I 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. Scottish Writers – Sheila Templeton: A Celebration
Tuesday, 30th April 2024 Scottish Writers’ Centre Centre for Contemporary Arts 350 Sauchiehall Street Glasgow G2 3JD Come along to pay tribute and celebrate the life of the late Sheila Templeton. This is an open and joint gathering alongside esteemed friends, St. Mungo’s Mirrorball where Sheila’s poetry sparkled many a night, and Federation of Writers (Scotland) where Sheila […]
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Friday, April 26, 2024 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Paisley Food and Drink Festival 2024
26 and 27 April, 2024 Paisley Food and Drink Festival will return to Abbey Close and Bridge Street on Friday 26 and Saturday 27 April. The free-to-attend, outdoor food and drink event will feature more than 35 delicious food and drink traders from across Scotland from 4pm to 10pm on Friday and from 12noon to […]
Nights at the Round Table, Paisley Book Festival
Thursday 25 April, 2024, 9 p.m. – 10.30 p.m. Lucille’s Bar – Paisley Town Hall, Abbey Cl, Paisley PA1 1JF Free, ticketed Book Raise a glass to local writers’ group Nights At The Round Table as they celebrate their 10th Anniversary as part of the Paisley Book Festival. Featuring regular and familiar faces from a […]
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Thursday, April 25, 2024 | Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Free Events, Gig Guide plus Club Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Living Rent Glasgow Soul DJ Night
Friday, April 26, 2024, 8 p.m. – 11.30 p.m. Lynch’s Bar (179 London Road, Glasgow, G40 1PA). Buy tickets A DJ-night full of good vibes, brilliant tunes, and dance to raise funds for Living Rent Tenants’ and Community Union. Come together with comrades, friends, and fellow neighbours . DJs: Michael Rooney is a member of […]
Michael Pedersen and Hollie McNish, GSA Degree Show
4 June, 2024, 6 p.m. – 7,p.m. Glasgow School of Art, Reid Lecture Theatre, 167 Renfrew Street Glasgow G3 6RQ On the occasion of The Glasgow School of Art Degree Show and The Cat Prince paperback launch: Live readings from prize-winning poets Michael Pedersen & Hollie McNish. A showcase of animations produced by GSA BA […]
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Wednesday, April 24, 2024 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Queen MacBeth – Val McDermid with Nicola Sturgeon
Tuesday 21 May, 2024, 6.30 p.m. Aue Write, City Halls and Old Fruitmarket, 100 Candleriggs, Glasgow G1 1NQ Join acclaimed crime-writing novelist Val McDermid as she is interviewed by Nicola Sturgeon about her new book Queen MacBeth, the fifth instalment of Darkland Tales. Shakespeare fed us the myths of the MacBeths as murderous conspirators. But […]
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| Filed under: Aye Write 2024, Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Imagine Something Different – 5th Paisley Book Festival kicks off on 25 April, 2024
The 5th Paisley Book Festival kicks off 25 April so why not join them and embark on a journey of discovery into the world of stories and storytelling? With the 2024 theme being Imagine Something Different: The festival is welcoming five writers from Ireland’s world-renowned literary scene, for their Ireland in Focus series, which is set to explore […]
| Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Halo Make Your Own T-Shirt Workshop
Saturday 29 June, 2024 12.30 p.m. – 2.00 p.m. Part of WestFest 2024 Free Arts Workshops For Young People (6 – 12 years) at Kelvin Hall, 1445 Argyle Street, Glasgow G3 8AW <>Join Halo’s team of specialist arts tutors for 5 saturday afternoons of free multi arts workshops including circus skills, visual art, storytelling, drama […]
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| Filed under: Classes and Workshops, Community event, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers
Meagan Jennett Creative Conversations
Monday 29 April, 2024, 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel, University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ Free – Register at Eventbrite Meagan Jennett is an escaped bartender, who traded in crafting cocktails for crafting her own tales. Originally from Crozet, Virginia, she now lives in Scotland, where she is completing her Doctorate […]
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Monday, April 22, 2024 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Youth Screening: Grey Gardens at GFT
Tuesday 23 April, 2024, 6.20 p.m. Edie Bouvier Beale and her mother, Edith, two aging, eccentric relatives of Jackie Kennedy Onassis, are the sole inhabitants of a Long Island estate. The women reveal themselves to be misfits with outsized, engaging personalities. Much of the conversation is centred on their pasts, as mother and daughter now […]
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Sunday, April 21, 2024 | Filed under: Cinema
