Kim Carnie at Celtic Connections 2023
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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Thursday, February 9, 2023 | Filed under: Celtic Connections 2023, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Music Reviews, Pauline Keightley, What's on in Glasgow: Theatre and Comedy
Duncan Chisholm at Celtic Connections 2023
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
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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| Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Music, Music, Pat's Home Page Blog, The Reeling – Summer Scottish Music Festival in Glasgow, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Celtic Connections 2023: Kim Edgar, Launch of Consequences Album
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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Wednesday, February 1, 2023 | Filed under: Celtic Connections 2023, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Gig Guide plus Club Events
Leventime: A Tribute to Jackie Leven, Celtic Connections 2023
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
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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Tuesday, January 24, 2023 | Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Friends of People's Palace and Winter Gardens at Glasgow Green
Tidelines Book Festival presents: Scrievin & Scran
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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| Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers
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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Saturday, January 21, 2023 | Filed under: Burns Events, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Gig Guide plus Club Events
Friction Burns Supper 2023
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 […]
The Hackles and Lizzie No – Celtic Connections 2023
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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Friday, January 20, 2023 | Filed under: Celtic Connections 2023, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Gig Guide plus Club Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Aoife O’Donovan and Jack Badcock, OranMor, Celtic Connections 2023
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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Thursday, January 19, 2023 | Filed under: Celtic Connections 2023, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Gig Guide plus Club Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
A Bowl, A Boat – Sarah Kudirka Exhibition, The Briggait
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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Book a Luxury Car Wash and Support Young People
Campsies Outdoor Community Event – Sunday 22 January, 2023 Support Youth Employment – Boost your well being in the outdoors and meet @FleetAlliance funded youth apprentices. Book your cash wash Parking area at Crow Road between Strathblane and Lennoxtown, approximately 30 minutes from Glasgow and just above the Clachan of Campsie in the beautiful Campsie […]
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Sunday, January 15, 2023 | Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, G20 Festival, Kids and young people
Take 2: The Amazing Maurice
Saturday 14 January, 2023, 11.30 a.m. Based on Terry Pratchett’s wildly popular Discworld novels, The Amazing Maurice follows a streetwise ginger cat (Hugh Laurie) who comes up with a money-making scam by befriending a group of self-taught talking rats. When Maurice and the rodents reach the stricken town of Bad Blintz, they meet a bookworm called Malicia (Emilia Clarke) […]
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Wednesday, January 11, 2023 | Filed under: Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Gig Guide plus Club Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Afro Celtic Connections with Rise Kagona, Samba Sene & Diwan and Chief Chebe
27 January, 2023 Saint Luke’s, 17 Bain Street, Glasgow G40 2JZ Experience a cocktail of the best afro-fusion, pan-global, and dance-fever music. To celebrate our 30th edition, we’re showcasing Scotland’s best African talents and collaborative world musicians. The line up includes Rise Kagona, Samba Sene and Diwan, and Chief Chebe and the Glasgow African Balafon Orchestra (GABO). Don’t miss this afro-fusion pan-global […]
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Blazin’ Fiddles and Ævestaden at Celtic Connections 2023
28 January, 2023 Theatre Royal, 282 Hope Street, Glasgow G2 3QA Buy Tickets Celtic Connections 2023 – 19 January – 5 February, 2023 Blazin’ Fiddles Blazin’ Fiddles are back setting the stage alight with a dynamic show that brings together a wealth of musical talents from across the Highlands and Islands. Formed in 1998 as a […]
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Workshop of Gospel Song, Celtic Connections 2023
21 January, 2023, 10.30 a.m. Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum 695 Argyle Street, Glasgow G3 8AG Celtic Connections 9th January – 5 February, 2023 Chris Judge, founder and director of Soul Nation Choir www.soulnationchoir.com, will lead this workshop of Gospel song. It will be focussed on a fun warm up, harmonies, confidence building performance tips. His ease […]
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Tuesday, January 10, 2023 | Filed under: Celtic Connections 2023, Classes and Workshops, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Music, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
The Snow Queen, Theatre Royal, Glasgow
Various Dates December, 2022 until 8 January, 2023 Also at Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Newcaste Tickets and information Scottish Ballet’s spectacular and much-loved production of The Snow Queen returns to the stage, after its sell-out tour in 2019. This glittering production is inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s classic tale – which was also the basis for Frozen. Set to […]
