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. Window Works by Sean Ellcombe RGI Glasgow
Friday 23 October 2020 at 12 RGI Kelly Gallery announces first exhibition since lockdown with Sean Ellcombe Exhibition. Ellcombe is a Glasgow born and based artist. He specialises in a painting practice, and installation developments around the history and physiologies of the painted surface. Ellcombe’s exhibition ‘Window Works’ will open on the 23rd October, 2020. […]
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Wednesday, September 9, 2020 | Filed under: Art & artists Glasgow West End, Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Hip Hop to Opera via Negro Spirituals
Sunday 13th September, 2020 – Online Hosted by Black History, walks, talks films £6 Book Tickets at Eventbrite A fantastic musical journey covering the hidden African history and links between some of the most popular and obscure musical forms. Queen Nzingha Lecture 85 A musical journey covering the hidden history and links between some of […]
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September Programme at G.FT.
Glasgow Film Theatre (GFT) has announced the line-up of films that audiences will be able to enjoy on the big screen throughout September. As one of only a few independent cinemas in Scotland to have re-opened – with enhanced safety measures – following five months of closure due to Covid-19 regulations, GFT offers film lovers […]
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Monday, September 7, 2020 | Filed under: Cinema, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
John Byrne at 80 – Glasgow Print Studio
Glasgow Print Studio First Floor Gallery Exhibition Runs 08 September – 30 October 2020 ALSO SEE: Dear John: Thirty Year Portrait – David Eustace, Photography Exbibition A retrospective exhibition of works in print by the revered Scottish playwright, writer and artist who turned 80 this year. The works have all been produced at Glasgow Print […]
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Fury by David Morley – Carcanet Press Online Book Launch
Online event – Tickets Wednesday, 9 September 2020 from 19:00-20:00 Hosted by Carcanet Press, Yvonne Reddick and David Morley Please join Carcanet Press online to celebrate the launch of David Morley’s new poetry collection, FURY. The collection is a Poetry Book Society Recommendation, and currently shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best Collection. Hosting the reading will be […]
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The History of Scottish Pen – Online
Online event – Free Friday 11 September, 2020, 2 p.m. – 5 p.m. Hosted by Scottish PEN Tickets via Eventbrite A discussion on the upcoming centenary of PEN International and Scotland’s history of promoting literature and defending free expression. ‘With PEN approaching its centenary in 2021 and Scottish PEN (founded 1927) an early part of […]
Scenes for Survival – Danni the Champion NTS
BROADCAST WEDNESDAY 9 SEPTEMBER 2020, 9PM Young Danni isn’t like the other girls in town. She’d rather be watching drag races down at the airport or tearing about behind the wheel of her brother’s car, Lynyrd Skynyrd tunes blasting on the stereo. Bored of her life on the island and stifled by her passive-aggressive parents, […]
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Saturday, September 5, 2020 | Filed under: What's on in Glasgow: Theatre and Comedy, Zoom and online events
Scottish Opera – Pop Up Opera
4 – 28 September, 2020 You may not be able to come back to the theatre yet – so instead, Scottish Opera is coming to you! Pop-up Opera is back on the road with three captivating shows for audiences of all ages. Experience all the drama and wonder of grand opera on a miniature scale, with […]
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Friday, September 4, 2020 | Filed under: Coronavirus, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more, What's on in Glasgow: Theatre and Comedy
The Lady in the Portrait GFT
Cinéfile releases sumptuous epic The Lady in the Portrait 14 – 17 September, 2020 at Glasgow Film Theatre Buy Tickets GFT, 12 Rose Street, Glasgow G3 6RB As cinemas reopen, Cinefile are delighted to announce the release date of Friday 4 September for Charles de Meaux’s The Lady in the Portrait. The epic production with Melvil Popaud and Chinese superstar Fan […]
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Creative Conversations: Jemma Neville
Creative Conversations College of Arts – Zoom Event Monday 28 September 2020, 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. Tickets at Eventbrite Jemma Neville is a writer with a background in human rights law. She is Director of the national development agency for community-led arts, Voluntary Arts Scotland. She was the inaugural Community Fellow at the Institute […]
