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Merchant City Festival is Back!

For three days this Glasgow Fair, the streets of the Merchant City will be packed with loads of free events, performances, live music on the Social Hub stage, food trucks and a market

Check out the full programme at https://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/merchant-city-festival

Merchant City Road Closures, 18th -20th July

Merchant City Festival will bring a riot of life and colour to the area over the three days. As a result, there will be some road closures in place from 6.00am on Friday 18th July to 11.59pm on Sunday 20th July:

• Brunswick Street for its full length
• Bell Street between Candleriggs and Walls Street
• Candleriggs for its full length
• Garth Street for its full length – local access to resident parking
• Wilson Street between Glassford Street and Candleriggs
• Hutcheson Street for its full length

The same streets will have prohibitions on waiting, loading and unloading from 3.00pm on 17th July through until 11.59pm on 20th July

Merchant City Festival – Drop-in Session

The Merchant City Festival team will be hosting a drop-in session in the central courtyard of Merchant Square on Candleriggs on Wednesday 2nd July between 6pm and 8pm. Everyone in the area is welcome to pop-in and find out about the logistics and arrangements for this year’s festival.

Have your say – Title Celebrations

Kaukab Stewart MSP, who represents our area, has been meeting with local businesses, residents, and community councils to hear how title celebrations on Glasgow’s Trongate have impacted those within the area. Following these meetings she convened a meeting with the SPFL CEO, Celtic FC, Glasgow City Council, Police Scotland and Community Councils at Hampden Park to discuss what plans could be put in place for end of season celebrations.

“Whilst these discussions were constructive, disappointingly, no plans were put in place for this year, however further discussions are to take place where I will do my utmost to have formal plans in place for future years away from the city centre. “

A survey has now been launched where anyone impacted by the title celebrations in the last few years can make representations. Visit https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScwywPFAbgIax69f5Fk301YfPb5GqgdOwKJZPcHQd8piaKaiw/viewform?usp=header to take part.