Glasgow Music City Tours

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Experience the best of Glasgow when you book your Glasgow Music Walking Tours today

Join lively, informative guided walks exploring the iconic places, people, and performances that have shaped Glasgow's musical heritage.

Discover legendary venues that hosted stars from Alex Harvey to Paolo Nutini. The walking tours map out the musical landmarks from long gone, much missed icons like the Apollo to the hip hangouts of the current musical fraternity.

All guides are enthusiastic music fans, performers and writers who are deeply immersed in Glasgow's cultural scene. Friendly, knowledgeable, and proud of Glasgow, they are keen to recommend gigs, clubs, dive bars, and record stores along the way. 

Explore Glasgow's extensive musical heritage today on a Glasgow Music City Tour! Take a look at the tours below and book your tickets today. 

Glasgow: Music Mile Tour

Explore Glasgow's iconic music venues, past and present, on the two-hour Music Mile Tour with Glasgow Music City Tours

Available to 5 July 2025

Glasgow: Merchant City Tour

Explore Glasgow's vibrant music scene with an expert guide on this walking tour of Merchant City and the East End.

Available to 12 July 2025

Glasgow: Shipyard Bards, Tall Tales and Dinner

This fascinating Glasgow walking tour combines storytelling, live music and great food in an exploration of the Clyde’s shipbuilding heritage

Available from 18 January 2025 to 1 February 2025
C/O Hutchison and Co B5 Whitecrook Business Centre,
78 Whitecrook St,
Clydebank G81 1QF
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This is not the meeting point for your tours. Please see the individual pages for meeting point details for each of the tours. 

Each Glasgow tour covers approximately a mile and a half (2.4 kilometres). They last around two hours, sometimes a little longer, and you will be walking for the majority of the tour. There are some stairs and, especially on the Music Mile tour, some inclines.

Comfortable, flat shoes are highly recommended for the Glasgow City Music Tours.

The guides are good at finding sheltered spots en route but warm and waterproof clothing is recommended for the tour. 

The Glasgow tours take roughly two hours, sometimes two and a quarter.

Glasgow City Music Tours always aims to take tour guests inside certain venues but cannot always guarantee it. Band load-ins, sound checks, and filming are out of the guide's control, and can sometimes prevent you from gaining access to venues.

Yes, the guides will happily help with taking any pictures should you require it. There will also be plenty of selfie opportunities along the way. 

Children aged five and over are welcome on the Merchant City Tour. Due to licensing laws, the tour can only take children aged 14 or older on the Music Mile tours.

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