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..

Jill Jackson at Cottiers

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19 May, 2022 – Cottiers Theatre, 93-95 Hyndland St,  Glasgow G11 5PU Award winning Americana singer songwriter Jill Jackson will launch her new album ‘Yours Aye’ at Cottiers on the 19th May. This follows the 2018 critically acclaimed ‘Are We There Yet?’ Like many artist this album unintentionally became the source of solitude during lockdown. […]

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Tuesday, April 12, 2022 | Filed under: Gig Guide plus Club Events

Aye Write: Val McDermid with Ruth Wishart – 1979

Val McDermid

12 May, 2022 at 8 p.m. The latest best-seller from Scotland’s Queen of Crime and the start of a new series. 1979. It’s the winter of discontent, and Allie Burns is chasing her first big scoop. One of few women in the newsroom, she needs something explosive for the boys’ club to take her seriously. […]

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Aye Write 2022 – Ian Rankin, The Dark Remains

Ian Rankin the dark remains

22 May, 2022, 6.30 p.m. Aye Write Glasgow’s Book Festival Tramway 25 Albert Dr, Glasgow G41 2PE Tickets Ian Rankin and William McIlvanney join forces for the first ever case of DI Laidlaw, Glasgow’s original gritty detective. McIlvanney was a huge inspiration to Rankin and the creator of Rebus completes his idol’s last, unfinished novel. […]

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Aye Write 2022 – Bobby Gillespie

Bobby Gillespie

7 May, 2022, 9.30 p.m. Tenement Kid Book Event  Aye Write Glasgow’s Book Festival The Mitchell Library North St, Glasgow G3 7DN Tickets Hear Primal Scream frontman Bobby Gillespie reading from his memoir taking him from Glasgow tenement to the release of the iconic Screamadelica. Bobby will be signing copies of his book Tenement Kid […]

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Murina at GFT

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11 – 14 April, 2022 Tensions rise between restless teenager Julija and her oppressive father Ante when an old family friend arrives at their Croatian island home. As Ante attempts to broker a life-changing deal, their tranquil yet isolated existence leaves Julija wanting more from this influential visitor, who provides a taste of liberation over […]

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Monday, April 11, 2022 | Filed under: Cinema

Small Body at GFT

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11 – 14 April, 2022 A young woman embarks on a mythic odyssey to save her daughter’s soul in writer-director Laura Samani’s captivating feature debut. Northeastern Italy, 1900: Agata (Celeste Cescutti) gives birth, but the baby is stillborn. The priest of her seaside village – in which Catholicism, mysticism and superstition form a heady local brew – […]

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NT Live: Henry V at GFT

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21 April, 2022 at 7 p..m. Kit Harington (Game of Thrones) plays the title role in Shakespeare’s thrilling study of nationalism, war and the psychology of power. Fresh to the throne, King Henry V launches England into a bloody war with France. When his campaign encounters resistance, this inexperienced new ruler must prove he is fit […]

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CODA at Glasgow Film Theatre

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15 – 21 April, 2022 Winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Adapted Screen Play and Best Supporting actor for Troy Kotsur, CODA returns to GFT. Seventeen-year-old Ruby Rossi (Emilia Jones) is the only hearing member of a deaf family – a CODA, Child of Deaf Adults. Her life revolves around acting as interpreter […]

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Book Launch: ‘Portrait’ Tracy Patrick’s poetry collection

12 May, 2022, 7 p.m. – 8.30 p.m. Paisley Central Library, 15 Mill Street, Paisley PA1 1ND Free event You are invited to the book launch of, Portrait, the first full-length poetry collection by Paisley writer, Tracy Patrick, author of the Saltire-commended novel, Blushing is for Sinners. Tracy will be accompanied by one of the […]

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Landslides glaciation and the evolution of mountain landscapes during the Quaternary

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Lecture: Professor Colin Ballantyne, Thursday, 14 April 2022,  7:30 pm – 9:30 pm University of Glasgow Room 639, James McCune Smith Learning Hub, University Avenue, G12 8SQ Free Event A persistent view amongst geologists is that landscape evolution in mid-latitude mountains during the Quaternary (2.6 Ma to the present) was dominated by glacial erosion. Using […]

