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..

Celtic Connections: Junior Brother

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Thursday 29 January, 2026, 7.30 p.m. Carefully pushing the boundaries of what modern Irish folk can look and sound like, Junior Brother is an idiosyncratic, challenging, and richly lyrical singer/songwriter from Co. Kerry. His much-anticipated third album, The End is officially out now, via Strap Originals. Following singles Take Guilt, Small Violence, Welcome To My […]

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Take 2: Gabby’s Dollhouse at GFT

Gabby's Dollhouse

Saturday, 24 January, 2026 at 11.30 a.m. Gabby heads out on a road trip with her Grandma Gigi to the urban wonderland of Cat Francisco. But when Gabby’s dollhouse, her most prized possession, ends up in the hands of an eccentric cat lady named Vera, Gabby sets off on an adventure through the real world […]

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WestFest 2026

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2 – 28 June, 2026 WestFest 2026 – returns for a fourth annual festival   It’s shaping up to be the most ambitious edition yet. Building on last year’s success which saw 151 events reach 110k attendees, in 2026 the aim is to have around 200 events across 60+ venues, including a programme of free […]

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Platform Spring Big Band Tea Dances with Jon Ritchie and the Swing Sensation

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Wednesday 1st and Thursday 2nd April, 2026, 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. The Bridge, 1000 Westerhouse Rod, Glasgow G34 9JW Get your glad rags on and your dancing shoes ready for our big band tea dance extravaganza this April! With live music from Jon Ritchie and That Swing Sensation, vocalists and dancers, guests will enjoy […]

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Programme Announced Glasgow Film Festival 2026

The 22nd edition of Scotland’s largest film festival will showcase 126 films from 44 countries, with 16 World, European, and International premieres, 68 UK premieres and 18 Scottish premieres taking place between 25 February and 8 March UK premieres include humanistic drama Rebuilding starring Josh O’Connor, high-fashion title Couture featuring Angelina Jolie, relationship drama Erupcja […]

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The Bad Actors, The Clutha Bar

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Saturday 24th January, 2026 The Clutha Bar 167-169 Stockwell Street, Glasgow G1 4SP  Get ready for an epic night of LIVE music with a stacked lineup, headlined by Sheffield’s own funk rock duo **The Bad Actors** – known for their big riffs, bigger energy, and a signature style that’s earned them tour spots with Huey […]

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Monday, January 19, 2026 | Filed under: Gig Guide plus Club Events, Music, Pat's Home Page Blog

Kim Richey and Carla J. Easton at Cottiers

Kim Richey

Sunday, 25 January, 2026, 7,30 p.m. Cottiers, 93 – 95 Hyndland Street, Glasgow G11 5PU One of Americana music’s most revered singer-songwriters. Kim Richey will perform in the beautiful, atmospheric setting of Cottiers Theatre. She is one of Americana and Country music’s most revered singer-songwriters. A two-time Grammy-nominated artist, Kim Richey is a rare performer […]

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Dylan LeBlanc and Adam Thom, Cottiers

Dylan LeBlanc

Friday, 23 January, 2026, 7.30 p.m. A musical nomad shares songs from his latest album Singer-songwriter Dylan LeBlanc has been a vagabond since he was a boy, tossed between Texas, Louisiana, and Alabama. His nomadic spirit drew him to life as a touring musician and the animal that titles his newest record, Coyote. Much like the wily […]

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CinemARC – I Swear

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Thursday 22 January, 2026, 5.30 p.m. A special presentation of 2025’s film, I Swear. Advanced Research Centre, University of Glasgow, 11 Chapel LaneGlasgow G11 6EW To celebrate Burns night, taking you to the Scottish Borders with an acclaimed recent production, I Swear. After the film there will be Q&A panel with University of Glasgow linguists, […]

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Take 2: Hugo at GFT

Take 2 Hugo

Saturday 17 January, 2026 – 11.30 a.m. Orphaned and alone except for an uncle, Hugo Cabret lives in the walls of a train station in 1930s Paris. Hugo’s job is to oil and maintain the station’s clocks, but to him, his more important task is to protect a broken automaton and notebook left to him […]

