Now in its 12th year, Glasgow’s Merchant City Festival is starting to become a real staple of the yearly festival calendar. It’ll always struggle to compete with the burgeoning West End Festival, however this considerably shorter event (just 5 days, this year from the 24th to the 28th of July) really packs a punch with… [Keep Reading]
Street food’s really the in thing at the moment, with foodies everywhere casting off the pretense of the traditional restaurant to instead get their hands dirty with the likes of pulled pork and gourmet burgers (amongst many others). It’s so obvious why this kind of fast, delicious, fresh and high quality food is appealing in… [Keep Reading]
Please note that this event has now been cancelled. Next Wednesday (July 17th) a strange venue will be the host of Hippo Beers’ latest tasting event. Hosted at the Mulberry Bank Auction House in the West End, this “Battle of the Beers” pits 8 of the most intense IPAs from each side of the Atlantic… [Keep Reading]
Running from 17-23 June, Refugee Week Scotland is part of a UK-wide arts and cultural festival that celebrates the unique skills and talents refugees from around the world bring to Scotland. Now in its 15th year, this year’s programme – co-ordinated by Scottish Refugee Council and packed with music, comedy, theatre, literature, community celebrations and… [Keep Reading]
Positivity. It’s something we seemingly get little of in Glasgow. But it’s something that was delivered in droves at this exposition of Malawian and Scottish talent. Taking up the smaller of the two venues at the Arches was this, the first Scottish jaunt of the Lake of Stars festival. Established in 2003, Lake of Stars… [Keep Reading]
