The Glad Cafe

1006A Pollokshaws Rd

G41 2HG, Glasgow

Upcoming events at The Glad Cafe

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  📅 Wed 18 Mar 19:30 - 22:30

  Skinny Dipping 04 x The Glad Cafe: Mélodie Blaison + Sara Mokrani + Sunsplit Stone

  Mélodie Blaison is a french artist, flutist and composer based in Brussels, integrating her classical training with experimental production. Sara Mokrani is a French-Algerian composer and sound designer who explores generative sounds from modular synths along with dreamy melodies

  https://www.thegladcafe.co.uk/events/7d43ae04-74d6-466c-82da-b3beb4ce25f6
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  📅 Thu 19 Mar 19:30 - 23:00

  Central Belters

  C'mon down lads, this one's for you (and everyone else tbh). Delighted to present...BLOKEAOKE. From Cinnamon to Springsteen, we welcome you all to the stage to showcase the raw masculine talent of our beloved fellas. With special guest host Saul Smith. 8pm Kick off at the Glad

  https://www.instagram.com/central_belters_karaoke/?hl=en
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  📅 Tue 24 Mar 19:30 - 22:30

  JC Leisure Group + Han + Noble Leisure

  JC Leisure Group presents the live-iteration of Liverpool-based composer JC Leisure's new work 'Low Tide, Hi Grypus!'. A project that activates the field-recordings of grey seal vocalizations, captured during an off-grid residency in Wales. Support from Han + Noble Leisure.

  https://www.thegladcafe.co.uk/events/5da594f4-6fe2-4852-8595-36b7f671eff3
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  📅 Thu 26 Mar 19:30 - 22:30

  Tony Bontana + Thom Dehli + ladé

  Tony Bontana is a Birmingham-based rapper, producer, and multi-instrumentalist who is a trailblazer in the UK's experimental scene. Support on the night from regular collaborator of Bontana's, Thom Dehli, as well as Scottish-Nigerian producer & DJ, ladé.

  https://www.thegladcafe.co.uk/events/23ec58b5-fd66-464e-9d29-c5e7362120ed
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  📅 Tue 14 Apr 18:30 - 20:30

  Bill Orcutt + Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh

  The Glad Cafe presents legendary guitarist and composer Bill Orcutt, with special guest Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh. “Quite awe-inspiring, and unlike anything else I can think of.” Byron Coley, The Wire Magazine

  https://www.thegladcafe.co.uk/events/324beb6a-8d3e-4bdb-b646-920b69017724
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  📅 Wed 15 Apr 18:30 - 21:30

  Bhajan Bhoy + Radhika + Normal Service

  Pop Mutations & The Glad Cafe present: Bhajan Bhoy + Radhika + Normal Sevice

  https://www.thegladcafe.co.uk/events/b7c6dfc8-5e9a-4786-8b9e-b3cd2d25aa53
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  📅 Fri 17 Apr 18:30 - 21:30

  Raisa K + Raivo Sloan

  Raisa K (Good Sad Happy Bad), is a singer-songwriter, producer, and keyboardist from London. Her debut solo album ‘Affectionately’ was released in March 2025. She'll be joined on stage by Coby Sey and Pike. Support from Glasgow producer/musician Raivo Sloan.

  https://www.thegladcafe.co.uk/events/d326d8e8-9c75-49e6-bc3f-16fe2436db3b
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  📅 Fri 24 Apr 18:30 - 21:30

  EarthBall + L + Semay Wu & Seth Bennett

  EARTHBALL are a wild ensemble from Canada, mainly based on Vancouver Island. EarthBall's live shows epitomise their commitment to spontaneous composition, offering audiences a unique experience with each performance.

  https://www.thegladcafe.co.uk/events/e82d6f0f-08e2-40f8-96d9-f72649c50c80
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  📅 Sun 26 Apr 18:30 - 21:30

  claire rousay

  claire rousay’s music cascades from a well of documented experience, reflections of the past that compose the present. A prolific multi-instrumentalist, producer, and composer, rousay gracefully crafts boundaryless music.

