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..

The Merry Widow – Opera Bohemia

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Sunday 18th August, 2019 7.30pm St John’s-Renfield Church, Glasgow (G12 0NY)   Opera Bohemia, Scotland’s professional touring company celebrates its 10th anniversary with one of the world’s best loved operettas, The Merry Widow by Franz Lehár. Set in the romantic city of Paris, various suitors squabble and fight to win the hand of the recently […]

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Celtic Music Radio House Concert Fundraiser for Tom Fairnie

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Saturday 20 July, 2019 Celtic Music Radio Studio, 54 Admiral St, Kinning Park, Glasgow G41 1HU A wonderful opportunity to hear some of Glasgow’s finest singer/songwriters in the intimate setting of a house concert featuring JIM BYRNE, JIM KING and CHRISTINA SPARKS These brilliant artists are raising funds for Tom Fairnie, a singer/songwriter and long time […]

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Vita and Virginia GFT

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5 – 11 July, 2019 Based on a true story, Vita and Virginia details the passionate relationship between literary trailblazer Virginia Woolf (Elizabeth Debicki), and enigmatic aristocrat Vita Sackville-West (Gemma Arterton). When their paths cross, the magnetic Vita decides the beguiling, stubborn and gifted Virginia will be her next conquest, no matter the cost. The ensuing relationship […]

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Don’t Look Now, GFT

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5 – 7 July, 2019 Roeg’s psychological horror follows John (Donald Sutherland) and his wife Laura (Julie Christie) on a trip to Venice shortly after a traumatizing incident at their home resulting in the death of their young daughter. Adapted from Daphne du Maurier’s occult-themed short story, Roeg’s trademark visual style and innovative editing create an uncanny, doom-laden mood that is equally bewitching and […]

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Blue My Mind GFT

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8 – 11 July, 2019 A mythical portrayal of puberty, Lisa Brühlmann’s Blue My Mind is a powerful coming of age body-horror that shares as much with Catherine Hardwicke’s Thirteen as it does with David Cronenberg. As questionable relationships develop in an already volatile stage in her life, 15-year-old Mia’s body begins to transform in terrifying ways. Disappearing in a haze of alcohol […]

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Never Look Away GFT

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5 – 11 July, 2019 From the Academy-Award winning director of The Lives of Others comes an intergenerational tale of love, sorrow, art and politics. With stunning cinematography and an evocative score, Never Look Away follows 30 years in the life of artist Kurt Barnert: from his upbringing during the Nazi years, to his escape to West Germany. Tom […]

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Preview: Armstrong plus Recorded Q & A

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9 July, 2019 Dramatic, moving and insightful, Armstrong tells the definitive life story of Neil Armstrong. It is the story of a quiet, determined man who became an aviator, astronaut, husband, father and reluctant hero. Made with the full support of his surviving family, it includes previously unseen home-movie footage shot by Armstrong himself. Neil also provides the narrative thread, […]

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Thursday, July 4, 2019 | Filed under: Cinema

The Cure Live at Hydepark – Anniversary 1978 – 2018

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11 July, 2019 8 p.m. The Cure, acknowledged as one of the world’s greatest live bands, take the stage on a perfect July evening in London’s Hyde Park 2018 to deliver a set of songs celebrating four decades of music making. The ensuing film Anniversary 1978-2018, directed by long-time collaborator Tim Pope, captures them in glorious […]

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Lids Open Day, Kelvingrove Bandstand

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Friday, 5th July, 2019 11 a.m. Sunday, 7th July, 2019 12 p.m. Kelvingrove Bandstand, Kelvin Way, Glasgow G12 8NR Come and play ‘ YOGI’ on stage at the bandstand. A rare chance to play on stage at the Kelvingrove Bandstand YOGI ( the piano ) will be there for you to play on Friday July 5th […]

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Anna Magnani: Made in Rome GFT

23 June – 21 July, 2019 Complementing May’s Italian Film Festival, GFT’s present a season of films featuring the Oscar-winning Italian actress Anna Magnani – known as ‘La Lupa’ (‘The She-Wolf’). Born in 1908, she worked with some of the most illustrious names in European cinema – including Roberto Rossellini, Jean Renoir and Vittorio De Sica. These films are incredibly rare to […]

