What’s On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more.

Pat ByrneI have a Jaunt round the Glasgow West End notice boards to see what’s going on in the centre of the universe but I also rely on mailing lists and you getting in touch with your events. The listings are free for charitable organisations – small charge for profit making events. Email me details if you would like me to promote your event..

Hundreds of Beavers, Arlington Baths Club

Hundreds of Beavers

Saturday 20 December, 2025  6.00 p.m. – 8.30 p.m. Arlington Baths Club 61 Arlington St, Glasgow G3 6DT Come along and enjoy this  anarchic slapstick comedy! In this 19th century, supernatural winter epic, a drunken applejack salesman must go from zero to hero and become North America’s greatest fur trapper by defeating hundreds of beavers. […]

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Batman Returns at GFT

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Monday 15th December, 2025 at 5.40 p.m. And Thursday 18 December, 20s5 at 5.30 p.m. The monstrous Penguin, who dwells in the sewers beneath Gotham, joins up with corrupt mayoral candidate Max Shreck to topple the Batman once and for all. But when Shreck’s timid assistant Selina Kyle finds out, and Shreck tries to kill […]

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White Christmas at GFT

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Monday 15th December, 2025 at 12.30 p.m. and Sunday 21 December, 2025 – wheelchair accessible Singers Bob Wallace (Bing Crosby) and Phil Davis (Danny Kaye) join sister act Betty (Rosemary Clooney) and Judy Haynes (Vera-Ellen) to perform a Christmas show in rural Vermont. While there, they run into General Waverly (Dean Jagger), the boys’ commander […]

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Cottiers – Bar, Restaurant, Theatre, Glasgow West End

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Cottiers, 93-95 Hyndland St, Glasgow G11 5PU 0141 357 5825 www.cottiers.com/ What’s On At Cottiers Cottiers Bar and Restaurant is a most attractive and flexible venue in  Glasgow’s West End. Previously, Dowanhill Church, it is one of only three surviving Scottish churches famously decorated by Daniel Cottier, the revolutionary artist-designer when it was built in […]

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Kill Bill – The Whole Bloody Affair

Kill Bill The Whole Bloody Affair

Saturday 17 December, 2025 – 5.45 p.m. and Monday 19 December, 2025 – 5.45 p.m. Screening on 35mm, Quentin Tarantino’s revenge spectacular returns to the big screen as its auteur intended: with both chapters brought together as one film, alongside a never-before-seen animated sequence. An assassin code-named The Bride (Uma Thurman) wakes up from a coma, four […]

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Friday, December 12, 2025 | Filed under: Cinema

It Was Just An Accident at GFT

It was just an accident

14, 15 and 17 December, 2025 Winner of the Palme d’Or at Cannes, It Was Just An Accident is a fearless tour-de-force from cinematic luminary Jafar Panahi. Both urgently political and deeply humane, this new moral classic confronts truth and uncertainty, revenge and mercy, head-on. When auto mechanic Vahid unexpectedly encounters the man who may have been his […]

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The Muppet Christmas Carol at GFT

STANDARD SCREENING (CAPTIONED): SAT 13 DEC, 11.30AM AUTISM FRIENDLY SCREENING: SAT 13 DEC, 12PM Audio Description available for both of these screenings ‘Tis the season for love, laughter, and one of the most cherished stories of all time! Join Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, and all the hilarious Muppets in this merry, magical version of […]

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Eternity at GFT

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12 – 18 December, 2025 In an afterlife where souls have one week to decide where to spend eternity, Joan (Elizabeth Olson) is faced with the impossible choice between the man she spent her life with (Miles Teller), and her first love(Callum Turner), who died young and has waited decades for her to arrive. Buy […]

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Amy Duncan live in store – Greetings from Gartnavel

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Saturday 24 January, 2026 2 p.m. Event by  Last Night From Glasgow and Amy Duncan Music From Big Blue – Unit 10 The Hidden Lane,  1103 The Hidden Ln, Argyle St, Finnieston, Glasgow G3 8ND Join Amy Duncan live in store to see her performing songs from her new album: Greetings From Gartnavel (released 23 Jan 2026 […]

