It's all gearing up for a right cracking day at the bandstand relaunch event.

The local community and public are invited to a Community Open Day at the Arena from noon on Saturday, May 27 to hear more about the venue, the work of the developer Inhouse, and the events planned for summer 2017 and beyond.

Local MSP Nicola Sturgeon will be cutting the ribbon to celebrate the relaunch of the venue following it’s shutdown due to essential works in Queen’s Park by Scottish Water.

Following the official opening there will be entertainment and live music to kick off the finale weekend of the Southside Fringe Festival.

Queen’s Park Arena has been through many phases since its original construction in the 1890s.

Better known back then as the Queen’s Park Bandstand, by 1912 it was relocated to its current site in the park. In 1930 the original ornate wrought iron bandstand was replaced and the amphitheatre style seating, a more familiar sight to today’s southsider, was created.

A popular destination for events throughout the twentieth century, the bandstand burnt down in 1996.