Glasgow's The Reeling music festival to return in 2025 with extra date due to demand

A hugely popular trad music festival has announced its set to return to Glasgow next summer and is adding an extra night due to demand.

Glasgow’s summer celebration of Scottish contemporary folk music, the Reeling Festival, will see some of the biggest names on the Scottish trad scene return to Rouken Glen Park on Friday, June 6, Saturday, June 7 and Sunday June, 8 2025 – making the festival a three-day event for the first time.

Contemporary fiddle band Blazin' Fiddles, legendary singer-songwriter Dougie MacLean OBE, six-piece Celtic fusion band Shooglenifty, folk singer-songwriter Eddi Reader MBE and Electronic duo Valtos have already been announced as part of the top line up of acts across the Saturday and Sunday dates.

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Other performances will include Ciaran Ryan Band, Dàimh, Dàna, Donald & Peigi Barker, Flook, HEISK, Jack Badcock, LÉDA, Liv Dawn, The Paul McKenna Band, Rebecca Hill & Charlie Stewart, Ryan Young, and Tarran, with many more artists to be announced at a later date.

A new Friday date will be headlined by four-piece folk-pop outfit Tide Lines, with Scots singer Siobhan Miller, Outer Hebridean band Beinn Lee and Glasgow-born Gnoss also supporting.

The date was revealed in a video, soundtracked by a poem written by Black Isle-born writer Colin Bramwell.

The Reeling burst onto the Scottish festival scene in 2023. Despite the festival going head to head with Taylor Swift’s Edinburgh gigs this year, thousands descended on Rouken Glen Park to watch Scotland’s most talented modern trad musicians in action including Elephant Sessions, Kinnaris Quintet, Julie Fowlis and Manran. Gaelic band Niteworks closed off last year’s festival with one of their final shows after more than 17 years together.

The 5,000-capacity event will see the southside park spring to life with world-class performances spanning two stages and a dedicated kids area and Ceilidh Tots events, as well as high quality Scottish food and drink offerings.

The Reeling is founded by Michael Pellegrotti, co-director of Skye Live, the unique and picturesque music festival in Portree on the Isle of Skye which is set to celebrate its tenth anniversary next year. He believes The Reeling in Glasgow can have the same staying power.

He said: "We launched The Reeling just two years ago, and it’s been fantastic to see it grow year on year. Glasgow’s summer celebration of contemporary folk music is now a fixture of the Scottish music scene’s calendar, and that is a testament to the incredible talent that makes the Scottish trad scene so special – and the people who come out to celebrate it.

“We’re so proud of how Skye Live has grown in recent years, and it’s great to see The Reeling prove demand is high everywhere in Scotland. Trad music is hugely popular, and I’m incredibly proud to be extending the festival to meet the demand of fans old and new.”

Full-line up to be announced. Tickets will be available for presale to subscribers of The Reeling mailing list from Thursday, November 28 at 9 am, with general sale available from Friday, November 29 at 9 am. To sign up and access tickets head to thereeling.com

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