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. It’s A Wonderful Life GFT
Friday 13 – Tuesday 24 December, 2019 It’s finally here! It’s A Wonderful Life at GFT has become a Christmas institution, and we can’t wait for it to return to our screens this Friday. Frank Capra’s 1946 classic still has resonance today, earning such a special place in all of our hearts that we’ve even had […]
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Thursday, December 12, 2019 | Filed under: Cinema
The Bolshoi Ballet Encore: The Nutcracker GFT
Sunday 15 December, 2019 A Christmas treat for the whole family, this timeless story is accompanied by Tchaikovsky’s beloved score. On Christmas Eve, Marie is gifted a special Christmas present, a Nutcracker doll, from her mysterious godfather Drosselmeyer. When at midnight, the doll comes to life, Marie is enveloped in a battle between toy soldiers […]
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Her Smell, GFT
13 – 19 December, 2019 Becky Something (Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid’s Tale) is a 1990s rock superstar who once filled arenas with her band Something She. When her excesses derail a national tour, she’s forced to reckon with her past while recapturing the inspiration that led her band to success. Featuring an all-star cast, including Cara […]
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The Kingmaker, GFT
13 – 19 December, 2019 The Kingmaker examines the controversial political career of Imelda Marcos, the former first lady of the Philippines whose behind-the-scenes influence of her husband Ferdinand’s presidency rocketed her to the global political stage. Now pushing to help her son Bongbong win the vice-presidency, Imelda’s comeback story serves as a dark fairy tale […]
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Are We In A Book – book launch The Dram
Sunday 15 December, 2019 – 2 p.m. until 3 p.m. ‘Are We In The Book’ – Stories and Poems for Children Black Agnes Press presents the Glasgow launch of their first anthology for children, with all proceeds going to Barnardo’s Scotland. Come along and hear fabulous writers like Ciara MacLaverty and Finola Scott read from […]
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Christmas Carousel The Platform
19 December, 2019 Christmas Carousal is Platform’s musical celebration of the festive season featuring some of our favourite acts playing on the set of our Christmas show. This year we welcome RM Hubbert, Carla J Easton, Broken Chanter and Aby Vulliamy – who all join us on our set of Mother Goose Fae Easterhoose. RM HUBBERT Glasgow based RM Hubbert […]
Le Mans GFT
27 – 29 December, 2019 Matt Damon and Christian Bale star in the remarkable true story of visionary American car designer Carroll Shelby (Damon) and fearless British driver Ken Miles (Bale). In 1966, the two men built a revolutionary racecar for the Ford Motor Company to challenge the domination of Enzo Ferrari in the 24-hour […]
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Tuesday, December 10, 2019 | Filed under: Cinema
Future Glue Christmas Party
Friday 27 December, 2019 – 7 p.m. – 1.30 p.m. The Poetry Club, 100 Eastvale Place, G3 8QG Mental how there are 1000s of songs about xmas but only one about the boys being back in town. Anyway, FG xmas party on Friday the 27th in the poetry club with: The Primevals The Bucky Rage […]
The Sensational Alex Harvey Experience Christmas & New Year Party
Sunday 29 December, 2019, 7 p.m. – 11 p.m. + Raising Bail The Sensational Alex Harvey Experience is the UK’s no 1 tribute to SAHB. The Band has been touring extensively over the past few years and the band has gone from strength to strength. The Band has played prestigious gigs at the O2 ABC […]
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| Filed under: Christmas in Glasgow, Gig Guide plus Club Events
Project Ability Christmas Show 2019
It’s Project Ability’s 2019 Annual Christmas Show! Exhibition: 23rd November – 21st December, 2019 Preview: Friday 22nd November, 2019 4-6pm Reception: Thursday 5th December, 2019 6-8pm Each year Project Ability puts a call out for submissions from artists worldwide to showcase in their Christmas exhibition. This year the theme is PRINT! The gallery and […]
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Monday, December 9, 2019 | Filed under: Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow, Christmas in Glasgow, Christmas Shopping in Glasgow, Shopping, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Christmas Tech Sale at The Dream Machine
