What’s on in Glasgow this week: 28 September – 5 October 2026
Glasgow has 11 events on this week. Most of them are concerts and theatre performances. Here is what is on, who it suits and how to plan your days out.
For music fans
Choose between Niall Horan: Dinner Party Live On Tour at OVO Hydro (Monday, 18:30), Nicotine Dolls at Glasgow Garage (Monday, 19:00) and Megan Moroney - The Cloud 9 Tour at O2 Academy Glasgow (Monday, 19:00), plus 4 more in the listings above.
For a night at the theatre
Choose between A Play, A Pie and A Pint: Whaur’s Yer Wullie Shakespeare Noo? at Oran Mor (Monday to Tuesday) and A Slice of the Pie: A Scratch Night at Oran Mor (Monday, 19:00).
Something different
There is one pick: Venue Premium - Niall Horan - Dinner Party Live On Tour at OVO Hydro (Monday, 18:30).
Planning your days out
Most start between 18:30 and 19:00, which leaves time for dinner first. All of them are within 3 km of the centre.
Monday is the busiest day, with 7 events.
Glasgow this week: quick answers
What’s on in Glasgow this week?
11 events, including A Play, A Pie and A Pint: Whaur’s Yer Wullie Shakespeare Noo? at Oran Mor, Niall Horan: Dinner Party Live On Tour at OVO Hydro and Venue Premium - Niall Horan - Dinner Party Live On Tour at OVO Hydro.
Which venues are busiest?
Oran Mor (3 events), OVO Hydro (2 events) and O2 Academy Glasgow (2 events).
Where to go in Glasgow: events, concerts, games and shows worth your night
Glasgow is the music city of Britain by the numbers: more gigs per head than anywhere else in the country, a ballroom whose sprung floor every touring band wants to play, a UNESCO City of Music title, and an audience with a reputation for being the loudest in Europe. Below is where to go in Glasgow for a night out, with addresses, and what tends to be on when.
Concerts and live music in Glasgow: the Barrowland, King Tut’s and the Hydro
The Barrowland Ballroom (244 Gallowgate, barrowland-ballroom.co.uk) is the one, a 1934 dance hall with a sprung floor and 1,900 people who know every word; King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut (272a St Vincent Street) is where Oasis were signed and new bands still are; the OVO Hydro on the Clyde takes the arena tours, and the SEC Armadillo and the Royal Concert Hall (Sauchiehall Street) the seated ones. The Old Fruitmarket, the Garage, Stereo and Nice N Sleazy fill in the rest.
Glasgow nightlife: Sauchiehall Street, the Merchant City and Finnieston
Sauchiehall Street has the clubs, Sub Club (22 Jamaica Street) chief among them, one of the oldest clubs in the world still going; the Merchant City the bars and the Old Fruitmarket; Finnieston the restaurants and cocktail bars. Bars close at midnight or 1, clubs at 3; the subway stops at 11.30 (6 on Sundays), so it is buses and taxis late on.
Theatre, opera, ballet and comedy in Glasgow
Scottish Opera and Scottish Ballet play the Theatre Royal (Hope Street); the King’s takes the musicals, the Citizens in the Gorbals produces new work, and the Tron and the Tramway stage the experimental. The Stand on Woodlands Road is the comedy club, and the Glasgow International Comedy Festival fills March.
Sports in Glasgow
Celtic at Celtic Park and Rangers at Ibrox, the Old Firm derby four times a season; Scotland at Hampden Park; and the Glasgow Warriors rugby at Scotstoun. Celtic and Rangers tickets go through the clubs; the cup ties and internationals are the ones on open sale.
Museums and galleries in Glasgow
Kelvingrove, the Gallery of Modern Art on Royal Exchange Square, the Burrell Collection in Pollok Park and the Riverside Museum are all free; the Hunterian holds the Mackintosh house, and the Glasgow International biennial fills the city with contemporary art in even years.
Glasgow festivals and events by season
- Winter: Celtic Connections, eighteen days of folk and roots music across the city in January, and Hogmanay on George Square.
- Spring: the Glasgow International Comedy Festival in March, and the Glasgow Film Festival.
- Summer: TRNSMT at Glasgow Green in July, the Merchant City Festival, and Pride.
- Autumn: the Scottish Opera and Ballet seasons opening, Sonica, and the Old Firm derbies.
Things to do in Glasgow tonight and this weekend
The listings above are the live version of all this: every concert, show, game, club night and exhibition on in Glasgow tonight, tomorrow and this weekend, with times, prices and tickets, updated every hour.
