidhlig

11 Lùn, 14:00–16:00, £13.20/£11Slighe air leth anns a’ bhaile a’ leantainn sgeul Ghlaschu Gàidhlig a tha agus a bha, tro òrain, fuaim agus stàladh. Coinnich ri fìorachd nan cruthan-fuaime gnìomhachasail; cuir eòlas air oiteag fionnar bho Abhainn Chluaidh agus gabh tlachd às na sgeulachdan a tha air fhàgail mu Ghlaschu Gàidhlig tro òrain, gnìomhadh, bàrdachd agus beul-aithris. Le Màiri Anna NicUalraig agus Alasdair Whyte. Bidh an tachartas seo air a leantainn le seisean ciùil aig taigh-seinne Blackfriars, Baile nam Marsantan (16:30).

A’ fàgail Stèisean a’ Mheadhan, Glaschu, G1 3SL

Mass Gaelic Ceilidh

4 Aug, 16:00An early summer ceilidh, traditional style with Gaelic song and cracking music form the acclaimed Glenfinnan Ceilidh Band with singers Mary Ann Kennedy & Gillebride MacMillan.

George Square

The Big Day of Shinty

5 Aug, From 11:00 (various times)Intrinsically linked to Gaelic Culture and folklore, Shinty is fast, frantic and skilful, giving an unrivalled spectator experience - a must see for any sports fan. Experience come & try sessions, a one-off shinty tournament with Scotland’s best players, demonstrations and a celebratory ceilidh. See website for full details.

GO LIVE! at the Green & Greenfield Football Centre, G32 6TP

Glaschu Gaelic Song Trail

11 Aug, 14:00–16:00, £13.20/£11A unique city trail following the story of Glasgow Gaelic present and past through song, sound and installation. Encounter the gritty reality of industrial soundscapes; experience the fresh breeze along the River Clyde’s underbelly and enjoy the surviving stories of Gaelic Glasgow through songs, performance, poetry and folklore. Followed by an indoor music session at Blackfriars pub, Merchant City (16:30)

Departs Glasgow Central Station, G1 3SL

Haud the Bus!Citizens Theatre

11 Aug, 13:00–16:00A family day out in the heart of Gorbals with wonderful events and free refreshments.

Hop on board this walking tour and experience a wonderful array of things to do including: a therapeutic garden, fascinating Glasgow history, a hysterical tour of the Southern Necropolis, stalls, exhibitions, installations, Citizens Theatre’s Community Collective performances, singing workshops, games, sports, children’s storytelling, locally picked fruit, pressed juice, jam to take away and live music from the Saint Francis Pipe Band.

Haud the Bus! is a terrific way to see the famous Glasgow Gorbals district. An area steeped in history and filled with friendly faces.

Various venues in the Gorbals.

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Pride House Glasgow

1–12 Aug, 12:00–23:45Located in the heart of the Merchant City, Pride House Glasgow will play host to a range of sports, arts and cultural events breaking down the social and personal barriers which prevent lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people from participating in sports.

A mix of workshops, performances and exhibitions, the programme features theatre, literature, art, music, dance and cabaret in a wide-ranging, eclectic mix which showcases Scotland’s LGBTI community whilst highlighting the continued fight for LGBTI liberation, equality and human rights.

17 Trongate, G1 5EZ

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Neu BegegnungProject Ability

2–4 Aug & 7–12 Aug, 10:00–17:00Project Ability welcomes artists from Berlin’s St. Hedwig-Krankenhaus hospital to our Glasgow gallery for a collaborative exhibition along with artists working in our ReConnect studios.

With a focus on artists who’ve experienced mental ill health, this exhibition will show artworks from over 40 artists. Project Ability will also be hosting a seminar with a focus on visual art and mental ill health. Four artists and two support workers have been invited over from Berlin to enjoy the Festival events and link up with Project Ability artists. The Berlin artists will be invited to work in our studios and explore the city over six nights. Project Ability looks to establish a new working relationship with St. Hedwig-Krakenhaus hospital for future collaboration in both Berlin and Glasgow.