Saturday 21 December, 2019 – 12 noon until 6 p.m. The Dream Machine 257 London Road, G40 1PE Glasgow Tired of buying and getting tacky socks for Christmas? The Dream Machine is putting on a 1 day A/V tech sale with bargain prices selling everything AV you could imagine: DJ equipment Backline PA equipment Projectors […]
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Sunday, December 8, 2019 | Filed under: Christmas in Glasgow, Christmas Shopping in Glasgow, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers
Kirsteen Harvey Live, Cottiers
Sunday 15 December, 2019 – 3 p.m. – 5 p.m. Free event Cottiers Bar, 93/95 Hyndland Street, Glasgow G11 5PU Kirsteen Harvey is an amazing 20 year old singer songwriter from Glasgow. She will be creating a relaxed and chilled live session on a Festive Sunday live in Cottier’s bar from 3p. to 5pm December […]
I Am A Rohinga Creative Conversations
Monday 9 December, 2019 – 5.30 p.m. – 7.30 p.m. Special Event at Creative Conversations Free & Open to the Public University Chapel, West Quadrangle, Main Building Gilmorehill Campus, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ A special event to celebrate I Am A Rohnigya (Arc, 2019) featuring editors James Byrne and Shehzar Doja as well as readings recorded from the Cox’s […]
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| Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
A Lad in Maryhill, Pantomime, Maryhill 2019
“A Lad in Maryhill”, a new community pantomime, comes to Glasgow’s west end in December 2019 with Cameron Fulton is confirmed as Aladdin 5th – 30th December, 2019 Maryhill Community Halls, 292 -316 Maryhill Road Maryhill Glasgow G20 7YE Special Relaxed Performance Thursday 12 December, 2019 A Lad in Maryhill – special, relaxed show, modified for children and adults […]
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Karen Campbell: Novelist at Creative Conversations
(Photograph by Ian Watson – Studio Scotland) Monday 09 December 2019, 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. Free & Open to the Public University Chapel, West Quadrangle, Main Building Gilmorehill Campus, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ Karen Campbell was awarded a Scottish Arts Council New Writers’ bursary in 2002, and graduated from Glasgow University’s Creative […]
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| Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Oscar Marzaroli Exhibition Streetworks
Banner Image: ‘The Castlemilk Lads’ (1963), © Oscar Marzaroli / The Marzaroli Collection First Major Exhibition of Scotland’s Most Notable Documentary Photographer in Over Thirty Years Exhibition runs – 7 December until 15th March, 2020 Saturday, December 7, 2019 at 3 PM – 5 PM Join Streetlevel Photoworks for the public reception of Oscar Marzaroli, […]
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Saturday, December 7, 2019 | Filed under: Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow
Matchbox Cineclub + Backseat Bingo Dial Code: Santa Claus + Secret Santa Party
CCA Fri 20 December 2019 7pm, Free/£2/£4/£6/£8 via Matchbox Cineclub, Theatre / 18+ Book online / 0141 352 4900 Dial Code: Santa Claus (René Manzor, 1989) 1hr 27m + Secret Santa Party in aid of Refuweegee. What if Home Alone but grindhouse? Made in France the year before the Culkin classic, this has been described as “a blend […]
| Filed under: Christmas in Glasgow, Cinema
UKJF Why the Jews? + Starboy CCA
Sunday 15 December 2019 2.30pm, £8 + £1 booking fee, Cinema 15+ Book online / 0141 352 4900 Modesty may be a virtue but the stats don’t lie: 22% of all Nobel prizes have been won by Jews, and don’t get us started on Jewish accomplishments in literature, film and art. This fascinating documentary turns to Jewish luminaries, […]
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Southern Exposure Utu CCA
Thu 12 December 2019 7pm, £5 (£3) + £1 booking fee, Cinema 15+ Book online / 0141 352 4900 It’s the 1870s, and charismatic Māori leader Te Wheke is fed up by brutal land grabs. He takes up arms and leads a bloody rebellion against the colonial NZ Government. In the process he provokes everyone affected by his actions […]
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So Long, My Son GFT
7 – 12 December, 2019 So Long, My Son traces the lives of two families over three decades of social, political and human upheaval in China. Following the loss of a child in a tragic accident, their paths separate. Destinies ebb and flow, and fortunes are transformed under the impact of a country’s changing face. Yet […]
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Honey Boy GFT
