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City Halls

Venue Details

Phone: 0141 353 8000

Address:

Website: glasgowlife.org.uk/arts-music-and-culture/venues/city-halls

Extra details about City Halls

100 Candleriggs
G1 1NQ
Glasgow

The orchestra take their seats on stage in front of the audience of a sold out concert.

The City Halls is situated in the heart of Glasgow’s Merchant City, nestled amongst restaurants and bars. The traditional shoebox-style auditorium of the City Halls’ Grand Hall is renowned throughout the world for its fine acoustics. It has raked seating and a balcony.

Access Details

Wheelchair accommodation is available in the centre and side stalls. Ramps are fitted at the front and rear of the hall, and there is a toilet at stalls level.

Assistance dogs are welcome.

A Sennheiser infrared assisted hearing system is available for hearing aid users and those with impaired hearing. It relays the performance sound, via transmitters, to customers using this equipment. The system works together with a receiver, available from the cloakroom for a £5 deposit.

Only small handbags, small backpacks and briefcases will be permitted and must be kept with you at all times. Random bag searches may be carried out, so please assist venue staff by complying as requested.

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The orchestra take their bows on stage in front of the audience of a sold out concert.
The staircase leading up to the auditorium, seen as audience members are coming down the stairs after a concert.
The orchestra take their seats on stage in front of the audience of a sold out concert.

Seating Plans

Coming up at City Halls:

  1. Violinist Rachel Podger holds her instrument, smiling at the camera, against a light pink and dark green background.

    Bach's Brandenburg Concertos

    January 2025

    Join British violinist Rachel Podger in a concert focusing on some of JS Bach’s most iconic orchestral music.
  2. Geneva Lewis with her violin, smiling at the camera against a dark background with shapes in various shades of pink.

    Sibelius Violin Concerto

    January 2025

    SCO Conductor Emeritus Joseph Swensen directs the fiery Sibelius Violin Concerto, alongside the coolly elegant Sixth Symphony.
  3. Maxim Emelyanychev looking into the camera, hand touching his jawline, against a gradient background of blue, pink, and orange waves.

    Ad Absurdum

    January 2025

    Jörg Widmann’s whirlwind of a trumpet concerto from Sergei Nakariakov forms the centrepiece of a concert to raise a laugh.
  4. Ivan Podyomov smiling, and holding his oboe, against a dark background with bright blue, red, and green shapes.

    Mozart Oboe Concerto

    February 2025

    Discover Mozart’s song-like Oboe Concerto in the hands of Ivan Podyomov, principal oboist at Amsterdam’s Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.
  5. Conductor Andrew Manze with his baton raised, and baritone Roderick Williams singing, against a dark background with bright yellow, green, and pink shapes.

    Fauré Requiem

    February 2025

    Fauré’s hushed prayer for the departed, from outstanding British baritone Roderick Williams, conductor Andrew Manze and the SCO Chorus.
  6. Violinist Pekka Kuusisto standing and playing his violin against a dark background with bright green, blue, and pink shapes.

    Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto

    March 2025

    Outstanding Finnish violinist Pekka Kuusisto directs and plays one of the best-loved masterpieces in the Romantic violin repertoire.
  7. Pekka Kuusisto gently strumming his violin with eyes closed, set against a gradient background of blue, pink, and orange waves.

    Parabola

    March 2025

    Join Pekka Kuusisto and Simon Crawford-Phillips on an arc through time and musical styles, from Britten to Adès, Beamish to Haydn.
  8. SCO Principal Double Bass Nikita Naumov playing his instrument in front of a bright green background with dark green and light pink shapes.

    Beethoven's 'Pastoral' Symphony

    March 2025

    Mark Wigglesworth conducts Beethoven’s hymn of wonder to the natural world, with SCO Principal Nikita Naumov as soloist in Eötvös’s Aurora.
  9. Violinist Isabelle van Keulen smiling at the camera, holding her instrument, against a dark background with light blue and pink shapes.

    Schumann & Schubert

    March 2025

    Isabelle van Keulen takes the reins of the SCO for the lyrical Violin Concerto by Robert Schumann, alongside Schubert’s Third Symphony.
  10. Conductor François Leleux smiling at the camera, holding the baton, against a dark background with shapes in different shades of green.

    Mozart & Strauss

    April 2025

    Deeply charismatic oboist and conductor François Leleux directs Mozart’s cheeky Bassoon Concerto, and music by the teenage Richard Strauss.
  11. Violinist Lorenza Borrani smiling at the camera, holding her instrument against a dark grey and light pink background.

    Mozart Sinfonia Concertante

    April 2025

    Lorenza Borrani teams up with SCO Principal Violist Max Mandel in what many consider Mozart’s finest creation: the Sinfonia concertante.
  12. Pianist Yeol Eum Son standing with her arms crossed elegantly, lightly smiling at the camera, against a dark green background with a lighter green circle.

    Yeol Eum Son plays Beethoven

    May 2025

    Yeol Eum Son makes a welcome return with Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto, in a concert that reaches its climax with Haydn’s ‘Nelson’ Mass.
  13. Violinist Nicola Benedetti, leaning on one arm with her head resting on the other hand, smiling at the camera against a dark background with light pink and green shapes.

    Benedetti plays Brahms

    May 2025

    Nicola Benedetti joins charismatic Principal Conductor Maxim Emelyanychev for an end-of-Season celebration full of romance and adventure.