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Clothes Swap and Repair Party

clothes swap and repair party

Wednesday, 20 April, 2022, 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. The Deep End, 21 Nithsdale St, Glasgow G41 2PZ Event by Rags To Riches As global citizens, we all have the power to take action. Now is the time to rise up together for a regenerative, restorative and revolutionary new fashion system. Now is the time for […]

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International Roma Day Glasgow 2022

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Saturday 9 April, 2022, 11.30 p.m. until 5 p.m. Govanhill Park Coplaw Street, Glasgow, Glasgow G42 7DB First physical International Roma Day celebrations since 2019! ASSEMBLE AT GOVANHILL PARK 11AM SPEECHES – 11.30AM PARADE 12PM with a celebratory event to follow the parade in The Point ( 180 Queen’s Drive, Glasgow, G42 8QD). Numbers are […]

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Circus Extreme in Glasgow

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29th July – 14th August 2022 Silverburn Shopping Centre, Green Car Park, G53 6AG Circus Extreme is thrilled to be returning to the UK in 2022 as part of its World Tour. A one-of-a-kind performance, that has been five years in the making and features some of the most talented performers in the world. The […]

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Rochelle Alexandra, Book Chat in support of Ukraine

Sunday, 10 April, 2022 4 p.m. Sikorski Polish Club, 5 Parkgrove Terrace, Glasgow G3 75D Book Chat with #1Bestselling Debut Author Rochelle Alexandra of ‘In Alexa’s Shoes’  Sikorski Club as part of the Ukrainian Aid Raising funds to go towards: Funding will go directly to two organizations in Ukraine: Financing will help in Charków providing […]

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The Outfit, GFT

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8 – 14 April, 2022 Graham Moore, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of The Imitation Game, turns director with this twisty Coen Brothers-style yarn – a gripping tale of deception, double-dealing, murder and some very fine threads. Leonard (Mark Rylance) is a master tailor who left England to run an unassuming little shop in the windy city of […]

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Wings at GFT with introduction – Ukraine Fundraiser

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Wednesday 13 April, 2022 6.30pm Audio Description available Ukraine Fundraiser Screening All box office income for this screening will be donated to ICFR’s (International Collation for Filmmakers at Risk) Solidarity With Ukraine campaign ABOUT THE FILM During the Second World War, Nadezhda flew daring combat missions as a pilot. Now, she struggles to adapt to […]

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Woodlands Community Cafe

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Community Cafe on the Terrace 10 April and Every Sunday Afternoon from 1-4pm Outdoor Events Terrace at 66 Ashley Street, G3 6HW. The cafe is run on a drop-in basis, no need to book. Serving soup and bread, tea, coffee and cakes. All food is vegan and each week there will be gluten free options. […]

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‘TICKETY-BOO!’: An Appreciation of Brian Whittingham

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Tuesday, 19 April, 2022 at 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM Scottish Writers Centre CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3JD Tickets Free – Register for Event A celebration of Brian Whittingham, poet, writer, teacher and the first Tannahill Makar. Five leading west of Scotland poets will read work to, about or by Brian in celebration and fond […]

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Young Walter Scott Prizewinners 2022

the young walter scott prize winners

This year’s prestigious prize for young writers of historical fiction, the Young Walter Scott Prize, has been won by Leo Wilson for his For the Love of the Sun in the 11-15 years category, and by Oliver Dhir, author of A Lost Generation, in the 16-19 years category.  The judging panel this year included new […]

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Addicted the Musical at Websters

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7 – 9 April, 2022 Websters Theatre, 416 Great Western Road, Glasgow G4 9HZ (adjacent to Kelvinbridge Underground) Addicted The Musical tells the story of a brother and sister’s struggle with drug and alcohol addiction. A tragi-comic tale, with songs that reflect the pain and despair, the joy and the sorrow of those caught in […]

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Islets of Silence at Mugdock Theatre

