What's On in Glasgow & West of Scotland

Crafty Kids Pottery

Venue: Pather Artworks

Address: Wishaw

Website: www.culturenl.co.uk

Fun, skills-based class that offers drawing, painting, sculpture and ceramics. Enjoy some after school fun! Tuesdays, 4-5pm. Suitable for ages 8+. Book online or call 01698 274545.

Meet the Piper Summer Tours 2025

Venue: The National Piping Centre

Website: https://www.thepipingcentre.co.uk/visit/museum/meet-the-piper

Fridays and Saturdays @ The National Piping Centre 12noon each day £5 museum entry - tour included in cost Address: 30-34 McPhater Street, Glasgow, G4 0HW The Meet the Piper hosted tours are...

Loch Lomond Faerie Trail

Venue: Loch Lomond

Address: Luss General Store

Website: www.lochlomondfaerietrail.com

Join the delightful fairies as they embark on a magical journey through their enchanting woodland. Discover a brand-new adventure filled with whimsical faerie houses, sparkly faerie wings, magical mushrooms...

Autism Friendly Hours

Venue: Glasgow Science Centre

Website: www.glasgowsciencecentre.org

The Science Centre is an exciting place, bustling with loud sounds and bright lights so they will be lowering the volume and softening the lights to allow adults and children with autism, or other neurodiversities,...

City Sightseeing Glasgow

Venue: Glasgow City

Website: www.citysightseeingglasgow.co.uk

Open-top bus tour offering a choice of two tour routes exploring different areas of Glasgow. For Harry Potter fans, the cloisters at the University of Glasgow are a must-see. Tours leave from George Square...

Clyde Cruising Club Dinghy Section

Venue: Bardowie Loch, Off Craigmaddie Road, Milngavie

Website: www.cccds.co.uk

Bardowie has a well-deserved reputation as a family friendly club. Throughout the season there are activities such as open days, club regattas and class regattas. Their summer schools starts 30 June, six...

CoderDojo Coding Clubs

Venue: Various locations

Website: www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/coderdojo-coding-clubs

Go to your local library and find out how to make computer games, interactive stories, music, art, robots, apps and more! Glasgow Libraries now have a network of free coding clubs where kids can learn...

Discover - Make and create, handle and discuss objects

Venue: Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum

Website: www.glasgowlife.org.uk

Visit every Saturday to explore and learn from the museum collection. It's a chance to make and create, or handle and discuss objects. It's free hands-on fun designed for families with children. Meet in...

Elder Park Junior Parkrun

Venue: Elder Park

Website: www.parkrun.org.uk/elderpark-juniors

Parkrun organise free, weekly, 2km junior timed runs which are open to everyone, free, and are safe and easy to take part in. Please register before your first run. The aim is to have fun. Go along and...

Golf It!

Venue: 1240 Cumbernauld Road, Glasgow

Website: www.golf-it.com

On the banks of Hogganfield Loch, Golf It! offers a world of great value activities for all ages and abilities.The most popular attraction is the immersive, family-friendly Driving Range. Equipped with...

Kelvin Hall’s Soft Play and Clip ‘n Climb

Venue: Kelvin Hall

Website: www.glasgowlife.org.uk/museums/venues/kelvin-hall/play-and-climb

The Soft Play area is a colourful wonderland, packed with tunnels, slides, ball pits, and climbing zones - and for bigger kids and thrill-seekers, Clip ‘n Climb takes fun to new heights! Right in the...

Kids Chess Club

Venue: Pollokshaws Library

Website: www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/2/kids-chess-club

A weekly chess club for kids. Go and test your skills against other chess enthusiasts. Beginners and chess whizzes and everything in between all welcome! Every Tuesday from 6-7:30pm.Free, drop-in - no...

Saturday Art Club

Venue: Gallery of Modern Arts

Website: www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/28/saturday-art-club

Take inspiration from the artworks on display while trying out different materials and techniques. Includes drawing, painting, sculptures, printing and collage. Recommended for families with children 5...

Science Shows

Venue: Glasgow Science Centre

Website: www.glasgowsciencecentre.org

The live science shows are presented by science communicators and packed with exciting science demonstrations to captivate the whole family! Please note, science shows are offered on a first-come, first-served...

