Gerber Fine Art
2025-05-16 10:00 - 17:00, 2025-05-15 10:00 - 17:00, 2025-05-14 10:00 - 17:00 (Europe/London) | Gerber Fine Art Gallery, 178 West Regent Street, Glasgow, G2 4RL, United Kingdom
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. Ives School and regular exhibitions of current Contemporary Scottish artists. Works on show include Elizabeth Blackadder, William Crosbie, Joan Eardley, JD Fergusson, John Houston, James Kay, Jack Knox, William McCance, Margaret Morris, Philip Reeves, Tom H. Shanks, Euan Uglow, Alison Watt and many others.

Sister venue of Compass Gallery

Garnethill Multicultural Art - Sitting with Mackintosh
2025-05-16 10:00 - 16:00, 2025-05-14 10:00 - 16:00 | Glasgow School of Art, 167 Renfrew Street, Glasgow, G3 6RQ, United Kingdom
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 balances of geometry and organic forms.

In mediums from charcoal to collage, watercolour to printmaking, their work reflects on the universal nature of chairs – objects that are both functional and symbolic, offering lessons in perspective, pattern, colour, craftwork, and history.

The group’s creative and artistic work is in The Window on Heritage, a spacious deluxe display room on the ground floor of the Reid Building of Glasgow School of Art, facing across Renfrew Street. It also contains archival artefacts, historical timelines from 1847, Mackintosh chairs, and a full model of the renowned Mackintosh Building which awaits rebuilding. An exhibition and room of hope. Not to be missed!

Free entry, running to Saturday 17th May.

Royal Highland Fusiliers Museum
2025-05-16 10:00 - 15:30, 2025-05-15 10:00 - 15:30, 2025-05-14 10:00 - 15:30 | Royal Highland Fusiliers Museum, 518 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow
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 world, including the great wars of WWI and WWII, and campaigns of today.

Among many themes on display, witness the 71st and 74th of Foot in the Peninsula Campaign and Waterloo 1807-1815. A chance to view a rare collection of Military General Service and Waterloo medals, letters, pictures and other memorabilia from the Peninsula War.

Guided Tours of the Museum can be joined on Saturday 3rd May and Saturday 17th May,

12 noon – 2pm

Children’s scavenger hunt and uniform dress-up with photo ops on Saturday 3rd May and Saturday 17th May, 11.30am -2.30pm.

The RHF Museum ground floor is on street level, upper floors access by stairs.

Free entry, donations welcome.

Guided Tour of Mackintosh at The Willow
2025-05-16 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-05-15 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-05-14 10:00 - 11:00 | Mackintosh at The Willow, 215-217 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3EX, United Kingdom
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 us. The tour covers most of the main spaces within the building, highlighting the work undertaken by the restoration team, the important interiors within, and how the building relates to other Mackintosh works. Aside from booking to dine in the Salon de Luxe, a guided tour is the best way to view this room.

Maximum group size is 6. Booking is essential. Tours last around 45 minutes. A lift is available, and stairs, to all levels.

Guided Tour during the festival £8 per person with Code BLYTH2025

(The tour and the exhibition are also available in combination)

Exhibition: Miss Cranston, Toshie & Tea
2025-05-16 09:00 - 16:30, 2025-05-15 09:00 - 16:30, 2025-05-14 09:00 - 16:30 | Mackintosh at The Willow, 215-217 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3EX, United Kingdom
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 creative collaboration with Charles Rennie Mackintosh and his wife Margaret Macdonald. With interactive, audio and visual displays there’s plenty to get involved with.

Child Under 10 Accompanied by an adult: Free

Exhibition Entry for just £4.00 per person with Code BLYTH2025,

Simply drop in to visit the exhibition, or you may book online.

Last entry 4.30pm.

Guided tours of the historic building are also available.