  https://www.thegladcafe.co.uk/events/38d910fb-0c4c-4ca9-99fa-d0fbefac1cda

Previous events at The Glad Cafe

• Tue 10 Mar 19:00 - 23:00 2026 Spite House Presents: Zahra Haji Fath Ali Tehran, Rubie, Craggyland | https://www.thegladcafe.co.uk/events/2026-03-10-zahra-haji-fath-ali-tehrani-plus-rubie-the-glad-cafe
• Sun 1 Mar 14:00 - 17:00 2026 The Great Leap Forward, Normal Service | Matinee show. Doors at 2PM. Tickets £10.
• Sat 28 Feb 14:00 - 16:30 2026 Eddie Prévost / Silvan Schmid / Tom Wheatley (matinee) | Eddie Prévost - drums / Silvan Schmid - trumpet / Tom Wheatley - bass. The trio present a buoyant and elusive jazz, driven by referential investigation and an unorthodox approach to the warp and phase of rhythm.
• Fri 27 Feb 19:30 - 22:30 2026 Quitter + St Deluxe + Sulka | £10 advance tickets / £12 on the door. Level access through venue and entrance. Parking / drop off can be quite poor. Limited signage and can be low light but friendly staff able to assist. Ear plugs and seating available in venue space (just ask person on the door in venue).
• Sat 21 Feb 12:00 - Sun 22 Feb 16:00 2026 Document Weekender | Document's International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival returns for a 2-day fundraiser at The Glad Cafe, with documentary cinema on Palestine, Ukraine, borders & US populism. Fundraising for Medical Aid for Palestinians & Alarmphone Glasgow. £5 per film/£20 weekend pass
• Thu 19 Feb 19:30 - 23:00 2026 Central Belters | It's February at Central Belters and it is DATE NIGHT(date night in the expansive sense ofc ~ bring a date, meet a date, have a friend date, date yourself, date karaoke etc etc.)~ featuring experimental matchmaking karaoke formats !!! Free entry, get down early for a seat xx
• Sat 14 Feb 18:30 - 22:30 2026 Thorn Wych + Greet + Ancient Hostility + Bell Lungs | Drone-folk valentines at the Glad! Thorn Wych + Greet + Ancient Hostility + Bell Lungs Doors 6:30pm £14 / £10 / NOTAFLOF
• Wed 11 Feb 19:00 - 22:00 2026 Caleb Nichols + Ghost College + R.Aggs | Spite House presents: Caleb Nichols + Ghost College (it's a secret) + R.Aggs The Glad Cafe is an accessible venue including toilet facilities. This is a 14+ event. Under 18s must be accompanied by a responsible adult.
• Sun 8 Feb 12:00 - 23:15 2026 Low Rent - film Workshop - Our Lands, Lainey Dempsey, Harry Gorski-Brown, Claquer (Lisa fannen & Jer Reid) | £1-15 sliding scale. Wheelchair accessible venue w/ wheelchair accessible toilet.
• Sat 24 Jan 19:30 - 22:30 2026 mokusla + Muireann Levis + Ellie Ford | mokusla is an Irish vocalist, producer & multi-disciplined artist based in Glasgow. She blends folk, ambient dream-pop and electronics, crafting a sound that brings you into the Otherworld. Support from Ellie Ford + Muireann Levis. Part of Celtic Connections.
• Fri 23 Jan 19:30 - 23:00 2026 Central Belters | It’s Jan, it’s fresh and we’re SO back with our 2nd annual BURNS NIGHT BLOWOUT !!!!! Tartan encouraged, songs by Scottish artists please, check insta for inspos, cannae wait xxxxx Fri 23rd Jan, 19:30-23:00 at The Glad Café
• Wed 31 Dec 21:00 - Thu 1 Jan 01:00 2026 Hogmanay at the Glad // Curated by Intibint | Glasgow-based musician and artist Intibint has curated an incredible line-up for our Hogmanay party, including sets from: DIJA EYVE (live) INTIBINT MAVEEN RIA ANDREWS plus Henna by Iffat 9pm-1am // £15
• Sat 27 Dec 19:30 - 23:00 2025 Central Belters | It’s GOOCHEOKE! Many enquiries as to what this theme means. It’s simply a free for all karaoke night in the Christmas / New Year Gooch ofc! So sing your christmas number ones, your festive faves, your bestest belter of 2025,Bjorkaoke, a musical number? Free ENTRY as usual x
• Sun 21 Dec 13:00 - 16:00 2025 (Eric) Clipperton requests... Yolo Manolo + Robert Dallas Gray + Marcus Engwall | shoegaze, slacker pop lightly moody solo electric guitar left-field indie singer-songwriter musings
