Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers.

Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers.

The Philadelphia Story, GFF24 at CCA

8 March, 2024 CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, G2 3JD Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, and James Stewart star as a dynamic threesome in this comedic romp. On the day before her wedding, an ex-husband (Grant) and an undercover journalist (Stewart) turn up on the door of a wealthy socialite (Hepburn). The Philadelphia Story was Katharine Hepburn’s […]

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SCAP International Women’s Day 2024

Friday 7 March, 2024, 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. Creative Writing and Music Street Level Photoworks, 103 Trongate, Glasgow G1 5HD Hosts: Donna Campbell and Linda Jackson Music from Aine Currie Guests Lesley Benzie Donna Matthews Julie McNeill Kathryn Metcalfe Women from the Middle East, Japan and Scotland will also be reading. Jenny Matthews, the […]

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Float – Series 2, GFF24

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4 March, 2024 Black Camel Pictures’ award-winning drama from writer Stef Smith returns for a second series. Jade and Collette reunite 18 months after the first series as the show moves beyond the world of the swimming pool. Black Camel Pictures’ queer short-form drama from writer Stef Smith, revolving around the intense relationship that develops […]

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Hounds GFF24 at Cineworld2

Hounds

4 and 5 March, 2024 Set over a single night, this tightly wound thriller charts a kidnapping gone awry at the hands of a financially struggling father and son who are on a job for the local mob. A father (Abdellatif Masstouri) and his son (Ayoub Elaïd) are trying to make ends meet. They find […]

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Only The River Flows

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4 and 5 March, 2024 (4th sold out) This moody Asian-noir crime thriller, laced with dark humour, charts a detective’s attempts to identify a serial killer in a rural town as the secrets of the locals are gradually revealed. A quick arrest after a murder sits uneasily with chief of police Ma Zhe (Yilong Zhu), […]

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Woken GFF24

Woken GFF

3 and 4 March, 2024 Set in the near-future, this psychological sci-fi thriller stars Erin Kellyman (Solo: A Star Wars Story) as Anna, a pregnant woman who wakes up on an island with no recollection of anyone she’s living with — including her husband. Alan Friel’s twisty debut follows Anna as she becomes increasingly suspicious […]

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Tickets on sale Glasgow Film Festival 2024

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28 February – March, 2024 The wait is over! You’ve had a few days to soak up GFF24’s jam packed programme, and been on the edge of your seats and biting your nails waiting for your chance to snag those tickets. GFF is thrilled to announce that the full programme general sale is now live! […]

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The Dead Don’t Hurt at GFF

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3 and 4 March, 2024 Viggo Mortensen writes, directs and stars in this original take on the classic Western, in a story that centres on the adventurous life of fiercely independent Vivienne Le Coudy, played by Vicky Krieps. Viggo Mortensen heads back to the 1860s for this moving romantic Western. Vicky Krieps stars as French-Canadian […]

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Filmmaking with Kevin Macdonald at Glasgow Film Festival 2024

Kevin Macdonal

Tuesday 5 March, 2024 at 4 p.m. GFF Industry Focus is excited to welcome Glasgow’s very own Kevin Macdonald, the renowned film director of The Last King of Scotland, State of Play and Touching the Void fame. This extra special panel dubbed Filmmaking with Kevin Macdonald, will host Kevin as he discusses his career in […]

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Asog Glasgow Film Festival 2024

Asog

Friday 1 March, 2024 6 p.m. Directed by Filipino-Chinese-Irish Canadian comedian and filmmaker Seán Devlin Asog follows Jaya; a non-binary school teacher on a journey of self-discovery, starring survivors of the Yolanda typhoon in the Philippines. Seán Devlin’s trans road movie spans fact, fiction and magic realism as it sees victims of the Yolanda typhoon […]

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Glasgow Music Festival 2024

Glasgow Music Festival

Tuesday 12 March 2024, 6.30 p.m. – 10 p.m. Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Killermont St, Glasgow G2 3NW Glasgow Music Festival – A Platform for Performance Glasgow Music Festival is an annual festival of music, speech, drama and dance first held in 1911. Each year around 7,000 performers take part in the festival which […]

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Love Lies Bleeding Opening Gala Glasgow Film Festival 2024

Love Lies Bleeding

Opening Gala: Love Lies Bleeding – 28 February, 2024 Also Screening Thursday 29 March 1.05 p.m Tonight is the night of GFF24’s spectacular Opening Gala with the UK Premiere of Director Rose Glass’ second feature, Love Lies Bleeding, in which love and violence come together in an explosive cocktail in this thriller starring Kristen Stewart […]

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The Burning Season (2023) review Pat Byrne

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The Burning Season at GFF, 3 and 4 March, 2024 Sean Garrity’s The Burning Season is a story about two people Alena (Sara Canning) and JB (Jonas Chernick) and their dysfunctional affair. It involves them meeting each year at the lakeside resort JB runs with Poppy (Tanisha Thammavongsa).  However, there is much more than lust […]

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Govan Music Festival – Glasgow Barons

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Saturday 13 March, 2024 7.30 p.m. Musicians in Exile and DLU Edmiston House, 100 Edmiston Drive, Glasgow G51 2YX Award winning Musicians in Exile double bill with DLÙ, winner of the Danny Kyle Open Stage award at Celtic Connections, for a night of world music & Gaelic folk rock. Plus, new music from their adventures […]

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Full Programme Announced for Glasgow Film Festival 2024

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Glasgow Film Festival 2024 – 28 February – 10 March GFF24 celebrates its 20th Anniversary and Scotland’s largest film festival will screen films at Glasgow Film Theatre (celebrating its 50th anniversary) and across the city. in 12 packed days, the programme will show 11 world and international premieres, 69 UK premieres and 15 Scottish premieres, […]

