What’s On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more.

Pat ByrneI 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. Email me details if you would like me to promote your event..

COP26: Eco Echoes, Tinderbox Collective: Write Songs and Make Games

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The Dear Green Bothy – Online Saturday 6 November, 2021 UofG College of Arts and Tinderbox Collective See Event on Facebook Eco Echoes is a one day creative jam where you are invited to write songs and make games around an environmental theme. The day will start with a welcome, some live music, and a short talk […]

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COP26: Towards Net Zero – speakers and discussion

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 Wednesday 10 November 2021, 8 p.m. Websters Theatre, 416 Great Western Rd, Glasgow G4 9HZ Supported by the Peace & Justice Project Speakers include: Jeremy Corbyn MP, Sarah Wooley (BFAWU), Roz Foyer (STUC), Mick Lynch (RMT), Denise Christie (Fire Brigades’ Union), Mick Whelan (ASLEF), Manuel Cortes (TSSA) With music from Calum Baird & Kevin P. Gilday How do we respond to the climate crisis?  What urgent action do we […]

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COP26: The Climate Justice Cabaret

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Monday, 8th November, 2021 at 8 p.m. Webster’s Theatre, 416 Great Western Rd, Glasgow G4 9HZ Tickets £18 – Buy tickets online or telephone: 041 357 4000 An evening of music, comedy and spoken word in support of climate justice.  At the heart of Glasgow’s COP26 conference as the world’s leaders deliberate, this event offers a […]

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Glasgow: Global Day of Action for Climate Justice

Saturday 6 November, 2021 Assemble Kelvingrove Park 12 Noon Rally Glasgow Green 3 p.m. World leaders are meeting in Glasgow in November at the global climate talks, COP26. There will be decentralised mass mobilisations across the world, bringing together movements to build power for system change – from indigenous struggles to trade unions, from racial […]

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Blue: Joni Mitchell Review with Linda Jaxson Trio

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Saturday, 11 December, 2021, 7.30 p.m. At Webster’s Playhouse, 416 Great Western Rd, Glasgow G4 9HZ The Linda Jaxson Trio enjoyed a really successful night in Webster’s in October and Linda will be back in the Playhouse with her Joni Mitchell Review on Saturday, December 11th. Linda describes herself as a Joni Mitchell ‘devotee’. ‘I went […]

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Havana Glasgow Film Festival – Sustainable Cuba

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Friday 19th November, 2021 Havana Glasgow Film Festival at CCA Lista Quinta / Fifth List Giselle Garcia Castro | Cuba 2019 | Doc 18+ Fri 19 November 3pm CCA + Online Cuban fishermen attempt to balance their life source with environmental changes. Tickets and information Friday 19 November – Sustainable Cuba Cuba Platform | 37m […]

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Castro’s Spies, Havana Glasgow Film Festival

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18 November, 2021 Castro’s Spies at Glasgow Film Theatre HGFF Hailed as the last soldiers of the Cold War, The Cuban Five were an elite group of undercover agents who operated out of Florida in the 1990s. Abandoning unsuspecting families to ‘defect’ to America, they assumed new identities, led double lives and sacrificed everything to […]

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COP26 Just Transitions – Havana Glasgow Film Festival

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Wednesday 3 November, 2021 6p.m. – 8 p.m. University of Glasgow, Senate Rooms, University of Glasgow, G12 8QQ Free Event – Register at Eventbrite Scotland and Cuba are both small nations that have staked their futures on achieving breakthroughs in renewable energy. At this event, researchers with expertise in each country will examine the motivations, […]

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Artivismo Pintando Murales Derribamos Muros – Digital Exhibition Launch

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Wednesday 3 November, 2021 at 3 p.m. The Landing Hub, The Sustainable Glasgow Landing220,  Broomielaw, Glasgow G1 4RU The brilliant activist and curator Pedro Perez is premiering his project ‘Artivismo Pintando Murales Derribamos Muros’ a ”mural scale” digital exhibition of documented murals from around the world with a climate justice narrative. Pedro will introduce the […]

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Havana Glasgow Film Festival, COP26: Sustainability Stories and Discussion CCA

