Glasgow · medium venue · Verified open
Trongate bar with live music five days a week and a 200-capacity basement
About 200 standing.
Nearby venuesUpdated 12 November 2026
At a glance, Maggie Mays in Glasgow is summed up below. The figures below set out its size, live nights, kit and genres. We check these details and update them when the venue changes.
capacity
| Live music | Varies |
| Backline | TBC |
| Books | Mixed |
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| Capacity | about 200 standing |
| Live nights | Contact venue |
| Curfew | – |
| Sound limiter | – |
| Website | maggiemays.co.uk |
| Status | Verified open |
| Last checked | 2 Aug 2026 |
| Checked against | Music directory |
Maggie Mays is at 60 Trongate, Glasgow, G1 5EP. The map below opens step-by-step directions in Google Maps. It is one of 168 rooms in our Glasgow venue directory.
Glasgow G1 5EP
The nearest station is Argyle Street (rail station), about 5 minutes' walk away.
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| Booking email and phone | Locked |
| Fee range per act | Locked |
| How far ahead to book | Locked |
| Payment terms | Locked |
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The stage kit at Maggie Mays is not confirmed yet. The list below shows the PA, drums, amps and mics we know about. Played here and the kit was different? Tell us and we will update it.
| PA system | TBC |
| Drum kit | TBC |
| Guitar amp | TBC |
| Bass amp | TBC |
| Keys / keyboard | TBC |
| Vocal mics | TBC |
| In-house engineer | TBC |
This is the background on Maggie Mays, from the venue and its listings. The notes below sum up what the venue and its listings say.
Maggie Mays is a grassroots music venue in Glasgow with a standing capacity of about 200.
Listing notesMaggie Mays on Trongate mixes live sport, indoor and outdoor dining and live music five days a week, booking both cover artists and original material. The basement bar holds up to 200 people and is available for hire. A Musicians' Union Fair Play venue.
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Maggie Mays
Trongate bar with live music five days a week and a 200-capacity basement
- c. 200
- Capacity
- Varies
- Live music
- –
- Start time
- –
- Backline
- Mixed
- Books
- Verified
- Directory status
Last updated: 12 November 2026
Maggie Mays — Quick Facts
Maggie Mays capacity: about 200 standing. Trongate bar with live music five days a week and a 200-capacity basement. Here are the key facts on Maggie Mays at a glance.
By size, Maggie Mays is the joint 41st largest of the 80 venues we list in and around Glasgow with a standing capacity. Similar-size rooms: Drygate (about 200), Glasgow University Debating Chamber (about 200) and The Beacon Arts Centre (about 200).
Maggie Mays's listed capacity is about 200 standing - a medium room on the scale we use for every venue. The middle-sized room we list around Glasgow holds about 230 - much the same. Rooms of roughly 150 to 500 usually book acts that can bring a crowd of their own - a local headliner, or the support slot on a touring bill - and promoters run many of these nights. We have not verified that figure yet - confirm it with the venue before you plan a show around it.
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Inside Maggie Mays
The stage kit at Maggie Mays is not confirmed yet. The room holds about 200. Below: the PA, drums, amps and mics we know about and what we know about the room.
Maggie Mays is a grassroots music venue in Glasgow with a standing capacity of about 200. Contact the venue for their technical specification and backline.
This listing is part of the Glasgow venue directory.
Maggie Mays on Trongate mixes live sport, indoor and outdoor dining and live music five days a week, booking both cover artists and original material. The basement bar holds up to 200 people and is available for hire. A Musicians' Union Fair Play venue.
There are no fixed live nights listed for Maggie Mays - the gigs in the rail below show when it actually runs shows. The stage kit is not confirmed yet - ask before you load in. Maggie Mays hasn't joined GigXchange yet; vote to bring it on, and in the meantime keep a short EPK and a live clip ready - it is what most venues ask for first. More rooms, open mics and what they pay: getting gigs in Glasgow.
By size, Maggie Mays is the joint 41st largest of the 80 venues we list in and around Glasgow with a standing capacity. Similar-size rooms: Drygate (about 200), Glasgow University Debating Chamber (about 200) and The Beacon Arts Centre (about 200).
Find Maggie Mays
Maggie Mays is at 60 Trongate, Glasgow, G1 5EP. The map below opens step-by-step directions in Google Maps. It is one of 168 rooms in our Glasgow venue directory.
The nearest station is Argyle Street (rail station), about 5 minutes' walk away. You'll find Maggie Mays in Glasgow; G1 5EP is the postcode for sat-nav and ride apps. Check the start time before you set off, and see what else is on in Glasgow this week, or book a Glasgow band for a night of your own.
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Station data: NaPTAN, Department for Transport (Open Government Licence).
What's On at Maggie Mays
Nothing is listed at Maggie Mays on GigXchange right now. Venues often post their next nights on their own website first. The Glasgow gig directory lists what is on across the area tonight. Or browse the wider Glasgow venue directory.
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The Glasgow League
Maggie Mays is #104 of 168 Glasgow venues for live music — ranked by gigs on the calendar over the next 30 days, refreshed nightly. Only gigs in the GigXchange directory count.
- #1 – Blue Dog 43 gigs
- #2 – King Tut's Wah Wah Hut 25 gigs
- #3 – Saint Luke's 21 gigs
- #4 ▲3 Barrowland Ballroom 17 gigs
- #5 – The Noble Public House Glasgow 17 gigs
- #6 NEW The Garage Glasgow 15 gigs
- #7 ▼3 SWG3 14 gigs
- #8 ▼2 The Bungalow 13 gigs
- #9 – The Poetry Club SWG3 12 gigs
- #10 ▼2 Slay Glasgow 10 gigs
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Maggie Mays in brief. Maggie Mays in Glasgow is a mid-sized room (150 to 499). Nearby rooms: Maggies Rock n Rodeo, McChuills Music Bar & Venue and McQs Bannockburn - or browse the full Glasgow venue directory.
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