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* Merchant City Festival See preview, left. Merchant City, Glasgow, Thu 25-Sun 28 Sep. * Magnificent Machines Petrol heads of the world unite! Monster trucks from across Europe will be flexing their muscles in a series of destructive displays for two days straight. See page 30. National Museum of Flight, East Fortune, Sat 27 8 Sun 28 Sep.
* Glasgow’s Doors Open Day Take a sneaky peek inside
0 0 some of the most architecturally splendid and culturally important buildings in the city. All with an
entry price of zero pence.
With the 2008 Merchant City Festival set to showcase some of the best events Van-Gus venues, G/asgow, 20 ,g in Glasgow's cultural calendar, Natalie Woolman finds out what's in store. 27 Sep. * Dr Sketchy’s Anti-Art nyone who has cast their eye over the website Now in its seventh year, the Merchant City Festival School Flirtatious poses and Afor this year’s Merchant City Festival will is part of the regeneration of the area. Matheson sensational Costumes make Dr have found the photograph of Baillie Gordon describes the synergy between the restoration of the SketChY'S the CheekieSt "l9 Matheson flicking through the festival programme buildings and the arts festival: ‘The energy that drawing Class available. “Otto while a pair of parkour performers jump around him. created the regenerated buildings, the arts quarters, memo” the mOSt fun- The
Arches, Glasgow, Sun 27 Sep. * Cleanse the Causeway The National Museum of Scotland bring a 15208 street
In suit and tie, the councillor for Merchant City and the streetscapes and so on, requires to express itself the chair of the festival grins as the two be-trainered en féte. The festival has burst forth from that.’ freerunners throw shapes in the air, framing the A local presence was also at the top of the festival
ini’ahge as they fly. - . committee‘sagendii; chham Ciiy Cpnemly has the battle back to life, where the Earl e photograph lS emblematic of the four-day fastest growmg residential population in Glasgow and of Arran had a bloody skirmish festival’s urban feel, during which all kinds of the programmers wanted them to have a stake in the on the High Street with his mm theatre, dance, visual art and music events will take event. One result is the ‘My Merchant City’ the Ear, OfAngus. Have your over the Merchant City. The metropolitan. aspect of photography competition, for .which those who live 15th century insults at the ready. the festival was Vital to the committee’s vmon. ‘We and work in the area were inVited to snap their National Museum OfSCOt/and' explicitly wanted a multi-arts, international, edgy, impressions and send them in to be judged. ‘The Edinburgh, sun 21 Sep. urban festival. You couldn’t have parkour taking place photographic competition is a way of ensuring that * Jerry Hall on Tracey in some twee suburban location. It’s not of the nature the residents are able to express what their home Emin An unexpected pairing of the expression,’ explains Matheson. means to them,’ Matheson says. perhaps. but Emin is the
When I mention that the first World Freerun Matheson himself has a non-stop festival weekend favourite artist of the Southern Championships were held in London at the beginning planned, taking in everything from the BBC Scottish belle supermodel, and her guest of September, Matheson is quick to assert that the Symphony Orchestra to the array of international IGCtUle ShOU'd DFOYlde some real committee’s inclusion of the urban sport was not street artists. ‘I’m going to be festivallcd out by the lnSlth ""0 the art'er Work- derivative. ‘The arts scene in Glasgow is cutting- end of it.’ Hawmomden Lemme Theatre,
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ed e. It shouldn’t su ' th t th ’ - g rpnse anyone a m S a C0 Edinburgh, Thu 78 Sep.
incidence of parkour here and the international Various venues, Glasgow, Thu 25-Sun 28 Sep. competition. We draw on trends across the world.’ www.merchantcityfestival.com
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