Scottish traditional music, world roots, indie-folk, and orchestral collaborations across Glasgow’s iconic concert halls, historic ballrooms, and late-night session hubs.
15-min Express 500 bus from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Buchanan Bus Station; 45-min rail/coach from Edinburgh (EDI)
ScotRail, LNER, Avanti West Coast, TransPennine Express & Caledonian Sleeper into Glasgow Central & Queen Street
Pre-book a verified private driveway or 24h car park 5–10 mins walk from the doors to beat post-show barrier queues.
Strict Venue Bag Policy (Max A4 / No Rucksacks or Suitcases at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall): From £4.90 / €5 per bag (Insured 24/7)
📍 2 Sauchiehall St, Glasgow G2 3NY · 🚆 Buchanan Street Subway (2 min walk) · Queen Street Station (4 min walk)
🍽️ Pre-Show Dining: The Citizen Glasgow (Modern Scottish Brasserie & Steaks · 7m walk)
🏨 Recommended Hotel: Dakota Glasgow (£185/night)
📍 2 Sauchiehall St, Glasgow G2 3NY · 🚆 Buchanan Street Subway (2 min walk)
🍽️ Pre-Show Dining: Sarti Bath Street (Authentic Italian Trattoria · 5m walk)
🏨 Recommended Hotel: citizenM Glasgow (£125/night)
📍 2 Sauchiehall St, Glasgow G2 3NY · 🚆 Buchanan Street Subway (2 min walk)
🍽️ Pre-Show Dining: Pàesano Pizza Miller Street (Artisanal Neapolitan Wood-Fired Pizza · 8m walk)
🏨 Recommended Hotel: citizenM Glasgow (£125/night)
📍 2 Sauchiehall St, Glasgow G2 3NY · 🚆 Buchanan Street Subway (2 min walk)
🍽️ Pre-Show Dining: Gamba (Award-Winning Scottish Seafood · 8m walk)
🏨 Recommended Hotel: citizenM Glasgow (£125/night)
📍 244 Gallowgate, Glasgow G4 0TT · 🚆 High Street Station (7 min walk) · Argyle Street Station (9 min walk)
🍽️ Pre-Show Dining: BAaD (Barras Art and Design) Courtyard Kitchen (Glasgow Street Food, Craft Beer & Seafood · 2m walk)
🏨 Recommended Hotel: Moxy Glasgow Merchant City (£115/night)
📍 Candleriggs, Glasgow G1 1NQ · 🚆 Argyle Street Station (4 min walk) · High Street Station (6 min walk)
🍽️ Pre-Show Dining: Cafe Gandolfi (Iconic Scottish Seafood, Venison & Bistro Classics · 1m walk)
🏨 Recommended Hotel: AC Hotel by Marriott Glasgow (£155/night)
📍 Candleriggs, Glasgow G1 1NQ · 🚆 Argyle Street Station (4 min walk) · High Street Station (6 min walk)
🍽️ Pre-Show Dining: Spanish Butcher (Galician Steakhouse & Iberian Seafood · 4m walk)
🏨 Recommended Hotel: Fraser Suites Glasgow (£130/night)
📍 Candleriggs, Glasgow G1 1NQ · 🚆 Argyle Street Station (4 min walk)
🍽️ Pre-Show Dining: Cafe Gandolfi (Scottish Bistro & Seafood · 1m walk)
🏨 Recommended Hotel: AC Hotel by Marriott Glasgow (£155/night)
📍 17 Bain St, Glasgow G40 2JZ · 🚆 High Street Station (8 min walk) · Bridgeton Station (8 min walk)
🍽️ Pre-Show Dining: The Winged Ox Bar & Kitchen (In-Venue) (Smokehouse Burgers, Cajun Soul Food & Craft Beer · 1m walk)
🏨 Recommended Hotel: Moxy Glasgow Merchant City (£115/night)
📍 85 Drygate, Glasgow G4 0UT · 🚆 High Street Station (6 min walk)
🍽️ Pre-Show Dining: Drygate Brasserie & Smokehouse (In-Venue) (Craft Beer Kitchen, Wood-Fired Burgers & Small Plates · 1m walk)
🏨 Recommended Hotel: Moxy Glasgow Merchant City (£115/night)
📍 20 Scott St, Glasgow G3 6PE · 🚆 Cowcaddens Subway (6 min walk) · Charing Cross Station (7 min walk)
🍽️ Pre-Show Dining: Ka Pao Glasgow (Southeast Asian Sharing Plates · 6m walk)
🏨 Recommended Hotel: Kimpton Blythswood Square Hotel (£235/night)
