ART in the swimming pool, a celebration of cassette tapes and sculpture based on a childhood in a squatting community – Glasgow’s arts festival like no other is back.

Outskirts, which takes place on Saturday (April 28) at Platform, includes Love Unlimited’s Social Event.

Taking over the venue’s swimming pool, the collective will create sculptures, artworks and performances in and around the water.

The festival uses all available space in the building, including the theatres and library, featuring emerging companies and international artists.

Highlights include the popular Easterhouse Conversation, which documents the lives of the area’s residents and will this year be performed by Oliver Pitt (Golden Teacher) and Barry Burns (Radiophrenia).

Scottish literary heavyweights James Kelman and Tom Leonard will read extracts from their work, in a session all about Easterhouse resident and poet, novelist and playwright Freddie Anderson.

A friend and contemporary of both James Kelman and Tom Leonard, Anderson was an influential figure in left-wing culture in Glasgow from the 1950s until his death in 2001.

This event will offer an exclusive opportunity to hear from two of the city's most original voices and shed light on one of Easterhouse's own.

Contemporary art festival Glasgow International 2018 is part of Outskirts 2018 – highlights include Jessica Ramm’s new body of work, Personal Structures, based on her own childhood in an 80s squatting community.

Sarah Hopfinger presents the first showing of her new dance theatre project Unlikely Duets, which involves artists and community members working together exploring the idea of building bridges; and Irish singer and multi-instrumentalist Brigid Mae Power will perform, having just released her second album The Two Worlds.

The joy of cassettes is celebrated in Analogue, a sound installation by performer and artist Laurie Brown, exploring connections with his personal collection of cassette tapes. Vinyl gets a look in too, as Outskirts is also hosting Turntable, by Michael John McCarthy and Martin O’Connor, which invites listeners to explore the contents of a touring record case, whilst reflecting on the importance of music in their lives.

Other visual art highlights include works in development presented by Birthe Jorgenson and Sogol Mabadi and several pop up performances will take place throughout the day.

Art Scrubber aka Glasgow -based performance artist Kate Clayton and Underwater Riot presented by Maria and Henri will bring Platform’s watery underbelly to life by creating costumes, props and instruments from scrap and salvaged material.

Food and drink is available all day from Platform’s cafe bar with pop up food from Soul Food Sisters.

Outskirts runs from 3.30pm until late on Saturday, April 28. For tickets, priced £10 and £7.50 concession (under-16s go free), and more information, visit platform-online.co.uk or call 0141 276 9696.

Platform is running a return bus from Mono, Kings Court to the Outskirts festival. Please book to ensure a space either at Mono in person or email info@platform-online.co.uk