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..

Music Night with Freedom From Torture and H4TH

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Saturday 10 October, 2026, 7.15 p.m. – 11 p.m. Hillhead Sports Centre 32 Hughenden Rd Glasgow G12 9XP A night of Music supporting survivors of torture. Hosted by Jim McGrath, the fundraisers is being held in conjunction with H4TH, an organisation working in Glasgow with people experiencing hardship, including refugees. Freedom From Torture provides specialist […]

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Woodlands Anti-Racist Film Club – Dreamers (2025)

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Tuesday 27 October, 2026, 5 p.m. – 9 p.m. Flourish House, 23-25 Ashley Street, Glasgow G3 6DR Screening of Dreamers (2025) with informal, post-screening discussion After living illegally in the UK for two years, Nigerian migrant ISIO is caught and sent to Hatchworth Removal Centre, where she hopes her plea for asylum will be given […]

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The Old Oak, Screening Maryhill Burgh Halls

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Sunday, October 25, 2026  •  5 p.m – 7:30 p.m. Maryhill Burgh Halls, 24 Gairbraid Avenue, Glasgow G20 8YE Maryhill Against Racism* in partnership with Maryhill Burgh Halls Trust are pleased to present a community showing of Everybody to The Old Oak (15+). Screening of The Old Oak, the latest film from acclaimed director Ken […]

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“Murder, murder, polis, three stairs up!” An Evening in Taggart’s Glasgow

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Thursday October 29, 2026, 6.30 p.m. – 8 p.m. Glasgow City Heritage Trust At The Mackintosh Tearooms, 217 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3EX An evening exploring the world of Taggart with the man who started it all, Robert Love, Head of Drama at STV for twenty years, in conversation with public historian Fergus Sutherland, in […]

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Take 2: Flushed Away at GFT

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Saturday 3 October, 2026, 11.0 a.m. GFT, 12 Rose Street, Glasgow G3 6RB London high-society mouse, Roddy is flushed down the toilet by Sid, a common sewer rat. Hang on for a madcap adventure deep in the sewer bowels of Ratropolis, where Roddy meets the resourceful Rita, the rodent-hating Toad and his faithful thugs, Spike […]

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Carlton Jug Band – Avant Garde

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Carlton Jug Band at Avant Garde Friday 2 October, 2026 – 8.30 p.m. – 11 p.m. Good food, good music, good peeps, good dance floor…see ya there:) Avant Garde, Glasgow.34 – 44 King Street, Glasgow G1 5QT – Live music bar and restaurant. Carlton Jug Band on Facebook The Carlton Jug Band is a Glasgow […]

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Author Talk With Ian Rankin

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Monday 5 October, 2026, 2 p.m. St Michael’s Church, Kirkgate, Linlithgow EH49 7AL Ian Rankin is coming to Linlithgow! For the first time ever! The creator of Rebus, and many other memorable characters, the globally best-selling and award-winning author will be right here in our fair town! Ian is coming as part of a national […]

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Caroline Walker In Conversation at The Hunterian

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Friday 9 October, 2026, 5.30 p.m. – 7.30 p.m Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow, 82 Hillhead Street, Glasgow G12 8QQ  The Hunterian @ The University of Glasgow Join contemporary Scottish painter Caroline Walker in conversation in the Hunterian Art Gallery. The Hunterian is home to an incredible range of artworks, from Old Masters’ paintings […]

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Anti-Racist Community Library – Woodlands Community Black History Month 2026

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Sunday 4 October, 2026, 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. Free event Part of Black History Month Scotland 2026. Woodlands Community marks Black History Month with a special edition of its Anti-Racist Community Library, bringing together books, poetry, creative activity and conversation in a relaxed community setting. Visitors can browse and borrow books from a collection […]

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CRER Black History Walking Tour – Black History Month October 2026