• Fri 19 Dec 19:30 - 22:30 2025 "If You're Gonna Do It, Do It Right!" An Evening of the Life and Song of George Michael | Join us for a festive evening celebrating the life & songs of George Michael - and raise some serious £££ for LGBTQIA+ charities! Some of Glasgow's hottest stars will each tackle a musical chapter from George's life, backed by a cracking live house band. Info: thegladcafe.co.uk
• Sat 13 Dec 19:30 - 22:30 2025 Jennfer Walton + Alliyah Enyo + Craggyland | Skinny Dipping 03 x Pop Mutations: Jennifer Walton + Alliyah Enyo + Craggyland ~ ‘mesmerising / melancholic / diary pop’ Quietly prolific DJ, producer, and all-around instrumentalist Jennifer Walton brings her bold and entrancing debut album ‘Daughters’ to Glasgow.
• Sun 30 Nov 19:30 - 22:30 2025 Roméo Poirier + Dialect + Emma Diamond (DJ) | Roméo Poirier is working in the field of electronic music, focusing on heavy processing of samples and digital collage. Dialect is the solo project of musician and composer Andrew PM Hunt. He assembles rich organic textures with evocative electro-acoustic environment.
• Thu 27 Nov 19:00 - 23:00 2025 Garúa Tango Club + Amulet | Experimental tango ensemble Garúa. Don't forget your dancing shoes and your sexy dance moves. Support from folk duo Amulet. £10
• Sun 23 Nov 20:00 - 23:00 2025 Felicia Atkinson | RADIOPHRENIA presents a brand new commission by experimental artist Felicia Atkinson
• Thu 20 Nov 19:30 - 23:00 2025 Central Belters | ömg it’s scorpio season + how else to celebrate but a night spent basking in the sounds of Björk and friends PJ Harvey and Tori Amos. FREE ENTRY as always. Book a table on ResDiary at Glad Cafe and include the name 'central belters' to get 10% off food!
• Mon 17 Nov 19:30 - 22:30 2025 Širom + Ollie Hawker | Slovenian avant-folk trio Širom + support from Glasgow-based composer Ollie Hawker (singing saw + electronics).
• Thu 13 Nov 19:30 - 22:30 2025 Phew + freddie Murphy | Phew is a legendary figure in Japanese underground music. Starting out in 1978 fronting one of Osaka’s earliest punk groups, Aunt Sally, and then going on to experiment with analogue electronics as a solo performer and collaborator.
• Sat 8 Nov 19:30 - 22:30 2025 Spike Fuck + Dancer + Sarah Meth | Performed with a rotating full band, Spike F*ck's new material draws from ‘70s glam, spiritual soul, and damaged rock and roll, but always filtered through Spike’s unmistakable voice: bruised, intense, poetic. £10/£12
• Thu 6 Nov 19:30 - 22:30 2025 NiCKY + Return Policy, Baby and company + Shark Week | NiCKY aka Nicky Harris is a London-based artist, composer, musician and former clown. NiCKY performs their collection of leftfield avant-pop, otherworldly piano ballads and profound love songs exploring queer vulnerability, identity, cruising, transformation and heartbreak.
• Tue 4 Nov 19:30 - 22:30 2025 Rattle + Jer Reid & Raymond MacDonald + The Chop | Rattle is an ongoing musical project concerned with experiments in rhythm, metre and tension. Katharine Eira Brown & Theresa Wrigley make up the Nottingham duo who with just drums and occasional vocalisations weave an expanse of percussive vortices. £12/£8
• Fri 31 Oct 19:00 - 23:00 2025 Phantasmagasm: Spooky Special! Maz & the Phantasms + Cheap Dirty Horse + Pink Pound | HALLO FROM THE UNDERWORLD!! 🦇💀 We’re crawling back out the crypt to bring you PHANTASMAGASM: HALLOWEEN SPOOKY SPECIAL FOR ALL THE GAY AND LAZY GLASGHOUL SOUTHSIDERZ🎃✨ A night of g-g-g-glam, queer chaos & freaky antics 🌕🕸️ + theatrics, ambiance and more spectacles
• Thu 30 Oct 19:30 - 22:30 2025 Ben Bertrand + Shell Company + alexis p.s (DJ) | The Glad welcomes experimental composer Ben Bertrand (Stroom) + Manchester/Glasgow trio Shell Company (new album coming out via Accidental Meetings) + alexis p.s DJ set. £12/£8(low income)
• Sat 25 Oct 18:30 - 21:30 2025 Sound Thought Presents: Standard Issue & Ollie Hawker, Mathias Arrignon | An evening of experimental chamber music featuring singing saw with Standard Issue & Ollie Hawker, whose programme will include Ollie’s new commission “What I thought I knew to be true was not! But I still love it.“ Support from Mathias Arrignon.