7 – 12 December, 2019 From a screenplay by Shia LaBeouf based on his own experiences, award-winning filmmaker Alma Har’el brings to life a young actor’s stormy childhood and early adult years as he struggles to reconcile with his father through cinema and dreams. Fictionalising LaBeouf’s childhood ascent to stardom, and subsequent adult crash-landing into […]
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The Forgotten Screening and Q & A
18th December, 2019, 7 p.m. The Deep End Govanhill Baths Community Trust, 21 Nithsdale Street, Glasgow G41 2PZ ‘Everyone has their own ghost story.’ This short film by University of Glasgow postgraduate student Lindsey Kennedy explores the people and places of Glasgow who refuse to be forgotten. Followed by Q&A. Whether or not you believe […]
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Shona Fidgett Designer Jewellery Glasgow
Studio 15, The Hidden Lane, 1103 Argyle Street, Glasgow, Scotland G3 8ND Telephone: +44 (0)141 248 9050 | email: info@shonajewellery.co.uk shonajewellery.co.uk Browse the selection online Commissions If you would like to speak to Shona about any special Christmas commissions you need to get in touch very soon. Unique Jewellery Wedding and Engagement rings and Bridal […]
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| Filed under: Best In The West, Designer Jewellery Glasgow, Valentines Day Glasgow, Weddings, Weddings Glasgow
Art on the Exchange Glasgow
November and December, 2019 21 – 24 Nov, 28 Nov – 1 Dec, 5 – 8 Dec, 12 – 23 and 26 Dec. Art On the Exchange is Glasgow’s only Art & Design Market run by and for artists. Come along and celebrate Glasgow’s thriving creative community and enjoy a curated selection of goods and […]
Take 2: How the Grinch Stole Christmas, GFT
Saturday 9 December, 2023 – 11.30 a.m. Inside a snowflake exists the magical land of Whoville. In Whoville, live the Whos, an almost mutated sort of Munchkin-like people. All the Whos love Christmas, yet just outside of their beloved Whoville lives the Grinch. The Grinch is a nasty creature that hates Christmas, and plots to […]
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| Filed under: Christmas in Glasgow, Cinema
The Pure Amazing Wiz of Oz Panto at Websters 2019
2019 Christmas Pantomime in the West End of Glasgow 30 November, 2019 – 4 January, 2020 Websters, 415 Great Western Road, Glasgow G4 9Hz The all-singing, all-dancing banterlicious family pantomime with a first-class professional cast. Join Dotty, a PR from the Garage, who dreams of becoming a star. She is blown from Poor Partick to […]
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Wednesday, December 4, 2019 | Filed under: Christmas in Glasgow, Pantos and Christmas Shows in Glasgow, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Have Yourself a Literary Solstice, Poetry is the Way to Peace
Tuesday, December 17, 2019 at 7 PM – 11 PM Glasgow Literary Lounge Cheeky Besom Productions at The Calton Bar ‘It’s the Winter Solstice and in the true spirit of the Speakeasy, Cheeky Besom Productions will be rocking around the tree celebrating Celtic Roots & Poetry Is The Way To Peace in partnership with The […]
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| Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Christmas in Glasgow
Cinderella, Theatre School of Scotland
Saturday, 21 December, 2019 (Matinee: 15.00, Evening Show: 19.30) The Mitchell Theatre, The Mitchell Library 6 Granville Street, G3 7DR Theatre School of Scotland presents: The magical tale of with a Glasgow twist. The star studded cast of Theatre School of Scotland students will takeover the Mitchell Theatre this December. Tickets are available via Glasgow […]
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Sounds in the Suburbs presents Leventime: A Celebration of Jackie Leven
CCA Sat 7 December 2019 7pm, £15 + £1 booking fee, Theatre / 18+ Book online / 0141 352 4900 A very special night of music on Saturday 7 th December celebrating the music of Jackie Leven. Jackie was a Scottish songwriter and folk musician born in 1950 in Fife and sadly died in 2011. Jackie was […]
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Tuesday, December 3, 2019 | Filed under: Gig Guide plus Club Events
Carols in the Garden, Wilton Street, Glasgow West End
Sunday 15 December, 2019 – 6.15 p.m. until 7.15 p.m. Wilton Street Gardens, North Kelvinside, Glasgow G20 6RU Come and join your neighbours and friends for some festive cheer in the Gardens! Mulled Wine, Mince Pies and Much Singing in the Choir (well, motley crew, more like…) Songbooks, drinks and eats supplied – but bring […]
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| Filed under: Christmas in Glasgow, Community event, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers
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