Trongate 103, 1st Floor, G1 5HD

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Gàidhlig mun Cuairt a’ bhaile

3 Lùn, 16:30f...ach iadsan a bha ‘n Glaschu/…but they who were in Glasgow

Gàrradh Ròsan Pàirc na Bànrigh/Queen’s Park Rose Garden, G42 8QR

Gaelic around the City

3 Aug, 18:30Ag ainmeachadh na Croaibh/Naming the Tree

Gàrraidhean Falaichte, Tramway, G41 2PE/Hidden Gardens, Tramway, G41 2PE

Tha barrachd thachartasan Gàidhlig aig Fèis2018, sgrùdaich ‘Gaelic’aig glasgow2018.com/festival.

There are more Gaelic events during Festival 2018. Serach ‘Gaelic’ at glasgow2018/festival.

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The Festival 2018 Our Place Fund has supported communities in Glasgow and across Scotland to design their own exciting, free programme of cultural activity. These projects have been developed and chosen by local people. Get yourself along to events near you and soak up the festival atmosphere. For further details on Our Place Projects throughout Scotland see glasgow2018.com/festival

3D Family Sports/Fun Day3D Drumchapel

27 Jul, 11:00–14:00Over the summer 3D offers a variety of family-friendly activities, including a multi-sports day.

Families will receive a sports/activities passport on arrival, which will be stamped for each of the events they take part in. The sports day will include traditional races and a buggy walk in the park for families with babies and children in prams - there’s the option to stay for a picnic too.

Drumchapel Community Centre 320 Kinfauns Drive, G15 7HA

Big Summer Get TogetherThe Hidden Gardens

11 Aug, 12:00–16:00Join us for a very special summer afternoon celebrating 15 years of the Hidden Gardens. It will feature a launch of celebratory artwork, a tasty picnic feast prepared by the Hidden Gardens Cultural Cookery group, a dynamic 40-piece orchestral performance by Nevis Ensemble and a scavenger hunt.

Tramway, G41 2PE

AfriCeilidhAfrican Arts Centre

3–5 Aug, 12:00–23:00A multimedia all-day arts festival spanning three days, showcasing films, music, dance and visual arts in an open and inclusive environment at The African Arts Centre, Ibrox. There will be a seated dinner on the Saturday.

The African Arts Centre, 286 Broomloan Rd, G51 2JQ

An Untold StoryGovan and Linthouse Parish Church

2–3 Aug & 6–11 Aug, 11:00–15:00A celebration of the history, heritage and future of Govan and Linthouse through a multi-art exhibition featuring watercolour paintings, murals, dance, costumes, stories, and stained-glass panels produced by local people supported by artist Veronica Jane Lynch.

Former RBS, 788 Govan Rd, G51 2IL

Aye 2 Music @ Our PlaceEiger Music

Tue & Thu from 21 Jun–9 AugHave you ever wanted to learn to play a musical instrument? Aye 2 Music @ Our Place are offering taster sessions in guitar, drums, fiddle, piano and keyboard at two locations in the Woodside area from 21 June 2018. Local musicians will also perform at a Music Café event each Thursday. Free to take part – just drop in. (Note: Under 16s must be accompanied at the workshops by an adult. Music Café event 18+ only).

Windsor Community Hall, G20 7NA (Thurs) Wintersgills G4 9EJ (Tues)

Beatroute’s RootsBeatroute

9 Aug, 14:00A series of artistic performances written/composed and performed by young people from the local community, bringing to life the historical and cultural heritage of Balornock and Barmulloch through their eyes, celebrating the area’s rich history and tremendous cultural diversity in the modern day.

Beatroute Arts Centre, 285 Wallacewell Rd, G21 3RP

Big Angie's Big DayChips & Cheese Productions

28 Jul, 19.30–22:00At long last a handsome man has popped the question, Big Angie has said yes to the dress and the day she’s dreamed of all her life is finally here… her wedding day! Dig out your frock coats and fascinators and dress to impress for the wedding of the year. Big Angie’s Big Day is a hilarious walk down the aisle, as special, as touching and as full of surprises as any Glasgow wedding. (A stage show for over 18s. Adult humour).