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Hamnet at GFT

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Friday 9 January – 29 January, 2026 Academy Award-winning director Chloé Zhao’s adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s bestselling novel features mesmerising performances by Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal. Agnes, the wife of William Shakespeare, struggles to come to terms with the loss of their only son, Hamnet – the grief driving a wedge between the couple. Shakespeare channels the tragedy and […]

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A Pan•••ic Play, Emergence Festival

21 and 22 January, 2026 This event takes place at The Art School, 20 Scott St, Glasgow G3 6PE How often does an event occur that affects nearly everyone on the planet simultaneously? The COVID-19 pandemic is a global event that we all have different experiences with and perceptions of. Inspired by verbatim theatre and […]

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Ceòl is Craic Film Club CCA

Ceol is Craic film club

Tuesday 20 January, 2026, 7 p.m. Finlay J – Guth na Gàidhealtachd / Finlay J – Voice of the Gàidhealtachd Screenings: A Boy in Harris Gruth is Uachdar (Crowdie & Cream) This event celebrates the work of Finlay J. Macdonald, a writer, journalist and broadcaster closely associated with the cultural life of the Outer Hebrides. The programme […]

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The Cat has Nine Lives at GFT

Wednesday 21st January, 2026, 8.15 Part of series: Fokus: Films from Germany Opening film – The film will be followed by a discussion with the festival’s guest curator, Rastko Novaković. Munich in the summer of 1967. Journalist Katharina receives a visit from her friend Anne from France. They go on trips, visit cafés, acquaintances and parties. […]

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The Hangar: Psychedelic Paisley with The Primevals

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30 January, 2026, 7 p.m. Paisley Arts Centre, Arts Centre, 15 New St, Paisley PA1 1EZ The Primevals + DJ Chris Geddes (Belle & Sebastian) + Radhika Step into The Hangar for an evening of swirling sounds, fuzzed-out guitars, and deep psychedelic vibrations. The Primevals — Glasgow’s legendary garage rockers — formed in 1983 and forged their sound […]

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Frightfest 2026 Programme Announced

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Thursday 5 March, 2026 – Saturday 7 March 2026 FrightFest returns to the renowned Glasgow Film Festival for its 21st year, running from It’s full scream ahead as FrightFest, the UK’s No.1 horror & fantasy film event, presents three days of trauma, terror and tantalising thrills. Once again housed at the iconic Glasgow Film Theatre, the […]

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Sentimental Value at GFT

Sentimental Value

17 – 22 January, 2026 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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Celtic Connections: This Journey of Mine, Carol Laula and Friends

Carol Laula

Thursday, 29 January, 2026 at 7.30 p.m. Citizens Theatre, 19 Gorbals St, Gorbals, Glasgow G5 9DS An evening of song, stories and (not so) silent heroines with Carol Laula and friends Inspired by the return of the iconic goddess statues atop of the new Citizens Theatre building and honouring its longstanding creative work with women […]

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Autumn Voices: Online Reading with Sukhema Butler

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Tuesday 3 February, 2026 at 7 p.m. – 8.30 p.m. Continuing their Letting Go programme, Autumm Voices are delighted to invite you to an online reading from Glasgow-based poet, publisher and facilitator Sukhema Butler. Sukhema as Larry Butler was born in the USA , and has been living in Glasgow since 1981. Convenor for Lapidus […]

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Marty Supreme at GFT

Marty Supreme

17  – 22 January, 2026 In the 1950s, Marty Mauser (Timothée Chalamet) — a young man no one respects who dreams of becoming a champion table-tennis player — goes to hell and back in pursuit of greatness. Also showing the short film Ball (3 min) by Fridtjof Stensæth Josefson and Morten Borgestad ahead of all screenings of Marty Supreme, in partnership […]

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Celtic Connections: Alasdair MacCuish and the Black Rose Ceilidh Band

