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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The Craft– Special Event GFF2025
Thursday 6 March, 2025 at 8 p.m. Cottiers, 93-95 Hyndland St, Glasgow G11 5PU Have you ever heard of invoking the spirit? Come along to Cottiers and unleash your inner witch with a very special screening of Andrew Fleming’s feminist horror classic. When troubled new girl Sarah Bailey befriends a group of local, teenage witches, […]
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Muriel’s Wedding – Special Event GFF25
Screening as part of GFF25 Special Events Friday 7 March, 2025 – 7.45 p.m. Doors open 7 p.m. Thirty years of Australia’s most endearing anti-hero, journey from Porpoise Spit to Glasgow for a front row seat at Muriel’s Wedding. Social outcast and high-school dropout Muriel Heslop is a no-hope nobody with an unhealthy ABBA addiction. With […]
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Sunday, February 23, 2025 | Filed under: Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Glasgow Film Festival 2025
FrightFest 2025
FrightFest, the UK’s No.1 horror & fantasy film event, is back at the renowned Glasgow Film Festival for its 20th year, running from Thursday 6 March to Saturday 8 March 2025 Be prepared for mayhem, menace and monstrosity as this year’s FrightFest three-day event, housed at the iconic Glasgow Film Theatre, presents a curated programme […]
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Full programme announced for Glasgow Film Festival 2025 (GFF25)
The 21st edition of Scotland’s largest film festival will open on 26 February,2025 with the World premiere of Scottish director John Maclean’s hotly anticipated survival thriller Tornado starring Tim Roth, Jack Lowden, Takehiro Hira and Kōki, shot on location in Scotland. GFF25 will close on 9 March with the World premiere of Scottish documentary filmmaker […]
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Series of Events in Glasgow Marking 3rd Anniversary of Invasion of Ukraine
Monday, 24 February 2025 Glasgow will host a series of events marking the third anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion and war against Ukraine. The day will serve as a solemn reminder of the devastation, loss, and sacrifice endured by Ukraine, but also as a testament to its unwavering strength, resilience, and determination to defend its […]
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Friday, February 21, 2025 | Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Riding the Commons, Glasgow Green
Sunday 23 March, 2025 – 12 Noon Meet outside the People’s Palace, Glasgow Green, Glasgow G40 1AT Once a year in towns in Scotland, citizens on horseback ride round their Boundaries to protect their common land from marauding robbers, as they have done since the 14th century. In Glasgow we don’t have two horseshoes to […]
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Tuesday, February 18, 2025 | Filed under: Aye Write! Glasgow's Book Festival 2014, Community event, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, The Glasgow Keelie
Glasgow Goes Green 2025 – University of Glasgow ARC
Wednesday, 5 March, 2025, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. University of Glasgow, Advanced Research Unit, Chapel Lane, ARC Room 237 Glasgow G11 6EW Glasgow Goes Green: Sustainable Synergies, a celebration for sustainability! Glasgow University Environmental Sustainability Team This year’s Glasgow Goes Green aims to bridge the gap between different disciplines and explore what they have […]
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Sunday, February 16, 2025 | Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, University of Glasgow Advanced Research Centre
ProjectAbiility: Express Collaborations Exhibition
1 March – 12 April, 2025 Reception 6 March, 6pm – 8pm Project Ability Gallery, Trongate 103, Glasgow, G1 5HD The exhibition is free to visit. Express Collaborations is a group exhibition built over many months and devised by artist Tanya Raabe-Webber. The artwork in this exhibition covers a variety of themes, and much of […]
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Luxury Car Wash Fundraiser – Cleveden School
Friday 8 February 2025, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Cleveden Secondary School, 43 – 68 Cleveden Road, Kelvindale, G12 0JW There will be tea and coffees, a raffle, home baking, Stalls and Tombola! Raising funds for Sri Lanka. G20 Take on 1000km Sri Lanka Adventure If you believe that all young people should have access […]
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Friday, February 7, 2025 | Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers
Fringe Palestine: Fundraiser/Ceilidh
Sunday, 23 February, 2025 4:00 – 11:00 p.m. Pollokshaws Burgh Hall for a night of dancing, storytelling, and Palestinian food! Pollokshaws Burgh Hall, 2025 Pollokshaws Road Pollokshaws G43 1NE Ceilidh 7 p.m. – 11 p.m. Family Fun: 4pm – 6pm Dabke workshopStorytellingArts & CraftsPalestinian food Raffle (bring cash)Fortune Telling (bring cash) “All funds raised will […]
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Thursday, February 6, 2025 | Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers
Designing Future Experiences Exhibition – University of Glasgow ARC
University of Glasgow ARC – 6 until 13 February 2025 Reciprocal Systems of Health in the Climate Era – Designing Future Experiences Exhibition Design speculations for the year 2035 by Product Design Students from the School of Innovation and Technology at the Glasgow School of Art in partnership with the University of Glasgow. See Review […]
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Wednesday, February 5, 2025 | Filed under: Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Free Events, Pat's Home Page Blog, University of Glasgow Advanced Research Centre, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Volunteers Sought For Glasgow 850 Celebrations
Step forward and volunteer to celebrate Glasgow 850 Volunteers of all ages and backgrounds are being sought to support the celebrations around Glasgow 850’s yearlong programme of activities in 2025. The Glasgow 850 Volunteer and Employability programme will offer Glaswegians, a unique opportunity to play a key part in the city’s birthday year, with roles […]
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Monday, February 3, 2025 | Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Glasgow 850th Celebrations, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Zero at Glasgow Film Festival
6 and 7 March, 2025 UK Premiere at Glasgow Film Festival 2025 – festival runs 26 February – 9 March, 2025 The clock is ticking when two Americans wake up with bombs strapped to them and face a twisted treasure hunt to stop them detonating 10 hours later, in this break-neck thriller from Saloum director […]
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Paisley 10k Road Race and Fun Run – open to register
Sunday 17th August, 2025 – 10.00 a.m. This year’s Paisley 10K Road Race and Fun Run will take place on Sunday 17th August 2025. The 10K Road Race is suitable for runners of all levels from those looking to get fit or raise money for charity to experienced club and international runners. For families, friends […]
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Thursday, January 30, 2025 | Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Sport, Walks, Cycling in Glasgow, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Full Programme Announced for Glasgow Film Festival 2025 – Industry Focus
Industry Focus returns for its 10th edition running 3-6 March, 2025 The event will host a packed programme of talks, workshops and networking opportunities for industry professionals at every stage of their screen career. Highlights across the four days include a talk from Oscar-nominated producer Nicky Bentham, a look at copyright in the age of […]
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Tuesday, January 28, 2025 | Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Glasgow Film Festival 2025
Blue Rose Code. John Martyn Tribute at Celtic Connections 2025
Review and Photography by Pauline Keightley Blue Rose Code is led by Ross Wilson, who was on top form and gave an assured and joyous performance of his heartfelt and rhythmic songs. They are a top quality band and were celebrating their sixth studio album. Their influences include folk, Americana, jazz, soul and contemporary. The […]
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Opening Concert Celtic Connections 2025, Glasgow 850
Review and Photographs by Pauline Keightley This year’s Opening Concert of Celtic Connections, the world leading folk and roots music festival, began with the dramatic horn blowing of an ancient Celtic instrument the Carnyx, (a wind instrument used by the Celts during the Iron Age, between c. 200 BCE and c. 200 CE). Glasgow 850 Opening Concert The Opening Concert […]
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