Apr 05 2024
Following the funding announcement in January 2024 from the National Heritage Lottery Fund the People’s Palace will close its doors on Sunday 14th April as, alongside the Winter Gardens, these iconic buildings, belonging to Glaswegians “for ever and ever”, will undergo refurbishment. Glasgow Life has told us that they will close for approximately 3 …
Mar 19 2024
In January of this year we had a very successful celebration of 126 years of the People’s Palace. We welcomed our supporters, Councillors, MSP &MPs to celebrate with us St Dennis Children’s Choir entertained us with their performance of traditional Glasgow songs “Coming Home to Glasgow” , “The Glasca Cat” and finished with “Auld lang …
Jan 24 2023
On 22nd January 2023, we celebrated the 125th anniversary of the Peoples Palace and the Winter Gardens at Glasgow Green – with music from The Elastic Band and Eileen Farrelly, and poetry from Christie Williamson. Attendees included local councillors from Bridgeton and Gorbals, and there were well-received speeches by Paul Sweeney, MSP and George Parsonage …
Jan 02 2023
1988 was the centenary of the Celtic Football Club, and they chose to have their celebratory exhibition in the People’s Palace. The 1987-88 season was an especially good one for the Club and the exhibition was one of the most popular to have taken place in the People’s Palace. Captain Roy Aitken …
Dec 28 2022
Hi there, To keep our campaign going to get the Winter Gardens restored we are asking supporters to send us photos of their celebrations at the Winter Gardens. Please send us photos and a few lines of text of your celebrations at the Winter Gardens. It maybe a wedding; attending a concert; a school outing …
