The Flying Duck

You're walking down Renfield Street in the city centre and you hear it—proper music bleeding out onto the pavement. That's The Flying Duck, and it's been the backbone of Glasgow's live music scene for years. Step inside and you'll find yourself in a no-nonsense kind of room where the focus is squarely on the stage. The bar's unpretentious, the crowd's mixed (students, musos, locals who've been coming since forever), and there's genuine energy when a good band's on. It's the sort of place where you discover your next favourite band or catch established acts doing intimate sets they'd never do in bigger rooms.