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It gives us great pleasure to reveal the full artist line-up for Counterflows Festival, 9-12th April 2026 in Glasgow ❤️
The final allocation of festival passes are now on sale
www.counterflows.com
The final allocation of festival passes are now on sale
www.counterflows.com
It gives us great pleasure to reveal the full artist line-up for Counterflows Festival, 9-12th April 2026 in Glasgow ❤️
The final allocation of festival passes are now on sale
www.counterflows.com
The final allocation of festival passes are now on sale
www.counterflows.com
January 7, 2026 at 11:01 AM
It gives us great pleasure to reveal the full artist line-up for Counterflows Festival, 9-12th April 2026 in Glasgow ❤️
The final allocation of festival passes are now on sale
www.counterflows.com
The final allocation of festival passes are now on sale
www.counterflows.com
Seasons greetings from Counterflows HQ! 🎄
We'll be launching the full artist line-up for Counterflows Festival 2026 in early January. Get early access to it and the final allocation of full festival passes by joining our mailing list: counterflows.com/newsletter/
We'll be launching the full artist line-up for Counterflows Festival 2026 in early January. Get early access to it and the final allocation of full festival passes by joining our mailing list: counterflows.com/newsletter/
December 16, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Seasons greetings from Counterflows HQ! 🎄
We'll be launching the full artist line-up for Counterflows Festival 2026 in early January. Get early access to it and the final allocation of full festival passes by joining our mailing list: counterflows.com/newsletter/
We'll be launching the full artist line-up for Counterflows Festival 2026 in early January. Get early access to it and the final allocation of full festival passes by joining our mailing list: counterflows.com/newsletter/
Scotland’s longest running festival of experimental and marginal music is back. We return on the 9 - 12 of April 2026 in Glasgow ♥️
Full Festival passes are now on sale in standard, solidarity and pay what you want tiers:
counterflows.com/festival/cou...
Full Festival passes are now on sale in standard, solidarity and pay what you want tiers:
counterflows.com/festival/cou...
November 5, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Scotland’s longest running festival of experimental and marginal music is back. We return on the 9 - 12 of April 2026 in Glasgow ♥️
Full Festival passes are now on sale in standard, solidarity and pay what you want tiers:
counterflows.com/festival/cou...
Full Festival passes are now on sale in standard, solidarity and pay what you want tiers:
counterflows.com/festival/cou...
Diaries out! We're pleased to say we'll be returning on the 9-12 of April 2026 for another edition of Counterflows Festival in Glasgow ❤️
Festival passes and further information will be revealed in early November.
📸 by Brian Hartley
Festival passes and further information will be revealed in early November.
📸 by Brian Hartley
September 30, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Diaries out! We're pleased to say we'll be returning on the 9-12 of April 2026 for another edition of Counterflows Festival in Glasgow ❤️
Festival passes and further information will be revealed in early November.
📸 by Brian Hartley
Festival passes and further information will be revealed in early November.
📸 by Brian Hartley
Open Call: Scottish Sculpture Workshop x Counterflows Caregivers Residency
2025 marks the 5th year of the collaboration between SSW and Counterflows Festival offering vital residency opportunities to Scotland based artists who are also caregivers.
Info & how to apply: ssw.org.uk/open-call-ss...
2025 marks the 5th year of the collaboration between SSW and Counterflows Festival offering vital residency opportunities to Scotland based artists who are also caregivers.
Info & how to apply: ssw.org.uk/open-call-ss...
September 12, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Open Call: Scottish Sculpture Workshop x Counterflows Caregivers Residency
2025 marks the 5th year of the collaboration between SSW and Counterflows Festival offering vital residency opportunities to Scotland based artists who are also caregivers.
Info & how to apply: ssw.org.uk/open-call-ss...
2025 marks the 5th year of the collaboration between SSW and Counterflows Festival offering vital residency opportunities to Scotland based artists who are also caregivers.
Info & how to apply: ssw.org.uk/open-call-ss...
Check out this really nice interview and feature on Counterflows Festival. Thanks to The Bell and Henry Ivry!
www.glasgowbell.co.uk/the-uks-most...
www.glasgowbell.co.uk/the-uks-most...
