Celtic Connections

Celtic Connections est un festival de musique né en 1994 à Glasgow, en Écosse, et qui se tient tous les ans en janvier. Avec plus de 300 concerts, ceilidhs, conférences, événements gratuits, sessions et ateliers tard le soir, le festival se concentre sur les racines de la musique traditionnelle écossaise et présente également des artistes internationaux de folk, roots et world music. Le festival est produit et promu par les salles de concert de Glasgow. Donald Shaw, membre fondateur de Capercaillie, a été nommé directeur artistique de Celtic Connections en 2006, rôle qu'il a occupé jusqu'en 2018. Les musiques celtiques et la dimension panceltique du festival sont mis en avant. Un programme éducatif est au cœur du festival, qui voit des milliers d'écoliers assister à des concerts gratuits le matin pour écouter de la musique live. Celtic Connections continue également d'encourager les nouveaux et les jeunes talents à travers sa série de concerts Young Tradition et New Voices, et à travers le concours Danny Kyle Open Stage. Tous les soirs du festival, une fois les concerts terminés, le Celtic Connections Festival Club prolonge la fête jusqu'au petit matin. Aucun programme n'est annoncé à l'avance et le club est réputé pour ses collaborations ponctuelles entre musiciens apparaissant au festival. Celtic Music Radio diffuse le festival dans la région de Glasgow et sur Internet. Celtic Music Radio diffuse environ 7 heures de direct sur le site chaque jour. Cela comprend des entrevues avec des artistes, des critiques et des avant-premières de concerts et la couverture en direct de concerts, y compris la scène ouverte Danny Kyle.

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Celtic Connections

The Celtic Connections festival started in 1994 in Glasgow, Scotland, and has since been held every January. Featuring over 300 concerts, ceilidhs, talks, free events, late night sessions and workshops, the festival focuses on the roots of traditional Scottish music and also features international folk, roots and world music artists. The festival is produced and promoted by Glasgow Life. Donald Shaw, a founding member of Capercaillie, was appointed Celtic Connections Artistic Director in 2006. At the core of the festival is the Education Programme, which sees thousands of school children attend free morning concerts experiencing live music ranging from Burns to spiritual and blues. Celtic Connections also continues to foster new and young talent through its Young Tradition and New Voices series of concerts, and through the Danny Kyle Open Stage competition. Every night of the festival, once the concerts are over, the late-night Celtic Connections Festival Club runs through to the small hours of the morning. No programme is announced in advance, and the club is renowned for one-off collaborations between musicians appearing at the festival.

Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

Glasgow Royal Concert Hall is a concert and arts venue located in Glasgow, Scotland. It is owned by Glasgow City Council and operated by Glasgow Life, an agency of Glasgow City Council, which also runs Glasgow's City Halls and Old Fruitmarket venue. The structure forms a major part of a building complex which incorporates the Buchanan Galleries shopping mall.

Statue of Donald Dewar

A statue of the Scottish politician Donald Dewar stands on Buchanan Street in Glasgow city centre. The statue was unveiled on 7 May 2002 by the prime minister of the United Kingdom, Tony Blair. It was sculpted by Kenny Mackay. The statue is 9 feet in height. Dewar is depicted wearing spectacles and his "characteristic stoop and crumpled suit". The statue was unveiled on 7 May 2002 by the prime minister of the United Kingdom, Tony Blair in front of a crowd of several hundred people. At the unveiling of the statue Blair said that Dewar's " ... compassion, his fundamental decency and his deep sense of social justice defined his entire approach as a politician" and described him as a "transforming moderate". The former leader of Scottish Labour, Wendy Alexander, said that the statue was " ... magnificent, the setting and the angle of it ...It's wonderful but it's not what he was when he was at his most exhausted". The statue was taken down in October 2005 to be cleaned, and was re-erected on 6-foot (1.8 m) high plinth in December in an effort to protect it from vandalism.

St Andrew House

St Andrew House (now styled as the Premier Inn Glasgow Buchanan Galleries) is a prominent 18–storey high rise building situated on West Nile Street in the city of Glasgow, Scotland. The 71-metre (233 ft) building was completed and opened in 1964 as an office building, however, it was purchased by Premier Inn hotel chain owners Whitebread Hotels in 2008. Work commenced to refurbish the building in 2010 to turn the vacant office space into a budget hotel. The building reopened as a Premier Inn, named Premier Inn Glasgow Buchanan Galleries, in October 2012. At 71 metres (233 ft), St Andrew House is currently the 15th tallest building in Glasgow, behind the 73 m (240 ft) Glasgow City Chambers and ahead of Hilton Glasgow at 70 m (230 ft).

Glasgow Empire Theatre

Glasgow Empire Theatre, known as the Glasgow Palace Empire until the early 1900s, was a major theatre in Glasgow, Scotland, which opened in 1897 on the site of the Gaiety Theatre at 31–35 Sauchiehall Street. It was one of the leading theatres in the UK chain of theatres owned and developed by Moss Empires under the chairmanship of Sir Edward Moss, who served his apprenticeship in Greenock and elsewhere.