Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers.

Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers.

Big Tunes at the Bandstand – Kelvingrove, Glasgow

Big Tunes at the Bandstand – Kelvingrove, Glasgow

Saturday 11 September, 2021 1-5pm Event by Halo Arts and West End Festival Kelvingrove Bandstand and Amphitheatre West End Festival is back at the Kelvingrove Bandstand for an afternoon of live traditional music from renowned musician Chris Stout and a team of session performers known for their work on Celtic Connections. Sit back, relax and enjoy this unique, […]

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Do The Right Thing, Glasgow Youth Film Festival

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Sunday 19 September, 2021 4pm Do the Right Thing + Introduction It’s the hottest day of the year on a street in Brooklyn and racial tensions are high enough to boil over into violence. Punctuated by the anthemic refrain of Public Enemy’s ‘Fight the Power’, Spike Lee’s masterpiece is a landmark in American cinema, as […]

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Our Ladies, GFT

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Until 9 September, 2021 Lock up your loved ones. The girls of Our Lady Of Perpetual Succour are heading to the big city and nobody is safe. Michael Caton-Jones’ adaptation of Alan Warner’s novel The Sopranos does not disappoint. A school trip to an Edinburgh singing competition is just the ticket for a group of rowdy, vodka-fuelled Highland girls in search […]

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Annette, Glasgow Film Theatre

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7 – 16 September, 2021 Captions available  If you loved Edgar Wright’s new documentary, The Sparks Brothers, you won’t want to miss Annette. Director Leos Carax (in his English-language debut) collaborated with Ron Mael and Russell Mael of Sparks on the screenplay, from original story, music and songs created by the band. Henry (Adam Driver) is […]

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Wildfire plus Q & A at Glasgow Film Theatre

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8 September, 2021 Buy tickets Inseparable sisters raised in a small town on the Irish border, Lauren and Kelly’s lives were shattered with the mysterious death of their mother. When Kelly abruptly disappears, Lauren is left to pick up the pieces. A year after going missing, Kelly returns home and Lauren is suddenly confronted with […]

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Sweetheart, Glasgow Youth Film Festival 2021

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Friday 17 September, 2021 – 5.45 .m. Glasgow Youth Film Festival Opening Film Opening Gala screening of Marley Morrison’s knockout debut SWEETHEART – a sharply observed coming-of-age story that will make you wince and laugh in painful recognition of universal truths. For 17-year-old AJ, a family holiday at a caravan park in Dorset is her […]

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Glasgow Fancy Women Bike Ride

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19 September, 2021 1 p.m. until 5 p.m. – Starts at McLennan Arch, Glasgow Green, Saltmarket, Glasgow G1 5J Glasgow’s first ever Fancy Women Bike Ride! – World Car Free Day Cycle Positive  Glasgow ‘Every year on World Car Free Day, Women in different cities around the world dress up and cycle together. This is […]

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Lin Anderson on Bloody Scotland 2021

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(Linn Anderson photo by John Anderson) Bloody Scotland 2021 is just two weeks away! In the run up to the festival,  some members of the board were asked about their must-see events, as well as their best memories of the festival. Lin Anderson Lin Anderson is a co-founder of the Bloody Scotland festival and writer […]

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Networking Climate Cafe – SCCAN

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2.00pm – 3.30pm Thurs 9 September, 2021 Online Event Join Scottish Communities Climate Change Action Network (SCCAN) members for a virtual café. Come and share your community experience, ideas, challenges questions and cake! About this event Networking Climate Café: a conversation-based meetup. An opportunity to share your concerns about the Climate Emergency and how to […]

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Riverside Festival x Turn The Tables 

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3 – 5 September 2021 Final Tickets Available Riverside Museum, 100 Pointhouse Road, Glasgow G38RS Riverside Festival announce partnership with DJ based homelessness and mental health project  Turn The Tables The homelessness and mental health-focussed social enterprise Turn The Tables will take over one of the biggest stages in electronic music this year as they […]

