Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers.

Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers.

Little Birds Market Wedding Fayre 3 September, 2016 Theatre Royal

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  On arrival at the Wedding Fare you will receive a complimentary glass of bubbly and will meet exhibitors hoping to help you create a special day which is personal to you. Many exhibitors are local small businesses who are happy to take the time to find out your ideas and wishes. Entry is Free […]

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Soul Bowl, Dance Party, Saturday 30 July, 2016

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Soul Bowl Dance Party Saturday 30 July, 2016 7.30 p.m. till midnight £5 Jordanhill Bowling Club, 112 Randolph Road, G11 7DV Event on Facebook

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Maharaja Stage at Glasgow Mela, Sunday 17 July, 2016

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INCREDIBLE INDIA STAGE – Programme Main Stage sponsored by Incredible India Kelvingrove Bandstand, Kelvin Way, G12 Sunday 17 July, 2016 12:00 12:20 Hong Lok – Chinese Dragon & Lion Dance group  12:20 12:55 Indian Dance Troupes (Sidhi Goma / Manipur Dance) 12:55 13:20 Rajasthan Heritage Brass Band 13:20 13:50 Bangla Centre 13:50 14:20 Flamenco & […]

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Andy Murray, 21 September, The Hydro Glasgow

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  (Andy Murray supports the charity Malaria No More ) Andy Murray, SSE Hydro 21 September, 2016  Buy ticket online With Jamie Murray, Gael Monfils and Tim Henman. www.andymurraylive.com/

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Wee Wednesdays Holiday Fun JULY 20TH 2016 The Bandstand

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Wee Wednesdays Holiday Fun JULY 20TH 2016 10 a.m. – 2.30 p.m. Kelvingrove Bandstand and Ampitheatre Kelvin Way,  G12 8NR The brilliant Mark Walbank is up first with his magically mysterious tricks – can you see how he does it? And if your little one is a bit of a disco diva, comedy genius or […]

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Soul Jazz Sundays West of Scotland Cricket Club Sunday 17 July, 2016

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Soul Jazz Sundays West of Scotland Cricket Club Sunday 17 July, 2016 5 p.m. – 11 p.m. Happy Summertime,long may it continue. With DJ’s Mark Robb and Nick Peacock ‘Please share the event and spread the good word.’ Love Nick and Mark. West of Scotland Cricket Club, 44 Peel St, Partick G11  Event on Facebook

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Merchant City Festival 2016: Glasgow City Heritage Trust, Stone Cutting and Carving Workshops

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The Merchant City Festival presents some of the best of Scottish and international art and entertainment with a programme of street arts, music, food and drink, comedy and dance, while at the same time showcasing the unique cultural hub that is the Merchant City.  This year, GCHT will host a number of events including workshops, […]

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The 2016 Homeless World Cup Glasgow

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The event will take place in George Square Sunday, July 10, 2016 – Saturday, July 16, 2016. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations, sent his greetings to everyone involved in the competition: “The Homeless World Cup is a pioneering social movement that uses football to inspire and promote positive change in people’s lives. […]

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Skeletons: Our Buried Bones, Hunterian Art Gallery, Glasgow – 19th August 2016 – 8th January 2017

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The HunterianUniversity of GlasgowGilbert Scott BuildingGlasgow G12 8QQ This summer, Wellcome Collection and the Museum of London are collaborating to unearth the stories behind bones from burial grounds across the UK. ‘Skeletons: Our Buried Bones’ will see skeletons from the Museum of London’s 20,000-strong collection go on a UK-wide tour for the first time, starting […]

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Mary Irvine’s Blog: Booked! Festival Jimmie Macgregor, 18th May, 2016.

