Glasgow Mela

03/06/2026

Join us at Kelvingrove Park on Sunday 5 July for FREE festival fun at Glasgow Mela 🤩

Music & Dance 🎶
Arts & Crafts🎨
Come & Try Sports 🏅
Delicious Food 🥘
Unique Market Stalls 🛍️

Come along from 12pm - 8pm - no ticket required! 🙌

26/05/2026

The line-up for Mela 2026 is here! 📢

Nachhatar Gill and Apna Sangeet are coming to Kelvingrove Park this summer, along with 21 other amazing performers! 🪩🕺

Check out what's on across both stages 👇
https://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/arts-music-and-culture/glasgow-mela/whats-on

11/05/2026

Another date to look out for on your calendar this summer! ☀️🎶

08/04/2026

It's a busy summer in Glasgow ☀ 📅

Summer event dates for your diary 🫵

🖼️ Glasgow International: 5-21 June
🎵 WOMAD Glasgow: 3-4 July
🎉 Glasgow Mela: 5 July
🏊 Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games: 23 July- 2 August
🎭 Merchant City Festival: 24-26 July | 31 July-2 August
🥁 World Pipe Band Championships: 14-15 August

25/03/2026

Get your tickets for Saturday night NOW 🎫🎶

24/03/2026

We're a flagship event of the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games festival this July ✨🎉

The Glasgow 2026 Festival Will Be A Celebration Of Sport, Culture And Community Taking Place Between 23 May And 9 August 2026, With Community Groups Celebrating A £1.25 Million Funding Boost Linked To The Return Of The Games To Glasgow.

24/03/2026

This year's Mela is the day after WOMAD Glasgow 🎶

The opportunity to apply to be a caterer at BOTH events is open now 👇

Apply to be a caterer at WOMAD Glasgow and Glasgow Mela this July 🥘🥙

If you offer a menu of delicious exotic and traditional foods, cater for families and those with food allergens, consider yourself ahead of the curve on sustainability, and are available to trade for 3 days at WOMAD Glasgow on Friday 3rd and Saturday 4th July AND Glasgow Mela on Sunday 5th July 2026, then we want to hear from you!

📝 Find out more and apply at glasgowmela.com

24/03/2026

The Glasgow Mela is back at Kelvingrove Park on Sunday 5th July ✨

As a flagship event of this year’s Commonwealth Games Festival, we’re bringing you a vibrant South Asian festival experience like no other!

🎶 Incredible live music & global beats
💃 Breathtaking dance & street performance
🎨 Hands-on workshops
🥘 Amazing food, crafts, and culture

Best of all? It’s a completely FREE for all the family 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

18/03/2026

Opportunity for a South Asian Emerging Artist Bursary 👇

Rutherglen 900 is inviting applications for a South Asian Emerging Artist Bursary, in association with Glasgow Mela. This is an exciting development opportunity for an early career emerging South Asian artist from Rutherglen, or with a Rutherglen connection, to develop a creative idea or intervention that resonates with the theme ‘Making Futures’, to deliver at “RUTHERGLEN 900: STRIDING THE STREETS PARADE” on Saturday 13th June 2026.

📍Freelance role based in Rutherglen
👉Find out more and apply: https://www.healthynhappy.org.uk/current-vacancies
📣Please share with anyone who might be interested!

Image credit: Brian Hartley

23/10/2025

📢 INTRODUCING THREADS 📢

Threads is a new development programme by Bijli supporting the South-Asian community to try new activities and develop skills in theatre and performance.

It includes a series of workshops exploring storytelling through multiple aspects of performance including movement, voice, character, design and more. There is also an opportunity to meet established performers, artists and theatre makers, and find out more about their journeys over a bite to eat in our "Lunch with…" series.

Sign up for their first workshops on the link below and stay tuned for the full list of workshops and events. Workshops are 16+ and free to attend 👇

A new development programme supporting the South-Asian community to try new activities and develop skills in theatre and performance.