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. Preview: For Sama GFT plus Q & A
4 September, 2019 at 6.10 p.m. For Sama is an intimate, urgent documentary about the female experience of war. A love letter from a young mother to her daughter, the film tells the story of Waad al-Kateab’s life through five years of the uprising in Aleppo, Syria as she falls in love, gets married and gives […]
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Wednesday, August 14, 2019 | Filed under: Cinema
Canada Now, GFT
Canada Now 2019 is a touring showcase of New Canadian Cinema in the UK & Ireland, featuring a bold and diverse selection of the finest fiction and documentary features coming out of the Great White North. Featuring four titles through August at GFT, this year’s festival showcases more than ever the sheer depth and range […]
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Wilkie’s World, Websters Theatre
12 – 14 September, 2019 “Wilkie’s World” is a comedy play which follows the life of a young disabled man with Cerebral Palsy in his efforts to break into the comedy circuit. It’s hard enough making it in the world of stand up comedy, but it’s even worse when you can’t actually stand up! A […]
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| Filed under: What's on in Glasgow: Theatre and Comedy
Take One Action, GFT
September, 2019 The UK’s leading global change film festival returns for its 12th edition, with a diverse line-up celebrating our common humanity and our power – individual and collective – to bring about a kinder, fairer, more sustainable world. This year’s programme is brimming with stories of solidarity, perseverance and defiance. Take a seat. Take […]
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Extinction Rebellion Climate Carnival Renfrewshire
Saturday, 24 August, 2019 – 1-3 p.m. Free, family friendly event with live music, games and information on the Climate Emergency. Renfrewshire Council has declared a Climate Emergency. Join Extinction Rebellion to celebrate the Council’s commitment to ACT NOW. Free event. Everyone welcome. Barshaw Park, Paisley. Event on Facebook
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Book Launch: A City of Segregation CCA
19 August, 2019 – 6.30p.m. – 8 p.m. From LA to Glasgow A book launch for City of Segregation Los Angeles may seem a long way from Glasgow, but with a century of vibrant civil rights struggle against exclusionary housing policies and recent attempts to displace communities for boutique hotels and lofts, its current patterns […]
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Yellow Road – Folk on the Fringe
Saturday 7 September, 2019 On the Fringe, 126 Kilmarnock Road, G41 3NN Monthly Folk On The Fringe! Super excited to bring you another lineup of amazing Folk and Singer/Songwriter performers! This is always a superb night with lots of good vibes. Loving the support that everyone gives and stoked to be able to continue running […]
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| Filed under: Gig Guide plus Club Events
Bowled Over, Partickhill Bowling and Community Club
Starting Thursday, 22 August, 2019 6pm Partickhill Bowling and Community Club are delighted to announce that they have received £2,000 from Postcode Community Trust – a grant-giving charity funded entirely by players of People’s Postcode Lottery! The funding has been used to establish ‘Bowled Over’, an inter-generational bowling project for 18-25 year olds and over […]
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Tuesday, August 13, 2019 | Filed under: Community event, Kids and young people, Pat's Home Page Blog, Sport, Walks, Cycling in Glasgow
Danger Poets, Waterstones Byres Road
29 August, 2019 7.30 p.m. Waterstone’s 351-355 ByresRoad, Glasgow, G12 8AU Jenny Lindsay + Magi Gibson + Ali Whitelock – that’s an explosive mix of poetry/spoken word! Three of the most dynamic and challenging voices in Scottish poetry. Books will be on sale. Free. Refreshments.
