Christmas in Glasgow.

Christmas in Glasgow has something for everyone with fabulous shopping, markets and fairs, pantos and Christmas shows. cinema and, of course, great festive dining.

Things to do over the festive season including shows, pantos, shopping, festive dining, music and markets.

 

The Lansdowne – Mother India West End

The Lansdowne, 7A Lansdowne Crescent, Glasgow G20 6NQ Book a table at The Lansdowne BOOK NOW Or call on 0141 334 4653 Christmas Menus at The Lansdowne 2025 To make an enquiry call  0141 334 4653 or email To make an enquiry call 0141 334 4653 or email Review: The Lansdowne, Pat Byrne TAPAS STYLE DISHES To book a table […]

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Mary’s Meals Christmas Market in Glasgow

Mary's Meals Christmas Market

 30th November 2024 – 10.30 am – 7.30 pm & 1 December 2024 – 12.00 pm – 5.00 pm Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street Glasgow G2 3NY Free event Tickets can be obtained at the door on the day or via Eventbrite. Event description: Mary’s Meals Christmas market returns to Glasgow Royal Concert […]

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Glasgow Caring City 25th Christmas Toy Appeal & Festive Extravaganza

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25 Years of Caring At Christmas: A Festive Extravaganza! Festive Extravaganza Thursday, December 12th, 10am to 1pm Glasgow the Caring City is thrilled to announce their 25th Annual Children’s Toy Appeal! This year, they’re not just collecting toys and warm clothing for families in need – they’re throwing a Festive Extravaganza hosted by their incredibly […]

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Tuesday, November 5, 2024 | Filed under: Christmas in Glasgow, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers

Festive Artist Pop Up Shop Glasgow

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Saturday 14 – Sunday 15 December, 2024 Sat 10 a.m.  – 9 p.m. & Sunday 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Artist-led pop-up event Emily Brooks Millar and  Eleanor Sykes New Glasgow Society (Kelvingrove), 1307 Argyle St, Glasgow G3 8TL This Christmas-themed weekend will showcase affordable art, prints, and unique merchandise. Partnering with Panther M*lk, who […]

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Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Tea Green Christmas Fair

tea green christmas fair

Saturday, 7 and Sunday 8 December, 2024 | Free Entry | | 10 – 5 Sat | 11 – 5 Sun | Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum,  Argyle St, Glasgow G3 8AG Tea Green at Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum this December for an unmissable winter market! This iconic venue in the heart of Glasgow’s […]

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Cameron House Festive Market

cameron house christmas market

Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 November, 2024, 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. Cameron House, Loch Lomond, Alexandria G83 8QZ Delight in twinkling lights, delicious mulled wine, a festive atmosphere, and gorgeous popup gift shops. The perfect occasion to pick up something unique for a loved one – or for yourself. Discover deluxe handmade wreaths, scrumptious […]

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Saturday, October 26, 2024 | Filed under: Christmas in Glasgow, Christmas Shopping in Glasgow, Markets, Shopping

Maw Goose at Websters

Maw Goose

29 November – 31 December, 2024 Websters, 416 Great Western Rd, Glasgow G4 9HZ From the Producers that brought you last year’s smash hit A CRACKIN’ CINDERELLA STORY, Insideout Theatre Productions Ltd proudly presents: MAW GOOSE By Paul Harper-Swan It has been a been a peaceful time in the Pantosphere But the Evil Demon Queen […]

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Friday, October 25, 2024 | Filed under: Christmas in Glasgow, Pantos and Christmas Shows in Glasgow

Christmas Group Show ProjectAbility 2024

7 November – 21 December, 2024 7 November, 6pm – 8pm Wednesday – Saturday, 11am – 5pm The exhibition is free to visit Project Ability Gallery, Trongate 103, Glasgow G1 5HD Every holiday season Project Ability likes to end the year with a bang by having a big group exhibition for which everyone at the […]

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Beatson Santa Dash 2024 and Mascot Bella

santa dash

Register for Santa Sash 2024.and Support Beatson Cancer Charity. Glasgow got a little taste of Christmas this week when Santa Claus made an early appearance in the city! Even better, he was spotted hanging out with Bella, Beatson Cancer Charity’s lovable mascot, to promote this year’s much-anticipated Glasgow Santa Dash 2024, sponsored by GAP Group Hire Solutions, CCL Design and […]

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Exclusively Highlands Christmas Market – Trades Hall – Glasgow

