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2 minThrough 100 years of music to the Barrowland, exploring old legends and new haunts.
3 minFrom Charles Dickens to Billy Connolly, a rich history with musical variations...
32 sCobbled ground, vaulted roof, old market hall – and music, music, music.
2 minThe Kinks, Bowie, Oasis, U2, Simple Minds, Mogwai: who hasn’t played the Barrowland?
4 minTime for T
5 minMore time for T
8 minA global meeting place
3 minCafe, record store, laid-back new music hangout for DJs, bands and local regulars.
1 minEssential starting point for up and coming musicians
2 minOld kirk with lurid past and edgy new talent
3 minThe weird and wonderful Panopticon
4 min(Maybe) Glasgow’s oldest bar offers a heady brew of alcohol, music and politics.
2 minMeet you at the corner
3 minBlood, sweat and reels
2 minArt Deco cinema beams new music
4 minNow closed – but the legend lives on
6 minVoted one of world’s best dance clubs. Sub Club stirs strong emotions.
4 minFormer ‘adult cinema’ reborn.
2 minCentre of booming rock industry, Cathouse Promotions can boom!
3 minHidden gem, new indie music meets Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
3 minThe truth about that Oasis discovery?
5 minHip hangout for upcoming bands. And a 'killer jukebox'.
3 minGhosts of much-loved, long-gone Locarno Ballroom and Tiffany’s disco.
3 minBehind the yellow truck: Scotland’s biggest club, indie rock, pop and hip hop.
5 minTo be continued, we hope
7 minLegendary haunt of Franz Ferdinand
2 minThe world waits. For the second time
8 minThe sound of Scotland's best known musical instrument echoes around the world
3 minFrom Charlie Chaplin to the Mighty Boosh: Scotland’s privately run music hall theatre
3 minBelow Cineworld, almost mythical Apollo (or Greens Playhouse). EVERYONE played here.
5 minWhere to hear Stravinsky, Duke Ellington, Elgar and Elvis, but not all at once.
3 minA global brand gains a distinctly Glasgow identity
7 minRock the boat
2 minProsperity and poverty, a journey down the historic river running through Glasgow
4 minCreative Clyde brings new meaning to Clydebuilt
4 minMonumental music arena
4 minSpontaneous and welcoming, a contemporary twist on Traditional Scottish culture
2 minBut the music never ends
53 sNothing stands still for long. Least of all one of the world's greatest music cities.
Fire, flood and fortune bring changes. But live music is an essential, unchanging part of Scotland's largest city, Britain's first UNESCO City of Music, and DJ Jim Gellatly is the perfect guide to lead you to where it happens.
Find the flat where Franz Ferdinand played their first gig, the venue where 15-year-old Lulu debuted, the theatre that launched Stan Laurel's career.
Discover why Glasgow is the favourite gig for musicians from Mogwai to Hue & Cry, Simple Minds to Led Zeppelin.
It's a long walk but you can stop and start again any time, with a great soundtrack to keep you going. There's locally inspired music from the Barrowland to King Tut's. From Old Fruitmarket to Nice N Sleazy. From Glasgow Green to the (we hope) temporarily boarded up Glasgow School of Art – and the very much alive National Piping Centre.
Come with us and we'll take you on a musical journey of a lifetime.