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..

Difference by Design Arts and Crafts Fair, Websters

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30 November and 1 December, 2019 Prints, Photography and Paintings will be on sale – art is being donated by local artists including Anderson Gerard Art. Upper Hall (The Playhouse) at Websters, 416 Great Western Rd, Glasgow G4 9HZ. Funds raised will be used for local events for the elderly. Difference By Design was established […]

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Christmas Fayre House for an Art Lover, Glasgow

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Sunday 24th November, 2019 – 11am – 3 pm Annual Christmas Fayre House for an Art Lover, Bellahouston Park, 10 Dumbreck Rd, Glasagow G41 5BW Showcasing a range of local festive items and gift ideas. From foodie treats including homemade fudge, jams and chutneys, to handmade jewellery, a whole array of gifts, cards and even […]

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Winter Wonderland Christmas Street Party Ashton Lane

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1 December, 2019 It’s a wonderful time of the year. Come along and celebrate with the family in Ashton Lane Glasgow G12 8SJ Ashton Lane (in the heart of Glasgow’s West End, just off Byres Road and next to Hillhead Underground)  is being transformed into a magical Winter Wonderland. Santa and his helpers will be […]

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Judy and Punch, GFT

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22 November – 1 December, 2019 Famous puppeteers Judy (Mia Wasikowska) and her husband Punch (Damon Herriman), live in the town of Seaside. A strange place that is located nowhere near any sort of coastline, the town and its inhabitants are in thrall to a frenzy of witch hunts and superstition. But whilst the townspeople […]

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Friday, November 22, 2019 | Filed under: Cinema

The Report plus Short Glasgow Film Theatre

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22 – 28 November, 2019 In the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, CIA agents began using extreme interrogation tactics on potential suspects. Idealistic FBI agent Daniel J Jones (Adam Driver) is tasked with leading an investigation into the CIA’s Detention and Interrogation Program. Jones’ relentless pursuit of the truth leads to explosive findings that uncover […]

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Take 2: Mary Poppins GFT

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Saturday 23 November, 2019 – 11.30 a.m. With her trademark umbrella and a spoonful of sugar Mary Poppins is here to take care of the Banks children in this 1964 musical classic. Grab your chimney sweep and tuppence because it’s going to be supercalifragilisticexpialidocious! Screening as part of BFI Musicals! The Greatest Show on Screen, […]

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Singing Lovebirds, GFT

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26 November, 2019 – 6.30 p.m. Directed by Masahiro Makino, the ‘Busby Berkeley of Japan’, Singing Lovebirds is the most frequently revived pre-war musical in Japan. Daughter of a former rōnin (masterless samurai), Oharu (Haruyo Ichikawa) is in love with Reisaburō Asai (Chiezō Kataoka), another rōnin who lives next door. But she faces steep romantic competition from […]

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Marriage Story GFT

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22 – 28 November, 2019 Noah Baumbach’s latest film, shot on gorgeous 35mm, is an incisive and compassionate look at a marriage breaking up and a family staying together. Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver play an actor and her stage director husband, who find they both want different things out of life and for their […]

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It’s A Wonderful Life Seamore Neighbourhood Cinema Glasgow

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28 November, 2019 The Seamore Neighbourhood Cinema, 304 Maryhill Rd, Glasgow G20 7YE Difference By Design Presents…IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE Get into the festive spirit early by supporting the brand new social enterprise DIFFERENCE BY DESIGN in coming along to see IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE, a tale of the constantly changing fortunes of well meaning […]

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Cooking Pot Biting the Hand that Feeds, CCA

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Sunday 24 November 2019 2pm – 5pm, Free (unticketed), Theatre All ages, 0141 352 4900 ‘Biting the Hand that Feeds is a video installation by artist and filmmaker Zev Robinson. Using footage from his six documentaries on Scottish food and sustainability, this new work uses images, sounds and music to convey the diversity, cycles and […]

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Book Week Scotland 2019: Kerry Hudson

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Kerry Hudson presents “Lowborn: Growing Up, Getting Away and Returning to Britain’s Poorest Towns” Dumbarton Library, Strathleven Pl, Dumbarton G82 1BD Friday 22nd November, 2019 at 7.00pm On Friday evening the fantastic author Kerry Hudson ill be at Dumbarton Library. Kerry is deeply proud of being working class but she doesn’t have any nostalgia for […]