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Monday, August 12, 2019 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Multlingual Song at MILK Cafe Glasgow
Friday,16 August, 2019 7 – 9 p.m. An evening of singing and song sharing. There will be singing in various languages including Spanish, French, Swedish and Macedonian. Come and join in and maybe share some songs in your own language. Everyone welcome, and no pressure to join in, just a safe space to share songs […]
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Barras Fest Glasgow 2019
20 September, 2019 and 21 September, 2019 Barrowland Ballroom, 244 Gallowgate, Cowcaddens, Glasgow, G4 0TT 23 Productions & Soundsense Events Presents.. … BarrasFest. A new two day indoor music festival in The Greatest Venue for Live Music in the World; the iconic Barrowland Ballroom in Glasgow’s East End Quarter. Featuring live music from some of Scotland’s […]
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Sunday, August 11, 2019 | Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Gig Guide plus Club Events
Smalltown – Pantheon at Websters
8 – 12 October, 2019 Pantheon are back at Webster’s Theatre Glasgow with the Scottish Comedy SMALLTOWN by Johnny McKnight, Douglas Maxwell and DC Jackson. Smalltown is a dark, dynamic and delightfully outrageous wee Scottish comedy telling the story of what happens when contaminated water (‘Rabbie Juice’) causes extraordinary events to happen to ordinary people, […]
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Twilight in the Crypt Glasgow Cathedral Festival
26 September, 2019 9.30 p.m. Glasgow Cathedral, Castle Street, Glasgow G4 0QZ At our first-ever GCF late, we descend to the vaulted crypt for a collaboration with Glasgow Experimental Music Series, presenting world premieres by Edwin Hillier and Hunter Coblentz, two young composers at the forefront of the UK’s new music scene. Lattice (Hunter Coblentz) […]
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Glasgow School of Art Graduate Degree Show 2019
24 – 29 August, 2019 Admission free. Graduate Degree Show is the annual exhibition of specialist postgraduate level work by graduating students in Architecture, Design, Innovation, Fine Art and Simulation/Visualisation. Locations: Tontine Building, Merchant City, School of Fine Art Renfrew Street Campus, Garnethill Bourdon Building, Mackintosh School of Architecture Reid Building, School of Design McLellan […]
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Saturday, August 10, 2019 | Filed under: Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers
Farmer Michael and Kathleen at Cottiers
“We’ll Never Get On The Tele Tour” Sunday 06 October 2019 – 8:30 pm – 10:30 pm Cottiers Viral comedy sensations Farmer Michael And Kathleen arrive at Cottiers with their own unique take on music, satire, madness and carefully crafted chaos like only they can master! They have gained cult statue due to their hilarious Everton videos […]
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Friday, August 9, 2019 | Filed under: What's on in Glasgow: Theatre and Comedy
Glasgow R&B Society: Rab Noakes & Fraser Speirs Cottiers
September 6 2019 @ 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm |£10 Buy tickets online! After the successful relaunch in May, the Glasgow R&B Society are back with their second night featuring Scottish Blues roots legends Rab Noakes & Fraser Speirs who have created a special setlist just for the Society featuring classic Rhythm & Blues tracks from through the […]
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Five Seasons: The Gardens of Piet Oudolf at GFT
9 – 11 August, 2019 Journey through the seasons in stunning gardens around the world with this immersive documentary, exploring the fascinating work of revolutionary landscape designer Piet Oudolf. Filmmaker Thomas Piper takes us inside the creative process, from Oudolf’s abstract sketches, to his theories on beauty, to the ecological implications of his ideas. Intimate […]
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Africa in Motion Film Club: Kuxa Kanema CCA
Monday 12 August 2019 7pm – 8:45pm, Free (unticketed), Cinema Screening and Discussion 12+ Book tickets / 0141 352 4900 Kuxa Kanema: The Birth of Cinema (2003) is a documentary by Margarida Cardoso, which explores the power of moving image in 1970s Socialist movements in Mozambique. The screening will be followed by an informal discussion, with additional […]
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No Serco Evictions Fundraiser at McChuills
Wednesday 21 August, 2019 . 6.30 p.m. – 11.59 p.m. Fundraising gig for the Glasgow No Evictions campaign. Quality Hip Hop, spoken word, and more to be confirmed! Spread the word, invite your friends! McChuills, 40 High Street, Glasgow G1 1NL Confirmed acts so far: Tickle Johnny Cypher Becca Starr Δεύτερη Φύση // Defteri Fysi […]
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| Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Gig Guide plus Club Events
The Scottish Fiddle Orchestra – Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
