Food & drink within 5 miles of Glasgow

Taking over the West End of Glasgow each year, the festival treats the ears to a great musical line-up, tantalises all the senses with a carnival and delves into the creative depths of local studios and exhibitions with the Hidden Lane Festival.

Make your house fantasies a reality with everything you need for redesigning and improving your home. Handy hints and design inspiration, plus an exciting mix of attractions including room sets and a show home.

Join one of Fanellis' chefs to learn how to make pizza dough, practise rolling techniques, and create your own piece de resistance from a selection of toppings. Once it's baked, you can enjoy your creation with garlic bread and salad, and take a recipe card so you can re-create the experience at home. There's a…

Over 40 stalls of local produce, direct from the manufacturers, every second and fourth Saturday of the month.

A whisky tasting with a difference: learn how the University of Glasgow Polyomics group are using cutting edge technology to test the chemical makeup of your favourite malts.

A three course dinner with DJs and a tribute act for your entertainment.

Watch the red peppers and green tomatoes fly at this live food show.

Come and taste ales to your heart's delight, including five thirds of cask ale.

Babu Bombay Street Kitchen picks itself up from its regular city centre location and plunks itself right on down to in south side to serve up its chapati, roti wraps and curries for one night only.

The newly opened Plum Tree presents its second special event featuring six different beers and a selection of gourmet burgers, along with expert advice on choosing the right drink to go with your food. Booking is essential.

Bust out your tux and put some diamonds in your ears for this James Bond-themed dinner dance and fundraiser for Scotia Aid – Sierra Leone.

Demonstrations and competitions in sugarcraft.

Regular wine tasting club with a different theme each time. Booking is essential.

Celebrate those who influence and contribute to the ethnic minority third sector at this dinner awards ceremony, featuring guest speakers from the Scottish Government and the race equality field, including Alex Neil MSP, Aamer Anwar and Wai Ying Hatton. All welcome.

Local Glasgow-area crafters, artists and producers present their wares at this summer market. Call to reserve a stall.

Celebrate the height of the Glasgow East rugby season with this day of entertainment, food, bouncy castles, face-painting, pipers and of course a match or two.

Kelvingrove Museum hosts a weekend of nature-inspired activities, including building your own spectroscope. For those who know one end of a cake tin from another, there's also a Big Science Bake-Off.

Hardeep mixes food, chat and comedy in a delicious show, during which he orders a curry live on stage, then races against time to cook his own before the takeaway arrives.

The 'F', in case you were wondering, stands for 'fundraising' – see what they did there? The annual event in aid of the Scottish Spina Bifida Association features a champagne reception, a lunch and plenty of post-lunch entertainment.

Share Greek coffee and authentic snacks, practise your Greek with native speakers, have a tour of the cathedral and hear some Byzantine hymns or live popular Greek music.