Upcoming events.
The Pipe Factory Closing Party
Join us this Saturday for The Pipe Factory Closing Party🎉! Since 2021, we’ve proudly raised over £4 million to restore this historic landmark, and we invite you to our final celebration before the next exciting chapter of The Pipe Factory begins.
This free, drop-in event runs from 11 AM to 10 PM with activities, food and drink, and music spread throughout every floor of the building all day long:
MORNING EVENTS: 11-3!
⭐️ Clyde Built Radio live broadcast 11-3PM
⭐️ Theatre of Shadows: a drop-in shadow puppet workshop by Coral Brookes and Alice Brown
⭐️ Art work by Ester Gamsu and Ruth Faulkner
⭐️ Artefact Challenge: a drop-in archaeology workshop (11AM-3PM)
⭐️ Free tea and coffee (all day)
FROM 5PM - 10PM
⭐️ Food by Soul Food Sisters
⭐️ Drinks by Drygate Brewery
⭐️ Live music from special guest (6:15 – 7.15PM)
⭐️ DJ’s Plantainchipps and Dilly Joints (7.30-10pm)
⭐️ Music and drinks until late
⭐️ And much more!
We hope to see you there! ✨ Stay tuned for updates! AND REMEMBER TO WRAP UP WARM!
The ground floor of the Pipe Factory is wheelchair accessible via Moncur Street.
Unfortunately, the ground floor is currently our only accessible floor - we are closing for refurb so we can have a lift!
The major preservation and refurbishment of the Pipe Factory is generously funded by Heritage Fund UK, Glasgow City Council and Historic Environment Scotland.
Theatre of Shadows: Shadow Puppet Workshop
Join us for a drop in creative workshop led by artist/educator Coral Brookes and illustrator Alice Brown. Contribute to a collaborative installation built of projected shadows and sculptural forms that share past, present and future stories of Pipe Factory, its architecture, archive, activity and the local community. Use found objects, handmade stencils, slides, acetate, coloured film and more to create playful projections at Pipe Factory.
Artefact Challenge
Chat to members of The Pipe Factory heritage group to discover the colourful story behind this iconic Calton building. Find out about ongoing research projects and how you can get involved in a vibrant programme of community heritage activity throughout 2025. Grab a chance to handle real archaeological artefacts and sign-up for community archaeology activities launching soon!
portal - listening hangout
A cosy edition of @intothe.portal in The Pipe Factory attic with ambient sounds by Akimat, Raivo Sloan (live), r333cluse, and immersive visuals by Fako Andro. Capacity is extremely limited. Advance tickets available on RA.co. Check @intothe.portal for more details.
Mini Bricks - mini brick-laying workshops
POSTPONED - Sunday 24th Nov Workshop
We apologise for any inconvenience caused. Due to weather conditions, the Pipe Factory mini-bricks workshop is POSTPONED on Sunday 24th.
We’ll be back with more architectural fun - new date announced soon!
Mini Bricks - mini brick-laying workshops
Join the team from The Pipe Factory to try your hand at REAL mini bricklaying - grab a trowel, mix your own cement and get building!
Kiln Klub open day
Drop into the Pipe Factory over the weekend for Kiln Klub open days! Roll up your sleeves, unleash your creativity, and have fun working with clay on Saturday, November 16th and Sunday, November 17th, from 12pm-4pm
Kiln Klub open day
Drop into the Pipe Factory over the weekend for Kiln Klub open days! Roll up your sleeves, unleash your creativity, and have fun working with clay on Saturday, November 16th and Sunday, November 17th, from 12pm-4pm
The Barras Hunt: Collecting Connections in the Calton!
The Barras Hunt: Being Human Festival of Humanities!
Wee Write Family Day at The Mitchell Library
The Pipe Factory is delivering activities for young people in celebration of the Wee Write Family Day at The Mitchell Library on Saturday 9 November.
Celebrating a decade of the much-loved Children’s Book Festival, Wee Write Family Day 2024 continues to enthral, delight and capture the imagination of countless children in Glasgow and beyond.
Free - booking essential.
We’ll see you at the Mitchell!
Heritage Volunteering- online info session
Join the Pipe Factory online to find out about a vibrant programme of community heritage volunteering in Glasgow's east end!
At this informal afternoon session, find out how you can get involved with colourful heritage events, training & learning opportunities, research & archiving, community archaeology, and creative heritage activities in the Calton and throughout Glasgow's east end, with The Pipe Factory.
Visit the Pipe Factory Eventbrite page HERE to access the Zoom meeting link
General info about Pipe Factory volunteering is also available at our Volunteer Glasgow profile
We hope to see you soon!
CANCELLED - Doors Open Festival - Creative Writing Session
A free Creative Writing workshop from the Scottish Working Class Network and the Kelvingrove Writers
Creative Writing Workshop with The Kelvingrove Writers
Scottish Working Class Network - Creative Writing
So You Want to Start an Archive?
Come along to this free workshop to learn about resources, tips & tricks that can help you or your group kick off a heritage archiving project!
