Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers.

Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers.

Clothes Swap and Repair Party

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Wednesday, 20 April, 2022, 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. The Deep End, 21 Nithsdale St, Glasgow G41 2PZ Event by Rags To Riches As global citizens, we all have the power to take action. Now is the time to rise up together for a regenerative, restorative and revolutionary new fashion system. Now is the time for […]

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International Roma Day Glasgow 2022

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Saturday 9 April, 2022, 11.30 p.m. until 5 p.m. Govanhill Park Coplaw Street, Glasgow, Glasgow G42 7DB First physical International Roma Day celebrations since 2019! ASSEMBLE AT GOVANHILL PARK 11AM SPEECHES – 11.30AM PARADE 12PM with a celebratory event to follow the parade in The Point ( 180 Queen’s Drive, Glasgow, G42 8QD). Numbers are […]

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Circus Extreme in Glasgow

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29th July – 14th August 2022 Silverburn Shopping Centre, Green Car Park, G53 6AG Circus Extreme is thrilled to be returning to the UK in 2022 as part of its World Tour. A one-of-a-kind performance, that has been five years in the making and features some of the most talented performers in the world. The […]

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Rochelle Alexandra, Book Chat in support of Ukraine

Sunday, 10 April, 2022 4 p.m. Sikorski Polish Club, 5 Parkgrove Terrace, Glasgow G3 75D Book Chat with #1Bestselling Debut Author Rochelle Alexandra of ‘In Alexa’s Shoes’  Sikorski Club as part of the Ukrainian Aid Raising funds to go towards: Funding will go directly to two organizations in Ukraine: Financing will help in Charków providing […]

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Wings at GFT with introduction – Ukraine Fundraiser

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Wednesday 13 April, 2022 6.30pm Audio Description available Ukraine Fundraiser Screening All box office income for this screening will be donated to ICFR’s (International Collation for Filmmakers at Risk) Solidarity With Ukraine campaign ABOUT THE FILM During the Second World War, Nadezhda flew daring combat missions as a pilot. Now, she struggles to adapt to […]

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Aye Write 2022: George Monbiot

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Thursday 19 May, 2022 at 6.30 p.m. Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3NY Rengensis: Feeding the World without Devouring the Planet The fearless journalist on how we must transform not only our food system but our entire relationship to the living world.   Farming is the world’s greatest cause of environmental […]

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Wee Write 2022

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Family Day 30 April,2022, 10 a.m. until 4p.m. Tickets for the fabulous Wee Write Family Day are on sale now! Check the programme and book – many events free. At The Mitchell Library, North Street, Glasgow G3 7DN A fun packed day of songs and rhymes, storytelling, creative play and loads more! Celebrate Harry Potter […]

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Night Flea Market – Ukraine Fundraiser

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Friday 22 April, 2022, 6p.m. – 11 pm Sikorski Polish Club, 5 Parkgrove Terrace, Glasgow G3 7SD Night Flea Market and Micro Mart partnering with the Sikorski Polish Club (charity registration number is SCO46143) to raise money for medical supplies for two hospitals in Ukraine. While the market will be held upstairs in the club, you can […]

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Making Imagined Objects – The Second Alasdair Gray Conference

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16 – 17 June, 2022 University of Strathclyde Register for Event The University of Strathclyde and the Alasdair Gray Archive, in partnership with the Glasgow School of Art, the University of Western Brittany (HCTI), Aix-Marseille Universite (LERMA), Edge Hill University, the University of Lausanne and the Tannahill Fund for the Furtherance of Scottish Literature, are […]

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Fragments, Fragmentation and Fractures, RGI

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Thursday 7 April, 2022, 5 p.m. Kelly Gallery, 118 Douglas Street, Glasgow G2 4ET Fragments, Fragmentation, & Fractures is an invited group exhibition featuring a range of contemporary painters. Each artist’s distinct style demonstrates the extensive breadth of painting today, spanning from figuration to abstraction through the means of fragments, fragmentation and fractured imagery and […]