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Jimmie Macgregor Millennium Hall, Gartocharn, Wed. 18th May 7.30pm Eighty six! Surely not. No. Mid 70s , even early 70s maybe. That’s all rhetorical and I digress… Not digression actually. I’m just ahead of myself. As usual the ideas come out faster than I can type. I arrived early for this event so had time […]

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Scottish Gardens, Open Day, Glasgow Botanics Gardens 10 July, 2016

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  Description Glasgow Botanic Gardens encompasses 19.4 hectares of gardens and an arboretum.The collections have developed since the establishment of the Botanic Gardens in 1817. The Main Range glasshouses and the world renowned Kibble Palace offer a range of environmental conditions and host plants from around the world. The guided tours, led by senior Gardens […]

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Wee Write at the Bandstand, 9 July, 2016

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  Wee Write! is bringing even more great literary talent to Glasgow with outdoor sessions at the Kelvingrove Bandstand on Saturday 9 July. Don’t miss the chance to enjoy these inspiring reading events with your little ones in the beautiful setting of Kelvingrove Park this summer. Sunday 9 July, 2016 Kelvingrove Bandstand, Kelvin Way, Glasgow G12 Booster Cushion Theatre […]

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Adventures in Space 07 Jul – 02 Oct, 2016 The Lighthouse

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Adventures in Space 07 Jul – 02 Oct, 2016 Gallery One, The Lighthouse,11 Mitchell Lane, Glasgow, Scotland G1 3NU For over a century the progressive architects of the modern world have inspired the creators of science-fiction to speculate about the future. The vivid imagery and the imaginary cities of science-fiction have, in turn, sparked the […]

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Merchant City Festival 2016: Slavery and Abolition Saturday 30 July, 2016 City Halls

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The Merchant City: Slavery and AbolitionSaturday 30 July, 2016City Halls12.00 p.m. – 1.00 p.m. Stephen Mullen leads a guided tour through Glasgow’s mercantile past and connections with slavery and abolitionism. Stephen Mullen leads a guided tour through Glasgow’s mercantile past and examines the connections between tobacco, sugar, slavery and abolitionism. This tour reveals the city’s […]

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Merchant City Festival, Tron Theatre Family Storytelling Saturday 30 July, 2016

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Tron Theatre: Family Storytelling Saturday 30 July, 2016 – 10.30 – 11.15 a.m. Little imaginations & big adventures Storytelling sessions brought to life using props, movement, music and creative play and carefully designed to stimulate the senses. Most importantly lots of fun for children and parents too! Pre -fives £5 Box Office 353 8000  More […]

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Glasgow Comic Festival & Scottish Writers’ Centre Putting words in balloons Tue 28 June 2016, CCA

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Glasgow Comic Festival & Scottish Writers’ Centre Putting words in balloons Tue 28 June 2016 7pm, £6 (£3/Free for SWC Members) on the door, Clubroom All ages 0141 352 4900 Related CCA Events Glasgow Comic Festival Tue 28 June — Sun 3 July 2016 CCA Respect for comics as an artform is now higher than […]

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West End Festival 2016: The Great American Songbook 2, University Chapel 26 June – 3 p.m.

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  The Great American Songbook 2University Chapel, University of GlasgowUniversity Avenue, G12 8QQ Sunday 26 Jun 3:00pm Following their Saturday evening concert up in Maryhill, come and hear a delightful Sunday afternoon concert from Perform America International as they present a programme of popular classics and show songs with the Mid-West Young Artists Conservatory Orchestra, […]

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Glasgow School of Art – Degree Show 2016 18 – 25 June 2016

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It was another brilliant year at The Glasgow School of Art Degree Show with their fabulously talented students. Here are some of their wonderful designs: Degree Show 2016 Glasgow School of Art 167 Renfrew St, Glasgow G3 6RQ 18 – 25 June, 2016 The annual undergraduate Degree Show featuring work from graduating students across the […]

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West End Festival 2016: The Ideal Hut Show 3 – 26 June, 2016

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West End Festival 2016: The Ideal Hut Show 3 – 26 June, 2016 Glasgow Botanic Gardens, 730 Great Western Rd, Glasgow, Glasgow City G12 0UE Touring Scotland, and arriving in the Botanic Gardens in time for the West End Festival, 18 standard garden sheds will be transformed by leading architects, artists and designers from Scotland […]

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The Cottier Project, June 2016

