I have a Jaunt round the Glasgow West End notice boards to see what’s going on in the centre of the universe but I also rely on mailing lists and you getting in touch with your events. The listings are free for charitable organisations – small charge for profit making events. Aye Write 2025: Graeme Macrae Burnet and Francine Toon with Alistair Braidwood
Thursday, 6 November, 2025, 7.45 p.m. Mitchell Library, North Street, Glasgow G3 7DN Modern & Contemporary Fiction, Crime & Mystery The host of the Scots Whay Hae! podcast, Ali Braidwood, chairs a discussion between two masterful mystery writers, each with their own tale set in rural Scotland. In Benbecula, Booker-shortlisted author Graeme Macrae Burnet writes […]
Maybe I’m Amazed – John Harris with Nicola Meighan
Saturday, 8 November, 2025, 9.15 p.m. Glasgow Concert Hall, Strathclyde Suite, Killermont St, Glasgow G2 3NW Award-winning writer, journalist, podcaster and presenter John Harris joins BBC Radio Scotland’s Nicola Meighan in conversation about his extraordinary memoir, Maybe I’m Amazed: A Story of Love and Connections in 10 Songs. The book tells the touching story of how […]
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One Battle After Another
27 September – 16 October, 2025 GFT 122 Rose Street, Glasgow G3 6RB When their evil nemesis resurfaces after 16 years, a band of ex-revolutionaries reunite to rescue the daughter of one of their own. Leonardo DiCaprio stars alongside Teyana Taylor, Regina Hall, and Alana Haim (who starred in Paul Thomas Anderson’s last film, 2021’s Licorice Pizza) in this latest blistering satire […]
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Monday, October 13, 2025 | Filed under: Cinema
CinemaAttic Colombia Presente! – Short Films
Wednesday 15 October, 2025, 7 p.m. CinemaAttic returns to the CCA with Colombia Presente!, the fourth edition of its annual short film programme highlighting Colombian cinema. This year’s showcase features the magnificent and thoughtful About Happy Hippos and Sad Peacocks, with more short films to be revealed soon. What do hippos and peacocks have to say about […]
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Graham Morgan at Daydreams Bookshop
Thursday 12 November, 2025 7 p.m. Daydreams Bookshop Unit 2, 38 Stewart St, Milngavie, Glasgow G62 6BY Graham Morgan will be at Daydreams Bookshop to talk about life and schizophrenia. All profits of any sales to Jeans Bothy do come along! Daydreams Bookshop on Facebook
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| Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
The Mastermind at GFT
Tuesday 14 October 2025. 8.20 p.m. Josh O’Connor is superb as a rudderless everyman out of step with his immediate environs and the country at large, in Kelly Reichardt’s funny, shaggy heist film. 1970s America has witnessed a generational chasm and a society torn apart by Vietnam. But JB is oblivious to these cultural changes as he bumbles […]
Rental Family at GFT
Thursday 16 October, 2025, 8.20 p.m. After his Oscar success with The Whale, Brendan Fraser returns to LFF, starring in HIKARI’s rich and heartwarming tale of a struggling American actor searching for a connection in Tokyo. Phillip Vanderpleog (Fraser) lives in the Japanese capital. Looking for any work opportunities, he is employed by a ‘rental family’ company, which provides clients […]
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Open Mic Nights Glasgow and around
Spoken Word Events in Glasgow courtesy of Stephen Watt Email:your details of Open Mic Nights in Glasgow for Inclusion ALWAYS CHECK TIMES AND DATES WITH VENUES and Venues please get in touch if details change or Open Mic ceases. Thanks.:) Working on Updating Page. Open Mic events can be found in Glasgow more or less […]
A House of Dynamite at GFT
3 – 16 October, 2025 When a single, unattributed missile is launched at the United States, a race begins to determine who is responsible and how to respond. ★★★★★ ‘Kathryn Bigelow’s nuclear endgame thriller is a terrifying, white-knuckle comeback’ – The Guardian Buy tickets GFT 12 Rose Street, G3 6RB
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Mika & Me Optical Studios Glasgow
56 Park Road, Glasgow, G4 9JF Tel: 0141 413 5393 Email: hello@mikaandme.com Drive Safe Campaign. Get a grip on headlight glare with Mika and Me’s Drive Safe Campaign – New lenses designed for safer driving. 10% off this October. Pop into Mika and Me or Book an Eyetest or Book a Free Consultation Telephone: 0141 413 5393 […]
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Urchin at GFT
