City Halls/Old Fruitmarket

The Merchant city area in general but especially the city halls has stunning architecture. I was here before for a Celtic Connections concert which was fantastic. This time it was at a conference I was attending with the GDA [Glasgow disability alliance].

A stunning venue with original features and good wheelchair access, but balcony view from accessible area is poor.

It was fabulous to be part of the audience for the BBC Radio Scotland young Traditional Musician of the year 2019! The show featured six phenomenal finalists in this traditional Scottish music competition. The Glasgow City Halls is a great venue with lots of traditional character to the building. It is situated within the Merchant City area of Glasgow. For Wheelchair users this is quite a pleasant area to navigate as there are quite a few dropped kerbs and pedestrian areas. The venue itself has quite a few heavy manual doors which I found only manageable. I am not sure if I approached the venue from the wrong side but found myself having to do a complete circle of the outside of the building to find the accessibile entrance. There is a multi storey car park on the same street as the city halls , however this may be difficult for vehicles with a high roof. There is also an open air car park on one not too far from the Halls. This is quite rough ground with pot holes at a cost of 6 pounds for 12 hours this may be cheaper than elsewhere.