{"id":370281,"date":"2025-08-24T17:42:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T17:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/370281\/"},"modified":"2025-08-24T17:42:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T17:42:10","slug":"kevin-bridges-to-perform-special-gig-in-glasgow-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/370281\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Bridges to perform &#8216;special gig&#8217; in Glasgow next week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clydebankpost.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Clydebank<\/a> funnyman will entertain audiences at The Stand Comedy Club in Glasgow from 7pm on Thursday, August 28.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Bridges will\u00a0say goodbye to The Stand\u2019s Woodlands Road venue as the club prepares to move to a new premises after 25 years.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Tickets for the show were priced from \u00a325 and have sold out.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Proceeds from the sales will be donated to the West Dunbartonshire Community Foodshare.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The charity, based in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dumbartonreporter.co.uk\/news\/dumbarton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dumbarton<\/a>, supports vulnerable people and families across West Dunbartonshire.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <strong>READ NEXT:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clydebankpost.co.uk\/news\/25411024.council-failed-deal-mould-damp-family-home\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Council failed to deal with mould and damp in family home<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  In a statement posted to The Stand\u2019s Facebook page, bosses note that Bridges has been performing at the current premises \u201csince his very first gig\u201d.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Fans are invited to join him in saying goodbye to the \u201cold place\u201d. There will also be support from comedian Christopher MacArthur Boyd.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The statement reads: \u201cKevin has been performing at \u2018The Glasgow Stand, Woodlands Rd\u2019 since his very first gig.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cCome join Kevin as he says goodbye to the old place with support from Christopher MacArthur Boyd, an intimate and special gig from a Glasgow comedy icon in his home club.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cAll proceeds minus VAT and booking fees will go to the West Dumbartonshire Community Foodshare.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Helping vulnerable people and families in Kevin\u2019s hometown of Clydebank and beyond.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <strong>READ NEXT:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clydebankpost.co.uk\/news\/25410939.clydebank-football-initiative-praised-douglas-mcallister\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Clydebank football initiative praised by Douglas McAllister<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  It comes after\u00a0The Stand Comedy Club announced it was moving in April.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The team has\u00a0signed a 25-year lease for The Lansdowne Church, currently Websters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glasgowtimes.co.uk\/topics\/theatre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Theatre<\/a>, on Great Western Road.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The Stand had been at its current spot at 333 Woodlands Road, around 100 yards away from the new venue, for a quarter of a century.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The Lansdowne is a prominent landmark in Glasgow\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glasgowtimes.co.uk\/topics\/west-end\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">West End<\/a> and is situated across from the Kelvinbridge subway station.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Clydebank funnyman will entertain audiences at The Stand Comedy Club in Glasgow from 7pm on Thursday, August&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":370282,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7826],"tags":[748,918,4884,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-370281","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-glasgow","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-glasgow","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-scotland","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115084980595805759","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=370281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370281\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/370282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=370281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=370281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=370281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}