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The Glasgow Fair is a holiday usually held during the second half of July in Glasgow, Scotland. [1] 'The Fair' is the oldest of similar holidays and dates to the 12th century. [2] [1] The fair's earliest incarnation occurred in 1190, when Bishop Jocelin obtained permission from King William the Lion to hold the festivities.
ACME Comic Con is a bi-annual fan convention held at the Scottish Events Campus in Glasgow, Scotland. It is organised by Attic Convention and Media Events. It is organised by Attic Convention and Media Events.
In 2015, Glasgow City Council tested hi-tech CCTV software worth £1.2m, checking to see whether it could automatically detect people putting cones on the statue, which it could. [ 17 ] On Brexit Day (31 January 2020), pro-European supporters placed a cone painted to represent the EU flag on the statue's head.
An early line-up for the first TRNSMT festival was revealed in January 2017, two months after the announcement that T in the Park (also organised by DF Concerts) would not be staged that year. [1]
The 2026 Commonwealth Games (Scottish Gaelic: Geamannan a' Cho-fhlaitheis 2026), officially known as the XXIII Commonwealth Games and Glasgow 2026 (Scottish Gaelic: Glaschu 2026; Scots: Glesga 2026), is a planned multi-sport event scheduled from 23 July to 2 August 2026, to be hosted in Glasgow, the largest city in Scotland, for members of the Commonwealth of Nations.
Glasgow Science Centre is located in the Pacific Quay area, and as such, is surrounded by the media centres that form the Digital Media Quarter, a Scottish Enterprise development initiative, [31] With the opening of the new STV headquarters in July 2006 and the beginning of broadcast programming from BBC Pacific Quay nearly a year later in ...
On 28 July, Celtic were drawn to face Hibernian in the second round of the 2024–25 Scottish League Cup. [7] On 18 August, Celtic were drawn to face Falkirk in the quarter-finals. [8]
A memorandum of agreement between William and Constance and the Corporation of Glasgow was signed in April 1944. Burrell had clear intentions regarding the collection's location, contents and display, and the agreement stated that the collection was to be housed by Glasgow Corporation "in a suitable distinct and separated building" that was to be "within four miles [six kilometres] of Killearn ...