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Govanhill Carnival Parade 2023

Govanhill festival parade

Saturday, 5 August, 2023 at 1 p.m. The famous Govanhill Carnival Parade is back for the sixth time – more colourful and vibrant than ever! This anti-racist celebration of diversity and unity will once again weave its way from Govanhill Park to Queens Park. Drummers, pipers, brass bands, jugglers, roller skaters, dancers and all the […]

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The Big South Social Picnic

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Sunday 13 August, 2023, 2 p.m. – 5 p.m. Queen’s Park Recreational Ground Queens Drive, Glasgow South Side G42 8QR

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Birding Garden Social with artist Scott Rogers & musician Blair Coron – Woodlands Community Garden

Sunday 30th July, 2023 – 2pm – 4pm Woodlands Community Garden, 17 W Prince’s St, Glasgow G4 9BY Drop in, no reservation necessary For July’s Garden social Woodlands Community will have birding conversation with birding expert and artist Scott Rogers followed by live music from Blair Coron in the Community Garden. From 2-3PM Scott is […]

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Woodlands Community Ebike Hire Scheme

Ever wanted to test out an e-bike? Two tern e-bikes, the Tern GSD S10 and Tern Vektron S10 are now available to loan for people that sign up to be a Friend of Woodlands. Become a Friend. for as little as £1 per month  Sign up now to gain access to this brilliant community resource! Conditions […]

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Springburn Community Street Festival

Springburn Community Street Fstival

Saturday 19th August, 2023 –  10am until 2 p.m. The Springburn Community Street Festival is back again this year on 19 August at Springburn Way, G21 1TS There will be foods tasting stalls, football, cultural stalls, performances, music, bouncy castle, face painting and much more !! The best things is it’s all completely FREE

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Fun Bat Walk, Glasgow Green

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Friday, 25 August, 2023, 7.45 p.m. – 9.30 p.m. Another FREE event hosted by Friends of People’s Palace Winter Gardens Glasgow Green. Meet at 7.30p.m. at The McLellan Arch, Main Entrance to Glasgow Green at Saltmarket, Glasgow G1 5DB Come along to this interesting and informative Talk and Walk by the Bats Conservation Trust and […]

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Doon the Watter with Friends of People’s Palace Winter Gardens & Glasgow Green

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17th July, 2023 – 12 Noon until 3 p.m. Fair Monday Afternoon – Free, Fun Event for All the Family All activities plus refreshments are free – remembering the Glesga Fair when families all went” Doon The Watter” on the great Clyde steamers. Come along and bring kids and grandchildren. Face Painting Balloon Modeller Super […]

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Make it Market at Cottiers

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Sunday 9 July, 2023 Got broken or unloved costume jewellery? Learn how to relove them by repairing or creating completely new unique pieces. 15 Amazing Workshops – Book your spot You can also visit Cottier’s popular restaurant and bar Cottiers, 83 – 95 Hydland Street, Glasgow G11 5PU

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Glasgow Mela 2023

Sunday 25 June, 2023, 12 noon until 8 p.m. Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow West End Free multi-cultural festival brings music, dance, arts and vibrancy to the heart of Glasgow’s West End. With two live music stages, a funfair, delicious food stalls with tasty bites from across the globe and loads more, it’s Scotland’s biggest Mela! Mela […]

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Moments of Freedom Refugee Festival Scotland

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Tuesday 20 June, 2023 12.30 p.m. – 2 p.m. Centre 81, 2-16 Braes Ave, Whitecrook, Clydebank, G81 1DP  A community coffee afternoon full of great food and conversation. The event will be a chance to share recipes and food from different cultures and discuss cultural integration work going on across Glasgow. Everyone welcome! The event is […]

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Kirklee Allotments Open Day

Kirklee Allotments Open Day

Saturday 17 June, 2023, 2 p.m. – 5 p.m. Event by Kelvinside Allotments Association Kirklee Allotments, Kirklee Road Allotments Explore the allotment site, meet plotholders and find out about growing your own fresh fruit and vegetables. There will be plants, fresh produce and flowers for sale, home baking, preserves and refreshments. 15% of proceeds will be […]

