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Interesting news · Tuesday 28 July

Free gigs and £10 shows as Merchant City Festival doubles up

Glasgow · from glasgowlife.org.uk

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Merchant City Festival ran from 24 July to 2 August, stretched across two weekends this year with backing from the Glasgow 2026 Festival, the cultural programme running alongside the Commonwealth Games.

Free live music filled the Old Fruitmarket, Candleriggs Square and Clydeside Commons at The Briggait every Friday, Saturday and Sunday of the run, with a programme spanning Gaelic song, folk, jazz, indie and late-night club events. A series of headline shows at the Old Fruitmarket was priced at a flat £10.

The festival sat within a much wider programme: more than 150 free events across all 23 of Glasgow's wards this summer, from new public artworks to come-and-try sport sessions.

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