THIS year's Bonfire Night fireworks have been cancelled due to COP26.
Glasgow Green's November 5 display is a highlight of the city calendar - but bosses say preparing the park to host 50,000 people will clash with the climate change event.
And so the fireworks have been cancelled for what will be an unprecedented two years in a row after the 2020 display was called off due to the pandemic.
Glasgow Life, the council arm's-length body that puts on the Bonfire Night show, said a winter programme of events would be held instead.
A statement for Glasgow Life reads: "We will be confirming plans for events this winter in the coming weeks which will provide more reasons to plan a visit to Glasgow and support businesses based in the city.
"Glasgow will be hosting COP26 at the same time as we would normally be hosting a fireworks event for up to 50,000 people.
"Preparing and then clearing Glasgow Green for this event takes several days and so that Glasgow Green remains available to people in early November we will not be hosting Glasgow Fireworks this year.
"Instead our focus is on delivering a winter programme over several weeks which will build on the successes of 2020 which will help boost Glasgow’s economic recovery from the pandemic.
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