‘Exclusive community ticket price offer for melting pot this weekend!’
Inside: An incredible limited offer for 50% off Melting Pot tickets this Sunday, Our new heritage echobition is live at Tramway for FREE, Glasgow 850 special walking tours, and more!
Happy Friday!
Mikael here from Greater Govanhill, looking forward to a very exciting weekend with the team as we get ready to celebrate completing issue 18 with folks over at Melting Pot on Sunday! And, the best part is you can celebrate with us too because we have got an exclusive 50% off on all Sunday tickets! More info below.
For a while now, we have been running our ‘Friday Fives’ over on our WhatsApp community, a weekly list of our top 5 picks of events & happenings in the week, and have been thinking about creating an events guide as a subsidised version of our normal news guide. As such, here are some of our top picks coming up in & around Govanhill for you to get involved in.
Hope to see you on Sunday!
Best,
~Mikael 💛
What’s On this Week?
Melting Pot is back and we have an EXCLUSIVE 50% discount for you!
Optimo (Espacio) have joined forces with Melting Pot once again to descend upon the Queen’s Park Recreation Ground this Sunday 4 May. Celebrating the May Day bank holiday with a bang, bringing together a weekend of incredible DJs and live music for the Queen's Park Spring Weekender '25!!
Joining the legendary Glaswegian party starters on the Sunday are none other than the formidable Catalonian Synth Laden Industrial Duo - Dame Area, the wonderful Edinburgh Post Punk Outfit - Bikini Body, a true bastion of Sound System Culture - bona fide Dub Reggae legend Aba Shanti-I, local hero & Radio Buena Vida resident Nightwave PLUS TWO super rare b2b sessions from stage hosts Optimo (Espacio) with House music hero The Blessed Madonna & Phantasy Records boss Erol Alkan!
It is always wonderful to have an opportunity to dance on a Sunday under the glorious Southside Sun and make the most of that Monday off work!
AND the wonderful folks over at Melting Pot & Optimo (Espacio) have very kindly provided us with a LIMITED number of HALF PRICE Sunday Tickets for our glorious Govanhill community via the link below 👇
https://ra.co/events/1923389?p=SouthsideSunday
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No Pride in Genocide
No Pride in Genocide Glasgow are protesting Glasgow Pride Ltd's ‘pinkwashing’ of Glasgow Pride tonight at 7pm on John's Street. This marks the launch of their campaign of 5 demands that they, “as the local queer community of Glasgow” are making to the organisers of Pride in Glasgow. These have been published in an open letter to gather signatures here
Stories From Our Streets
Stories from our Streets exhibition opens at Greater Govanhill’s Community Space at Tramway. The heritage exhibition features videos and an interactive map but at its heart is the photographic project capturing the diversity of the neighbourhood, One Day in Govanhill.
Told through 17 rolls of film, this exhibition captures one autumn day in the neighbourhood, told through analogue photography, short films and community stories.
The exhibition is FREE to attend during Tramway’s opening hours, at 25 Albert Drive, and will be on display for the next few months!
Glasgow 850 Radical Years
Walk through 850 years of radical history in Glasgow! From the Cathedral down High St (the city's oldest street) to Glasgow Cross, through what was once known as the New Town before the 1980s rebrand transformed it into the Merchant City, to finish up in George Square.
The walk will take around 2 hours and will cover a distance of 1.5 miles.
If you would struggle to walk this distance, please keep an eye out for our George Square tour which will be running later in the year. This has been developed with minimal walking and more opportunities for seated breaks.
Pricing: Glasgow Radical Tours charges for public tours mainly to prevent no-shows. If you are able, then contributing at the solidarity rate helps cover their costs of researching and delivering the tours. If the cost is in any way a barrier to you taking part, please set the price to 20p or drop them a line and they will sort you out with free tickets.
Thursday 8 May, 10:30-12:30pm
Tickets are available here.
Swip & Swap Party
Prepare for a fabulous opportunity to swap 10 of your pre-loved clothing items or accessories for fantastic new finds! Our event is about bringing people together, championing sustainable fashion, and encouraging everyone to reduce waste by giving unloved clothes a second chance.
Here’s how it works:
Bring 10 items you’re ready to part with on the designated date (for small jewellery and accessories, two pieces count as one). In exchange, you'll receive 10 personalised tickets (tokens), which you can use to select 10 new treasures during the party!
You can drop off your items for token swaps on Thursday 8 May, from 6-8pm, or Sunday 10 May, from 2:30-4:30pm before the main event. More info: Ticketed from £7 (cash at the door) email blackzebradesign@gmail.com with the subject line: ‘Swip & Swap Party’ to secure your spot.
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