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..

Mòd 2019: Gaelic Conversation Café Public CCA

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Hosted by Gaelic Arts and Mod Ghlaschu 2019 Monday 14 – Friday 19 October, 2019 Conversation Café – for Creatives, Gaels and Learners! All welcome. This event will be delivered in Gaelic and in English. Cuiribh eòlas air a’ Ghàidhlig tro sheachdain a’ Mhòid ann an Glaschu – Cafaidh Còmhraidh. Fàilte air a h-uile duine. […]

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Black History Month Street Level Photography Temporary Hoarding Magazine and Anti-Racist Graphics

43 – 31 October, 2019 , Monday to Thursday: 10:00am – 8:00pm Hillhead Library, Byres Road Free event, no booking required streetlevelphotoworks.org Another chance to see the graphics from Temporary Hoarding magazine and anti-racist posterworks related to Rock Against Racism which were last shown in 2017 to augment the fantastic Syd Shelton ‘Rock Against Racism’ exhibition in association with Autograph. […]

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CINE[STHESIA]: Filmichean Gàidhlig/ Gaelic Films Ghlaschu Mod 2019

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Wednesday, 9 October 2019, 6.00 p.m. – 7.00 p.m. National Library of Scotland at Kelvin Hall To celebrate the return of the Royal National Mòd to Glasgow there will be a specially selected programme of films which highlight the Gaelic content in Moving Image Collections at NLS at Kelvin Hall. An evening of films which celebrate […]

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James McCune Smith Memorial Lecture Black History Month 2019 University of Glasgow

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Black History Month Glasgow 2019 Tuesday 15th October, 2019, 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. This year’s James McCune Smith Memorial Lecture will be delivered by Professor David Blight. David is the Sterling Professor of History, of African American Studies, and of American Studies and Director of the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, […]

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Black Abolitionists in Scotland, Black History Month 2019

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Talk & Film Screening Thursday 10 October 2019 5.30pm, Free/£2/£4/£6 + £1 booking fee, Cinema All ages / F-rated Book online / 0141 3524900 Professor Bernier, from the University of Edinburgh, will discuss the African American “struggle for liberty” in Scotland by tracing the transatlantic tours of Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Josiah Henson, Sarah Parker Remond and […]

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PURGATORY Dante’s Divine Trilogy Part Two by Alasdair Gray

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Purgatory: Decorated and Englished in Prosaic Verse by Alasdair Gray ALASDAIR GRAY & DANTE ALIGHIERI ‘In part two of La Divina Commedia, one of the masterpieces of world literature, Dante and his guide, the poet Virgil, must enter and traverse Purgatory and the seven deadly sins in their quest to reach Heaven. In this sublime […]

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Art For Heart’s Sake, Art Fundraiser at The Store 2019

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Annual Charity Art Exhibition and Sale (ART FOR HEART’S SAKE POSTPONED UNTIL DATE IN SPRING) Due to unforeseen circumstances Art for Heart’s Sake has had to be postponed – it will be back in the Springtime bigger and better than ever. ) This year promises to be the best yet. Showcasing work by Scotland’s Top […]

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Roger Waters Us + Them GFT

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2 – 6 October, 2019 Roger Waters, co-founder, creative force and songwriter behind Pink Floyd, presents his highly anticipated film, Us + Them, featuring state-of-the-art visual production and breath-taking sound in this unmissable cinema event. Filmed in Amsterdam on the European leg of his 2017–2018 Us + Them tour which saw Waters perform to over two […]

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Friday, October 4, 2019 | Filed under: Cinema

Werewolf, GFT

Werewolf, GFT

4 – 10 October, 2019 In the final days of the Second World War, eight children who have escaped from the Gross-Rosen concentration camp find refuge in an abandoned palace. Hanka, also a former inmate, becomes their guardian. After the atrocities of the camp, the children slowly begin to regain what is left of their […]

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Planting Day at North Kelvin Meadow – Come Along and Volunteer

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Saturday 5 October, 2019 from 11 a.m. till 4 p.m. Come and join Christine, and the wider community, this Saturday (5 October, 2019) for a community action day. Help with the planting of bulbs and meadow seeds to increase colour and biodiversity on the land. Bring a neighbour or friend, and a mug for a […]