📍 870 Garscube Rd, Glasgow G20 7EL · 🚆 St George’s Cross Subway (9 min walk)
🍽️ Pre-Show Dining: Stravaigin (Pioneering Scottish Seasonal Bistro ("Think Global, Eat Local") · 12m walk)
🏨 Recommended Hotel: Hotel du Vin Glasgow at One Devonshire Gardens (£210/night)
📍 Top of Byres Rd, Glasgow G12 8QX · 🚆 Hillhead Subway (3 min walk)
🍽️ Pre-Show Dining: Òran Mór John Muir Room Brasserie (In-Venue) (Classic Scottish Steak & Seafood Brasserie · 1m walk)
🏨 Recommended Hotel: Grosvenor Hotel Glasgow (£135/night)
📍 93-95 Hyndland St, Glasgow G11 5PU · 🚆 Kelvinhall Subway (6 min walk) · Hyndland Station (8 min walk)
🍽️ Pre-Show Dining: Cottiers Bar & Upstairs Restaurant (In-Venue) (Seasonal Scottish Bistro · 1m walk)
🏨 Recommended Hotel: Hilton Glasgow Grosvenor (£135/night)
📍 150 Pointhouse Pl, Glasgow G3 8RS · 🚆 Partick Station / Subway (8 min walk)
🍽️ Pre-Show Dining: Crabshakk Finnieston (West Coast Scottish Langoustines, Oysters & Seafood · 14m walk)
🏨 Recommended Hotel: Radisson RED Glasgow (£140/night)
📍 1000 London Rd, Glasgow G40 3HG · 🚆 Dalmarnock Station (7 min walk)
🍽️ Pre-Show Dining: Amore Ristorante Merchant City (Italian Dining & Wood-Fired Pizza · 12m walk)
🏨 Recommended Hotel: Moxy Glasgow Merchant City (£115/night)
📍 City Halls, Candleriggs, Glasgow G1 1NQ · 🚆 Argyle Street Station (4 min walk)
🍽️ Pre-Show Dining: Cafe Gandolfi (Scottish Bistro & Seafood · 1m walk)
🏨 Recommended Hotel: AC Hotel by Marriott Glasgow (£155/night)
📍 20 Scott St, Glasgow G3 6PE · 🚆 Cowcaddens Subway (6 min walk)
🍽️ Pre-Show Dining: Mother India’s Cafe (Scottish-Indian Tapas · 8m walk)
🏨 Recommended Hotel: Kimpton Blythswood Square Hotel (£235/night)
📍 63 Trongate, Glasgow G1 5HB · 🚆 Argyle Street Station (3 min walk)
🍽️ Pre-Show Dining: Tron Theatre Bar & Kitchen (In-Venue) (Scottish Bistro & Pre-Theatre Dining · 1m walk)
🏨 Recommended Hotel: Fraser Suites Glasgow (£130/night)
📍 Rottenrow East, Glasgow G4 0RA · 🚆 High Street Station (5 min walk)
🍽️ Pre-Show Dining: Celentano’s at Cathedral House (Italian-inspired Seasonal Scottish Cooking · 2m walk)
🏨 Recommended Hotel: AC Hotel by Marriott Glasgow (£155/night)
📍 100 Eastvale Pl, Glasgow G3 8QG · 🚆 Exhibition Centre Station (9 min walk) · Partick Station (11 min walk)
🍽️ Pre-Show Dining: Ox and Finch (Contemporary Scottish Sharing Plates (Bib Gourmand) · 11m walk)
🏨 Recommended Hotel: Radisson RED Glasgow (£140/night)
📍 121 Renfield St, Glasgow G2 3AX · 🚆 Buchanan Street Subway (3 min walk) · Cowcaddens Subway (5 min walk)
🍽️ Pre-Show Dining: Chaakoo Bombay Cafe (Iranian-Bombay Grill & Curries · 6m walk)
🏨 Recommended Hotel: DoubleTree by Hilton Glasgow Central (£145/night)
📍 171 Great Western Rd, Glasgow G4 9AW · 🚆 St George’s Cross Subway (2 min walk)
🍽️ Pre-Show Dining: The Hug and Pint Kitchen (In-Venue) (Award-Winning Asian-Inspired Plant-Based Menu · 1m walk)
🏨 Recommended Hotel: DoubleTree by Hilton Glasgow Central (£145/night)
📍 1445 Argyle St, Glasgow G3 8AW · 🚆 Kelvinhall Subway (4 min walk)
🍽️ Pre-Show Dining: Mother India (Flagship Glaswegian-Indian Dining · 6m walk)
🏨 Recommended Hotel: Sandyford Hotel (£105/night)
📍 69 Nelson Mandela Pl, Glasgow G2 1QY · 🚆 Buchanan Street Subway (1 min walk) · Queen Street Station (2 min walk)
🍽️ Pre-Show Dining: The Citizen Glasgow (Modern Scottish Brasserie · 2m walk)
🏨 Recommended Hotel: Carlton George Hotel (£145/night)