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Sunday, 3 April, 2022 at 2.30 p.m. Mugdock Theatre, Milngavie, Glasgow  G62 8E A thought-provoking yet funny story about the Gourley family and their journey when someone is diagnosed with Pacreatic Cancer. About this event The Gourley family of four enjoy life. Yes, they have their ups and downs, but their closeness is never in […]

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Aye Write 2022: George Monbiot

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Thursday 19 May, 2022 at 6.30 p.m. Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3NY Rengensis: Feeding the World without Devouring the Planet The fearless journalist on how we must transform not only our food system but our entire relationship to the living world.   Farming is the world’s greatest cause of environmental […]

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Wee Write 2022

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Family Day 30 April,2022, 10 a.m. until 4p.m. Tickets for the fabulous Wee Write Family Day are on sale now! Check the programme and book – many events free. At The Mitchell Library, North Street, Glasgow G3 7DN A fun packed day of songs and rhymes, storytelling, creative play and loads more! Celebrate Harry Potter […]

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Night Flea Market – Ukraine Fundraiser

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Friday 22 April, 2022, 6p.m. – 11 pm Sikorski Polish Club, 5 Parkgrove Terrace, Glasgow G3 7SD Night Flea Market and Micro Mart partnering with the Sikorski Polish Club (charity registration number is SCO46143) to raise money for medical supplies for two hospitals in Ukraine. While the market will be held upstairs in the club, you can […]

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Dave Arcari and special guest Duncan McCrone

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Saturday 23 April, 2022 8 p.m. SCOTLAND’S alt.blues troubadour returns – expect an energetic & dynamic show. Guest Duncan McCrone opens the show. All ages. No bar – BYOB Buchanan Memorial Hall,  Creityhall Road, Milton of Buchanan G63 0JE (2.5 miles north of Drymen) Tickets £10 – buy online About this event “Dave plays like […]

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Southside Soul Bowl

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28 May, 2022 from 7 p.m. Titwood Bowling Club, Glencairn Dr, Glasgow G41 4PS Back in the northern soul southside-strutters’ retro-mod manner! Only a fiver! With added DJ bonus @MunkFelonious to drive the lay-deez – and some of the men – plum cray-zay! Keep on keepin’ on in the super-sexy ‘Shields! #NorthernSoulSouthSideSass Event on Facebook

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Making Imagined Objects – The Second Alasdair Gray Conference

making imagined objects

16 – 17 June, 2022 University of Strathclyde Register for Event The University of Strathclyde and the Alasdair Gray Archive, in partnership with the Glasgow School of Art, the University of Western Brittany (HCTI), Aix-Marseille Universite (LERMA), Edge Hill University, the University of Lausanne and the Tannahill Fund for the Furtherance of Scottish Literature, are […]

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Sarah Smith and Louise Welsh at Aye Write 2022

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Saturday, 14 May, 2022, 3 p.m. – 4 p.m. The Mitchell Library, North Street, Glasgow, G3 7DN Two beautifully written thrillers feature at this session. Thrilling and atmospheric, Louise Welsh’s The Second Cut delves into the dark side of twenty-first century Glasgow. Twenty years on from his appearance in The Cutting Room, Rilke is still walking a moral tightrope […]

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Revolution of Our Times at GFT

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Tuesday 5 April, 2022, 7.40 p.m. Revolution of Our Times smashed box office records in Taiwan in the first weeks of its release. Coming  to GFT for this one-off special screening. Over the past 50 years, Hongkongers have fought for freedom and democracy but have yet to succeed. In 2019, the Extradition Bill, which would […]

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Fragments, Fragmentation and Fractures, RGI

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Thursday 7 April, 2022, 5 p.m. Kelly Gallery, 118 Douglas Street, Glasgow G2 4ET Fragments, Fragmentation, & Fractures is an invited group exhibition featuring a range of contemporary painters. Each artist’s distinct style demonstrates the extensive breadth of painting today, spanning from figuration to abstraction through the means of fragments, fragmentation and fractured imagery and […]

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