Back In The Groove – Glasgow’s Voice of the Town Choir
13 November, 2022, 8 p.m. – 10.15 p.m. Cottiers, 93-95 Hyndland St, Glasgow G11 5PU Yes, indeed… Glasgow’s funkiest choir is most definitely Back In The Groove with its most exciting, most rockin’ show to date. Pre-Covid, the choir performed at a range of festivals, shows and top events, including backing stars from BBC’s Strictly […]
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Tuesday, November 8, 2022 | Filed under: Gig Guide plus Club Events, Music, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more, What's on in Glasgow: Theatre and Comedy
Dallahan plus support, Cottiers Theatre
23 October, 2022 Cottiers Theatre, 93 95 Hyndland Street, Glasgow G11 5PU Part of Scotland on Tour Dallahan is one of the most distinct forces in the international folk music scene. Forged in Scotland and Ireland’s traditional music community, but drawing on the traditional music styles of the Balkans and North America, they create an […]
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The Seven Song Club at Websters Theatre
Amy Papiransky, Les Johnson & Me and Emma Martin Sunday 9 October, 2022, 3 p.m. until 5 p.m. Websters Theatre, 416 Great Western Road, Glasgow G4 9HZ The Seven Song Club returns to Glasgow Americana with a very strong local line up. Amy Papiransky, Les Johnson & Me and Emma Martin will all entertain us […]
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Tuesday, September 13, 2022 | Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Gig Guide plus Club Events, Music
80’s 90’s 00’s Vinyl Dance Classics AT McChuills
Saturday 17 December, 2022 at 8 p.m. All Vinyl Dance Classics McChuills, 80 High St, Glasgow G1 1NL McChuills, where Stevie Elements and JP Mcgowan will dig through their treasure troves of dance classics on vinyl. September’s one was off the scale with some superb tunes being played all round! “Aw the Hits” from the […]
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Thursday, September 1, 2022 | Filed under: Dance, Free Events, Gig Guide plus Club Events, Music, Music, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
The Springbank Voyage – Barry Nisbet Album Launch
Join Barry Nisbet and friends for the launch of his new album, ‘The Springbank Voyage’ at the Tall Ship, the Glenlee. Thursday 18 August, 2022 at 7.30 p.m. Glenlee, 150 Pointhouse Rd, Glasgow G3 8RS In June 1908 the Clydebuilt sailing barque ‘Springbank’ sailed from Leith, loading a cargo of coal in Hamburg before setting […]
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Wednesday, August 17, 2022 | Filed under: Gig Guide plus Club Events, Music
Soul Bowl, Partickhill Bowling and Community Club
(CANCELLED DUE TO ILLNESS)27 August, 2022, 7 p.m. till midnight Event by Soul Bowl Partickhill Bowling and Community Club 46 Partickhill Road, Partick, Glasgow Timeless Motown magic! Northern floorshakers! Atlantic classics! Mod gems! Ace Stax tracks! Tip-top soul 45s for dancing… vintage vinyl hand-spun by wizened expert DJs, Felonious Munk and @soulboydaveybee . Eighty years combined joss-dickeying […]
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Sunday, August 14, 2022 | Filed under: Community event, Dance, Gig Guide plus Club Events, Music, Music, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Hannah Rarity at Cottiers (rescheduled)
17 August, 2022 Cottiers, 93 – 95 Hyndland Street, Glasgow G11 5PU The 2018 winner of the BBC Young Traditional Musician of the Year contest, singer and songwriter Hannah Rarity, celebrates the release of her eagerly anticipated second album ’To Have You Near’. Combining sublime vocal timbre and uncanny interpretive empathy, which have earned comparisons to Eva Cassidy and Cara […]
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Monday, August 8, 2022 | Filed under: Gig Guide plus Club Events, Music, Music, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Ashton Lane Stre-EAT FEST
Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 August, 2022, 12 noon until 7 p.m. Ashton Lane, off Byres Road (beside Hillhead Underground) G12 Glasgow loves street food! Ashton Lane restaurants & bars unite once again to bring you StrEAT Fest! Get ready for 2 days fest featuring finger-lickin’ good street food from BREL INNIS AND GUNN JINTY […]
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Friday, July 29, 2022 | Filed under: Beer Gardens Patio Dining, Cafes and Bistros, Eating and drinking Glasgow West End, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Kids and young people, Music, Pat's Home Page Blog, Street Food Glasgow, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Seventeen Years of Southside Sessions
Sunday 10 July, 2022, 8 p.m. – 11 p.m. Southside Sessions Glasgow Stag & Thistle, 778 Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow, G41 2AE Come along and celebrate 17 years of the Southside Sessions! They’ve done some amazing things since 2005, all to help put the Southside of Glasgow on the arts/cultural map. Look forward to hearing some […]
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Monday, July 4, 2022 | Filed under: Gig Guide plus Club Events, Music
TRNSMT Festival, Pre-party
8,9,10 July, 2022 Festival Village: Merchant City, Candleriggs G1 1SS As Glasgow gears up for an unforgettable 3 days of incredible music with headliners Paolo Nutini, Lewis Capaldi and The Strokes, Festival Village at Merchant City Festival has got all you need for the ultimate TRNSMT Festival pre-party! Face-painting – get the TRNSMT look Themed […]
