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Michael Dale, Director of Glasgow West End Festival : From Egypt to Glasgow via London's Old Vic

Published: May 17, 2018, 9:04 p.m.

b"Jim & Pat's Glasgow West End Chat, Episode 14: Michael Dale, Director of Glasgow West End Festival: From Egypt to Glasgow via London's Old Vic\\nIn this episode Jim chats with Michael Dale, the Director of the West End Festival. Michael tells us about his early adventures booking Pink Floyd and Fairport Cenvention for St Andrew's University Film & Music Festival - a formative experience, which prepared him to later\\xa0run the word's largest Arts Festival, The Edinburgh Festival Fringe.\\nAlong the way Michael has\\xa0met a Woolworth's mixture sized bag of the famous and the good \\u2013 including Cliff Richard, Tom Paxton, Margo MacDonald and many many more.\\nFor the last 24 years Michael has been running the Glasgow West End Festival while putting on numerous other\\xa0festivals along the way includng The River Festival and previously the\\xa0Glasgow Garden Festival and the European Special Olympics.\\nSit back and listen as Michael tells us about his fascinating journey. Anything I write in this intro couldn't\\xa0tell\\xa0you the half of it.\\nThis years West End Festival starts on Thursday 31st of May and continues thru Sat 30th June 2018.\\nLinks\\nPat's Guide To Glasgow West End\\nThe West End Festival\\n\\xa0\\nMusic by Jim Byrne\\nPhoto @ Jim Byrne"