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Sentimental Value at GFT

Sentimental Value

27 – 30 December, 2025 In this new family drama from Joachim Trier (The Worst Person in the World), sisters Nora and Agnes reunite with their estranged father, the charismatic Gustav, a once-renowned director who offers stage actress Nora a role in what he hopes will be his comeback film. When Nora turns it down, […]

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Wednesday, December 10, 2025 | Filed under: Cinema

The Shining 45th Anniversary at GFT

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12th 14th and 17th 18th December, 2025 Stanley Kubrick’s masterpiece of modern horror is widely considered to be one of the most terrifying movies of all time. Based on Stephen King’s bestselling novel, this tale of a family man and would-be writer going mad as winter caretaker of the cursed Overlook Hotel is a seminal work of the […]

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The Mighty Peking Man at GFT

the mighty peking man

Saturday 13 December, 2025, 3.20 p.m. A rare screening of the Shaw Brothers’ 1977 take on King Kong, one of the maddest monster movies ever made and a true cult classic. Best known for revolutionising the martial arts genre, the legendary Shaw Brothers studio in the late 1970s branched out into exploitation cinema, resulting in some truly […]

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California Schemin’ to close Glasgow Film Festival 2026 

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James McAvoy’s directorial debut California Schemin’ will have its UK premiere as the closing gala for Glasgow Film Festival 2026 (GFF26). Shot on location in Scotland, the film will close the 22nd annual Glasgow Film Festival on 8th March, 2026. Based on the improbably true story, California Schemin’ follows aspiring Scottish rap duo Silibil N’ […]

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Cinder’s Fella, mini-panto Glasgow Green

cinder's fella mini panto

Daily until 4 January, 2026 Event by Folksy Theatre Glasgow Green Don’t miss your chance to catch this hilarious, family, 50 minute Glasgow panto.Join Cinder’s, Buttons and the ugly sisters in the Big Top at Glasgow Green. Filled with banter and songs that are guaranteed to have you laughing and singing along! Running till 4th Jan. […]

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Nemo Arts Winter Showcase

wasps studio winter showcase

Friday 12 December, 2025, 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. The Briggait, WASPS Studios. Opposite the Nemo Arts Studio in the Clydeside Market Hall. Celebrate the achievements of Nemo Arts community with an inspiring afternoon of creativity, collaboration, and wellbeing – featuring performances from our Drama, Choir, Guitar, and Taiko Drumming Groups, and exhibitions from our […]

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A Cottier’s Christmas Carol

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10 – 30 December, 2025 By Paul Harper-Swan It is Christmas eve and the Pantosphere is full of festive fun and cheers. Everyone is except Anjelica Scrooge, the richest woman in Panto Land that everyone fears. Anjelica will be up all day and all night with ghostly guests from the past, present and future……. Glasgow, […]

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Pinocchio – Community Panto

Pinnochio

19 – 22 December, 2025 Maryhill Community Central Halls, 292-316 Maryhill Rd, Glasgow G20 7YE   Halo Arts are back with Glasgow’s Biggest Community Pantomime- ‘Pinocchio’! When auld Geppetto wishes his gobby puppet Pinocchio was a real boy, the Blue Fairy brings him to life—(sort of). But our wooden pal still needs to prove he’s […]

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Soul on Sunday – Christmas Special

Sunday 21st and Sunday 28th December, 2025 Scotland’s No.1 daytime soul event BAaD the Barras, 54 Carlton Glasgow G40 2SB Buy tickets Get ready to bring in the Christmas spirit in true SOS style! This festive edition features a live performance from Soul Vibrations – a powerhouse 3-part harmony male group guaranteed to light up […]

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Glasgow Art Club Christmas Fayre

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Friday, 12 December,2025 — 1pm to 7pm and Saturday, 13 December,2025 — 11am to 5pm Glasgow Art Club 185 Bath St, Glasgow G2 4HU Glasgow Art Club welcomes you to a magical festive weekend packed with incredible stalls, original art, and beautiful handcrafted gifts. Whether you’re hunting for that perfect, one-of-a-kind present for someone special—or […]

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P-Rock The Doc Screening Glasgow