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| Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Gig Guide plus Club Events, Music, Pat's Home Page Blog
Oxfam Music Shop Byres Road
Oxfam Music Shop Celebrating 20 years – Saturday 23 April, 2022 Since 2002 Oxfam Music has been selling a wide array of vinyl LPs and singles from every conceivable genre of music. You can also find a range of musical instruments, hi fi equipment, music books, cassettes, CDs, pop memorabilia and many other items of […]
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Wednesday, April 20, 2022 | Filed under: Music, Pat's Home Page Blog, Shopping
Rura at Celtic Connections 2022
Review and Photographs by Pauline Keightley For RURA’s Celtic Connections gig on the final weekend of the festival it was clear the band were glad to be back performing to a live and packed theatre audience. Their previous gig had been in 2020, when the band celebrated their ten year anniversary with a rousing and […]
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Saturday, February 26, 2022 | Filed under: Gig Guide plus Club Events, Music Reviews, Pat's Home Page Blog
February Noise – Refuweegee
Event by Refuweegee, Sounds in the Suburbs and Alan Hendry Online: refuweegee.co.uk Thursday 25 February, 2021 at 8 PM UTC Price: Free Register for Zoom Link and Details Sounds in the Suburbs is hosting Refuweegee fundraiser gigs, usually on the last Thursday of every month. Andy White, Findlay Napier, Gillian Tuite, Darden Smith and Lilly Hiatt all confirmed for February […]
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Monday, February 22, 2021 | Filed under: Free Events, Gig Guide plus Club Events, Music, Zoom and online events
‘Afterthought’ Debut Single – Becki Rutherford
Becki Rutherford is a young independent singer- songwriter currently based in Edinburgh. Born and raised in Glasgow, she left home at 16 to pursue her dream and study music at Edinburgh Napier University where she is in her third year of their ‘Popular Music BA/Hons’ Course. ‘Afterthought’ is her first single. ‘Afterthought’ – released 21 […]
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Thursday, February 18, 2021 | Filed under: Music, Pat's Home Page Blog
Album Release: The Hellfire Club
A Different Song – Album Release 4 September, 2020 It’s finally here! The new album is available now. All the writing, arranging, trying out live, rearranging, rehearsing, recording, mixing, designing artwork, making promo videos is done. The next bit is up to YOU. You can buy the album on Bandcamp page Really easy to do […]
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Friday, September 4, 2020 | Filed under: Music
‘Oh – My Beautiful You’ available 31st January 2020
I’m releasing a single. 🙂 ‘Oh – My Beautiful You’ It’s a song I wrote for the Ten Writers Telling Lies project. Remarkably (to me) it’s my first ‘solo’ release since 2012. The release date is Friday 31st January. Note: This is not an event in the offline world. It is a digital release of […]
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Wednesday, January 22, 2020 | Filed under: Jim's Acoustic Music Blog
Tags: Jim Byrne, music, new single, Oh - My Beautiful You
Songs of Love and Freedom, Kelvingrove Bandstand
Friday 12 July, 2019 12 p.m. – 5 p.m. Kelvingrove Bandstand. Kelvin Way, Glasgow G12 8NR As part of the Glasgow Life Community Summer Programme at the Bandstand on Friday 12th July between 12.00-5.00pm there will be afternoon of music hosted by Warren Starry Sky of top Scottish indie pop band Starry Skies. Host Alistair Braidwood of Scots Whay […]
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Friday, July 5, 2019 | Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Gig Guide plus Club Events, Music, Pat's Home Page Blog
Boo Hewerdine and Darden Smith at the Fallen Angels Club, Admiral Bar
(Photo by Jim Byrne) The Fallen Angels Club in Glasgow’s Admiral Bar played host to Boo Hewerdine and Darden Smith–a night of song, wry banter and even a reading from Darden’s new book, ‘The Habit of Noticing: Using Creativity to Make a Life’. The audience was rapt. So relaxed was the atmosphere that it could […]
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Tuesday, June 18, 2019 | Filed under: Music Reviews
Tags: Admiral Bar, Boo Hewerdine, Darden Smith, Fallen Angels Club, gig, music, review, songwriter
The Opera Boys Cottiers
14 March 2019 8:00 pm – 10:10 pm During the last 5 years The Opera Boys have performed over 1000 concerts to 10s of thousands of delighted audience members worldwide! They are a small, elite team of opera boys who are truly some of the UK’s finest classically trained voices with training from London’s Royal […]
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Friday, March 8, 2019 | Filed under: Gig Guide plus Club Events, Music, What's on in Glasgow: Theatre and Comedy
St Andrews Chamber Orchestra at Cottiers
10 March 2019 – 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm The University of St Andrews’ Town/Town Chamber Orchestra is joined by Soprano Jemma Brown, in a performance of Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder. This concert also includes Russian Music by Mussorgsky and Shostakovich (Symphony No.9). Tickets are £13.30 adults/ £11.50 concession/ £6.50 student including a £1.50 ticket admin fee […]