• Sat 25 Oct 13:00 - 15:30 2025 Natural Information Society | A special matinee gig with Chicago-based ensemble Natural Information Society. Realizing compositions by composer Joshua Abrams, the group's core quartet includes Abrams, Lisa Alvarado, Mikel Patrick Avery & Jason Stein. Minimal/Jazz/Experimental.
• Fri 24 Oct 18:30 - 21:30 2025 Daisy Rickman + support (tba) | Daisy Rickman is a multidisciplinary Visual Artist and Musician from Cornwall, UK. Merging the realms of Folk and Psychedelia, her music transmutes something between both an ode to her homeland and the cosmos that holds us.
• Wed 22 Oct 18:30 - 21:30 2025 Sam Moss + Quinie | Sam Moss is a musician based in Staunton, Virginia. He has played hundreds of shows around the country and shared bills with Jake Xerxes Fussell, Joan Shelley, Diane Cluck, Doug Paisley, and others. Quinie is a Scottish singer who sings traditional song in Scots language.
• Thu 16 Oct 18:30 - 22:00 2025 Central Belters, Pink Pound | Eeek! It's Autumn which means one thing...pumpkin spice lattes and SPOOKYOKE!! All the leaves are brown and all the leaves are brown 🍂 This month DJ Bean will be joined by the Special Guest Host and scary diva Andrew Milk!! Twilightcore encouraged. 7:30 - 11pm FREE ENTRY
• Mon 13 Oct 18:30 - 21:30 2025 Me Lost Me + Otis Jordan | Me Lost Me is the project of Newcastle-based artist Jayne Dent who takes influence from folk, art pop, noise, ambient and improvised music. Otis Jordan makes experimental folk music with a range of acoustic instruments, electronics, field recordings and homemade instruments.
• Sat 11 Oct 13:00 - 15:30 2025 Hyelim Kim meets GIO | GIO & Glad are delighted to welcome Hyelim Kim, a prolific awarding improviser composer, and solo performer of the Korean daegeum flute. Renowned for her innovative intercultural and interdisciplinary approaches rooted in Korean traditional music. £8 / under 18s go free
• Wed 8 Oct 18:30 - 21:30 2025 Milan W. + Tristanne | The Glad Cafe & Pop Mutations presents: Milan W. + Tristanne Wed 8th Oct at The Glad Cafe
• Sat 4 Oct 18:30 - 22:00 2025 Jasmine Wood + Dip Friso + James Marrs | Jasmine Wood is an American composer, producer and multi-disciplinary artist based in Dublin, Ireland. Wood initially developed her craft within the Pacific Northwest DIY scene, curating all-ages venues in her hometown Portland, Oregon.
• Tue 30 Sep 18:30 - 21:30 2025 Amulet, Freda D'Souza and Louray | A night of ambient experimental folk with Glasgow-based acts Louray and Amulet, serving long form electronic soundscapes; and London-based Freda D'Souza offering up sonic meditations finding infinite detail in intricate repetition. Tickets £10 - Accessible venue
• Thu 25 Sep 18:30 - 21:30 2025 Alan Licht | The Glad Cafe presents legendary experimental composer / avant-rock guitarist, Alan Licht. Plus special guests TBA.
• Sat 20 Sep 18:30 - 21:30 2025 NikNak + LINTD | The Glad Cafe present Leeds-based turntablist and sound artist NikNak and musician/composer/producer LINTD (one FFO Space Afrika, Klein, Iceboy Violet).
• Wed 17 Sep 19:00 - 21:00 2025 Knitting Circle, The Chop, Count Florida | Spite House presents KNITTING CIRCLE (members of Milky Wimpshake, Red Monkey, Crumbs & No Fit State) Knitting Circle play socially-conscious and urgent post-punk with near-spoken-word vocals, sharp-ass guitar lines, kinetic bass, sci-fi synth swathes, and taut angular drums.
• Sun 14 Sep 18:30 - 21:30 2025 Aya Gloomy + Mahne Frame | Pop Mutations presents: Aya Gloomy + Mahne Frame + Pearling + VLURE (DJ set) Sunday 14th September The Glad Cafe 18+ Self-produced and from Shinagawa, Tokyo, Aya Gloomy, has been conspicuously world-building in the Eastern hemisphere since 2018. Her wildly hooky pop melodies an