Christmas Market Trades Hall Glasgow

7 and 8 December, 2024 Trades Hall, Trades House of Glasgow, 85 Glassford Street, Glasgow, G1 1UH Located in the heart of Glasgow’s Merchant City, Trades Hall is a stunningly beautiful historic venue, which creates the absolutely perfect backdrop for their Christmas market. Trades House was established to help protect and support the crafts people of […]

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Christmas Night Market at Cottiers

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5 and 6 December, 2024, 5.30pm – 10.30pm. Cottiers 93-95 Hyndland St, Glasgow G11 5PU Extra special Double-date night special for you! The Night Market Uk are coming to Cottiers, Glasgow on Thursday 5th AND Friday 6th December. Let’s make out final Glasgow event of the year a magical one! Why spend weeks fighting through […]

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Affordable Art Sale

affordable art sale

2 and 3 November, 2024, 10.30 am – 5.30 pm New Glasgow Society, 1307 Argyle Street. Glasgow. G3 8TL The Affordable Art Sale features recent local graduates and emerging artists aiming to make art more accessible and affordable with prices starting from £2. Grab yourself an early Christmas bargain from paintings, prints, sculptures to crafts, […]

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Dragged Tae Hogmanay Hoose Party

hogmanany britannica panopticon

Sunday 31 December, 2023 at 2 p.m. Event by Dragged TAE productions Ltd , The Britannia Panopticon Music Hall and Auntie Effie The Britannia Panopticon Music Hall 113-117 Trongate, Glasgow G1 5HD Buy tickets Join Auntie Effie , Nomi Divine and Roxy Stardust plus pals as Dragged TAE Productions and Glasgow Festival of Butlesque come together for a Hogmanay Hoose […]

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Panto: A Crackin Cinderella Story at Websters

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1 December 2023 – 6 January 2024 Discounted tickets for January Websters – Theatre | Bar | Playhouse, 416 Great Western Rd, Glasgow G4 9HZ,  From the producers that brought you last year’s smash hit Sleeping Senga, BACK FOR THE 10TH YEAR AT WEBSTERS THEATRE, GLASGOW Insideout Theatre Productions Ltd Proudly present A Crackin’ Cinderella […]

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New Years Eve at McChuills

in dusk we trust

Sunday 31 December, 2023 at 7.30 p.m. In Dusk We Trust with Justin Robertson Event by Lets Go Back and McChuills McChuills, 80 High St, Glasgow G1 1NL The Legendary Justin Robertson returns to ‘In Dusk We Trust’ for a special NYE party Djs Justin Robertson (deadstock 33’s) Rob Mason & Bosco (lets go back) Bosco Loco (live) […]

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Cinderella – A Proper Glesga Panto

cinderella halo arts

21 – 24 December, 2023 7.20 p.m. and matinees Saturday and Sunday 2.30 p.m. Fabulous New Panto by Halo Arts Maryhill Comunity Central Halls, 292-316 Maryhill Rd, Glasgow G20 7YE Halo Arts Presents Cinderella – A proper Glesga panto! Written and produced by Brendon McIlroy Directed by Stephanie Falls Maryhill Community Central Halls 21st December […]

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Mammy Goose – Panto at Golden Friendships

Mammy Goose

Tuesday 19 December, 2023 at 6 p.m. Free family fun. Community Pantomime. Come and Meet Santa Santa’s Grotto 3 p.m. – 7 p.m. Thursday 21 December Golden Friendships making a difference at Christmas – 700 people have enjoyed free Christmas Dinner and the Christmas Fayre was a wonderful affair. Golden Friendships, 18 Nairn Pl, Clydebank […]

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Scottish Ballet: Cinders!

Scottish Ballet Cinders

9 – December – 31 December, 2023 Theatre Royal, 282 Hope St, Glasgow G2 3QA “Breaking with tradition in theatre is a tradition in itself, and Scottish Ballet‘s playful new production of Cinders will have a surprise in store each night for audiences as the curtain rises: on some nights, Cinders will be a woman, swept off her feet by her […]

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Springburn Christmas Market

springburn christmas market

Saturday 16 December, 2023, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Springburn Shopping Centre, 230 Springburn Way, Glasgow G21 1TS Springburn Indoor Christmas Marker in partnership with Springburn Shopping Centre There will be over 20 stalls to investigate (10am – 5pm) As well as lots of activities (11am – 3pm) Such as face painting, meet Santa and […]

