Celtic Connections is back for 2025, launching across Glasgow on Thursday 16 January.
The city will host the best roots, world and folk music for its 32nd edition and is expected to welcome over 100,000 attendees across 18 days.
This year’s festival will begin with an opening concert that celebrates 850 years of Glasgow with a secret lineup, and from there a myriad of performances will take place showcasing artists from Scotland and beyond.
A new Under 26 Community scheme has launched this year which gives younger fans access to discounts.
The Emirates Arena will also be piloted as a music venue, hosting the Isle of Lewis trio Peat and Diesel.
2025 will also mark the beginning of a new five year headline partnership between Celtic Connections and Innis & Gunn.
To celebrate this, Scottish trad band Gnoss performed a live gig on an open top bus that travelled through the city ahead of their gig at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall on 1 February, which was organised by the brewery.
The city will host the best roots, world and folk music for its 32nd edition and is expected to welcome over 100,000 attendees across 18 days.
This year’s festival will begin with an opening concert that celebrates 850 years of Glasgow with a secret lineup, and from there a myriad of performances will take place showcasing artists from Scotland and beyond.
A new Under 26 Community scheme has launched this year which gives younger fans access to discounts.
The Emirates Arena will also be piloted as a music venue, hosting the Isle of Lewis trio Peat and Diesel.
2025 will also mark the beginning of a new five year headline partnership between Celtic Connections and Innis & Gunn.
To celebrate this, Scottish trad band Gnoss performed a live gig on an open top bus that travelled through the city ahead of their gig at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall on 1 February, which was organised by the brewery.
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00:00Celtic Connections is back for 2025 launching across Glasgow on Thursday the 16th of January.
00:06The city will host the best roots, world and folk music for its 32nd edition and is expected
00:11to welcome over 100,000 attendees across 18 days.
00:15This year's festival will begin with an opening concert that celebrates 850 years of Glasgow
00:20with a secret line-up and from there a myriad of performances will take place showcasing
00:24artists from Scotland and beyond.
00:27A new under-26 community scheme has launched this year which gives younger fans access
00:32to discounts.
00:33The Emirates Arena will also be piloted as a music venue hosting the Isle of Lewis trio
00:38Pete and Diesel.
00:392025 will also mark the beginning of a new five-year headline partnership between Celtic
00:44Connections and Innocent Gun.
00:47To celebrate this, Scottish trad band Knoth's performed a live gig on an open-top bus that
00:52travelled through the city ahead of their gig at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall on the
00:561st of February, which was organised by the brewery.