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Kelvin Hall Relaunch

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Saturday 23 April, 2022, 12 p.m. – 4 p.m. Kelvin Hall, 1445 Argyle Street, Glasgow G3 8AW  National Library of Scotland at Kelvin Hall and Kelvin Hall Kelvin Hall On Saturday 23rd April from 12-4pm Kelvin Hall will celebrate the venue’s relaunch for 2022 You can enjoy fantastic free events themed around Earth Day, in honour of […]

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Spring Forward Fundraiser The Children’s Wood

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Sunday 27 March, 2022 1 p.m.– 4 p.m. The Children’s Wood, 76 Kelbourne St, Glasgow G20 8PR Music, stalls and workshops, cakes and plants sale. Allison Galbraith will be telling  stories about spring, friendship and more. Proceeds will shared between Ukraine Relief and The Children’s Wood If you want to contribute (by baking for the […]

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BMX Bandits Album and Craft Beer Launch

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Thursday 31 March, 2022 8 p.m. Mono Cafe Bar 12, Kings Court, King St, Glasgow G1 5RB A free event celebrating the vinyl reissue of BMX Bandits classic album Life Goes On and a new BMX Bandits craft beer, which is raising funds for the charity Stay Up Late. There will be a short semi-acoustic […]

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Glasgow Short Film Festival 2022

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23 – 27 March, 2022 Glasgow Short Film Festival (GSFF) is back in venues for the first time in three years, 23-27 March, bringing a selection of their brilliant programme of home-grown and international cinema to GFT. See the full programme and buy tickets for all films at Glasgow Film Theatre, CCA and Civic House. […]

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Mozart at St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral, Glasgow

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A performance for the Disasters Emergency Committee Ukraine appeal Saturday March 26th ,2022 7.30pm (Artwork by kind permission of Kirsty Matheson, Double Bass player and artist) St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral, 300 Great Western Road, Glasgow West End , G4 9JB A performance of Mozart’s Requiem (Süssmayr Edition) takes place on Saturday March 26th, 7.30pm at St […]

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Scotland v Poland Friendly – Ukraine Fundraiser

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Thursday, March, 24th, 2022 Tickets  £10 from every ticket sold will go to people who have been injured following Russia’s invasion and to war refugees. Poland and Scotland are to play a friendly match to raise money for Ukraine. Fans who buy tickets online will also have the option of donating to UNICEF, for which […]

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‘Faces of Kabul’ – Kelvingrove Art Gallery

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Saturday 19 March – Sunday 3 April, 2022 ‘Faces of Kabul’, a photodocumentary exhibition produced by Highlands-based photojournalist and writer, Nick Sidle. Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Argyle Street, G3 8AG The exhibition is a partnership between Heartstone and Glasgow Afghan United, telling the human story of the people of Kabul and the surrounding areas, […]

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Family Fun Day – Milton Community Garden

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Wednesday, 6 April, 2022, 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. Milton Community Garden and Food Hub Liddesdale Square, Glasgow, G22 7BT PETTING ZOO EGG HUNT LOTS MORE FAMILY FUN AND CHEER

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The Children’s Wood has officially taken over management

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Children’s Wood Springs Into A New Era Campaigners finally take community control of local meadow Celebrating with Spring Forward 27 March, 2022 After a long battle to protect a West End community greenspace, The Children’s Wood charity has now officially taken over management of the land, ensuring that future generations can keep playing there. Locals, […]

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Douglas Stuart at Aye Write

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In Conversation with Louise Welsh Thursday 14 April, 2022 7 p.m. Mitchell Library, North St, Glasgow G3 7DN Douglas Stuart’s debut novel Shuggie Bain announced a striking new voice in Scottish fiction: tender but unflinching, funny and emotive. It spoke to readers around the world and won him the 2020 Booker Prize.  His follow-up novel is Young Mungo, a gripping […]

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Festival of Fitness in support of Ukraine

