Spooky Walk at Glasgow Green
Saturday 28 October, 2023 Hallowe’en Event by Friends of People’s Palace, Winter Gardens and Glasgow Green Meet 5 p.m. at Nelson’s Monument, Glasgow Green Come along and join the fun at this FREE event – dress up for Hallowe’en. Walk to People’s Palace where Kids and Adults can do their turn – Tell a joke , […]
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Monday, October 23, 2023 | Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Free Events, Friends of People's Palace and Winter Gardens at Glasgow Green, Hallowe'en in Glasgow, Kids and young people, Pat's Home Page Blog, Peoples Palace Winter Gardens and Glasgow Green, Walks, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Panopticon Halloween Market
Saturday 28 October, 2023 – 12 p.m. – 5 p.m. Britannia Panopticon Music Hall, 113-117 Trongate, Glasgow G1 5HD Come along for a phenomenal Halloween vintage and crafts Market. Discover some spooktacular gifts from wonderful ghoulish vendors! Entry is £1
Clann An Drumma, St Andrews Night, Cottiers
30 November, 2023, 7.30 p.m. – 10 p.m. Join Clann An Drumma at Cottiers for a memorable St. Andrew’s Night celebration with the electrifying Scottish tribal band, Clann An Drumma. Get ready to experience an evening filled with blood-pumping Scottish music, energetic drumming, and captivating stories. Immerse yourself in the spirit of auld Alba as […]
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Saturday, October 21, 2023 | Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Gig Guide plus Club Events, Music, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more, What's on in Glasgow: Theatre and Comedy
Diana Devlin at Avant Garde
Monday 23 October, 2023, Doors 7 p.m. – 7.30 p.m. start Avant Garde, 34-44 King St, Glasgow G1 5QT Following on from her launch of ‘Judas Sky’ in the square in Gallicano, Tuscany on Wednesday 13 September, 2023. The poet, Diana Devlin, will be heading to Glasgow to launch her collection ‘Full Frontal’ at Avant […]
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Wednesday, October 18, 2023 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Take 2: Puffin Rock and the New Friends
Saturday 21 October, 2023 11.30am Following the disappearance of the final Little Egg of the season, Oona and her friends embark on a race against time to try to save it before a big storm hits Puffin Rock and puts the island in danger. Buy tickets GFT, 12 Rose Street, Ge 6RB
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Glasgow Film Festival – a year of celebration
Glasgow Film Festival announces special screening with 20 weeks until the event’s 20th edition GFF24, 28 February – 10 March, 2024 The 20th festival will launch a year of celebration for Glasgow Film Theatre Glasgow Film Festival (GFF) has announced plans to host a series of special events for the 20th edition of the much-loved […]
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Saturday, October 14, 2023 | Filed under: Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Glasgow Film Festival 2024, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
BFI London Film Festival at GFT
Wednesday 4 – Sunday 15 October, 2023 And it’s back with a bang! Sensational line-up of previews from the LFF programme begins with a sell-out screening of the opening film, Saltburn After incredible demand, GFT is thrilled to add a second screening of Andrew Haigh’s supernatural romance All of Us Strangers to the programme, starring […]
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Thursday, October 5, 2023 | Filed under: Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Taking Root: Food Art Film Festival at CCA
Saturday, 7 October, 2023, 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G3 2JD As society becomes increasingly fragmented, the gathering, preparing, and sharing of food has the power to root us deeply in relation with others both human and non-human. The 2023 edition of Food Art Film Festival takes up the themes […]
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Wednesday, October 4, 2023 | Filed under: Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
SQIFF 2023
Scottish Queer International Film Festival – 26 – 30 September SQIFF 2023 will open on 26th September with the ever-popular Scottish Shorts, celebrating local filmmakers’ home-grown film projects. This year’s festival will host a mixture of Queer classics and new releases, with a focus on new filmmaking talent. This year’s artwork is by Konstantinos korakonero, a Glasgow […]
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Wednesday, September 27, 2023 | Filed under: Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Pat's Home Page Blog
Alan Sharp and From Greenock to Hollywood at the Glasgow Film Theatre
