was also used for charity fundraising concerts such as the 'Woodlands Fun Days for Children' with Yorkhill Hospital's Radio Lollipop between 1993 and 98. Scottish bands and musicians such as Belle & Sebastian, Teenage Fanclub, Franz Ferdinand, Eddi Reader, Carol Laula and Horse have all expressed support for the restoration of Kelvingrove Park's Bandstand. MSP Pauline McNeill also presented a motion to the Scottish Parliament about the bandstand restoration. In April 2012, the Scottish Parliament provided a £245,000 building repair grant for the restoration of the bandstand. On 7 May 2014, after several months and £2 million of restoration work, it was announced that the Bandstand would host a summer music festival over two weekends in August 2014. Acts announced for the Magners Summer Nights Festival were Steve Earle, The Waterboys, Alison Moyet, Capercaillie, Teenage Fanclub and Squeeze. Flora On 20 April 1918 suffrage organisations planted a sessile oak in the park, now known as the Suffragette Oak, to commemorate women being granted the right to vote earlier that year. In 2015 the tree was named Scottish Tree of the Year by the Woodland Trust after being nominated by Glasgow Women's Library. It was then a nominee for the 2016 European Tree of the Year. The tree was subsequently damaged in 2017, and so Glasgow City Council had to reduce its height. In culture Scottish football club Rangers was formed by the four founder members who met at West End Park (today Kelvingrove Park) in March 1872. The Kelvingrove Lawn Bowls Centre was the venue for the Lawn bowls event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. The poet, Lyle, wrote a song about the park, entitled Kelvin Grove. Much of Alasdair Gray's novel Poor Things takes place in and around the park. English music hall singer Mark Sheridan shot himself here in 1918. The Brisbane suburb of Kelvin Grove was named after the park. The park and Kelvin Way appear in Louise Welsh's novel, The Cutting Room. OUTrun, a 5 mile race, hosted by Glasgow FrontRunners takes place in the park every August. The park features prominently in the Bill Forsyth film That Sinking Feeling. The Bathers, a Scottish band, published their album Kelvingrove Baby in 1997. Gallery Notes External links The Friends of Kelvingrove Park Parks and commons in Glasgow Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes 1852 establishments in Scotland World's fair sites in Scotland Hillhead