Saint Lukes, Bain St, G40 2JZ

Changing FacesENABLE Glasgow/Fortune Works

9 Aug, 13:00–20:0010–11 Aug, 10:00–17:00Collaborative portrait project led by Resident Artist Sarah Leonard, carer and volunteer at Fortune Works, who work to empower people of all ages with a learning disability. Each portrait will be personalised to express individuality and those involved will be invited to talk about their experience.

Trongate 103, G1 5HD

Yorkhill Gala Day 2018Yokecoco

12 Aug, 11:00–16:00What would make your ideal Sunday? Yorkhill Gala Day 2018 promises a Sunday filled with live music and entertainment for all the family. The event supports local performers, artists, community groups and independent businesses in the area, and has the aim of encouraging local children to get more involved in their community greenspaces.

Overnewton Square, Yorkhill

Community Engagement DayTownhead Village Hall

6 Aug, 10:00–16:00A community get-together to actively promote and foster relationships between the rapidly changing community of Townhead and beyond, with a range of multicultural and multi-generational activities.

Townhead Village Hall, 60 St Mungo Ave, G4 0PL

Community Recovery FayreGEEAP/NERC

5 Aug, 11:00–15:00Raising awareness, celebrating and showcasing recovery therapies, arts and crafts available in North East Glasgow.

Sunday Social Recovery Café, Kelvin College, G34 9HZ

Our Place July & August

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Craft CaféImpact Arts

9 Aug, 10:00–16:00Members will combine multiple art forms and living history to create a short animation, creative writing and mixed media collages on sporting culture in Glasgow and Scotland. They will reflect on games they played as children, their sporting heroes, the events that resonated with them and sporting and cultural landmarks that reflect their heritage.

Elderpark Community Centre, 82 Elderpark St, G51 3SS

Cultural Food Festival Fun DayReidvale Adventure Play Association

10 Aug, 13:00:16:30Promoting and celebrating the Glasgow 2018 European Championships by offering children, young people and their families the opportunity to take part in food tasting sessions. We will raise awareness of culture and food dishes from various European countries.

Reidvale Adventure Play Association Ltd 62 Garfield Street, Dennistoun, G31 1DW

Dennistoun Community Council

28 Jul, 12:00 –16:00 Carnival workshops for local groups in six venues in July, leading up to the Alexandra Park Festival on Saturday 28 July. Community artists will work with each group to identify a theme and provide materials to make costumes and props for the Carnival Parade in the Alexandra Park Festival.

Alexandra Park, Dennistoun

Dennistoun Carnival Workshops and Parade

Flowering, Greening GarnethillFriends of Garnethill Green Spaces

11 Aug, 12:00–16:00, Wheelchair access limitedHave fun, create, make art and garden on the hill. Make Garnethill greener and brighter.

Garnethill Park, Hill St/Rose St, Garnethill Garnethill Community Garden, Garnethill St

Glasgow Kite FestivalRicefield Arts and Cultural Centre

22 Jul, 12:00–16:00Let’s fill the Glasgow sky with kites! This will be a fun day filled with interactive activities, including kite exhibition, craft fair, kite quiz, games, drop-in kite making workshops, and kite flying.

Bellahouston Park (Mosspark Boulevard)

Seven Days for Seven LochsUrban Fox

6–8 Jul & 9–12 AugA seven-day activity programme using the Seven Lochs venues, and a great way to explore the natural environment of Scotland’s biggest wetland park. The activities include cycling, kayaking, bushcraft, archery and creating a mural.

Activities will be led by trained local young people and will be aimed at connecting young people and communities to outdoor areas.

Helenslea Community Hall, 48 Methven St, Glasgow

Winning for WomenThriving Places - SEAL

Tue 19 Jun–7 Aug, 13:00–15:00, Age 16+The Winning for Women programme for women and girls focuses on re-engaging communities in new and creative ways. Workshops will be hosted in the Gorbals designated Thriving Places area to build on the skills base of those taking part. The workshops will include arts and environmental skills-sharing sessions.