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Wednesday, September 2, 2020 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Zoom and online events
Digital Doors Open Day Glasgow 2020
Monday, 14 September 2020 from 09:00-23:30 through until 20 September, 2020 Glasgow Doors Open Days Festival Tickets Digital doors are opening across Glasgow… Free Explore the programme In 2020, Glasgow Doors Open Days Festival is going DIGITAL! From Monday 14th – Sunday 20th September, you can expect a diverse programme of webinars, 3D-tours, audio […]
Creative Conversations: Nicholson Baker
Creative Conversations College of Arts – University of Glasgow Thursday 17 September 2020 5 p.m. – 6 p.m. Zoom Event Tickets at Eventbrite Nicholson Baker ‘s novels are A Box of Matches, The Fermata, Room Temperature, The Mezzanine, House of Holes, Vox, The Anthologist and Travelling Sprinkler (both featuring ‘beloved hero and poet Paul Chowder’). His works of nonfiction include U & I , Human Smoke, […]
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Creative Conversations: Andrew O’Hagan
CREATIVE CONVERSATIONS & TIDELINES PRESENT: ANDREW O’HAGAN Thursday 03 September 2020, 7 p.m. – 8 p.m. Zoom Event Register for Tickets ‘Mayflies is one of those novels to press into the hands of friends. Beautifully written – wise, funny, poetic, alert to time, place and the ordinary human… I adored this book.’ Carol Ann Duffy […]
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Tuesday, September 1, 2020 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Coronavirus, Zoom and online events
Kayus Bankole & Kei Miller: Edinburgh Book Festival
Kayus Bankole & Kei Miller: Outriders Africa from East to West Mon 31 Aug, 2020 11:30 – 12:30 The New York Times Main Theatre Online Free, online As part of the Book Festival’s Outriders programme exploring the shifting landscapes of contemporary Africa, hear from award-winning writer Kei Miller, whose barnstorming latest poetry collection, In Nearby Bushes, was tipped […]
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Bloody Scotland 2020 – Online
A note from Festival Director – Bob McDevitt ‘What began with disappointment and seemingly endless challenges has turned into a genuine opportunity to try something a bit different this year. The festival has a truly epic scale from our biggest ever panel featuring no less than 27 authors to a session that will bring five continents online […]
Make Up, Glasgow Film Theatre
31 August – 3 September, 2020 Set during the off season at a holiday park in Cornwall, director Claire Oakley’s debut feature is a claustrophobic coming-of-age tale that plays with our expectations. When 18-year-old Ruth suspects her boyfriend of being unfaithful, her investigations bring her closer to one of the more beguiling park employees, Jade. […]
Woodlands Community Family Cycling Bike Seat and Trailer Taster
Have you always wanted to try out riding your bike with your little one in tow? Would you like the chance to test out a variety of bike seat and trailer options in a safe & supportive environment with Bike for Good’s knowledgeable staff? Here’s your chance! Get Cycling Safely Woodlands Community Climate Action Project […]
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| Filed under: Sport, Walks, Cycling in Glasgow, Woodlands Community
Glasgow Women’s Library Bold Types Writing Competition
Bold Types: Scottish Women’s Creative Writing Competition Be bold and submit your short stories and poems to Glasgow Women’s Library annual writing competition! Following Book Week Scotland theme – FUTURE . So, cast your mind into the future and e-mail your short stories and poems of up to 1000 words (either in a Word Document […]
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A Very Quiet Street – exploring Glasgow’s history with Zoe Strachan and Louise Welsh
A Very Quiet Street? Exploring the hidden histories of West Princes Street and Queens Crescent. About this Event Writers Zoë Strachan and Louise Welsh lead a half-mile walk along West Princes Street & Queen’s Crescent engaging with two hundred years of social and cultural history, including North Atlantic slavery, city planning, art, literature, music, crime, […]
Wednesday, August 26, 2020 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Community event, Free Events, Sport, Walks, Cycling in Glasgow, Woodlands Community
Refuweegee Fundraiser with Sound in the Suburbs
Thursday 27 August, 2020 from 20:00-21:00 Hosted by Alan Hendry Online event Sounds in the Suburbs is hosting it’s 4th Refuweegee virtual fundraising gig this Thursday 27th August at 8pm GMT. LINE UP The all star line up includes music by Kim Edgar, Warren McIntyre, Brooks Williams, Katy Lironi and Douglas McIntyre AKA The Secret […]