Sunday, 11 October, 2026, 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. David Livingstone Memorial Statue, Castle St, Glasgow G4 0UZ Book place at Eventbrite Join Coalition for Racial Equality andd Rights – CRER’s official Black History Month walking tour, running for over 25 years! Taking  participants on a historical journey through Glasgow’s mercantile past, exploring how today’s […]

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Black History Month October 2026

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Black History Month in Glasgow celebrates the achievements, contributions and experiences of Black people throughout history and today. Learn more about stories that have often been overlooked, and reflect on how the past continues to shape communities. With tours, talks, discussions, film screenings and more, the diverse programme helps discover the rich cultural contributions and […]

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Specialist Tour | Black History Month: African Women, Myth and Material Memory

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Tuesday 6 October, 2026, 2.30 p.m. Glasgow Museums Resource Centre, 200 Woodhead Rd, Glasgow G53 7NN Part of Black History Month Scotland 2026. African myth and folklore play a central role in shaping cultural identity, belief systems and collective memory. Moving between historic wooden artefacts and contemporary works, this tour explores how African women, spiritual […]

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Best Shot: How to Get Published with Sheila Wakefield

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Tuesday 29 September, 2026, 7.30 p.m. A Ruby McCann Writing School Event – Scottish Writers Best Shot: How to Get Published with Sheila Wakefield, Founder/Editor, Red Squirrel Press’ A Ruby McCann Writing School Event. The Griffin, 266 Bath St, Glasgow G2 4JP Want to get published? Join us on Tuesday, September 29, 2026, for Sheila […]

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Rip it Up at GFT

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BFI Rip It Up season GFT, 12 Rose Street, G3 6RB A series of films highlighting the intersection of music, fashion and youth counterculture, curated by GFT’s Young Ambassadors. The season celebrates youth creativity and rebellion across the decades, from Mods and Rockers to the heady underground Scottish rave scene of the 1990s. Screenings will […]

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Sense and Sensibility at GFT

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26 September – 8 October, 2026 This irresistible new take on Jane Austen’s iconic Sense and Sensibility is a charming, witty, and deeply relatable story of love and sisterhood starring Daisy Edgar-Jones and Esmé Creed-Miles. Buy Tickets GFT 12 Rose Street, G3 6RB

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Le Bouchet at GFT

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26 September – 1 October, 2026 A schoolteacher and a butcher strike up a tender, tentative friendship in a small Périgord village, just as a series of murders unsettle the local community. A work of extraordinary restraint, in which the landscape itself seems to harbour violence, Le Boucher is perhaps Claude Chabrol’s most celebrated and sinister […]

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Manhunter The Final Cut – 40th Anniversary at GFT

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28/29/30 September, 2026 FBI criminal profiler Will Graham is called out of early retirement to assist on a serial murder case involving a killer known as the Tooth Fairy. Graham enlists the help of imprisoned serial killer and cannibal Dr Hannibal Lecktor, who is the reason Graham took an early retirement. Soon, Graham and the […]

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Take 2: Barbie at GFT

GYFF Take 2 Barbie

Saturday 26 September, 2026, 11.30 a.m. Nominated for 8 Oscars and 5 BAFTA Awards. Eccentric and individualistic, Barbie is exiled from Barbieland because of her imperfections. When her home world is in peril, Barbie returns. Every child attending a Take 2 screening receives a free ticket for themselves and one free ticket for their accompanying […]

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Children’s Walk for Gaza, Glasgow Green

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Saturday  31 October, 2026, 2.30 a.m.- 4.30 p.m. ByForgotten Women Glasgow Green, Greendyke Street, Saltmarket G1 5DB A family friendly walk where children and families come together to stand in solidarity with the children and women of Gaza. Join us on Saturday, 31st October 2026, from 2:30 PM, for a meaningful Children’s Walk for Gaza […]

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Black History Month 2026 at GFT

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October 2026 A collaboration with Glasgow Film Theatre and CRER (Coalition for Racial Equality and Rights) celebrating Black History Month through feature films, documentary and discussion. Personal Problems and Intoduction – 3 Occtober, 2026 Bill Gunn’s Personal Problems is the definitive cinematic blueprint for the Black ordinary. A legendary meta-soap opera that has maintained a […]

