The annual TRNSMT music festival held at Glasgow Green in Scotland is happening this weekend, July 11-13. This is Scotland’s largest music festival, held over 3 days, and is a non-camping event held between 12 pm to 11 pm each day. The festival includes multiple stages, food vendors, bars, funfair rides, and a diverse lineup of artists.
This year’s headliners include American rapper 50 Cent on Friday, Scottish rock band Biffy Clyro on Saturday, and rock band Snow Patrol on Sunday. Other notable acts performing on the main stage this weekend are Wet Leg, Fontaines D.C., Jade, Alessi Rose, James Bay, Gracie Abrams, The Kooks, and Twin Atlantic.
The King Tut’s Stage includes artists Tanner Adell, Underworld, Jake Bugg, Shed Seven, Good Neighbours, Arthur Hill, and Brooke Combe. BBC Introducing stages features The Rooks, Matilda Mann, Ben Ellis, Bemz, and Vlure. The BBC Radio 1 Dance Stage includes Nimino, Jaguar, Jazzy, Charlie Hedges, Arielle Free, and Marianne.
The TRNSMT festival started back in 2017 with around 120,000 people attending. They expanded the event over two weekends in 2018 but have since brought it back to one weekend. The festival now attracts around 150,000 attendees, with an estimated 50,000 people each day. It has become a major event in the UK music festival scene.
The TRNSMT festival features four different stages: The Main Stage, hosting the biggest names and headliners, King Tut’s Stage with a mix of established and new talent, BBC Introducing Stage, and BBC Radio 1 Dance Stage, which includes local and international DJs.
The festival’s headline partner is Rockstar Energy Drink, along with other partnerships including Pepsi, Smirnoff, Jägermeister, and BBC Radio 1. You can download the TRNSMT app to see stage times for all artists, the site map, real-time updates throughout the weekend, and your tickets.
The festival offers easily accessible parking, entrances, and viewing platforms for the stages, providing a place for wheelchair users. TRNSMT is also a signatory of the Green Nation Sustainability Charter, showing importance and dedication to environmental responsibility while holding the event in a public park. They include sustainable food options and promote sustainable fashion through a pop-up shop featured at the festival.
Check out TRNSMT’s full festival lineup here.
