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Cllr Susan Aitken, Leader of Glasgow City Council, said: “Glasgow 850 is a major milestone in our city’s journey, I’m really looking forward to next year where we can come together through a range of special events and activities to honor our history. culture, spirit, and people.
“This curated programme, which is added to throughout the year, with activity in all 23 wards in the city, gives us reason to celebrate what makes Glasgow unique and explore how we see our future.
“It’s also an opportunity to share our stories about the place we love and the place we call home.”
Central to the program are commissioned ‘signature’ activities and events including a three-day music extravaganza, a temporary exhibition at Palas y Popl, and the Blas y Lle food trail.
However, favorite hometown events that showcase the city’s talent are in for a boost of up to £10,000 to take part in the events.
Internationally renowned festivals such as Glasgow Comedy Festival, Glasgow Film Festival, Piping Live!, and summer favorites including Mela, and Merchant City Festival will all receive the amount from the Glasgow 850 Festival Fund.
Finlay MacDonald, Artistic Director of Piping Live!, said: “Glasgow has played a significant role in shaping the piping tradition since the Industrial Revolution. The city is home to a piping excellence center – The National Piping Center – as well as a stage for piping’s most important annual events – Piping Live! and the World Bagpipe Band Championship – creating the world’s biggest bagpipe week every year.
“We are very proud to be part of this year’s programme, which celebrates Glasgow’s 850 years. Through our events in 2025, we want the citizens of Glasgow to feel connected to the city’s bagpipe history and take ownership of this piece of our culture as part of the city’s heritage and future.”
TRNSMT summer music festival also hosts a special Glasgow 850 stage showcasing local acts, as part of the celebrations.
In honor of the city’s status as a UNESCO City of Music, awarded in 2008, the Clyde Chorus will see a number of venues along the banks of the River Clyde, including the SEC Armadillo, host a variety of performers.
The celebration spans the entire musical spectrum, from contemporary to classical, pop to rock, and everything in between. Taking place over a period of three days at the end of May, there will be a ticket for some events, but for free.
The People’s Palace may be closed at the moment for renovations, but from February next year the public will be able to get their fill of the social history museum’s treasures. A temporary exhibition and traveling photo exhibition is underway, showing how Glaswegians of the past lived and worked.
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Foodies will also have plenty to look forward to as 40 restaurants across Glasgow’s thriving dining scene take part in the Taste the Place Food Trail.
The event is the perfect opportunity for locals and visitors to learn more about the history of Glasgow’s hospitality scene and the influence that new flavors have given the city over the years.
The self-guided digital trail will give people the chance to enjoy stories and experiences shared by local people and businesses who have been serving authentic dishes for generations or who have recently settled in Glasgow and brought their traditional foods with them.
Eddie Kim, owner of Gomo Kimchi and the popular Kimchi Deli and Poetry Library, located in Govanhill, said; “I came to Glasgow for love, with a keen desire to shape my own narrative, but also to be in conversation with the immigrant story of my Korean family and the diaspora. I’m looking forward to being part of the Glasgow 850 celebrations and sharing my food, and my story, with others in the city.”
As the city approaches the celebrations and the end of 2024, more activities will be announced for young people in particular and communities.
The council will also launch a volunteering and employability program in October to get people across the area involved.
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