An absolute pleasure and a privilege to visit Macaulay College outside Stornoway today and meet with the wonderful pupils and staff on the community farm doing amazing work helping those with additional support needs to enrich their working and social lives.
A Very Happy 18th Birthday to Kieran Crighton a great young man who we had the pleasure of meeting in Kilmarnock last year.
You can sign up to support and participate in MoonWalk Scotland on Saturday 9th September, a fantastic campaign in its 25th year of uniting against breast cancer.
#MoonWalkScot.
What a way to end the run of 4 Big Top shows in Scotland, a Saturday night at Queens Park and a magnificent boisterous 6,000 Glasgow crowd. A huge thank you to everyone who came along.
Immense gratitude goes out to the multitude of fantastic people behind the scenes who’s skills and endeavours made the events work so well and a joy to participate in.
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GLASGOW BIG TOP INFO
Saturday 24 June
Queens Park Recreation Ground
Gates open at 4.00pm
The show is taking place in a big top tent at Queens Park Recreation Ground which is located on the east side of Queens Park near Cathcart Road.
Do come early and avoid the rush as there will be wonderful catering on site with an artisan food village with picnic tables, coffee outlet, and full licensed bars open throughout – see below menu of the fantastic outlets available on site.
Doughman’s Land – Pizza
Mac Love – Mac n Cheese
Kitchen Scullery – Burger Menu
Soul Ful – Various ‘posh’ kebabs
Typhoon Ten – Veg/Vegan dude food
Hector & Harriet – Coffee/Churros
Papa’s Loaded Fries – Dirty Fries
Mams Thai Food – Thai Jerk Chicken
Prime Street Food – Korean Chicken Burger & Tacos
Tony’s Ice Cream
If the above is not enough to get you there early then there is a fantastic programme of live music being served from 5pm (full stage times below).
4.00 – DJ Tam Coyle
5.00 – Alas de Liona
5.45 – Hamish Hawk
7.00 – Admiral Fallow
8.30 – The Proclaimers
Finish – 10pm approx.
Getting to Queens Park Recreation Ground
There is NO designated public car parking for these shows so where possible please use public transport to get yourselves there and home again.
Buses
Please check the First Bus website for times. Buses that come to Queen’s Park area are:
Queens Park Recreation Ground: 34, 57, 57A
Langside: 34, 4, 4A, 6
Mount Florida (via Cathcart Rd) 31, 31a
Shawlands: 38A
Trains
Please check Scotrail website/travel app for latest schedules. The nearest local train stations to Queens Park Recreation Ground are Crosshill and Mount Florida.