Meet the Piper Tour
2025-05-16 00:00 | The National Piping Centre, 30-34 McPhater Street, Glasgow, G4 6HW, United Kingdom
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 piper who will play outside the building, then head inside for a visit to the Museum of Piping to learn more about 300 years of piping history and finally visitors will have a truly authentic Scottish experience of playing the bagpipes, starting with the practice chanter – the starting instrument for the pipes – where you will learn the basics, then for those brave enough to try the Great Highland Bagpipe you can get hands on with a real set – but don’t worry our piper will be on hand to show you how it’s done!

£5 per person

Royal Conservatoire of Scotland - Modern Ballet Annual Performance
2025-05-15 19:30 - 21:30 | Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, Glasgow, G2 3DB, United Kingdom
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 delivered in partnership with Scottish Ballet.

Don’t miss your chance to see performers from the next generation of dance talent before they make their mark in the professional world.

Oscar, bravo! – Marzaroli’s magic eye in the Gorbals
2025-05-15 19:30 - 21:00 | Glasgow Art Club, 185 Bath Street, Glasgow, G2 4HU, United Kingdom
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 across the city show lives and times at a moment of change. LOST GLASGOW’s Norry Wilson guides our eyes to what Oscar found and wanted to tell.

Doors open at 6.30pm.

£15 Including glass of wine or soft refreshment

The Enigma of Sir John James Burnet
2025-05-15 19:00 - 21:00 | Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Glasgow, 232-242 St Vincent Street, Glasgow
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 Rennie Mackintosh, while his career was even more stellar in its achievements. The first Scot to receive a Gold Medal from the Royal Institute of British Architecture for a lifetime in architecture. (Jack Coia was the second.) Yet today Sir JJ Burnet is little known, perhaps the most mysterious of the great Glasgow architects. Has Burnet’s ability as stylistic chameleon contributed to this overshadowing?

The talk will take place in Burnet’s magnificent College Hall.

Drinks will be served in the Hall before the talk.

Attendance is free, although a suggested donation between £5- £15 is welcome.

Doors open from 6.30pm

Paisley Art Institute 136th Annual Exhibition
2025-05-15 10:00 - 19:00, 2025-05-14 10:00 - 19:00 | Glasgow Art Club, 185 Bath Street, Glasgow, G2 4HU, United Kingdom
Get ready for an unforgettable experience at the Paisley Art Institute’s 136th prize-winning Annual Art Exhibition, hosted at the iconic Glasgow Art Club on 185 Bath Street!

Immerse yourself in a stunning display of over 500 exceptional artworks, paintings, sculptures, and ceramics featuring more than 200 talented artists. This is a unique opportunity to witness the very best of Scottish creativity, all in one vibrant and inspiring space. Don’t miss out on this celebration of artistic excellence!

Open Mondays to Saturdays. 10am to 7pm (excluding Holiday Monday 5th)

Full catalogue available.

Free entry. Refreshments available, and dining from 11am to 4pm.

There will also be painting demonstrations by invited artists. See also treasures of the Institute’s historic collection throughout the building.

Running from Monday 28th April to Saturday 31st May

https://paisleyartinstitute.org/

Compass Gallery
2025-05-15 10:00 - 17:00, 2025-05-14 10:00 - 17:00 | Compass Gallery, 178 West Regent Street, Glasgow, G2 4RL, United Kingdom
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 and presents monthly changing exhibitions throughout the year.

James McDonald RSW – Solo Exhibition of Paintings & Prints

Saturday 3rd May – Saturday 24th May 2025

James McDonald is one of the most important painters working in Scotland today. A graduate of Edinburgh College of Art (1974-78 and postgraduate in 1979), he worked initially in the field of printmaking (advanced intaglio techniques), and since the late 1980’s he has concentrated primarily on painting. He has participated in many shows throughout his career both in the UK and overseas, and is a regular exhibitor with Compass Gallery. His work is in many public and private collections in the UK and North America.

www.compassgallery.co.uk

Royal Conservatoire of Scotland - Governors Recital Prize for Strings
2025-05-14 18:00 - 21:00 | Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, Glasgow, G2 3DB, United Kingdom
Senior Strings students compete to win the coveted Governors Recital Prize.

