Alexandra Park Festival 2023

Alexandra Park Festival Day - 22 July 2023
Alexandra Park Festival Day – 22 July 2023

Taking place on Saturday 22 July between 12 and 4pm, there will be live music, food and market stalls, kids activities, free face painting, live wrestling, rides and inflatables. Entry is free.

For more info, visit the organisers’ website, Platform-Online.

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Alexandra Park Festival and Parade 2022

Alexandra Park Festival 2022
Alexandra Park Festival 2022

On Saturday 23rd July, after a 2 year break, the Alexandra Park Festival and Parade returns! Taking place between 12 noon and 4 pm, with live music, food and market stalls, kids activities, free face painting, free balloon modelling from Balloons Gloria, live wrestling, rides and inflatables. There will also be a fire engine on site for tours, and two vintage buses from the Glasgow Vintage Vehicle Trust.

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Response to Inner East Strategic Development Framework Consultation

A PDF version of this consultation response is available here.

Vision and Principles

DCC welcomes the vision identified by the draft Inner East Strategic Development Framework (SDF):

  • That the Inner East will become a series of interconnected walkable and liveable neighbourhoods, creating a vibrant, inclusive, liveable and well-connected people friendly place.
  • That the Inner East will be a city district that is; climate resilient; fosters creativity and opportunity; promotes social cohesion, health and wellbeing and economic prosperity.
  • A transformation of Glasgow’s Inner East that focuses on people, place and planet to meet the demands of climate change.
  • To increase the East End’s appeal and attractiveness to future residents, investors, workers and visitors.
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Alexandra Park Pop-up Pantry

Alexandra Park Pop-up Pantry
Alexandra Park Pop-up Pantry

Alexandra Park Pop-up Pantry is available at the Alexandra Park Sports Hub, every Wednesday from 1pm to 3pm. Become a member and visit your local Pop-up Pantry for £2.50 per visit. Membership is £1. Shop for your weekly essential food and toiletry items. Call 0141 551 8065 or visit the Alexandra Park Sports Hub Glasgow for more information. Supported by Milnbank Housing Association.

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Alexandra Park Festival Parade Funding

Alexandra Park Festival Parade
Alexandra Park Festival Parade

The “Festival 2018 Our Place Fund” is for community groups to put on cultural events and arts activities within their area before and during the 2018 European Championships in Glasgow. Proposals have now been submitted and everyone in Glasgow has the chance to vote to choose which projects are funded. Alexandra Park Festival needs your votes. If you want this special festival to continue then please vote and share to make this year even more amazing than ever.

  • VOTE HERE for the Alexandra Park Festival Parade project.
  • Please note that YOU MUST VOTE FOR FIVE PROJECTS, otherwise, NONE of your votes will be counted. So please choose four other bids from the list HERE (by 12:00 on Friday 9 March 2018).

Thank you for your support.

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Alexandra Park Festival 2017

Alexandra Park Festival 2017
Alexandra Park Festival 2017

This year’s Alexandra Park Festival takes place between 12 noon and 4 pm on Saturday 29th July 2017. Free entry. A carnival procession will leaving City Park at 12 noon.

Come and join in the summer festivities with lots to do for all the family. Enjoy live music, children activities and inflatibles, carnival drummers, community market stalls, arts & crafts, and tasty food. A great day out for everyone.

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Parks and Green Spaces: Public Workshop

Alexandra Park
Alexandra Park (Photo by Glasgowfoodie via Flickr)

As Glasgow City Council develops the strategy for the city’s parks and green spaces across the next two years, they are looking to collect as many ideas and opinions, stories and suggestions as possible from park users to help shape their decisions.

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