• Fri 12 Sep 18:30 - 22:00 2025 Central Belters | WAKE UP BELTERS IS BACK! Summer break’s over and it’s back to school season which means it’s back to SHOWBUSINESS for you and us! September’s edition is all about songs from FILMS and MUSICALS (a long time coming). So come to the cabaret old chum lol. FREE ENTRY as always x
• Mon 8 Sep 18:00 - 21:00 2025 Ailie Ormston + UZGANC Choir | Ormston presents a brand new work written for a self-contained arrangement of electric guitar and tape(s). Support from UZGANC, a choir based in Govanhill which learns and performs new music for voices. Level access available, disabled toilet by the bar area.
• Sun 24 Aug 12:00 - 15:00 2025 M. John Henry, Yoker Moon, Thoughtfox | Matinee all ages show. £8 in advance / £10 on the door. £4 for under 18s.
• Fri 22 Aug 18:30 - 21:30 2025 Jackie-O-Motherfucker + Dome Riders | Pop Mutations presents: Jackie-O-Motherfucker + Dome Riders Friday 22nd August The Glad Cafe 18+ Jackie-O Motherfucker was founded by Tom Greenwood in the mid 90’s, the group has had more than forty members over the years drawn from the U.S. experimental scene, notably Natalie M
• Sun 17 Aug 13:00 - 14:30 2025 Semispecific Ensemble | Semispecific Ensemble are very pleased to team up with the glad cafe to offer up an afternoon of unusual sounds for everyone. Cosmological folksong wound round a woozy-fluid collage of concrète, kosmiche, free jazz and machine funk. All set to beguiling live animations from karo
• Thu 14 Aug 18:30 - 21:30 2025 Walt McClements + Amulet | Walt McClements is an accordionist, multi-instrumentalist and composer based in Los Angeles. His solo compositions focus on processed accordion, creating patient and emotional meditations that nod to drone and ambient music.
• Thu 7 Aug 18:30 - 21:30 2025 Madalitso | The Glad Cafe presents Malawian babatone/guitar duo Madalitso + support (tba)
• Wed 6 Aug 18:30 - 21:30 2025 Daniela Huerta + Canaan Balsam | Born in Mexico, Daniela Huerta is a Berlin-based multimedia artist, composer, and researcher. Exploring the intersection of sound and consciousness, Huerta channels mythology and storytelling into a richly layered artistic practice .
• Sun 27 Jul 19:00 - 21:00 2025 Tim MacGabhann, Jane Deasy and Neil Quigley | Tim MacGabhann - reading from his new book 'The Black Pool: A Memoir of Forgetting" and live sets from Jane Deasy and Neil Quigley.
• Sat 26 Jul 18:30 - 21:30 2025 Sheherazaad | Sheherazaad is an American performer-composer, whose contemporary folk-pop synthesis joins the new wave of South Asian diasporic soundscapes.
• Sun 13 Jul 18:30 - 21:30 2025 Autocamper + Radhika + Lyndon Blue | Pop Mutations presents Manchester's jangle-pop band Autocamper with special guests Radhika + Lyndon Blue
• Fri 27 Jun 18:30 - 21:30 2025 The Thicket + Neil Quigley + Empty Bucket Method | A strange new acapella work from Bristol-based sound artist Yas Clarke, The Thicket is an intricate, rhythmic and melodic text score, composed for four voices. Support from Neil Quigley + Empty Bucket Method (new project of Fritz Welch, Kevin Leomo & Stewart Houston).
• Sat 14 Jun 18:30 - 21:30 2025 Adventure Team, Dancer, Homeworlk | Pop Mutations & Heavenly Creature records presents... Adventure Team Dancer Homework 14/06/2025 The Glad Cafe 18+ Adventure Team are an International Pop Underground band from Berlin. Jonathan, Juan & Ian. “In Giraffe” out now on @heavenlycrecs.
• Thu 5 Jun 18:30 - 21:30 2025 Ben Vince + Laurie Pitt + Lauren Sarah Hayes | Ben Vince is a composer and performer from Nottingham, known for his live improvised saxophone explorations and inventive techniques in creating new rhythms, textures and moods.
• Tue 3 Jun 18:30 - 21:30 2025 TENGGER + mokusla | TENGGER is a traveling musical family, made up of Korean/Japanese couple, itta and Marqido, with son Raai, who create their brand of psychedelic New-Age drone magic through the use of harmonium, voice, and toy instruments (played by itta) and analogue synths (played by Marqido).