The UK's most important avant-garde music festival is in a Maryhill community hall
A rabid audience and absolutely no plans to scale up: Counterflows is a true Glasgow curio
www.glasgowbell.co.uk
May 12, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Check out this really nice interview and feature on Counterflows Festival. Thanks to The Bell and Henry Ivry!
www.glasgowbell.co.uk/the-uks-most...
www.glasgowbell.co.uk/the-uks-most...
Thanks so much to @thewiremagazine.bsky.social & Claire Biddles for the lovely review of Counterflows Festival this year 🥂✨
Here's the first bit of it: read the full thing in the current issue!
Here's the first bit of it: read the full thing in the current issue!
May 7, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Thanks so much to @thewiremagazine.bsky.social & Claire Biddles for the lovely review of Counterflows Festival this year 🥂✨
Here's the first bit of it: read the full thing in the current issue!
Here's the first bit of it: read the full thing in the current issue!
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"It's a festival that understands that the self-seriousness and solemnity that so often fill the world are irrelevant – it’s the giddy opportunity of the unknown that defines it..."
@counterflows.bsky.social review:
@counterflows.bsky.social review:
Counterflows 2025: The Report - The Skinny
Counterflows returns to Glasgow, and remains one of the finest festivals the UK has to offer.
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April 14, 2025 at 12:34 PM
"It's a festival that understands that the self-seriousness and solemnity that so often fill the world are irrelevant – it’s the giddy opportunity of the unknown that defines it..."
@counterflows.bsky.social review:
@counterflows.bsky.social review:
Thanks to @theskinnymag.bsky.social for this glowing review of Counterflows Festival last weekend.
www.theskinny.co.uk/music/live-m...
www.theskinny.co.uk/music/live-m...
Counterflows 2025: The Report - The Skinny
Counterflows returns to Glasgow, and remains one of the finest festivals the UK has to offer.
www.theskinny.co.uk
April 12, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Thanks to @theskinnymag.bsky.social for this glowing review of Counterflows Festival last weekend.
www.theskinny.co.uk/music/live-m...
www.theskinny.co.uk/music/live-m...
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Another belter @counterflows.bsky.social, fave moments were screw-facing at The Handover, a man in a cardigan shrieking John fuckin Wall, Ash Reid’s lament for the taste of British Apples, Yan Jun’s duets with baby / hoverfly / chiff-chaff and Amina Claudine Myers blowing the cobwebs off that organ
April 8, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Another belter @counterflows.bsky.social, fave moments were screw-facing at The Handover, a man in a cardigan shrieking John fuckin Wall, Ash Reid’s lament for the taste of British Apples, Yan Jun’s duets with baby / hoverfly / chiff-chaff and Amina Claudine Myers blowing the cobwebs off that organ
A heartfelt thank you to everyone who joined us under the Glasgow sun's warm glow for 4 days of music, discussion, hanging out and partying 🥰
This was one of our favourite editions of the festival yet.
Pictures courtesy of Brian Hartley. Plenty more to come!
BIG LOVE X
This was one of our favourite editions of the festival yet.
Pictures courtesy of Brian Hartley. Plenty more to come!
BIG LOVE X
April 8, 2025 at 12:04 PM
A heartfelt thank you to everyone who joined us under the Glasgow sun's warm glow for 4 days of music, discussion, hanging out and partying 🥰
This was one of our favourite editions of the festival yet.
Pictures courtesy of Brian Hartley. Plenty more to come!
BIG LOVE X
This was one of our favourite editions of the festival yet.
Pictures courtesy of Brian Hartley. Plenty more to come!
BIG LOVE X
Pleased to announce that you (probably) won't get too soggy moving between each venue at Counterflows this year 😎
April 2, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Pleased to announce that you (probably) won't get too soggy moving between each venue at Counterflows this year 😎
The time is here! Counterflows 2025 kicks off tomorrow 😮
Below in the slides we've included some key information for everyone attending. Have a read over and we look forward to seeing you all soon ❤️
Below in the slides we've included some key information for everyone attending. Have a read over and we look forward to seeing you all soon ❤️
April 2, 2025 at 12:05 PM
The time is here! Counterflows 2025 kicks off tomorrow 😮
Below in the slides we've included some key information for everyone attending. Have a read over and we look forward to seeing you all soon ❤️
Below in the slides we've included some key information for everyone attending. Have a read over and we look forward to seeing you all soon ❤️
Fresh from the printers …a peak inside COUNTERFLOWS ON PAPER 2025
Pick up a copy from Thursday at the festival!
