Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers.

Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers.

INNternational Womens Day at Inn Deep

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8 March, 2023 at 7.30 p.m. Inn Deep, 445 Great Western Road, Kelvinbridge, Glasgow G12 8HH Event by Inn Deep, Sandy MacMillan and Rachael Fulton Tickets POETRY // PERFORMANCE // POWER This special INNTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY event celebrates female ID-ing poets, performers, chefs and brewers. AWARD-WINNING FEATURED POETS AND MUSICIANS OPEN MIC (most spaces now filled) AT THE BAR […]

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Week 2 Glasgow Film Festival 2023

Host of Guests Attending Festival The Festival Continues Until 12 March There will be a host of guests at the second week of Glasgow Film Festival 2023.  From Claire Dix (director) and Barry Ward (lead actor) from Sunlight which is having its international premiere Tuesday 7 March.  Stuart Cosgrove (writer) and Muta’Ali Muhammad (director) for […]

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Govan Music Festival 2023

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15 – 19 March, 2023 The second Govan Music Festival presents a varied programme:  from grass roots to high arts, folk, fusion, classical and hip hop. Jennifer Andrew’s climate change songs unite all local schools to save the planet, diverse singers and dancers find the joy of free movement and celebrate giant murals. Anna Clyne’s […]

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The Love of Print – Kelvingrove Art Gallery

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18 November , 2022 – 12 March, 2023 Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Argyle Street, G3 8AG Saturday 4 March, 11 a.m. Artist Demonstration with Linda Kosciewicz Linda will demonstrate printing a photogravure polymer plate. There will be an opportunity to find out more about her new print ‘Minotaur’ made especially for the show. The […]

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Bearsden Art Club at the Lillie Gallery

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4 March – 30 March 2023 Bearsden Art Club 70th Anniversary The Lillie Art Gallery, Station Rd, Milngavie, Glasgow G62 8BZ Gallery 1– Bearsden Art Club – 70th Anniversary exhibition Galleries 2 – “What I see in Bearsden” – Beardsen Art Club Schools Competion exhibition Gallery 3 – Past and Present members of the Bearsden […]

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Mackintosh Queen’s Cross Reopens

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Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s only built church reopens 20 February, 2023 Mackintosh Queen’s Cross, Maryhill, is one of Glasgow’s hidden architectural gems – the only church in the world designed by the great Scottish architect, designer and artist, Charles Rennie Mackintosh  The Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society and Mackintosh Queen’s Cross are delighted to announce the re-opening […]

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Broker at Glasgow Film Theatre

Broker at GFT

Friday 24 February – Wednesday 1 March, 2023 AND Monday 13 – Thursday 23 March (after Glasgow Film Festival) Captions available Heartwarming, funny and moving, Broker is the outstanding new film from Hirokazu Kore-eda, the acclaimed director of Shoplifters. An unconventional road movie, the film follows two unofficial baby brokers (including Parasite‘s Song Kang-ho) attempting to […]

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Stitched – Textile Exhibition, ProjectAbility

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25th February – 1st April, 2023 Group show Opening times: 11am – 5pm, Wednesday – Saturday Free admission Project Ability Gallery, Trongate 103, Glasgow, G1 5HD Project Ability presents its first ever Textile Exhibition ‘STITCHED’ For this exhibition a select few artists were invited to make new work. There is a wonderful mix of exhibitors, […]

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Famous Faces Attending Glasgow Film Festival 2023

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1 – 12 March, 2023 Highlights Highlights include Kelly Macdonald and Monica Dolan at a special International Women’s Day premiere of Typist Artist Pirate King, double Oscar nominee Emily Watson at the UK premiere of God’s Creatures, top impressionist Alistair McGowan at the UK premiere of My Name is Alfred Hitchcock, Game of Thrones star […]

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LGBT + History Month at GFT

This year marks 20 years since Section 28, the law that banned “promotion of homosexuality” in the UK, was repealed. To mark that anniversary, Glasgow Film Theatre will promote some films that celebrate and explore LGBT+ stories! 3 -12 March, 2023 ay GFT Daniel, based on true events, this intense, emotional drama speaks of a […]

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Still Life Photography Exhibition

