Kelvingrove Bandstand Events Tuesday 29 July - Sunday 3 August 2014 Events Key: • Comedy • Film • Literature and • Theatre • Dance and • Gaelic Spoken Word • Visual Arts Physical Theatre • LGBT • Music • Exhibition • Family • Sporting Event • Talks

Restored to its former glory, this charming open-air venue is situated in the West End of the city in the picturesque Kelvingrove Park, adjacent to the Lawn Bowls arena and close to the renowned Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum. We highly recommend a visit to experience a wonderful array of events including live music, comedy, dance, film and children’s entertainment. Enjoy our tasty wood-fired pizzas and a refreshing drink from our bar while you soak up the sun and enjoy the unique atmosphere. All events are free apart from our screening of the Closing Ceremony on Sunday 3rd August. Follow directions to the Lawn Bowls on public transport.

Tuesday 29 July • Gaelic Storytelling with 10.30am to 11.15am • Bowling Club by Janie Nicoll 3.00pm to 3.15pm Catriona Lexy Campbell Artist Janie Nicol’s film about the people for whom the Celebrating our diverse Scottish tongue, author and actress game of Lawn Bowls is more than just a sunny summer’s day Catriona Lexy Campbell reads some of the best Gaelic pastime. writing for children. • Archive film from Scottish 3.15pm to 4.00pm • Tam Dean Burn presents 11.30am to 12.30pm Screen Archive Books On A Bike! A selection of archive footage from the Scottish Screen Tam Dean Burn cycles back into the Bandstand for more Archive, chosen to complement Janie Nicol’s film. Julia Donaldson tales, this time including Wilma Kennedy reading the Gruffalo in Gaelic alongside the Scots and Live Sport on the Big Screen 5.00pm to 7.00pm English versions. Catch the latest sporting action from the Commonwealth Games. (Please note no alcohol can be served during this Big Bandstand Knit 1.00pm to 5.00pm time due to Licensing restrictions. Soft drinks available) Calling all knitters for a Knitting B - B is for Bandstand! Enjoy the entertainment whilst you knit one, purl one or learn the • ’s 7.15pm to 9.15pm basics with one of our hosts. (1983, 111 mins, PG) ‘Without question the most charming British film of the • Senior Citizens Orchestra 2.00pm to 2.45pm 1980s’. (Film4) Musicians from the unstoppable Glasgow Senior Citizens Orchestra bring their fantastic repertoire to the Bandstand. • Rachel Hair Trio 9.15pm to 10.00pm ‘’ Utterly spellbinding..full of subtle delights and innumerable charms.” ( NetRhythms)

LET’S CELEBRATE TOGETHER CLOSING CEREMONY PARTIES – SUN 3 AUGUST Glasgow Green Live Zone & Kelvingrove Bandstand Live Music – Food and Drink – Live Screenings of the Ceremonies Buy your tickets now – Call 0141 353 8000 to book tickets or buy from the Box Office at City Halls or the Museum Shop in the People’s Palace

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Wednesday 30 July Thursday 31 July

• Storytelling with Paraig MacNeil 10.30am to 11.15am • Alex McCall 10.30am to 11.30am Storytelling with Paraig MacNeil, who tells stories of Scottish Alex McCall reads from his Kelpies Prize winning novel, the history from memory, punctuated by verse and song, riddle cracking tale Attack of the Giant Robot Chickens! (for 8+) and rhyme. • Visual art screening programme 11.45am to 12.45pm for children • The Little House of La 11.30am to 12.30pm Artist David Sherry screens a unique programme of art The Little House of La make groovy tunes for your tiny tots! works your children will love.

• Big Big Sing at the Bandstand 2.00pm to 3.30pm • Kids arts and crafts workshop 1.00pm to 3.30pm Do you love to sing? Then Big Big Sing at the Bandstand is Kids arts and crafts drop in workshop - come down and for you! make something Bandstand inspired! Children must be accompanied by an adult. Live Sport on the Big Screen 5.00pm to 7.00pm Catch the latest sporting action from the Commonwealth • Scottish Refugee Council presents 3.45pm to 4.10pm Games. (Please note no alcohol can be served during this A View From Here (25 mins) time due to Licensing restrictions. Soft drinks available) Glasgow’s skyline is changing. As the high flats are demolished, what happens to the memories of the people who lived there? • The Veloninos 7.30pm to 8.00pm The Veloninos kick off a stellar line up of folk talent. • Lahore Ceol Mor featuring 4.15pm to 5.00pm Mischa Macpherson Trio • Michael McGoldrick, John McCusker 8.15pm to 9.00pm An inspirational collaboration between the Mischa and John Doyle MacPherson Trio and classical musicians from Glasgow’s Michael McGoldrick, John McCusker and John Doyle are twin city Lahore. simply internationally respected folk musicians at the top of their game. Live Sport on the Big Screen 5.00pm to 7.00pm Catch the latest sporting action from the Commonwealth • Breabach 9.15pm to 10.00pm Games. (Please note no alcohol can be served during this ‘One of the finest folk bands on the scene’ (Songlines time due to Licensing restrictions. Soft drinks available) Magazine)

• Authors Live at the Bandstand 7.30pm to 9.00pm In a very special literature event, some of ’s best loved authors read their commissions for the Bandstand.

