00:00Celtic Connections is back for 2025 launching across Glasgow on Thursday the 16th of January.
00:06The city will host the best roots, world and folk music for its 32nd edition and is expected
00:11to welcome over 100,000 attendees across 18 days.
00:15This year's festival will begin with an opening concert that celebrates 850 years of Glasgow
00:20with a secret line-up and from there a myriad of performances will take place showcasing
00:24artists from Scotland and beyond.
00:27A new under-26 community scheme has launched this year which gives younger fans access
00:32to discounts.
00:33The Emirates Arena will also be piloted as a music venue hosting the Isle of Lewis trio
00:38Pete and Diesel.
00:392025 will also mark the beginning of a new five-year headline partnership between Celtic
00:44Connections and Innocent Gun.
00:47To celebrate this, Scottish trad band Knoth's performed a live gig on an open-top bus that
00:52travelled through the city ahead of their gig at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall on the
00:561st of February, which was organised by the brewery.
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