St Francis Centre, 405 Cumberland St, Gorbals, G5 OSE

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Beyond Glasgow

Join in the Festival 2018 celebrations across Scotland in our partner venue areas which are also hosting sport: Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park, Strathclyde Country Park, Perth & Kinross, Stirling, Edinburgh and East Dunbartonshire. Join us in the celebrations and immerse yourself in the Festival 2018 atmosphere.

Celebration Hub

8 Aug, 09:00–17:00A day of celebration at EDC Bishopbriggs Community Hub with lots of family-friendly activities including a young people’s exhibition, showcase of animation shorts, street theatre, music and lots of fun for all the family. Come along and try out our creative tasters throughout the day.

It’s a great place to view the Time Trial Cycle Road Race and cheer the elite athletes as they pass. Let’s give them a final supportive push over the boundary into Glasgow and onto the finish line! See website for details of other events across East Dunbartonshire.

Bishopbriggs Hub & Library, 170 Kirkintilloch Road Bishopbriggs, G64 2LX

See website for full detials.

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Ceilidh TrailFèis Phàislig

2–12 AugFèis Phàislig will programme their first ever Ceilidh Trail as part of Festival 2018. An opportunity for young musicians who are considering a career in traditional music, they will tour across Scotland this summer. Come along to enjoy top quality music and see the next generation of traditional musicians live.

Various locations - check glasgow2018.com/festival for full details.

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Nevis Ensemble

1–13 AugNevis Ensemble is a brand new Street Orchestra for Scotland, bringing 70 performances to communities across the country during Glasgow 2018.

We will take our energetic 40-piece orchestra to pop-up and surprise commuters first thing in the morning, make guerrilla-style appearances in swimming pools, and even perform at the summit of Ben Nevis.

With the theme of Movement, and conducted by Holly Mathieson and Jon Hargreaves, the orchestra will draw musicians from Scotland, London, Amsterdam and Berlin, performing everything from Rachmaninov, to Radiohead, a few Reels thrown in, and a brand new commission from award-winning composer Matthew Grouse.

Supported by Creative Scotland.

70 venues across Glasgow and the rest of Scotland.See website for full detials.

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Tetra-DecathlonShowroom by Lauren Hendry

27 Jul–26 Aug Various dates & times. See website for full detailsThe Tetra-Decathlon is a gruelling 14-event track and field competition, requiring a unique combination of skills to complete. Having never set foot on a running track in her life, Lauren Hendry decided to sign up for the event, joining only a dozen other women in the World Championships. This amusingly-audacious solo show charts Lauren’s journey as she trains for and competes in this most taxing of sporting events, whilst asking pertinent questions about the psychology of sport and what drives us to compete. Tetra-Decathlon is a celebration of coming last, and then coming back for more…

In association with Macrobert Arts Centre. Supported by Tron Theatre.

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Pop-up Opera RoadshowScottish Opera

Various dates & times. See website for full detials Scottish Opera is packing up its theatre on wheels and taking The Pop-up Opera Roadshow to Festival 2018. Two brilliant 25-minute shows for audiences of all ages are brought to life by a storyteller, singers, musicians and a series of colourful illustrations, offering a fantastic introduction to opera. Both shows are performed in a specially-adapted, fully-accessible trailer, re-creating Glasgow’s Theatre Royal. Join us for a version of Gilbert and Sullivan’s classic A Little Bit of HMS Pinafore and Be a Sport, Spike!, a new commission for kids aged 4 to 7.

Apperaing in locations across Scotland - see glasgow2018.com/festival for full details.

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Festival 2018: GO LIVE! in the Park

2–5 Aug, 10:00–16:00, 9 Aug, 12.30–16:00 10 Aug, 15:00–19:00, 11–12 Aug, 10:00–17:00Eight days of fantastic free activity. Aerial Edge will run circus-based workshops and the chance to try out the largest trapeze in Scotland! To add to the festival atmosphere roaming performers will entertain you. There will be music, visual art, drama and comedy performances from North Lanarkshire and beyond. Sports enthusiasts will have the opportunity to try out their skills with a range of activity including Tri-Golf athletics, soccer arena and static rowing.

