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..

Isobel Campbell Isobel Campbell with Hannah Fisher & Sorren Maclean and Nina Violet Celtic Connections

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30 January, 2020 The Mackintosh Church, 870 Garscube Road, Glasgow G20 7E Isobel Campbell Following recent guest appearances with The Jesus and Mary Chain, Isobel Campbell’s 2019 signing to fabled indie/roots imprint Cooking Vinyl – nine long years since her last recorded output, partly mired in contractual limbo – heralded the Belle and Sebastian alumna’s […]

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Friday, January 17, 2020 | Filed under: Celtic Connections 2020, Gig Guide plus Club Events

Celtic Connections: SHHE SHHE + GRISLY FAYE Hug and Pint

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Saturday 25 January, 2020 – 7.30 p.m. Buy tickets SHHE is the alter-ego of Scottish-Portuguese artist and producer Su Shaw. Her upcoming self-titled debut album tracks a period of intense personal change. The resulting record is a sparse, haunting and atmospheric journey of introspection and exploration of identity that demonstrates SHHE’s ability to capture movement, […]

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Rachael Dadd, The Glad Cafe Celtic Connections

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29 January, 2020 The Glad Cafe, 1006a Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow G41 2HG Rachael Dadd lives half her time as a traveling musician in Japan, witnessing how other people create things, connecting with other cultures and landscapes; all this is a furnace for Rachael Dadd`s innovative song writing. With a string of releases in the UK, […]

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The Wandering Hearts and Zoe Graham, Celtic Connections

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Wednesday 23 January, 2020 – 7.30 p.m. OranMor Citing such diverse classic and contemporary influences as Fleetwood Mac, First Aid Kit, the Civil Wars, Tom Petty, Simon & Garfunkel and Cara Dillon, London quartet The Wandering Hearts have shot up the Americana rankings on both sides of the Pond, with 2018’s debut album Wild Silence showcasing their sophisticated songcraft, […]

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Mobilising for COP 26 – Climate, Justice, Jobs Glasgow

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1 February, 2020 – 12.30 p.m. till 3,30 p.m. Unison Glasgow,  84 Bell Street, Glasgow G1 1LQ Hosted by Campaign against Climate Change – Glasgow and Campaign against Climate Change Good jobs and a safe planet can go hand in hand. We need investment in jobs which transition to renewable energy, create an effective and coherent publicly owned […]

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Sonnet Youth #31 Old Hairdressers

17 January, 2020 Old Hairdressers, Renfield Ln, Glasgow G2 5AR Sonnet Youth is a spoken word house party. A literary rave. A poetic piss up – bringing together poets, authors, rappers, comedians and musicians for a night of no holds barred performances. Curated and hosted by Kevin P. Gilday – Writer & Spoken Word Artist […]

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Thursday, January 16, 2020 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events

Film: Invading the Skin of the Earth: Soil

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Thursday 23 January, 2020 – 6 p.m. Archival films about crofting and farming in Scotland and discussion about the future of farming and agroecology Andalus, New City Road, Glasgow G4 9PA About this Event An evening using archival films looking back at crofting and farming in Scotland to frame a discussion about the future of […]

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The Lucky Sparrow Games Cafe Open Day

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Lucky Sparrow Games Café, 1091 Pollokshaws Road, G41 3YG Saturday 25 January, 2020 – 1 p.m. – 6 p.m. Come along to the Lucky Sparrow open day for a chance to learn some new games, find out about upcoming events, and get the chance to win a few prizes! The event will run from 1pm […]

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Launch of Glasgow Historical City

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Wednesday, 29 January, 2020, 7.30 p.m. St Louis cafe bar on Dumbarton Road. Free but you will need to book to guarantee a seat. Call 0141 339 1742. Music by Gavin Paterson Readers include Lesley Benzie, Ruby McCann, Stuart Paterson, Dini Power and Danielle Redmond. Host Linda Jackson. St Louis Cafe Bar, 734 Dumbarton Rd, […]

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Wednesday, January 15, 2020 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events