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Govan Stones Music Festival

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Sunday 29 August, 2021 Live music in Scotland’s oldest churchyard About this event The Churchyard of Govan Old breathes life back into your hearts with an exquisite, electrifying, eclectic line up. ERISKA plays vibrant funky folk THE GLASGOW BARONS STRING QUARTET plays Mozart & covers from Bridgerton THE MODERN VINTAGE DANCE BAND delights with jazz […]

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Riverside Festival 2021

3 – 5 September 2021 Riverside Museum, 100 Pointhouse Road, Glasgow G38RS  Buy tickets. Riverside Festival will be the first Scottish festival to welcome back fans since 2019 Organisers behind Glasgow’s Riverside Festival have confirmed that, more than two years since it was first forced to reschedule due to Covid restrictions, fans will finally be […]

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Sounds in the Suburbs – Refuweegee Show

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Thursday 26 August, 2021 at 8 p.m. Sounds in the Suburbs 16th Refuweegee virtual fundraising gig is on Thursday 26th August at 8pm GMT. Best ZOOM Hour of the Month!! Another all star line up With, formerly of the Christians, Henry Priestman, Les Glover, formerly of TV21, Norman Rodger, Rod Picott and Norrie McCulloch. Get […]

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Local Food at COP26 – Open Meeting

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23 August, 2021 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm On Zoom Are you part of local food group?    Could you help make food for volunteers and civil society members at #COP26 this November?    Attend this meeting hosted by COP26 Coalition and Stop Climate Chaos Scotland on 23 August to find out more! Zoom link Organiser:Stop Climate […]

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Glasgow Connects, Glasgow Science Festival 2021

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1 – 30 September, 2021 GSF is back throughout September with Glasgow Connects, featuring a programme of events inspired by the international COP26 climate conference. With socially distanced activities at the Glasgow Botanic Gardens (4th to 12th Sept, 11-2pm daily) and at the Paisley Rd West Festival (24th to 26th Sept). As well as popping […]

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The Insect Embassy, Victoria Park

Sunday 22 August, 2021, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Outdoor Event For Families – Theme: Nature and Biodiversity The Fossil Grove, Victoria Park, Victoria Park Drive South, Whiteinch, Glasgow  G14 9NW The Insect Ambassador to COP26 is proud to announce the inaugural opening of the Insect Embassy at Victoria Park in Glasgow on Sunday 22 […]

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Glasgow Youth Film Festival 2021 – Programme Announced

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17-19 September, 2021 Glasgow Youth Film Festival (GYFF) returns for its 13th edition The festival will open on 17 September with a preview screening of Marley Morrison’s Sweetheart, and will close on 19 September with a special screening of indie gem Heart Beats Loud. Special guests will include Everyone’s Talking About Jamie director Jonathan Butterell, […]

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Women’s Work, Nature and the Colonies – Climate Change Screenings

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Three Day Programme of Documentaries Friday 20 August 2021 – Sunday 22 August 2021 WE GET SHOT WITH SILENT BULLETS: SCREENINGS & DISCUSSIONS WITH AFRICA IN MOTION The Dear Green Bothy | College of Arts | School of Culture and Creative Arts Friday 20 August 2021 – Sunday 22 August 2021 at 10.00 a.m. Online: […]

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Clydeside Creative Cafe – Out and About in Clydebank

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Saturday 21 August, 2021 The Bandstand – Clydebank Shopping Centre, Sylvania Way, Clydebank To book your FREE place on any of the events email theclydesider@gmail.com See further details on Clydsider Facebook

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Woodlands Community Climate Change Summit

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Climate Change Emergency – Themed Community Programme With the COP26 Climate Change Summit coming to Glasgow this autumn, Woodlands Community is planning on curating a Climate Emergency themed Community Programme at their Ashley Street Events Terrace and Community Meeting Room. The Terrace and Meeting Room will be made available for individuals, groups and organisations wanting […]