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Meet Me In St Louis

Meet Me In St Louis

Thursday 21 December, 2023 11.30am Crowd-pleasing classic musical makes a delightful late addition to the Christmas programme at GFT Buy tickets – £6.50 Tickets The Smith family leads a comfortable, happy existence in St. Louis, a city set to welcome the 1904 World’s Fair. Seventeen-year-old Esther Smith (Judy Garland) has fallen in love with the […]

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Thursday, December 14, 2023 | Filed under: Christmas in Glasgow, Cinema

Elf at GFT Christmas 2023

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15 – 24 December, 2023 GFT, 12 Rose Street, Glasgow G3 6RB Will Ferrell stars as Buddy, a regular-sized man who was raised as an elf by Santa Claus (Edward Asner). When the news is finally broken to Buddy that he’s not a real elf, he decides to go to New York City, in search […]

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The Bishop’s Wife, GFT

the bishops wife gft

15 – 24 December, 2023 Raising funds for a new cathedral, Bishop Henry Brougham has his prayers for divine guidance answered in the form of a guardian angel named Dudley (Cary Grant). When Dudley assumes the identity of a guest in their home over Christmas, Brougham’s life is turned upside down, as he believes the […]

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Folk Carols in the Dram

carols in the dram

Saturday, 16 December, 2023, 2 p.m. The Dram, 232 Woodlands Rd, Glasgow G3 6ND Host: Muldoon’s Picnic In some parts of the UK, as Christmas approaches, people still sing traditional carols in pubs and streets. They are often old songs from the 18th century or earlier, sometimes not known outside the local area. For the […]

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Christmas Come and Sing, University of Glasgow Choir

Christmas come and sing

18 December, 2023 at 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. University Chapel, University Avenue, G12 8QQ Come and Sing: festive edition! University of Glasgow Choir will be workshopping some well-known Christmas classics and some of their more challenging festive repertoire, and you can sing along to a selection of their favourite carols. Tickets – £12 (£6 […]

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Martina Evans, Mirrorball Showcase

martina evans

Thursday 14th December, 2023 Martina Evans live in the CCA Cinema & zoom online, supported by CD Boyland, James McGonigal, Medha Singh and David Ross Linklater. Also Secret Stanzas Festive Book Swap Time: 7pm-9pm (doors open at 6.45pm) CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3JD Tickets: £5 / £7 on the door / Mirrorball members go free Ages: 18+ Wheelchair […]

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Die Hard at GFT

die hard

Friday 8 and Tuesday 12 December, 2023 Buy tickets The most festive action film of all time, Die Hard is back at GFT for Christmas 2023. On Christmas Eve, NYPD officer John McClane (Bruce Willis in his prime) arrives in Los Angeles with the aim of reconciling with his estranged wife, Holly, at her work […]

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Christmas Fayre Gallowgate

christmas fayre

Come meet Santa at Free Christmas Fayre Saturday 9 December, 2023, 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. Morrison’s Supermarket Carpark, 5 Barrack St, Glasgow G4 0TZ – Outdoors but under Gazebo. Hosts; Friends of People’s Palace Winter Gardens and Glasgow Green and Morrisons Goody Bags Entertainment Balloon Modeller Superheroes Free Refreshments St Ann’s Children’s Choir All […]

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Scottish Writers Annual Christmas Speakeasy

annual christmas speakeasy swc

Tuesday, 12 December, 2023, 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. Club Room, CCA 350 Sauchiehall Street, G2 3DJ As we approach the end of 2023, Scottish Writers’ mic is open for one last time at their annual SWC Christmas Speakeasy! There is no specific theme but come along for a wonderful evening of Christmas stories, winter […]

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Thursday, December 7, 2023 | Filed under: Christmas in Glasgow, Pat's Home Page Blog

Carols in the Cloisters

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Tuesday 12 December, 2023 at 6.45 p.m. Come along to University of Glasgow, University Avenue, G12 8QQ and join  University of Glasgow Chapel Choir in carol singing in the beautiful cloisters. Everyone welcome. Event on Facebook

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White Christmas – Andre Rieu

andre rieu white christmas

2 and 3 December, 2023 The Grosvenor Cinema, 24 Ashton Lane, Glasgow G12 8SJ For many, Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year. This year it will come early with André Rieu’s cinema special White Christmas—a celebration you will never forget. From the first jingled bell, you will be immersed in the incomparable […]

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Friday, December 1, 2023 | Filed under: Christmas in Glasgow, Cinema

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