Bananarama among acts to play at Kelvingrove bandstand

BananaramaImage source, Getty Images
Image caption,

Bananarama, the 80s pop group, will perform at the festival

  • Published

Glasgow's Summer Nights festival line-up at the Kelvingrove Bandstand has been announced.

The bands playing at the Regular Music event include Bananarama, Johnny Marr, Echo & the Bunnymen and Gabrielle.

The award-winning festival is celebrating its ninth year in 2024.

Mark Mackie, director of Regular Music said the organisers were "thrilled" to be hosting the line-up as the bandstand celebrates its centenary.

Image source, Getty Images
Image caption,

Summer Nights at the Bandstand will celebrate its ninth year in 2024

The artists and dates for Summer Nights at the Bandstand in 2024 are:

Tuesday 23 July - Gabrielle

Wednesday 24 July - The Midnight

Thursday 25 July - Johnny Marr

Friday 26 July - Bill Bailey

Tuesday 30 July - Future Islands

Thursday 1 August - Squeeze

Friday 2 August - The Teskey Brothers

Saturday 3 August - Ziggy Alberts

Wednesday 7 August - The Saw Doctors

Thursday 8 August - Echo & the Bunnymen

Friday 9 August - Echo & the Bunnymen

Saturday 10 August - Bananarama

The 90-year-old venue, which holds 2,500 people, was reopened following a £2m redevelopment project in 2014, having closed in 1999.

The festival, which runs from the end of July into August each year, received the Unesco City of Music Best Live Event at the Scottish Music Awards in 2017.

Tickets for the concerts go on sale on Friday at 09:00.

Get in touch

What stories you would like BBC News to cover from Glasgow and the west of Scotland?