Celtic Connections
The festival's iconic annual Opening Concert marking Glasgow 850.
The festival's iconic annual Opening Concert is set to live up to expectations with an epic marking of Glasgow 850, heralding the start of the city's year-long 850th birthday celebration. 'Let Glasgow Flourish' is the motto on the city's coat of arms, and this unique concert will pay tribute to the city's rich artistic heritage and flourishing future through a special night of surprises incorporating music, spoken-word, dance and film.
Celebrating the scale and caliber of incredible musicians, artists and poets Glasgow has produced and inspired, and how this has fed into the very bloodstream of Celtic Connections, the concert will feature unique collaborations from well-kent faces, emerging stars of the future, surprise guests and commissioned performances and film.
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