Petticoats and Pinnacles, NLS Kelvinhall

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Wednesday 4 March 2020, 6 – 7 p.m. NLS Kelvinhall, 1445 Argyle St, G3 8AW Paula Williams, Curator of Maps, Mountaineering and Polar collections, will discuss Scottish women mountaineers. In another chance to hear this popular illustrated talk, Curator Paula Williams will explore the National Library of Scotland’s collections to uncover the hidden history of […]

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Tuesday, January 14, 2020 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events

Eight Songs For A Mad King at Cottiers

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Tuesday 25 February, 2020 . 7p.m. – 9 p.m. Pre-Concert Performance: The Worshipful Company of Aviarists Pre-concert performance is FREE ticket-holders only 6pm – 7pm “Enter the compelling world from which Maxwell-Davies drew his remarkable 8 Songs For A Mad King. Founded by King George III in 1817, the Worshipful Company of Aviarists served to source […]

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Dove Tales: Home Front Celtic Connections 2020

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29th January 2020 5.30pm A 50 minute mixed media performance evoking war and the losses of war. Poet/ performer Chrys Salt MBE reads from her collection Home Front/Front Line (Roncadora. 2013) and Mr Kalashnikov Regrets…( Hatterick’s House 2020) which  includes a dialogue in poetry and letters between Chrys and her son, then a paratrooper in […]

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Jolly Beggars Banquet Cheeky Besom Productions

Tuesday 28 January, 2020 Glasgow Literary Lounge at The Calton Bar ‘Jolly Beggars Banquet’ showcases the work of featured singer/songwriter and clarsach player, Pauline Vallance and editor and Burns researcher Kevin Gallagher. Host for the evening is Jim Ferguson. Calton Bar 415 London Road Glasgow G40 1AG Come on down to the Glasgow Literary Lounge @Calton Bar Glasgow. […]

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Switch Off – Centre for Confidence and Wellbeing

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Mon, February 3, 2020 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM GMT Deeprose Lecture Theatre, Govan Mbeki building (Glasgow Caledonian University), Cowcaddens Road, Glasgow G4 0BA This event in Glasgow aims to help you to learn about and discuss one of the most important issues for the health of Scotland’s children. Register for Tickets at EventBrite About this […]

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Night at the Museum, Burns On Water, University of Glasgow

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Friday 24 January, 2020 The Hunterian and The Centre for Robert Burns Studies are delighted to bring you ‘Burns Night at the Museum’, part of Scotland’s Winter Festival programme. In recognition of 2020 being Visit Scotland’s Year of Coasts and Waters, the theme this year is ‘Burns on Water’. Bringing an atmospheric setting of The […]

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Sunday, January 12, 2020 | Filed under: Burns Events, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers

Little Women, GFT

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Until 13 January, 2020 Lady Bird writer/director Greta Gerwig’s take on the beloved story of the March sisters – four young women each determined to live life on her own terms as they come of age in the aftermath of the American Civil War – is both timeless and timely. The star-studded cast includes Saoirse Ronan, […]

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Saturday, January 11, 2020 | Filed under: Cinema

Knives Out GFT

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29 November – 12 January, 2019 Acclaimed writer and director Rian Johnson (Brick, Looper, The Last Jedi) pays tribute to mystery mastermind Agatha Christie in Knives Out, a fun, modern-day murder mystery where everyone is a suspect. When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey (Christopher Plummer) is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive […]

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Calamity Jane Singalong GFT

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12 January, 2020 2 p.m. Starring Doris Day as the titular gun-toting, whip-cracking Wild West whirlwind, Calamity Jane is a classic Golden Age musical. Screening with sing-along subtitles so you can join in with the Oscar-winning musical numbers. Deadwood City, deep in Dakota territory, is largely the abode of men. But Calamity Jane is as hard-riding, boastful […]

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Jojo Rabbit GFT

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2 – 16 January, 2019 This provocative anti-hate satire from writer/director Taika Waititi (Thor Ragnarok, Hunt for the Wilderpeople) was one of the most talked-about films on the autumn festival circuit. In the dying days of the Second World War, a lonely German boy discovers that his mother (Scarlett Johansson) is hiding a young Jewish girl […]

