What's On

Friday 16 January

• 12.00am

  Various Glasgow Venues
  Music

  Family Cèilidhs

  Various Glasgow Venues

  Family Cèilidh Concerts
• 2.00pm

  Scottish Music Centre
  Talks

  Merchant City Trad Trail 2026

  Scottish Music Centre

  Join Glasgow Music City Tours for the Merchant City Trad Trail as they share tales of the songwriters and storytellers who have shaped the city’s vibrant folk culture.
• 7.30pm

  City Halls - Recital Room
  World

  Amal Kaawash: Songs from the Palestinian Tradition

  City Halls - Recital Room

  Wild Gazelles - A Musical-Storytelling Performance
• 7.30pm

  SWG3
  Indie

  RuMac and Jarad Rowan

  SWG3

  Explosive accordionist fuses traditional roots with high-octane rock anthems
• 7.30pm

  Emirates Arena
  Americana

  Emmylou Harris with Special Guest Jim Lauderdale

  Emirates Arena

  Farewell Tour from the Queen of Americana with a crystalline voice fusing folk and country rock.
• 7.30pm

  Cottiers Theatre
  Americana

  Grant-Lee Phillips and Niamh Corkey

  Cottiers Theatre

  An intimate evening with an Americana legend and soulful troubadour
• 7.30pm

  Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
  Orchestral

  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra & Special Guests: Beyond The Tradition

  Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

  Orchestral power meets roots music, going Beyond The Tradition
• 7.30pm

  Òran Mór
  Traditional

  Falasgair with HEISK

  Òran Mór

  Self-penned tunes with a mix of traditional and contemporary beats
• 7.30pm

  The Barony Hall
  Indie

  Katie Gregson-MacLeod and Sophie May

  The Barony Hall

  Viral indie-folk and pop, blending poetic storytelling with haunting melodies
• 7.30pm

  Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, New Auditorium
  Traditional

  NAFCo 25th: Mary Frances Leahy, Astro Bloc, Darach and the NAFCo House Band

  Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, New Auditorium

  A fusion of trans-Atlantic fiddle styles with contemporary flair