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Events performed at Cottier Theatre,  93 – 95 Hyndland Street, Glasgow, G11 5PU The Cottier Chamber Project began in 2011, as part of Glasgow’s West End Festival. The series expanded over subsequent years, launching a pilot dance project, The Cottier Dance Project, in 2014, and becoming an independent festival for the fifth edition in 2015. […]

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West End Festival 2016: Summer Market Coach House Trust Saturday 25 June, 2016

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Free entry 10:30am-4:00pm Fabulous Fun Filled Family Market on Saturday 25th June. Plants and arts & crafts sales, homebaking, tea & coffee, BBQ, art gallery and musical entertainment from our resident band Children’s activities including the Animal Man’s mini zoo, a bouncy castle, face painting and sow & grow all taking place within the secret […]

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Mary Irvine’s blog: West End Festival 2016

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A Reet Gud Neet (that’s my maternal origins emerging!) What a wonderful few days and I’m not referring to the strange phenomenon sweeping the area – clement weather – rather to two visits to Glasgow. The first was to the Hydro to see Neil Young. I’ve composed my account of that in longhand. Will type […]

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West End Festival 2016: Fiesta – with Billy Ocean, De La Soul and Sister Sledge 24 – 26 June

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The West End Festival Fiesta is a new 3 day live music festival featuring Eighties legend Billy Ocean, Motown superstars Sister Sledge & Kathy Sledge and American hip hop trio De La Soul!!! They will all play the historic open-air Kelvingrove Bandstand as part of a three-day celebration concluding the city’s annual West End Festival […]

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Refugee Festival Scotland 2016, 14 – 26 June

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Refugee Week is an umbrella festival, with events held by a wide range of arts, voluntary, faith and refugee community organisations, schools, student groups and more. Past events have included arts festivals, exhibitions, film screenings, theatre and dance performances, concerts, football tournaments and public talks, as well as creative and educational activities in schools. Through […]

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Glasgow International Jazz Festival 2016

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THE 30TH GLASGOW JAZZ FESTIVAL www.jazzfest.co.uk Glasgow’s longest running music festival – the Glasgow Jazz Festival – kicks off tonight (Wed 22 June) with a fantastic array of gigs across the city.  New York jazz trio FLY, featuring Mark Turner, Larry Grenadier & Jeff Ballard, will take to the stage in the Old Fruitmarket supported by […]

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Southside Sessions team up with The Voice, Open Mic Sweeneys 7 July, 2016

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  Not only is it the 11th birthday of the Southside Sessions, but we’ve teamed up with ITV‘s The Voice UK and will be hosting a massive open mic session where you can perform for the scouts and potentially be chosen for the 2017 series of the hit TV show! message us direct now to […]

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A Play, A Pie and A Pint: Frances and Ethel, 20 – 25 June, 2016

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Mini Musicals Season: FRANCES & ETHEL OranMor, Top of Byres Road, G12 Mon, 20 June, 2016 — Sat, 25 June, 2016 By David Cosgrove | Directed By Mary McCluskey Starring John Kielty, Alison Peebles and Frances Thorburn After the success of the show earlier in the year, we are delighted to be bringing back Frances […]

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Refuweegee – welcoming refugees to Glasgow

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Refuweegee is a community based project which helps welcome refugees to Glasgow in true weegie style! Get involved today at http://www.refuweegee.co.uk . Coronavirus: Support for Refugees, New Facility, old Fopp, Top of Byres Road> Stuck in the Suburbs Fundraiser for Refuweegee  25 June SOUND IN THE SUBURBS FUNDRAISER DURING THE PANDEMIC ZOOM EVENT 28 MAY, 2020 […]

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West End Festival 2016: The Moment Keeper, Thistle Gallery, Jackie and Jilly Henderson, 4 – 19 June

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CONTINUES UNTIL 22 JUNE The Moment Keeper – A unique opportunity to see the quirky artwork of sisters Jackie and Jilly Henderson. The Thistle Gallery Scottish Contemporary Art  – 56 Park Rd, Glasgow G4 9JF Part of Glasgow’s  West End Festival MEMORY MAKING ‘MOMENT KEEPER’ Due to the success and popularity of this exhibition it […]

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