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Daily Record
08-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Record
Glassford Beer and Gin Festival raises £5k for community group
Two live music stages featured a wide range of acts with radio DJ and broadcaster Steve McKenna hosting the marquee and Avondale Radio taking over the village hall stage. Organisers toasted to another successful Glassford Beer and Gin Festival which continues to draw huge crowds each year. Over 700 people turned up on a wet and windy day for the fifth annual event which raised around £5000 for Glassford Community Group. Two live music stages featured a wide range of acts with radio DJ and broadcaster Steve McKenna hosting the marquee and Avondale Radio taking over the village hall stage. Download the Lanarkshire Live app today Brewers Outlandish, Two Towns Down, Not That California, UpFront Brewery and Ayrshire Riviera Cider and gin suppliers Ellis Gin, Jaunty Camper Gin, Crossbill Gin, Craobh Gin and Otro Tequila provided the refreshments with food supplied by Scozzese Pizzas and the Fortune Dragon. Thanking Glassford Community Group for their efforts, Chairman Les Hoggan said: "This was our fifth event and it gets bigger and better each year. That's all down to the huge amount of work that the committee puts into its organisation, the support of our many volunteers, our brewers and spirit suppliers, our sponsors, the performers and of course everyone who bought tickets to come along. "And thanks to Marcus at the Fortune Dragon for his support and the use of the car park. Thanks also to Glassford Church for the use of its car park." The day ended with dancing in the marquee to a selection of hit songs from the '90s with Steve McKenna on the decks before the clean up began. All funds raised go to support the work of Glassford Community Group, which is a registered charity. The Group has taken ownership of the village hall and has revealed ambitious plans to redevelop the space into a thriving community hub. Les added: "It's been a busy year for Glassford Community Group. We've had events every month in the hall which have been well received and supported across our community. We have seen lots of bookings for the hall, including birthday parties, leisure classes, band rehearsals, meetings, performance rehearsals and karate sessions. "2025 is an exciting year for Glassford and for the Glassford Community Group. We have been working with our design consultants on preparing the final documents required for us to go out to tender for the hall redevelopment. We expect to be issuing a tender later in the spring and hope to have the work started by the autumn - exciting times. "We also have a few more events planned in the hall over spring and summer so keep an eye on Facebook and our website." *Don't miss the latest headlines from around Lanarkshire. Sign up to our newsletters here. And did you know Lanarkshire Live is on Facebook? Head on over and give us a like and share!
Daily Record
02-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Record
Music festival taking place at landmark Stonehouse bandstand
Bandstand Beatz takes place on Saturday, May 10, and is organised by Friends of Stonehouse Park and Avondale Radio The historic Stonehouse bandstand will be filled with the sound of a range of music as it provides the spectacular stage for a community festival. Friends of Stonehouse Park and Avondale Radio are teaming up to run the Bandstand Beatz event on Saturday, May 10, showcasing a host of talented local musicians – and with organisers saying 'tickets are flying' for the free event. It takes place at the century-old bandstand in the town's Alexander Hamilton memorial park from 1pm to 7pm, during what is the park's centenary year. Organisers promise 'a fantastic line-up of local talent [on] an afternoon packed full of performances from Ewan MacFarlane, Clay Rings, Ciaran Whyte, Pilgrims Society, Mairs Family Band, Megan Black, Ellijai, Broghan, Amy Louise and Ross Smith'. Visitors are asked to try to reach the event on foot due to the limited parking for the Lawrie Street park, and can bring picnics or sample the Park Pizzas on offer. READ MORE: Marathon sisters raise thousands for charity with London double success The historic B-listed bandstand was renovated and brought back into use two years ago after a decade of work by the park's volunteer Friends group to have it painstakingly restored, including successfully applying for £230,000 of grant funding. A focal point of the park, it had fallen into disrepair in the 1980s and had not been used at all in more than 20 years due to its then-unsafe condition, before the major renovation including dismantling and reconstructing the main structure, restoring the roof and metalwork with a new support structure and rebuilding brick base walls. It was originally built at Kelvingrove Park in Glasgow for the major 1911 Scottish exhibition of natural history, art and industry; and the bandstand was moved to Stonehouse to become a focal point in the new Alexander Hamilton park for its opening in May 1925. Now a second landmark project is underway at the Stonehouse park during its 100th year with the renovation of its other original structure, the Alexander Hamilton memorial fountain. Workers are currently on site repairing and cleaning the fountain in a comprehensive £50,000 restoration funded by a grant to the Friends group from the renewable energy fund distributed by South Lanarkshire Council. The project – which includes renewing the fountain's railings, painting them to match the restored bandstand, rebuilding a brick wall and installing a new plaque – is due to be completed in time for the anniversary of the park being gifted to the people of Stonehouse by businessman and former local resident Alexander Hamilton on May 30, 1925. Friends of Stonehouse Park committee member and local historian John Young previously told Lanarkshire Live: 'This funding will allow us to retain a historic landmark which recognises the opening of the park, and enable us to bring the community together in celebrating the 100th anniversary of the park being opened. 'The bandstand restoration showed what we can do as a community if we put our minds to it – it was a massive community effort and looks incredible and it's great to see it being used again.'