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Fitness for Ukraine. 20th March 2022 8am-5pm. Western Baths, 12 Cranworth St, Glasgow G12 8BZ Western Baths have brought together some of Glasgow’s top trainers and coaches to offer you a full day of fitness and well-being to raise money to support the Ukranian people. The day will run from 8am – 5pm with a […]

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Jimi Longmuir presents Trigger Warnings GICF 2022

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8 and 9 March, 2022 at 7 p.m. McChuills, 40 High Street, Glasgow G1 1NL Glasgow International Comedy Festival 8 – 27 March, 2022 In conjunction with McChuill’s & Glasgow International Comedy Festival present ‘Trigger Warnings’, an Open Mic style evening with some of the best emerging acts in the city right now. Running two nights […]

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Ghost Signs of Glasgow City Centre Walking Tour

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Saturday, 19 March 2022  11:00 a.m. -12:00 p.m. Meeting: The Tenement House, 145 Buccleuch Street, Glasgow G3 6QN Free Event Tickets at Eventbrite Ghost Signs of Glasgow is a project which tracks down, researches and archives fast disappearing signs around the city. Ghost Signs are fading signs which represent a business, establishment or organisation which […]

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Sonica Glasgow 2022 – Art for the Visually Minded

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10 – 20 March, 2022 – Throughout Glasgow Sonica is an 11-day biennial festival dedicated to world class visual sonic arts, presenting exceptional international artists alongside UK talent in diverse venues throughout Glasgow. 10-20 March 2022 Sonica  will showcase 200 events by over 85 artists from 10 countries A unique programme of events dedicated to world-class sonic arts, presenting emerging British talent alongside […]

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Her Way – Glasgow Film Festival review by Pat Byrne

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UK Premiere – 5 – 8  March, 2022 GFT and At Home 6 – 9 March, 2022 Laure Calamy (Call My Agent) plays the demanding role of Marie, a militant sex worker, fighting for her rights, and a mother desperate to find the fees to pay for her teenage son, Adrien (Nissim Renard), to attend […]

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Writers for Ukraine Online Event

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Sunday 6 March, 2022 at 8.30 p.m. Standing in solidarity with their peers in Ukraine, local Northern Irish writers are coming together to read excerpts from contemporary Ukrainian works. Organised and hosted by Jan Carson, the night will include: Glenn Patterson reads Oksana Zabuzhko (novelist and short story writer) Dara McAnulty reads Myroslav Laiuk (poet) Anna Burns […]

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Scottish Opera in Cumbernauld – Opera Highlights

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19 March, 2022 Cumbernauld Theatre at Lanternhouse Roll up, roll up! Opera Highlights is coming to town – a night of entertainment like no other! This Spring, join us as we take you through the greatest hits and lesser-known gems of the repertoire – think La bohème, Faust, Billy Budd, Die Fledermaus and more – in one fast-paced, heartfelt show. These […]

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Glasgow Film Festival 2022 – Kicks Off Today 2 March

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It’s been a long time coming but Glasgow Film Festival is  back, and it’s good to be back home at GFT! Tonight Glasgow Film Festival 2022 launches, and it does so with a bang. Starting off a 12-day film feast featuring just over 90 different Premieres and over 50 guests is the UK Premiere of […]

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Gray Day at OranMor 2022

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Friday 25 February, 2022 at 7.30 p.m. OranMor, Top of Byres Road, G12 8QX with Canongate Books, Neu! Reekie!, The Alasdair Gray Archive, and Òran Mór GRAY DAY returns for a second year with a day-long celebration and a live event at Òran Mór featuring readings, film and music. The annual celebration of the late […]

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Glasgow Film Festival 2022 – Festival for Free

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Making the cinematic experience more accessible for all, Glasgow Film Festival 2022 features several free or budget-friendly screenings including 1962 Retrospective. What better way to start your day than with a free screening of a stone cold classic like Lawrence of Arabia or  Dr.No preceded by an introduction from GFF Festival Co-Director Allan Hunter? Glasgow […]

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