A VENUE in Glasgow is to hold Scotland's first "daytime rave".
The SWG3 venue, in Finnieston, is to be stage the Early Risers Rave, which will run from 6.30am to 9.30am.
The venue said: "The event is designed for party-goers craving a new and clean experience."
Music will be provided by DJ Griff (Ronnie Griffiths), there will be a chill-out area, Yoga and Pilates drop-in classes and breakfast.
Gary Goldie, organiser of the event, said: "Early Risers Rave gives people the opportunity to start their day in the best possible way, by having a dance to some great tunes with friends and in a super sociable environment.
"Clubbing has always gone hand in hand with drinking, hangovers and the rest, but it doesn’t have to be that way.
"There’s a real move towards clean living and healthy eating is more in the zeitgeist than ever before – so, this is the perfect solution for people who might want to lead a healthier life, but don’t necessarily want to ditch the dancing."
The Early Risers Rave will take place at The Galvanizers at SWG3 on 11 April.
www.swg3.tv
THE events programme for the Colonsay Book Festival this year has been announced.
The festival runs on 27 and 28 April.
Events include the poet Jen Hadfield, who will read new and old work from BYssus and Nigh-No-Place.
Ann Cleeves will be in conversation about her series of Shetland novels, the last of which, Wild Fire, was published in 2018, as well as her continuing series of Vera Stanhope novels.
On the Sunday, Robin A Crawford will be discussing and reading from Into the Peatlands and Sarah Maine will be in conversation about character and the power of place, with readings from The House Between Tides and Women of the Dunes.
Weekend passes are now on sale.
The festival is now in its 8th year.
It has previously featured writers, poets and authors as Val McDermid, Andrew Greig, Mhairi Hedderwick, AL Kennedy, Jackie Kay, Janice Galloway, Ian Rankin, Alexander McCall Smith and Liz Lochhead, among others.
www.colonsaybookfestival.org.uk
GLASGOW Film Festival and Glasgow Jazz Festival have teamed up to present a screening of Jim Galloway – A Journey in Jazz at the CCA in Sauchiehall Street.
It will ve followed by a live performance by drummer Ken Mathieson’s Classic Jazz Orchestra in the CCA’s near-neighbour, the Blue Arrow jazz club.
Director James Cullingham’s film chronicles the life of Jim Galloway, the Kilwinning-born clarinetist and saxophonist who emigrated to Canada as a young man in the 1960s and went on to have an international career as a saxophonist and jazz impresario.
As well as working with jazz musicians including Buddy Tate and Jay McShann, a contemporary of Charlie Parker, Galloway, who died in 2015, co-founded Toronto Jazz Festival and became Canada’s jazz ambassador.
The screening starts at 6pm and will be followed by a Question & Answer session between James Cullingham and Herald contributor Alison Kerr before the Classic Jazz Orchestra, which also features in the film, takes to the Blue Arrow stage.
www.glasgowfilm.org/glasgow-film-festival
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