by Dave Manderson Recently I brought out a book about Alan Sharp, the first to trace his career and life from start to end. It came out in April this year. Shortly afterwards I asked the Glasgow Film Theatre if they’d put on a season of Alan’s films, and now I’m curating four of the […]
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To See Ourselves – film about the lead up to the Scottish Referendum in 2014
(To See Ourselves is screening at CCA, Glasgow 16 March, 2024) In the run up to the referendum in 2014, Jane McAllister, filmmaker, New Licht Film, spent many hours following her dad, Fraser, around Musselburgh as he threw himself wholeheartedly into the campaign for Scottish Independence. It was not Jane’s initial intention to make a […]
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Monday, September 25, 2023 | Filed under: Book and Event Reviews, Cinema, Pat's Home Page Blog
The Lush Exhibition – Project-Ability
23 September – 28 October, 2023 Project-Ability Lush Exhibition, 103 Trongate, Glasgow G1 5HD Earlier in the year Lush approached Project Ability to collaborate on a very exciting project! The beautifully smelling bath and cosmetics company were looking for new designs for their stunning knot wrap collection. A brief was put out to artists across all […]
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Wullie Davidson: June until August, 2023 – Climate Events
Global Temperature Anomaly Globally, the June to August period was the warmest in a record going back to 1860, at 1.17 C warmer than the 1951-80 average. This beat the previous record of +0.94 C set in 2022. June beat its record by 0.16 C, July by 0.25 C and August by 0.22 C. NASA/GISS […]
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Wednesday, September 20, 2023 | Filed under: COP26 Glasgow, Climate Change, Save the Planet, Science, Biodiversity Events, Pat's Home Page Blog, Science: Climate Change and Other Topics
Glasgow Youth Film Festival 2023
Friday 22 until Sunday 24 September, 2023 Glasgow Youth Film Festival 2023. boasts a varied programme of films, from exciting new releases to iconic classics and feature-length documentaries. All screenings and events take place at Glasgow Film Theatre, 12 Rose Street, Glasgow G3 6RB The festival is co-programmed by Glasgow Film and a group of […]
Partick Action Group, Litter Pickup
Sunday 24 September, 2022 – 10 a.m. – 12 noon Meet at Fortrose House, 14 Fortrose Street, Partick G11 5 LP Prettify Partick’s pavements! Sweep the scumminess off the sidewalk! Defeat detritus! Be a better neighbour, be a PAL. Monthly litter pick with Partick’s finest folk. All equipment provided. Selfless local humans encouraged. Children welcome. […]
Terry Neason in Concert at Websters
Friday 6 October, 2023 – 8 p.m. Terry Neason in Concert – Songs ‘n’ Smiles Websters Theatre, 416 Great Western Road, Kelvinbridgte, Glasgow G4 9HZ Angel Award Winning Scottish Diva, Terry Neason performs an emotional roller-coaster eclectic mix of Originals, Classics and personal favourites. She includes some of the best of her highly acclaimed repertoire […]
Glasgow Doors Open Days – University of Glasgow ARC 2023
University of Glasgow, Doors Open Days at The ARC, Advanced Research Centre, 11 Chapel Lane G11 6EW 16 and 17 September, 2023 Doors Open Days plus additional weekends with Explorathon Glasgow Doors Open Days Festival is an annual event celebrating the city’s architecture, culture and heritage through a free programme of open buildings and events […]
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Alan Sharp From Greenock to Hollywood at GFT
Thursday 7 – Thursday 28 September, 2023 Our Alan Sharp season kicks off this week with The Hired Hand, introduced by author of The Anti-hero’s Journey: The Work and Life of Alan Sharp and season curator, David Manderson. The Hired Hand is a ‘hippie Western’ directed by Peter Fonda and written by Alan Sharp. It catapulted Sharp […]
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Wednesday, September 13, 2023 | Filed under: Cinema, Pat's Home Page Blog
‘Revolutionary Colour: A Tour of British Art’, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
Tuesday 19 September 2023, 11am Free – Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Argyle St, Glasgow G3 8AG Art History Festival 2023 An exploration of paintings that revolutionised British art with their radical colour theory and bold application. This free tour, led by Curator of British Art Dr Jo Meacock, will encompass aesthetes like James McNeill […]
Bloody Scotland 2023
15 – 17 September, 2023 BLOODY SCOTLAND BROCHURE AVAILABLE TO VIEW ONLINE NOW See all events Cast A Cold Eye by Robbie Morrison review by Pat Byrne Reception will take place in the splendour of the 600-year-old Church of the Holy Rude with festival guests welcomed in style with a glitzy drinks reception before […]
A Woman’s War Against Progress by Allan Cameron