📍 119 Gorbals St, Glasgow G5 9DS · 🚆 Bridge Street Subway (4 min walk)
🍽️ Pre-Show Dining: Alchemilla / Merchant City Brasserie (Modern Scottish & Mediterranean · 9m walk)
🏨 Recommended Hotel: Clayton Hotel Glasgow City (£135/night)
📍 25 Albert Dr, Glasgow G41 2PE · 🚆 Pollokshields East Station (2 min walk · 1 stop / 3 mins from Glasgow Central)
🍽️ Pre-Show Dining: Ranjit’s Kitchen (Authentic Family-Run Panjabi Kitchen · 6m walk)
🏨 Recommended Hotel: voco Grand Central Glasgow (£155/night)
📍 Argyle St, Glasgow G3 8AG · 🚆 Kelvinhall Subway (5 min walk)
🍽️ Pre-Show Dining: Mother India (Iconic Glaswegian-Indian Dining · 5m walk)
🏨 Recommended Hotel: Sandyford Hotel (£105/night)
📍 1006A Pollokshaws Rd, Glasgow G41 2HG · 🚆 Crossmyloof Station (3 min walk · 6 mins from Glasgow Central)
🍽️ Pre-Show Dining: The Glad Cafe Kitchen / Phillies of Shawlands (Seasonal Neighbourhood Bistro & Craft Beer · 4m walk)
🏨 Recommended Hotel: Number 10 Hotel (£120/night)
📍 121 Eglinton St, Glasgow G5 9NT · 🚆 Bridge Street Subway (1 min walk)
🍽️ Pre-Show Dining: La Lanterna (Award-Winning Classic Italian · 11m walk)
🏨 Recommended Hotel: voco Grand Central Glasgow (£155/night)
1.5 hours · Queen’s Dock (8 mins from SEC / Kelvingrove) · £22 pp
Warm up before an evening folk session with a guided tour and 3-dram tasting on the banks of the River Clyde.
2 hours · Royal Concert Hall to Merchant City · £18 pp
Guided daytime walking tour covering Glasgow’s UNESCO City of Music landmarks and historic session pubs.
6 hours · Departs George Square / Buchanan Street (returns by 16:30 for pre-show dinner) · £49 pp
Turn your Celtic Connections concert trip into a Scottish Highland short break.
Thu 14 Jan 2027 · 7.30pm · Stage 19:30 (7.30pm) · £23.90, £29.50, £35.10
Powerful orchestrations and fresh interpretations of traditional sounds in a world first performance
Fri 15 Jan 2027 · 2.00pm · Stage 14:00 (2.00pm) · £21.84
Join Glasgow Music City Tours for the Merchant City Trad Trail as they share tales of the songwriters and storytellers who have shaped the city’s vibrant folk culture.
Fri 15 Jan 2027 · 7.30pm · Stage 19:30 (7.30pm) · £22.40
Celebrating a quarter century since his debut album
Fri 15 Jan 2027 · 7.30pm · Stage 19:30 (7.30pm) · £31.74, £37.34, £42.94
Virtuoso country-classical chamber music led by mandolinist Chris Thile
Fri 15 Jan 2027 · 7.30pm · Stage 19:30 (7.30pm) · £20.16
From polar voyages to the living sea. A voyage through sound and endurance.
Fri 15 Jan 2027 · 7.30pm · Stage 19:30 (7.30pm) · £21.28
A special triple-bill journey through alternative music’s many forms
Fri 15 Jan 2027 · 7.30pm · Stage 19:30 (7.30pm) · £50.40
Irish folk-rock favourites delivering singalong anthems, stories and spirited energy
Fri 15 Jan 2027 · 7.30pm · Stage 19:30 (7.30pm) · £18.30
Discover one of the most compelling emerging voices in the UK country-folk scene
Fri 15 Jan 2027 · 7.30pm · Stage 19:30 (7.30pm) · £23.52
Joachim Cooder's immersive roots and world music journey at Cottiers.
Fri 15 Jan 2027 · 7.30pm · Stage 19:30 (7.30pm) · £24.64
Jazz-infused Scottish folk meets chamber music in a bold collaboration
Fri 15 Jan 2027 · 7.30pm · Stage 19:30 (7.30pm) · £26.88
Award winning Scottish contemporary folk music.
Fri 15 Jan 2027 · 7.30pm · Stage 19:30 (7.30pm) · £20.16
Contemporary Americana and songwriting craft at its most sincere and engaging