Discover opera singers in the courtyards of the vibrant Merchant City, performing alongside streets and bars brimming with cutting-edge live art, street theatre, iconoclastic comedy and music for every genre.  The Merchant City Festival is a unique showcase for contemporary and traditional Scottish art and culture, and has attracted a remarkable range of supporters, from festival directors to national organisations like the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Scottish Opera. 

The festival ever has a quirky short film programme, with films in estate agents, hairdressers and tattoo parlours.  The Directors' Choice programme provides an international context, with a remarkable range of street artists selected from festival directors throughout Europe.  All this, plus fantastic fashion shops and some of the best pubs, clubs and restaurants within five minutes' walk from the festival centre.

Courtesy of SeeGlasgow.com .