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Scottish Queer International Film Festival 2019 Announces Full Programme

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Wednesday 2 until Sunday 6 October, 2019 SQIFF celebrates its fifth birthday in style with a big screen showing of Janelle Monae’s Dirty Computer, a toast to Latinx Legends, a SQIFF X Vogue Scotland WERX extravaganza of ballroom culture, a night of queer porn made by and about Deaf and Disabled people and a look […]

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The Goldfinch GFT

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27 September – 10 October, 2019 Theodore Decker was 13-years-old when his mother was tragically killed in a bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.  The tragedy changes the course of his life, sending him on a stirring odyssey of grief and guilt, reinvention, redemption, and love. Through it all, he holds on […]

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The Last Tree, GFT

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27 September – 10 October, 2019 Femi, a British boy of Nigerian heritage moves to inner London to live with his mum, after a happy childhood in rural Lincolnshire. Struggling with the unfamiliar culture and values of his new environment, teenage Femi has to figure out which path to adulthood he wants to take, and […]

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Lemebel SQIFF at GFT

6 October, 2019 Pedro Lemebel’s sharp, poetic texts and provocative performances make him one of South America’s most significant artists. Under Pinochet’s dictatorship in Chile, Lemebel expressed things most wouldn’t dare. For the country’s left-wing opposition, his queerness made him an awkward figure as he exposed their machismo and homophobia. Lemebel embodied an uncomfortable gay […]

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A Dog Barking At The Moon SQIFF GFT

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5 October, 2019 GFT 12 Rose Street, Glasgow G3 6RB Director Zi Xiang’s exceptional feature debut – a Teddy Jury award-winner at the Berlin Film Festival – decades of open secrets and resentment create chaos within a Chinese family. When she brings her white western boyfriend for a visit to China, pregnant Huang Xiaoyu gets […]

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Suzi Q plus Q & A at GFT

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8 October, 2-19 at 8.20 p.m. Trailblazer. Inspirator, Survivor. Suzi Q is the definitive, unexpurgated story of the girl from Detroit City who redefined the role and image of women in rock ‘n’ roll when she broke out around the world in 1973. The trailblazer and inspiration for a generation of female rock musicians who […]

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Thursday, October 3, 2019 | Filed under: Cinema

Nick Harper with Carol Laula and Port Erin CCA

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Friday 11 October, 2019 8pm, £15 + £1 booking fee, Theatre / 14+ accompanied by an adult Book online / 0141 352 4900 Guitar genius Nick Harper, with guests Carol Laula and Port Erin, brings a special one off show, updating and augmenting material from his successful 58 Fordwych Rd tour. It showcases not just the fine tunes […]

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Wednesday, October 2, 2019 | Filed under: Gig Guide plus Club Events

GUGA: Exploring Gaelic Identities The Hunterian

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Hunterian Exhibition Explores Gaelic Identities 11 October 2019 – 2 February 2020 Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow, 82 Hillhead Street, Glasgow G12 8QQ Admission free A new exhibition opening at The Hunterian, University of Glasgow, in October will consider what Gaelic identity means in 21st century Scotland. Scheduled to coincide with the 2019 Royal […]

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Torchlight Parade St Andrew’s Day, WEF

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Saturday – 30 November, 2019 starts 6.30 p.m. Torchlit Walk The torchlit walk will be open and accessible to all who want to take part, on Saturday, 30 November. This year there will be more family orientated activity, including parents and grandparents helping kids to make lanterns to use in the parade (guided), Scottish myths and […]

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West Princes plus King Wine at the Hug and Pint, Glasgow

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Hug and Pint, Glasgow Tuesday, 29 October, 2019 The Hug and Pint presents West Princes + King Wine The Hug and Pint, 171 Great Western Rd, Glasgow G4 9AW Tickets Named after the street they met on while at Art School (coincidently right behind us at The Hug and Pint!) Glasgow indie crew West Princes […]

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Tuesday, October 1, 2019 | Filed under: Gig Guide plus Club Events

