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Kelvingrove Bandstand
Events
Tuesday 29 July - Sunday
3 August 2014
Events Key:
• Comedy
• Dance and
Physical Theatre
• Family
• Film
• Gaelic
• LGBT
• Literature and
Spoken Word
• Music
• Sporting Event
• Theatre
• Visual Arts
• Exhibition
• Talks
Restored to its former glory, this charming open-air venue is situated in the West End of the city in the picturesque Kelvingrove
Park, adjacent to the Lawn Bowls arena and close to the renowned Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum. We highly
recommend a visit to experience a wonderful array of events including live music, comedy, dance, film and children’s
entertainment. Enjoy our tasty wood-fired pizzas and a refreshing drink from our bar while you soak up the sun and enjoy the
unique atmosphere. All events are free apart from our screening of the Closing Ceremony on Sunday 3rd August.
Follow directions to the Lawn Bowls on public transport.
Tuesday 29 July
• Gaelic Storytelling with 10.30am to 11.15am Catriona Lexy Campbell
Celebrating our diverse Scottish tongue, author and actress Catriona Lexy Campbell reads some of the best Gaelic writing for children.
• Bowling Club by Janie Nicoll
3.00pm to 3.15pm
Artist Janie Nicol’s film about the people for whom the game of Lawn Bowls is more than just a sunny summer’s day pastime.
• Archive film from Scottish • Tam Dean Burn presents 11.30am to 12.30pm Books On A Bike!
Tam Dean Burn cycles back into the Bandstand for more Julia Donaldson tales, this time including Wilma Kennedy reading the Gruffalo in Gaelic alongside the Scots and English versions.
3.15pm to 4.00pm Screen Archive
A selection of archive footage from the Scottish Screen Archive, chosen to complement Janie Nicol’s film.
Live Sport on the Big Screen 5.00pm to 7.00pm
Catch the latest sporting action from the Commonwealth Games. (Please note no alcohol can be served during this time due to Licensing restrictions. Soft drinks available)
Big Bandstand Knit
1.00pm to 5.00pm
Calling all knitters for a Knitting B - B is for Bandstand! Enjoy the entertainment whilst you knit one, purl one or learn the • Bill Forsyth’s Local Hero 7.15pm to 9.15pm
basics with one of our hosts.
(1983, 111 mins, PG)
‘Without question the most charming British film of the 1980s’. (Film4)
• Glasgow Senior Citizens Orchestra
2.00pm to 2.45pm
Musicians from the unstoppable Glasgow Senior Citizens • Rachel Hair Trio
9.15pm to 10.00pm
Orchestra bring their fantastic repertoire to the Bandstand.
‘’ Utterly spellbinding..full of subtle delights and innumerable charms.” ( NetRhythms)
LET’S CELEBRATE TOGETHER
CLOSING CEREMONY PARTIES – SUN 3 AUGUST
Glasgow Green Live Zone & Kelvingrove Bandstand
Live Music – Food and Drink – Live Screenings of the Ceremonies
Buy your tickets now – Call 0141 353 8000 to book tickets or
buy from the Box Office at City Halls or the Museum Shop in the People’s Palace
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Tuesday 29 July - Sunday 3 August 2014
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Wednesday 30 July
Thursday 31 July
• Storytelling with Paraig MacNeil
10.30am to 11.15am
• Alex McCall
10.30am to 11.30am
Storytelling with Paraig MacNeil, who tells stories of Scottish Alex McCall reads from his Kelpies Prize winning novel, the history from memory, punctuated by verse and song, riddle cracking tale Attack of the Giant Robot Chickens! (for 8+) and rhyme.
• Visual art screening programme 11.45am to 12.45pm for
children
• The Little House of La
11.30am to 12.30pm
Artist David Sherry screens a unique programme of art The Little House of La make groovy tunes for your tiny tots!
works your children will love.
• Big Big Sing at the Bandstand
2.00pm to 3.30pm
Do you love to sing? Then Big Big Sing at the Bandstand is for you!
Live Sport on the Big Screen 5.00pm to 7.00pm
Catch the latest sporting action from the Commonwealth Games. (Please note no alcohol can be served during this time due to Licensing restrictions. Soft drinks available)
• The Veloninos
7.30pm to 8.00pm
The Veloninos kick off a stellar line up of folk talent.
