festivals
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Festivals
Jan
- Cage-a-rama - Scotland’s first Nicolas Cage film festival
- St Mungo Festival - Celebrates St Mungo, the Patron Saint of Glasgow and Glasgow's rich medieval history, parts of which can still be seen across the city.
- Document Human Rights Film Festival - Document Festival is Scotland’s international human rights documentary film festival, established in 2003.
Feb
March
- Aye, Write! - Glasgow's Book Festival
- Glasgow Music Festival - Glasgow Music Festival is an annual festival of music, speech, drama and dance first held in 1911. Each year around 7,000 performers take part in the festival which takes place in March. The next Festival will run from 14 March until 21 March 2020.
- Dardishi - Dardishi is a community-focused zine and arts Festival that showcases Arab and North African womxn’s* contributions to contemporary art and culture. Dardishi Festival first took place on International Women’s Day weekend, 8 – 10 March 2019, at the Centre for Contemporary Arts Glasgow, UK.
April
- Glasgow Zine Fest - The two day festival is host to a zine fair of over 70 makers, in addition to workshops, talks, performances, and readings. Glasgow Zine Fest is a yearly opportunity to come, see, make, share, and do.
May
- National Whisky Festival - Since being founded in 2015, The National Whisky Festival of Scotland has established itself as one of the most exciting exhibitions of uisge-beatha - growing from a single tasting into a popular series of festivals across the country.
June
- KeanuCon - The world’s first Keanu Reeves film festival
July
- Merchant City Festival (Facebook) - A festival of street theatre, music, dance, circus, visual arts, comedy & literature in Glasgow's City Centre. Our events programme creates a mesmerizing, nine day extravaganza.
- Glasgow Craft Beer Festival - What can you expect? Well, banging beers from the best breweries from Scotland and beyond. We’ll be fixing up a feast with our fair city’s finest independent kitchens and culinary talent, and making sure everyone is having a party with a curated line-up of headliner DJ acts. Beyond beer, we’ll have some select friends from across wine, cider and spirits.
August
September
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- Scalarama Glasgow - Scalarama is a DIY celebration of cinema taking place every September + championing alternative film culture all year round.
- Weird Weekend - We scour the world to bring you some of the wildest, weirdest WTF movies ever made
October
- Glasgow Americana (Facebook) - Glasgow's Number One Americana Festival
- The Royal National Mod - Celebrating our Gaelic linguistic and cultural heritage, Scotland’s premier Gaelic festival provides opportunities for people of all ages to perform across a range of competitive disciplines including Gaelic music and song, highland dancing, instrumental, drama, sport and literature.
- Glasgow Oktoberfest - Come and enjoy the amazing atmosphere at Glasgow Oktoberfest. Oktoberfest with German beer, food and music is so much fun; let´s make the Oktoberfest party of the year in Scotland. Queen's Park Recreation just close to the city center will be transformed into a unique Oktobefest celebration.
- The Royal National Mod - Scotland’s premier Gaelic cultural festival, takes place annually.
November
- Havana Glasgow Film Festival - The Havana Glasgow Film Festival exists to showcase Cuban cinema and culture within Havana's twin city of Glasgow, Scotland.
Defunct
- Glitch Film Festival (last ran April 2017)
- ShawFest (last ran Sep 2018)
Biennial (every 2 years)
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