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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..

Take 2: The Day The Earth Blew Up – Looney Tunes

Saturday 28 March, 2026 – 11.30 a.m. Porky and Daffy, the classic animated odd couple, turn into unlikely heroes when their antics at the local bubble gum factory uncover a secret alien mind control plot. Against all odds, the two are determined to save their town (and the world!)… that is, if they don’t drive […]

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Friday, March 27, 2026 | Filed under: Cinema

Glasgow Film Theatre Programme for April 2026

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Glasgow Film Theatre (GFT) – the city’s home of cinema for over 85 years – has revealed its programme for April. Seasons and Festivals Cinemasters GFT’s popular CineMasters programme celebrates directors and key figures from filmmaking history. It returns in April with a season celebrating the contemporary Australian auteur, Baz Luhrmann. The season brings together […]

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Thursday, March 26, 2026 | Filed under: Cinema

Glasgow International 2026

5–21 June, 2026 The 11th edition of Scotland’s biennial contemporary art festival will take place in Glasgow this summer over 18 days. The festival will enliven Glasgow with work by more than 60 artists, celebrating the city as a vital place for making, organising and experiencing contemporary art. Free, open, and for everyone, this year’s […]

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Hinba Bakery Hyndland – Expansion Plans

Hinba bakery hyndland

Dough rolls in as Hinba Bakery’s Rachel Palmer satisfies the West End’s insatiable appetite for sourdough and croissants  Award-winning Hyndland specialist plans expansion to supply restaurants, hotels and other bakeries Bread is the king of the table “Bread is the king of the table,” said the American writer-turned-farmer Louis Bromfield, “and all else is merely […]

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Bruidhinn Ar Canan: Gaelic for Beginners (8 week course)

Gaelicfor beginners

Maryhill Burgh Halls, 24 Gairbraid Avenue, Glasgow G20 8YE Multiple dates- Starting 1 May, 2026 See dates and check availability Fun, informal 8-week Gaelic course for beginners. Learn everyday phrases, build confidence, and practise with others in a friendly setting. PLEASE NOTE: YOU ARE SIGNING UP FOR ALL 8 CLASSES Always wanted to learn Gaelic […]

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Showcase Screening, GMAC Partnership, University of Glasgow

showcase screening applied dissertation in community collaborative practice

Friday 24 April, 2026, 2 p.m. An Afternoon of Films An afternoon of films from the Applied Dissertation in Community and Collaborative Practice filmmaking course from UofG and GMAC BySchool of Culture & Creative Arts Andrew Stewart Cinema Andrew Stewart Cinema, Gilmorehill Halls, G12 8QQ University of Glasgow’s School of Culture & Creative Arts and […]

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Maid of the Loch – Hard Hat Tour – Heritage Festival

maid of the loch hard hat tour

All weekend days in May 12 noon and 2pm Maid of the Loch slipway, The Pier, Pier Rd, Balloch G83 8QX Book a tour Reduced price, hour long Hard Hat Tours of the ship and slipway. Get an exclusive update of the most recent work in the Maid’s restoration programme from knowledgeable guides. £5 (reduced […]

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Bloody Mary Sunglasses – Fail Better YCTR

Dr Normul McChuills

Sunday 29 March, 2026,  2 p.m. – 6 p.m. McChuills, 80 High St, Glasgow G1 1NL Host Doctur Normul A free daytime sunday session of live music as part of The Girobabies after-party after-care programme hosted by Fail Better and You Call That Radio from 2pm- 6pm. Avery special performance from Maighread Ní Ghrásta, all […]

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Glasgow Merchant City Festival 2026

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24 – 26 July and 31 July- 2 August, 2026 The Merchant City Festival returns for 2026, transforming the heart of Glasgow into a vibrant hub of creativity. From circus and dance to a dedicated family programme, bringing arts and performance out of the theatre and onto the pavement. As a flagship event of the […]

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When Billy Met Alasdair

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Saturday 28 March, 2026, 7.30 p.m. Written and Performed by Allan Bissett Thr Citizens Theatre, 119 Gorbals St, Gorbals, Glasgow G5 9DS ‘Allow me to give you some advice, Billy… ’ Award-winning writer and performer Alan Bissett, creator of The Moira Monologues, takes on the dual roles of two Scottish cultural giants – Billy Connolly […]

