Agile City Newsletter – July/August
Hello Agile City Community!
July flew by in a flash, and we are already diving headfirst into a sizzling August! With the summer sunshine in full force, the energy on campus has been absolutely buzzing.
Scroll down to catch up on all the best highlights from our July activities, get an exclusive sneak peek at the exciting events we have lined up for the weeks ahead, and check out our latest coworking space openings before they’re gone!
Join our team of Duty Managers
We are currently looking for experienced Duty/Venue Managers to join our small freelance team for evening and late weekend shifts across both our buildings.
If you have at least two years’ experience in venue, wedding, event, building, or duty management, we’d love to hear from you!
No two shifts will be the same but you’ll have the pleasure of working with a passionate, dedicated team that truly believes in what we do.
Help us create that warm ‘Civic House vibe’ we’re known for!
Upcoming Events at Agile City:
Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival: Moving Minds
Sunday 2nd August
Community Cycle: 10am – 12pm, Moving Minds: 11am – 3pm
Civic House, 26 Civic Street, Glasgow, G4 9RH
Moving Minds returns to Civic House! A free family day as part of the Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival, this year taking place as part of the Glasgow 2026 Festival at the Commonwealth Games.
Expect a warm, welcoming day for all ages: live music, poetry and storytelling, and dance from across our communities. Get hands-on with comic making, zine and collage workshops, or take your time in the exhibition and visual art space. There’ll be a kids’ entertainer, face painting and glitter tattoos for the wee ones, a quiet and sensory space to step away when you need it, and food to share.
Sign up and get your free ticket here!
A Vivid Confluence: Tiânn
Monday 3rd August – Tuesday 4th August
Civic House, 26 Civic Street, Glasgow, G4 9RH
A site-responsive exhibition and performance curated by Franzine (Yen-Ju) Chen.
Reimagining Tiânn – a Taiwanese Hokkien concept traditionally referring to the space between home, community, and ritual – the exhibition explores how this vernacular idea can be transformed into a transnational framework for contemporary curatorial practice.
Featuring works by Amara Karapas, with contributions from Betram Huang, Rho McGuire, and Hsu Yuan-Cheng, the exhibition brings together diverse artistic practices that respond to place, materiality, sound, and the body. Together, these works invite visitors to reconsider memory, ecology, colonial histories, and cross-cultural dialogue through embodied and spatial experience.
Reserve your free ticket and check out their Instagram!
In Your Face: An Exhibition by Steven A Hart
Monday 31st August – Thursday 3rd September, 12pm – 5pm daily
Glue Factory, 22 Farnell Street, Glasgow, G4 9SE
Steven A Hart is hosting In Your Face at the Glue Factory over the course of 5 days, with a special live charity auction taking place on Tuesday 1st September.
The live charity auction will include framed original artworks and framed signed prints of Doddie Weir (Scottish Rugby), Jimmy Johnstone (Celtic FC) and Fernando Ricksen (Rangers FC), with all sales proceeds going to MND Scotland and the My Name’5 Doddie Foundation. There will also be signed prints of these artworks available to buy for both charities. The evening runs from 6pm – 9pm and there will be live music and catering and drinks provided.
To find out more information, or sign up for the live charity auction night, please email Steven by Friday 21st August.
Do you have a need to come together with like-minded people and bring ideas to life?
Get in touch about our spaces for hire and use Civic House as your backdrop for your company away days or community events.
Upcoming Sector Events:
SEDA Conference 2026: Common Ground
Friday 18th September – Sunday 20th September
10am (Sep 18) – 2pm (Sep 20)
Falkland Estate, Fife, KY15 7AF
Join the Scottish Ecological Design Association (SEDA) this September at the Falkland Estate in Fife, surrounded by beautiful woodland walks featuring a waterfall, to take part in this year’s programme of talks, hands-on outdoors workshops and activities, all focusing on sustainable design processes, community resources, land management, and food networks.
View the full programme of workshops, speakers and performances, and book your place here.
Members Spotlight:
Our latest Agile City Member Spotlight is live! For our next instalment, up steps Civic House member Isis O’Regan from The Sugar Factory!
The Sugar Factory is a creative communications and strategy agency delivering bespoke campaigns and consultancy tailored to individual clients needs.
You can find the full interview up on the Agile City blog now!
Events Recap:
A Day on Civic Street: Another People Place
The highly anticipated summer block party on Civic Street was an absolute triumph, bringing the community together for an unforgettable day and night of celebration.
The festivities kicked off outdoors in the sunshine within the newly renovated green space opposite Civic House, welcoming a vibrant crowd with free, unticketed entry all afternoon and into the evening. Attendees basked in the warm weather while enjoying incredible live music. Colombian Bites Glasgow kept everyone fueled with delicious food, our own team provided refeshing homemade sodas, and Plant Up CIC hosted a banner pressing session in the green space.
The energy shifted indoors to Civic House for the highly anticipated nighttime Another People Place. The venue was primed for a serious party, featuring a powerful, full soundsystem rig that vibrated through the crowd. Special guest OG, visiting from London’s Club Cheek and Cheeky Soundsystem, delivered an impeccable set of underground vibes alongside the brilliant local hosts, keeping the packed dancefloor moving late into the night.
Keep up to date on upcoming gigs by visiting Another People Place and getting yourself on their mailing list!
Creative Glasgow Member Meet Up: Civic House Tour
For their monthly ‘Last Thursday’ get-together, Creative Glasgow teamed up with us here at Agile City!
On 30th July, we opened our doors to the members of Creative Glasgow to take an exclusive peek inside our two buildings, Civic House and the Glue Factory. At Civic House, we toured the Venue and Canteen space, then headed upstairs to see our unique Coworking space and speak to Georgina from Loco Home Retrofit CIC, a long-standing member at Civic House.
Then, we headed outside to see the newly renovated community green space, and discuss plans for Civic Street. Keep an eye out on our social media for further announcements!
Finally, we headed over to the Glue Factory for a tour, and spoke to Merlin, the Director of Cue Props. As a lovely bonus, we will also handed out free coworking day pass trials to everyone who attended. We hope to see some familiar faces back in our space soon!
A special thanks to Creative Glasgow for teaming up with us. You can find out more about them on their website and socials.
Looking for a creative coworking space?
Civic House Studio is a welcoming, collaborative hub for cultural and social enterprises.
We currently have spaces open for multiple types of memberships, starting at £90.00 inc VAT.
Not sure where to start?
Fill out our enquiry form on our website, and pop into Civic House for a free trial by booking through our calendar.
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