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Seberg GFT

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1 – 17 January, 2020 Inspired by true events, the film tells the story of À bout de souffle (Breathless) star and darling of the French New Wave, Jean Seberg, who in the late 1960s was targeted by the illegal FBI surveillance programme COINTELPRO. Seberg’s political and romantic involvement with civil rights activist Hakim Jamal made her […]

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El Topo GFT

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15 and 16 January, 2020 Jodorowsky himself plays ‘The Mole’: a black-clad, master-gunfighter in this Mexican acid Western. The film opens with El Topo journeying across a desert dreamscape with his young son to duel four sharp-shooting Zen masters, who each bestow a Great Lesson before they die. El Topo’s journey sees him become the […]

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Friday, January 10, 2020 | Filed under: Cinema

Hitler’s Hollywood, GFT

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15 January, 2020 – 5.55 p.m. Rüdiger Suchsland’s film takes a closer look at the thousand feature films made in Germany between 1933 and 1945, examining how stereotypes of the enemy and values of love and hate managed to be planted into the heads of the German people, through the cinema screens. While these German […]

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Uncut Gems GFT

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11 – 16 January, 2020 Howard Ratner (Adam Sandler) is a charismatic New York City jeweller always on the lookout for the next big score. When he makes a series of high-stakes bets that could lead to the windfall of a lifetime, Howard must perform a precarious high-wire act, balancing business, family and encroaching adversaries […]

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Celtic Connections 2020 – Fionnuala Boyle

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Celtic Connections 2020 kicks off on 16th January and runs until 2nd February, 2020, bringing with it some of the best new and established Celtic talent from around the world. Taking place in venues across the city such as Drygate Brewery and Old Fruitmarket, the festival will play host to an eclectic mix of Celtic […]

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Benny Lynch Heritage Trail, Calton Bar

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Tuesday 25 February, 2019 Glasgow Literary Lounge Peter Mortimer is back at the Glasgow Literary Lounge, and he’s taking us on The Benny Lynch Heritage Trail with Christina Milarvie Quarrel. This story is about the extraordinary life of a Scottish icon. Benny Lynch who was the people’s champion. From growing up in the Gorbals to […]

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Scottish Writers’ Centre Periodical Publishing with Gerry Cambridge, Joy Hendry & Henry Bell

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Tuesday 14 January 2020 CCA 7pm – 8.30pm, £5 (£3) on the door / Free for SWC members, Clubroom / All ages 0141 352 4900 Join three Goliaths of Scottish periodical publishing to discuss the work of creating and sustaining a publication and how that interacts with their own writing. Gerry Cambridge is the founder-editor of the internationally regarded […]

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Val McDermid Crime Writer – Creative Conversations

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Free & Open to the Public University Chapel, West Quadrangle, Main Building Gilmorehill Campus, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ Monday 13 January 2020, 1 – 2 p.m. www.gla.ac.uk/events/creativeconversations/ Val McDermid is one of the biggest names in crime writing. Her novels have been translated into 40 languages, sold over 16 million copies worldwide. Val […]

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Americana City Halls, Celtic Connections 2020

Saturday, 18 January, 2020 Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn with Julie Fowlis, Éamon Doorley, Zoë Conway & John Mc Intyre Frequent Celtic Connections visitors who also honeymooned in the Highlands, the made-in-heaven banjo union of Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn surely count now as honorary Scots. Following their self-titled, Grammy-winning 2014 duo debut, 2017’s Echo in the Valley – just them […]

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Breabach @15 Celtic Connections 2020

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17 January, 2020 7.30 p.m. Seamus Egan Project – Royal Concert Hall Breabach’s Celtic Connections debut was their winning performance on 2005’s Danny Kyle Open Stage. Fifteen years on, they’re securely ranked among Scotland’s most skilled and imaginative folk acts, uniting deep roots in Highland and island tradition with the innovative musical ferment of their […]

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Grit Orchestra Opening Concert Celtic Connections 2020

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16 January, 2020 The Declaration Five years on from its landmark debut concert at Celtic Connections, the trailblazing Grit Orchestra, an 80-piece ensemble of folk, jazz and classical musician originally founded to perform and celebrate the late Martyn Bennett’s music, breaks yet more new ground with its first performance of newly-composed works. Supported by the […]

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