Glasgow Gigs We Recommend

Our pick of the gigs on in Glasgow – the shows we would go to ourselves, chosen one by one from every gig in the city rather than from a press release.

See the full Glasgow gig listings → — every gig in the city, right through to December 2027.

• Humane, Alesia, The Frescoes at Nice N Sleazy
• pushbike, my rushmore at Variety Bar
• The Yummy Fur, Sunday Mourners at The Hug and Pint

• Arab Strap, Bis, Free Love at Barrowland Ballroom
• Beth Orton at Saint Luke's
• And So I Watch You from Afar, Caspian, Otay:onii at The Vic & Assembly

• Cabaret Voltaire, Gazelle Twin at Barrowland Ballroom
• Margaret Glaspy at Saint Luke's
• Aimee Fatale, Brodie Milner at SWG3 – Poetry Club
• Alasdair Roberts at The Old Toll Bar
• The Besnard Lakes at The Hug and Pint

• Assai Records album launch presents Rachel Chinouriri at Òran Mór (17:00)
• The Mountain Goats, Craig Finn & the Band of Forgiveness at Barrowland Ballroom
• The Sewing Club at Nice N Sleazy

• Ezra Furman, Early performance (added show) at Cottiers (17:45)
• Wild at Heart Sessions Vol 4 presents Selkie, Folke at The Old Hairdresser's
• Dexys Midnight Runners at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

• James Blake, Monica Martin at SWG3 – Galvanizers
• Matt Carmichael at Òran Mór
• Skating Polly, Lord Friday the 13th at The Hug and Pint

• The Wedding Present at Queen Margaret Union
• Kickin' it with KITTI presents KITTI at The Rum Shack

• Lucia & The Best Boys, Cloth, Bottle Rockets at Barrowland Ballroom
• Grainne Brady, Nicky Murray at The Old Hairdresser's

• Fat White Family at Classic Grand
• Maria Taylor at Glasgow University Union
• Arlo Parks, BAIRD at Old Fruitmarket
• Richard Youngs, Heather Leigh, Luke Fowler at The Old Hairdresser's
• Merrowfolk at The Rum Shack

• musicALL 10th Anniversary, Ricky Ross, Choir 21 (Down Syndrome Scotland), The Fridays, The Bluebells, Sacred Paws at Saint Luke's
• Mike D 5D at SWG3 – TV Studio

• Manic Street Preachers, Suede at OVO Hydro

• THE HOUSE OF FemmeDM presents Rebekah Abdeen, Princess Elf Bar at The Berkeley Suite (23:00)

• Paul Heaton, Lightning Seeds, Rianne Downey at OVO Hydro
• Deeper Roots 6, Eriff, Scarlett Randle, Scott J. Brice at Floral Haven
• Prolapse at The Rum Shack

• Formal Sppeedwear at 1990
• ASK ALICE at Room 2
• Phantasmagasm presents Maz & The Phantasms, The Foot and Leg Clinic at The Glad Cafe
• Optimo Halloween, Ribeka at Saint Luke's

• Overmono, Blawan at Barrowland Ballroom
• Slayyyter, Pearly Drops at O2 Academy Glasgow
• Tortoise at Queen Margaret Union
• Heavenphetamine, Accident Machine at McChuills

• Jalen Ngonda, Brooke Combe at Barrowland Ballroom
• Dizzee Rascal at O2 Academy Glasgow
• Van Morrison at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
• Nick Hakim at King Tut's Wah Wah Hut
• Bleach Lab at The Hug and Pint

• Caroline Rose at Assai Records (17:00)
• Tracey Nelson, Former Champ at McChuills
• Ugly at Room 2
• Blue Rose Code at Saint Luke's
• Wasia Project at SWG3 – Galvanizers
• Pop Mutations presents Wendy Eisenberg at The Glad Cafe
• Midwife, Devin Shaffer at The Hug and Pint

• Cat Power at Barrowland Ballroom
• Sego, Gooseberry at Nice N Sleazy

• FHEADAIN 2026 presents Tanzana, Shelf Lives, ugly ozo, Y, Lacuna, Scotstown Dance Band, Supersun, Brontes, Plant Science, Problem Patterns, Close Control, Braes, National Playboys, ForFauna, Sean Choon & the Prawn Monsoon at Stereo (13:00)
• Katie Gregson-MacLeod at Assai Records (17:00)
• Birdvox at The Vic & Assembly
• DIGI presents No Future DJs at Slay (23:00)
• Erol Alkan (All Night Long) at The Berkeley Suite (23:00)