• Sat 31 May 18:30 - 21:30 2025 Nika Son + Nina (DJ) + Luke Fowler | Nika Son is a musician, artist, film composer, curator and DJ. Influenced by Musique Concrète and the outer space of electronic music, she plays with modified and fragmented concrete sounds, interwoven with analog and digital synthesis, broken rhythms, voices and modulated tape.
• Fri 30 May 19:00 - 21:30 2025 Patio + Normal Service | Pop Mutations presents New York three-piece Patio + Glasgow heroes Normal Service live at the Glad.
• Thu 29 May 18:30 - 21:00 2025 Central Belters | A sing-what-you-want fundraiser special with Keeks and Extra Special Guest Host SGÀIRE WOOD! We’ll be fundraising for Pal Action Scotland + Excuse My Beauty, to materially support those taking political action for a free Pale5tine, and those seeking gender affirming care.
• Sun 25 May 18:00 - 21:00 2025 Gaelynn Lea + Evie Waddell | Gaelynn Lea is an American folk singer/violinist and Disability advocate. Since winning NPR Music’s Tiny Desk Contest in 2016, Gaelynn Lea has captivated audiences around the world with her haunting original songs and new takes on traditional fiddle tunes.
• Sun 18 May 12:00 - 15:00 2025 Moviegoer + Trequartista + Puppet Midnight | (Eric) Clipperton requests… Moviegoer Trequartista Puppet Midnight Matinee show - all ages 1-4pm £8
• Fri 16 May 18:30 - 21:30 2025 Quade + Milkweed | Quade are a four-piece from Bristol. Signed to AD 93 label the group semi-jokingly describe their sound as “doomer sad-boy, ambient dub, folk, experimental post-rock”. Milkweed are a London-based 'slacker trad' duo.
• Wed 14 May 18:00 - 22:00 2025 nonclassical presents: Harry Górski-Brown, Isa Gordon + Norman Willmore | nonclassical heads north to present a mix of eclectic sounds coming from three Glasgow-based, Scottish artists. Harry Górski-Brown, Isa Gordon and Norman Willmore will each perform solo sets featuring electronics, bagpipes, saxophone, vocals + more. £6/£8
• Wed 7 May 18:30 - 21:30 2025 Hachiku | Melbourne dream-pop outfit plus local loves. 18+
• Fri 2 May 18:30 - 21:30 2025 Ultramarine + The Shell + Georgine Penstkart | Ultramarine are the London & Essex-based electronic duo, Ian Cooper and Paul Hammond. Formed in 1989, their early releases were issued on the seminal Brussels-based label Les Disques du Crépuscule. In 2023, Blackford Hill released 'Send and Return’.
• Sun 27 Apr 18:30 - 21:00 2025 Tartine de Clous | Revelatory, unaccompanied, francophone traditional song by candlelight. Tartine de Clous are a trio who travelled to, collected from, and sang with, many of the singers and tradition bearers of the “Revival Folklorique”.
• Sat 26 Apr 18:00 - 20:00 2025 Gender Chores + Pink Pound + SEER | Gender Chores. Northern Ireland, UK. just some heavily caffeinated punks with a double dose of DIY riot-grrrl SEER Glasgow hardcore Pink Pound Synth and bass
• Fri 25 Apr 18:30 - 21:30 2025 Heatsick + Cru Servers + Rotter Otter | Heatsick is the project of musician and visual artist Steven Warwick. Combining a palette of sources from early Chicago house mixtapes through to musique concrète and psychedelia, Heatsick proposes a live dance music that expands and unlocks the senses. £11 / pwyc
• Thu 24 Apr 18:30 - 22:00 2025 Central Belters | 🤡 It's the foolish month of April, the season of being a jester and having a laugh. Get down to GOOFY-OKE on Thursday 24th April at The Glad Cafe for a seriously unserious evening of whacky karaoke. Hosted by DJ Bean and Ratty Rae
• Wed 16 Apr 18:30 - 21:30 2025 Tennota & Rosa Anschütz + Muireann Levis | Tennota are London-based duo of Tom Wheatley & Grundik Kasyansky, together with Berlin-based vocalist and instrumentalist they present their new record 'Tornamented Walls' plus support from Irish Glasgow-based musicians and sound artist, Muireann Levis. Tix £11 / pwyc
