Glasgow to celebrate Sir Billy Konoli with weekends of events

Konoli was a public singer before starting his career as a stand-up comedian

BBC Billy Konoli in a photo taken in the 1970s. He has a long hair and a long goat beard. He is wearing a white T-shirt and blue dungaras, and holding a guitar. — Konoli was a public singer before starting his career as a stand-up comedian

Glasgow has to honor Sir Billy Konoli with a week of events as part of the city’s 850th anniversary ceremony.

On 6 and 7 September, Big Yin weekend will celebrate Glasgow -born comedian -born comedians through a mixture of film, music, comedy and walking and cycling tours.

The main attractions of the weekend will include a comedy showcase and a screening of the feet of Big Banana presented by the Glasgow International Comedy Festival, a documentary after Konoli on its 1975 tour of the island of Ireland.

Big Yin Weekend is part of the wide Glasgow 850 program, which is a year -long celebration under the Glasgow City Council to mark the city’s 850th birthday.

Glasgow City Council leader Susan Atken said: “During our birthday, the name of Sir Billy Konoli has come again and again.

“Of course as the city’s best love and most famous modern-day Glasswagian, we could not celebrate this historic year for the city without honoring Billy.”

There is a series of mural paintings that celebrate large yin around Glasgow

Getty image wearing a mural picture of Billy Konoli — There is a series of mural paintings that celebrate large yin around Glasgow

He said: “Billy’s leading stand-up has always drawn Glasgow’s soul, flexibility and uniquely on funny bones, and then added millions to millions of people to bring freewheeling talent to his own special brand to bring laughter and happiness.

“Later this week, people reacted in Glasgow with a living tribute to Big Yin for big affection for Big Yin for their comedy, music, storytelling and contribution to art.”

During the weekend, the Galas Paddles will host foot -inspired and cycling tourism of the Tours Connoli, which will take to major places and murals across the city.

Other events include a free pop-up music performance in the Park Bar, featuring Gary In and Friends and a new song premiere by the Scottish Group Manran.

Getty image Billy Konoli showed his medal in the camera after being a knight. He is standing outside the Buckingham Palace with his wife Pamela Stephenson. — Conoli was night in 2017

It is free to participate and the council said that tickets were being sold at low prices for other incidents to allow more and more people to participate.

Comedian, also known as Big Yin, was night for entertainment and services for donations.

Born in 1942 in Glasgow, Konoli began his working life as a welder in the clide shipyard, which as a folk singer and composer with a career with a career before starting a career with a gery reference in humility. He then developed the Stand-up Act which made him famous.

He was awarded the freedom of the city of Glasgow in 2010.

Konoli took the stage after starting his working life as a welder at the clide shipyard

Michael Putland/Getty Image Black and White Photo of Billy Connoli. He is playing a guitar and talking in a song or mike. Her long hair and a long beard and wearing a spotted shirt — Konoli took the stage after starting his working life as a welder at the clide shipyard

Crysta McDonald, director of the Glasgow International Comedy Festival, said: “Sir Billy is the heartbeat of the comedy Spirit of Konoli Glasgow, a trailblazer, whose intelligence, heat and honesty put Scottish comedy on the world stage.

“He symbolizes the humor, flexibility and character of this city, and continues to inspire every artist who steps into our feet.”

Paul Galagher, head of the Glasgow film program, said: “We are thrilled to be a part of the Big Yin weekend with special screening of Grigor’s big banana feet, dead in GFT, with an introduction to Glasgow-based comedian Scott Agnue.

“The screening was rarely performed since its initial release, the documentary Billy Conoli’s Comic Genius, Musical Flair and the infallible Glasswagian Charm Off-Stage.”