Dandelion Festival is in full swing in Glasgow's west end.
The free, non-ticketed event in Kelvingrove Park combines great music with doing our bit to make the world a better place.
Punters can enjoy amazing performances and workshops before tucking into brilliant food from a range of vendors from June 17 to 19.
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Newton Faulkner, Admiral Fallow, Rura and Niteworks are just some of the top acts taking to the stage.
And at the heart of the festival sits the Pavilion of Perpetual Light; a main stage with live vegetable plants inside that glows and grows as its built with unique accelerated growing cubes.
There are three stages in total, spread across the site in the south of the Kelvingrove Park, next to the entrance from Royal Terrace and Parkgrove Terrace.
Scientists, activists, technologists and writers will come together with chefs, musicians, artists and performers to spark conversations around Dandelion’s core theme of how people can creatively engage with topics such as food poverty, climate action and sustainability.
The ‘Hothouse’ will host some of the UK’s leading thinkers in food systems and environmentalism while ‘Potting Sheds’ will host artists, performers and community organisations.
Visitors can build their own planters using pre-cut scrap wood, participate in music and movement performances, write poetry or create their own seed bombs and avocado starter seed kits with ETSD and much more.
Meanwhile an 18-metre-long immersive whale installation, made entirely of recycled ocean plastics, with be sauntering about the park to entertain little ones who can also check out The Nursery to discover the sensory world of plants.
A huge selection of locally-sourced, street food from festival traders is on offer or those looking for a libation can check out the fully-licensed bar.
Sunday will see a mass free plant giveaway to inspire the Glaswegians to grow at home before the festival ends with Meal of Thanks, prepared by professional chefs, for nominated, unsung heroes of the past two years.
Music director for Dandelion, Donald Shaw told Glasgow Live : "After the pandemic, it seemed even more pronounced to consider the medicinal value of music and its positive impact on mental health, social cohesion and community spirit, similar to the visceral experience of feeling the earth in your hands and the joy you get from watching something grow, so music plays a very important part in this creative programme.’
“All the musicians who feature share our beliefs in environmentalism and individual action against climate change."
For further information on the festival or the full Dandelion programme visit the official website.