The Climbing Academy

Venue: The Newsroom, 124 Portman St, Kinning Park

Website: www.theclimbingacademy.com/locations/the-newsroom

The Newsroom (Kinning Park) offers bouldering for ages 5+ with a dedicated kids' wall including a slide, while The Prop Store (Maryhill) is home to a bright, purpose-built climbing space with options for...

Victoria Junior Parkrun

Venue: Victoria Park

Website: www.parkrun.org.uk/victoria-juniors

A free, fun, and friendly weekly 2k event for juniors (4 to 14 year olds). Free to join but register before you first go along. The aim is to have fun. Go along and join in whatever your pace! It is entirely...

Words of the Wild Competition

Venue: Scotland wide

Website: www.scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk

The Scottish Wildlife Trust is inviting people of all ages to tell their stories about Scotland’s wildlife and wild waters. Submissions can be in English, Scots or Gaelic and an adult and junior winner...

Nature Track Packs 

Venue: National Museum of Rural Life

Website: www.nms.ac.uk/events/nature-track-packs

Free Nature Track Packs are great tools for children on the walk to the farm. Each pack contains fun ideas, activities and challenges to inspire and engage all of the senses.Borrow a Nature Track Pack...

The Pirates of Paisley Summer Trail

Venue: Paisley Town Centre

Website: www.paisleyfirst.com

Treasure hunt around Paisley town centre - dodge sharks, mischievous monkeys, cannon balls in order to beat Captain Blackbrick to the treasure! Pick up a trail leaflet and your free activity sheet from...

Hutchie Holiday Club

Venue: Hutchesons’ Grammar School

Website: www.hutchesons.org/our-school/hutchie-holiday-club/

Hutchesons’ Grammar School offers a fun-filled Hutchie Holiday Club open to children aged 4 – 16 from all schools. Packed with fun and adventure, the multi-activity programmes ensure the summer break...

Movement Park Summer Camp

Venue: Movement Park

Website: www.movementpark.org.uk

Summer camp for P1 - P7. Drop off at 9am for 1 hour of creative club - lego, arts and crafts, games and puzzles. 10am - 3pm is movement camp - parkour, ninja, skateboarding, roller skating.ild skills.Mon...

Dinosaur World Live

Venue: Pavilion Theatre

Website: www.trafalgartickets.com/pavilion-theatre-glasgow

Grab your compass and join the intrepid explorer across uncharted territories to discover a pre-historic world of astonishing (and remarkably life-like) dinosaurs. Meet a host of impressive creatures,...

Fun Science Glasgow West Holiday Clubs

Venue: Partick Glasgow and Houston Renfrewshire

Website: www.fun-science.org.uk/glasgow-west/holiday-clubs

5-star Summer holiday clubs for children aged 5-9 years with exciting themes including; Volcanoes, Space and the Human Body! Book a space for one day or enjoy the full 3 days for a discounted rate.  Discounts...

Summer Super Spotter Challenge

Venue: RSPB Lochwinnoch

Website: www.rspb.org.uk

July is a great time to find lots of creatures out and about. Use your wildlife spotting skills to see how many creatures on your activity sheet you can find, discover cool stuff about them and claim your...

Youth Festival

Venue: An Tobar and Mull Theatre

Website: www.wildaboutargyll.co.uk/events

Reflections is a vibrant and welcoming celebration of the arts, perfect for curious kids, and young ones who want to join in the fun. This exciting programme includes dance, drama, stage design, and theatre...

Pop Princesses World Tour

Venue: Pavilion Theatre

Website: www.trafalgartickets.com/pavilion-theatre-glasgow

A Magical show where beautiful Princesses become Pop Stars. This is the children’s pop concert with a big difference. The four fabulous Fairy tale Princesses are back, and this time they are on their...

Grado's Big Family Wrestling Bash

Venue: Beacon Arts Centre

Website: www.beaconartscentre.co.uk/events/splat

Combining the thrills of professional wrestling with the humour and charm of panto-style entertainment, Grado's Big Family Wrestling Bash offers a unique, fun-filled experience for fans of all ages.Featuring...

Splat!

