Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers.

Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers.

Strathclyde Country Park Firework Display

strathclyde country park

Tuesday 5 November, 2024 Strathclyde Country Park, 366 Hamilton Rd, Motherwell ML1 3ED Bonfire will be lit at 6.30 p.m. and 30 minute firework display at 7.30 p.m. Plus Funfair and Food outlets The Big Feed will run food outlets at the Watersports Centre concourse and the foreshore car park, and and DJ Elliot Boyce will […]

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Glasgow Film Festival Comes Of Age As First Events Announced For 2025

A Tree Grows In Brooklyn

Glasgow Film Festival  – 26 February to 9 March, 2025 To mark GFF’s 21st edition, the festival’s wildly popular free morning retrospectives will take a look at coming of age in the movies. From 1945 classic A Tree Grows in Brooklyn to Greta Gerwig’s Lady Bird, via Gregory’s Girl, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Boyz […]

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Wednesday, October 30, 2024 | Filed under: Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Pat's Home Page Blog

Glasgow Celebration of Diwali – the annual Festival of Light

Glasgow Diwali

Illuminating Glasgow – Sunday, 3 November, 2024, 11.30 a.m.-3.30 p.m Hindu Temple, 1 La Belle Place, Glasgow West End G3 7LH  A joyous Glasgow celebration of Diwali – the Festival of Light – featuring music, food, dancing and families coming together, is set to be held at the Hindu Temple, 1 La Belle Place G3 […]

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Tuesday, October 29, 2024 | Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers

Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Tea Green Christmas Fair

tea green christmas fair

Saturday, 7 and Sunday 8 December, 2024 | Free Entry | | 10 – 5 Sat | 11 – 5 Sun | Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum,  Argyle St, Glasgow G3 8AG Tea Green at Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum this December for an unmissable winter market! This iconic venue in the heart of Glasgow’s […]

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Festival of Light, East Pollokshields Quad

festival of light

Saturday 2 November, 2024 2 p.m. – 10 p.m. Festival of Light ✨ at the East Pollokshields Quad. East Pollokshields Quad, Community Garden, 289 Kenmure St, Glasgow G41 2QX From crafting to parading, celebrate a fun evening of glowing lights and joyful moments. Tickets/donation 14:00 | 🍽️ Feast and Festivities Square Park Coffee | Cakes […]

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Moira McPartlin at Aberfoyle and Strathard Book Festival 2024

Saturday 2 November, 2024 – 1 – 2 p.m. iCentre, Aberfoyle and Strathard Book Festival, Main Street, Aberfoyle, Stirlingshire, FK8 3UQ Moira McPartlin recently released Before Now: Memoir of a Toerag – written entirely in the Fife tongue. Set in the 1990s in a small village, it tells the story of a single-parent family struggling […]

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Beatson Santa Dash 2024 and Mascot Bella

santa dash

Register for Santa Sash 2024.and Support Beatson Cancer Charity. Glasgow got a little taste of Christmas this week when Santa Claus made an early appearance in the city! Even better, he was spotted hanging out with Bella, Beatson Cancer Charity’s lovable mascot, to promote this year’s much-anticipated Glasgow Santa Dash 2024, sponsored by GAP Group Hire Solutions, CCL Design and […]

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Friday, October 25, 2024 | Filed under: Christmas in Glasgow, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers

Paisley Halloween Festival 2024

Paisley Halloween Festival

25 October, 2024 at 4 p.m. and 25 October, 2024 atr 9 p.m. Paisley Photographs Paisley Town Centre Tickets The event is delivered by Renfrewshire Council in partnership with performance specialists Cirque Bijou, lighting design by Grant Anderson and supported by EventScotland as part of their National Events Funding Programme. Event on Facebook

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Thursday, October 24, 2024 | Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Hallowe'en in Glasgow

Exclusively Highlands Christmas Market – Trades Hall – Glasgow

Christmas Market Trades Hall Glasgow

7 and 8 December, 2024 Trades Hall, Trades House of Glasgow, 85 Glassford Street, Glasgow, G1 1UH Located in the heart of Glasgow’s Merchant City, Trades Hall is a stunningly beautiful historic venue, which creates the absolutely perfect backdrop for their Christmas market. Trades House was established to help protect and support the crafts people of […]