• Michael McGoldrick, John McCusker 8.15pm to 9.00pm and John Doyle
Michael McGoldrick, John McCusker and John Doyle are simply internationally respected folk musicians at the top of their game.
• Breabach
9.15pm to 10.00pm
‘One of the finest folk bands on the scene’ (Songlines Magazine)
• Kids arts and crafts workshop
1.00pm to 3.30pm
Kids arts and crafts drop in workshop - come down and make something Bandstand inspired! Children must be accompanied by an adult.
• Scottish Refugee Council presents 3.45pm to 4.10pm A View From Here (25 mins)
Glasgow’s skyline is changing. As the high flats are demolished, what happens to the memories of the people who lived there?
• Lahore Ceol Mor featuring 4.15pm to 5.00pm Mischa Macpherson Trio
An inspirational collaboration between the Mischa MacPherson Trio and classical musicians from Glasgow’s twin city Lahore.
Live Sport on the Big Screen 5.00pm to 7.00pm
Catch the latest sporting action from the Commonwealth Games. (Please note no alcohol can be served during this time due to Licensing restrictions. Soft drinks available)
• Authors Live at the Bandstand
7.30pm to 9.00pm
In a very special literature event, some of Scotland’s best loved authors read their commissions for the Bandstand.
• Horse
9.15pm to 10.00pm
Acclaimed singer- songwriter Horse returns to the Kelvingrove Bandstand - twenty five years after her first performance there.
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Friday 1 August
Saturday 2 August
• RSPB present Animal Athletes!
10.30am to 11.30am
• Storytelling with Gerry Durkin
10.30am to 11.15am
Take part in some fun sports themed activities whilst learning Gerry Durkin reads from ‘A River of Stories’ – a book of oral about the amazing animals in the Commonwealth.
tradition tales from a range of Commonwealth countries.
• McOpera Brass in the Park ( 5+)
11.45am to 12.30pm
McOpera Brass in the Park – a musical extravaganza for your budding virtuosos, with BBC Radio Scotland’s Jamie MacDougall.
• Imagine It
12.45pm to 1.00pm
Imagine It tells the story of young people in Glasgow and how the Commonwealth Games have inspired their hopes and aspirations.
• Kids arts and craft workshop - 1.00pm to 3.00pm drop in!
Kids arts and crafts drop in workshop - come down and make something Bandstand inspired! Children must be accompanied by an adult.
3.00pm to 4.00pm
Children from Uganda, Ethopia and Tunisia feature in these family friendly films from the Africa in Motion (AiM) Film Festival.
• Glasgow Gaelic School
11.30am to 11.50am
The fantastically talented pupils from Glasgow Gaelic School’s orchestra perform.
• Hillhead High School
12noon to 12.20pm
The fantastic Hillhead High School Soul Band take the stage entertaining us with their young musical talent.
• Funky Shepherds of Lesotho
12.45pm to 1.30pm
The Funky Shepherds come to the Bandstand all the way from Lesotho!
• Voicebeat Choir
2.00pm to 2.30pm
Voicebeat is a Partick-based world music community choir who sing traditional songs in unaccompanied harmony.
• Africa in Motion film screening
• The Scokendia Ensemble
• The Ha Orchestra
3.00pm to 3.45pm
The Ha Orchestra is a Pan African Arts Scotland, Community Central Halls and GRAMNET collaboration in music for children and adults.
4.10pm to 5.00pm
Young instrumentalists and composers from Scotland, Kenya • Willie Campbell
4.15pm to 5.00pm
and India connect, collaborate and perform together.
‘If anyone’s going to steer Gaelic music away from lazy lowland pigeon holing then it’s Willie Campbell’. ( The Herald).
Live Sport on the Big Screen 5.00pm to 7.00pm
Catch the latest sporting action from the Commonwealth Games. (Please note no alcohol can be served during this Live Sport on the Big Screen 5.00pm to 7.00pm
time due to Licensing restrictions. Soft drinks available)
Catch the latest sporting action from the Commonwealth Games. (Please note no alcohol can be served during this • Bill Forsyth’s That Sinking Feeling 7.30pm to 9.05pm time due to Licensing restrictions. Soft drinks available)
(1980, 93 mins,12)
Bill Forsyth’s first major feature has all warmth, intelligence • Monica Queen`
7.30pm to 8.30pm
and humour of his later works.