Royal Conservatoire of Scotland - RCS Jazz Orchestra: The Music of Benny Golson ft. Tommy Smith
2025-05-14 18:00 - 19:00 | Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, Glasgow, G2 3DB, United Kingdom
Tommy Smith joins the RCS Jazz Orchestra for a performance showcasing the timeless music of legendary jazz composer Benny Golson.

Royal Conservatoire of Scotland - Governors Recital Prize for Brass
2025-05-14 14:00 - 17:00 | Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, Glasgow, G2 3DB, United Kingdom
Senior Brass students compete to win the coveted Governors Recital Prize. Previous winners include Kleitos Pavlou & Owen Pickering.

Glasgow’s Part Time Soldiers 1859 to 1915
2025-05-14 12:30 - 13:30 | Royal Highland Fusiliers Museum, 518 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow
Royal Highland Fusiliers Museum, 518 Sauchiehall Street

Lt Col Allan Downie takes audience members on an in-depth exploration into the City of Glasgow’s Volunteer Corps, how they were formed, how they evolved into the Territorial Force, and their involvement in the Gallipoli Campaign, 110 years ago. Audience members will get the unique chance to look at some of the uniforms the Corps adopted and the drill halls where they were located.

Lunch time talk 12.30 – 1.30pm in the Colonel of the Regiments Room, third floor.

On the same day from 11am -3pm, see on the exhibition floors 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 world, including the great wars of WWI and WWII, and campaigns of today.

Among many themes on display, witness the 71st and 74th of Foot in the Peninsula Campaign and Waterloo 1807-1815 . A chance to view a rare collection of Military General Service and Waterloo medals, letters, pictures and other memorabilia from the Peninsula War.

The RHF Museum ground floor is at street level, upper floors access by stairs.

Free entry, donations welcome.

Exhibition: ‘Dear Green Place’
2025-05-14 10:00 - 17:00 | RGI Kelly Gallery, 118 Douglas Street, Glasgow
RGI Kelly Gallery, 118 Douglas Street

Artists of the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts celebrate the status of Glasgow in its 850th year as a Royal Burgh, reflecting all aspects of Glasgow’s history, culture and resilience.

The John D Kelly Gallery has been fully upgraded, a warm and inviting space to view the very best of Scottish art in paintings and unframed postcards.

Free entry.

Glasgow Harbour
2025-05-13 19:00 - 20:30 | Renfield Centre & Sanctuary, 260 Bath Street, Glasgow
Renfield Centre & Sanctuary, 260 Bath Street

Set sail with author and campaigner Graeme Smith on the story of Glasgow Harbour. Extending from Glasgow Green to Clydebank, developing 12 miles of modern quays and 500 miles of railways, Glasgow became the greatest sea port in Scotland. And the world centre of shipbuilding. The docks were the busiest and most important in the UK throughout WWII.

The new illustrated book Glasgow Harbour is being published by Amberley on April 15th; following the success of Graeme’s book about Glasgow’s Blythswood.

In the spacious Blythswood Hall of Renfield Centre, in partnership with the Old Glasgow Club.

Tickets: Free, or a donation welcome

https://renfieldcentre.org.uk

Royal Conservatoire of Scotland - Governors Recital Prize for Singing
2025-05-13 18:00 - 21:00 | Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, Glasgow, G2 3DB, United Kingdom
Senior Vocal Performance students compete to win the coveted Governors Recital Prize.

Royal Conservatoire of Scotland - Governors Recital Prize for Woodwind
2025-05-13 14:00 - 17:00 | Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, Glasgow, G2 3DB, United Kingdom
Senior Woodwind students compete to win the coveted Governors Recital Prize.