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Wilton Street Garden Fete, Glasgow West End

Saturday 17 June, 2023, 1.30 p.m. – 4 p.m. Wilton Street Garden Fete with its usual range of fantastic stalls, live music, great food, kids’ entertainment, local artists and craft workers and cakes – did we mention cakes? Free Entry. Everyone welcome! Wilton Street, North Kelvinside, G20 Part of  WestFest

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City of Glasgow Chorus at WestFest

city of glasgow chorus at west fest

Saturday, 20 June, 2023 – 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. From Classic to Pop – A choral celebration! Join the world-renowned City of Glasgow Chorus singing music from Verdi’s Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves to Eva Cassidy’s Autumn Leaves. St John’s Renfield Church 22 Beaconsfield Road Glasgow G12 0NB Buy tickets at EventBrite Part of WestFest

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The Big Sunday at the Bandstand

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Sunday 4 June, 2023 from 11 a.m. Kelvingrove Bandstand, off Kelvin Way, Glasgow West End. After the success of the Big Weekend last year, WestFest is excited to be back at Kelvingrove Bandstand in 2023 for a jam-packed programme of free, community events in partnership with Glasgow Music. Come and join the afternoon gala then […]

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Dragon Boat Festival – University of Glasgow

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Friday 2 June, 2023, 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. Dragon Boat Festival 2023 – Confucius Institute, University of Glasgow All are welcome to join the Dragon Boat Festival 2023 – crafts, tea ceremony, sticky rice dumpling making, music. Tickets free, but limited! Book your ticket. Kelvin Gallery Gilbert Scott Building University Avenue (Gilchrist Postgraduate Club […]

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World Environment Day 2023 – Partick

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Sunday, June 11, 2023 10am at Partickhill Bowling and Community Club, 46 Partickhill Rd, Glasgow G11 5BY Celebrate World Environment Day by attending a morning conference on the theme of Green Partickhill. Hear speakers from Spot-a-Bee (University of Glasgow) Sustrans (National Clyde Network) Zero Waste Scotland, and Glasgow City Council Join in the conversation about […]

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Islets of Silence – using theatre to talk about cancer

Wednesday 24 May, 2023, 1.30 p.m. – 3. p.m. The Mitchell Library North Street Glasgow G3 7DN By TramDirect with Macmillan@Glasgow Libraries Background The play was written and directed by Isobel Barrett after losing her husband to Pancreatic Cancer through misdiagnosis. Her husband died after only 3 weeks. Her main aim in writing the play is to […]

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SCCAN: The Oil Machine – can we be break the addiction

OIL MACHINE

Monday, 22 May, 2023 – 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. Online Oil has been an invisible machine at the core of our economy and society. It now faces an uncertain future as activists and investors demand change. Is this the end of oil? THE OIL MACHINE explores the complexities of transitioning away from oil and […]

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Mansfield Park Street Festival 2023

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Saturday 10 June, 2023, 12,00 – 5 p.m. Come along and enjoy  a fun filled gala day where there will be something for everyone! Catch some live music from samba drummers, choirs, cover bands and community groups from across the West End. There will also be the Partick Farmers Market, street theatre, pop-up workshops, face […]

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Dream Fest – relaunch of the Dream Machine

dream machine relaunch

Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th May, 2023 The Dream Machine 257 London Road Glasgow G40 1PE The Dream Machine relaunches this May, relighting the community campfire in the East End of Glasgow. The first of many new events showcasing our incredible sensory Dream Room kickstarting with a Saturday evening of live music with a super exciting […]

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Webster’s Family Gala Day

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Sunday 7 May, 2023 – 12 p.m. – 4 p.m. Websters Theatre, 416 Great Western Rd, Glasgow G4 9HZ Come and join the fun. A  day of family activities & entertainment on the street outside as well as in and around Websters at Kelvinbridge. . Street Play from Operation Play Outdoors Circus & Dance Performers […]