Edited by Joel White, Helen Charman & Emmie McLuskey
Printed by Sunday's Print Service
Illustrations by Project Ability
Design by Oliver Pitt
Pick up a copy from Thursday at the festival!
Edited by Joel White, Helen Charman & Emmie McLuskey
Printed by Sunday's Print Service
Illustrations by Project Ability
Design by Oliver Pitt
April 1, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Fresh from the printers …a peak inside COUNTERFLOWS ON PAPER 2025
Pick up a copy from Thursday at the festival!
Edited by Joel White, Helen Charman & Emmie McLuskey
Printed by Sunday's Print Service
Illustrations by Project Ability
Design by Oliver Pitt
Pick up a copy from Thursday at the festival!
Edited by Joel White, Helen Charman & Emmie McLuskey
Printed by Sunday's Print Service
Illustrations by Project Ability
Design by Oliver Pitt
We have a handful of festival pass returns here if anyone wants to join us next week! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/counterflo...
Counterflows Festival 2025
3-6 April 2025. Various Venues, Glasgow, UK. More details to be announced
www.eventbrite.co.uk
March 28, 2025 at 12:45 PM
We have a handful of festival pass returns here if anyone wants to join us next week! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/counterflo...
Oh heck, Counterflows Festival 2025 is just a week away now! 😮
Ticket update: we've still got a small handful of tickets to the opening night and the Art School clubnight on the 5th. We also just had a small amount of festival passes returned.
www.counterflows.com
Ticket update: we've still got a small handful of tickets to the opening night and the Art School clubnight on the 5th. We also just had a small amount of festival passes returned.
www.counterflows.com
March 27, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Oh heck, Counterflows Festival 2025 is just a week away now! 😮
Ticket update: we've still got a small handful of tickets to the opening night and the Art School clubnight on the 5th. We also just had a small amount of festival passes returned.
www.counterflows.com
Ticket update: we've still got a small handful of tickets to the opening night and the Art School clubnight on the 5th. We also just had a small amount of festival passes returned.
www.counterflows.com
Ahead of their show Counterflows festival, Jennifer Lucy Allan speaks to Tori Kudo (Maher Shalal Hash Baz) in @thequietus.com to offer 10 points of musical entry to his extensive back catalogue 💗
thequietus.com/interviews/s...
thequietus.com/interviews/s...
The Strange World Of... Maher Shalal Hash Baz | The Quietus
Jennifer Lucy Allan attempts the impossible: offering a gateway into the colossal artistic practice of Tori Kudo
thequietus.com
March 25, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Ahead of their show Counterflows festival, Jennifer Lucy Allan speaks to Tori Kudo (Maher Shalal Hash Baz) in @thequietus.com to offer 10 points of musical entry to his extensive back catalogue 💗
thequietus.com/interviews/s...
thequietus.com/interviews/s...
It's just over 3 weeks now until Counterflows Festival kicks off!
For the opening of the festival on the 3rd of April at the beautiful Woodside Halls The Handover, Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh & Weston Olencki and Laura Cocks.
Still some tickets left:
counterflows.com/event/the-ha...
For the opening of the festival on the 3rd of April at the beautiful Woodside Halls The Handover, Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh & Weston Olencki and Laura Cocks.
Still some tickets left:
counterflows.com/event/the-ha...
March 11, 2025 at 2:19 PM
It's just over 3 weeks now until Counterflows Festival kicks off!
For the opening of the festival on the 3rd of April at the beautiful Woodside Halls The Handover, Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh & Weston Olencki and Laura Cocks.
Still some tickets left:
counterflows.com/event/the-ha...
For the opening of the festival on the 3rd of April at the beautiful Woodside Halls The Handover, Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh & Weston Olencki and Laura Cocks.
Still some tickets left:
counterflows.com/event/the-ha...
Recommended in Glasgow tonight! Ailie Ormston launches their wicked new album on Akashic Records.
Also on the bill: Kieran Daly, one of the most interesting and bizarre new guitarists on the block, & our dear friend on drums, Laurie Pitt.
www.theoldhairdressers.com?events=ailie...