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Glasgow: Michael Pedersen in conversation with Fern Brady, Waterstones

nichael pedersen in conversation with fern brady

Wednesday 25 March, 2026, 7 p.m. Waterstones, 153-157 Sauchiehall St, Glasgow G2 3EW Michael Pedersen and Fern Brady at Waterstones Sauchiehall Street for the paperback launch of Muckle Flugga.Join Edinburgh’s Makar, Michael Pedersen as he launches the paperback edition of Muckle Flugga in conversation with Fern Brady. SHORTLISTED FOR THE SALTIRES FICTION BOOK OF THE […]

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Anti-Empire Film Club: Palestine 36

Sunday, 22 March, 2026, Doors 7.30 p.m. Film at 8 p.m. The Glad Cafe, 1006A Pollokshaws Rd, Glasgow G41 2HG Showing Palestine 36 as the first screening of the Anti-Empire Film Club! Palestine 36 is set in the 1930s during the British Mandate period in Palestine, and focusses on the anti-colonial struggle against the British […]

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Arco at GFT

Arco

20 and 22, 28 March – 2 April, 2026 Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film. A 10-year-old boy from a peaceful, distant future accidentally travels back to the year 2075 and discovers a world in peril. As Arco develops a friendship with a young girl named Iris, they band together and, […]

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Wednesday, March 18, 2026 | Filed under: Cinema

The Love That Remains

the love that remains

Thursday 26 March, 2026 From Godland director Hlynur Pálmason comes a tender portrait of a year in the life of a family as the parents navigate their separation. Through both playful and heartfelt moments, the film captures the bittersweet essence of faded love and shared memories amidst the changing seasons. Icelandic, English and French with English subtitles Buy tickets […]

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Dead Man’s Wire

Dead Man's Wire

20 March – 2 April, 2026 It’s 1977, and Tony Kiritsis (Bill Skarsgård) is at the end of his tether with the mortgage firm he believes is exploiting him. He walks into their offices and takes the boss’s son (Stranger Things’ Dacre Montgomery) hostage, using a shotgun rigged with ‘dead man’s wire’. Holed up in his […]

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Byres Road Community Hub Day: A Prescription for Change

byres road community hub

Saturday, March 28, 2026, 12 pm to 4 pm UofG Byres Community Hub Byres Community Hub, Clarice Pears BuildingGlasgow, 90 Byres Rd, Glasgow G12 8TB Welcome to the Byres Hub Community Day 2026: A Prescription for Change Join School of Health and Wellbeing staff, students and Byres Hub community groups between 12noon and 4pm on Saturday 28th March for the […]

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Biodiversity Workshop Woodlands Community

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Tuesday 24th March, 2026, 10 a.m. – 12 Noon Biodiversity Roadshow Workshop: Guardians of the Bog in partnership with Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh. Woodlands Community Meeting Room, 66 Ashley Street, G3 6HW Free. Donations Welcome. Come along to this Biodiversity Roadshow Workshop happening in partnership with Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh. Learn about biodiversity, climate change […]

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Soul Jazz Sundays Easter Party

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Sunday 5 April, 2026, 5 p.m. – 11 p.m. Event by Nick Peacock and Mark Robb McCrea West of Scotland Cricket Club, 40-44 Peel St, Glasgow G11 5LU Lots of incredible new tunes ready to be played! “Latin, Soul, Jazz, Funk, Edits you know how we roll!” Only £7 on the door, no presale, cash only. As ever […]

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Earth’s Greatest Enemy film review Pat Byrne

earth's greatest enemy

Earth’s Greatest Enemy  Director: Abby Martin, Mike Prysner Cast:  Abby Martin I’ll be 80 this year – ‘Earth’s Greatest Enemy’ is the most disturbing and revealing documentary I have ever seen. The scale of environmental devastation being wrought globally by the U.S. Military is terrifying and incomprehensible. In the documentary Abby Martin captures the tragedies […]

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Tuesday, March 17, 2026 | Filed under: Cinema, Film Reviews, Film reviews, Pat's Home Page Blog

Family Fun Day – St Patrick’s Day Festival Glasgow 2026

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Saturday 14 March, 2026, 12 noon – 5 p.m. Event by St Patricks Fest Glasgow Merchant Square, 71 Albion St, Glasgow G1 1NY ***FREE NON-TICKETED EVENT*** The Family Fun Day returns for another instalment of great craic in Merchant Square !!! The Festival in conjunction with Tourism Ireland presents a day of family celebration with music, […]

