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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.
1901 – Glasgow, United Kingdom – Glasgow International Exhibition (1901) [71] 1901 – Vienna, Austria-Hungary – Bosnische Weihnachts-Ausstellung (1901) 1901 – Charleston, South Carolina, United States – South Carolina Inter-State and West Indian Exposition [71] 1902 – Vienna, Austria-Hungary – International Fishery Exposition
Section 1 of the 1971 Act also enables substitute bank holidays to be appointed by royal proclamation. Substitute days are customarily appointed for all UK bank holidays which fall on a Saturday or Sunday. Where any of the dates fall on a Sunday, the Act substitutes the following Monday for that date.
Thanks to a rather lukewarm live music season in 2024, the music fest and concert scene is ready to come back to life in 2025. What does the year hold in store, and will 2025 be the comeback year ...
Edinburgh will open the 2024-25 URC season at home to Irish giants Leinster on Friday, 20 September, while Glasgow Warriors begin away to Ulster the following day. Edinburgh travel to South Africa ...
Glasgow Festivals include festivals for art, film, comedy, folk music and jazz. Glasgow also hosts an annual queer arts festival in November.. Unlike the Edinburgh Festival (where the main festival and fringe festivals all occur around about the same time in August), Glasgow's festivals are spread evenly across the year, therefore ensuring a continuous annual programme of events.
A 50-year-old annual arts and music fair has been cancelled next year after costs have doubled in the last decade. Strawberry Fair started in 1974 on Midsummer Common, Cambridge, as a "free ...
1 January – Ferry fares in Scotland increase by 10%. [1]Police Scotland release images of 19 people they wish to speak to in connection with violence and disorder which broke out in Glasgow city centre ahead of the Scottish League Cup final between Celtic and Rangers at Hampden Park on 15 December.