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Angela Catlin and Henry Bell Wednesday 16th March to Sunday 17th April, 2023 For two years Henry Bell and Angela Catlin documented the pandemic in Glasgow through their poems and photographs. In dialogue with each other and the city around them, they recorded their shared isolation, the panic of the early pandemic, the unease and […]

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Glasgow Film Festival 2023 – FrightFest

FRIGHT FEST 2023

Be prepared to devour a devilish feast of dread-filled delights as the UK’s favourite horror fantasy event returns to the renowned Glasgow Film Festival for an 18th year, from Thurs 9 March to Sat 11 March 2023. This year’s daring line-up, once again housed at the iconic Glasgow Film Theatre, embraces the latest genre discoveries […]

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The End of Sex, Glasgow Film Festival

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The End of Sex receives its UK premiere at Glasgow Film Festival 2 and 3 March, 2023 Starring Emily Hampshire (Schitt’s Creek) and Jonas Chernick (Ashgrove), The End of Sex follows Emma and Josh, a couple whose kids are away at camp. With the house empty for a week, the couple embark on a series […]

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Gray Day 2023 at OranMor

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Saturday 25 February, 2023 OranMor, Top of Byres Road, Glasgow G12 8QX GRAY DAY returns for its third year with a day-long celebration and a live event at Òran Mór, featuring readings, music, film and more celebrating the Scottish artist Alasdair Gray. The annual celebration of the late Alasdair Gray sees writers, artists and readers […]

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Launch of Lost Eden: A Collaborative Quartet of Quartets

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21 February, 2023 7 p.m. – 9.00 p.m. Scottish Writers Centre, CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3JD This event has been rescheduled from last year. Paid tickets are still valid, but if you booked a free ticket, please do so again. Launch of ‘Lost Eden ’(Zagava Press) a collaborative ‘quartet of quartets’ co-written with Margaret Elphinstone, Mandy Haggith, Douglas Thompson and D.P. Watt. […]

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Ann MacKinnon and Morag Smith, Paisley Book Festival 2023

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Friday, 17th February, 12:30 – 1:30 pm Paisley Central Library, 15 Mill St, Paisley PA1 1ND Book Tickets – Pay What You Can Revival and renewal are at the heart of Ann MacKinnon and Morag Smith’s work. In this joint poetry pamphlet launch, Ann will consider how she came to write about the lives and […]

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Paisley Book Festival 2023

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16 – 19 February, 2023 Some Highlights Paisley Book Festival has put together a fantastic programme with leading authors from Scotland and the UK descending on Paisley in February 2023. The programme will include author events, workshops and is an opportunity for writers to showcase their work on the main stage. For the first time, […]

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Glasgow Short Film Festival 2023 Progamme

First Look at 2023 Programme GSFF23 will open on 22 March with a homage to Scotland’s untold Black history – a screening of OMOS, with live performances from cabaret performer Rhys Hollis and opera singer Andrea Baker. The festival will also host the Scottish premiere of Australian duo Soda_Jerk’s hotly anticipated new mainstream cinema mash-up […]

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Kim Carnie at Celtic Connections 2023

Kim Carnie, Celtic Connections 2023. Photo Pauline Keightley

Kim Carnie, Scots singer songwriter review by Pauline Keightley Glasgow Concert Hall Charming with her soft, mesmerising voice Kim Carnie was the support artist to Duncan Chisholm and was backed by the strings and piano and Megan Henderson on vocals and violin. She performed Gaelic heritage songs from her 2022 album And So We Gather […]

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Duncan Chisholm at Celtic Connections 2023

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Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 February, 2023 – Review by Pauline Keightley Transported us with his engaging playing Chisholm has performed at every Celtic Connections since 1993. He also entertained us during the Covid pandemic isolation with beautiful videos of his violin playing, often shot on perfect locations on the Western Isles. His music has […]

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The Reeling Festival 2023 – Line Up

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The Reeling is a new Summer Scottish Music Festival Rouken Glen Park on Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th June, 2023 Line Up With the word ‘reeling’ derived from much-loved Scottish dances and tunes, the aptly named festival is guaranteed to be an almighty knees-up, both on and off the stage. Scottish favourites Skerryvore will close the […]

