Greater Easterhouse Festival

Greater Easterhouse festival has become an annual event celebrating art, crafts history and imagination, in the grounds of Provan Hall and Auchinlea Park, Greater Easterhouse.

2006 Greater Easterhouse Festival

The festival 2006 took place the 29 of July and the festival day theme was: ‘Works of Art’. The theme was choosen in connection with the opening of Platform at the Bridge - the brand new arts facility in Easterhouse.

Carnival parade

There was a carnival parade with hundreds of primary school children from all over Greater Easterhouse. It left this year from the Platform.  A lot of the active community groups also joined in the spectacular parade. 

Want to get involved?

Any group in the community that want to get involved in coming festival should contact the Platform on 0141 781 2034 or festival@platform-online.co.uk.

2005 Greater Easterhouse Festival

Magic, Myths & Legends - The only limit is your imagination!

The festival took place the 30th July with a Carnival Parade arriving at the Festival Opening in Auchinlea Park.

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2004 Easterhouse Festival at Auchinlea Park

Festival Day Huge Hit with Local Folk

Auchinlea Park was awash with colour on Saturday 31 July 2004 for the annual Easterhouse festival.

Easterhouse Festival Day proved to be a huge hit with a record breaking crowd of 4,500 local residents basking in glorious sunshine to enjoy local bands, puppet shows, exhibitions, dance and music performances.

Native American theme

The Festival, coordinated by Greater Easterhouse Arts Forum, brought a Native American theme to this year’s event with a spectacular tepee village and costume procession as well as the first chance to see a replica of the famous Ghost Dance Shirt (given back to the Lakota Sioux by Glasgow City Council in 1999).

James Dean, arts coordinator for Greater Easter Arts Team said. “We promised to create an event which offered something for everyone with the emphasis definitely on fun! From the feedback we’ve received I think we hit the mark. Live local bands proved to be extremely popular and showcased the fantastic talent that exists in the area while the Native American theme brought local children and community groups together to create Native American costumes and the tepee village.

Provanhall Heritage Group Exhibition

James continued: “The Provanhall Heritage group also got in on the day and mounted a terrific exhibition showing the parallels between Scottish and Native American cultures. Festival Day was all about getting local people involved to make it a real community affair-I think this year’s event went down a treat and has definitely helped to strengthen the community spirit within the area.