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..

Pilates with Fab – Glasgow West End

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Pilates with Fabrizio Medinelli – Glasgow West End Pilates with Fab, 37 Otago Street, Glasgow G12 8JJ Group Classes Small group classes allow you to practice the Pilates method in a fun and dynamic way with like-minded people. You will work through many of the classical Pilates exercises with lots of variations and sometimes the […]

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Apprenticeship Degrees for young people from Black and Ethnic Minority Community in Glasgow

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Monday 14 October 2024, 5.00 pm – 7.00 pm African Challenge Scotland Saracen House, 139 Saracen Street, Possilpark, Glasgow, G22 5AZ Key benefits of Apprenticeship Degrees for young people from Black and Ethnic Minority Community in Glasgow Speakers: 1. Philip Thom, BEng(Hons) PgC MIETSenior Associate Director of Electrical & ICA Engineering | Water Europe Head […]

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Scotland Loves Anime 2024

Scotland Loves Anime

1 – 3 November, 2024 The ever-popular Scotland Loves Anime weekend event returns to Glasgow Film Theatre November 1-3! 9, 2024, fantastic anime films round out the programme, with individual titles on sale now, including UK premieres, European premieres, and even a late-night performance. Totto-chan (2023, Shinnosuke Yakuwa) – November 1 The Birth of Kitaro: The […]

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Black History Month: Snapshot Shorts GFT

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Sunday 5 October, 2024, 2.15 p.m. Buy tickets Snapshot Shorts, presented by TAPE, is a series of short coming-of-age films that take us on a rollercoaster of teenage angst, mother & daughter relationships and the sweet liberation of finding your tribe. This screening will be followed by the ‘Snapshots and Snippets Collage Workshop’ with artist […]

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Take 2: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 20th Anniversary

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Saturday 5 October, 2024, 11.30 a.m. Buy tickets Sirius Black has escaped from Azkaban… and he’s coming for Harry Potter! Harry, Ron and Hermione return as teenagers for a third term at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. But Harry’s fate, and that of the entire community of wizards, looks bleak when the infamous Sirius […]

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Lara Pawson at Creative Conversations

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7 October, 2024, 1 – 2 p.m. Glasgow University Memorial Chapel,  University Avenue Glasgow G12 8QQ Free Tickets at Eventbrite Lara Pawson is the author of three books: Spent Light (CB Editions, 2024), This is the Place to Be (CB Editions 2016), and In the Name of the People: Angola’s Forgotten Massacre (IB Taurus 2014). In 2017, This is the Place to […]

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Witches and Witchcraft CinemaARC

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30 October, 2024, 6 – 8.30 p.m. Advanced Research Centre , University of Glasgow, 11 Chapel Lane Glasgow G11 6EW Spooky Halloween screening of the 1990 cult-classic, The Witches (1990). In this Roald Dahl adaptation, a little boy and his kindly grandmother thwart the efforts of a coven of witches to rid Britain of children […]

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Nordic Music Days Conference

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29 – 30 October, 2024 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Advanced Research Centre (ARC), Room 237C, 11 Chapel Lane Glasgow G11 6EW Free – Book Tickets The Nordic Music Days Conference is presented in collaboration between Nordic Music Days Festival and Music subject area within the College of Arts & Humanities, University of Glasgow. The conference […]

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Sight Unseen – Glasgow Gallery of Photography

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3 – 30 October, 2024 International Photography Exhibition High Street Gallery, 279-281 High Street, Glasgow Wed-Sat 12-4 Glassford Street, 57 Glassford Street, Glasgow 12-4 Wed-Sat Opening days/times during exhibitions only Glasgow Gallery of Photography

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CinemaARC Childish

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Wednesday 23 October, 2024 University of Glasgow, Advanced Research Unit (ARC), 11 Chapel Ln, Glasgow G11 6EW Free | Ticketed – Reserve Tickets Screening and discussion on childhood in film in collaboration with the National Library of Scotland. They’ll be screening some old-school public information films and will hear from researchers and filmmakers about depictions […]

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Wednesday, October 2, 2024 | Filed under: Cinema

