Southside Fringe 10 -26 May 2013

For the last few years the Southside has held an annual Festival day in Queens Park in May, alongside a wee selection of smaller sister events. This has proved really popular with families but a group of artists/ musicians and writers felt that the wider and more diverse creative community of the Southside wasn't being tapped into and so this year they have teamed together to create the Southside Fringe.

This is a huge selection of different art and music events happening all around the Queens Park area (and wider abroad). It all looks great and includes walking tours, magic nights, book launches, film events, burlesque, circus performances, comedy and plays like Steaming about a group of woman coming together in Govanhill baths old steam room seeking a safe haven.

For the full round up check on southsidefringe.org.uk. It all kicks off this Friday coming so start planning, we're all in for a busy next few weeks. We'll post about some highlights over the next few days.

La Roche Rumba - 28 May 2011

This Saturday night La Roche Rumba will be at the Glasshouse's in Queens Park.. There will be  HRH and Sonny Marvello playing live, and also Thriftshop XL DJS SMC, Jamie Thomson and Ian Morton. Tickets are priced £9 and are available from tickets-scotland.co.uk or on the door on the night. 8pm - till late

We have four tickets to giveaway for the La Roche Rumba Gig - Just tell us What  your favourite Southside event is - in the comment section below 

We'll announce the winners on Friday morning.   Normal giveaway rules apply click here

Southside Festival - Gigs in the Glasshouses

 

On Friday 21st sees Carol Laula, Maeve Boyle and Robyn and Amie play at the Glasshouses. Doors open at 8pm and tickets are £10.

For the Second year running La Roche Rumba will be part of the Southside Festival with a night at the Glasshouses in Queen's Park. They'll be presenting Pooch, Brand New Bag, Carnivale Fatale and the Rumba DJ's on the main night of the festival. Sounds like a great night and will sell out quickly so get your tickets soon.Doors open at 9pm Tickets £7

Sunday night the festival presents JJ Gilmour along with Acoustic Butterfly and Zemmy. Doors open at 8pm and tickets are £10

All Tickets can be purchased from http://www.tickets-scotland.com/  or Tel 0141 204 5151. Tickets can also be purchased on the door.

For more Southside Festival 2010 Events click here

QPCC - Open Studios, Exhibtion and Talks 22/23 May

There are so many interesting and unique places in the Southside to explore but  the Queens Park Camera Club, on Millbrae Rd in Langside, has been on my list for a long time. It's a great facility, I have to confess I have all these romantic notions of photographers working away, discussing ideas and being creative. So I was delighted  when Michael Mclean from the Camera Club, let me know of their plans for an open studio day with an exhibition and talks.

QPCC are organising their exhibition as part of the Southside Festival, alongside Art in the Park, on the weekend of the 22/23 of May. With an extra special event happening on the 23 May ...which I know about but I can't tell you sorry... I promised, maybe I'll give you a clue nearer the time.

“Queen's Park Camera Club is delighted to be part of this year's Art In The Park, which takes place right at the end of another busy year for the us. The festival gives us an opportunity to open our club rooms on Millbrae Road to the public and to exhibit our recent work, as well as a selection of prints from the club's extensive archive. This year we will also be staging 3-D slide shows at 1pm & 3pm on both the Saturday and Sunday. These will be given by our resident expert in stereoscopic photography, Denis Alyshev, who will show images from his travels in Russia, Japan and Scotland all in amazing 3-D. Over the weekend, members will be in the club rooms to give you more information on our activities and to let you know about an exciting project we are currently working on in association with Glasgow City Council.”

Saturday 11pm-5pm

Sunday 11pm - 5pm

QPCC

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Art in the Park 22 - 23 May

Art in the Park is a free temporary exhibition housed within the Victorian Glasshouses in Queens Park. Now in its second year, the show will run over the weekend of the 22/23 May 2010. Opening times are Saturday 11am – 6pm and Sunday 11am – 4pm. The exhibition is part  of the Southside Festival, and  last year’s exhibition attracted in excess of 2,000 people.

