Gig Poster Printing Glasgow: band posters, flyers and merch-table cards for the Glasgow circuit
Gig poster printing in Glasgow for bands, promoters and venues who confirmed the date on Tuesday and need posters up by the weekend.
Band poster printing is one of the jobs we like most, partly because we have been to half the shows. A3 and A2 posters come off our in-house printer, flyers and merch-table cards follow, and the whole lot is priced for a band budget. It sits within our poster printing range, alongside our flyers and business cards.
- A3 and A2 posters for venue walls, shop windows and lamp posts
- Flyer runs from £25 for the merch table and the street team
- 250 double-sided business cards for £30 for the merch table
- Printed in-house in G3, quick turnaround for last-minute shows
- Band posters in 30 minutes to an hour when you phone first on 0141 345 5841
- Design help if all you have is a phone screenshot and a date
- Studio:
- 36-38 Washington Street, G3 8AZ
- Posters:
- A3 · A2 · A1 · A0
- Cards:
- 250 for £30
At a glance
- Price from
- A3 £3.99 inc VAT on our digital press, £2.50 each from ten, A2 £30, A1 £40, A0 £50 per poster. 250 double-sided business cards £30. Flyer runs quoted within the hour.
- Sizes
- A3 (297 x 420mm), A2 (420 x 594mm), A1 and A0. Flyers A6 and A5.
- Material
- Posters on silk, satin or gloss paper. Flyers and cards on card stock.
- Turnaround
- Single posters same-day when artwork arrives by 11am, Monday to Friday. Same-day or next-day, phone 0141 345 5841 and we will confirm the timeline and price. Flyer and card runs need more notice, we confirm the date with the quote.
- Collect from
- Unit 204b, 36-38 Washington Street, Glasgow G3 8AZ, collection any day by arrangement, call 0141 345 5841 to agree a time. Mon to Fri 9am to 6pm, Sat 10am to 6pm.
- Courier
- Standard turnaround: Glasgow G1 to G77, free over £50. Same-day bike courier anywhere in Glasgow £15.
- File spec
- PDF, 300 dpi, 3mm bleed, fonts outlined
Who we print gig posters for
From a first headline show at a 100-cap room to a monthly club night that needs a new flyer every four weeks, this is the spread of work that comes through the studio.
Bands and artists
Tour posters, single launches and album release shows. A3 for the venue and the record shop, A2 for the window that matters.
Promoters and club nights
Club night flyers in Glasgow move fast, so we print runs you can hand out on Sauchiehall Street on Friday and reprint for the next one.
Comedy nights and open mics
Weekly and monthly nights that need a fresh poster with the new line-up. Send the updated file and we run it again.
Venues
What is on boards, door posters and monthly listings for the rooms on the Glasgow circuit, from King Tut’s and Nice N Sleazy to SWG3, Stereo, Broadcast, The Garage and Òran Mór.
Gig printing prices
Prices a band can afford, printed in Glasgow. Poster orders from £30, flyers from £25, cards £30 for 250.
A3 and A2 posters
from £3.99 inc VAT
A3 £3.99 inc VAT each · A2 £30A single A3 is £3.99 inc VAT on our digital press, £2.50 each from ten. A2 is £30 a poster on the wide-format printer, £5 off each from two posters. For a fly-posting run of twenty or more A3, ask for a run price, it comes down a lot.
Bigger posters
A1 £40 · A0 £50
Venue frontage and window displaysFor the big window or the wall behind the merch table. Same £5 off each from two posters. If the show is tonight or tomorrow, phone us and we will price the run on the call.
Flyers
from £25
A6 and A5 runsBand flyers for the street team, the merch table and the record shop counter. Tell us the quantity and we will price the run.
Merch-table cards
£30
250 double-sided business cardsBand name, socials and a QR code to your Bandcamp on one side, the next dates on the other. Cheap enough to give away with every T-shirt.
Free delivery on orders over £50, or collect from the studio in G3. Roller banners for the stage backdrop are £69 inc VAT with a basic stand or £155 inc VAT with a premium stand, base, pole and carry case included, and take 2 to 3 working days, see roller banners in Glasgow.