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Nae Pasaran – Clyde Community Hall

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Thursday, 4 July, 2019 Glasgow South Branch of the Scottish Socialist Party are holding the inaugural “Socialist Film Club” event at 6.30pm on Thursday 4th July at the Clyde Community Hall, 41 Whitefield Rd, Cessnock, Glasgow G51 2YB. With unprecedented access and research, NAE PASARAN reveals for the first time the incredible impact made by […]

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Volunteer Action Day, North Kelvin Meadow

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Saturday 6 July, 2019, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. Gardening Activity Day Meet friends and neighbours and join in jobs. Come along and work in the labyrinth, it is in need of some tlc, a bit of weeding and sowing seeds. There are other general gardening tasks you could help with. Volunteers very welcome. Any […]

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Websters Big Summer Event

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Sunday 7th July, 2019 for Websters’ Big Summer Event – free & family friendly! Websters’ North Garden Bar (North Woodside) will have a BBQ hut, facepainting for the kids & live music from Scree 12-3. Then pop upstairs to the newly opened Playhouse to dance the afternoon away with The Tennessee Hotshots from 4pm and […]

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4th of July Maker’s Mark Hoedown at Websters

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FREE Entry – Thursday, July, 2019 4th – 8pm -11pm 🇺🇸 It’s a 4th of July Hoedown!  – The Playhouse🇺🇸 Webster’s ‘country barn’ for a night of drinkin’ & dancin’ with our friends at Maker’s Mark and the good time sounds of The Shiverin’ Sheiks. Live music from the Shiverin Sheiks and cocktails from Makers Mark! Grab some […]

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Record Fair at Nice n Sleazy

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Sunday 7 July, 2019 2 p.m. – 7 p.m. Second-hand & new vinyl, cassettes, CDs and t-shirts for a range of budgets. Join us and dig in. Plus DJs or live performances in the bar – free entry! Nice n Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, G2 3LG Hosted by Roky Records Event on Facebook

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Tuesday, July 2, 2019 | Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers

Chris Forbes, The Stand Glasgow

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7 July, 2019  6 p.m. Chris Forbes, star of BBC hit comedy Scot Squad, returns to tell you the extraordinary tale of how he met a man who claimed to be the son of God. ‘He’s brilliant company – honest, insightful, very funny’ **** Scotsman ‘Definitely not one to miss, seeing Forbes was an absolute treat’ […]

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Pick it Up! – Ska in the 90s Pity Party Film Club

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CCA Friday 12 July, 2019 8pm, £6 + 98p booking fee via EventBrite, Cinema All ages Book Online / 0141 352 4900 Pity Party Film Club presents the first ever UK screening of Pick It Up!, a new documentary about the rise of ska music in the 1990s, often referred to as ska’s third wave, following the two-tone invasion […]

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Monday, July 1, 2019 | Filed under: Cinema

Remembrance Day River Clyde

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Sunday 30 June, 2019 12 – 2 p.m. A tribute to all who have lost their lives to the River Clyde will be held at Glasgow Green in the enclosure to the left of People’s Palace. We hope to make this a very special day for all bereaved families, supporters of the group and the […]

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Have A Go – Calligraphy at The Mitchell Library

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Calligraphy for Beginners 6 July 2019 – 9.30am to 11.30am and 2.30pm to 4.30pm Copperplate Calligraphy 24 August 2019 –  9.30am to 11.30am, 12 noon to 2pm, 2.30pm to 4.30pm Calligraphy is the art of beautiful writing and as part of the Writing: Making Your Mark season Glasgow Scribes are running FREE workshops to let […]

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Her Crooked Heart The Doublet

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Sunday 30 June, 2019 Her Crooked Heart Doors 8pm 18+ Minneapolis-based Her Crooked Heart presents a debut record unique in form, made up of cyclical narratives and intertwining histories, each informing the next. To Love To Leave To Live is a transformative song cycle, led by a charismatic personality, wholly indifferent to expectations of genre and instrumentation. Rachel […]

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Doc’n Roll presents: It Must Schwing! The Blue Note Story