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Wednesday, December 28, 2022 | Filed under: Christmas in Glasgow, Dance, 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
Hogmanay at The Drygate
Saturday 31 December from 8 p.m. until 0.2 a.m. January, 2023 Hogmanay at Drygate:Glasgow Party Scum/Sebastian Swarm/Sangoma/Ruder Than Rude Live near Drygate Brewing Co? Have no plans for Hogmanay? Love Disco & Italo? Then look no further! Drygate has you covered! This year we’ve got some exceptional DJ’s to help get you dancing from 9pm […]
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| Filed under: Christmas in Glasgow, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Glasgow Hogmanay, Music
10th Anniversary Under the Skin at Glasgow Film Festival 2023
4 March 2023 Queen Margaret Union, University of Glasgow, 22 University Gardens, Glasgow G12 8QN Glasgow Film Festival 2023 will celebrate the 10th anniversary of Jonathan Glazer’s Glasgow-filmed sci-fi thriller Under the Skin with a special event on 4 March. Shrouded in mystery, Scarlett Johansson is a sleek alien temptress, haunting the streets of a raucous […]
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Thursday, December 15, 2022 | Filed under: Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Glasgow Film Festival 2023, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Peter May, Aye Write – special event
23 January, 2923 at 6.30 p.m. The Mitchell Library, North Street, G3 7DN Peter May is back with an enthralling crime thriller set in a frighteningly plausible near-future, ravaged by climate crisis. A Winter Grave centres on the discovery of an investigative reporter’s dead body entombed in ice on a Highland mountain top. Cameron Brodie, […]
Musicians in Exile at Christmas in Glasgow
Tuesday 20 December, 2022, 7.30 p.m. Musicians in Exile & DOPESICKFLY featuring Karen Dunbar Govan & Linthouse Parish Greenwell Street Govan G51 2YL The Glasgow Barons presents: Musicians in Exile and DOPESICKFLY // Performing their new single: We Are One – Only in Govan (Free Event) Reserve at Eventbrite Musicians in Exile: Uniting refugees via song […]
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Itison and Social Bite – £5 Christmas fundraiser meals and gifts for the homeless
itison launches its most important Social Bite fundraiser yet during cost-of-living crisis Annual £5 fundraiser aims to provide over 100,000 meals and gifts for homeless people – As thousands of people face hardship this winter and the demands on charities to provide support increases, Scottish-based business, itison, launches the eighth year of its Social Bite […]
Thursday, December 8, 2022 | Filed under: Christmas in Glasgow, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Pat's Home Page Blog
Festive Family Fun Day at The Arc, University of Glasgow
Saturday 17 December, 2022, 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. Drop-in, with some free but ticketed sessions – see programme for details Advanced Research Centre , University of Glasgow 11 Chapel Lane Glasgow G11 6EW The very first Festive Family Day at The Arc. Drop-in any time between 11:00 and 15:00 Enjoy a whole host of FREE […]
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Wednesday, December 7, 2022 | Filed under: Christmas in Glasgow, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Free Events, Kids and young people, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Christmas Special Night Markets at Cottiers
Wednesday 7 and Thursday 8 December, 2022 at 5,30 p.m. until 10.30 p.m. Cottiers, 93 – 95 Hyndland Street, Glasgow G11 5PU The Night Market UK is back in Glasgow, and just in time for Christmas! This time an incredible event for not one, but TWO NIGHTS with over 30 different traders each night – […]
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Launch: The Glasgow Community Cinema Network
Friday, 9 December, 2022 at 10 a.m. Glasgow Film Theatre 12 Rose Street Glasgow G3 6RB Thereafter at CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3JD from 12.15 p.m. and drinks in Saramago at CCA to round off event from 3 p.m. Register at Eventbrite – Free The Glasgow Community Cinema Network is free to join and […]
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Ashton Lane Hogmanay Party 2022
Saturday 21 December, 2022 – 7pm-1am – Last entry 10pm Vodka Wodka, Jinty McGuintys Irish Bar Innis and Gunn Brewery Taproom, Ubiquitous Chip, Grosvenor Cafe, Ramen Dayo, The Gardener, Brel and more! Ashton Lane, Glasgow, G12 8SJ (Off Byres Road) Tickets Glasgow’s only New Year Street Party! This incredible street party is an annual sell-out with […]
New Scottish Stories – Glasgow Short Film Festival 2022
Tuesday 6 December, 2022 Glasgow Film Theatre, 12 Rose Street, Glasgow G3 6RB New Scottish Stories Plus Q & A To mark Scotland’s Year of Stories, we’ll be screening a specially selected programme of new award-winning Scottish shorts from Glasgow Short Film Festival that tell diverse stories in fiction, documentary and animation. From the surprisingly […]
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Monday, December 5, 2022 | Filed under: Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers
French Film Festival at Glasgow Film Theatre
17 November – 14 December, 2022 The French Film Festival is the UK’s only festival embracing French and Francophone cinema in all its diversity, and returns to GFT – delighted to be screening some of the most exciting new films from across the Channel. .The 2022 French Film Festival kicks off 17 November with a […]
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Mackintosh Group of Writers – Evening with at Helensburgh Library
Thursday, December 8th, 2022 at 7 p.m. The Mackintosh Group of Writers would like to invite you to ‘An Evening with Local Writers at Christmas. Helensburgh Library, 59 W King St, Helensburgh G84 8EB. There will be a chance to meet local authors, buy books – signed, many at discount prices with no postage costs […]
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