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Spot The Signs Renfrewshire

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29 November, 2019 SPOT THE SIGNS RENFREWSHIRE, Human Trafficking Event. On Friday the 29th November 2019 School Wynd (councilling services auditorium) 6 School Wynd Paisley Registration:9.30am (tea/coffee) Starts 10.00 am Ends 12.30pm Refreshments served Community Groups Art Work Display My Body My Business – play by Tracy Patrick A group of local gossips grow suspicious […]

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The Greatest Hits, Mental Health Fundraiser

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A fantastic night full of music and singing Sunday 8 December, 2019 North Wallneuk Church, Abercorn Street, Paisley PA3 4AB Performances from Rockus Community Choir, ZigZag Community Choir, AChoired Taste and First Chord Ukulele. All funds raised will be donated to Theatre Nemo!– promoting mental health through the arts. Founded in 1998, Theatre Nemo runs […]

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The Big Talk, Men and Mental Health at The Ice Box

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8 December, 2019 – 4 p.m. – 11 p.m. The Ice Box Arts and Music Centre, St Luke’s Business Estate, Gorbals, Glasgow G5 0TS FYI Men in Glasgow and surrounding! “Too many men in Scotland have lost their lives this year alone, and the staff at NHC / The Ice Box, and some friends of […]

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Wednesday, November 20, 2019 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Health and Fitness

Befriending Food Experience Celebrate St Andrew’s Day

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1 December, 2019, 4 p.m. – 10 p.m. St Andrews Cultural Community Event The Befriending Food Experience at Elderpark Centre,  82 Elderpark St, Glasgow G51 3ST The Befriending Food Experience hosts another spectacular event at Elderpark Community Centre to celebrate St.Andrew with all our communities. A mash up of food from around the world buffet. […]

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Tuesday, November 19, 2019 | Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers

Glasgow Hospitals Christmas Concert 2019 Royal Concert Hall

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 Friday 6 December, 2019 7.30 p.m. Opera Bohemia’s Musical Director, Alistair Digges, conducts a fun packed Christmas concert for all the family to enjoy! Guest performers include Sally Magnusson, Jamie MacDougall, Aitkenhead Primary Choir and Glasgow Chamber Orchestra. The evening is packed full of your favourite Christmas songs and carols, with opportunities to sing along […]

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Book launch: The Light Acknowledgers by Gerry Cambridge

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2 December, 2019, 7 p.m. The Old Hairdressers, Renfield Lane, Glasgow G2 5AR Join Gerry Cambridge & guests Cheryl Follon and Gerald Mangan at the launch of Gerry Cambridge’s new book, The Light Acknowledgers & Other Poems, his first for seven years. With an introduction (and no doubt a poem) by poet & animateur Michael Pedersen. […]

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Telling Invents Told Lis Rhodes

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7 December, 2019 LUX Scotland and Good Press Good Press, 32 St Andrews Street, G1 5PD An afternoon of readings and discussion, organised in partnership with Glasgow Women’s Library and introduced by Maria Palacios Cruz (LUX/The Visible Press) the second of our events to launch the publication of Telling Invents Told, the first collection of writings by […]

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Winter Fine Art and Antiques Auction, Great Western Auction

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29 and 30 November, 2019 Day One – Friday 29th November commencing 10.00am Lots 1-499: Asian & Ethnic Art, Silver, Coins, Militaria, Collectables, Sporting Memorabilia, Whisky & Wine, Ceramics, Clocks & Decorative Arts Day Two – Saturday 30th November commencing 10.00am Lots 500-964: Jewellery & Watches, Furniture, Rugs & 20th Century Design, Paintings, Watercolours & Prints Our […]

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Thomas A Clark: Poet Artist Curator at Creative Converstions

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Monday 18 November 2019, 1 – 2 p.m. Free & Open to the Public University Chapel, West Quadrangle, Main Building Gilmorehill Campus, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ www.gla.ac.uk/events/creativeconversations/ Thomas A Clark was born in Greenock, Scotland. His poetry has been consistently attentive to form and to the experience of walking in the landscape, returning […]