Venue: Beacon Arts Centre

Website: www.beaconartscentre.co.uk/events/splat

Set in an artists studio the show follows two aspiring artists one dedicated and serious the other erratic and messy. The two characters attempt to complete their masterpieces whilst antagonising each...

Tarbert Seafood Festival

Venue: Kintyre and Gigha

Website: www.tarbertfestivals.co.uk

Look out for the street entertainment and take part in some of the workshops, the emphasis is on family fun! Sunday afternoon is all about music with ‘Beer on the Pier’. Head to the quay for some great...

Hame'll dae me

Venue: National Library of Scotland

Address: Kelvin Hall

Website: www.nls.uk

Journey through the last 100 years of trains, boats, cars, bikes and hikes. There will be craft activities, Lego activities, a transport trail, a film quiz and films from their moving image archive to...

Horrible Histories - Terrible Tudors and Awful Egyptians

Venue: Theatre Royal Glasgow

Website: www.atgtickets.com

We all want to meet people from history. The trouble is everyone is dead! So it’s time to prepare yourselves for two amazing shows with Horrible Histories live on stage! Using actors and eye-popping...

The McDougalls: Magic Castle

Venue: Pavilion Theatre

Website: www.trafalgartickets.com/pavilion-theatre-glasgow

A fun-filled wizarding adventure packed with singalong songs like Incy Wincy Spider, If You’re Happy and You Know It and Old MacDonald Had a Farm. The McDougalls have risen to become the country’s...

Tom Fletcher & Dougie Poynter's The Dinosaur That Pooped

Venue: Beacon Arts Centre

Website: www.beaconartscentre.co.uk

Adapted from the number 1 best-selling books by Tom Fletcher and Dougie Poynter, the whole family will have a poopy good time enjoying a brand, new story for the stage. Featuring new songs by Tom and Dougie,...

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Venue: Kelburn Castle and Estate

Website: www.kelburnestate.com

It’s Midsummer’s eve and deep in an enchanted forest mischief is stirring. The Fairy King and Queen are feuding, four runaway lovers are tying themselves in knots, and a troupe of quite appalling actors...

Magic Gareth: Balloonatic!

Venue: Paisley Arts Centre

Website: www.oneren.org/whats-on/events/magic-gareth-balloonatic

One of the UKs top Family Entertainers comes to PAC! With over 10 million views online, Gareth is a Balloonatic, and proud of it! This is an exciting family show with balloons, games, prizes, and mindblowing...

Merchant City Festival

Venue: Various venues

Website: www.glasgowlife.org.uk/whats-on/merchant-city-festival

Bringing arts, circus, dance, live music and more to the streets and venues of the Merchant City, during Fair Fortnight. With lots more information to come, you can take a sneak peak of what to expect...

Archaeology Day

Venue: National Museum of Rural Life

Website: www.nms.ac.uk/events/archaeology-day

Meet the team from Treasure Trove Scotland and find out all about their work to investigate and assess new archaeological discoveries. Learn about some of the latest finds in Scotland, then try your hand...

Festival of Archaeology

Venue: Kilmartin Museum

Website: www.kilmartin.org

Includes object handling of replica Bronze Age artefacts,18 & 25 July. Harpathon on 23 July - a 'drop in' event where the children will be playing their harps with the aim of raising money towards the...

How to draw your dragon

Venue: National Library of Scotland George IV Bridge

Address: Kelvin Hall

Website: www.nls.uk

Discover a wealth of dragons from around the world in this fun family workshop. Enjoy dragon stories and get creative with author Theresa Breslin and illustrator Kate Leiper.All materials will be provided....

Milkshake! Live On Holiday!

Venue: Airdrie Town Hall Stirling Street

Website: www.culturenl.co.uk/milkshake-live-on-holiday

Join your favourite Milkshake! friends on Holiday with Smurfette, Dora, Pip and Posy, Blue from Blues Clues and You!, Milo, Milkshake! Monkey plus a Milkshake! presenter for an all-new adventure! It’s...

A Squash and A Squeeze

Venue: Beacon Arts Centre

Website: www.beaconartscentre.co.uk/events/a-squash-and-a-squeeze

A heartwarming and hilarious adventure, full of beautiful puppets and enchanting songs. Written and illustrated by the unparalleled picture book partnership of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, and adapted...