7th SEPTEMBER 2019 7.30 p.m. Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3NY Scotland’s “National” Fiddle Orchestra promises an unforgettable night of Scottish music and entertainment which will delight Scottish music enthusiasts and visitors to Scotland alike! The Scottish Fiddle Orchestra’s annual concert at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall is a memorable evening […]
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JJ Gilmour and Adriana Spina at CCA
Saturday 17 August, 2019 at CCA, Glasgow Show features the wonderful J J Gilmour formerly of Glasgow band the Silencers, with support from the fabulous Adriana Spina. This will be a great night of music and as anyone who has seen JJ Gilmour before will know you will also be regaled with fabulous human stories […]
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Women With Fierce Words CCA
Scottish Writers’ Centre Women with Fierce Words: Fringe Off The Fringe Tuesday 13 August 2019 7pm, Free (unticketed), Clubroom 18+ Women with Fierce Words is an inclusive collective of established women writers, speaking their truth, their way. They write about what affects them and their world. Their work is often thought provoking, sometimes controversial, but […]
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Books at the Botanics
Friday 9 – Monday 12 August, 2019 Come along to Glasgow Botanic Gardens and enjoy a browse at the Book Fair. Soooo the weather isn’t looking too great but don’t forget it’s indoors, accessible for wheelchairs and buggies and they love to see a dog. Open 10 am till so 5 pm Glasgow Botanic Gardens, […]
Apocalypse Now: Final Cut plus recorded Q and A GFT
13 August, 2019 6.45 p.m. Forty years after its original release, audiences will get the chance to experience Apocalypse Now: Final Cut, a never-before-seen and newly restored cut of Coppola’s spectacular cinematic masterpiece in a way which the director believes “looks better than it has ever looked and sounds better than it has ever sounded”. In Joseph Conrad’s […]
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Thursday, August 8, 2019 | Filed under: Cinema
Adoption GFT
11 August, 2019 7.50 p.m. Celebrated as the first Berlinale Golden Bear awarded to a female director, Márta Mészáros’ Adoption is a powerful meditation on agency and womanhood in a world that waits to give permission. Kata, a 43-year-old factory worker, longs to have a child of her own, despite the negative reaction of her married lover. […]
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Edge of the Knife GFT
Monday 12 August, 2019 6.10 p.m. A significant landmark in the short history of Canadian Indigenous film, First Nations filmmakers Gwaai Edenshaw and Helen Haig-Brown’s film is set during the 19th century and performed entirely in the endangered Haida language. Inspired by the Gaagiixiid/Gaagiid wildman of Haida mythology, Edge of the Knife follows nobleman Adiits’ii as he […]
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Trees v Capitalism by Maggie Kelly at Woodland Community Workspace
Art Exhibition, Woodlands Workspace, 66 Ashley Street, G3 6HW Saturday 10th, 2019 11am – 6pm Exhibition 11am – 1pm Exhibition Opening with tea, coffee & vegan treats 2 -3pm Artist Talk Sunday 11th, 2019 11am – 6pm Exhibition 2 -3pm Artist Talk Maggie Kelly is an artist and activist who uses images, words and objects to explore […]
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| Filed under: Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow, Woodlands Community
Launch Govanhill Book Festival 2019
Friday 9 August, 2019 6 p.m. – 7 p.m. In association with Go South: Southside Book Festival The Rum Shack, 657 Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow G41 2AB Two new exciting book festivals with a difference come together to celebrate their launch and their events in the Govanhill International Festival. Free. 6.00pm: Welcome to Govanhill Book Festival […]
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Wednesday, August 7, 2019 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers
Languages Short Courses Open Evening, University of Glasgow
4 September, 2019 – 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. University of Glasgow, St Andrews Building, 11 Eldon Street, G3 6NH Would you like to speak another language but not sure if you can? Or perhaps, you want to sign up for a language course but not sure which is the right level? Come along to […]
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Leto GFT
16 – 22 August, 2019 Rock’n’roll has always been an act of rebellion but never more so than in the Russia of the 1980s. Kirill Serebennikov’s vivid, playful evocation of the period revolves around the musical rivalry between Leningrad rocker Mike (Roma Zver) and newcomer Viktor (Teo Yoo), who clash over politics, influences and the love of Mike’s wife […]
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Tuesday, August 6, 2019 | Filed under: Cinema
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