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..

Sofia, GFT

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29 October, 2019, 6 p.m. Whilst at a family lunch, Sofia’s waters break. In denial about her pregnancy, her cousin takes her to hospital where she gives birth. Sofia is an unmarried teenager, and it is illegal in Morocco for her to be a single mum, so she must name the man responsible and marry […]

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Wednesday, October 23, 2019 | Filed under: Cinema

Paisley Halloween Festival 2019

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Friday 25th (4 p.m.) and Saturday 26 October, 2019 (2 p.m.) Paisley Town Centre Roll up, roll up as one of the UK’s most celebrated Halloween Festivals returns to Paisley for a weekend of ghoulishly good family fun on Friday 25 and Saturday 26 October 2019 🎃🧙‍♀️👻 This year’s festival will be the biggest and […]

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Birds of Chicago The Doublet Glasgow

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Thursday 28 October, 2019 Sounds in the Suburbs presents Birds of Chicago at The Doublet Bar. Doors @ 8 p.m. Tickets Tickets: £12 Alan (07955354459 or soundsinthesuburbs@hotmail.co.uk) Ticket Scotland (0141 204 5151) Event on Facebook

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Tuesday, October 22, 2019 | Filed under: Gig Guide plus Club Events

Let’s Go Green Family Day Kelvin Hall

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Saturday 9 November, 2019 12 p.m. – 4 p.m. Kelvin Hall will celebrate its third birthday at their annual Family Day. Free Drop In – No ticket required. This year’s theme is ‘Go Green’ based around their Gold Award for the Green Tourism Business Scheme. Working with Ricefield Arts once again – with a whole […]

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Mary Miller, Author, on Jane Haining – a life of love and courage

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24 November, 2019 3 p.m. – 5 p.m. Jane Haining – a life of love and courage Titwood Bowling Club, 77 Glencairn Drive, Pollokshields, Glasgow G41 4PS Local author Mary Miller will talk about Jane Haining, subject of her recent book, who lived in Pollokshields. Jane worshipped at Queens Park Govanhill Church of Scotland, and […]

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Halloween at The Children’s Wood and Meadow 2019

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Saturday 26 October, 2019 5pm-8pm. Fun filled day at The Children’s Wood / North Kelvin Meadow, Kelbourne/Sanda/Clouston Street, G20 8QW Home Baking Donations Calling all home bakers. The Children’s Wood needs your home made halloween cakes and treats. Their halloween event is a free event, however it costs £100’s of pounds to put on. To […]

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Moogety Halloween 2019

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Saturday 26 October, 2019 – 12.20 p.m. – 3.30 p.m. Moogety Hallowe’en at Elderpark Community Centre /Moogety Garden, Food, fun, fire storytelling and Dr Frankenstein… Free Family Event Moogety Garden, Elderpark, 82 Elderpark St, Govan, G51 3SS

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Sunday, October 20, 2019 | Filed under: Hallowe'en in Glasgow

Scottish Writers’ Centre From bytes to bestseller with Jonathan Whitelaw

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Tuesday 22 October 2019 CCA 7pm, £5 (£3) on the door, Free to SWC members, Clubroom 18+ 0141 352 4900 Jonathan Whitelaw’s first novel – Morbid Relations – was released in paperback in 2015. But six months before that he took the plunge and self-published it as an e-book on Amazon, and hasn’t looked back since. He’ll […]

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Saturday, October 19, 2019 | Filed under: Gig Guide plus Club Events

Guttersnipe at the Old Hairdressers

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10 November, 2019, 6 p.m. – 10.30 p.m. A giant line up of fantastic weird mess! Guttersnipe, Mark Morgan / Gaute Granli / Pete Um / Tarantula Starting early so folk can get the last train hime… door 6pm, first band 6.30pm. Guttersnipe: Heroic in their absurdity and loud to boot! This psychedelic duo from […]

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A Gift to Glasgow from New York, The Hunterian