Weds 26th June, 1pm-3pm
At The Pipe Factory, heritage expert Erika Silverman will take us through a hands-on workshop outlining the basic steps of archiving and conservation so that you can confidently start to build your own archive.
Alongside other budding researchers and enthusiasts, learn new heritage skills through informal, hands on activities and discussions.
Free refreshments provided. Booking essential at The Pipe Factory Eventbrite.
See you there!
Kiln Club Launch
Zoeli and Ezra invite you to join them for the launch of the Kiln Klub on Sunday 16th June, 1-8pm!
Come get your hands dirty, get creative and enjoy yourselves in the magical world of clay. Everyone is welcome, free refreshments!
1-4 pm : Drop in clay workshop, all ages
5-8 pm : Music, drinks and more making
This open day is a free all ages drop in activity and will take place during the Barras Market on the ground floor of The Pipe Factory, 42 Bain Street, G40 2LA. The space is wheelchair accessible with an accessible bathroom. Please contact us if you have any specific access requirements you need support with to attend.
This event is supported by The National Lottery Community Fund. The Kiln Klub is part of Strange Field’s Community Programme and part of our aim to create an Open Community Art Space on the ground floor of The Pipe Factory, to create accessibility within the arts. The Klub is run by artists Ezra Bernico and Zoeli Winters. The goal at the Kiln Klub is to provide an affordable service for creatives here in Glasgow. We want to build a community around ceramics and create an art space where everyone feels welcome.
Where a Castle Meets the Sky
A new exhibition for Glasgow International Festival.
‘Where a Castle Meets the Sky’ brings together works by Emelia Kerr Beale, Suds McKenna, Josie Perry and Jonny Walker. The exhibition engages expansively with figuration and themes of queer sociality through drawing, sculpture and installation.
The exhibition opens on Friday 7th of June from 12pm - 6pm. The exhibition will be open 12pm - 6pm from Tuesday - Sunday 12pm - 6pm until the 23rd of June.
Please join us for an opening event on Saturday 8th of June 5pm - 7pm.
Paper Mache and Patchwork!
Come along on Sunday 21st April to join Josie Ko and Jemimah Vaughan for a paper mache and patchwork workshop.
Loom Large in the Community - Exhibition
Saturday 23rd March + Sunday 24th March
11 am - 3.30 pm
An exhibition of printed, knitted, crocheted and hand-made crafts by people aged 60 and older from across Glasgow.
Free drop-in textile workshops on both days with Sarah McLeod and Anne Ferguson.
Free Heritage Talks by Peter Mortimer on Saturday 23rd and Sunday 25th March at 1pm.
Suitable for ages 5+. No booking required.
Venue - The Pipe Factory, 42 Bain Street, Glasgow, G40 2LA
Funded by Glasgow Community Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund, and Glasgow Communities Fund
Loom Large - Exhibition and Drop in Sessions
Saturday 29th October + Sunday 30th October
11 am - 3 pm
An exhibition of textiles and the history of weaving in the East End of Glasgow.
Are you interested in trying your hand at crochet for the first
time? Do you want to rekindle your love of knitting? Please join us at these drop-in sessions and donate your old tights to the project.
Booking not required.
Venue - The Pipe Factory, 42 Bain Street, Glasgow, G40 2LA
Funded by Glasgow Community Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund
Sonica Glasgow 2022 presents: Acoustic Pendulum / January King / Virgile Abela & Mellon Charles
Photo Acoustic Pendulum credit Etienne Rey
Physics - and metaphysical poetry - in action with Virgile Abela’s Acoustic Pendulum while past traditions, potential futures and a psychedelic present collide in Mellon Charles’s January King.
About Sonica
Steve Reich’s Pendulum Music (1968) set microphones swinging over speakers, generating rhythmic sonic oscillations. Virgile Abela extends and inverts Reich’s format, placing the speakers in a pendulum over a floor-based microphone. Starting in total stillness, over time the pendulum begins to swing in response to acoustic feedback, at first gently and ultimately in wide arcs or circles, forming an acoustic picture of the venue. Deceptively simple, Acoustic Pendulum is physics – and metaphysical poetry – in motion.
Past traditions, potential futures and a psychedelic present collide in Mellon Charles’s January King, a meditation of Scotland’s history and its possible destiny. The members of Mellon Charles – Matt Zurowski, Elise Haller-Shannon and James Dixon – have travelled the country making field recordings and documenting local customs; here they present their findings in an ark-like space looking out on luridly coloured landscapes, where sheep-like beings make music that fuses the folkloric, the analogue and the futuristic.
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Tickers go on sale Thursday 20 January 2022 from 10:00am. Ticket price is £7.00. Please book via the link below.
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View the full Sonica programme for 2022 here.
We have over 200 events, featuring over 85 artists from 10 countries. If you have any questions please feel free to email our team at pr@cryptic.org.uk.
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Please note this venue is only accessible on ground floor and the performances are on floors 1 & 2 so NA for wheelchairs
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