Glasgow's Music Mile: A Guided Walking Tour of Iconic Music Venues

Discover Glasgow’s iconic music venues on a guided walking tour of the city’s Music Mile. Immerse yourself in the vibrant music scene and learn about the city’s rich musical history.

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • 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…
What's Included
  • Tour Guide Included
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks
Additional Information

Immerse yourself in the renowned music scene of Glasgow through a two-hour guided exploration covering the city’s revered music mile.
Spanning from the Royal Concert Hall to the renowned King Tut’s, and including Glasgow’s Conservatoire, this is an express tour across the bustling city centre, a location brimming with historical and contemporary music…

Location
The Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
Sauchiehall Street
Meet your guide at top of steps leading to Sauchiehall Street entrance of Glasgow Royal Concert Hall.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Giscott
Sep 8, 2024
Thoroughly enjoyable. - Brilliant guided tour. Fiona was excellent, packed in a lot of facts. Really knowledgeable. Such an interesting 2 hours.
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Ajf4444
Aug 11, 2024
A Must-Do for local & tourists! - Just spent a fabulous morning participating in this with friends. Our guide, Phil, was a font of knowledge & his enthusiasm was infectious. Would recommend to anyone visiting Glasgow but remember your trainers!
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David_r
Aug 6, 2024
Awesome tour!! A must for every one that loves music. - The tour was very interesting and the tour guide Felipe was awesome, he knows a lot of music history related to Glasgow. Highly recommended!!!
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Rachael1880
Jun 30, 2024
Brilliant tour! - What a great way to spend a Saturday afternoon with friends! The tour was fantastic from start to finish! Phil was so knowledgeable as well as funny too. We learned so much and can’t wait to go on the Merchant City one now. Thanks again Phil!
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Daydream58256557298
May 31, 2024
A fun, informative and essential guide to this wonderful city of music. - This was a well researched and informative walk which covered everything from music hall to the music boom of the 1960s but also covered grass roots venues and the various music scenes that emerged from Glasgow over the years. Phil is a charming and witty guide, the 2 hours flew by.
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326athena
May 28, 2024
Musos - don't miss this! - What Phil doesn't know about music and culture isn't worth knowing. Linking his tales with historical context and social awareness, Phil had me hanging on every word. Just wish we'd had longer in town so we could have gone to both of them. Fab. Thanks, Phil.
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Z2542rkjohnm
May 14, 2024
A blast from the past - A trip down memory lane for me as I often frequented Glasgows music venues in the late 60s & 70s. Thankfully the weather was dry and sunny. Fiona the tour guide was lovely, excellent and very knowledgeable in describing past and president music venues including from my era in which I was encouraged to share recall. I celebrated my 70th birthday last year , thankful for the music tour gift voucher which I received from a friend. A great day out. Cheers. John
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Janejennifer
Apr 29, 2024
Makes you wish you were 18 again and living in 1980s Glasgow! - If you are a music fan (especially of '70s/'80s/'90s New Wave and rock) you'll love this walk! Fiona, a local music critic, took us on a tour of the current and late-great music venues west of Buchanan Street. Oh, how I wish I'd grown up in Glasgow. I could have seen Depeche Mode and Ultravox and Bauhaus -- or The Killers and Blur before they were famous. There are and were so many venues. We even sat down in one of them (Sleazy's) for a beer and a chat. Fiona's stories about all of the legendary shows and misbehaving rock stars and wide-eyed unknowns-who-later-became-stars were incredible. We had a lot of Glaswegians on our tour who had been at some of those shows when they were young, so they shared their stories too. The last stop on the 2-hour tour was King Tut's. The manager let us come inside to see the venue. This was the best tour we took in Scotland. Fiona is awesome!
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Cotswoldmark
Apr 29, 2024
Amazing tour, super knowledgeable guide - Wow! This was an amazing tour of Glasgow’s famous music landmarks from the Royal Concert Hall to Kings Tuts Wah Wah Hut. Our guide Fiona really brought every venue to life with her stories, knowledge and props (old programs, tickets and photos) I would not hesitate to recommend this tour, it was the true highlight of our trip to beautiful Glasgow
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Jane_h
Apr 29, 2024
A can't-miss for '80s New Wave fans - I 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!
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