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CCA June, 2019 5:45pm, £8 (£6) + 50p booking fee, Cinema 12+ Book Online / 0141 352 4900 Sunday 30 June 2019 It Must Schwing! The Blue Note Story Dir. Eric Friedler, 2018, Germany/USA, 115 min In 1939, Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff, two young émigrés from Berlin, founded the legendary jazz label Blue Note Records in New […]

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Some Distant Day with Cheeky Besom Productions

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Sunday 30 June 2019 Jim Ferguson and Vincent Hunter’s short film-essay on Scottish culture and history CCA 7pm, Free (unticketed), Clubroom 18+ 0141 352 4900 Cheeky Besom Productions: ‘Artists with Attitude’ are cordially inviting you to an evening of birlin gallus watergaws and hope you’ll join us in causing a stromash. ‘Come and sing a […]

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Scalarama Press/Marketing and Design

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Sunday 30th June, 2019 (2pm-4pm) | Clubroom at CCA Glasgow Scalarama is a DIY celebration of cinema that takes place every September. Inspired by the eclectic programming of the legendary Scala Cinema, groups and individuals with a passion for movies unite to celebrate cinema and encourage watching films together. In 2019, Scalarama Glasgow hosts monthly […]

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Editing Masterclass Andrew Hunt and Colin Goudie, GFT

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3 July, 2019 Glasgow Film Festival Industry Team are pleased to welcome director Andrew Hunt and editor Colin Goudie (Star Wars: Rogue One) to the GFT for a special Editing/Directing Masterclass prior to the screening of their film Funny You Never Knew. Funny You Never Knew is a feature documentary that follows comedians Fred Willard and Kevin Pollak as they re-discover a trio […]

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Some things want to run V/DA | Sonic Séance: The Gathering CCA

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Friday 28 June — Sunday 28 July 2019 Tue-Sat: 11am-6pm // Sun: 12noon-6pm // Preview: Fri 28 June, 7pm-9pm //Free Centre for Contemporary Arts , 350 Sauchiehall Street , Glasgow G2 3JD V/ is a multi-disciplinary collective founded by Mele Broomes in 2011. V/ curates and produces dance, live performance, video work and practical workshops in collaboration with various […]

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Longlist for McIlvanney Prize Scottish Crime Book of the Year 2019

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THE 2019 MCILVANNEY PRIZE LONGLIST IS…   A Breath on Dying Embers, Denzil Meyrick (Polygon) A Treachery of Spies, Manda Scott (Transworld) All That’s Dead, Stuart MacBride (Harper Collins) All the Hidden Truths, Claire Askew (Hodder) Breakers, Doug Johnstone (Orenda) Broken Ground, Val McDermid (Little, Brown) Conviction, Denise Mina (Vintage) Fallen Angel, Chris Brookmyre (Little, […]

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Express Yourself – Poets at Tellit Slant

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Friday 28 June, 2019 starts 7 p.m. Tellit Slant Project Cafe, Renfrew Street, 134 Glasgow G3 6ST Christie Williamson is acting as guest curator. He’s not a natural organiser but seems to know a lot of very good poets. Line up includes: Stewart Alexander Sanderson Catherine Eunson Jim Carruth Dorothy Lawrenson Jelle Cauwenberghs Dave Watson […]

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Wedding Open Nights at Cottiers in July, 2019

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Wedding open nights coming up next month: come along and see our venue set up for a wedding. Cottiers wedding coordinator Erin will be available to chat all things weddings and check dates for you. ‘One of the most charming West End venues, perfect for those once in a lifetime special occasions.’ Wednesday 3rd July, […]

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An Afternoon of Fiction, Poetry and Performance

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Saturday 6 July, 2019. 1 – 5 p.m. An afternoon of fiction, poetry and performance in Finn’s Place. Fun, creating and ‘doing your own thing’ but performance is optional. With Linda Jackson. £15/£10 Finn’s Place, 167 Ledard Rd, Glasgow G42 9QU

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Anderson Gerard Exhibition at Offshore Cafe Glasgow

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Continues until 5 July, 2019 – Monday -Sunday 9 a.m. – 8 p.m. Offshore Café An Irish self-taught artist, born in Dublin, raised in England and currently living in Scotland.  A varied career before I started painting. Strongly influenced by the northern renaissance greats (van Eyck and van der Wyden) in the 15th century as […]

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