The numbers
Artwork tips for concert posters
Concert poster printing goes wrong in the same four ways every time. Fix these before you send the file and it prints the way it looked on screen.
Add 3mm bleed
Run background colour and images 3mm past the edge of the page. Without it, a hairline of white shows where the guillotine lands.
Set black properly
A poster that is mostly black should use a rich black (around C60 M40 Y40 K100), not plain 100% K, or it prints as a flat dark grey. Ask us if unsure.
Screenshots are not print files
An Instagram export or a phone screenshot is about 1080 pixels wide. At A3 that is roughly 90dpi and it will look soft. Export from the design app at 300dpi.
Send a PDF
PDF, at the finished size, fonts embedded. A PNG or JPEG at 300dpi is the next best thing. Canva and Affinity both export print-ready PDFs.
More detail in our guide to preparing files for print, or send what you have and we will tell you what needs fixing.
No artwork? We can sort that
Plenty of gig posters start life as a text message with a date and a venue. If that is where you are, our design and print team can lay out a poster, a flyer and a set of merch-table cards that match, from your photos, your logo and the line-up. You approve a proof, we print it.
And if the band has outgrown a Linktree, our digital studio builds band websites with a dates page, a mailing list and a shop, so the QR code on the poster has somewhere worth going.
Gig poster printing, common questions
What bands and promoters ask us before a show.
How much does gig poster printing cost in Glasgow?
A single A3 is £3.99 inc VAT, £2.50 each from ten, A2 £30, A1 £40 and A0 £50, with £5 off each poster when you order two or more. Fly-posting runs of twenty or more A3 are priced by quantity, so ask. Flyers start from £25 and 250 double-sided business cards for the merch table are £30. Free delivery on orders over £50, or collect from the studio in G3.
What size poster do Glasgow venues want?
A3 is the workhorse. It fits the poster boards and toilet walls in most of the venues on the circuit and the windows of the record shops and cafes that will take one. A2 earns its place in a bigger window or on a hoarding. Bring a few A3s to the venue on the night, the staff will usually put one up.
The show is this week, can you turn it around?
Yes. Posters are printed in-house, and if the file is ready and the printer is free we can have band posters off the machine in 30 minutes to an hour. Phone 0141 345 5841 first so we can hold the slot, and we will tell you the timeline and the price for a same-day or next-day run there and then. Flyers can be same day too if the file is in before 10am. Business cards are the exception right now: same-day cards are paused while our press is upgraded, and the online pack of 250 is delivered in 5 working days, or 4 with Express, so order those as soon as the date is confirmed rather than the day before.
Can you print a poster from my phone?
If the file on your phone is a PDF or a 300dpi export from Canva, Affinity or Procreate, yes. If it is a screenshot of your Instagram post, it will print soft at A3 and blocky at A2. Send it anyway and we will tell you honestly what it will look like, or our designers can rebuild it for a small fee.
Can you design the poster too?
Yes. Send the band name, the date, the venue, the support acts and whatever artwork or photos you have, and our design team will lay out a poster and flyer set to match. We also build band websites and EPKs through our digital studio if the Linktree is not cutting it any more.
Do you print club night flyers in Glasgow?
All the time. A6 and A5 flyer runs from £25 for club nights, DJ sets and student nights. Send the artwork with 3mm bleed and we will get the run printed for you to hand out on the street or leave in the bars along Sauchiehall Street and the West End.
Show confirmed? Send the artwork, the sizes and the quantities and we will reply with a price within the working day. Get in touch.
Have a project?
We'd love to hear about it. Whether it's a canvas print, a rebrand, or a full-stack build, let's talk.
Glasgow GFX Print Studio
- Visit
- The Pentagon Business Centre
Unit 204b, 36–38 Washington Street
Glasgow G3 8AZ - Call
- 0141 345 5841
- Hours
- Mon–Fri 9:00–18:00
Sat 10:00–18:00
Sun closed - Service area
- Glasgow, Hamilton, Paisley, East Kilbride, Motherwell. Free delivery across Central Scotland on orders over £50.