Music in Glasgow

We went to this pub in Glasgow on our last night there and had a great time. They have different live bands, our night featured an Irish musician who was really wonderful. Enjoy Glasgow- it’s a really great city!

https://kitty-osheas.com/city-centre/

Do you mean traditional / folk music? There's a lot more to music in Glasgow than that! :)

Take a look at this link I'll paste below. It's a list of trad music sessions on a Thursday. I'd probably be thinking about The Ben Nevis or The Park Bar. I see there's somewhere new called Grace's in Candleriggs, which is near your hotel.

https://thesession.org/sessions/search?day=Thursday&q=Glasgow%2C+Scotland

Friday night isn't usually when pubs will have a session on. Plenty of live music venues in Glasgow if you're looking for things other than trad sessions though.

I saw that Molly Malone's is near the Maldron. How is it? Also, wondering if the Park Bar, Ben Nevis, or Grace's have a food menu along with drink menu. I didn't see anything on their websites.
We are active 70 year olds, so not looking for a young only vibe, but intergenerational. We enjoy music, and local music is special.

I don't think I've ever been in Molly Malone's but it is a very well known Irish pub that's been around for a long time. I'm sure it would be good craic.

As far as food goes at The Park Bar or The Ben Nevis, I wouldn't expect them to be serving anything for eating in the evening, especially if they're busy with a session. Both are quite traditional pubs that are focussed on drinking. The Ben Nevis is one of the best in Glasgow for their selection of malts. My sister's best buddy lives around there and is a whisky collector, drinker and is a regular. That neighbourhood (Finnieston) has some of the best restaurants in Glasgow along Argyle Street, the main drag. I've never really been one for pub food, as regular readers of my posts may have gathered.

I think it's probably worth making the distinction between Irish and Scottish pubs. Kitty O'Shea's, Molly Malone's and Grace's are all Irish pubs, The Park Bar and The Ben Nevis are Scottish pubs. There's traditionally been a large community from the Highlands in Finnieston and Partick and several of the pubs around there are geared towards that community. I've never been in Grace's, but it's more of a sports bar, a Celtic pub. From what I gather it might be a bit tiocfaidh ár lá for my tastes. I think that's where you're most likely to hear rebel songs played and sung along to at their session.

I think I would like to go to a Scottish bar - thank you for the distinction. Are cabs/ubers easily found to get around if we don't feel like walking?

Are cabs/ubers easily found to get around if we don't feel like walking?

Yes. Black cabs should be plentiful in the city centre to flag down or there's taxi ranks at Central (Hope Street side at the moment I think) and Queen Street Stations. I've never used Uber in Glasgow but I believe it has a good service. There's also buses that go in the direction of Finnieston from the city centre.

Mcgregds, We, too, were hoping to find a venue that had traditional Scottish playing on our last night there. We checked into Ben Nevis and a few others that I had read about on this forum. Our problem was we were facing a very, very early wake up time the next morning and in the other pubs the musicians didn’t start their sets until 9- 9:30. Kitty O’Shea’s started at 8 so we thought that would work best for us. Plus it was a 5 minute walk from our hotel. Hope you find something! It was a great way to end the trip!