Julie Smith - Ceramics

The event supports both established and emerging Glasgow Artists. Some of the many artists displaying work at this years show include Patricia Cain, winner of this year’s Aspect prize, Paul Kennedy, Joe Hendry, Rosalind Lawless, Simon Laurie, Sam Carter, Julia Smith and Alexandra Milsom The show encompasses paintings, sculpture, photography, ceramics and prints.

Patricia Cain

The RGI will be taking part in Art in the Park to promote the aims and activities of the Institute in supporting contemporary artists to show their work in the city. They will be exhibiting postcard-size pieces of work from artists including Rosalind Lawless, Simon Laurie and Patricia Cain.

On Saturday, there will be music by the Moonshiners, Hatfiz with Cara Robinson and the Ballachulish Hellhounds, while on Sunday afternoon there will be live Jazz throughout the afternoon with Joni Keen and Bobby Deans. Art in the Park, and all live music, is free.

Boys Don't Cry by Joe Hendry

Also contained within or around Art in the Park is: the Langside College End of Year Show, Print for a Pony, GIA exhibition of Queen's Park  Bandstand competition finalists, Greenview Photography Club and Queens Park Camera Club open day and Exhibition.

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Southside Festival 2010

The Southside Festival 2010 will be happening on Saturday 22 May at the recreation grounds at Queen's Park with lots of marquees catering to all needs, a large fun procession, a host of great music events, Art in the Park at the Glasshouses and Comedy at The Shed. The website has just relaunched where you can read a copy of the events programme and find out about how to get involved.

Albert Drive Open Studios and Exhibition

On the 16th of May, Albert Drive Studios are throwing open their doors and inviting you in to have a look through the studios, chat to the artists, browse the exhibition of work and view the new installation piece, situated in their garden.

We were fortunate a few months back to meet Hilary, who set up and runs the studios and had a tour of the studios and garden. This is a fantastic opportunity to have a look around these studios and talk to some really interesting artists and designers; like the textile artists, Mouse and Bean  and Sans Facon. The studios are open from 11am - 4pm and it's free

We will have a public art piece from artists 'Sans Farcons', which will be out in the garden. We also have work by 'Mouse and Bean', textile designers. Jewellery by Nicola Green.And Patricia Berry, who is a Milliner. Also an Installation piece ' Bodego Bay', from Hilary Nicoll and Mickey O'Connor.

Most areas of the House will be open for visitors to wander around.

There is also going to be a Vintage Clothes Sale from Zoe and Shantha. If its a nice day, we will have the clothes sale in the garden, but if its raining, then that will be up in the Attic space with Homemade Lemonade and Cookies.

To read our previous post on the studios click here

Mini Film Festival at Pollokshaws Burgh Hall

As part of this years Southside Festival, Pollokshaws Burgh Hall  and the Scottish Cinema Organ Trust will be hosting a mini film festival, during the month of May. The festival opens on the 2nd of May with the silent movie Hunch back of Notre Dame, accompanied by the SCOT Wurlitzer cinema organ.  Last years silent film, The General, was a sell out and it was a really unique experience watching the film along with the cinema organ, it's a very different sound to the church organ. Tickets are £5 and the film starts at 2.45pm

Also showing as part of the festival is a series of David Lean films.
9 May - Brief encounter, the 1945 film about a woman who meets a man in a railway station and is tempted to cheat on her husband
23 May - Great Expectations, the oscar winning film about a humble orphan suddenly becomes a gentleman with the help of an unknown benefactor. 
6 June - Doctor ZhiVago, the 1965 film about the life of a Russian doctor/poet who, although married, falls for a political activist's wife and experiences hardships during the Bolshevik Revolution.

Tickets for the David Lean Films are £4 or a trilogy ticket is £10. Tickets can be booked by calling Pollokshaws Burgh Hall 0141 632 5811