Paisley Book Festival 2025
Paisley Book Festival is returning from April 25th to 27th, 2025, with the inspiring theme “The Lives We Live.” This year’s festival promises an engaging exploration of contemporary life through the lens of literature, featuring an exceptional line-up of authors and events. See the full Paisley Book Festival Programme Some Highlights Unforgiving Times – A.L. […]
Spring Fling – Space and Place
7 – 18 April, 2025 University of Glasgow Advanced Research Centre (ARC), 11 Chapel Lane, Glasgow G11 6EW Tickets at Eventbrite – Space and Place What areas do you value in the city where you live? How do you think about yourself in relation to the galaxy? Where do you go to get your body […]
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Thursday, April 3, 2025 | Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Free Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Spring Fling 2025 at ARC University of Glasgow
7 – 18 April, 2025 Come to the ARC during the School Holidays for this FREE public programme of events and activities for all ages. Advanced Research Centre, University of Glasgow, 11 Chapel Lane Glasgow G11 6EW SPACE AND PLACE ARC SPRING FLING 2025 Spring Fling – Space and Place What areas do you […]
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Loch Lomond Springfest 25 – Scotland’s Food and Drink Fdestival
Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 April, 2025 -10 a.m.-5 p.m. Loch Lomond Shores, Ben Lomond Way Balloch G83 8QL Get ready for a taste of spring at Loch Lomond Shores! Loch Lomond Springfest’25 – THE Scottish Food & Drink Festival is back this April! 🎉 A FREE family-friendly weekend, for a delicious celebration of local […]
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Wednesday, April 2, 2025 | Filed under: 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
Vocal Dynamics – Spring Concert
Thursday 3 April, 2025 at 7 p.m. Carol Jamnejad will be drumming with the choir. Come along and enjoy this free event (donations for charity welcome) and hear a rally fun selection of songs. Victoria Park Church, 259 Dumbarton Rd, Glasgow G11 6AB
My Dog Max with Alan Dapré- Spring Fling – University of Glasgow
Saturday 12 April, 2025, 11 a.m.- noon and 2 p.m. – 3 p.m. Advanced Research Centre, 11 Chapel Lane, University of Glasgow, G11 6EW Part of Spring Fling 7 – 18 April Alan Dapré shares My dog Max, his latest picture book about a determined girl who really wants a dog! A hilarious story of hope, home […]
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Glasgow Music Festival 2025 – World Musi Night
Saturday, March 29, 2025 Award winning Musicians in Exile triple bill with TuFlamenco & Ant Thomaz. Come along for a night of music from across the world! Experience an extraordinary night of global sounds, featuring: ✨ Musicians in Exile – Refugee & asylum seeker musicians sharing their powerful stories through music. ✨ Ant Thomaz – Performing from his brand-new […]
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Wednesday, March 26, 2025 | Filed under: 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
Govan Music Festival – The Four Barons String Quartet
Friday 28 March, 2025, 7.30 – 9.30 p.m. Kinning Park Complex, 43 Cornwall Street Glasgow G41 1BA Join The Four Barons String Quartet for an unforgettable night of music, featuring a stunning program of classical and contemporary works: 🎼 Danish String Quartet selections from Keel Road 🎼 Joachín Turina – La oracíon del torero (The Bullfighter’s Prayer) 🎼 Gabriela Smith – Carrot Revolution 🎼 Ravel – String […]
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Horror Minus Horror – film series exploring horror’s boundaries
The Humans, 10 April, 2025 at 19:30 & 45 Years, 17 April, 2025 at 19:30 Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3JD Tickets: £0/£2/£4/£6/£8 – Buy online Horror Minus Horror is a two-night film series at the Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA) that tests and expands the boundaries of the horror genre: a […]
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Monday, March 24, 2025 | Filed under: Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
CinemARC The Wild Robot
Wednesday, April 16, 2025, 5 p.m. – 7.30 p.m. A screening of the Oscar nominated animation The Wild Robot and the chance to interact with robots in real life! Advanced Research Centre, University of Glasgow, 11 Chapel Lane Glasgow G11 6EW The ARC is excited to present a free, family friendly screening of The Wild Robot […]
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ARC Conversations – Nicol Keith, Professor of Molecular Oncology