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Drawing The Past – Still Life, Shipbuilding

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Thursday, 24, 2026 – 6 p.m. – 7 p.m. Clydebank Museum, Clydebank Library, Dumbarton Road, Clydebank G81 1XH Ahoy there! Come along for some observational drawing of Clydebank shipbuilding museum objects with some lo fi music and like minded folk. Develop observational drawing skills while learning about the museum’s industrial maritime collection and the importance of […]

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Storytelling For Adults, Alexandria

Maureen Cullen  Tuesday, 29th September, 2026 11 a.m. Green Tree Remedies, Church St., Alexandria, G83 ONP Kitten Heels Shortlisted for the Rubery Award 2025 Havoc Shore Longlisted for Satire Fiction Book of the Year 2026 Disabled access. Fully inclusive. Free refreshments, although donations always welcome (Last of the season – Hope to return March 2027) […]

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Glasgow Americana: Dar Williams & Heather Maloney at Cottiers

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1 October, 2026, 7.30 p.m. Dar Williams is an American pop-folk singer It’s a highway, filled with deep, exotic colors and beautiful delicate things as well as the perils that come from moving so fast,” says Dar Williams, describing modern life. On her 13th album, Hummingbird Highway, out September 12 on Righteous Babe Records, Williams celebrates the colors […]

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Niall Connolly and The Album Club at The Glad Cafe review Pat Byrne

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What a treat – a Saturday afternoon gig at The Glad Cafe. with Niall Connolly. Jim and I first saw Niall perform back in 2011 in New York City and again in Glasgow at The Dram in 2016. This time we caught him in Glasgow at the start of his UK and Europe Tour 2026 […]

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Carmunnock Village Glasgow Doors Open Days 2026

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17 – 20 September, 2026 The Castlemilk Hall Church Kirk Road, G76 9DT Enjoy a day in the country in Carmunnock, Glasgow’s last village. There will be guided tours of the Church which dates back to 1767. The Castlemilk Hall, the social hub of the village will host a photographic archive exhibition and there is […]

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Line Dancing In St Mungo Square

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Saturday 19 September, 2026, 12 Noon – 3 p.m. Pop on a cowboy hat and join us for FREE line dancing sessions out in St Mungo Square. Fun for all ages. Yee-ha! Come along to St Mungo Square for lively line dancing sessions led by experienced choreographers, open to all abilities. A bespoke “575” dance […]

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Glasgow Doors Open Days 2026 – Citizens Theatre

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18 and 19 September, 2026 Step inside the restored Citizens Theatre and discover the stories behind one of Glasgow’s most iconic theatres. Wander through the building, uncover hidden corners, admire original architectural features, and get a glimpse behind the scenes of a working producing theatre. Read the full event details Uncover the theatre’s rich past […]

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The Cycle of Love at GFT

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19 – 24 September, 2026 The Cycle of Love follows the extraordinary true story of PK, a 23-year-old street artist from Delhi who sets off with a handful of paint brushes and a second-hand bicycle on a 6,000 mile journey across Europe and Asia to find Lotta, the woman who captured his heart during her […]

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Queen At Sea at GFT

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19 – 24 September, 2026 Starring Juliette Binoche, Tom Courtenay and Anna Calder-Marshall, Queen at Sea received its world premiere in competition at the Berlin International Film Festival earlier this year, where it won both the Silver Bear Jury Prize and the Silver Bear for Best Supporting Performance for both Courtenay and Calder-Marshall. The film […]

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Pressure at GFT

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12 – 24 September, 2026 In the tense 72 hours before D-Day, and the fate of the free world hanging in the balance, Pressure stars Andrew Scott and Brendan Fraser as General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Captain James Stagg as they face an impossible choice—launch the largest and most dangerous invasion in history or risk losing the war altogether. Buy tickets And […]

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