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Second Hand and Vintage Sale Britannia Panopticon

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Saturday 24 February, 2024 12 – 5 p.m. Fabulous sale of all sorts of second hand, vintage and handmade goodies The vendors are back for another fabulous sale of all sorts of second hand, vintage and handmade goodies. Enjoy the music hall, the stalls, the exhibits, the atmosphere, a drink at the bar and leave […]

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Glasgow Goes Green at Arc: Festival Event

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Saturday, February 17, 2024 Feb 17, 1PM-4PM Final Celebration Festival-Style Event Advanced Research Centre, University of Glasgow, 1 Chapel Lane, The Advanced Research Centre Studio 1 Glasgow G11 6EW, Come along to a festival-style event packed with a range of stalls — everything from a Swap Shop, Cake and face painting to creative workshops, jewellery […]

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FrightFest at Glasgow Film Festival 2024

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7 – 9 March, 2024 FrightFest, the UK’s No.1 horror fantasy event returns to the Glasgow Film Festival for its 19th year from Thurs 7 March to Sat 9 March 2024 with an incredible line-up of talent.   Schitt’s Creek and The Rig star Emily Hampshire will be hosting the World Premiere of MOM, alongside the […]

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Tuesday, February 13, 2024 | Filed under: Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Pat's Home Page Blog

Cinemarc: Women’s Work

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Thursday 07 March 2024, 5.30 – 10.30 p.m. Advanced Research Centre (ARC), University of Glasgow, 11 Chapel Lane, G11 6EW Speaker: Louise Lawson Free but ticketed Book ticket at Eventbrite In connection to International Women’s Day 2024 – film screening and exhibition tour, all on the topic of women’s work. Screening of Made in Dagenham and […]

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Monday, February 12, 2024 | Filed under: Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers

Fundraiser for Medicin Sans Frontieres

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Writers, Speakers,You Sunday 25 February, 2024, 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Street Level Photoworks, 103, Trongate, G1 5HD There will be music, a chance to share conversations, hear from MSF representative and writers. Hosts: Linda Jackson and Lizzie Eldridge Performers: Neil Young Jim Mackintosh Jim Aitkin Ruth Aylett Mario Relich Donations very welcome Please use […]

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Music Broth at The Mitchell Library

Music broth at the mitchell

Wednesday 14 February, 2024 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. Mitchell Library, North St, Glasgow G3 7DN The Mitchell Library is now stocked with a wide range of Music Broth Library instruments such as guitars, ukuleles, violins, keyboards… all added to their library catalogue. At this launch event on Wednesday 14th February a Music Broth team […]

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Greenpeace Fundraiser Gig – Maz & The Phantasms, Motopia, Atlas Works, Louis Rive

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Saturday, 23 March, 2024 7 p.m. – 10p.m. Room 2, 69 Nelson Mandela Place, Glasgow  G2 1QY Greenpeace Glasgow is thrilled to announce its exciting fundraiser at Room 2 on Saturday 23rd March. Come for a night packed with stunningly talented artists and even a wee raffle. All funds from this fundraiser will go towards […]

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Sunday, February 11, 2024 | Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Gig Guide plus Club Events

Lunar New Year Celebration at Woodlands Community

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Sunday 11 September, 2024, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Woodlands Community Meeting Room, G3 6HW Celebrate Lunar New Year together alongside Anti-Racist Library! Free, all welcome! As well as the books, crafts, food and music, we will be creating an altar for all the Palestinians killed over the last four months. We cannot celebrate the […]

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Secession Open Day Private Parties and Weddings

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Sunday 18 February, 20242 p.m. – 4 p.m. Secession at Websters, 416 Great Western Road, Glasgow G4 9HZ Open Day for Private Parties and Weddings Situated in the former Lansdowne Church, this is a unique and lovely venue featuring stained glass windows, original church features, outdoor fire pits, and several indoor event spaces. If you’re […]

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Govan Music Festival 2024

Govan Mujsic Festival 2024

13th – 16th March 2024 Govan Music Festival has unveiled its multi-genre programme of performances for its third annual edition. Programme for 2024 Wednesday 13 March – 1 p.m. The festival’ opens with a free School Choirs Concert at Govan’s Fairfield Club, where all seven of Govan’s school choirs will come together to celebrate music […]

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Gray Day 2024

Gray Day

Sunday, 25 February, 2024, 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. At OranMor, Top of Byres Road, G12 8QX with @canongatebooks Hosted by the legendary actor and theatre maker Tam Dean Burn  Tam will also be reading a few Alasdair Gray short stories, you are in for a real treat! Crime writer, playwright and the best dressed […]

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Review: Roaming Roots at Celtic Connections 2024

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Photographs and Review by Pauline Keightley Roaming Roots review at Celtic Connections 2024   What a wealth of talent! The Roaming Roots Revue celebrated its ever popular, sold out show, with its 12th year as part of Celtic Connections. This year honouring the modern Scots song, interpreted and chosen by some of Scotland’s top talent. The […]

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The George Ward Collection – Images of Old Maryhill

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  3 February – 11 May, 2024 Maryhill Burgh Halls, 10 – 24 Garbraid Avenue, Glasgow G20 8YE Collection of never-before-seen images of Old Maryhill to be displayed at Maryhill Burgh Halls A local man’s archive of photos and cinefilm footage taken by his father in the 1970s is the subject of a new exhibition. […]

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Close Range Coulport – poem by Finola Scott

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Finola Scott, will be performing alongside other poets, Hugh McMillan, Stuart Paterson and Chrys Salt at Peace Poetry Night – a Burns Night Fundraiser for Nuclear Disarmament.  Host: Gerry Loose. Thursday 25 January, 2024 at The Renfield Centre Glasgow Book tickets

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