• Horse 9.15pm to 10.00pm Acclaimed singer- songwriter Horse returns to the Kelvingrove Bandstand - twenty five years after her first performance there.

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Friday 1 August Saturday 2 August

• RSPB present Animal Athletes! 10.30am to 11.30am • Storytelling with Gerry Durkin 10.30am to 11.15am Take part in some fun sports themed activities whilst learning Gerry Durkin reads from ‘A River of Stories’ – a book of oral about the amazing animals in the Commonwealth. tradition tales from a range of Commonwealth countries.

• McOpera Brass in the Park ( 5+) 11.45am to 12.30pm • Glasgow Gaelic School 11.30am to 11.50am McOpera Brass in the Park – a musical extravaganza for The fantastically talented pupils from Glasgow Gaelic your budding virtuosos, with BBC Radio Scotland’s Jamie School’s orchestra perform. MacDougall.

• Hillhead High School 12noon to 12.20pm • Imagine It 12.45pm to 1.00pm The fantastic Hillhead High School Soul Band take the stage Imagine It tells the story of young people in Glasgow and entertaining us with their young musical talent. how the Commonwealth Games have inspired their hopes and aspirations. • Funky Shepherds of Lesotho 12.45pm to 1.30pm The Funky Shepherds come to the Bandstand all the way • Kids arts and craft workshop - 1.00pm to 3.00pm drop in! from Lesotho! Kids arts and crafts drop in workshop - come down and make something Bandstand inspired! Children must be • Voicebeat Choir 2.00pm to 2.30pm accompanied by an adult. Voicebeat is a Partick-based world music community choir who sing traditional songs in unaccompanied harmony. • Africa in Motion film screening 3.00pm to 4.00pm Children from Uganda, Ethopia and Tunisia feature in these • The Ha Orchestra 3.00pm to 3.45pm family friendly films from the Africa in Motion (AiM) Film Festival. The Ha Orchestra is a Pan African Arts Scotland, Community Central Halls and GRAMNET collaboration in music for children and adults. • The Scokendia Ensemble 4.10pm to 5.00pm Young instrumentalists and composers from Scotland, Kenya • Willie Campbell 4.15pm to 5.00pm and India connect, collaborate and perform together. ‘If anyone’s going to steer Gaelic music away from lazy lowland pigeon holing then it’s Willie Campbell’. ( The Live Sport on the Big Screen 5.00pm to 7.00pm Herald). Catch the latest sporting action from the Commonwealth Games. (Please note no alcohol can be served during this Live Sport on the Big Screen 5.00pm to 7.00pm time due to Licensing restrictions. Soft drinks available) Catch the latest sporting action from the Commonwealth Games. (Please note no alcohol can be served during this • Bill Forsyth’s 7.30pm to 9.05pm time due to Licensing restrictions. Soft drinks available) (1980, 93 mins,12) Bill Forsyth’s first major feature has all warmth, intelligence • Monica Queen` 7.30pm to 8.30pm and humour of his later works. “One of the greatest ever voices to come out of Scotland” (Gary Lightbody, ) • Remember Remember 9.15pm to 10.00pm Signed to ’s Rock Action label, Remember • James Grant 9.00pm to 10.00pm Remember perform their beautifully crafted aural landscapes. James Grant, one of the best regarded contemporary Scottish songwriters, brings his sublime song-writing talent to the Bandstand.

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• Kelvingrove Bandstand Closing Party 5.00pm to 11.00pm The Kelvingrove Bandstand hosts a very special evening of live music leading up to the screening of the Official Closing BUY YOUR Ceremony of the Commonwealth Games.

Live Sport on the Big Screen 5.00pm to 6.00pm TICKETS NOW! Catch the latest sporting action from the Commonwealth Games. (Please note no alcohol can be served during this time due to Licensing restrictions. Soft drinks available) www.glasgowconcerthalls.com

• Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra 6.00pm to 7.00pm 0141 353 8000 Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra present their new commission created especially for our closing ceremony or in person at the Box Office programme.

• Sirens of Titan 7.15pm to 7.45pm at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall The West End’s own Sirens of Titan choir brings some classical masterpieces to the Bandstand. and City Halls, Candleriggs

• McOpera Ensemble 8.00pm to 8.45pm The stunning McOpera Ensemble perform works by Edward Elgar and Frank Bridge. Tickets £10/£5

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