Inveraray Highland Games

Venue: Inveraray Castle

Website: www.inveraray-games.co.uk

The Games celebrate Scotlands rich culture and heritage with field and track events, piping, highland dancing competitions and heavyweight events. As well as the solo piping competition which runs the...

Tutankhamun Glasgow: An Immersive Experience

Venue: SEC Centre

Website: www.tutankhamunexperience.com/glasgow

Tutankhamun: The Immersive Exhibition brings Ancient Egypt to life like never before, offering a cutting-edge 90-minute journey back in time. Featuring 8-metre high video projections, VR experiences,...

The Wizard of Oz : Youth Edition

Venue: Theatre Royal Glasgow

Website: www.atgtickets.com

Join Dorothy and her loyal companion Toto as they Follow the Yellow Brick Road through the Land of Oz, determined to reach the Emerald City. Along the way, Dorothy encounters a Scarecrow with no brain,...

Family and Community Open Day

Venue: Bridgeton Bus Garage

Website: www.gvvt.org/family-community-open-day

Visit on Family Day and experience the newest attractions – Your Wee Happy Bus has cab, bell, sounds and ticket machine. It’s a sure hit with youngsters. SIM 1 is for bigger kids and adults. The three-screen,...

Fireman Sam Live! The Great Camping Adventure

Venue: Airdrie Town Hall

Website: www.culturenl.co.uk/fireman-sam-live-the-great-camping-adventure

Norman wants to go on an adventure, so when two famous animal explorers arrive in Pontypandy, he decides to follow them into the mountains. But when Norman discovers a rare red squirrel, one of the explorers...

Ministry of Science LIVE - Science Saved The World

Venue: King's Theatre, Glasgow

Website: www.atgtickets.com

Join the presenters as they dive deep into the world of science and look at how science shapes the modern world we live in with a few loud bangs along the way!100% Educational. 200% Entertaining. 300%...

The Great Baldini - More Family Magic

Venue: Paisley Arts Centre

Website: www.oneren.org/whats-on/events/the-great-baldini-more-family-magic

Legendary magician the Great Baldini and his unruly magical menagerie explodes chaotically across the stage with this all-ages magic show. It’s a family theatre experience, full of magic, puppetry, slapstick...

Assembly Festival

Venue: Various venues

Website: www.assemblyfestival.com/venues

Assembly Festival returns to the Edinburgh Fringe this August with a programme of 220+ shows featuring circus, theatre, magic, children's shows and much more.

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Venue: King's Theatre, Glasgow

Website: www.atgtickets.com

Starring X-Factor winner Joe McElderry as the roof-raising Pharaoh, the smash-hit London Palladium production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat returns...

Zippos Circus

Venue: Glasgow Queens Park

Website: www.zippos.co.uk

Zippos Circus is back with an all-new 2025 show and have no price increases so you pay the same as in 2024! The show is packed with edge-of-your-seat thrills. From Italy, they have the very funny Mr Lorenz...

Holiday Roller Discos

Venue: Rollerstop

Address: 139 Middlesex St, Kinning Park

Website: www.rollerstop.co.uk

Rollerstop the one and only roller rink in Glasgow. Get your skates on, spin around the rink, dance to the music under the sparkling disco lights.Tuesday to Friday 12-2pm and 2-4pm (12-4pm). Entry + Skate...

Lochgilphead Celtic and Pictish Festival

Venue: Lochgilphead Front Green

Website: www.facebook.com/CeltPict/?locale=en_GB

Interactive family fun featuring, battle re-enactments, weapons demos, living history, music, crafts and more. Kilmartin Museum team will be running a stall and activities at this event.

The McDougalls: Pirate Adventure

Venue: Queen's Hall, Dunoon

Website: www.wildaboutargyll.co.uk

Join the crew of Auntie Aggie, Max and Morag the Rabbit and help them search the seven seas looking for the lost treasure! Packed with singalong songs such as Row Row Row Your Boat and A Sailor Went to...

Dinosaur Adventure Live: The Big Jurassic Storm

Venue: Eastwood Park Theatre

Website: www.ercultureandleisure.org

The adventure of a lifetime awaits… take the family on a T-REX-IFFIC journey with their brand new dinosaurs, meet their roar-some babies and help the rangers save the Island. Are you brave enough to...