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A Gift to Glasgow from New York: The Phillip A. Bruno Collection 18 October 2019 – 12 January 2020 Hunterian Art Gallery Admission free A new exhibition at The Hunterian, University of Glasgow, celebrates the gift of over 70 works from the collection of distinguished gallery director and art collector Phillip A. Bruno. A Gift […]

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An Evening with Mary Irvine – ‘My Greek Love Affair’

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Living, working and writing about The Land of the Hellenes Wednesday, 23rd October, 2019 –  7 p.m.  Helensburgh Library, 59 W King St, Helensburgh G84 8EB    Free entry/refreshments

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The King, GFT

18 October – 24 October,  2019 Hal, wayward prince and heir to the English throne, is crowned King Henry V after his tyrannical father dies. Now the young king must navigate palace politics, the war his father left behind, and the emotional strings of his past life. Director David Michôd (Animal Kingdom) and his co-writer […]

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Thursday, October 17, 2019 | Filed under: Cinema

SQIFF 2019 Black History Month: Calalai: In Betweenness + shorts

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Tuesday 22 October 2019 5.30pm, Free but ticketed, Theatre 15+ / F-rated Book online / 0141 352 4900 Calalai: In Betweenness by filmmaker Kiki Febriyanti depicts women in South Sulawesi Bugis culture, which for centuries has accepted gender diversity as implicit, believing humans consist of 5 genders, one of them being calalai. The film takes a closer look […]

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Chinese Visual Festival CCA

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Saturday 19 October — Sunday 20 October 2019 chinesevisualfestival.org Now in its ninth year of screening the best in Chinese-language cinema in the UK, Chinese Visual Festival is bringing three of its most popular films to Glasgow. From Mainland China and Hong Kong, these films are a mix of fiction and documentary, covering themes ranging from gender identity […]

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Mòd 2019 National Theatre of Scotland – Rocket Post screening + family drama workshop

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Friday 18 October 2019 CCA 10am, Free but ticketed, Cinema All ages Book online / 0141 352 4900 July, 1934. The Western Isles. A small crowd stand on a beach and watch in amazement. Eccentric German scientist Gerhard Zucker tells them he wants to bring the world together. The future is about communication. The future is about […]

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Mòd 2019 Gaelic Film Screenings: A taste of BBC Alba – Na Millenni-Gaels CCA

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Friday 18 October 2019 A taste of BBC ALBA, screening Na Millenni-Gaels (Episode 1), alongside a chat and Q&A with guests from each featured programme. Blasad BBC ALBA le cabadaich agus Q&A le aoighean bho gach prògram. 3pm, Free but ticketed, Cinema All ages Book tickets / 0141 352 4900 Related CCA Events Mòd 2019 National Theatre of Scotland – Rocket Post screening + […]

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Lost Lives plus Q & A

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23 October, 2019, 8.15 p.m. Based on the book Lost Lives, which records every single death since the beginning of the modern conflict known as the Troubles in Northern Ireland, this heartfelt documentary is a cinematic homage to the victims, from all sides. Powerfully narrated by famous Irish and Northern Irish actors, including Kenneth Branagh, Roma […]

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Malcolm X 35 mm GFT

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20 October, 2019, 6.15 p.m. We are delighted to have the rare chance to screen Malcolm X on 35mm as part of Black History Month. This is going to be special. Civil-rights leader Malcolm X is strikingly immortalised in Spike Lee’s panoramic biopic, tracing his remarkable transformation from incarcerated juvenile felon to globally-renowned religious statesman. Denzel Washington […]

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Preview: Pink Wall with Q & A

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Saturday 19 October, 2019 6 p.m. Pink Wall is a modern-day romance, following the six-year relationship of Jenna (Tatiana Maslany) and Leon (Jay Duplass). Intimately told through defining moments along their journey together, the film explores how both friendship and resentments grow as the pressures of adult life confront them. Followed by a Q&A with director Tom […]

