Local Venues
Local Venues
Merchant City and Trongate are home to some of Glasgow’s most vibrant cultural and events venues, offering a diverse range of theatre, music, and creative spaces. Whether you're looking for historic theatres, contemporary performance spaces, or unique event venues, this district has something for everyone.
Theatres
Britannia Panopticon
Situated on Glasgow’s historic Trongate, this music hall began life in 1857 at a time when Glasgow’s population was booming, and its streets were overcrowded with working folk desperate to be entertained.
Britannia Panopticon Music Hall is operated by a registered charity, The Friends of the Britannia Panopticon Music Hall Trust (SCIO). The aim of the charity is to promote and continue the legacy of the world’s oldest surviving music hall, advance its conservation, and ensure the building’s future as a viable visitor attraction, museum and working venue.
Theatres
Tron Theatre
At the heart of Glasgow city centre, the Tron Theatre delivers brilliant new contemporary theatre for the people of Glasgow, Scotland and worldwide and is a creative learning hub for the Scottish theatre community.
Theatres
Impact Arts/The Boardwalk
The Boardwalk is a vibrant, creative and accessible events venue in the heart of Glasgow’s Merchant City, which offers an array of meeting, performance, studio and event spaces for hire.
With a range of flexible spaces, including a 180-capacity theatre and 7 studios, we offer the perfect setting for a variety of activities, from corporate events and conferences to dance rehearsals, creative workshops, and captivating performances. Our diverse spaces cater to gatherings of 10 to 180 people, ensuring versatility and comfort for any occasion.
Events Spaces
The Briggait
The Briggait is a beautiful Grade A listed building in Glasgow’s medieval quarter, the Merchant City. The building was originally used as Glasgow’s fish market until the late 1970s. It was then converted into a shopping centre during the 1980s – this proved to be a temporary venture. In the 21st century it was converted into artists studios which opened to the public in August 2010.
Events Spaces
Trongate 103
Opened in 2009, Trongate 103 brings together an eclectic bunch of Glasgow institutions under one specially-built roof on the edge of the Merchant City. Residents including Project Ability, Glasgow Print Studios, Transmission, Project Rooms, Street Level Photoworks, Sharmanka and Cafe Cossachok grew up in the area from grassroots endeavour and have been rewarded with a bespoke arts centre.
The centre is welcoming, both in terms of its bright, airy interior and its super welcoming staff. As well as the aforementioned cultural and gastronomical institutions, Trongate 103 also plays host to ever-changing gallery exhibitions, performances, educational activities, photo developing suites, print studios and community education spaces.