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. Zine Making, Govanhill Book Festival 2020
Community Building and Anti-racism: Zine-making with Glasgow Zine Library Monday 24 August, 2020 6:00pm Register Online Zines are a creative and effective way to express yourself and to share a message. They are used by groups to organise and activate others, and as a platform to create communities in marginalised groups seeking alternative DIY methods […]
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Thursday, August 20, 2020 | Filed under: Community event, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers
Denise Mina, Govanhill Book Festival 2020
Monday 24, August, 2020 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. Denise has published 12 novels and also writes short stories, plays and graphic novels. In 2014 she was inducted into the Crime Writers’ Association Hall of Fame. Denise presents TV and radio programmes as well as regularly appearing in the media, and has made a film about […]
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Govanhill International Festival 2020
21 until 31 August, 2020 Govanhill International Festival – now in its fourth year, is an anti-racist festival. It celebrates the contribution immigrants have made to the diversity, culture, community and the rich history of the area. Elven days of film, music, books, talks, walks, art, kids activities and more! Join in and celebrate the […]
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Banner Promenade, The Deep End
25 Aug, 2020 at 12:00 – 30 Aug, 2020 at 17:00 The Deep End Govanhill Baths 21 Nithsdale Street, Glasgow G41 2PS Hosted by Govanhill International Festival and Carnival Artist Sarah Leal has created a collective banner out of squares received from across the community. Dozens of squares were made by participants from the Arts, […]
Bike Maintenance Class Woodlands Community
Saturday 29 August, 2020 – 10 a.m. – 11.30 a.m. Hosted by Woodlands Community Tickets Woodlands Community’s Climate Action Project is partnering up with Bike for Good to offer a Basic Bike Maintenance Classes on our Outdoor Workspace Terrace. This class will be limited in numbers in accordance with current government regulations for number of households […]
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| Filed under: Classes and Workshops, Sport, Walks, Cycling in Glasgow
Take One Action 2020
Take One Action 2020 announces full programme All films will be available to stream from 16 – 27 September. The UK’s leading global change film festival returns with an online programme of nearly 30 feature length and short documentaries and dramas The 13th annual festival will showcase 6 UK premieres, with 75% of features & […]
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Wednesday, August 19, 2020 | Filed under: Cinema, Coronavirus, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more, Zoom and online events
Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi: Uganda’s First Woman of Fiction
Edinburgh Book Festival Online Wed 19 August, 2020 14:30 – 15:30 The New York Times Main Theatre Online Free, online CAPTIONED EVENT Sponsored by Ugandan short story writer and novelist Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi burst onto the scene when she won The Kwani? Manuscript Project in 2013 with her first novel Kintu. Since then, she’s garnered legions […]
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Tuesday, August 18, 2020 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Edinburgh Book Festival, Zoom and online events
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum Reopens
Kelvingrove reopened 17 August, 2020 Some changes have been made to keep you safe and make your journey enjoyable. Pre-book in advance Pre-booking is essential. Book Tickets You now require a ticket to enter the museum. Tickets are FREE. You need to pre-book online, in advance, for your household for a specific date and time. This will provide […]
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Edinburgh Festivals Past 1954 – 1969
National Library of Scotland Kelvin Hall Until 20 August, 2020 2020 , ’ #, National Library of Scotland . , . , , , , ’ – ’ . # : 1954 1969, ve Choose which decade you want to visit by selecting a film from the list below: () https://movingimage.nls.uk/film/1493 This film covers Edinburgh’s […]
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Compass Gallery Glasgow – Anna Molin Exhibition
Anna Molin – Costume and Illustration Drawings from the 1970s Original artworks created by Anna Molin in the 1960s and 1970s embody Compass Gallery’s established position as a pioneer of contemporary art, introducing previously unseen work to Scottish audiences and tirelessly supporting the careers of working artists in the early and mid phases of their […]