Also on the bill: Kieran Daly, one of the most interesting and bizarre new guitarists on the block, & our dear friend on drums, Laurie Pitt.
www.theoldhairdressers.com?events=ailie...
March 9, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Recommended in Glasgow tonight! Ailie Ormston launches their wicked new album on Akashic Records.
Also on the bill: Kieran Daly, one of the most interesting and bizarre new guitarists on the block, & our dear friend on drums, Laurie Pitt.
www.theoldhairdressers.com?events=ailie...
Also on the bill: Kieran Daly, one of the most interesting and bizarre new guitarists on the block, & our dear friend on drums, Laurie Pitt.
www.theoldhairdressers.com?events=ailie...
A quick ticket update:
20 tickets left for Klein & others at The Ferry on 5 April
Still a decent amount of tickets left for the Thursday opening event & Saturday club at The Art School
Available at: counterflows.com
All other shows as part of the festival are sold out
20 tickets left for Klein & others at The Ferry on 5 April
Still a decent amount of tickets left for the Thursday opening event & Saturday club at The Art School
Available at: counterflows.com
All other shows as part of the festival are sold out
March 4, 2025 at 2:33 PM
A quick ticket update:
20 tickets left for Klein & others at The Ferry on 5 April
Still a decent amount of tickets left for the Thursday opening event & Saturday club at The Art School
Available at: counterflows.com
All other shows as part of the festival are sold out
20 tickets left for Klein & others at The Ferry on 5 April
Still a decent amount of tickets left for the Thursday opening event & Saturday club at The Art School
Available at: counterflows.com
All other shows as part of the festival are sold out
We're delighted to unveil the full detailed day-by-day programme for Counterflows Festival 2025, taking place across various venues in Glasgow on the 3-6 of April.
Tickets for individual events and Friday/Saturday Day Passes are now on sale 🚀
www.counterflows.com
Tickets for individual events and Friday/Saturday Day Passes are now on sale 🚀
www.counterflows.com
February 20, 2025 at 10:38 AM
We're delighted to unveil the full detailed day-by-day programme for Counterflows Festival 2025, taking place across various venues in Glasgow on the 3-6 of April.
Tickets for individual events and Friday/Saturday Day Passes are now on sale 🚀
www.counterflows.com
Tickets for individual events and Friday/Saturday Day Passes are now on sale 🚀
www.counterflows.com
This Thursday we'll be announcing the full detailed programme for Counterflows, as well as individual event tickets and some more artists. Hold tight 🤠
February 16, 2025 at 11:41 AM
This Thursday we'll be announcing the full detailed programme for Counterflows, as well as individual event tickets and some more artists. Hold tight 🤠
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I wish I had the time, energy & money to go up to Glasgow for one of these nights. But attention all @synthsky.bsky.social ppl who haven't seen this mini-doc on the New Glasgow Synth Scene.
youtu.be/K74MeBN5FQQ?...
youtu.be/K74MeBN5FQQ?...
The New Glasgow Synth Scene // Attack Release Mini-Documentary
YouTube video by Stephen McLeod
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February 5, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I wish I had the time, energy & money to go up to Glasgow for one of these nights. But attention all @synthsky.bsky.social ppl who haven't seen this mini-doc on the New Glasgow Synth Scene.
youtu.be/K74MeBN5FQQ?...
youtu.be/K74MeBN5FQQ?...
Big news! We are really pleased to announce that AC Projects (Counterflows & Music Space) are a new recipient of Creative Scotland's Multi-Year Funding Programme, which will enable us to sustain and develop the work we do over the next 3 years (1/3)
January 31, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Big news! We are really pleased to announce that AC Projects (Counterflows & Music Space) are a new recipient of Creative Scotland's Multi-Year Funding Programme, which will enable us to sustain and develop the work we do over the next 3 years (1/3)
Super happy to reveal the full artist line-up for Counterflows Festival 2025, 3-6 April in Glasgow ❤️🔥
Festival passes are on-sale, including pay-what-you-can option. www.counterflows.com
Festival passes are on-sale, including pay-what-you-can option. www.counterflows.com
January 14, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Super happy to reveal the full artist line-up for Counterflows Festival 2025, 3-6 April in Glasgow ❤️🔥
Festival passes are on-sale, including pay-what-you-can option. www.counterflows.com
Festival passes are on-sale, including pay-what-you-can option. www.counterflows.com