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Rock On Ruchill

Saturday 26 October, 2024, 12 Noon Save Ruchill Community Centre Music Food and Hallowe’en Theme Ruchill Community Centre, a7 671 Bilsland Drive, Glasgow, G20 9NF The Keelie Group will be at Ruchill Community Centre at Bilsland Drive, to help with an event to boost the much needed wider support to save this centre. Ruchill campaigners […]

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Christmas Night Market at Cottiers

night market cottiers

5 and 6 December, 2024, 5.30pm – 10.30pm. Cottiers 93-95 Hyndland St, Glasgow G11 5PU Extra special Double-date night special for you! The Night Market Uk are coming to Cottiers, Glasgow on Thursday 5th AND Friday 6th December. Let’s make out final Glasgow event of the year a magical one! Why spend weeks fighting through […]

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Witches and Witchcraft CinemaARC

witches and witchcraft

Wednesday 30 October, 2024, 6 – 8.30 p.m. Advanced Research Centre , University of Glasgow, 11 Chapel Lane Glasgow G11 6EW Spooky Halloween screening of the 1990 cult-classic, The Witches (1990). In this Roald Dahl adaptation, a little boy and his kindly grandmother thwart the efforts of a coven of witches to rid Britain of […]

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Since Yesterday: The Untold Story of Scotland’s Girl Bands 

Since Yesterday

18 – 24 October, 2024 The screening on Saturday 19 October at 8pm will be followed by a Q&A with co-directors Blair Young and Carla J Easton, hosted by music journalist Nicola Meighan. Popstars, post-punks and pioneers: a new documentary platforming Scotland’s defiant trailblazing girl bands Buy tickets 80s Glasgow girl band Sophisticated Boom Boom […]

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Wednesday, October 16, 2024 | Filed under: Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Gig Guide plus Club Events

Una Noche con los Rolling Stones / A night with the Rolling Stones

HGFF_Una Noche con los Roling Stones

16 November, 2024, 8 p.m. – 10 p.m. Book tickets – Tickets: £2/4/6/8/10 Patricia Ramos I Cuba I 2023 I 92 mins I Spanish with English subtitles March 2016: Havana is getting ready for the arrival of The Rolling Stones for an outdoor free concert, the first by a rock group since the fall of […]

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Tuesday, October 15, 2024 | Filed under: Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers

Feminist Filmmaking – HGFF

Feminist Filmmaking

16 November, 2024 6 p.m. – 7.30 p.m. CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3JD Book tickets Tickets: £2/4/6/8/10 A presentation of films in progress made by women activists in Matanzas and Havana in Cuba, Villanova in Catalunya, Spain and in Glasgow, using low-budget collaborative filmmaking techniques across borders to amplify women’s voices. The final […]

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El Cine Soy Yo / The Moving Picture Man 

HGFF El Cine Soy

15 November 2024, 7.15 p.m. CCA: Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall St, Glasgow G2 3JD Book Tickets Tickets: £2/4/6/8/10 Luis Armando Roche I  Venezuela I 1977 I 94 mins I Spanish with English subtitles After being a peddler, street photographer, radio announcer, policeman, and mechanic, Jacinto (Asdrúbal Melendez) decides to become a film projectionist. He aspires […]

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Scotland Loves Anime 2024

Scotland Loves Anime

1 – 3 November, 2024 The ever-popular Scotland Loves Anime weekend event returns to Glasgow Film Theatre November 1-3! 9, 2024, fantastic anime films round out the programme, with individual titles on sale now, including UK premieres, European premieres, and even a late-night performance. Totto-chan (2023, Shinnosuke Yakuwa) – November 1 The Birth of Kitaro: The […]

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Fundraiser Community Meal – Glasgow West End

community meal

Sunday October, 13th, 2024 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. Would you like to have a lovely dinner with Central and West Integration Network in partnership with  Glasgow Community Food Network A special community meal prepared by talented refugee chefs at the Kelvinside Hillhead Parish Church Hall, Observatory Road, Glasgow We are organising once again a […]

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Apprenticeship Degrees for young people from Black and Ethnic Minority Community in Glasgow

key benefits of apprenticeships

Monday 14 October 2024, 5.00 pm – 7.00 pm African Challenge Scotland Saracen House, 139 Saracen Street, Possilpark, Glasgow, G22 5AZ Key benefits of Apprenticeship Degrees for young people from Black and Ethnic Minority Community in Glasgow Speakers: 1. Philip Thom, BEng(Hons) PgC MIETSenior Associate Director of Electrical & ICA Engineering | Water Europe Head […]