Strathclyde Country Park, Hamilton Rd Motherwell, ML1 3ED

Reflections From Past LightKenny Bean 11–12 AugWorking alongside several local community groups, artist Kenny Bean has created a series of interactive art installations using mirrors, lenses and projections. Using photography and video the project looks at the natural history of Strathclyde Park and the quality of light landing on the loch. We will investigate the sunken village of Bothwellhaugh using archive film and photographs and create an ultra-violet village and ceramic photo-tiles, which will be permanently installed in the park after the project.

Strathclyde Country Park, Hamilton Rd Motherwell, ML1 3ED

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New Order, Other Spaces Jo Longhurst 2 Aug–22 NovPresented in Glasgow and Perth, the multi-site exhibition New Order, Other Spaces explores the gymnastic body across photography, moving image and installation. This solo presentation from artist Jo Longhurst features new commissions produced in collaboration with gymnasts of all ages and responding to archival research.

Curated by Tiffany Boyle and Iliyana Nedkova, this research is made manifest through Longhurst’s new moving image work, and responses to the life and work of dancer, choreographer and teacher Margaret Morris. New Order, Other Spaces engages with ideas of perfection, gender, gesture, and intergenerational understandings of movement. Please see website for events programme. (See also page 44)

Supported by Glasgow Life & The Zone Leotards.

Threshold Artspace, Perth Concert Hall and Perth Theatre

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Cycle CinemaMacrobert Arts Centre

12 Aug, 15:00–19:00, Daytime: FREE Evening Film: £8/7, Students: £6Macrobert Arts Centre is bringing Cycle Cinema to the heart of Stirling this summer. In an off-grid, tented cinema you can be entertained from your seat or join in the pedalling to power the projector! This fun-filled, family event will feature a great programme of big-screen entertainment for film and sports lovers alike. Drop-in during the day to enjoy live coverage of European Championships events, sports-themed documentaries and short films and book tickets for a cycle-themed feature film at 18:00. Keep an eye out for more information in the run-up to the event.

Marquee at The Courtyard next to The Engine Shed Forthside Way, Stirling, FK8 1QZ

Reflections From Past Light

Bonnie and Her SplashmobDance Base 6, 10 & 11 AugDance Base’s synchronised swimming-inspired splashy flashmob will be bobbing and bubbling up around Edinburgh. This delightful multi-generational Splashmob celebrates unity, diversity, and floral bathing hats! It’s huge fun for all the family!

A riot of flippers, goggles, nose-plugs and bubbles, inspired by Glasgow 2018 European Championships mascot Bonnie the Seal.

Various Locations.

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A Wall is a Screen: LeithLeith Creative 10–11 Aug, 21:30Leith Creative are delighted to be presenting a series of themed film events this summer in association with Festival 2018, including Hamburg-based outdoor screening collective A Wall Is A Screen for a very special Leith edition of their famous promenade film nights.

Part guided walk and part themed film night, A Wall Is A Screen will take you on a magical mystery tour of the Leith area of Edinburgh, with site-specific short films projected onto the exterior of a series of local landmarks as part of the event.

Depart from the Newkirkgate Shopping Centre.

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The Night With…Wooden Elephant 7 Aug, 20.00, The Hug & Pint8 Aug, 20.00, The Fruitmarket Gallery£10/6, Age 14+The Night With… Wooden Elephant presents totally acoustic versions of Björk’s Homogenic and Radiohead’s Kid A. Both reimagined for string quintet and a variety of miscellaneous objects.

The Hug & Pint, 171 Great Western Road, G4 9AWThe Fruitmarket Gallery, EH1 1DF

Festival 2018: Balloch Loch Lomond 11 Aug, 10:30–17.00Loch Lomond has inspired artists, poets and songwriters through the ages and in 2018 we’re bringing together an eclectic mix of today’s best talent to celebrate this iconic landscape. Local young people have helped create a day packed with music and entertainment, arts and activities and all within a world-class setting. With a direct train link every 30 minutes from the centre of Glasgow, visitors to the European Championships can spend the day exploring Scotland’s first National Park and be entertained by the people that make it a must-visit destination.

