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.

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• Music in the University presents Evie Waddell Band at Concert Hall, University of Glasgow (13:15)
• Cat Power at Barrowland Ballroom
• Sego, Gooseberry at Nice N Sleazy
• PVC at The Clutha
• Pop Mutations presents Beau Wanzer, CLEG, LUGH, DJ Dave Null/Void at The Old Hairdresser's
• Maria BC, Cuckoo Spit at The Glad Cafe
• Maria BC, Cuckoo Spit at The Old Hairdresser's

• Core. presents The Wran, Memphis Gerald at Stereo
• Calvin Love at The Glad Cafe
• Hound, Babyshark, Homework at The Old Hairdresser's

• Fheadain 2026, Tanzana, Shelf Lives, ugly ozo, Lacuna, Scotstown Dance Band, Supersun, Brontes, Plant Science, Problem Patterns, Close Control, Braes, National Playboys, ForFauna, Sean Choon & the Prawn Monsoon, Bad Gravy, The High Priestess, Y at Stereo (13:00)
• Eilir Pierce's Half-Time at The Hug and Pint (14:30)
• Assai In-Store presents Katie Gregson MacLeod at Assai Records (17:00)
• Ubre Blanca at McChuills
• Birdvox, Eleanor Hickey at The Vic & Assembly
• DIGI presents No Future DJs at Slay (23:00)
• Erol Alkan (All Night Long) at The Berkeley Suite (23:00)

• Assai In-Store presents Do Nothing at Assai Records (12:00)
• Thrown In Sessions presents Midnight Painters, Willem McKie & Marina Rolink at The Deep End — family friendly afternoon session, runs until 6pm (13:30)
• Theo Bleak, Éimhín Hudson at Cottiers
• BIG BRAVE, Charlie Butler, craggyland at Nice N Sleazy
• Morcheeba, Alex Cornish 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

• Stevie Wonder at OVO Hydro
• Yard Act, Silver Gore at Barrowland Ballroom
• Lots Of Hands, Sundots at Mono
• MEEK, Alex Amor at The Glasgow School of Art
• 60 Juno at Nice N Sleazy
• CORE. presents Cloud Nothings at The Hug and Pint

• Swapmeet, Legss, Mx Lonely at Nice N Sleazy
• Anvil at Slay
• Bragolin, Carrellee at Ivory Blacks
• Grouper & Joanne Robertson at Mackintosh Queen's Cross
• CORE. presents Humour at The Hug and Pint
• Becky Sikasa, Eriff, Aleena at The Rum Shack
• Pippa Blundell at Cottiers

• @ at 1990
• CORE Festival presents Saetia, Portrayal Of Guilt, Mitsubishisuicide, Prettyboys&Handsomegirls, Kaddish, Incaseyouleave, Moss, Bratakus, Petrol Girls, Incendiary, Flakes, Knives, Shooting Daggers, Futile, Resist, TAQBIR, Knives Chau Fan Club, Bathed In Sin, Angel Dust, PLASTICS, agabas, Intercourse, Trauma Bonds, Thrown Away, Babe Haven, The S E T, Xiao, Kute, Latter, Veto, Dutch Wine, Claymore, Company, My Rushmore, Canny See, Half Time, Elentari, Horsebastard, Eyehategod, Pig Destroyer, Wormrot, Maud The Moth, Machukha, Unmaking, Lupine Raine, Cwfen, Greet, Jaw, Rwake, Gout, bed of wasps, dreich, Gun Ghaol, Smote, Civil Elegies, Cutty, Big Farmer, Healing Wound, Obsidian Sand, Electric Sun Defence, Lesser Beings, Booklore, Chagrin, Anne Bonny, Glass Diet, All Men Unto Me, Friday Tickets at Multiple Venues
• MUNA, EMMMA at O2 Academy Glasgow
• Teenage Fanclub, Euros Childs at Saint Luke's
• Kai Reesu, Sonedo, Rebekah Naomi at The Rum Shack
• Pop Mutations & Freakender presents J Zunz at The Glad Cafe
• Pop Mutations x Tiny Changes presents Hen Hoose, Kathryn Joseph, Kathryn Williams at The Old Hairdresser's
• Pop Mutations x Tiny Changes presents Rozi Plain, Malcolm Middleton, HMS Morris at Mono
• Sneaks presents G Jones b2b EPROM, Parkinson White at Stereo (23:00)

• Assai In-Store presents Donovan at Assai Records (13:00)
• BMX Bandits at The Hug and Pint (13:30)
• Jack Mellin at East End Records (15:00)
• Chicane at O2 Academy Glasgow (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, Saturday Tickets at Multiple Venues
• The Orb, Ozric Tentacles at Queen Margaret Union
• Teenage Fanclub, Euros Childs at Saint Luke's
• Billy Nomates, Haiver, 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
• Wrong Party! presents Ravelston, GK Machine, Illogical Operator at McNeills
• GOO presents Daniel Avery, Richard Fearless at The Berkeley Suite (23:00)

• Pop Mutations presents Tara Clerkin Trio (matinee) at The Glad Cafe (14:30)
• 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, Saturday & Sunday 2 Day Festival Ticket, Raging Speedhorn at Multiple Venues
• Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Dawn McCarthy (Faun Fables) at Old Fruitmarket
• Brian Fallon, Chris Farren at Queen Margaret Union
• Zoh Amba, Bobby Kakouris, medb at The Hug and Pint
• Widowspeak, Sam Burton at The Rum Shack

