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Event Information:
The
official annual Hogmanay party in
Glasgow's George Square no longer
takes places, buy there is still
a party worth attending as the
council have moved the focus towards
more family friendly events, and
there will of course still be
midnight fireworks to watch. This
year’s event will finish at 10pm and
feature music, ceilidh dancing and
curling on the George Square ice
rink.
There
will be a number of events across
the city for those wishing to attend
a more formal occasion. These
include the Grand Gala Ball New
Year’s Eve at Holiday Inn Glasgow
Airport, Grand Hogmanay Ball at
Grand Central Hotel and the Family
Hogmanay Party at Grand Central
Hotel.
For
orientation purposes, the city
centre is bounded by the High Street
to the east, the River Clyde to the
south and the M8 motorway to the
west and north which was built
through the Townhead, Charing Cross,
Cowcaddens and Anderston areas in
the 1960s. The city centre is based
on a grid system of streets on the
north bank of the River Clyde. The
heart of the city is George Square,
site of many of Glasgow's public
statues and the elaborate Victorian
Glasgow City Chambers, headquarters
of Glasgow City Council. To the
south and west are the shopping
precincts of Argyle Street,
Sauchiehall Street and Buchanan
Street.
The
city centre is home to most of
Glasgow's main cultural venues: the
Theatre Royal (performing home of
Scottish Opera and Scottish Ballet),
the Pavilion Theatre, the King's
Theatre, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall,
Glasgow Film Theatre, Tron Theatre,
Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA),
Mitchell Library and Theatre, the
Centre for Contemporary Arts,
McLellan Galleries and the
Lighthouse Museum of Architecture.
The world's tallest cinema, the
eighteen-screen Cineworld is
situated on Renfrew Street. The city
centre is also home to four of
Glasgow's higher education
institutions: the University of
Strathclyde, the Royal Conservatoire
of Scotland, Glasgow School of Art
and Glasgow Caledonian University.
Glasgow's West End refers to the
bohemian district of cafés, tea
rooms, bars, boutiques, upmarket
hotels, clubs and restaurants in the
hinterland of Kelvingrove Park, the
University of Glasgow, Glasgow
Botanic Gardens and the Scottish
Exhibition and Conference Centre,
especially on the area's main
thoroughfare, Byres Road. The area
is popular with tourists, and
contains many hotels, including the
prestigious One Devonshire Gardens,
which has accommodated a number of
celebrity guests on visits to the
city.
Glasgow has many live music venues,
pubs, and clubs. Some of the city's
more well-known venues include the
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, the SECC,
King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, the
Barrowland, a ballroom converted
into a live music venue as well as
The Garage which is the largest
nightclub in Scotland. More recent
mid-sized venues include ABC and the
O2 Academy, which play host to a
similar range of acts. In recent
years the success of bands such as
Del Amitri, Belle & Sebastian,
Camera Obscura, Biffy Clyro, Franz
Ferdinand, Mogwai, Snow Patrol,
Travis and Primal Scream has
significantly boosted the profile of
the Glasgow music scene, prompting
Time Magazine to liken Glasgow to
Detroit during its 1960s Motown
heyday
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