• Fri 28 Mar 19:30 - 10:30 2025 Jer Reid, For A Year book launch with Audrey Bizouerne, Beth Edwards, Lisa Fannen, Rafe Fitzpatrick, Stevie Jones, Una MacGlone, Joseph Quimby, Joanna Stark, Luke Sutherland, Fran Till, Emer Tumilty | Doors 7:30 Performance 7:45 For A Year is a book of 366 haikus, one written each day. The performance will be Jer reading all the poems with the stellar musicians and dancers. Pay what you can afford £0-£20 Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1255554630699
• Thu 27 Mar 20:00 - 23:00 2025 Tartine de Clous | Revelatory, unaccompanied, francophone traditional song from a trio who travelled to, collected from, and sang with, many of the singers and tradition bearers of the “Revival Folklorique”.
• Thu 27 Mar 19:30 - 23:00 2025 Central Belters | FREE EVENT ~ On Thursday 27th March, the eve of mother monster’s birthday, we’ll be gathering for the MONSTER BALL - A LADY GAGA CENTRAL BELTERS SPECIAL !! Gaga all night!! Costume encouraged!! Live recreations of canonical performances!!
• Sat 15 Mar 19:00 - 23:00 2025 Cerpintxt & Ruben Sonnoli / David Grubbs, Luke Fowler & Brunhild Ferrari | Doors 7pm, first act 8pm sharp. Limited capacity. Advance tickets through Eventbrite. Pay what you can: £0 / £2 / £4 / £6 / £8 / £10 www.radiophrenia.scot
• Sun 9 Mar 14:00 - 16:30 2025 R.Aggs and The Annette Street Drummers | All ages, tickets by donation! Matinee performance from Ray Aggs, and a showcase of The Glad Foundation's programme for 5 - 11 year olds, The Annette Street Drummers! Also crafts for the kids.
• Sat 8 Mar 19:30 - 22:30 2025 Jules Reidy + Competition + Isa Gordon | £12/pwyc Guitarist/composer Jules Reidy is a driver of Berlin’s fertile contemporary music scene. Explorations of microtonal mysticism and alternate tunings drawn from transcendental folk and minimalism inform Reidy's playful experiments with smudged pop melodics and sampling.
• Wed 5 Mar 19:30 - 22:30 2025 Jennifer Reid + Malin Lewis | £10 / pwyc Jennifer Reid is a performer of nineteenth century Lancashire dialect and Victorian broadside ballads. Support from multi-instrumentalist Malin Lewis. Malin melds Scottish West coast tradition with a newly invented, self-made bagpipe.
• Sun 23 Feb 20:00 - 23:00 2025 Man Rei, Ugnė Uma | A duo live show with Man Rei and Ugnė Uma. Distorted takes on experimental dream-pop twisting enigmatic vocals through uncanny wordplay. £12 adv / £14 otd
• Mon 17 Feb 20:00 - 23:00 2025 Contour + Special Guests | pop mutataions present... The Charleston, South Carolina artist Contour's body of work is evidence of a restless curiosity that culminates on his latest album and debut for Mexican Summer, Take Off from Mercy. Starting off as a beatmaker, Khari's vision has broadened over releas
• Sun 2 Feb 13:00 - 16:00 2025 Simone Antigone,Scott William Urquhart,Hospital Corner | Eric (Clipperton) presents…
• Thu 23 Jan 19:30 - 23:00 2025 CENTRAL BELTERS: Burns Night Blowout with Ratty Rae | BURNS NIGHT BLOWOUT WITH RATTY RAE, January’s Central Belters Karaoke special! Songs by Scottish Artists’s are highly encouraged, as is tartan donning!!! (Free!)
• Sat 11 Jan 19:00 - 23:00 2025 Martha Hill, The Positive Experience, Muireann Levis, Dance Moves for Friends, Medea, Eloise Birtwhistle, Gert Rude | Join us at The Glad Cafe for an evening of music, poetry, and performance to help raise funds for Ren Oisín's upcoming top surgery. Tickets are sliding scale, no one turned away for lack of funds!
• Sat 28 Dec 19:30 - 23:00 2024 Central Belters Kareoke | CENTRAL BELTERS FESTIVE BONANZA is HAPPENING on Saturday 28th December, 19:30-23:00 at The Glad Café !!!!! Come down and join us for some karaoke merriment in the so-to-say “gooch” of the festive season.
• Fri 6 Dec 19:00 - 23:00 2024 Dronehopper / Antonia Kattou / Stephen Chase / Richard Craig | Glasgow Experimental Music Series 10th Anniversary gig at the Glad Cafe. £10/£12/ PWYC OTD
• Sun 10 Nov 19:30 - 22:00 2024 Lost Communications 失絡之聲 An-Ting & Ian Gallagher + Lucian Fletcher | £12