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Sunday 7 December, 2025, 6 – 9 p.m. Nice n Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall St, Glasgow G2 3LG £5 Tickets at Eventbrite -P-Rock the Doc – Glasgow – Screening and Archive By Silver Knight Entertainment Come watch P-Rock the Doc, buy a DVD and watch the old archive of the channel! In the era of boybands and […]

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The Last Minute Christmas Party – Helensburgh

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Saturday 20 December, 2025, 7.30 -11.59 p.m. Tickets at Eventbrite – £6.12 (inc Eventbrite fee) Helensburgh and Lomond Civic Centre,  38 E Clyde St, Helensburgh G84 7PG THE LAST MINUTE CHRISTMAS PARTY! Helensburgh, it’s time to clock out, let loose, and celebrate together—because this year, the whole town is one big workplace, and this is […]

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Gallus in Weegieland

Gallus in Weegieland

19 November, 2025 – 4 January 2026 The Tron Theatre, 63 Trongate, Glasgow G1 5HB- ‘Have I gone mad? I’m afraid so, but let me tell you something, the best people usually are.‘ The West End is in crisis. Our beloved Gallus has their ballet exam today and can’t remember the difference between good toes […]

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The Little Mermaid

The Little Mermaid

22 November, 2025 – 4 January 2026 Kings Theatre, 297 Bath Street, Glasgow G2 4JN With Peter Pan smashing Box Office records, Glasgow King’s Theatre will be taking audiences on a magical adventure under the sea this Christmas with The Little Mermaid. Join Glasgow pantomime superstar Elaine C Smith, and the King’s favoutite funny-man Johnny […]

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Take 2: Arthur Christmas

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Saturday 6 December, 2025, 11.30 a.m. For hundreds of years, the Claus family has delegated the title “Santa” to a chosen few of its members, which can be passed down upon retirement. Each Christmas, Santa and his vast army of highly trained elves produce gifts and distribute them around the world in a one-night high-tech […]

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Dreamers at GFT

Dreamers

6 – 11 December, 2025 In a UK immigration removal centre, Nigerian migrant Isio finds hope in an unexpected love that gives her the strength to fight a broken system. After fleeing persecution at home, Nigerian migrant Isio (Ronkẹ Adékọluẹ́jọ́) is sent to Hatchworth Removal Centre, where she hopes her asylum plea will receive a […]

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Pillion at GFT

Pillion

29 November – 11 December, 2025 ★★★★’Brilliant Bromley biker romance’ – The Guardian A shy young man (Harry Melling) finds his place in the world as the submissive to a handsome biker (Alexander Skarsgård), in Harry Lighton’s charming, sexy and tender debut. Colin (Melling) is a quiet, unassuming man with supportive parents whose world is rocked when he […]

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Prime Minister at GFT

Prime minister

6 – 11 December, 2025 Winner of the Audience Award at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, Prime Minister is an intimate portrait of political icon Jacinda Arden. In August 2017, in the lead-up to national elections, Jacinda Ardern unexpectedly became New Zealand’s opposition party leader. She had just turned 37. Two frenetic months later, she was Prime […]

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The Cure: The Show of a Lost World

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Thursday 11 December, 2025, 7.30 p.m. On 1 November 2024, The Cure’s widely acclaimed Grammy-nominated album Songs of a Lost World was released. The night of the album’s unveiling, the band performed the record in full for the first and only time at London’s Troxy in front of 3,000 fans. THE CURE: THE SHOW OF A LOST WORLD is a recut, […]

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Sunset Boulevard 75th Anniversary GFT

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6 – 11 December, 2025 GFT, 12 Rose Street, G3 6RB Sunset Boulevard 4K Restoration Gloria Swanson as Norma Desmond, an ageing silent film queen, and William Holden as the struggling writer who is held in thrall by her madness, created two of the screen’s most memorable characters in Sunset Boulevard. Winner of three Academy Awards, director Billy Wilder’s orchestration of […]

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For Alice at GFT

for alice

Tuesday 9 December, 2025, 8.40p.m. A gripping noir crime thriller that honors Hong Kong’s classic genre cinema while giving it a fresh, modern twist. After 20 years in prison, Shuang (Tai Bo) tries to leave the criminal world behind — until he decides to help Alice (Kuku So), a teenage girl fleeing her mother’s abusive […]

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