Creative Conversations Sara Sheridan

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Monday 7th October, 2019 1 p.m. Free Event University Chapel, West Quadrangle, Main Building Gilmorehill Campus, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ Sara Sheridan has written over 20 books but is best known as the creator of the Mirabelle Bevan mysteries. She also writes adventure novels set in the period 1820-1845. One of these, ‘On Starlit Seas’, based […]

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Professor J. Edward Chamberlin National Poetry Day University of Glasgow

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Come Back To Me My Language: Poetry and the West Indies Wednesday 2 October, 2019 – 6 p.m. Yudowitz Room, Woolfson Medical Building To celebrate National Poetry Day, the University of Glasgow Creative Writing Programme in association with the Scottish Poetry Library are delighted to present this very special event with Professor J. Edward Chamberlin introduced by […]

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Monday, September 30, 2019 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events

Poets Tony Walsh and Stephen James Smith at Cottiers

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Sunday, 27 October, 2019 Poets Tony Walsh & Stephen James Smith visit Glasgow on their autumn UK Tour … Tickets are £13.50, including a £1.50 booking fee which is applicable on all tickets. Please note, the box office voicemails and e-mails are picked up at least once a day Tuesday-Saturday. Box Office 0141 357 5825 […]

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LUX Scotland presents: where did we land Fi Dem 1 and 11

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2 October, 2019 – 3.30 p.m. CCA London-based curator and artist Rabz Lansiquot screens their new moving image essay where did we land, an ongoing experiment interrogating the effect of images of anti-black violence produced and reproduced in film and media, and parts 1 and 2 of artist Zinzi Minott’s Fi Dem Series, a continued […]

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Saturday, September 28, 2019 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Cinema, LGBT Glasgow

The Great Western Festival of Musical Exploration and Discovery

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1 p.m. Saturday 23 1 – 3 a.m. Sunday 24 November, 2019 Presented by 432 50 Bands | 10 Venues | 1 Day Tickets on sale  Songhoy Blues | !!! (Chk Chk Chk) | Free Love Cass McCombs | The Pastels | Warmduscher Tom McGuire & The Brassholes SACRED PAWS | Big Joanie | Los […]

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Take 2: Charming

Saturday 28 September, 2019 – 11.30 a.m. Family Friendly Prince Charming suffers from a curse that makes women fall instantly in love with him. He himself sees it as a blessing, until he ends up engaged to three different princesses and which angers his future kingdom. Now he must complete three dangerous trials to discover […]

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Sorry We Missed You + Q & A Paul Lavery

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28 September, 2019 Three years after I, Daniel Blake (TOAFF16), Ken Loach and his long-term collaborators (screenwriter Paul Laverty and producer Rebecca O’Brien) return with another devastatingly powerful portrait of contemporary Britain. The 2008 financial crash cost Ricky, a father of two, both his work in construction and his mortgage – but a better future may be […]

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Crossing the Line: Under Mud GFT

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29 September, 2019 ‘Under Mud’ refers to the uses of mud in post-soviet spa resorts – sanatoriums – as a material for healing and to promote well-being. For this screening Ukrainian Curator, Alexandra Tryanova and Glasgow based artist, Susannah Stark, have selected work by women filmmakers and artists from Ukraine. Here, mud is a metaphor […]

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Take One Action Film Festival 2019 CCA

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Thursday 19 September — Saturday 28 September 2019 takeoneaction.org.ukTake One Action, Scotland’s global change film festival, returns to Glasgow this September to bring audiences, filmmakers, artists and campaigners together, and premiere the most acclaimed international documentaries focusing on social and environmental justice. With a range of screenings, workshops and events on offer, join us to celebrate the […]

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Bearing Witness: the state of journalism and press freedom across the globe

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15 October, 2019 Sogo Gallery, 82-86 Saltmarket, Glasgow G1 5LY The Exhibition will run until November. Exhibition and Panel Discussion will take place on 15 October, 2019, 6.30 until 9 pm. Journalists and photographers bear witness to the changing world around us and challenge power on our behalf, but across the globe they are threatened […]

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