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Radical Southside is an organised walk scheduled for September 19th at Moyra Janes in Glasgow. The tour will focus on exploring the historical narratives within the Pollokshields and Govanhill areas. Participation requires a fee of £11.55.

A walk through some of the radical histories of Pollokshields and Govanhill.

Join Radical Glasgow Tours on this walk around the Southside and learn about a few of the area's radical histories, from Maoist bank robbers, sabotage and slavery to political song, anti-fascism and Yiddish theatre. This tour was once famously described as being packed with radical oral histories aka vintage leftwing gossip.

When booking, choose Donations for pay what you can tickets or Tickets if you are redeeming a voucher.

Route: The tour will take us from the starting point outside Moyra Janes around East Pollokshields and through Govanhill to finish at Queens Park, covering 2 miles and taking 1.45-2 hrs.

Accessibility: This route is on city pavements and does not include any steep hills. If you would like to see a detailed map of the route, or if there is any further information that would be helpful for access please email us: radicalglasgowtours at gmail.com.

Pricing: our public tours are always pay what you can. Suggested donations are £5/£7/£15 (solidarity rate). If the cost is in any way a barrier to you taking part, please just drop us a line and we will sort you out with free tickets!

Multiple tickets: Eventbrite won't accept orders for multiple tickets under the pay what you can option. If you want more than one, you can either choose Tickets (they will be £7) or if you want to pay a lower (or higher!) amount then anoyingly you'll need to order each ticket separately. Sorry for the hassle!

Dogs: apart from guide dogs, we ask that people please not bring dogs on the tours.

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Radical Southside takes place on Saturday, 19 September 2026 at 14:00.

Radical Southside is held at Moyra Janes in Glasgow (18-20 Kildrostan Street, Glasgow, G41 4LU).

Tickets for Radical Southside are priced at £11.55. Live prices and availability are shown on Eventbrite.

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