NEXT Saturday some of Glasgow’s best-loved musicians will gather for a benefit concert for the British Heart Foundation – A Winter Evening With ... Belle and Sebastian’s Stevie Jackson, composer and Teenage Fanclub drummer Francis MacDonald, Uncle Bob’s Richard Luke and energetic cabaret band A New International will perform at the fundraising Christmas gig at the University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel, along with a “special surprise” to be announced.

Held to celebrate the lives of relatives and friends who have lost their lives to heart failure, the event is organised by Alice Black in memory of her mother and Jana Robert in memory of her partner Simon Cottrell, a fondly remembered figure in Scotland’s music scene. Shortly after the songwriter and musician died in 2017, MacDonald paid tribute to Cottrell on his blog, saying he was a “lovely, mellow, fun, sweet-natured person to be around”.

As well as the live music, the evening features festive treats of mulled wine and mince pies as well as a selection of short films.

Robert commented ahead of the event, which will also have a food bank collection point, saying: “In partnership with the University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel, we are celebrating our partner’s, mother’s and friends’ lives, and everyone else who lost their life to heart failure, with a special fundraiser Christmas concert in the beautiful chapel.

“We raise money for the British Heart Foundation, who do incredibly valuable and important work to ensure heart failure becomes a thing of the past. My partner Simon Cottrell was steeped in Glasgow’s music scene, and it only feels right that some of his amazing friends have so kindly agreed to lend their talent to this concert.”

December 15, University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel, 7pm, £13, £9 concs. Tickets: www.bit.ly/winterevetickets