It was already shaping up to be a blockbuster year for music in Glasgow. The Hydro is booked out as part of a revitalised SEC complex, there’s a new city festival for Glasgow Green, live gigs at Hampden and a summer of events at Kelvingrove bandstand.
BBC Radio 6 Music made a dramatic entrance to the fray this morning with the announcement that the BBC 6 Music Festival will take place across city venues next month.
The line-up of events is extraordinary. It’s a celebration of the city of Glasgow’s place in music as much as it is a showcase for bright young things and lyrical elder statesmen.
Some of the most exciting acts around will descend on venues like the Barrowland Ballroom, St Luke’s, the O2 Academy, Tramway and SWG3.
Check out the full line-up of musical talent heading our way.
Friday By Night
Barrowland Ballroom
THE JESUS & MARY CHAIN // RIDE // WARPAINT // SLEAFORD MODS
O2 Academy
GOLDFRAPP // SPARKS // FUTURE ISLANDS
Saint Luke’s
CATE LE BON // DUTCH UNCLES // GIRL RAY // DUDS
Saturday By Night
Barrowland Ballroom
BONOBO // SONGHOY BLUES // THUNDERCAT // LOYLE CARNER
O2 Academy
THE SHINS // GRANDADDY // HONEYBLOOD
Saint Luke’s
CAR SEAT HEADREST // THE LEMON TWIGS // HALEY BONAR // SACRED PAWS
Saturday By Day
Tramway
SINKANE // TEMPLES // CRAIG CHARLES (DJ SET) // JOHN LYDON IN CONVERSATION WITH MARK RADCLIFFE // OPTIMO WORDS & MUSIC WITH NEMONE // MAKING MUSIC IN GLASGOW: PAUL BUCHANAN (THE BLUE NILE), STUART BRAITHWAITE (MOGWAI), EMMA POLLOCK, HAPPY MEALS // EDWYN COLLINS IN CONVERSATION WITH STUART MACONIE + ACOUSTIC SESSION // COMEDY WITH SHAUN KEAVENY: FERN BRADY, SCOTT GIBSON, LIMMY // BBC RADIO 5 LIVE’S FIGHTING TALK
Saturday Late
SWG3
OPTIMO // NIGHTWAVE // SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO (DJ SET) // NAN KOLÈ (GQOM OH!) // DUSKY // JUNGLE (DJ SET) // ANDY BUTLER (HERCULES & LOVE AFFAIR – DJ SET) // REBECCA VASHMANT // LINDSTRØM // MWX // K4CIE // FEMME FRESH // JUNGLEHUSSY
Sunday By Day
Tramway
FATHER JOHN MISTY // THE WEDDING PRESENT // BALOJI // FOLK AT THE FESTIVAL WITH MARK RADCLIFFE : YORKSTON/THORNE/KHAN, KING CREOSOTE, JESCA HOOP, HOLLY MACVE // FILM SCREENING: LOST IN FRANCE + Q&A WITH NIALL MCCANN // THE PASTELS IN CONVERSATION WITH GIDEON COE // ANNA MEREDITH IN CONVERSATION WITH MARY ANNE HOBBS // SPOKEN WORD SESSIONS – LITERARY: IAN RANKIN WITH STUART MACONIE // SPOKEN WORD SESSIONS – POETRY: MURRAY LACHLAN YOUNG, VICTORIA MCNULTY, KEVIN P GILDAY & CAT HEPBURN, KOBI ONYAME & RANSOM FA // BELLE & SEBASTIAN IN CONVERSATION WITH CERYS MATTHEWS
Sunday By Night
Barrowland Ballroom
DEPECHE MODE // JAMES LAVELLE [UNKLE] (DJ SET)
O2 Academy
BELLE & SEBASTIAN // WHITNEY // JULIA JACKLIN
Saint Luke’s
ANNA MEREDITH // GAIKA // FOREST SWORDS // KADHJA BONET