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Nordic Music Days Conference

nordic music days conference

29 – 30 October, 2024 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Advanced Research Centre (ARC), Room 237C, 11 Chapel Lane Glasgow G11 6EW Free – Book Tickets The Nordic Music Days Conference is presented in collaboration between Nordic Music Days Festival and Music subject area within the College of Arts & Humanities, University of Glasgow. The conference […]

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Thursday, October 3, 2024 | Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers

Big Band Dance Nights with Jon Ritchie & That Swing Sensation

big band dance night

Sunday 13 October, 2024 Glasgow Big Band Dance Night Glasgow University Union, 32 University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8LX The band are delighted to  be back with their regular monthly venue for a night of music and  dancing . Grab your partner and join Glasgow’s record-breaking dance band, That Swing Sensation, for a great night of […]

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Donegal Diaspora in Scotland

inishowen donegal

Donegal County Council are hosting a series of events in Glasgow and Edinburgh on 3rd & 4th October, they are looking for information from the Donegal diaspora based in Scotland. They are gathering photos & memories of Donegal people who worked in Scotland between 1940 & 1990 for a new exhibition in Letterkenny in 2025. […]

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Books at the Botanics

books at botanics

Friday 27  September – Monday 30 September, 2024 Books at the Botanics Weekend Book Fair 10 a.m. till 5.00 p.m. in the Hopkirk Building  (behind the main range), Glasgow Botanic Gardens, Hopkirk Building, 730 Great Western Rd, Glasgow G12 0UE Card and cash payments accepted www.booksatthebotanics.co.uk Books at the Botanics on Facebook

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The Quiet American

the quiet american

Saturday 21 – Thursday 25 September, 2024 This adaptation of the seminal Graham Greene novel is set in 1950s Saigon, as it struggles to emerge from colonial rule. Cynical British journalist Fowler (Michael Caine) falls in love with a young Vietnamese woman but is dismayed when a naïve US official also begins vying for her […]

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Sonica: The High Frontier

sonica the high frontier

Tuesday, 24 September, 2024 – 7 p.m. As Earth’s population grows and resources dwindle, the idea of relocating to Mars gathers momentum. John Butler’s four animated films explore the journey from a collapsing Earth to a technofeudalist Martian society, where a hyper-wealthy founding class may create an unjust new world. The films will be followed […]

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BFI London Film Festival at GFT

BFI Film festival 2024

Wednesday  9 – Monday 21 October, 2024 The 68th BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express is brimming with the world’s best new films, series and immersive storytelling – and everyone is invited. This is your chance to delight in the undiscovered, as all feature films are being shown in the UK for […]

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Sonica Festival 2024

sonic festival

Full programme announced for Sonica Festival 2024, which will run at venues across Glasgow Events from the IMAX big screen to Govanhill Baths, 19th – 29th September, 2024 Sonica Festival  The eighth edition of the biennial festival for curious minds and adventurous spirits will showcase contemporary artists and musicians from across Egypt as well as […]

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Thursday, September 19, 2024 | Filed under: Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers

Fundraiser: Knightswood Congregational Church Panto – Coffee Morning

robin hood

Saturday 19 October, 2024 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. Knightswood Congregational Church 24 Killoch Drive, Glasgow, G13 3AU, Come along and enjoy a wee afternoon with the Robin Hood Panto Cast.Help raise funds for this years Panto. Event on Facebook

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In The Mood – Jon Ritchie and That Swing Sensation

In The Mood B ig Band Night

Tue 8 October, 2024 –  7pm In the Mood: A Musical Tribute to Glenn Miller and the Music of the 40s Platform, The Bridge,, 1000 Westerhouse Road, Easterhouse, Glasgow, G34 9JW Immerse yourself in the timeless music of Glenn Miller and the Fabulous Forties with the record-breaking big band Jon Ritchie & That Swing Sensation! […]

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Cinema Arc – University of Glasgow

Free screenings Advanced Research Centre , University of Glasgow, 11 Chapel Lane Glasgow G11 19 September, 6.00 – 8.30 p.m. – Cuban Bees – part of Glasgow Doors Open Days Book place   Childish – 23 October, 2024 Book tickets CinemARC: Borderzone Saturday, November 16, 6 p.m. Information and tickets Eventbrite

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