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Monday, August 17, 2020 | Filed under: Art & artists Glasgow West End, Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow, Pat's Home Page Blog, Zoom and online events
Glasgow Short Film Festival Online
17 August, 2020 at 19:00 – 23 August, 2020 at 22:00 Hosted by Glasgow Short Film Festival Online event Get Tickets #GSFF20online is a special online-only event. See the full programme The 12th GSFF should have taken place back in March – you can now catch a modified version online. Passes are on sale now […]
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Marian Keyes – Edinburgh Book Festival Online
Marian Keyes: Family Matters Wed 19 August, 2020 19:00 – 20:00 The New York Times Main Theatre Online Free, online Captioned event. Marian Keyes didn’t start writing until her twenties, she felt that she was ‘all washed up at 30.’ But readers have had a love affair with Keyes that has lasted over two decades […]
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Philippe Sands with Ian Rankin: On the Trail of a Nazi Fugitive
Edinburgh Book Festival Online 2020 Tuesday 18 August, 2020 19:00 – 20:00 The New York Times Main Theatre Online Free, online Philippe Sands’s much celebrated memoir East West Street, which won the 2016 Baillie Gifford Prize, expertly interwove the personal story of his ancestors in the Ukrainian city of Lviv with a professional interest in the establishment […]
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Edinburgh Book Festival Online: THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE EVENT
Mon 17 August, 2020 14:30 – 15:30 Michele Hutchison & Marieke Lucas Rijneveld: Reap What You Sow The New York Times Main Theatre Online Free, online Sponsored by ‘Great art doesn’t just reinforce or reassure: the authors we love challenge us; they illuminate new perspectives, make us question our certainties. They discomfort us.’ From its […]
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Looking After Mental Wellbeing
Saturday 22 August, 2020 – online at 2 p.m. Woodlands Community Garden For Parents and Carers Woodlands Community and Take Time 4 U Online with Facebook Live Are you a parent or carer and feeling anxious as Coronavirus restrictions begin to ease? Are you struggling with the stress and uncertainty of the situation? This online workshop will […]
Glasgow Film Theatre Re-opening
Glasgow Film Theatre will re-open on 31 August, 2020 GFT will open on 31 August with best plan in place to ensure opening safely, and with great new films in our cinema. Things will be different with safe operating measures in line with guidance provided by the UK Cinema Association but the magic of watching […]
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Get Adventurous with Lily Dyu & Helen Skelton
Edinburgh Book Festival Tuesday 18 August, 2020 16:00 – 17:00 Baillie Gifford Children’s Theatre Online Free, online Sponsored by AGE 8+ Would you like to race across mountains, fly into space or journey to Antarctica? Well, why don’t you? In this live event you’ll be inspired to get active and get adventurous after hearing the […]
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Val McDermid – Portrait of a Criminal
Edinburgh Book Festival Online Sat 15 Aug, 2020 17:30 – 18:30 The New York Times Main Theatre Online Free, online Captioned and BSL interpreter viewing options. Use the toggle on the videoplayer page to choose which version to watch. BSLEvent With Val McDermid’s iconic detective soon set to hit our screens, it couldn’t be a […]
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Stuart Cosgrove ‘The Soul of Muhammad Ali’
Edinburgh Book Festival Monday 17 August, 2020 11:30 – 12:30 The New York Times Main Theatre Online Free, online Following on from his acclaimed Soul Trilogy about the American soul music scene in the 1960s, much-loved Scottish broadcaster and writer Stuart Cosgrove returns to the American post-war era with his highly topical new book. In Cassius […]
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Edinburgh Book Festival The New York Times Book Review Live
THE NEW YORK TIMES SERIES Sunday 16 August, 2020 17:30 – 18:30 The New York Times Main Theatre Online Free, online Sponsored by ‘There is an intimacy to reading: it’s just us and the author; our subjective response and their generous, imaginative understanding of a world that we share but may struggle to articulate. Yet […]
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Edinburgh Book Festival Books for Sale
