IT is unlikely to pose any threat to organisers of T in the Park but a mini festival on the 75 bus from Cowcaddens to Milton this Friday should offer some light entertainment to weary travellers.

Be Charlotte and Declan Welsh are among the acts performing on the top deck from noon to 2pm and again from 4-6pm in a pop-up event to get locals in the mood for Saturday’s North West Glasgow Arts Trail.

From Anniesland to Springburn and Cowcaddens to Milton, a series of workshops for all ages will showcase the activities of local arts groups.

This is the third year of the project, held during Door Open Day, which has grown to now include 18 events.

There is music and drama, as well as walks and workshops with artists all working in the area.

A highlight will be folk duo Bella and the Bear at a tepee in Cowcaddens Subway, working with children and adults to create a series of fairy tales featuring the local area.

“They are writing stories based on landmarks and the memories of people who come along and incorporating them into songs which will then go on their album,” says Danielle Banks, co-ordinator of North West Glasgow Arts Trail.

All things green will be celebrated at the Back Garden on Killearn Street with the Concrete Garden’s annual harvest festival.

While African Arts Centre will be at the centre of an interactive drumming performance at Springburn Park.

“Shed Load of Science is amazing,” says Danielle. “They go around schools and festivals doing DIY science for kids.

“They have hand-made wheels and demonstrate centrifugal force and make experiments with things you can find at home.”

They will be bringing their shed to Springburn Park to show how often chemistry in a part of our every day lives.

Artist Morven Gregor will be at Lock 27 on Crow Road with the Clipperton Project looking at the city’s wild spaces. She will be offering a fly’s eye view of local plant life and foraging for wild food, as well as holding sculpture workshops.

“The day is for all ages, from young kids to adults. A lot of the events are workshops that kids can get involved in but they are all flexible,” says Danielle, 27, who has worked in Possilpark for the past two years after starting as a volunteer with Project Scotland.

“This is What You Look Like is a poetry installation - you sit down at a table, have a conversation and they write a poem about you. A child could still engage with that and it will be a lot of fun.

“People like to come along and find out about new things to get involved in their local area. They are supporting the community by taking part and learning more about what happens in their area.”

The Glasgow Connected Arts Network project first started with events planned around the 75 bus route, expanding last year to bring in sites around the Forth & Clyde Canal.

“The idea is to get people to travel across the way rather than into the city centre and back and find out what is going on locally,” says Danielle. “The North West of Glasgow has so much going on.”

A graduate of Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design in Dundee, Danielle has illustrated the map on the leaflet for this year’s North West Glasgow Arts Trail.

Other highlights include artist Kevin Andrew Morris, who currently has a solo show, A Northern Soul, at the Lighthouse, taking time out to offer a workshop at Scottish Canals on Applecross Street inviting people to learn about working with clay. He will be taking his inspiration from the Sighthill Stone Circle.

And Austin Tenby has created an animation to celebrate the 100-year anniversary of the murals at Possilpark Library which will be shown throughout the day. The murals cover the walls of the old reading room and were created by students at Glasgow School of Art to represent science, astronomy, geography, poetry, commerce and art.

While Ignite Youth Theatre, a group including young people in care, will be working on a play called Sugar Rush, themed around issues of diabetes.

Glasgow North West Arts Trail is produced by Glasgow Connected Arts Network in partnership with Depot Arts, supported by Glasgow City Council and Strathclyde Passenger Transport. Visit www.glasgowcan.org/north-west-arts-trail-2015