Glasgow's Music Mile Walking Tour
Overview
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2 hours
Mobile ticket
Explore Glasgow's famous music scene with a two hour guided walk around the city's music mile.
From the Royal Concert Hall to the famous King Tut’s, via Glasgow's Conservatoire, this is a whistle-stop guide around the city centre, an area teeming with music venues past and present.
Glasgow has an unrivalled reputation for producing brilliant bands, making memorable music and putting on unforgettable shows. Walk with us and we will show you why.
The guides are enthusiastic music fans, performers and writers who are immersed in Glasgow’s cultural life.
A little over a mile in length, the Music Mile tour covers diverse genres and eras from dancehall and traditional jazz to punk, pop, and today's guitar heroes.
It has plenty of detail for the dedicated music fans but, like all our tours, it is packed with great stories that will entertain the casual fan who wants a different way to see the city.
Additional Info
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Minimum age is 14 due to licensing laws.
Route contains steep inclines and stairs. Please contact local supplier to discuss mobility issues.
Weather appropriate clothing and comfortable shoes are recommended.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What‘s Included
Tour Guide
Food and drinks
What To Expect
The Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
This is home to the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Celtic Connections - the world's biggest winter music festival. While here, we time travel back and hear tales from the heyday of the Empire. A former neighbour of the Concert Hall, the Empire is long gone but its fierce reputation for having the UK's most critical and passionate audience lives on.
The Pavilion Theatre
The Pavillion has hosted everyone from Houdini and Charlie Chaplin to Sydney Devine, Glasgow's very own rhinestone cowboy. The former Odeon gets a mention here. First and foremost a cinema, it was also a stomping ground for bands like The Beatles, Little Richard and The Rolling Stones.
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Glasgow's Music Mile Walking Tour
Reviews
67 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Awesome tour!! A must for every one that loves music.
David R,
Aug 6, 2024
- Viator
5.00The tour was very interesting and the tour guide Felipe was awesome, he knows a lot of music history related to Glasgow. Highly recommended!!!
A can't-miss for '80s New Wave fans
Jane H,
Apr 29, 2024
- Viator
5.00I highly recommend this fantastic walking tour. Our guide, Fiona, has been a music journalist for 30 years, so she knows her stuff. It's incredible how many Glasgow music venues (past and present) are located along the mile-long route of this tour. Fiona had tons of great stories of legendary rock shows that happened in each venue. Those stories made the tour very memorable. It must've been incredible to grow up in Glasgow and be a fan in that scene. In fact, there were several older music fans on the tour with us who had been those teens at those shows in the '70s, '80s and '90s. Fiona generously let them tell their stories too. During the two-hour tour, we stopped at "Sleazy's" for about a half hour and had beers in the club while she and others in the group shared stories of legendary shows there from people like Depeche Mode, The Vaselines, Ultravox and Lou Reed. The tour ended at King Tut's, and the manager there also let us inside. We headed upstairs to the stage and heard about the legendary shows there--by Oasis, The Killers, Blur and many others who played King Tut's before they were famous. I loved very minute of this tour. If you were young in the '70s, '80s or '90s, you'll especially love it!
A tuneful walk
Peter N,
Jul 4, 2022
- Viator
4.00Great guide with engaging personality.Iwas totally unaware of the contribution to music across genres that Glasgow has made.
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