Mackintosh Queen’s Cross | Friday 12 December 2025 from 3.30 till 4.30pm
Free entry and light refreshments: Reserve your spot on Eventbrite
Improvised dance and music, rooted in our trust in each others abilities and curiosities, has led our creative partnership to this, our debut performance at the enchanting Mackintosh Queen’s Cross.
You are warmly invited to join us as we perform, vulnerable to the moment, with only the desire to play, explore and conjure…something…from our collective reverie.
Glasgow’s Celtic Connections festival has revealed its line-up for 2026.
The 33rd edition of the festival will run from 15 January until 1 February and kicks off with a special World Connections show at the Royal Concert Hall. Organisers say the opening night will see “unique creative collaborations” with homegrown and international acts, and tie-in to Glasgow hosting the Commonwealth Games later in 2026. We are delighted to host 15 concerts at Mackintosh Queen’s Cross.
Jacob Alon is a Scottish singer-songwriter with a profound gift for storytelling. Both intimate and devastatingly introspective, their music is touched by a rare timelessness. Drawing fair comparisons to artists such as Jeff Buckley and Rufus Wainwright, Alon’s sound cuts through the air with powerful and haunting vocals, intricate guitar playing, and pensive, poetic lyrics.
Jacob shares a new video for ‘Of Amber’, one of the many standout tracks on their debut album In Limerence which was released earlier this Spring to widespread critical acclaim. It was directed by Studio Island. The album was recorded in London and produced by Dan Carey.
It would be no exaggeration to suggest that In Limerence reset the button on British contemporary folk music. Jacob harnesses a lilting, otherworldly vocal, colourful story-telling, and fingerpicking patterns traced along the fretboard, but whilst they display all the classic folksy attributes, Jacob largely operates on a different plain entirely from the classic touchstones of what makes a typical folk artist. Darkly bittersweet and bleakly humorous. A very modern musician doing something timeless.
Mackintosh Queen’s Cross | Wednesday 3 December 2025 from 4.00 till 6.00pm
We are delighted to host a festive gathering with a performance by the Maryhill Integration Networks Choir.
Come join us at our very special Christmas Shopping Day. Avoid the hustle and bustle of the High Street this Christmas Day and enjoy the tranquil surroundings of Mackintosh Queen’s Cross. This is a wonderful opportunity for friends and members to meet up and pick up some Christmas presents for your loved ones.
Find gifts inspired by our collection. From art books, cards, prints, jewellery, and scarves etc.,
Every purchase supports the work of the Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society.
Mackintosh Queen’s Cross | Thursday 20 November 2025 at 7.30pm
Tickets £32.00 +booking fee (available from SeeTickets)
2025 sees Penguin Cafe bringing the music of the legendary Penguin Cafe Orchestra back to life, with UK dates featuring a collection of PCO classics, celebrating the unique sound that has captivated audiences worldwide.
Mackintosh Queen’s Cross | Friday 14 November 2025 at 7.00pm
Tickets £22.00 +booking fee (available from Ticket Scotland)
Born in Essex, raised by the Devon seaside and making his bones in the bars and clubs of Liverpool, England’s one and only John Smith has been at the pioneering forefront of British Folk Guitar Music for twenty years. He has amassed over 100 million Spotify streams and played his songs all over the world. He cut his teeth opening for John Martyn and has since played with Joan Baez, Jackson Browne, Sarah Jarosz, Lisa Hannigan, David Gray, The Milk Carton Kids, Roseanne Cash, Jerry Douglas and Richard Hawley. His seventh album ‘The Living Kind’, produced by Joe Henry, is a soulful and intimate exploration of emotional, Americana-influenced atmospherics. John will be releasing a new album later in 2025.
Mackintosh Queen’s Cross | Saturday 8 November 2025 at 7.30pm
Doors open at 6.45pm
Tickets £12.00 + booking fee (Conc. £5.00 + booking fee) available from Cove Park
Widely regarded as a leading contemporary jazz pianist and composer, Faraj Suleiman‘s music is deeply influenced by his Palestinian heritage and Arabic culture. Trained in classical music, Faraj Suleiman incorporates both Arabic/Eastern melodies and rhythms and jazz traditions in his compositions. Now, based in Paris and embarking on a European tour in autumn 2025, Faraj Suleiman will make his Glasgow debut at Mackintosh Queen’s Cross on Saturday 8 November as part of the Bagri Music Awards presented by Cove Park and the Bagri Foundation.
In August 2025, international residency Cove Park announced a new two-year partnership with the Bagri Foundation, to launch Sound Series, a new programme of residencies bringing acclaimed international musicians to the UK. The Bagri Foundation works within a network of leading cultural organisations that champion artistic excellence and provide extraordinary artists from across Asia, wider visibility on the global stage. Working collaboratively to nominate and select the artists, Bagri Music Award aims to artistic development and a unique opportunity for acclaimed emerging or mid-career musicians from West Asia.
This performance marks the culmination of Suleiman’s Cove Park residency, developed in collaboration with MARSM, the London-based event producer and dynamic digital platform amplifying the vibrant musical culture of the Arabic-speaking world.
This 60-minute performance is a 16+ event with general admission seating. Doors and bar open at 6:45pm. Advance tickets: £12 At the door: £15 Open Concession*: £5
There is a £1 booking fee to cover Ticket Tailor’s administrative costs.