“One of the greatest ever voices to come out of Scotland” (Gary Lightbody, Snow Patrol)
• Remember Remember
9.15pm to 10.00pm
Signed to Mogwai’s Rock Action label, Remember • James Grant
9.00pm to 10.00pm
Remember perform their beautifully crafted aural James Grant, one of the best regarded contemporary landscapes.
Scottish songwriters, brings his sublime song-writing talent to the Bandstand.
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Sunday 3 August
• Kelvingrove Bandstand Closing Party 5.00pm to 11.00pm
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TICKETS NOW!
The Kelvingrove Bandstand hosts a very special evening of live music leading up to the screening of the Official Closing Ceremony of the Commonwealth Games.
Live Sport on the Big Screen 5.00pm to 6.00pm
Catch the latest sporting action from the Commonwealth Games. (Please note no alcohol can be served during this time due to Licensing restrictions. Soft drinks available)
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0141 353 8000
or in person at the Box Office
at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
and City Halls, Candleriggs
• Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra
6.00pm to 7.00pm
Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra present their new commission created especially for our closing ceremony programme.
• Sirens of Titan
7.15pm to 7.45pm
The West End’s own Sirens of Titan choir brings some classical masterpieces to the Bandstand.
• McOpera Ensemble
8.00pm to 8.45pm
The stunning McOpera Ensemble perform works by Edward Elgar and Frank Bridge.
Tickets £10/£5
Family tickets from £20
Closing Ceremony Live
9.00pm to 11.00pm
See out Glasgow’s Commonwealth Games in the splendour of the Kelvingrove Bandstand.
Explore Glasgow
Make some time to
explore all that Glasgow has
to offer during your visit.
Check out our top tips:The Big G
For a keepsake memento
of your visit to the city during
Games time, make sure you
take a selfie at The Big G in
George Square – the
spectacular 3D installation
provides the perfect
backdrop.
Use #TheBigG
Architecture
Shopping
Sides to the City
Don’t forget to look up!
Glasgow has some beautiful
buildings and architecture,
from the stunning Victorian
City Chambers to the Gothic
drama of Glasgow
Cathedral. A must-see is the
work of Glasgow born Art
Nouveau Architect and
Designer, Charles Rennie
Mackintosh – his magical
style is inspirational, from
House for an Art Lover to the
Willow Tearooms, there’s a
Mackintosh experience for
everyone.
Glasgow has the best
shopping in the UK outside of
London, with over 1,500
shops to browse round. The
city’s Style Mile, located
along the interlinked
Sauchiehall, Buchanan,
Ingram and Argyle streets, is
jam packed with malls,
department stores, high street
retailers and designer
boutiques. During Games
time, many shops are open to
8pm and some even later –
so there are lots of
opportunities for souvenir
shopping and lots of excuses
to treat yourself.
Discover the individual
character of neighbourhood
areas such as the
entertainment district of
Sauchiehall Street, the
bohemian West End, the
cultural Merchant City or the
eclectic South Side.
Clyde’s Trail
Look out for Clyde, the
Glasgow 2014
Commonwealth games
mascot. There are 25
colourful statues around the
city, each dressed in a
different outfit designed by
Glasgow schoolchildren.
Download the free Clyde’s
Trail App and see how many
you can bag.
#clydestrail
Look out for
clyde around
the city on
Clyde’s Trail!
Eating out
Sightseeing is hungry
work – so make sure you
re-fuel. Glasgow’s dining
scene is as varied as it is
delicious. From an indulgent
afternoon tea, to a relaxed
bar meal or fine dining in a
top restaurant, the full
spectrum of tastes is
catered for.
Museums & Galleries
The city has a fantastic
selection of art galleries and
museums, most of which are
free to visit. Discover world
class collections at
Kelvingrove Art Gallery &
Museum, The Riverside
Museum, The Burrell
Collection and the Hunterian
Art Gallery.
Find out more at: people make glasgow.com
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