National Play Day

Venue: Summerlee Museum

Website: www.culturenl.co.uk/museums/summerleewhatson/summerlee-museum-events

A national celebration of play with lots of free activities for all the family. For full details visit the website.

Silent disco magic

Venue: National Library of Scotland

Address: Kelvin Hall

Website: www.nls.uk

There will be dancing, music and film clips from the amazing moving image archive. The Library will supply the headphones while you supply your funky moves and be transported through a century of dancing...

Artie’s Singing Kettle Scotland

Venue: Airdrie Town Hall

Website: www.culturenl.co.uk/arties-singing-kettle-scotland

Experience the magic of Artie’s Singing Kettle in Scotland! They return to the original, beloved Singing Kettle repertoire that has captivated audiences over the years. Enjoy timeless favourites like...

Dinosaur Adventure Live: The Big Jurassic Storm

Venue: Beacon Arts Centre

Website: www.beaconartscentre.co.uk

The adventure of a lifetime awaits… take the family on a T-REX-IFFIC journey with their brand new dinosaurs, meet their roar-some babies and help the rangers save the Island. Are you brave enough to...

Foodies Festival

Venue: Rouken Glen Park

Website: www.foodiesfestival.com

The Kids Cookery theatre gives children a chance to taste new flavours and learn basic cooking skills. Kids can try out cooking with specialist teachers who make learning fun! Free sessions will introduce...

Steam Fair

Venue: Summerlee Museum

Website: www.culturenl.co.uk/museums/summerleewhatson/summerlee-museum-events

Find out more about how to get involved with steam, see the steam fleet in action and enjoy all the usual Summerlee fun. For more information visit the website.

The McDougalls: Pirate Adventure

Venue: East Kilbride Village Theatre

Website: www.slleisureandculture.co.uk

Everyone’s favourite children’s theatre company presents a brand new swashbuckling singalong show for 2025. Join Auntie Aggie, Max and Morag the Rabbit as they set sail on a musical treasure hunt,...

Piping Live! Glasgow International Piping Festival

Venue: Various venues

Website: www.pipinglive.co.uk

A week-long celebration of piping at venues across Glasgow, including contemporary and traditional, solo and pipe bands, culminating in the World Pipe Band Championships. For more information visit www.pipinglive.co.uk

Cirque: The Greatest Show - Reimagined

Venue: King's Theatre, Glasgow

Website: www.atgtickets.com

Get ready for a dazzling fusion of musical theatre and jaw-dropping circus acts, taking the original Circus meets Musical Theatre spectacle to thrilling new heights. Featuring stunning vocalists and world-class...

Fireman Sam Live

Venue: Beacon Arts Centre

Website: www.beaconartscentre.co.uk

Norman wants to go on an adventure, so when two famous animal explorers arrive in Pontypandy, he decides to follow them into the mountains. But when Norman discovers a rare red squirrel, one of the explorers...

The McDougalls: Pirate Adventure

Venue: Airdie Town Hall

Website: www.culturenl.co.uk/the-mcdougalls-pirate-adventure

Everyone’s favourite children’s theatre company presents a brand new swashbuckling singalong show for 2025. Join Auntie Aggie, Max and Morag the Rabbit as they set sail on a musical treasure hunt,...

Paisley 10k and Fun Run

Venue: Paisley Town Centre

Website: www.oneren.org/paisley-10k

The event welcomes runners of all levels, from competitive athletes to enthusiastic fun-runners, to take to the streets of Paisley, passing through some of the town’s most iconic landmarks along the...

Mull of Kintyre Music and Arts Festival

Venue: Various Venues, Campbeltown

Website: www.wildaboutargyll.co.uk

An event for all the family which celebrates traditional and contemporary Scottish, Irish and Pan Celtic music. Based on the peninsula of Kintyre, the event has a great mix of free outdoor events, ticketed...

MND Scotland Fun Run Glasgow 2025

Venue: Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow

Website: https://mndscotland.org.uk/events/mnd-scotland-fun-run-glasgow-2025

MND Scotland are excited to announce not one, but two Fun Run charity events this year! The first event will take place in Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow and the second will be held in Lochore Meadows Country...