• Do Nothing at Assai Records (12:00)
• Midnight Painters, Willem McKie & Marina Rolink at The Deep End (15:30)
• Theo Bleak at Cottiers
• Big Brave at Nice N Sleazy
• Morcheeba at O2 Academy Glasgow
• Barbican Estate at 1990
• Shaking Hand, POLLY, Hex Bar at The Hug and Pint
• Gently Tender, Slow Country, heka at The Rum Shack

• MNEK at SWG3 – Warehouse
• Joan As Police Woman at Òran Mór
• Robber Robber, studio20 at The Hug and Pint

• Jessica Pratt, Hana Stretton at Mackintosh Queen's Cross
• Pebbledash at The Hug and Pint

• Stevie Wonder at OVO Hydro
• Yard Act, Silver Gore at Barrowland Ballroom
• 60 Juno at Nice N Sleazy
• Cloud Nothings at The Hug and Pint

• SwapMeet, Legss, MX Lonely at Nice N Sleazy – Upstairs
• Anvil, Killer at Slay
• Bragolin, Carrellee at Ivory Blacks
• Grouper & Joanne Robertson at Mackintosh Queen's Cross
• MX Lonely at Nice N Sleazy
• HUMOUR at The Hug and Pint
• Becky Sikasa at The Rum Shack
• Pippa Blundell at Cottiers

• @ at 1990
• CORE Festival presents Saetia, Portrayal Of Guilt, Mitsubishisuicide, Prettyboys&Handsomegirls, Kaddish, Incaseyouleave, Moss at Multiple Venues
• MUNA, EMMMA at O2 Academy Glasgow
• Teenage Fanclub at Saint Luke's
• Kai Reesu, Sonedo, Rebekah Naomi at The Rum Shack
• Pop Mutations x Tiny Changes presents Rozi Plain, Malcolm Middleton, HMS Morris at Mono
• G Jones B2B EPROM, Parkinson White at Stereo (23:00)

• BMX Bandits – Matinee at The Hug and Pint (13:30)
• Chicane at O2 Academy Glasgow (16:00)
• BMX Bandits at The Hug and Pint (16:00)
• beabadoobee, Wisp at OVO Hydro
• CORE Festival presents Incendiary, Angel Du$t, Petrol Girls, Taqbir, Babe Haven, The S.E.T, Xiao, Bratakus, Knives, Intercourse, Shooting Daggers, Kute, Bathed In Sin, Agabas, Latter, Plastics, Flakes, Veto, Dutch Wine, Futile, Canny See, Thrown Away, Claymore, Knives Chau Fan Club, Half Time, Company, Resist, Trauma Bonds, My Rushmore, Elentari, Girls Rock Glasgow Showcase at Multiple Venues
• The Orb, Ozric Tentacles at Queen Margaret Union
• Teenage Fanclub at Saint Luke's
• Pop Mutations x Tiny Changes presents Billy Nomates, Bikini Body at Stereo
• Temples, Oslo Twins at King Tut's Wah Wah Hut
• Pop Mutations x Tiny Changes presents The Pastels, Comber at The Glad Cafe
• Spafford Campbell at The Hug and Pint
• GOO presents Daniel Avery, Richard Fearless at The Berkeley Suite (23:00)

• CORE Festival presents Pig Destroyer, Eyehategod, Wormrot, Smote, All Men Unto Me, Machukha, Rwake, Cwfen, Gout, Horsebastard, Maud The Moth, Greet, L, Gun Ghaol, Civil Elegies, Cutty's Gym, Unmaking, Big Farmer, Healing Wound, Obsidian Sand, Electric Sun Defence, Lesser Beings, Bed Of Wasps, Booklore, Jaw, Chagrin, Drich, Anne Bonny, Glass Diet, Lupine Raine, Gloss Showcase, Raging Speedhorn at Multiple Venues
• Bonnie "Prince" Billy at Old Fruitmarket

• Life Without Buildings, Comber at Saint Luke's

That is 110 gigs at 38 venues over 28 days. For everything further ahead, see the full Glasgow gig listings.