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19 November, 2021 – 5.05 – 6.25 p.m. Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3JD A curated selection of short films featuring agricultural visionaries and small business owners who are implementing environmentally and socially sustainable practices. Line Up Promoting Cycling, Empowering Women Turning old paper into new opportunities Designing a Different Kind […]

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The Pollution Pods – COP26 at Gartnavel

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The Pollution Pods, by artist Michael Pinsky Gartnavel Hospital, Glasgow G12 0XW until 12 November, 2021 (Whittinghame Drive, Crow Road Entrance)  The impact of air pollution on health NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde’s Gartnavel Hospitals are highlighting the impact of air pollution on health during COP26, by hosting an awareness raising art installation. The Pollution […]

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Boots and Beards, COP26 Walk

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Sunday, 7 November, 2021 – 9.30 a.m. – 3 p.m. Boots & Beards – Windfarm Walk to Whitelee  Meeting Place Meet at 4 Forth Street, Pollokshields, G41 2SS  –  Bus leaves 9.30 p.m. prompt. Organised by Boots & Beards, a Scots Asian-run hillwalking group that helps people from ethnic minority backgrounds explore the outdoors, this […]

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Lego Build The Change – University of Strathclyde

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Tuesday 9 November, 2021 – 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. The Concourse, Level 1, Strathclyde Union, 51 Richmond Street, Glasgow G1 1XU LEGO® Build the Change is a powerful way for children to express their hopes and dreams for the future with LEGO® bricks. Register at EventBrite for Free. An active and lively workshop bringing […]

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Addressing Sustainable Goals in the Fashion Industry

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Thursday 4 November 2021 – 4pm – 5.15pm Addressing Sustainable Goals in the Fashion Industry through Education and Employability Free Online event – Register at EventBrite As fashion embraces a sustainable future, what role can education and employment play in the industry’s revolution? On November 4 an expert panel will debate how best to put […]

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COP26 Glasgow Trade Union and Workers Bloc

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 November 6, 2021 – 11.30 a.m. until 4.30 p.m. Event by UNISON Scotland, COP26 Coalition and 2 others Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow West End. Join the trade union and workers bloc at the COP26 Coalition march and rally in Glasgow. Demand climate action now! For a Worker Led Just Transition. CLIMATE, JOBS, JUSTICE Event on Facebook

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RCC at COP26: Environmental Humanities Exhibition

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Monday 01 November 2021 – Friday 12 November 2021 College of Arts University of Glasgow | The Dear Green Bothy The New Glasgow Society. 1307 Argyle Street, G3 8TL Glasgow (Nr. Kelvinhall Underground) Ever wondered why it is so hard to make the clear science on climate change into social change? Only a fraction of […]

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Climate Emergency Newsroom, University of Glasgow

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Monday 01 November 2021 – Friday 12 November 2021 09:00 – 16:00 COP 26 Online Ideas and Feedback Form 80 sixth year pupils from South Lanarkshire’s secondary schools Website Young people will become journalists, covering the events of COP26; interviewing climate leaders, advocates and scientists; exploring the local actions people can take to tackle climate […]

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Feeding the City – screening and panel discussion

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2nd November, 2021 – 12 Noon. Zev Robinson The Landing Hub, Right next door to: The Sustainable Glasgow, Landing 220 Broomielaw (entrance from Carrick Street) Glasgow, G1 4RU Duration: 1 hr 15 min A screening of Zev Robinson’s new documentary Feeding the City, created in collaboration with the University of Glasgow Food Sovereignty Network, about Glasgow’s […]

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Samantha Walton Creative Conversations

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Monday 1 November 2021 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. University Memorial Chapel, West Quadrangle, Main Building Gilmorehill Campus, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ Register for event at Eventbrite Samantha Walton is a writer and editor based in Bristol. Her non-fiction book, Everybody Needs Beauty: In Search of the Nature Cure (Bloomsbury 2021) blends nature writing with […]

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Cottiers Theatre: The Art of Class

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28 November, 2021 at 4 p.m. Cottiers Theatre, 93 – 98 Hyndland Street, Glasgow G11 5PU THE ART OF CLASS The dream of becoming a ballet dancer. The desire to become a classical musician. When the two arts, meet an unspoken magic unfolds. Royal Ballet trained Kristen McGarrity and award winning pianist Karen Maciver create […]

