Craft brewer Innis & Gunn has celebrated its headline sponsorship of the Celtic Connections festival, which kicks off this Thursday (16 January), with an unusual outdoor concert in Glasgow.
Scottish trad band Gnoss entertained folk fans on an open-top bus shuttling between Innis & Gunn’s taprooms on West Nile Street and Ashton Lane, with the four-piece also performing sets at both venues.
Dougal Sharp, Master Brewer and founder of Innis & Gunn, said: “We’re all about good beer for good folk! While there’s plenty of chatter about Dry January, we wanted to start 2025 with a bang – and what better way to do it than by partnering with Celtic Connections? It’s a standout moment in Scotland’s cultural calendar, and we’re proud to be the headline partner.
“But for us, it’s never just about putting our name on something – it’s about getting stuck in and going all out. That’s exactly what we did with this bus tour. Having the hugely talented Gnoss perform a live, rolling gig on one of Glasgow’s iconic sightseeing buses was pure magic, not to mention the buzz in our taprooms.”
Celtic Connections, delivered by Glasgow Life, will fill around 25 venues with around 300 events across 18 days, anticipating around 110,000 visitors and an estimated 1,200 musicians and artists.
