THOUSANDS of people will take part in parades on Glasgow streets over the next three months.
Various organisations have given notice of processions ranging from under 100 people to several thousand.
The events mostly take place at the weekend with Saturday and Sunday the busiest days.
The marches include trade unions, military, charity, cultural and religious groups who will take to the streets, meaning roads will be closed to allow the events to go ahead.
On April 22, Govan Salvation Army Community Church will march on Govan Road and on streets around the Pearce Institute with 40 people.
On Sunday, April 30, around 1000 are expected in a Glasgow Trades Union Council march from George Square to Queen's Park.
On Saturday, May 6, the day of King Charles’s coronation, the pro-independence group All Under One Banner expect 10,000 people for a march from Kelvin Way to Glasgow Green through the city centre via George Square.
On the same day, 150 people from the Glasgow and West Scotland PRA, for ex-parachute regiment members, will parade at Knightswood Cross.
On May 7, 6 Scots, reserve infantry battalion, will parade from George Square to Cathedral Precinct with 1000 estimated.
On June 2, the Old Govan Fair procession will take place from Fairley Street, Govan through Copland Road, Orkney Street and Broomloan Road to Arklet Road with 500 people.
On Sunday, June 4, National Animal Rights Day will see 100 people march from George Square to Glasgow Green.
On June 11, 200 people from the Hare Krishna movement will parade from Killermont Street, near Buchanan Bus Station to Barrowland Park, through George Square and the east of the city centre.
On Wednesday, June 21, the annual Glasgow Taxi outing to Troon will leave Kelvin Way and drive through the city centre streets, over to the Southside before heading to the A77 for Ayrshire, with 500 expected.
The following Saturday, Glasgow and Strathclyde University Officer Training Corps will parade from Holland Street to George Square, with 1000 participants.
On July 15, the annual Pride Mardi-Gras parade will see 5000 take part in a procession from Glasgow Green via Saltmarket to George Square.
The marches are as well as the Orange marches, the biggest of which are in June and July when thousands are expected in parades and many more following alongside.
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