MAGAZINE STREET 2025
Pre-Party – 2 October

Join us for our Pre-Party
Coming to Magazine Street?
Join us on the evening of 2 October, 6.30pm-9.30pm, for our Pre-Party!
This is the warm-up to the main event, when you get to catch up with old friends as well as make new some ones.
Doors open at 6.30pm, with our brilliant panel on Play in Magazines from 7pm.

David McKendrick, Paperboy
- Play when making images can save us in a world of beige
- Play in the real work, outside the internet
- Play isn’t only for kids
Nancy Heley, Sandweegies
- Play reframes the ordinary
- Play connects us, lowers barriers and invites curiosity
- Design is play, not pressure


Max Frost, RocaNews
- Playful technology to reach new audiences
- Playful presentation to build the brand
- Playful engagement to deepen relationships
Tom Brandhorst, Crocked
- Unapologetically unserious, challenging stuffy/serious football journalism
- All the mag’s a gag
- Something for everyone – catering for different audiences and different reading experiences


Peter Houston, Media Voices
Our fabulous host for the Play in Magazines panel

Book your tickets

Pre-Party 2 October
Time: 6.30pm-9.30pm
Venue: Hydrogen, 223 West George Street, Glasgow, G2 2ND
Tickets: £10 in advance, £20 on the door