Bandstand revival comes step closer

james73 · Bandstand revival comes step closer

Bandstand revival comes step closer (Evening Times)

A PLAN to restore the historic bandstand in Kelvingrove Park has been given
a £60,000 cash injection.

It is one of a range of environmental projects to benefit from a £700,000
boost from Glasgow City Council. The council is allowed to give a percentage
of the cash it is due to pay in landfill tax to local organisations.

Since the scheme was launched, the council has distributed about £8million
to more than 100 projects.

Among the latest to benefit is the Glasgow Building Preservation Trust,
which will receive a £60,000 grant for the Kelvingrove bandstand.

The trust has drawn up two possible options for repairing and re-opening
the bandstand for concerts and events - believed to cost around £1m -
which are now being considered by the council.

The B-listed bandstand dates from 1924-1925. It was used for outdoor
concerts from the 1950s to the 1990s but fell into disuse in recent years.

Stars including Belle and Sebastian, Teenage Fanclub and Franz Ferdinand
have backed calls for it to reopen as a community facility.

The Scottish Wildlife Trust gets £46,640 for a project at Cathkin Marsh,
almost £89,000 is allocated to Hogganfield Park local nature reserve and
the Land Trust gets more than £110,000 to refurbish the Tramway arts
venue.

The biggest grant of more than £131,000 is awarded to the appeal for the
new Riverside Museum at Glasgow Harbour.

James H