• Errol's Hot Wax presents Life Without Buildings, Comber at Saint Luke's
• Gigi Masin at The Glad Cafe

• Talib Kweli at Room 2
• Errol's Hot Wax presents Life Without Buildings, Comber at Saint Luke's

• Jo Mango at Concert Hall, University of Glasgow (13:00)
• Assai In-Store presents Josienne Clarke at Assai Records (17:00)
• Ferguson Hi-Fi at McChuills

• Converge, Sanguisugabog at SWG3 – TV Studio (17:00)
• Pye Corner Audio at Audio
• Mogwai at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
• The Big Moon at Saint Luke's
• Deer Leader at The Glad Cafe

• Mogwai at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
• Teenage Fanclub, Euros Childs at SWG3 – Warehouse
• Curiosity Shop, Niamh Corkey at The Glad Cafe
• Mono & Pop Mutations presents Bull, Autocamper, Count Florida at Mono
• Subculture presents Francois K, Telford at Sub Club (23:00)

• Din of Celestial Birds, Wilderness at Nice N Sleazy (13:00)
• Fontaines D.C., Chalk at OVO Hydro
• Core. presents Held. at Nice N Sleazy
• The Wants at The Glad Cafe

• Harakiri for the Sky, Sunken (Belgium), and Sunken at Saint Luke's
• Post Coal Prom Queen at The Old Hairdresser's

• My Precious Bunny at McChuills
• Westside Cowboy, Wyatt at Saint Luke's
• Broadside Hacks presents Sam Grassie, Spitzer Space Telescope at The Glad Cafe

• Lydia May at SWG3 – Poetry Club

• Ebbb at McChuills
• Erland Cooper at Old Fruitmarket
• Dove Ellis at Saint Luke's
• Mouth Ulcers at Nice N Sleazy
• Core. presents Moni Jitchell EP Launch at The Rum Shack

• Phoebe Bridgers, Isaac Wood at OVO Hydro
• Martha May & The Mondays at McChuills
• Goodnight Louisa, Saint Sappho at SWG3 – Poetry Club
• Michael Cassidy at Cottiers
• Alex Lukashevsky, Alex Rex at The Glad Cafe
• Martial Arts at The Hug and Pint

• Scottish Alternative Music Awards 2026, Dictator (more TBA), Sonedo at Saint Luke's
• Desire, Johnny Jewel at Stereo
• Fright Years, Nani Porenta, Kasador at King Tut's Wah Wah Hut
• Big Girl's Blouse, The Foot & Leg Clinic, Ink Drinker at The Hug and Pint
• Hanna Tuulikki at Tramway
• Atlas:Empire and Verse Metrics at BLOC+

• Wilt, ugly ozo at McChuills
• Electric Six, The Oozes at Queen Margaret Union
• O Yuki Conjugate, Love Songs (Hamburg) at Stereo / the Old Hairdressers

• Flyte at Cottiers
• Makthaverskan at Nice N Sleazy
• The Haunted Youth at Stereo
• Milo Korbenski at The Glad Cafe

• Interpol and Bloc Party, Heartworms at OVO Hydro
• CORE. presents Restraining Order at The Hug and Pint

• Core. presents Sunami, Desolated at The Vic & Assembly
• Bemz at McChuills
• Kurupt FM at SWG3 – Warehouse
• Genesis Owusu, MAHA at Saint Luke's
• Bucket at The Hug and Pint

• Jessie Ware, Tsatsamis at Glasgow International Arena

• Pop Mutations presents Problem Patterns, Lande Hekt, Pink Pound, Clean Slate at Mono
• Hen Hoose Collective, Ray Aggs, Susan Bear, Carla J Easton, Emma Pollock, Sarah Hayes, Inge Thomson, Jill Lorean at Saint Luke's
• Tomorrow Syndicate at Stereo / the Old Hairdressers
• Pop Mutations x Freakender presents Tomorrow Syndicate at The Old Hairdresser's
• A Love From Outer Space at The Berkeley Suite (23:00)

• Kneecap at OVO Hydro
• CeeLo Green performing Gnarls Barkley at O2 Academy Glasgow
• SNACK Scottish Single of the Year 2026, kitty, Martha May & The Mondays at The Glad Cafe

• Tina Sandwich at McChuills

• Mercy Girl, Lacuna, San Jose, Oedipus, The Mama’s Boys at The Vic & Assembly

• Free Time presents Mr Scruff at Sub Club
• Cowboy Hunters at The Glasgow School of Art
• Cowboy Hunters, Deadwax, Bad Gravy, Dirty Faces, Close Control at The Vic & Assembly
• Gerard Love, Alex Rex at The Old Hairdresser's

• LNFG Christmas Cracker Party presents Yama Rama at Music From Big Blue
• Hellish Weather, matinee, EP launch for 'Light' at The Hug and Pint — matinee, EP launch for 'Light'
• Idlewild at King Tut's Wah Wah Hut

That is 145 gigs at 43 venues over 33 days. For everything further ahead, see the full Glasgow gig listings.

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