Dance Makes the Floor
Festival Itineraries
Curious how a weekend at Merchant City Festival looks? Our 2026 curated itineraries brought thousands of visitors through Glasgow's most iconic streets for arts and performance, family days out, late-night music and dancing.
Explore the popular routes below to see how the festival unfolded...and get inspired for next year.
DANCE
Friday 24 July
Everyone's a Winner Baby!
Bridgeman Arts' Big Makes
DJ Takeover in Clydeside Commons
Coorie Doon: Opening Party
PLAY
Saturday 25 July
Storytelling Picnic
Food from Rail Yard Market
Surge Street Theatre
Market Stalls
Imaginate Family Day
Live Music in Candleriggs Square
TRY
Sunday 26 July
Join the FLOCK
Market Market by Craig McCorquodale
A bite to eat
Food & Drinks in Candleriggs Square
TASTE
Friday 31 July
Place at the Table: Talks
Good Times Market
DJ Takeover at Clydeside Commons
Place at the Table: Dinner
Saturday 1 August
Place at the Table: Talk
Surge Street Theatre
Watershed Programme
Clydeside Commons
Live Music in Candleriggs Square
Women of the Windrush Opera
LISTEN
24 July - 2 August
Opening Day Music in Candleriggs Square
Leatherette in McChuills
Count Florida in Mono
Glasgow Techno Alliance in Old Fruitmarket
DJ Takeover in Clydeside Commons
Sound of the Gaels in Candleriggs Square