Tuesday 25 March, 2025, 4 p.m. – 5.30 p.m. Advanced Research Centre, University of Glasgow, 11 Chapel Lane Glasgow G11 6EW ARC Conversations – Why I’ll never be photographed in a lab coat Hear Nicol Keith, Professor of Molecular Oncology, discuss pivotal career moments and the role of human experience as a driver of innovation […]
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Glasgow Literary and Music Lounge
Tuesday 25 March, 2025, 7.30 p.m. – 10.30 p.m. Run collectively with Carol Jamnejad, Jim Ferguson, Louise Malone and Brian McFall Host: Jim Ferguson House Band: Carole Jamnejad, Brian McFall Featuring: Chris Tait, John Gee, Brian & Jim, Ray Eans, Rhona Franklin and Friends, Peter A, Richard Lala, Carol Jamnejad, Tuesday 25, February 2025 – […]
Field Arts at CinemaARC University of Glasgow
Monday, 7 April, 2025, 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. Advanced Research Centre, University of Glasgow, 11 Chapel Lane Glasgow G11 6EW Last year, FieldARTS brought together a dozen artists and researchers for a week of collaborative fieldwork along the Clyde River Corridor, tracing the sedimentary, infrastructural, and colonial lineaments of a manufactured waterway once recognised as the […]
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Seed Swop Glasgow
Saturday 29 March, 2025, 12 noon – 2 p.m. Gathering Ground, Old Basin House, 5-7 Applecross St, Glasgow G4 9SP Getting ready to sow this Spring? Looking for seeds or have some you’d like to swap? Pop into Gathering Ground, where you’ll find a wide variety of free open-pollinated vegetable, herb and flower seeds to […]
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Tuesday, March 18, 2025 | Filed under: Community event, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Free Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Glasgow International Comedy Festival at OranMor
12 – 30 March, 2025 Oran Mor Byres Rd, Glasgow G12 8QX Shows at OranMor include: Gray Matters: A Laugh for Glasgow’s 850 years Òran Mór – Auditorium Sunday 23rd March 2025 Show time: 6:00pm Get Tickets Join Ashley Storrie, Christopher Macarthur-Boyd and Alan Bissett for three different performances as they use comedy to celebrate […]
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‘Kings’ – Film Night, Grace’s Irish Centre
Wednesday 19th March, 2025 from 7 – 9pm, Conradh Na Gaeilge Glaschú Grace’s Irish Centre, (next door to Grace’s Irish Bar) 18 Candleriggs, Glasgow G1 1LD In partnership with Glasgow St Patrick’s Festival & Grace’s Irish Centre: Conradh na Gaeilge Glaschú are delighted to be hosting a screening of the acclaimed 2007 bilingual film: KINGS […]
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Wednesday, March 12, 2025 | Filed under: Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers
Catalan Film Festival – Polvo serán
Sunday 16 March, 2025 – 5.20 p.m. Buy tickets GFT, 12 Rose Street, G3 6RB When Claudia, a vibrant septuagenarian, is diagnosed with an incurable illness, she decides to end her days in a clinic in Switzerland. Flavio, her inseparable husband of over 40 years, feels unable to face life without her. Meanwhile, their daughter […]
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Tuesday, March 11, 2025 | Filed under: Cinema, 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
Jessie Stephen, Maryhill’s Suffragette
11 March – 13 June, 2025 Exhibition: Maryhill Burgh Halls, 10-24 Gairbraid Avenue, Glasgow, G20 8YE, This exhibition brings to light the remarkable story and achievements of Jessie Stephen (1892-1979), a working-class woman who became a powerful force of social change. Born in 1893, Jessie Stephen was a fearless campaigner and one of the few […]
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Glasgow Film Festival 2025 wraps up
GFF25 marked the final festival under director Allison Gardner The 21st edition of Glasgow Film Festival finished in style on Thursday 9 March with the sold-out World premiere of Scottish documentary Make it to Munich. The winner of the 2025 Audience Award was announced and a heartfelt farewell went out to Glasgow Film Festival director […]
Nocturnal at Glasgow Film Festival
7 and 8 March, 2025 Glasgow Film Theatre, 12 Rose Street, Glasgow G3 6RB Gritty thriller follows a former gang member whose fresh start is threatened after his brother’s death. While investigating, he discovers an author had disturbingly predicted the circumstances of his demise. Former gang member Min-tae (Ha Jung-woo) has made a fresh start […]
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Thursday, March 6, 2025 | Filed under: Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Glasgow Film Festival 2025, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Neon Dreaming at Glasgow Film Festival 2025 review by Pat Byrne
