Vintage will make its Scottish debut this summer as part of Glasgow's Merchant City Festival. It will take over and transform Candleriggs, the old fruitmarket and City Halls in Merchant City, Glasgow on Saturday 27th-Sunday 28th July.

Over two days and nights, Vintage Glasgow at the Old Fruitmarket will be dressed like you have never seen it before,  transformed into a playground where, over 13 hours each day, young and old can learn the dances of the decades, take part in workshops, take in live performances, boogie along to the tunes of DJs, enjoy exclusive catwalk shows and decade specific make-over's, sample vintage food and cocktails, shop at one of Scotland’s most exciting vintage marketplaces, and get style hunted as Vintage Glasgow calls out for young and old  to glam up!

Wayne Hemingway MBE: “Vintage Glasgow at the Merchant City Festival, will be a glamorous and cool antidote to festivals in a field, the emphasis being on head-turning style. Whether your thing is swing, rockabilly, soul, funk, disco, fashion, film, art or design, or if you just want to dress up and get an authentic make-over for a day, Vintage Glasgow will be a sensual delight, a big dressing-up box, a collector’s dream and joyous creative feast.”​​

Rejoice in a glamorous extravaganza of music, dance, head turning fashions and period cocktails from the 1920s to the 1980s. 

Tickets on sale now here 

MERCHANT CITY FESTIVAL 24 - 28 JULY 2013
HIGHLIGHTS OF 2012 FESTIVAL

Events
VINTAGE EVENTSSOUL CASINO Saturday 27 July 2013, 8pm The Old Fruitmarket £15.00 (subject to £1.50 transaction fee) Over 18’s only.

The Soul Casino recreates the sounds and style of the classic 70s soul club and 80s disco scenes with DJs Eddie Piller, Bob Jeffries and Wayne & Jack Hemingway.

The Old Fruitmarket dance floor will reverberate to the sound of classic 60s Northern Soul and the uplifting ‘Modern’ Soul movements that fused so brilliantly in the early 70s through to the up-tempo Disco sounds of the 80s covering uber cool Jazz-Funk, Boogie, Rare Groove and everything in between.

BOOK NOW Book online here, by phone on 0141 353 8000 or in person at the Box Office at City Halls & Old Fruitmarket or Glasgow Royal Concert Hall.

Bookings are subject to a transaction fee of £1.00 for online and £1.50 for phone.  No fee applies to tickets purchased in person. 

TORCH CLUB Sunday 28 July 2013, 8pm The Old Fruitmarket £20.00 (subject to £1.50 transaction fee) Over 18’s only
 
The Torch Club, curated by Snowboy, brings you a glamorous evening of 1940s entertainment, themed dining and period cocktails. Get your hair and make-up done and dance into the small hours in a truly immersive environment.

Under the tuition of expert dance teacher and DJ Ian 'G.I. Jive' Hartley, The Oldfruit Market will come alive as we re-create those packed dance floors of the 1930s and 40s. After just a short lesson you will be ready to take to the floor and enjoy the incredible sounds of 18 piece Swing orchestra The New Squadronaires; formed by the RAF in 1942 to boost morale. No previous dance experience is necessary as the Social Foxtrot is a very quick and easy dance to learn. Then, later in the evening, why not pick up the simple steps to a favourite wartime novelty dance... Yes, you’ll find yourself, doing the Lambeth Walk. Oi!

BOOK NOW Book online here, by phone on 0141 353 8000 or in person at the Box Office at City Halls & Old Fruitmarket or Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Bookings are subject to a transaction fee of £1.00 for online and £1.50 for phone.  No fee applies to tickets purchased in person.