Counterflows Festival 2027

It gives us great pleasure to say that Counterflows Festival will be returning in 2027 on the 31st March - 4th April in Glasgow.

Full Festival passes are now on sale in standard, solidarity and limited pay what you want tiers. This pass gives you access to all the main events as part of Counterflows. Please note, for any workshops or smaller events, you will have to book onto this separately to guarantee your spot. Details for this will be announced in February.

The festival line-up will be announced in early January. Expect a carefully webbed-together selection of local and international artists, with live performances, commissions, collaborations, a club night, hangouts, a small publishers fair, karaoke (!), workshops and more. All attendees will also receive a copy of our limited edition Counterflows on Paper zine, edited by Helen Charman & Joel White.

After 15 years of Counterflows we remain a small festival, with maximum capacity of 700 people. A lot has has changed over that time, but in many ways we're staying the same. Instead of moving around venues loads, we'll be positioning all our evening events in the Woodside Halls, a space that's become a home of some sort for us. Day time events will be situated in different spots in the city, with late night hang outs and our one Saturday club night taking place at The Art School. Everywhere will be walkable on foot, and we'll leave plenty time in the programme (including dinner breaks) so you can catch everything.

It also gives us great pleasure to be collaborating with some other Glasgow-based organisers on parts of the programme, including events with Listen Gallery and Tanum Sound System.

You will notice we have an extra day in the programme this year. On the 31st of March we're excited to host the premier listening party of A Sound Map of the River Clyde, which we have been working on collaboratively over the past year. There's still some time if you want to get involved and submit your own recordings as part of it. Information is available on the Counterflows website.

We look forward to joining you all for 5 days of listening together, dancing together, and open up possibilities.