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Sunday, November 17, 2019 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events

Charlie Gracie, Donal McLaughlin and Finola Scott CCA

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Scottish Writers’ Centre Red Squirrel Press Tuesday 19 November 2019 7pm, Free (unticketed), Clubroom 18+ 0141 352 4900 Red Squirrel Press joins forces with Diehard Press, to bring Finola Scott, Donal McLaughlin and Charlie Gracie together for an evening of poetry and short fiction. Finola and Charlie launch new poetry publications as Donal reads from established and developing work. Finola Scott’s […]

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Artists Moving Image Festival The Tramway

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16 and 17 November, 2019 ‘Hanging Out’, this year’s artists’ moving image festival, is programmed by artists Emmie McLuskey, Ima-Abasi Okon and Kimberley O’Neill. As part of their ongoing conversation, the programmers have continually returned to what it means to ‘hang outside’ typical moving image conventions and social structures. The work included in the festival […]

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Saturday, November 16, 2019 | Filed under: Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers

The Lying King – Glasgow Christmas 2019

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13 – 15 December, 2019 Family panto with plenty of song, dance & audience participation! Join Princess Nala as she seeks to find her one true love! However, Scarf, the baddie, is going to make sure she’ll never fall in love because his jungle juice changes everybody! All is not lost as Dame Nellie Pants […]

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First a Girl, GFT

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19 – 20 November, 209 Aspiring actors Victor (Sonnie Hale) and Elizabeth (Jessie Matthews) both want a part in a musical show, but the casting people are quick to turn Elizabeth away. Victor, meanwhile, gets offered the role of a man who disguises himself as a woman. However, when he unexpectedly loses his voice, he […]

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Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool GFT

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15 – 17 November, 2019 Miles Davis: horn player, bandleader, innovator. Elegant, intellectual, vain. Callous, conflicted, controversial. Magnificent, mercurial. Genius. The very embodiment of cool. The man with a sound so beautiful it could break your heart. The central theme of Miles Davis’s life was his restless determination to break boundaries and live life on […]

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2040 at GFT

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16 and 17 November, 2019 Concerned about the planet his 4-year-old daughter would inherit, award-winning director Damon Gameau embarked on a global journey to meet innovators and changemakers in the areas of economics, technology, civil society, agriculture, education and sustainability. Drawing on their expertise, he sought to identify the best solutions, available to us now, […]

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Pity Party Film Club I Shot Andy Warhol CCA

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Wed 20 November 2019 8pm, £6 + £1.06 booking fee via Eventbrite, Cinema 18+ Book online / 0141 352 4900 Pity Party Film Club presents a screening of Mary Harron’s 1996 debut, I Shot Andy Warhol. Mary Harron has made movies about power-crazed murderers (American Psycho) and iconic sex symbols (The Notorious Bettie Page), but her first feature […]

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Queer Classics & Matchbox Cineclub City of Lost Souls CCA

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Monday 18 November 2019 7.30pm, Free/£2/£4/£6/£8 via Matchbox Cineclub, Theatre 18+ Book online / 0141 352 4900Rarely screened punk musical about Berlin’s queer cabaret community, with an introduction by local drag performer Pollyanna! Centre for Contemporary Arts 350 Sauchiehall Street Glasgow G2 3JD

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Alan Ereira ALUNA – screening and talk CCA

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Sunday 17 November 2019 7pm, Free but ticketed, Cinema All ages Book online / 0141 352 4900Director/Producer Alan Ereira presents and talks about ALUNA, the follow up to his 1990 film The Heart Of The World. Alan Ereira’s influential film From The Heart Of The World: The Elder Brothers’ Warning, brought global attention to the Kogi people of Colombia, […]

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UK Jewish Film Festival 2019 at GFT Glasgow

The 23rd UK Jewish Film Festival takes place from 6-21 November 2019, bringing the best of contemporary Jewish cinema from around the world to a diverse range of UK audiences. At GFT we have selected three titles from UKJFF’s wide-ranging programme: cinematic stories that provide stimulating, interesting and unique views of Jewish life and culture. […]

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