Bookshop is Now Online The Edinburgh International Book Festival Bookshop is now open for business! The Bookshop offers titles from every author in the 2020 programme and showcases a range of books from Scottish publishers. You can search by genre and title and also browse by events in the programme, making it easy to find the […]
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Edinburgh Book Festival Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler and Nick Sharratt
Sat 15 Aug, 2020 10:00 – 10:50 Gruffalos, Conjurors and Teeny Weeny Genies with Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler and Nick Sharratt Baillie Gifford Children’s Theatre Online Free, online In the first of two bumper Book Festival shows from the award-winning author of The Gruffalo, Julia Donaldson treats you to some lively storytelling from her magical book, The Teeny Weeny […]
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James Robertson – Live Author Event
Wednesday 19 August, 2020 at 6 p.m. Online James Robertson with talk about writing historical fiction, taking in the ways that the past lives on in the present, finding connections across different historical eras, and writing about history in the making while living through its events. James Robertson is one of Scotland’s foremost writers, and […]
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Thursday, August 13, 2020 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Coronavirus, Zoom and online events
Creative Writing with Marjorie Lofti Gill
Tuesday 18 August, 2020- 6.30-8pm Online Creative Writing Free online session 10 places available Registration and Information This August with Open Book for a shared reading and creative writing workshop led by poet Marjorie Lotfi Gill. Together you will read and discuss passages of fiction and poetry thematically linked to Helen Mirra’s exhibition Acts for […]
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Celebrating Diversity Festival
17 August, 2020 at 18:00 – 23 August, 2020 at 18:00 Hosted by Sheba Arts A week of celebration showcasing original work including: poetry, animation, digital theatre, discussion, visual arts and online crafts for children. Enjoy the festival from your own home. Further information at Sheba Arts at Facebook. including participants including: Parham Ghalamdar (Iranian-born […]
Online launch of new CPO themed short film ‘Something To Lose’
27 August, 2020 at 1 p.m. By Street Cones Free – Register About this Event Hosted by Tom Jackson (Head of Community Justice Glasgow). The film will be shown and then special guests introduced. Please submit your questions live via vimeo, youtube, facebook. Please also share the event using #somethingtolose (so we can give you […]
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Wednesday, August 12, 2020 | Filed under: Cinema, Coronavirus, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more, Zoom and online events
Scottish Writers Showcase 3 – Creative Conversations
13 August, 2020, 5.30 p.m. Writing the Ground Beneath Our Feet: Gavin Francis, Mandy Haggith , Kathleen Jamie and Sue Reid Sexton chaired by Elizabeth Reeder Free Event – Register Online About this Event The third in a three event celebration of the best in new Scottish writing, co-organised by Publishing Scotland and University of […]
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Tuesday, August 11, 2020 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Zoom and online events
Sammy’s Lockdown #5
Sunday, 9 August 2020 from 8 p.m. – 10.30 p.m. Hosted by Sammy’s at The Glad and The Glad Cafe Online event At The Glad Cafe’s YouTube channel again bringing you a breathtaking lineup including many of Sammy’s regulars as well as some special turns from Joan Shelley and Nathan Salsburg, Modern Studies, Duglas T Stewart, Jo […]
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Sunday, August 9, 2020 | Filed under: Gig Guide plus Club Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more, Zoom and online events
Aly Bain and Phil Cunningham at Cottiers
Rescheduled for 2021: ORIGINAL TICKETS (26 May, 2020) VALID. Aly Bain & Phil Cunningham return to the stunning surroundings of Cottiers in Glasgow. What more can you say about these two stellar musicians, now embarking on their 34th year of working together Aly Bain and Phil Cunningham have established themselves as the epitome of […]
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Lockdown Video – Mic Clark
Glasgow Lockdown Video – original music Acoustic Butterfly street art Rebel Bear Scotland end Racism ‘It’s been a bizarre and thought provoking time for everyone during lockdown. As a musician all live work dried up overnight. I found myself trying to keep my mind occupied and at the start of lockdown I fixed up an […]
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