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Celtic Connections 2023: Kim Edgar, Launch of Consequences Album

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Thursday 2 February, 2023 Saint Luke’s, 17 Bain Street, Glasgow G40 2JZ Celtic Connections 2023 Join acclaimed Edinburgh-based songwriter Kim Edgar and a host of talented songwriters from Scotland and further afield to celebrate the launch of her fifth studio album, CONSEQUENCES. Fuelled by a passion for social justice, folklore, and feminism, Kim shapes keenly observed details of […]

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Leventime: A Tribute to Jackie Leven, Celtic Connections 2023

Leventime Celtic Connections

Saturday 4 January, 2023, 7.30 p.m. Celtic Connections 2023  19 January – 5 February OranMor, Top of Byres Road, G12 8QX Buy tickets 10 years after his death, Jackie Leven’s partner Deborah Greenwood and friend and colleague Ian Rankin lead friends and admirers including Boo Hewerdine, Jinder, Michael Weston King, Malcolm Lindsay, Doghouse Roses and Dumb Instrument through a selection from his extensive song catalogue. Described as […]

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125th Anniversary of the Opening of People’s Palace and Winter Gardens

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On 22 January, 2023 Friends of Peoples Palace and Winter Gardens at Glasgow Green along with supporters celebrated 125 years since the opening of the Peoples Palace and the Winter Gardens at Glasgow Green. Entertainment was provided by: It was a very enjoyable event with entertainment provided by The Elastic Band, who played traditional Scottish […]

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Tidelines Book Festival presents: Scrievin & Scran

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27 January, 2023  – An Evening of Spoken Word Tidelines Book Festival Harbour Arts Centre, 116 Harbour St, Irvine KA12 8PZ Chase away those January blues with the return of this hugely popular event, brought to you by Tidelines Book Festival. A warming evening of spoken word, with a half-time hot pie included in the […]

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Alternative Burns Night at Stereo

28 January, 2023, 7 p.m. Stereo, 22-28 Renfield Lane G2 5AR Tickets at Eventbrite – Suggested donation £5 / £10  All donations will go to ProjectAbility LINE UP: CARA ROSE – @cararosemusic BIN JUICE – @bin.juice GRAYLING – @graylingmusic CHOIRSTAIDHIONA – @choirstaidhiona.jpeg SOOP – @ soop .co .uk SKINNY MINNIE – @skinnyminniequeen DANYO – @danielmaherr […]

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Friction Burns Supper 2023

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Saturday, 28 January, 2023 6 p.m. Room 2, 69 Nelson Mandela Place, G2 1QY You Call That Radio hosts the 13th annual edition of the Friction Burns Supper which returns to a live audience for the first time since 2019. Expect a fast-paced underground cabaret of musos & wordsmiths attempting to stick to a vague […]

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The Hackles and Lizzie No – Celtic Connections 2023

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22 January, 2023 – 7.30 p.m. Drygate Brewery,  85 Drygate Glasgow G4 0UT Celtic Connections 19 January – 5 February, 2023 Oregon duo The Hackles impressed with their debut album, but it was the follow-up, 2019’s A Dobritch Did As A Dobritch Should, that established them well beyond the shores of the USA. In the UK, The […]

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Aoife O’Donovan and Jack Badcock, OranMor, Celtic Connections 2023

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1 February, 2023, 7.30p.m. OranMor, Top of Byres Road, Glasgow G12 8QX Celtic Connections 2023 – 19 January until 5 February Grammy award-winning artist Aoife O’Donovan performs her new album Age Of Apathy with her band. Aoife operates in a thrilling musical world beyond genre. She has released 3 critically-acclaimed and boundary-blurring solo albums including her most recent record, […]

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A Bowl, A Boat – Sarah Kudirka Exhibition, The Briggait

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Until 6 March, 2023 at The Briggait The Wasps Studio, The Briggait 141 Bridgegate, Glasgow G1 5HZ Sarah Kudirka’s latest paintings based on bowl:boat and shell-like motifs, are rooted in our capacity for empathy, sharing and compassion towards those who journey across oceans. There are self-evident things in Kudirka’s latest work along with many layers […]

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