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Edinburgh Climate Festival

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Saturday 14 August, 2021 The Edinburgh Climate Festival 2021, a free, family friendly & community-led marketplace event taking place for the first time in Leith Links East on Saturday 14th August from 12noon to 7pm. It aims to celebrate and inspe climate action. Performances, stalls, kids’ and adults’ activities and more, this is not to […]

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Thursday, August 12, 2021 | Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers

Carbeth Big Hut Party – Gala Day

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Saturday 14 August, 2021 – kicks off 1 p.m. Everyone Welcome Games, Food, Live Music BYOB Carbeth Huts, Stockiemuir Road (off A809),  Carbeth, Blanefield G63 9AY    

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Govanhill International Festival 2021 – Carnival and Parade

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Saturday 7 August, 2021 Carnival Parade Saturday 07 August, 1:00 to 2:00pm Meet: Govanhill Park (Venue 3) After a year off, the famous Govanhill Carnival Parade is back for the fourth time – bigger, noisier and more beautiful than ever! A colourful, anti-racist celebration of pride, unity and the contributions immigrants have made to our […]

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Friday, August 6, 2021 | Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers

Book Festival – Govanhill International Festival 2021

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Mohandas Gandhi: Experiments in Civil Disobedience, Author Talk by Dr Talat Ahmed Wednesday 04 August, 5:00 to 6:00pm Online event Mohandas Gandhi, icon of Indian liberation, remains an inspiration for anti-capitalists and peace activists globally. His campaigns for national liberation based on non-violence and mass civil disobedience were critical to defeating the power of the […]

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Govanhill International Festival 2021

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2nd – 15th August, 2021 The Govanhill International Festival and Carnival is back: bigger, brighter and bolder than ever before! Now in its fifth year, the festival began in 2016 as an antidote to racism towards migrant communities from Eastern Europe in Govanhill. It started as a carnival, parade and weekend of music, aiming to […]

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Arlington @150 – Arlington Baths Club Celebrating 150 Years

Friday 30 July – Sunday, 1 August, 2021 (Please note that due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic events at the baths are subject to change.) As part of our 150th anniversary celebrations, the Arlington is bringing together a program of events that reflect the life and history of the Baths over its incredible first century […]

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Piping Live! – Glasgow, August, 2021

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Piping Live! Sat 7th – Sun 15th August 2021 See full programme Programme for Glasgow’s Piping Live! festival has been unveiled, with a number of exciting in-person shows confirmed to go ahead as part of the nine-day event. The world’s biggest piping festival will combine performances at The National Piping Centre alongside a range of […]

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Fun Day – Doon the Watter at Glasgow Green

Sunday 18 July, 2021 – 12 noon until 4 p.m. “Friends Of Peoples Palace Winter Gardens Glasgow Green” are hosting this event on Sun 18th July in the area off the Clyde Footpath just down from St Andrews Suspension Bridge, Glasgow Green. Free Event Rickshaw Ride Face painting Freebies for the kids St Andrew’s Suspension […]

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Shoot Your Shot PRIDE

16th and 17 July, 2021 Glasgow’s number one inclusive and alternative queer party Shoot Your Shot announce massive PRIDE celebration at SWG3 SWG3, 100 Eastvale Pl, Stobcross Rd, Glasgow G3 8QG DJs: DJs: LEZZER QUEST TAAHLIAH Junglehussi Bonzai Bonner Mi$$ Co$miX Plantainnchips Performers: Performers: Gloria Fran.K &VIP Ruby Rambazzle Femme Castratice  Purina Alpha Host: Ann […]

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Merchant City Festival 2021

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Thursday 8 – Sunday 11 July, 2021 The Carnival Party will kick the festival off in style on Thursday 8 July with stilt walkers and dancers celebrating Baroque Venetian traditions. Walkabout in Merchant City will have amazing acts around Merchant Square and the surrounding streets across the weekend with performers dressed as limestone creatures, turtles […]

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