Festival parade departs Loch Lomond Shores at 11.15 and arrives at Moss O’ Balloch at 12:00.

Moss O’ Balloch, Balloch, G83

Bonnie and Her Splashmob

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UNESCO Cities Festival of Cycling The Festival of Cycling connects Scotland’s three UNESCO Creative Cities and will explore the crossover between design, music and literature in relation to bicycles and cycling.

Information pointLocated in George Square and on the corner of Wilson Street and Brunswick Street in the Merchant City. Support available includes:• Championships and venue information• Travel information• Lost and found items• Welfare point for lost and found persons• Distribution of ‘young visitor wristbands’• Language assistance where available

Accessible servicesAccessible toilets are located on Hanover Street and the north corner of George Square. On Hutcheson Street, Brunswick Street, Civic Canteen on John Street and Merchant Square in the Merchant City and at GO LIVE! at Glasgow Green.

Local Changing Places toilets, with a hoist and adult sized changing bench, are located at St Enoch Centre and Glasgow Central Station. Further information changing-places.org. A Mobiloo, with hoist and changing table is available. Please bring your own sling if you wish to use the hoist. Located beside the Nelson Monument. Further information available at mobiloo.org.uk.

A number of autism friendly spaces are located across Glasgow city centre. Further information at glasgowcitystrategy.com. An Autism Aware quiet zone is located at GO LIVE! at the Green (see map on p35)

Only assistance dogs are allowed in George Square and GO LIVE! at the Green. Dog spend areas will be available.

A viewing platform will be available in George Square for ticketed events on a first-come, first-served basis.

Ticket box officeLocated within George Square from 27 July – 12 August, from 12.00 daily. The majority of our events are free but check glasgow2018.com/festival for further information. Tickets for Merchant City Festival events are available from the box office in City Halls, Candleriggs.

First AidLocated on the north west corner of George Square and North end of Brunswick Street in Merchant City. Mobile first aiders are available. Ask a member of staff for support. Baby ChangingLocated inside accessible toilets on Hanover Street and at the North East corner of George Square. In Merchant City Hutcheson Street, Brunswick Street and at Civic Canteen on John Street.

ATMsLocated on Queen Street and Royal Exchange Square, a short walk from George Square. Also in Merchant Square and around the city centre.

Water RefillLocated in George Square and north end of Candleriggs in Merchant City.

Travel informationPlease check getreadyglasgow.com

This publication is available in large print at glasgow2018.com.

BoConceptBòrd na GàidhligBritish CouncilCity of Edinburgh CouncilClyde GatewayClydebuiltCreative ScotlandEast Dunbartonshire CouncilEventScotlandFàilte FoodsFraser SuitesGaelic Books CouncilGCAN (Glasgow Community Arts Network)Glasgow City CouncilGlasgow LifeGlasgow UNESCO City of MusicHidden GardensKarneval der KulturenLoch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park AuthorityMerchant SquareMG ALBA

Festival 2018 would like to thank:

DundeeUNESCO City of Design will take part in a discussion on how we design our cities, our transport and our lives.

EdinburghUNESCO City of Literature brings its literacy expertise with book and author events and a new writing competition encouraging short fiction and poetry about cycling.

Visting Festival 2018

National Youth Arts Advisory GroupNorth Lanarkshire CouncilOutset ScotlandPerth & Kinross CouncilUniversität der Künste BerlinScottish GovernmentSenatsverwaltung für Inneres und SportStirling CouncilThe Democratic SocietyWest Dunbartonshire CouncilYouth Theatre Arts Scotland

And finally, to all the artists, performers, cultural organisations, communities and volunteers.

Artwork by Joanne Tatham and Tom O’SullivanDesign by Tangent.

Please visit glasgow2018.com for further information.

All details correct at the time of print.

GlasgowUNESCO City of Music brings music to the party with celebratory community events which promote cycling to children and families and include guided cycle rides which visit music and heritage sites. Visit edfoc.org.uk for more information.

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