• Fri 8 Nov 20:00 - 22:30 2024 Amy Hollinrake & Curlew | London-based Folk pop polymath Amy Hollinrake with special guest Curlew. Tickets are PWYC.
• Thu 7 Nov 19:30 - 23:00 2024 Hosted by Dj Bean and Keeks | Monthly queer-fronted karaoke night at @thegladcafe DEBUTING - Thursday 7th November, 19:30-23:00
• Wed 9 Oct 18:30 - 21:30 2024 Batsükh Dorj | BATSÜKH DORJ TUVAN THORAT-SINGING FROM MONGOLIA £14adv / £16 otd / NOTAFLOF
• Thu 26 Sep 18:30 - 21:30 2024 Network Music Glasgow + New String Collective + Susannah Stark & Band | 'this will be really great. I think you should come' - newly composed and improvised music from in and around Glasgow featuring Network Music Glasgow (Neil Quigley, Rachel Ni Chuinn + Simon Weins) + New String Collective + Susannah Stark. £8 / pwyc 7pm doors, The Glad Cafe
• Sat 14 Sep 18:00 - 21:00 2024 Vaiapraia, Raveloe, Even Sisters | Spite House presents... Vaiapraia plus Raveloe & Even Sisters! 16+ (under 18s must be accompanied by a responsible adult). An allocation of "pay what you can" tickets will be available on the door. No-one turned away for lack of funds.
• Thu 12 Sep 18:30 - 21:30 2024 Eilir Pierce’s Half-Time Show + Megalichen | Eilir Pierce brings his acclaimed 'Half-Time Show' back to Glasgow. Megalichen presents a symbiotic mix of woodwind, strings, and vocal harmonies. £7 in advance, £10 otd
• Wed 17 Jul 18:30 - 21:30 2024 Madalitso | Madalitso The Glad Cafe £12adv / £14 otd (NOTAFLOF) -- Madalitso band are a two man musical army from Malawi. Described as 'Uplifting and Vibrant' by the BBC, they get crowds beaming with wonder and on their feet dancing every time. Their first album was produced by Bongo Joe rec
• Mon 8 Jul 18:00 - 21:00 2024 Kilynn Lunsford, The Bomber Jackets, Guests | 14+ (under 18s must be accompanied by an adult). Pay what you can afford tickets available on the door at the event for anyone who would otherwise be unable to come. No one turned away for lack of funds. Advance tix also available online.
• Fri 21 Jun 18:00 - 22:00 2024 Lewsberg, Nightshift, Blue Kanues | £10 in advance Entry Requirements: Over 18s only
• Thu 6 Jun 18:30 - 21:30 2024 The Sensory Illusions + Aby Vulliamy | The Sensory Illusions are Bill Wells (guitar / piano) and Danielle Price (tuba). The bill also features special guest Aby Vulliamy performing a selection of Wells’ dream songs including the first performance of Dreams ’23. £10adv / £12otd
• Fri 31 May 20:30 - 22:00 2024 claire rousay (later show) | EXTRA SHOW ADDED! Pop Mutations presents: claire rousay live at The Glad Cafe Doors 9:30pm, show start 9:50pm (no support) Friday 31st May Tickets: £13 / £8 via popmutations.com
• Fri 31 May 18:30 - 20:00 2024 claire rousay (earlier show) | Pop Mutations presents: claire rousay live at The Glad Cafe Friday 31st May Doors 7:30pm, 8pm start Tickets: £13 general admission / £8 unwaged/low-income www.popmutations.com
• Thu 30 May 18:30 - 22:00 2024 Zung, Quinie | playing with improvised melody and form, folk song and instrumental-musical-chairs with members from Instruction Manual, Taupe, Mhenwhar Huws and the folk who bring you 1.5 Months. Clarsach, double bass, guitar, piano and percussion objects a-plenty. Support from Quinie
• Sat 25 May 18:30 - 21:30 2024 Andy the Doorbum | Andy the Doorbum's live performance is an immersive, otherworldly experience. A visceral exhibition that blurs the lines between a genre-bending concert, scenes of macabre theatre, ritual incantations of poetry, and unsettling expressions of performance art. Tix £8adv / £10 otd.
• Wed 8 May 18:30 - 21:30 2024 Lizabett Russo, Alisha Sha | Scotland-based singer-songwriter Lizabett Russo merges her native Romanian traditions with elements of contemporary jazz, avant garde folk and world music, a range of influence effortlessly spanned by her powerfully versatile voice. £10 in advance / £12 on the door 18+
• Mon 6 May 18:30 - 21:30 2024 Otto Wilberg, Robyn Haddon and Alexandra Shrinivas | £5 in advance Entry Requirements: Over 18s only