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Thursday, March 7, 2019 | Filed under: Gig Guide plus Club Events, Music
Threebop plus Little Acres at The Blue Arrow
14 March, 2019 The Blue Arrow, 32 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3HW Three of London’s vibrant young jazz voices come together to create their own take on vocal jazz harmony singing. Inspired by the music of bebop legends and the vocalese tradition, Ella Hohnen-Ford, Rosina Bullen and Luca Manning perform their own arrangements with tight […]
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Tuesday, March 5, 2019 | Filed under: Gig Guide plus Club Events, Music
Transatlantic Sessions Celtic Connections 2019 review and photography by Pauline Keightley
The unique blend of Shetland fiddle and West Virginia song, dubro and Irish pipes is always a joy to hear at the Transatlantic Sessions. Warm fires appeared to chase away the winter chill at the Glasgow concert hall and this concert is always a major highlight at Celtic Connections – celebrating folk and roots music from […]
Thursday, February 14, 2019 | Filed under: Celtic Connections 2019, Music Reviews, Pat's Home Page Blog, Pauline Keightley
New Traditions: Talisk, Vishtèn and Xabier Diaz at Celtic Connections 2019
Old Fruitmarket, Celtic Connections 2019 These three bands lit up the warm fires of live music! The audience at the wonderful Old Fruitmarket venue was treated to an international line up of award-winning Celtic musicians. They did a fine job interpreting the musical traditions of Galicia, the French Canadian Acadia islands and Scots Celtic. Xabier […]
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Saturday, February 9, 2019 | Filed under: Celtic Connections 2019, Music Reviews, Pauline Keightley
Celtic Connections: Lizzie Reid at King Tut’s
Lizzie Reid and her band at King Tut’s, Glasgow part of Celtic Connections 2 February, 2019 For a twenty-one year old, Lizzie Reid is mighty impressive. What a joyous gig at King Tut’s. Playing to a house full of adoring fans, Lizzie (vocals and guitar) and her band: James Harker (guitar), Chris Dickie (drums), Bobby […]
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Monday, February 4, 2019 | Filed under: Celtic Connections 2019, Music Reviews
Jim Byrne – how I write songs
Unless someone has asked me to write a song on a particular topic or I am co-writing, my process is something like the following. (This is how I work – that’s not to say it the best way or even a good way – it’s just my way.) I don’t try I don’t try to […]
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Friday, September 14, 2018 | Filed under: Jim's Acoustic Music Blog
Yvonne Lyon and Eilidh Patterson at The Glad Cafe review Pat Byrne
Another great night at The Glad Cafe in Glasgow – 8 September, 2018 Yvonne Lyon and Eilidh Patterson treated a full house at The Glad Cafe to a brilliant night of music and fun. An excellent atmosphere was created by the relaxed format with Yvonne and David Lyon being invited onto the stage to join […]
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Tuesday, September 11, 2018 | Filed under: Music Reviews
Starry Skies Album Launch, OranMor Review by Pat Byrne
‘Be Kind’ Warren McIntyre Album Launch OranMor – review Pat Byrne ‘Warren McIntyre’s gig to launch his album, ‘Be Kind’ – a night to remember.’ Special guest Woody Pines, Nashville troubadour in town for Glasgow Americana Festival, kicked off this memorable gig. He entertained the audience with great roots music, his dobro guitar and the […]
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Monday, September 3, 2018 | Filed under: Gig Guide plus Club Events, Music Reviews, Pat's Home Page Blog
Transatlantic Sessions Celtic Connections 2018 photographs and review by Pauline Keightley
Transatlantic Sessions Celtic Connections 2018 Golden highlights of another memorable festival. The Transatlantic Session are the jewel in the Celtic Connections crown – led by musical maestros Shetland fiddler Aly Bain and US Dubro master Jerry Douglas. We were treated to wonderful music from Phil Cunningham, Russ Barenberg, John McCusker and Michael McGoldrick, backed up […]
Friday, February 23, 2018 | Filed under: Celtic Connections 2018 Glasgow's winter music festival, Music Reviews, Pauline Keightley
Dick Gaughan Tribute Concert at Celtic Connections 2018 – photography and review Pauline Keightley
Songs of Defiance and social conscience and an evening of contrast, quality, and sincerity The Old Fruitmarket, Celtic Connections,January,2018 This concert was a celebration of the music that matters to Dick Gaughan. It was hosted by actress Elaine C Smith, who introduced an incomparable line up of Gaughan’s long time friends and collaborators. This included […]
Sunday, February 18, 2018 | Filed under: Celtic Connections 2018 Glasgow's winter music festival, Music Reviews, Pauline Keightley
Blue Rose Code at Celtic Connections 2018 photos and review Pauline Keightley
Blue Rose Code (aka Ross Wilson) performed at Celtic Connections supporting Beth Orton. Ross commanded the ABC stage as he sang with a full band line up. He performed songs from his new 2017 album Water of Leith, as well as other fan favourites. In some memorable songs he connected to his Scottish roots and […]
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Saturday, February 17, 2018 | Filed under: Celtic Connections 2018 Glasgow's winter music festival, Music Reviews, Pauline Keightley