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Everbody to Kenmure Street at GFT

everyone to kenmure street

13 March – 2 April, 2026 Everybody to Kenmure Street – Buy tickets Captioned screenings available ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “Morale-boosting” – The Guardian  After winning the Special Jury Award at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and going down a storm at Glasgow Film Festival’s sold-out Opening Gala, Everybody to Kenmure Street returns to GFT this Friday. On […]

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Thursday, March 12, 2026 | Filed under: Cinema

Glasgow Film Festival Takeover Day 2026 review Pat Byrne

GFF Super Nature

GFF’s annual Community Takeover Day is a free cinema event created with, and for, communities around Glasgow. The film chosen to be screened at Glasgow Film Theatre for the Community Takeover Day 2026 was Super Nature, which had its Scottish Premiere at Glasgow Film Festival on 28 February. Super Nature is a unique film – […]

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Tuesday, March 10, 2026 | Filed under: Cinema, Film reviews, Glasgow Film Festival 2026

Heritage Festival West Dunbartonshire- Speakeasy

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Monday 18 March, 2026 7 p.m. The Clydesider Magazine has organised a Heritage Festival to celebrate West Dunbartonshire’s rich heritage. Some forty events have been organised. As part of the heritage celebration. “I am organising a ‘Speakeasy’ at the Fountain Tavern on Monday 18th May from 7 p.m.  I am hoping to give participants five  […]

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Mermaids at GFT – Mother’s Day

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Mother’s Day Movie – Sunday 15 March, 2026 4.40p.m. New England…the early 1960s. Cher stars as an unpredictable single mother of two who is a source of constant embarrassment to her confused 15-year-old daughter (Winona Ryder), who’s trying to deal with her own sexual awakening and not having an easy time of it. Based on a novel […]

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Monday, March 9, 2026 | Filed under: Cinema, Mothers' Day, Pat's Home Page Blog

Couture Glasgow Film Festival 2026 review by Pat Byrne

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Alice Winocour’s film sees Angelina Jolie starring as Maxine, a filmmaker at Paris Fashion Week to shoot the film which will launch the show. She is on top of her game but working to a very tight schedule; there are a few hitches but she is not too vexed by clashes of opinion within the […]

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Effi O Blaenau review Pat Byrne – Glasgow Film Festival 2026

Effi o Blaenau

Marc Evans’ Welsh language film Effi O Blaenau had its world premiere at Glasgow Film Festival 2026. An adaptation of Gary Owen’s critically acclaimed play, Iphigenia in Splott,  Evans shifts the location to Blaenau Ffestiniog, a rundown town in rural North Wales. This is where we meet Effi (Leisa Gwenllian) an angry young woman who spends […]

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Super Nature Glasgow Film Festival 2026

Super Nature

Saturday 7 March  1 p.m. GFT then Adelaide Place Super Nature will also be screened at free cinema event, created with and for communities around Glasgow, with a special screening of Ed Sayers’ stunning debut nature documentary Super Nature, plus food, music and activities! The event is completely free, just collect your ticket from Garnethill […]

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Storytelling For Adults, Alexandria

Paul Underwood

Paul Underwood – Tuesday 31 March, 2026 11 a.m. Greentree Remedies, 4 Church Street, Alexandria G83 0NP Come and hear what local author, Paul Underwood saw through his ‘Ninety Tiny Windows’. Free entry/refreshments. Fully inclusive/disabled access. To reserve a place please contact Jo: 07562333731 or Mary: 01389 729279 Free entry /refreshments but donations welcome Tuesday […]

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Glasgow Film Theatre Announces Programme for March 2026

catalan film festival

 Glasgow Film Theatre (GFT) – the city’s home of cinema for over 85 years – has revealed its programme for March 2026, following Glasgow Film Festival (GFF) which runs from 25 February – 8 March. Highlights include: A season celebrating the work of British filmmaker John Schlesinger Programmes from Glasgow Short Film Festival and Catalan […]

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Palestine solidarity volunteer bike ride

palestinian volunteer bike ride woodlands community

Sunday 29 March, 2026, 11 a.m. -3 p.m. For Great Ride of Return Event by Woodlands Community G3 6HW Glasgow, Meet at 11am departure back at 3pm Meet at Woodlands Community Meeting Room, 66 Ashley St, G3 6HW FREE A Palestine Solidarity group bike ride. Bring your Palestine flags and your solidarity. This ride will be […]

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