South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture

 

Mark Black brings you his brand-new stand-up comedy and musical show, ‘Horrible Family’. With millions of views online and sold-out shows at the SEC Armadillo and Pavilion Theatre in 2024, Mark returns in 2026 with his signature dark wit and a fresh set of songs.

Age: 18+

Available to book online or by calling East Kilbride Arts Centre on 01355 261000.

Cost: £18.50 (subject to £1.50 transaction fee)

 

Robert captures the beautiful people, places, animals, history, sea and rivers of the world we all share.

Prints available in all sizes, treat yourself and let the work make you feel happy

Cost: Free admission

 

Gordon Strachan has built up an immense reputation in the world of football. In his playing career, he played at the highest level with a range of clubs – Aberdeen, Manchester United, Leeds United – winning league titles on both sides of the border as well as European success.

He graced the international stage for Scotland on 50 occasions and when retiring from the playing side went into management – most notably taking Southampton to the FA Cup Final – winning trophies over a four‐year period at Celtic, and taking charge of the Scottish international side.

On what promises to be an entertaining night, Gordon will be discussing his colourful career and his life with host Gerry McDade on an evening you will not want to miss!

Available to book online or by calling The Town House Hamilton on 01698 452299.

Cost: £28.00 (subject to £1.50 transaction fee)

 

Dougie MacLean is “Scotland's pre-eminent singer-songwriter and a national musical treasure” (SingOut USA) who has developed a unique blend of lyrical, 'roots based' songwriting and instrumental composition. He is internationally renowned for his song Caledonia, music for Last of the Mohicans and inspired performances. His songs have been covered by Paolo Nutini, Amy MacDonald, Ronan Keating, Mary Black, Frankie Miller, Cara Dillon, Kathy Mattea and many other top performers.

He celebrated his 50th year as a professional musician in 2024 and his popularity is still growing. His weekly broadcasts begun in March 2020 from his Old Schoolhouse and have reached over 4 million viewers in 70 different countries! He has received two prestigious Tartan Clef Awards, a place in the Scottish Music Hall of Fame, a Lifetime Achievement Award from BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards and an OBE!

Available to book online or by calling Lanark Memorial Hall on 01555 673199.

Cost: £25.00 / £23.00 concession (subject to £1.50 transaction fee)

Matt McGinn wasn’t actually born in Rutherglen. He was born just ‘down the road’ in the Calton and was one of a family of nine. However, him, his wife Jeanette and their four children, Anna, Matt, Eleanor and Shonagh lived in Rutherglen.

Jimmie MacGregor described him as ‘the archetypal Glaswegian of his class and generation: short, stocky, robust with a ruddy complexion and rough-hewn features surmounted by a tartan bunnet.”    

He was a genius sometimes writing several songs in one day. Also, his subjects varied from Wee Kirkcudbright Centipedes to Red Yo-Yo’, from Miners Lullabies to Rolling Hills of the Border, from Horse Manure to Bananas. If he got a subject in his mind he had to write a song about it.

Initially he worked in the shipyards and eventually became a shop-steward. He was very political which often caused problems for him. At the age of 31 he won a Trade Union Scholarship to Ruskin College in Oxford. He gained a diploma in Economics and Political Science and then on to Huddersfield Teacher Training College.

When there he entered a newspaper song writing competition and won. His song was about a factory worker who drowned his foreman by holding his head down a toilet. One of the judges was Peggy Seeger and this is where the McGinn/Seeger relationship began. Cutting it short, Peggy’s brother Pete was so taken by Matts work that he got him a concert in New York’s Carnegie Hall with Bob Dylan as one of the support acts.

Having returned to Glasgow after College as a teacher but soon became known as ‘this new songwriting phenomenon’, and he was.

This show in Rutherglen will be presented by several singers singing at least 24 of Matts songs and you will probably recognise them all!

Available to book online or by calling Rutherglen Town Hall on 0141 613 5700.

Cost: £15 / £12 (subject to £1.50 transaction fee)