southsidefestival

This Saturday we will be appearing at the Queens Park Farmers Market once again.  But this time it will be to launch this years festival program so no matter the weather please come by and pick up yours. This will be the fifth year of the festival and as always you will find something for everyone.  We have plenty of activities lined up for the very young, the not so young and everyone in between. So get your copy as soon as it is released.

Something we found on youtube.  Nothing like the festival procession to take your mind of sadder times.  This was shot by the Canave Brother’s  during their tour of the UK in 2010.  Just watch them get into the spirit of things as the procession passes in Victoria Road

Oh I cannae wait till the 26th May

Wanna a opportunity to Rock out on the main stage of the Southside Festival?  If you are from a rock, pop, jazz, soul or band then we would love to hear from you.  Do you think you could withstand the pressure of playing in front to an audience of between 8000 and 15000 people? If so get in touch.

The only restriction is that you must be from a local southside secondary school and available to play on Sunday the 27th May between 12 and 6pm.  But hurry as spaces will be limited in the line up.

If you have a band and are interested then please email southsidefestival.music@gmail.com and we will en-devour to let you know if you have made it to the main stage.

Oh are we excited and we hope you are to.  It gives us great pleasure to publish the first installment of entertainment at the Glasshouses for the 26th and 27th May.  The ever popular Acoustic Stage hosted by Southside Sessions is packed full music of to cater for every taste.

Acts include among others the Buddhist Punk, Jim Byrne & the Black Woods, Howling Radio, Pol Stevenson etc.  Visit the Glasshouses tab for a full listing and don’t forget to check back for updates on more music sessions to be announced.

Hi all it was great seeing everyone today.  We had a blast and hopefully you did to.  It was inspiring to hear so many people commenting on how they enjoyed the festival last year and that they would definitely be returning on the 26th and or the 27th May this year.  It was also interesting to hear from people who missed the festival last year and how they already had the date in their diaries for this year.  Good on you and we can’t wait to see you there.

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We will be at the Queen’s Park Farmer Market this Saturday 21st April 10.00am – 2.00pm.
We would love to see you there if you have questions about the festival or would like to be involved.
Have a chat – take some flyers – and distribute to friends, neighbours, your school, work colleagues – anyone you can think of…It’s all about spreading the message  … the festival is for everyone…

Hi all just a quick update on how things are going with the organisation to this years festival and to provide an opportunity to post a couple of reminders.  As all ways time is never on our side which means we try to focus on our objectives and get as much finalised as we can at each meeting.  Preliminary plans of the infrastructure for the festival will be discussed this week at a multi-agency meeting with Glasgow City Council and other relevant agencies.  Then this coming Saturday it’s of to George Street for a training session to cover forthcoming changes to Public Entertainment Licensing which will take effect from 1st April 2012.  Following this is discussions on what acts/entertainment we will require to occupy the Marquee’s and open spaces around the Festival grounds.

As you will appreciate there is a lot going on.  We are astonished by the number of requests that have been submitted via the enquiry form.  Rest assure we will be in touch as soon as we can.   Note also that we have organised another information/recruitment day on the 19th March details on the previous post.  We are especially looking for Volunteers to help out on the day with regard to stewarding, keeping the grounds tidy and providing information to visitors on whats on and locations of amenities.  Thanks to everyone who has been in touch already with an interest in volunteering – we will be in touch.

Many thanks to all those individuals who made the Southside Festival Participation Event last night at Queens Park Parish Church.  A lot of feedback was gathered and interest generated on how to take the festival forward and generate more interest.  We will be hosting another Participation Event on the 19th March from 7.30 at the Govanhill Baths @ 126 Calder Street, Govanhill. Glasgow. G42 7QR