Neon Dreaming is written and directed by Marie-Claire Marcotte It is the story of an eight year old girl, Billie (Maélya Boyd), who lives with her father and grandmother and is preoccupied by thoughts of her absent mother. She treasures a photograph of a ballet dancer, whom she believes is her mum.When she has to […]
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Tuesday, March 4, 2025 | Filed under: Book and Event Reviews, Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Glasgow Film Festival 2025
Sri Lankan Curry Night – Fundraiser for G20 Youth
Friday 7 March, 2025, 6 p.m. – 10.30 p.m. Sri Lankan Curry Night to Raise Funds for Taking Young People Abroad G20 Youth Project, 21 Dunbeith Place, G20 8HS The G20 will be taking on the epic adventure of travelling across Sri Lanka to raise money for the G20 Youth Project 20th – 30th March 2025. […]
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Mistress Dispeller at Glasgow Film Festival review by Pat Byrne
I ‘m not sure that it will catch on here! Mistress Dispellers are hired in China as undercover professionals, their job it is to intervene when a partner is cheating on a spouse, bring the affair to an end and repair the damage done to relationships. Elizabeth Lo’s documentary has full consent of the three […]
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Monday, March 3, 2025 | Filed under: Book and Event Reviews, Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Glasgow Film Festival 2025
The Tenementals: Popular Music as Academic Research + Drinks Reception
Friday, March 14, 2025, 6.00-7.20pm (Drinks Reception 7.30-9.00pm) Popular Music as Academic Research: Four Papers on The Tenementals Advanced Research Centre, Chapel Lane, University of Glasgow G11 6EW The Tenementals is a wild research project which has one foot in the university sector and one foot in Glasgow’s vibrant music scene. It runs on the […]
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On Falling, Glasgow Film Festival 2025 review by Pat Byrne
Laura Carreira is a Portuguese filmmaker based in Edinburgh. ‘On Falling’, her debut drama, has deservedly already won awards: the Sutherland Award for Best Debut at BFI London Film Festival 2024 and Best Director at San Sebastian Film Festival 2024. The film follows the life of Aurora (Joana Santos), a migrant worker, who works as […]
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Boogie Bingo Night at G20 Youth
Saturday 1 March, 2025, 7 p.m. – 11 p.m. 15-17 Shakespeare St. G20 9TA A night of fun and games at our boogie bingo night !Dj, Party Buffet, Raffle, Tambola & More.. Tickets – £10 ( Buffet & Bingo Included ) Buy tickets Or buy tickers G20 Cafe HopeFrom Reception. The Mackintosh Halls 15-17 Shakespeare […]
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Wednesday, February 26, 2025 | Filed under: Community event, 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
Stationed at Home, Glasgow Film Festival 2025
Sunday 9 March, 2025 The lives of a group of strangers intersect with cab driver Ralph, who is eagerly awaiting the sight of the International Space Station, in this humorous and humanistic offbeat drama. It’s Christmas Eve 1998 in Binghamton, New York, and cab driver Ralph (Erik Bjarnar) can’t wait to finish his night shift, […]
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Monday, February 24, 2025 | Filed under: Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Glasgow Film Festival 2025, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Spilt Milk at Glasgow Film Festival 2025
Friday 28 February, 2025, 3.20 p.m. An 11-year-old searches for his missing brother in 1980s Dublin, in this ambitious debut that views the harsh realities of housing estate life through a child’s eyes. In 1980s Dublin, 11-year-old Bobby (Cillian Sullivan) dreams of being a detective, just like his TV idol, Kojak. Offering to hunt down […]
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Zero at Glasgow Film Festival 2025
Thursday 6 March, 2025, 6 p.m. Friday 7 March, 2025, 3.45 p.m. Buy tickets The clock is ticking in this break-neck thriller. Two Americans wake up with bombs strapped to them and face a twisted treasure hunt to stop them detonating 10 hours later. Two American strangers are about to join up for a life-or-death […]
Gazer at GFT
Saturday, 1 March, 2025 – 8.15 p.m. and Sunday, 2 March, 2025 – 5.30 p.m. Nerve-jangling indie thriller sees a woman, who suffers from a degenerative disorder that means she loses track of time, become mixed up in a dangerous mystery that could prove deadly. Frankie (Ariella Mastroianni, who co-writes) suffers from a degenerative brain […]
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