- Address Candleriggs, Glasgow, G1 1NQ
- Web http://www.glasgowconcerthalls.com
- Email venuehire@glasgowlife.org.uk
- Phone 0141 353 8050
- Genres hosted Classical
- Venue Capacity 1000-2000, 100-150
- Title Grand Hall
- Space Capacity 1400
- Average audience number 1000-2000
- Professional or Amateur Performers Professional
- Available for public hire? Yes
- Number of performances per annum 200-250
- Workshops per annum 200-300
- Age of workshop participants All
- Number of full time employees 50-100
- Number of part time employees 50-100
- Title Studio One
- Space Capacity 150
The Grand Hall of the City Halls is renowned throughout the world for having the finest acoustics. Dating from 1841 and reopened after extensive refurbishment in 2006, it is the city's oldest, but most well loved, purpose built performance and meeting space. This exciting music complex also houses top class rehearsal, recording, broadcasting and webcasting facilities. As a hub of creativity, a jam-packed programme of public workshops and classes has already benefited everyone from babies, toddlers and school groups to amateur and professional musicians. It is the home of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and its new world-renowned conductor Donald Runnicles, and is the Glasgow base of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Many famous names have appeared here over the years, including Charles Dickens, Benjamin Disraeli, Alfred Brendel, Sir Charles Mackerras, Billy Connolly and Dr. David Livingstone. The City Halls is also home to the Scottish Music Centre.
Upcoming Events
- 27 May: Monday Live: Ilan Volkov and the BBC SSO
- 28 May: Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells For Two
- 30 May: The Ultimate Eagles Concert
- 5 Jun: Colleen
- 19 Jun: Wiszniewski & Stevenson: New Focus
- 26 Jun: Jazz Glasgow Summer School
- 26 Jun: Nova Scotia Jazz Band
- 26 Jun: Classic Album Series
- 26 Jun: Leo Blanco
- 27 Jun: Paul van Kemenade and Stevko Busch Duo
- 27 Jun: Laura MacDonald Quartet
- 28 Jun: Kevin Brady Trio feat. Bill Carrothers
- 28 Jun: Peter Johnstone Trio
- 29 Jun: Music Workshop with Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra
- 29 Jun: Byres Road Big Band
- 29 Jun: Three Envelopes for Edwin Morgan
- 29 Jun: The Ames Room
- 29 Jun: Sarah Jane Morris and Tony Remy
- 30 Jun: Nigel Clark & Hugh Buckley Guitar Duo
- 30 Jun: Jazz Glasgow Summer School Concert
- 30 Jun: Malcolm MacFarlane & Allon Beauvoisin: Spoken Mirror
- 30 Jun: Matthew Halsall and Gogo Penguin
- 11 Jul: NYOS Senior Orchestra
- 7 Sep: Open Mic UK Auditions
- 19 Sep: BBC SSO: Thomas Hampson Sings Mahler
- 26 Sep: BBC SSO: Runnicles Conducts Mozart's Requiem
- 4 Oct: Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Beatrice and Benedict
- 10 Oct: BBC SSO: Märkl Conducts Debussy and Messiaen
- 11 Oct: Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Vienna to Prague
- 18 Oct: Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Romantic Landscapes
- 24 Oct: BBC SSO: Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 2
- 25 Oct: Scottish Chamber Orchestra: The Pity of War
- 7 Nov: BBC SSO: Vaughan Williams Cycle -- Sinfonia Antartica
- 8 Nov: Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Serkin Plays Bartok
- 15 Nov: Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Mr Suzuki's Bach
- 21 Nov: BBC SSO: Mahler 4
- 22 Nov: Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Schumann Symphony Cycle I
- 29 Nov: Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Schumann Symphony Cycle II
- 12 Dec: BBC SSO: John Adams -- City Noir
- 13 Dec: Scottish Chamber Orchestra: B Minor Mass
- 20 Dec: Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Zacharias Plays Mozart
- 22 Dec: BBC SSO: Christmas at the Movies
- 10 Jan: Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Paris Masterworks
- 16 Jan: BBC SSO: Grieg Piano Concerto
- 17 Jan: Scottish Chamber Orchestra: A Night in Italy
- 24 Jan: Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Meditations on the Sea
- 7 Feb: Scottish Chamber Orchestra: 40th Birthday Concert
- 13 Feb: BBC SSO: Schubert's Unfinished Symphony
- 27 Feb: BBC SSO: Osborne Plays Beethoven -- Piano Concerto No 2
- 6 Mar: BBC SSO: Born in the USA -- Barber & Copland
- 7 Mar: Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Mozart's 'Jupiter'
- 21 Mar: Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Slavonic Dances
- 28 Mar: Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Isserlis Plays Dvořák
- 4 Apr: Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Mass in C Minor
- 11 Apr: Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Currie Plays 'Veni, Veni, Emmanuel'
- 12 Apr: Explore MacMillan Veni, Veni, Emmanuel
- 25 Apr: Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Benedetti Plays Mozart
- 1 May: BBC SSO: Dvořák's Cello Concerto
- 2 May: Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Mozart and Strauss
- 16 May: Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Anderszewski Plays Mozart