The Barras Market
About
Glasgow's century-old street market in the East End, established in 1921 by Maggie McIver and still trading every weekend across the streets around Kent Street and Moir Street: antiques, vintage clothing, records, tools, bric-a-brac and street food stalls, spread across an unpretentious, sometimes ramshackle patch of the East End. It sits alongside the Barrowland Ballroom (the McIvers' other legacy) and BAaD, a converted market shed turned food, drink and events space with its own weekend indoor market. The Barras is not polished and is not meant to be; it is the real thing, and the closest Glasgow has to a living folk-memory of its market and music-hall culture.
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Highlights
- ✓A genuine working market trading since 1921, not a curated tourist version
- ✓Vintage, antiques, records and street food stalls
- ✓Next door to the Barrowland Ballroom and BAaD
- ✓The East End's living market and music-hall history in one small area
Tips
- →Open Saturdays and Sundays, 10:00-16:00; some traders open earlier or stay later.
- →Keep an eye on belongings, as with any dense street market; it is a genuinely busy, informal space.
- →Combine with BAaD's weekend indoor market and food stalls a few doors down.
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