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Saturday, October 30, 2021 | Filed under: Dance, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's on in Glasgow: Theatre and Comedy

Locust A Chamber Opera at Cottiers

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3 & 4 November, 2021, 7.30 p.m. Cottiers Theatre, 93-95 Hyndland Street, G11 5PU LOCUST THE OPERA: AN ENVIRONMENTAL MURDER MYSTERY “Locust” is a one-hour chamber opera that has been performed in the United States and Morocco. This operatic murder mystery tells the story of the Rocky Mountain locust, an iconic species whose swarms blackened […]

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Blade – 4K GFT

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Sunday 31 October, 2021 7.20pm Eric Brooks was still in his mother’s womb when she was bitten by a vampire. The effect was unique: he was born with all of the strengths of vampires, but none of their weaknesses. Growing up under the tutelage of his mentor Whistler (Kris Kristofferson), Eric becomes ‘Blade’ and swears […]

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Glasgow Hallowe’en Ghost Walk

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Sunday 31st October, 2021 6.30 pm – 9.00 pm Event by James Scott George Square, Glasgow, G2 1 Organised by DEAD SCOTLAND SOCIETY starting at 6.30pm on Halloween Night at Ghostly George Square at the Scott Monument in the Centre of the Square. Visit places in the city centre that were visited by Robert Burns, […]

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Hallowe’en – Spooky Kelvindale Woods

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Sunday 31 October, 2021 4 p.m. – 6.30 p.m. Event by Kelvindale Woods and Kelvindale Woods Welcome all ghosts, goblins, spiders, unicorns and more to take a stroll through the spooky woods and along the pumpkin trail this Halloween. Feel free to bring your own pumpkin to add to the trail. Pumpkins Trail Light up at dusk, so […]

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Ann McLaren at Balloch Open Mic 1 November, 2021

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Monday, 1 November, 2021 at 7 p.m. Next Open Mic will be Monday, November 1st when the headliner will be Ann MacLaren. Ann’s short stories have appeared in anthologies by the Association for Scottish Literary Studies, Scottish Book Trust, Federation of Writers (Scotland) and Scottish Association of Writers. The author of Handle with Care and Other […]

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Climate Change Showcase with Ignite Theatre

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Saturday 30 October, 2021, 11 a.m.- 4 p.m. Woodlands Community Events Terrace, 66 Ashley Street, GlasgowG3 6HW Part of FROM THE LOCAL TO THE GLOBAL, Woodlands Community  2 week CLIMATE EMERGENCY EVENTS PROGRAMME for COP26 A family fun day of climate themed activities and performances hosted by Ignite Theatre. Come along and see talented young […]

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Halloween 2021 – Spooktacular Walk, Glasgow Green

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29 October, 2021 -7 p.m. until 9 p.m. Friends of People’s Palace, Winter Gardens and Glasgow Green invite you to meet at McLennan Arch, Glasgow Green, Saltmarket, Glasgow G1 5JZ for a Hallowe’en Spooky Walk. On the way to the People’s Palace you will hear scary stories. Fun, games, prizes. FREE EVENT

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Pumpkin v Turnip Lantern Event

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Saturday 30 October, 2021 at 4.30 p.m. Hallowe’en The Childrens’ Wood at North Kelvin Meadow, Kelbourne/Sanda/Clouston Street G20 8QW Glasgow Tales for the family with Allison Galbraith, G20 Pumpkin Soup Crown and Lantern Parade. Prizes Best lantern, Best Halloween Costume. Come along and enjoy the fun. Free event.  

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Last Night in Soho GFT

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Friday 29 October – Thursday 11 November, 2021 Captions and Audio Description available If you’re a horror fan, Edgar Wright’s brand new release Last Night in Soho is a must-see this Halloween. Fashion student Eloise (Thomasin McKenzie) finds herself transported back to 1966 and into the body of an ambitious young singer named Sandy (Anya […]

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Ice Box Halloween Gig Part 1

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Friday 29 October, 2021 at 7 p.m. The Ice Box Arts And Music Centre The Ice Box Arts And Music Centre Event by The Ice Box Arts And Music Centre The Ice Box Arts And Music Centre Tickets Information about other Ice Box Events on Facebook Icebox Halloween Gig Part One – The Rise of […]

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