The Pearce Institute, Community Festival 2023
Saturday 21 October, 2023
All day event from Noon until 10 p.m.
The festival is free and no tickets required, just turn up on the day.
The Pearce Institute, 840-860 Govan Rd, Govan, Glasgow G51 3UU
Programme
12-3pm – Great Big Govan Gala 2023 in the McLeod Hall
Featuring live music, circus performers, face painting, stalls, community groups, raffle and more!
1-4pm – Govan Youth Theatre Arts Workshops (aged 5 to 12) in the Fairfield Hall
Featuring 1 hour workshops:
1-2pm – Street Dance with MLU Squad
2-3pm – Circus Skills with the Juggling Gent
3-4pm – Drama from Govan Youth Theatre
3-5pm – PI Drag Bingo with Geezah in the Cafe
Join one of Glasgow’s best known drag queens Geezah for 2 hours of bingo, performance, and belly laughs!
Prizes to be won!
7-10pm – Diversity Disco in the McLeod Hall – The disco enables people with disabilities to come together, socialise and have a dance with friends in a safe, relaxed and friendly environment. We’ll be playing hits new and old and there’s prizes to be won for the best dancer!
For all ages.
This section: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Prevous page or post | Next page or post
Written by : Pat Byrne
Publisher of Pat's Guide to Glasgow West End; the community guide to the West End of Glasgow. Fiction and non-fiction writer.
Related Pages
- The Way We Were
- Harold and Maude at GFT
- Wuthering Heights at GFT
- Take 2: The Mighty Ducks
- GFT – February Programme 2026
- Glasgow Film Festival 2026 Industry Focus – Full Programme Announced
- Programme Announced Glasgow Film Festival 2026
- Scrievan and Scran – An Evening of Spoken Word
- True and Bold Concert: Tribute to Dick Gaughan
- Glasgow Film Festival 2026 – Marilyn Monroe 100
- Free Tours Alasdair Gray Archive
- Hidden Histories at the Hunterian, LGBTQIA
- Celtic Connections 2026 – Final Week
- Lily Dunn, Creative Conversations University of Glasgow
- Celtic Connections: Junior Brother
- Take 2: Gabby’s Dollhouse at GFT
- WestFest 2026
- Platform Spring Big Band Tea Dances with Jon Ritchie and the Swing Sensation
- The Bad Actors, The Clutha Bar
- Kim Richey and Carla J. Easton at Cottiers
