1st – 17th May 2026
Explore & Enjoy
2026 Events coming soon – plus new Blythswood Festival Awards 2026 – watch this space & Facebook
Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Glasgow, 232-242 St Vincent Street Niall Murphy, Director of Glasgow City Heritage Trust, explores the career and buildings of one of Glasgow’s famed architects, including the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. Sir John James Burnet’s talent was as great as Alexander ‘Greek’ Thomson and Charles […]
Talk by Norry Wilson, LOST GLASGOW journalist Glasgow Art Club, 185 Bath Street Framing the past, and the future, how Oscar captured a community. Oscar Marzaroli came as a child from Northern Italy to Garnethill, later going to Stockholm and London and then returning to his adopted city of Glasgow. His photo-journalism and filming skills […]
Be swept away by the BA Modern Ballet students as they take to the New Athenaeum stage for our annual dance showcase. By turns dynamic, graceful, and powerful, these performances mix classical and contemporary works from some of the UK’s most exciting choreographers, featuring students from all three year groups of our programme, which is […]
The National Piping Centre, top of Hope Street Join our Piper Host for a very special tour during the Blythswood Festival, with tours running at 12 noon on Fridays and Saturdays through the festival, and across the summer. You will be welcomed to The National Piping Centre at the top of Hope Street by our […]
Explore our celebrated Exhibition in the original Willow Tearooms at your leisure and see and learn of the vibrant city of Glasgow in the late 1890s and early 1900s. Times of exciting change and innovation. Learn about the growth of the tea rooms and hear the successful story of entrepreneur Miss Kate Cranston and her […]
Mackintosh at The Willow, 217 Sauchiehall Street There is a tour at 10am, and at 11am. Mackintosh at the Willow is the unique working Mackintosh space in the city, retaining its 1903 original function as the original Willow Tearooms, so that visitors can view the impressive interiors and enjoy an immersive experience by dining with […]
Royal Highland Fusiliers Museum, 518 Sauchiehall Street See and explore the military life and history of today’s Regiment, combining Glasgow’s famous Highland Light Infantry and the Royal Scots Fusiliers of Ayrshire and Glasgow, first starting as volunteer corps. From 1678 to the present day in all parts of the globe. Follow them soldiering around the […]
Glasgow School of Art, 167 Renfrew Street Each year, members of the Seniors’ Art Class from Garnethill Multicultural Centre explore Glasgow School of Art’s Archives and Collections. Their new art work is the relaxing and thoughtful SITTING WITH MACKINTOSH, inspired by the iconic Charles Rennie Mackintosh chairs in the Glasgow School of Art collection, beautiful […]
Gerber Fine Art, 178 West Regent Street Established in 1986 this gallery is an intimate Glasgow city centre space for art enthusiasts, collectors and first-time buyers to browse through an exciting collection of paintings, drawings, prints and sculpture by prominent 19th to 21st century British artists, Glasgow Girls & Boys, Scottish Masters, Modern British, St. […]
Compass Gallery, 178 West Regent Street Founded in 1969, Compass is Glasgow’s longest established contemporary art gallery exhibiting a fresh and exciting combination of original paintings, drawings, prints, sculptures and ceramics by new Scottish Contemporaries, leading Modern Masters and selected recent graduates. A not-for-profit charity, it is renowned for its support of emerging new talent […]
Violinist Anthony Marwood and accordion player James Crabb join us for this week’s Fridays at One with an eclectic programme spanning tango, Scottish traditional music, and Ralph Vaughan Williams‘ ethereal The Lark Ascending. Anthony Marwood Violin James Crabb Accordion Programme to include: Astor Piazzolla (arr. Crabb) Trad. Tango Suite: S.V.P. Tzigane, Tango and Preparense R.Vaughan […]
Following his Fridays at One performance, Anthony Marwood leads a violin masterclass in the Ledger Recital Room.