*Open concession tickets are available to anyone who needs it, no questions asked. Companion tickets for those who require extra support to attend are free.
Mackintosh Queen’s Cross | Thursday 30 October 2025 at 7.00pm
Tickets are available for the Exhibition Opening & Panel Discussion from TicketTailor
The exhibition runs from 31 October – 7 November 2025 during normal opening hours.
The Mexico City Architects Saving Their Heritage by Altering It
[un]Faithful Reinstatement is an exhibition looking to reframe how we view heritage building reuse in Glasgow.
To do so, it makes the comparison to a city with heritage at its core – Mexico City. A place that may feel like worlds apart from Glasgow with its Aztec roots and subtropical climate – but much like Glasgow, its currently tackling a problem of decaying architecture in its central neighbourhoods.
Abandonment compounded by earthquake damage has degraded the once opulent townhouses built during the dictatorship of Porfirio Diaz.
The structures left standing contain layers of the city’s history, a nation that was expanding post colonisation, becoming an enclave for artists, writers and political thinkers in the 19th and 20th Centuries.
This research exhibits successful examples of reoccupying these places, using the often ruinous existing character as the focal point.
It set out to discover how Mexican architects and entrepreneurs have reinvented the ruins – taking hold of their city’s resources and activating them. Often this reactivation involves being unfaithful to the original architectural intention, reinterpreting the program, circulation and atmosphere of the buildings former self.
It exhibits individual success stories of reusage, explaining through built examples different pathways to reopening—looking at the structural interventions; interior finishes; business models; navigation of the listed system; adherence to building code; as well as the philosophical implications of the decision-making process.
These stories were investigated through interview with designer and inhabitant, documenting each example thoroughly and revealing the process to new inhabitation.
But what about Glasgow?
This work forms a counterproposal to the attitude towards conservation in the UK, where heritage buildings are covered in red tape, implemented to protect them, but leaves developers unwilling to engage, stagnating their decline until the wrecking ball arrives
In a conversation that so often revolves around finance, Mexico City’s precedent reveals the economic advantage of neighbourhoods utilising their historic assets for cultural usages, displaying how this can be done simply without high costs of comprehensive restoration often stipulated in the UK context.
A panel discussion will be responding to the potential of applying similar principles to buildings at risk in Glasgow.
What is applicable? What are the obstacles? What would have to change?
Tea for Two / Chá para Dois: Architectural Exhibition & Events 12 September – 2 October 2025, Mackintosh Queen’s Cross, Glasgow
Presented by Graeme Nicholls Architects, Tea for Two / Chá para Dois is a new exhibition exploring architectural and cultural connections between Scotland and Portugal. It places Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s original Willow Tearooms in dialogue with Álvaro Siza’s Boa Nova Tea House, offering a reflective look at design, craft, place, and ritual through drawings, models, photography, film, and original artefacts.
From Catherine of Braganza’s introduction of tea to the British court to its reinterpretation by Mackintosh and Siza, the exhibition considers how shared traditions can transcend borders. Set within Mackintosh’s only built church, it provides a fitting space to reflect on architecture as a social and cultural act.
A programme of four public events accompanies the exhibition:
Exhibition Opening Event: Álvaro Siza Film Premiere & Exhibition Preview Thursday 11 September 2025, 7pm A special launch evening featuring the premiere of a filmed interview with Álvaro Siza, in which the Pritzker Prize-winning architect reflects on Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s influence, the design of his own Casa de Chá, and his wider architectural practice. The screening will be followed by a first look at the exhibition. Reserve your ticket on Eventbrite
Talk: Isabel Stilwell – Raise Your Teacup to Catherine of Braganza Thursday 18 September 2025, 7pm Portuguese author and journalist Isabel Stilwell discusses her bestselling historical novel ‘Catherine of Braganza – The courage of a Portuguese Infanta who became Queen of England’. Known for her widely read biographies of notable Portuguese women, Stilwell explores the life of the 17th-century princess who became Queen of England, highlighting her cultural legacy and role in popularising tea drinking in Britain. Reserve your ticket on Eventbrite
Talk: Oliver Braid – Mackintosh at the Willow Wednesday 24 September 2025, 7pm Based on the popular public tours, this illustrated talk by Oliver Braid, Creative Learning Manager for Mackintosh at the Willow, will guide guests through the story of the original Willow Tearooms building, now Mackintosh at the Willow, with stories of Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Margaret Macdonald, and their patron, the Edwardian entrepreneur Kate Cranston. Reserve your ticket on Eventbrite
A Final Cup: Conversations Across Cultures Thursday 2 October 2025, 7pm A panel discussion on the cultural significance of tea and the tearoom, both in Glasgow and further afield. Chaired by Stuart Robertson of the Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society, the panel includes architect Graeme Nicholls and Dr Lindsay Middleton, a University of Glasgow food historian specialising in Scottish food culture. The discussion will be followed by a short guided tour offering a final opportunity to view the exhibition, with commentary on selected highlights. Reserve your ticket on Eventbrite
Presented with support from: The Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society, Camões Instituto, The Anglo-Portuguese Society, Glasgow Institute of Architects, Friends of Glasgow Museums, Mackintosh at the Willow, National Trust for Scotland, João Morgado Photographer, Lebond Watches, Craft Design Construction, Seventeen House, and the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland.
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