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Tuesday, August 25, 2020 | Filed under: Gig Guide plus Club Events, Zoom and online events
Edinburgh Book Festival: Richard Holloway
Richard Holloway: The Human Need for Stories Tuesday 25 August, 2020 16:00 – 17:00 The New York Times Main Theatre Online Free, online As one of the most beloved public thinkers of our times, Richard Holloway has often given voice to the deep feelings and concerns that so many of us struggle to articulate clearly. […]
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Govanhill Baths Archive Showcase
29 August, 2020 at 12:00 – 30 August, 2020 at 17:00 The Deep End, 21 Nithsdale Street, G41 2PZ Hosted by Govanhill International Festival and Carnival Discover the objects, documents, photographs, banners and audio-visual material, which will tel the story of Govanhill Baths from its use as an Edwardian Baths and Wash-House, to the Save […]
Glasgow Film Theatre – Re-opening Programme
Glasgow Film Theatre (GFT) has announced the line-up of films on the big screen when the cinema re-opens on Monday 31 August. Programme and Tickets Films Announced The titles announced for the re-opening programme include Tenet, the long awaited sci-fi action spectacle from director Christopher Nolan (Dunkirk, Interstellar, Inception) with some screenings on 35mm. Alice […]
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Monday, August 24, 2020 | Filed under: Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Celebrating Ten Years of Woodlands Community Garden
19 and 20 September, 2020 Woodlands Community Garden, 91 – 101 West Prince Street, Glasgow G4 9BY Woodlands Community Garden and online celebrating 10 years of the Woodlands Community Garden at Woodlands Workspace. A weekend of walk through, socially distanced activities to celebrate the story of the garden and highlight some of Woodlands Community Development […]
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Hannah Lavery, Govanhill Book Festival
Thursday 27 August, 2020 – 7 p.m. Hannah is an award-winning poet, playwright and performer. Her poetry has been published by Gutter Magazine, The Scotsman Newspaper and others. Her first pamphlet of short fiction, Rocket Girls, was published by Postbox Press (October 2018) and her poetry pamphlet, Finding Seaglass: Poems from The Drift, was recently published by Stewed Rhubarb Press […]
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“Trainspotting The Italian Chapter” madness or success beyond the borders
The fan movie of Trainspotting is real and was born in Italy thanks to The Gladiator Company. A team of guys made a script completely inspired by the Scottish cult movie but hiding details of the original film. “I wanted create something that was a tribute but that people understood even without knowing Boyle’s films.” […]
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Edinburgh Book Festival – Kirstin Innes: Who is Clio Campbell?
Friday 21 August, 2020 16:00 – 17:00 The New York Times Main Theatre Online Free, online Rarely does a novel set the Scottish literary scene abuzz in the way Scabby Queen has, counting amongst its fans figures as wide-ranging as Janice Galloway, Ian Rankin and Nicola Sturgeon. Sexy rock starlet, veteran political activist, symbol of a nation […]
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Edinburgh Book Festival James Tait Black Prizes
THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH EVENT Friday 21 August, 2020 14:30 – 15:30 The New York Times Main Theatre Online Free, online Sponsored by The UK’s longest-running literary prizes are awarded in this special event with broadcaster Sally Magnusson, who hosts a joyous celebration of the year’s best works of fiction and biography. On the 2020 […]
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Stuart Cosgrove, Govanhill Book Festival
Friday 28 August, 2020 at 7 p.m. Online on Facebook Stuart Cosgrove is a well know writer and broadcaster. His “Soul Trilogy” Detroit 67, Memphis 68 and Harlem 69 weave a wonderful story of soul music set against a backdrop of civil rights, the war in Vietnam and disaffected youth. They are particularly relevant today […]
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White Riot, Govanhill International Festival
Friday 21 August, 2020, 7. p.m. – 10 p.m. Screening, Q & A and Afterparty Watch Online Glasgow Film is delighted to be partnering with Glasgow Love Music Hate Racism (LMHR), Smoking Bear and Modern Films on the opening event of the Govanhill International Festival and Carnival 2020. It’s three years since the first Govanhill […]
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