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Friday 16 January, 2026, 8:00pm – 12:00 midnight Ol Fruitmarket,  100 Candleriggs, Glasgow G1 1NQGlasgow Dance the night away to the best traditional tunes. Named in a Scotsman poll as the best ceilidh band in Scotland, and the inaugural winners of the Best Scottish Dance band at the first ever Trad Music Awards, Alasdair MacCuish & […]

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The History of Sound

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23 – 29 January, 2026 In 1917, Lionel—a young, talented music student—meets David at the Boston Conservatory, where they bond over a deep love of folk music. Years later, Lionel receives a letter from David, leading to an impromptu journey through the backwoods of Maine to collect traditional songs. This unexpected reunion, ensuing love affair, […]

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The Voice of Hind Rajab

The Voice of Hind Rajab

16 – 29 January, 2025 29, 2024. Red Crescent volunteers receive an emergency call. A 6-year old girl is trapped in a car under fire in Gaza, pleading for rescue. While trying to keep her on the line, they do everything they can to get an ambulance to her. Her name was Hind Rajab. Winner […]

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Thursday, January 15, 2026 | Filed under: Cinema

Celtic Connections: Landless and Natalie Wildgoose

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Saturday 17 January, 2026, 7. 30 p.m. Drygate Brewery, 85 Drygate, Glasgow G4 0UT Unaccompanied Irish folk: four women weave haunting, close-harmony songs Landless, the highly acclaimed Irish quartet of Lily Power, Meabh Meir, Ruth Clinton, and Sinéad Lynch: bring their mesmerizing, unaccompanied traditional songs to the first Saturday of Celtic Connections. Formed in Dublin […]

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Matt McGinn Remembrance

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Saturday 17 January, 2026, 1 p.m. – 5 p.m. The Olde Burnt Barnes, 179 London Rd (corner of Ross St) Glasgow G40 1PA Annual remembrance event for the Legendary Matt McGinn at the Old Burnt Barnes in Ross Street the very street where Matt was born on the 17th January 1928  

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Jean Luc Goddard – Cinemasters GFT

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4 January – 23 February, 2026 GFT celebrates directors and key figures from filmmaking history and gives you the opportunity to watch their work on the big screen. Few filmmakers have reshaped cinema as profoundly as Jean-Luc Godard. A central figure of the French New Wave, Godard tore up the rulebook, replacing polished studio filmmaking with […]

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28 Years Later: The Bone Temple

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15 – 29 January, 2026 Expanding upon the world created by Danny Boyle and Alex Garland in 28 Years Later – but turning that world on its head – Nia DaCosta directs 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple. In a continuation of the epic story, Dr. Kelson (Ralph Fiennes) finds himself in a shocking new relationship – with consequences that could change the world […]

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Breathless at GFT

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Various dates 4 – 31 January, 2026 Small-time crook Michel (Jean-Paul Belmondo), styling himself after Humphrey Bogart, panics during a car theft and fatally shoots a policeman. On the run, he hides out with his aspiring journalist girlfriend, Patricia (Jean Seberg), in her Paris apartment while trying to scrape together enough cash for an escape […]

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GFF2026 Opening Film ‘Everybody To Kenmure Street’

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25 February, 2026 at Glasgow Film Theatre Glasgow Film Festival 2026 to open with UK Premiere of                                   Everybody To Kenmure Street BAFTA-winner Felipe Bustos Sierra’s documentary about one of Scotland’s most spontaneous and successful acts of civil resistance […]

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ARC Conversations: Failure, Collaboration and the Culture of Research

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Wednesday, 11 February, 2026, 4 p.m. – 5.30 p.m. Advanced Research Centre, University of Glasgow, Chapel Lane, off Byres Road, G11 6EW Nicol Keith, Professor of Molecular Oncology discusses how researchers create meaningful impact beyond academia. Over his career, Nicol Keith, Professor of Molecular Oncology at the School of Cancer Sciences, has seen a growing […]

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