3 – 16 October, 2025 The stunning directorial debut from Harris Dickinson, powered by an outstanding, award-winning performance from Frank Dillane. Mike (Dillane), a rough sleeper on the streets of London, is trapped in a cycle of self-destruction as he attempts to turn his life around. Moving between short-term jobs and small-time hustles, he must balance the […]
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Black History Month: Cycling Tour
We Are Here Because You Were There Monday 13th October, 2025, 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM Glasgow Green, Greendyke Street, Glasgow, G1 5DB ‘MORE TOUR DE SCOTLAND cycle team will bring our history of resilience, our stories of hope and our lives of triumph through the lens of cycling. Black cyclists are bold, we are unapologetic, we are […]
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Sunday, October 12, 2025 | Filed under: Black History Month Glasgow, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
October School Holiday 2025 – Crafts and Stories for Kids at Glasgow Libraries
Monday 13 October – 17 October, 2025 Drop in this October Week for spooky stories and crafty fun at Glasgow Life Libraries! Free Kids can create their own Halloween masterpieces and enjoy spooky tales. Free, family-friendly, no booking required, just drop in and get creative! Glasgow Libraries with Events Monday October 13th – 2pm-3pm Dennistoun […]
| Filed under: Free Events, Kids and young people
Creative Conversations: Theresa Muñoz
Monday, October 13, 2025, 1 – 2pm Poet Theresa Muñoz in Conversation Gilbert Scott Lecture Theatre, Lecture Room 225, University of Glasgow, University Avenue, G12 8QQ Theresa Muñoz was born in Vancouver, Canada and lives in Edinburgh. She is a poet, researcher and creative producer. She has a PhD in Scottish Literature from the University of […]
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Saturday, October 11, 2025 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Creative Conversations, University of Glasgow
Free & Open to the Public University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ Creative Conversations from January 2026 Rachelle Atalla, 20 January, 2026 1 p.m. Memorial Chapel Rachelle Atalla – Creative Conversations Creative Conversations from January 2025 Theresa Muñoz in Conversation, Monday 13 October 1 p.m., University of Glasgow Creative Conversations: Theresa Muñoz […]
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Friday, October 10, 2025 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more, Zoom and online events
Tom Robinson and Adam Phillips at Cottiers
16th October, 2025 at 7 p.m. Then & Now 50 Years of Adventures in the Record Industry (1975-2025) Cottiers, 93 – 96 Hyndland Srtreet, Glasgow G11 5PU Tom Robinson presents an evening of songs and stories from fifty years wandering the wilder shores of the Record Industry. Classic hits such as ‘War Baby’, ‘Up Against the […]
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Thursday, October 9, 2025 | Filed under: Gig Guide plus Club Events, Music, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Old Glasgow Club – The People’s Palace: Talk by Peter Mortimer
Thursday 9 October, 2025, 7.00 p.m. Renfield St Stephens Centre, 260 Bath St, Glasgow G2 4JP Old Glasgow Club‘s connections with The People’s Palace, which opened in 1898, go back to the formation of the club with at least three of its curators being Club Directors. So, what better connection for us to make than […]
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Wednesday, October 8, 2025 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Peoples Palace Winter Gardens and Glasgow Green
Take 2: Elio at GFT
Saturday, 11 October, 2025 11.30 a.m. Elio, a space fanatic with an active imagination, finds himself on a cosmic misadventure where he must form new bonds with eccentric alien lifeforms, navigate a crisis of intergalactic proportions and somehow discover who he is truly meant to be. GFT, 12 Rose Street, Glasgow G3 6RB Buy tickets
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GUITARGUITAR – Scottish Music Awards 2025
Saturday, 8 November, 2025 Barrowland Ballroom, 244 Gallowgate, Glasgow G4 0TT GUITAGUITAR Scottish Music Awards returns to the Barrowland Ballroom for 2025 with Amy Macdonald, Hue and Cry, Nathan Evans and the Saint PHNX Band, Skipinnish, Shay O’Dowd and James Emmanuel – among the first winners to be announced. Celebrating the very best of Scotland’s […]
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The Jackie Marno-McGoldrick Art Prize and Exhibition 2025
31 October – 13 November, 2025 The Alchemy Experiment, 157 Byres Road, Glasgow G12 8TS The Jackie Marno-McGoldrick Art Prize is an annual student art competition, launched in 2024 it’s open to students from schools in West Dunbartonshire. With £200 worth of art shop vouchers for the competition winner as well as prizes for second […]
