How to get tickets for the 6 Music Festival Glasgow 2017? Band line-up, dates and venues for BBC gigs – all you need to know
BBC radio station 6 Music is hosting a weekend music festival across five different venues in Glasgow in March.
Tickets for go on sale this week and are sure to be in demand, so here’s how to make sure you don’t miss out.
What is the 6 Music Festival? And when is it?
Organised by the BBC, the 6 Music Festival is a series of “music and conversation” events to be held over three days and nights in Glasgow, Scotland.
Aside from live music, there’s comedy, interviews and movie screenings.
The venues are the Barrowland Ballroom, O2 Academy, St Luke's, Tramway art centre and nightclub SWG3.
Who’s playing at the 6 Music Festival?
Among the headliners are Depeche Mode, who are closing the festival at Barrowlands on Sunday night, and Goldfrapp who play on Friday.
The line-up includes several local legends including The Jesus and Mary Chain and Belle & Sebastian.
Here’s the full line-up:
Friday By Night (24 March)
Barrowlands: The Jesus and Mary Chain, Ride, Warpaint, Sleaford Mods
O2 Academy: Goldfrapp, Sparks, Future Islands
St Luke's: Cate Le Bon, Dutch Uncles, Girl Ray, Duds
Saturday By Day (25 March)
Tramway: Sinkane, Temples, Craig Charles (DJ set), John Lydon (in conversation with Mark Radcliffe), Optimo Words and Music with Nemone, Making Music in Glasgow: Paul Buchanan (Blue Nile), Stuart Braithwaite (Mogwai), Emma Pollock, Happy Meals, Edwyn Collins (in conversation with Stuart Maconie and acoustic session), BBC Radio 5 Live's Fighting Talk, Comedy with Shaun Keaveny: Fern Brady, Scott Gibson, Limmy
Saturday By Night (25 March)
Barrowlands: Bonobo, Songhoy Blues, Thundercat, Loyle Carner
O2 Academy: The Shins, Grandaddy, Honeyblood
St Luke's: Car Seat Headrest, The Lemon Twigs, Haley Bonar, Sacred Paws
Saturday Late (25 March)
SWG3: Optimo, Nightwave, Simian Mobile Disco (DJ Set), Nan Kole (GQOM OH!), Dusky, Jungle (DJ Set), Andy Butler (Hercules & Love Affair - DJ Set), Rebecca Vashmant, Lindstrom, MWX, K4cie, Femme Fresh, Junglehussy
Sunday By Day (26 March)
Tramway: Father John Misty, The Wedding Present, Baloji, Lost in France (film screening and Q&A with Nial McCann), The Pastels (in conversation with Gideon Coe), Anna Meredith (in conversation with Mary Anne Hobbs), Belle & Sebastian (in conversation with Cerys Matthews), Ian Rankin (in conversation with Stuart Maconie), Poetry: Murray Lachlan Young, Victoria McNulty, Kevin P Gilday & Cat Hepburn,
Kobi Onyame & Ransom FA, Folk at the Festival with Mark Radcliffe: Yorkston, Thorne, Khan, King Creosote, Jesca Hoop, Holly Macve
Sunday By Night (26 March)
Barrowlands: Depeche Mode, James Lavelle (UNKLE) (DJ Set)
O2 Academy: Belle & Sebastian, Whitney, Julia Jacklin
St Luke's: Anna Meredith, Gaika, Forest Swords, Kadhja Bonet
When are 6 Music Festival tickets on sale? Where can I get them?
Tickets will be available for individual gigs/sessions, not for the entire weekend.
They are due to go on sale at 10am this Friday (24 February) and will be available direct from the BBC. There is no pre-sale.
Prices vary according to event.
Will the 6 Music Festival be shown on TV?
Highlights of the festival are due to be screened on BBC Scotland and on BBC Four.
They should also be viewable on catch-up online.
And, of course, sessions will broadcast on 6 Music too.
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