If Only I Could Hibernate
Until Thursday 25 April, 2024 Ulzii, a teenager from a poor neighbourhood in Ulaanbaatar, is determined to win a physics competition to get a scholarship. But when his illiterate mother finds a job in the countryside, she leaves him alone to care for his siblings in the middle of winter. Ulzii wanders around at night […]
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Fantastic Machine at GFT
21 – 25 April, 2024 The camera is a fantastic machine. To explore, explain and expose how our unchecked obsession with image has grown, filmmakers Axel Danielson and Maximilien Van Aertryck turn their cameras directly on society itself to take a look at how this obsession has begun to change our behaviour. From the Camera […]
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Bleeding Love at GFT
22 – 25 April, 2024 Ewan McGregor stars alongside his daughter Clara as a dad who goes on a poignant road trip with his estranged daughter after she almost loses her life to an overdose. In hopes of reconnecting with his estranged child, a father (Ewan McGregor) embarks on an impromptu road trip with his […]
Sometimes I Think About Dying at GFT
Screening Until Thursday 25 April, 2024 Daisy Ridley proves she can handle nuanced comedy drama as easily as a Star Wars leading role in this character study of an office worker whose life unexpectedly opens up. She plays Fran, who likes to think about dying. It brings sensation to her quiet life. When she makes […]
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Glasgow May Day 2024
Sunday 5 May, 2024 11 a.m. 11am Assemble George Square 11.30am March 12.45pm Rally at Glasgow University Student Union, 32 University Ave, Glasgow G12 8LX The annual celebration of workers in the city and international solidarity organised by the trade union movement through Glasgow Trades Council, held in Glasgow since 1892. A march through the […]
Special Screenings to Mark Anniversary Year at Glasgow Film Theatre
May 2024 Scotland’s leading independent cinema will celebrate a bumper year of anniversaries with a programme of special screenings taking place throughout May. The programme will showcase films that have been hugely popular with audiences and have played a unique role in the history of Glasgow Film Theatre (GFT) over the past five decades. Glasgow’s […]
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Saturday, April 20, 2024 | Filed under: Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Glasgow Film Theatre Special 50 Anniversary Screenings May 2024, Pat's Home Page Blog
The Lives of Others – 35mm, Special 50 Anniversary Screening GFT
Thursday 9 May, 2024 7 p.m. GFT is one of the few Scottish cinemas still equipped to project 35mm and 70mm film. As the perfect showcase for this expertise, audiences can enjoy Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck’s Oscar-winning thriller The Lives of Others on 35mm to mark Europe Day on Thursday 9 May. In 1984, in […]
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Cinema Paradiso – Special 50th Anniversary Screening GFT
Monday 6 May, 2024, 3.00 p.m. highlight of 20th Century European cinema, the Oscar and BAFTA award-winning Cinema Paradiso captures the spirit and communal power of film and has unsurprisingly been embraced by GFT audiences time and time again. It will make a welcome return for a special screening on the Monday 6 May Bank Holiday. Giuseppe […]
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Jean de Florette + Manon des Sources (Double-bill) – 50th Anniversary Screening GFT
Sunday 5 May, 2024 2.30 p.m. Since its inception, GFT has been the destination to watch foreign language films in Glasgow, and the anniversary programme will give audiences a chance to revisit some of our greatest international hits. Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources are two of the most popular French films of all time and […]
Late Night: Escape from New York
Special Screening 50th Anniversary GFT Friday, 3 May, 2024, 10.30 p.m. A key element of our programme since the cinema first opened in 1974, our Late Night screenings have recently relaunched as a regular monthly event. In recent years the programming for the Late Night slot has leaned into cult classics and we’re delighted to […]
Fellini’s Roma + Introduction
Thursday, 2 May, 2024 5.30 p.m. The anniversary programme will begin with Roma – Federico Fellini’s ode to the Italian capital – which was the first film to screen at GFT on the day we opened in 1974. Fellini’s monumental and outlandish tribute to his beloved Rome, The Eternal City, begins with Fellini as a youngster living […]
Record of displays in People’s Palace – Part 2.
PRecord of displays in People’s Palace on date of temporary closure: 14 April, 2024. Inside the People’s Palace Photography by Jim Byrne Part 1. Record of displays at People’s Palace
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Take 2: Kids Animations: Why’s the Sky Blue?