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Official Viva Palestina Scotland – Marketland
Viva Palestina Scotland – Fundraising for Gaza Saturdays and Sundays at The Barras Marketland Barras entrance on Bain Street, Moncur Street and Gibson Street. Ready and waiting with lots of merch. Map About Viva Palestina Scotland Viva Palestina Scotland is a Volunteer group established in March 2024 Comprised of a passionate group of volunteers attending […]
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Monday, October 6, 2025 | Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Markets, Shopping
Kittlin at Avant Garde
Tuesday 7 October, 2025 Music, Spoken Word and Open Mic with Lesley O’Brien Free Avant Garde, 34-44 King St, Glasgow G1 5Q
GoMA Late: Celebration of Black History Month
(image Rayna Carruthers) Thursday 9 October, 2025 8 p.m. – 9 p.m. At the Gallery of Modern Art – a late opening celebrating Black History Month through art. With activities led by our Intercultural Youth Group and with guest artist Christian Noelle Charles, whose work is on display at GoMA, there will be something for […]
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Saturday, October 4, 2025 | Filed under: Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow, Black History Month Glasgow
Walking Tour: Tracing Glasgow’s Imperial Past in Kelvingrove Park
Saturday, October 18, 2025, 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Glasgow’s often referred to as having been the ‘second city’ of the British Empire, a nickname coined in the early-nineteenth century that represented the might of its industries and the reach of its trade connections. The city’s capacity for making and exporting all manner of goods, […]
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It Wisnae Us: the truth about Glasgow and slavery
1 – 31 October, 2025 Staircase leading to Hunterian Museum, University Avenue, Glasgow, Scotland, G12 8QQ CRER’s ‘It Wisnae Us’ exhibition will be displayed in the Hunterian Museum. The exhibition provides an insight into the role of transatlantic slavery in Glasgow’s past, telling a story through the buildings and streets that have a tangible link […]
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Friday, October 3, 2025 | Filed under: Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow, Black History Month Glasgow
Black History Month Walking Tour Glasgow
Various Dates October, 2025 Check Availability David Livingstone Memorial Statue, Castle Street Glasgow G4 0UZ The walks take participants on a historical journey through Glasgow’s mercantile past and examine the city’s connections with tobacco, slavery and the abolition movement. Tours will be led by Amy Rich and Lucien Staddon Foster. The route is mostly downhill […]
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Samizdat: Eastern European Film Festival
30 September – 3 October, 2025 Named after the practice of clandestine dissemination of censored and forbidden texts in communist states, Samizdat Eastern European Film Festival is returning for 2025 with an as-ever eclectic mix of some of the most exciting, powerful, thoughtful, weird and wonderful filmmaking from Eastern Europe, Central Asia and the Caucasus. […]
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Take 2: Natures Resources at GFT
Saturday 4 October, 2025 11.30 a.m. Fashion curator Isabella Coraça will guide children through this special programme of animations showcasing the harmonious collaboration between humans and non-human species. Across the history of cinema, children’s animated films have conveyed profound wisdom by exploring the cooperation of human and non-human species and contemplating the uncertain boundary where […]
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The Wiz plus introduction
Monday 6 October, 2025, 7.45 p.m. Legendary music producer Quincy Jones teamed up with Charlie Smalls to bring the 1974 Broadway musical The Wiz to the big screen, with the help of an all-star African American cast. Directed by Academy Award nominee Sidney Lumet, this lively retelling of The Wizard of Oz stars Diana Ross as Dorothy, while music […]
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| Filed under: Black History Month Glasgow, Cinema
Book Launch: Benbecula by Graeme Macrae Burnet
Thursday 9 October, 2025 at 7 p.m. In Conversation with Sara Sheridan Waterstones, 153-157 Sauchiehall St, Glasgow G2 3EW Event by Graeme Macrae Burnet Graeme Macrae Burnet launches the latest book in Polygon’s bestselling and critically acclaimed Darkland Tales series in conversation with Sara Sheridan. The series includes Queen Macbeth by Val McDermid, Rizzio by Denise […]
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