Book Launch: Midnight and Blue, Ian Rankin

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Tuesday 15 October, 2024, 6.30 – 7.30 p.m. Aye Write event to celebrate the publication of Midnight and Blue, the brand new John Rebus thriller from the iconic Number One bestselling author Sir Ian Rankin. Old Fruitmarket, 100 Candleriggs, Glasgow G1 1NQ John Rebus spent his life as a detective putting Edinburgh’s most deadly criminals […]

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Duncan McCrone, Cy Jack, Fraser Speirs and Mike Bryan – Arrochar

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Saturday 5 October, 2024 at 7.30 p.m. Duncan McCrone, Cy Jack, Fraser Speir and Mike Bryan In Concert Three Villages Hall, Shore Road, Arrochar G83 7AB Duncan, Cy, Fraser and Mike bring their much-acclaimed mix of original, contemporary and traditional folk/blues/roots-based songs to the lovely Three Villages Hall. Expect an evening of great singing, playing, […]

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Big Band Dance Nights with Jon Ritchie & That Swing Sensation

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Sunday 13 October, 2024 Glasgow Big Band Dance Night Glasgow University Union, 32 University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8LX The band are delighted to  be back with their regular monthly venue for a night of music and  dancing . Grab your partner and join Glasgow’s record-breaking dance band, That Swing Sensation, for a great night of […]

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Donegal Diaspora in Scotland

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Donegal County Council are hosting a series of events in Glasgow and Edinburgh on 3rd & 4th October, they are looking for information from the Donegal diaspora based in Scotland. They are gathering photos & memories of Donegal people who worked in Scotland between 1940 & 1990 for a new exhibition in Letterkenny in 2025. […]

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Mary Irvine: My Greek Love Affair

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  I’ve had an affinity with Greece since childhood, Ancient, Classical and Modern. The first time I flew into Athens and saw an illuminated Acropolis I felt I was coming home. I later tried to express this feeling. Not sure I succeeded. Re- Birth The first time I saw her I knew I’d come home. […]

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Jim Byrne House Concert at The HillGigs

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Saturday, 26 October, 2024 The HillGigs by Charlie Gracie Jim Byrne with friends Kate Kramer, Lesley O’Brien and Graham Mackintosh To book, contact Charlie directly by email, text 07846 296832 or Facebok at https://www.facebook.com/HillGigs You will also be provided with start and end times plus address. Stirling based. “We are delighted to welcome Jim Byrne, […]

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Book Launch: Loving Alasdair by May Hooper

Loving Alasdair

Tuesday 8 October, 2024, 6.30 p.m. – 8.00 p.m. New Memoir in the VOICES series Loving Alasdair – the 39 Years of My Life with Alasdair Gray May Hooper’s fascinating memoir about her long and close association with Glasgow writer and artist, Alasdair Gray – wacky, romantic, unrequited, boozy, open, compassionate, loving, a different kind […]

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Sunday, September 29, 2024 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events

The Arlington Baths Club

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61 Arlington Street Glasgow, G3 6DT Telephone:0141 332 6021 info@arlingtonbaths.co.uk www.arlingtonbaths.co.uk National Sporting Heritage Day 30 September, 2024 The Arlington reflects on members over the years Since the Arlington Baths Club opened its doors in  1871 thousands of members have enjoyed this wonderful resource – from the  local, to the global! Here are a few […]

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Creative Conversations: Carrie Etter

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Monday, 30 September, 2024 at 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. University of Glasgow, Memorial Chapel, University Avenue Glasgow G12 8QQ Carrie Etter is a celebrated poet, anthologist and academic whose publications include Subterfuge of the Unrequitable: Potes & Poets Press, 1998, Yet: Leafe Press, 2008,The Tethers: Seren Books, 2009, The Son: Oystercatcher Press, 2009, Divining for Starters: Shearsman Books, […]

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Saturday, September 28, 2024 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events