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Lids Open Day – Spring 2023

lids open day spring 2023

Friday May 5th 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. The Recital Room, City Halls, 100 Candleriggs, Merchant City, Glasgow, G1 1NQ A little known gem of a piano If you have never heard or played the Steinway Concert Grand in the Recital Room, then you are in for a treat. It is 15 yrs since Glasgow […]

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Friends of People’s Palace, Winter Gardens and Glasgow Green at ByGoneCon

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Saturday 29 April, 2023 East Kilbride Library, The Olympia Shopping Centre, Churchill Ave, East Kilbride, Glasgow G74 1PG (The Library is located at the Ice rink and Cinema end of the shopping arcade.) Friends of People’s Palace, Winter Gardens and Glasgow Green (FPPWGGG) have been invited back to the library by South Lanarkshire Libraries Heritage […]

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May Day Glasgow 2023 – Maryhill Integration Network

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2 May, 2023 – 5 p.m. until 7.30 p.m. Flourish House 23-25 Ashley Street Glasgow G3 6DR Find out about the origins of the famous political slogan “Bread and Roses” and learn how to make bread from across the world. Free event – register at EventBrite ‘Bread for all, and Roses too!’ a bread making workshop […]

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WestFest Glasgow’s Cultural and Community Festival 2023

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WestFest Community Festival 2024 The first ever WestFest will take place from Friday 2nd – Sunday 25th June, 2023. Launch of WestFest Saturday 22 April, 2023 SambaYaBamba and Brass, Aye? will be popping up all over the West End. Here’s where to catch them: Kelvingrove Park Fountain 12.30pm: SambaYaBamba 1.30pm: BrassAye Ashton Lane 12.30pm: BrassAye […]

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Sharing City Community Assembly

sharing city community assembly

Thursday 27 April, 2023 – 6 p.m. – 10 p.m. Civic House, 26 Civic St, Glasgow G4 9RH Community gathering to discuss ways to build a culture of sharing in Glasgow Come to the community gathering to discuss ways to work together to build a culture of sharing in Glasgow and the social, economic and […]

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International Roma Celebration at The Rum Shack

roma day rum shack

Friday 7 April, 2023 8 until 11 p.m. A special event for International  Roma Day The Rum Shack, 657-659 Pollokshaws Rd, Glasgow G41 2AB Members of the Ukrainian Roma group Rom Som will be performing songs and dances to start off the evening. This group has arrived in the UK as a result of the […]

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International Roma Day at Govanhill Park

international roma day

Saturday 8 April, 2023, 12 p.m. – 6 p.m. Join in with this year’s International Roma Day celebrations! Further Community Celebrations Community meal and celebration featuring music and dancing in Queens Park Parish Church, 170 Queen’s Dr, Glasgow G42 8QZ from 2-6pm. All welcome! Event on Facebook

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Milngavie Car Show 2023

milngavie car show

Saturday 3 June, 2023 10 a.. – 5 p.m. Milngavie Town Centre Milngavie, East Dunbartonshire. The Milngavie Car Show is back on the road on Saturday 3rd June from 10am to 5pm as part of Milngavie Week 2023. This event is paid for by the Milngavie BID businesses. Event on Facebook

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Saturday, April 1, 2023 | Filed under: Community event, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers

Hamish MacQueen – A Personal Archive – History of S.N.P.

Hamish MacQueen Exhibition

Friday, 31 March, 2023,  19:00 – 20:30 p.m. Hamish MacQueen: A personal archive – history of the SNP and the Independence movement Maryhill Burgh Halls, 24 Gairbraid Avenue Glasgow G20 8YE Maryhill and Springburn SNP have arranged a ‘pop-up’ exhibition featuring the leaflets, documents, photographs and various items of political memorabilia from the SNP spanning […]

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Hamish MacQueen Exhibition

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