Saturday, April 20, 2024, 11.30 a.m. Screening as part of In Short, Europe: Best of the Best A playful selection of children’s animations exploring our relationship to the outside and everything it brings us: big gardens to run around in, animals to befriend, and the beautiful display of sound, colour, and texture. GFT, 12 Rose […]
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Friday, April 19, 2024 | Filed under: Cinema, Kids and young people, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Billy Connolly’s Big Banana Feet at GFT
GFT screenings: Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 May 2024 Screening in selected cinemas in the UK and Ireland from 10 May 2024 BFI DVD/Blu-ray release and BFI Southbank Q&A screening on 20 May 2024 BIG BANANA FEET (1976) is a fascinating and hilarious record of irrepressible Scottish comedian Billy Connolly on his 1975 Irish tour, […]
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Maggie and Me with Damian Barr and James Ley
Tuesday, 30 April, 2024 – 6.30 p.m. – 7.30 p.m. The Mitchell Library, North Street, Glasgow G3 7DN Aye Write Pop Up Event Join Damian Barr and James Ley in conversation with Jackie Wylie at the Mitchell Library as they explore the creation of the new stage version of Damian’s celebrated memoir Maggie & Me. Award-winning […]
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| Filed under: Aye Write 2024, Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
At the Volta with James Joyce, GFT
Saturday 15th June, 2024 6.30 p.m. As part of 19th International James Joyce Symposium, the University of Glasgow, Glasgow Film Theatre and the Irish Consulate are organising At the Volta with James Joyce: a showing of early films with musical accompaniment, inspired by the involvement of Irish author James Joyce with Dublin’s cinema Volta – […]
WestFest 2024 Programme Launched
WestFest- Glasgow’s biggest cultural and community festival launches their 2024 programme WestFest, Glasgow’s biggest community and cultural festival today launches the full programme for its 2024 festival, taking place from 1st to 30th June. Bursting with an eclectic array of events, performances, and activities- WestFest has something for everyone. WestFest 2024 will take place in […]
Glasgow Literary and Music Lounge at The Scotia Bar
Tuesday, 30 April, 2024 7.30 p.m. Scotia Bar, 112 – 114 Stockwell Street, Glasgow G1 4LW Free Featured Writer Paul Anderson and Bill Borland House Band Brian McFall, Ewan Hare, Trevor Lakey Featured Musician John Gee (Tribal John) Performers include: Kay Metcalfe, Jan Brolly,Rain Ensemble, Chris Tait, Ray Evans, Gordon Christopher Powrie, Jim and Brfian, […]
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Thursday, April 18, 2024 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Free Events, Gig Guide plus Club Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Record of Displays in People’s Palace Prior to Closure April 2024
Closing Ceremony April 15th 2024 Displays at the People’s Palace Part 1 Photography by Jim Byrne Record of Displays in People’s Palace Part 2 – April, 2024.
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WestFest Drag at the Bandstand
Sunday 9 June, 2024 “Drag @ The Bandstand” Lights Up Kelvingrove Bandstand as Part of WestFest 2024 WestFest are delighted to announce the return of ‘Drag @ The Bandstand’, taking place at Kelvingrove Bandstand on Sunday 9th June as part of WestFest 2024. As with their hugely successful event in 2022, the WestFest team can […]
Related Pages
- Scottish Writers – Sheila Templeton: A Celebration
- Paisley Food and Drink Festival 2024
- Nights at the Round Table, Paisley Book Festival
- Living Rent Glasgow Soul DJ Night
- Michael Pedersen and Hollie McNish, GSA Degree Show
- Queen MacBeth – Val McDermid with Nicola Sturgeon
- Imagine Something Different – 5th Paisley Book Festival kicks off on 25 April, 2024
- Halo Make Your Own T-Shirt Workshop
- Meagan Jennett Creative Conversations
- Youth Screening: Grey Gardens at GFT
- If Only I Could Hibernate
- Fantastic Machine at GFT
- Bleeding Love at GFT
- Sometimes I Think About Dying at GFT
- Glasgow May Day 2024
- Special Screenings to Mark Anniversary Year at Glasgow Film Theatre
- The Lives of Others – 35mm, Special 50 Anniversary Screening GFT
- Cinema Paradiso – Special 50th Anniversary Screening GFT
- Jean de Florette + Manon des Sources (Double-bill) – 50th Anniversary Screening GFT
- Late Night: Escape from New York