Wednesday 27 September, 2023 Scotia Bar, 112 – 114 Stockwell Street, Glasgow G1 4LW Book Launch: A Woman’s War against Progress by Allan Cameron A Woman’s War against Progress is about a fictional minority-language community in southern Siberia and its charismatic and somewhat domineering leader. Her relationships with men are complex and unhappy, but she […]
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Wednesday, August 30, 2023 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Free Events, Gig Guide plus Club Events, Music, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Secret Wrapped in Lead by Braw Clan
Review by Pat Byrne I’m really glad we made the effort to travel down to Symington, South Lanarkshire, last month to catch Secret Wrapped in Lead, Braw Clan’s debut theatrical production . We actually set off more than once to drive down to Clydesdale for the show – thank heavens we eventually made it! Seldom […]
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Tuesday, August 29, 2023 | Filed under: Book and Event Reviews, Pat's Home Page Blog
Glasgow Shopping: Currie and Quirk Opticians, Byres Road, G12
Fabulous Selection of Eyewear at Currie and Quirk Eye Care and Quality Eye Wear 142 – 144 Byres Road, Glasgow G12 8TD, 0141 339 2900 currieandquirk@aol.com Currie and Quirk Provide a Range of Services NHS & PRIVATE Eye Examinations Contact Lenses, complete with Care Plans from as little as £19.00 per month Specialist Paediatric […]
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Glasgow National Park City Event
2 September, 2023. 12.30 – 5 p.m. The Hidden Gardens 25A Albert Drive Glasgow G41 2PE Aiming to make this their biggest National Park City event ever: to celebrate the community groups, organisations and National Park City supporters who work together to make Glasgow a Greener, Healthier, Wilder place for everyone. So if you are supporter […]
A Little Life at GFT
Thursday 28 September, 2023 6.45pm James Norton (Happy Valley) stars in the ‘utterly compelling’ (★★★★★ Daily Express) theatrical event of 2023 as visionary director Ivo van Hove (A View from the Bridge) stages the English language production of A Little Life. Filmed live at the Savoy Theatre, London, during its West End run, this record-breaking and ‘beautifully acted’ (★★★★ […]
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Saturday, August 26, 2023 | Filed under: Cinema, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Learn To Play Bridge
Buchanan Bridge Club Classes for Beginners – start 31 August, 2023 Classes for Improvers – start 7th September, 2023 4 Clairmont Gardens, Glasgow Glasgow G3 7LW Learn to play bridge! The World’s Greatest Card Game Email Buchanan Bridge Club for Further Information www.bridgewebsemail.com/buchananbc
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Friday, August 25, 2023 | Filed under: Classes and Workshops, Pat's Home Page Blog
Scrapper at GFT
Friday 25 August – Thursday 7 September, 2023 Buy tickets Captions available Harris Dickinson (Triangle of Sadness) stars in Charlotte Regan‘s heartwarming and endearing debut feature Scrapper. Following her mother’s death, a resourceful 12-year-old, Georgie (Lola Campbell) meets her estranged father and wonders why he’s suddenly taking an interest; especially when she’s doing just fine on her own. […]
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Thursday, August 24, 2023 | Filed under: Pat's Home Page Blog
Bernard MacLaverty: SCAP Summer Festival
Saturday, 26 August, 2023 at 3.30 p.m. The National Piping Centre, 30-34 McPhater St, Glasgow G4 0HW Free Event Bernard MacLaverty special guest at SCAP (Seahorse Creative Arts and Publications) Summer Festival Belfast man, Bernard MacLaverty lives in Glasgow. He has published six collections of short stories and five novels, the latest of which ‘Midwinter […]
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Writing the World: Book Launch at SCAP Summer Festival
Sunday 27 August, 2023 1.30 p.m. – 3 p.m. National Youth Theatre, 105 Brunswick St, Glasgow G1 1TF Free event Writing the World: A Collective This book is the outcome of Creative Writing classes with Asylum Seekers taught by Donna Campbell and Linda Jackson. The book also has work by more established writers who have […]
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International Dog Weekend at Cuku Glasgow
Saturday 26 & Sunday 27 August, 2023 is International Dog Weekend Take your weekend walkies to the one of the West End’s most welcoming dog-friendly venues – Cuku, 1 Kirklee Rd, Glasgow G12 0RL Treats | Snacks | Activities | Free Entry For All Dogs Free entry Cuku on Facebook
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Wednesday, August 23, 2023 | Filed under: Community event, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Free Events, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