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Glasgow Wood Recycling, October Sale

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Saturday, October, 26th 2019 – 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. On the last Saturday of every month we host our Yard Sale, where you can pick up bargains on timber, second hand furniture, and clearance stock products. Glasgow Wood Recycling, Unit 6, Barclay Curle Complex, 739 South Street, G14 0BX Full details on offers will […]

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Hitsville The Making of Motown Black History Month Glasgow

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21 October,2019 The first documentary about the iconic label to be made with the participation of the label’s visionary founder, Berry Gordy, Hitsville: The Making of Motown will be an unmissable cinematic event, released during the year Motown Records celebrates its 60th Anniversary. Directed by Gabe and Ben Turner (Class of 92, One Direction: This Is […]

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Cancer Support Scotland Christmas Fayre 2019

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30 November, 2019 – 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. Cancer Support Scotland  are hosting their annual Christmas Fayre on the 30th November at the #CalmanCentre in #Glasgow. It’s going to be a fun and festive day with stalls, home baking, mulled wine, live music and Santa’s grotto. Make sure the date is in your diary! Calman Centre, […]

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One Night at The Disco, Riverside Museum

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One Night at the Disco Presents: One Night at the Museum Glasgow Riverside Museum, 100 Pointhouse Rd, Glasgow G3 8RS 30th November, 2019 7pm – Midnight After-party at SWG3 11pm – 3am This November the museum will be opening its doors to an era of pure decadence, glamour, excess – for a disco experience like […]

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Creative Conversations: Abir Mukherjee – Crime Novelist

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: Monday 21 October 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 Abir Mukherjee is the Times bestselling author of the Sam Wyndham series of crime novels set in Raj era India. His debut, ‘A Rising […]

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Tuesday, October 15, 2019 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events

The Long Ryders at OranMor

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27 October, 2019 DHP Family Proudly Presents… The Long Ryders Live at Òran Mór 731-735 Great Western Rd, G12 8QX 14+ (under 16s to be accompanied by an adult) Tickets are on sale now The Long Ryders were and are the founders of Alt-country, a musical genre which did not exist before they burned so […]

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Monday, October 14, 2019 | Filed under: Gig Guide plus Club Events

Woodlands Community Gardens, Storytelling Circle ‘Tell A Story’ Workshop

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Sunday 17 November, 2019 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. Have you ever wanted to tell stories to your child without the book? Maybe you already do this, or you have told them their favourite story so often, that you really could put the book down and tell the story, eye to eye, mind to mind […]

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Maria Doyle Kennedy, Cottiers

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Sunday 20 October, 2019,  5 p.m. – 7 p.m. Maria Doyle Kennedy has established herself as one of Ireland’s most prolific artists and entertainers. As a musician, she is well known for her worldwide hit folk albums Mutter and Sing (feat:John Prine, Damien Rice, Paul Brady) ‘Maria Live captures the singer at her impressive best: […]

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Hang Massive at OranMor, Glasgow

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Friday 8th November 2019, 7 p.m. DHP Family Proudly Present… Hang Massive Live at Òran Mór Òran Mór 731-735 Great Western Rd, G12 8QX 14+ (under 16s to be accompanied by an adult) Tickets on sale now: The UK / Swedish Band are the world’s most well known Hang and Handpan players with over 100 […]

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  Irene Lebeter, Meet the Author, Fruin Fam

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Thursday 17th October 10.30 a.m. Tea, coffee, soft drinks available from 10.00 a.m. Fruin Farm, Glen Fruin, Helensburgh G84 9EE

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‘A Place for the Work and the Human Being’ Kelvin Hall

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7. Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme The Common Guild Kelvin Hall, 1445 Argyle Street, Glasgow, G3 8AW 24 October 2019 6 p.m. Thursday 24 October 2019, 6pm ‘A Place for the Work and the Human Being’ runs throughout 2019 and takes place in a range of venues, new and old, around Glasgow. The series explores […]

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