Creative Conversations, University of Glasgow

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Free & Open to the Public  University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ Creative Conversations Autumn /Winter 2024 Carrie Etter – Monday 30 September, 2024 – 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. University Chapel Creative Conversations: Carrie Etter Andres N. Ordorica – Monday 23 September, 2024 1 – 2 p.m. University Chapel Creative Conversations: Andrés N. Ordorica […]

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Book Launch: A Case of Matricide by Graeme Macrae Burnet

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Thursday 3rd October 2024 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. Waterstones, 153 – 157 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3EW From the twice-Booker nominated author of Case Study and His Bloody Project comes the final dazzling instalment in his Gorski Trilogy: A Case of Matricide. Join us for the launch of this extraordinary achievement as Graeme chats all things […]

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Books at the Botanics

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Friday 27  September – Monday 30 September, 2024 Books at the Botanics Weekend Book Fair 10 a.m. till 5.00 p.m. in the Hopkirk Building  (behind the main range), Glasgow Botanic Gardens, Hopkirk Building, 730 Great Western Rd, Glasgow G12 0UE Card and cash payments accepted www.booksatthebotanics.co.uk Books at the Botanics on Facebook

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Take 2: My Neighbour Totoro at GFT

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Saturday 28 September, 2024 11.30 .a.m. Dubbed Screening 12.p.m. Autism Friendly Satsuki and Mei’s mother has taken ill. In order to be closer to her while she recovers in a rural convalescent hospital, their father moves the two sisters from their home in a city to the countryside. The house they move into is a […]

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Wednesday, September 25, 2024 | Filed under: Cinema, Kids and young people

My Own Private Idaho at GFT

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Sunday 29 October, 2024 – 7 p.m. Queer Sundays at GFT Buy tickets Introduced by music, film and arts writer Claire Biddles. In 1992, film critic B Ruby Rich coined the term ‘New Queer Cinema’ which defined a decade in film history, where a boom in DIY and independent filmmaking made fertile ground for filmmakers […]

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If Beale Sreet Could Talk at GFT

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Thursday, 26 September, 2024 at 8 p.m. Buy tickets Based on the 1974 novel by James Baldwin, If Beale Street Could Talkis the story of Tish, a newly engaged young woman in Harlem, and her artist fiancé Alonzo ‘Fonny’ Hunt. When Fonny is arrested for a crime he did not commit, Tish races against the […]

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Megapolis at GFT

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27 September – 10 October, 2024 Buy tickets Francis Ford Coppola returns with a Roman epic fable set in an imagined Modern America. The City of New Rome must change, causing conflict between Cesar Catilina (Adam Driver), a genius artist who seeks to leap into a utopian, idealistic future, and his opposition, Mayor Franklyn Cicero […]

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The Outrun at GFT

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27 September – 7 October, 2024 The Outrun is a searingly honest drama about addiction, survival and the power of nature to restore life and renew hope, adapted from the bestselling book by Amy Liptrot. After a decade away in London, 29-year-old Rona (Saoirse Ronan) returns home to the Orkney Islands. Sober but lonely, she […]

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A History of Glasgow’s Byres Road by Barclay Price

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Byres Road is often seen as the main thoroughfare and the beating heart of Glasgow’s West End. You will enjoy learning of its history as Barclay Price explains how it evolved from a dirt track, recounts his Barclay’s personal memories and reveals some hidden gems. The book also contains many wonderful photographs Byres Road’s ‘development […]

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Old Partick – Lewis Hutton

Old Partick

‘Old Partick’ by Lewis Hutton provides extensive information about the history of this still vibrant part of Glasgow’s West End.  It’s a book that will provide many hours of pleasure with its wonderful photographs (55) of bygone days and fascinating historical details. To avoid duplication with other Stenlake books, this one does not cover the […]

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Book Launch: Medicine, Money and Murder by Anne Pettigrew

Thursday 3 October, 2024, 7 p.m. Waterstones, 351-355 Byres Rd, Glasgow G12 8AU Medicine, Money and Murder follows two female Glasgow medical students on summer placement in 1971 New Jersey, USA. It is Anne Pettigrew’s fourth literary medical crime novel, a thought-provoking tale of cultural clashes, ethical dilemmas, romance and humour that emphasises how fortunate […]

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