Fall in Glasgow: October
December 5th, 2007 Posted in Glasgow, ScotlandThe main event happening in October, other than little kids running around in costumes and murder mystery tours and dinners being held during Halloween, is the Glasgay Festival. This event is a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) festival that begins around early October and lasts until around early November. To date the festival is the United Kingdom’s largest festival for the LGBT community.
The festival began in 1993 and now attracts more than 25,000 visitors each year. Events at the festival include top acts and new artists from the world in the mediums of comedy, music, film, visual, performance and community art, theatre, education, literature and the club scene. In the past year, the festival has commissioned new writing, adaptations and revivals of major works.
This is one festival, you should not miss. It is full of the top artists from the world as well as emerging artists from the United Kingdom. Although the festival’s events are not free, there are many opportunities to see any of the amazing acts.
