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. BlacKkKlansman, GFT
Screening Sun 1 & Tue 3 September, 2019 From visionary filmmaker Spike Lee comes the incredible true story of an American hero. It’s the early 1970s: Ron Stallworth (John David Washington) becomes the first African-American detective on the Colorado Springs Police Department and resolves to make a name for himself and a difference in his […]
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Thursday, August 22, 2019 | Filed under: Cinema
G20 Festival GBX Fundraiser
Friday 6 September, 2019 8 – 10 p.m. Maryhill Community Central Halls, 292 – 315 Maryhill Road, G20 7YE £5 per person (plus booking fee) Fundraiser for a Youth Base in Maryhill for teenagers. Come along on the 7th of September for good tunes and banter with GBX dj George Bowie and the G20 Youth […]
Matchbox Cineclub Weird Weekend at CCA Glasgow
Friday 30 August — Sun 1 September 2019 matchboxcineclub.com/weird-weekendThe producers of Cage-a-rama and KeanuCon host a weekend of strange and unseen cinema from around the world, showcasing orphans, outcasts and outliers, old and brand-new. Expect premieres, guests and plenty of bonus content at Glasgow’s cult film festival.Matchbox Cineclub have scoured the world to bring you some of the […]
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Wednesday, August 21, 2019 | Filed under: Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Starry Skies, Warren and Heather at Old Hairdressers
(Photograph by Jim Byrne) Saturday 24 August, 2019 Warren and Heather will be playing 7 songs Saturday 24th Aug at the Old Hairdressers as warm up to show at Barrowlands Ballroom on 20th Sept. Night has been organised by the two great bands Sea Cucumbers and Broken By Rock. Old Hairdressers, 20 – 28 Renfield […]
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Glasgow Doors Open Day Kelvin Hall 2019
Saturday, 21 September, 2019 Discover all there is to see and do at Kelvin Hall Glimpse behind the scenes with the partners of Kelvin Hall as they offer tours on Glasgow Doors Open Day. Take a look at the items held in the Glasgow Museum’s stores. Enjoy a rare chance to see the film, video […]
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Gaza GFT
29 August, 2019 at 4.20 p.m. It’s hard to imagine anybody living a normal life in the Gaza Strip. Frequently labelled as the world’s largest open-air prison, it makes an appearance on news reports every time a confrontation erupts between Israel and Hamas. From TV sets thousands of miles away, this tiny piece of land […]
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Clydebuilt Festival Dragon Boat Race
Sunday 22 September, 2019, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. The Tall Ship at Riverside & Riverside Museum The first ever Dragon Boat Race will take place on the River Clyde on Sunday 22nd September as a brand new addition to the Clydebuilt Festival programme. ADVANCE BOOKING ESSENTIAL With no experience needed dragon boat racing is the ultimate […]
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Glasgow Museums – Great Big Heritage Bus Tour
31 August, 2019 The Great Big Heritage Bus Tour is back! A perfect FREE family day out, hop on the free bus service to take you around museums and venues across Glasgow. Convenient and Free – The Great Big Heritage Bus Tour – Stopping Places You can be picked up and dropped off between: Glasgow’s […]
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Walk in James Watt’s Footsteps
Walk in Watt’s footsteps on Glasgow Green Sunday, August 25, 2019, 2 p.m. to 3.30 p.m. Glasgow Green, Greendyke Street, Saltmarket, Glasgow G1 5DB (Please wear suitable footwear. Adults only. Meet at the gate to Glasgow Green opposite the High Court.) History fans are being given the chance to walk in James Watt’s footsteps – […]
An Evening with Gracey Flair at Helensburgh Library
Wednesday, 28 August, 2019, 7.00 p.m. Helensburgh Library 51 West King Street Helensburgh G84 8EB ‘Gracey Flair ‘Funnysophical Poet’ – she’s daft but deep. She’ll either make yi’ laugh or greet! Gracey Flair, born in the ‘Good Old Port’ (Port Glasgow) and then grew up and followed her nose. Always a truth seeker and this […]
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East End Free Festival
Announcing the first EAST END FREE FESTIVAL September 7th, 2019 257 London Road, G40 1PE MUSIC – COMEDY – PERFORMANCE – WORKSHOPS This one day festival is absolutely free to attend and will be showcasing a diverse and representative array of acts from all over Scotland! We are excited to welcome you to the premier […]
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Tuesday, August 20, 2019 | Filed under: Community event, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Tenements Today Tenements Tomorrow
(Poster by Mitch Miller) 18 September, 2019, 9.30 a.m.– 4.30 p.m. The Lighthouse, 11 Mitchell Lane, G1 3NU A national conference hosted by the Scottish Civic Trust, Built Environment Forum Scotland and Under One Roof Glasgow Doors Open Day 2019 Most urban Scots live in flats, and we’re all aware that these buildings can pose […]
Thirty Years of Glasgow Doors Open Day
18 September 2019, 3 – 4 pm The Garment Factory, 10 Montrose Street, Glasgow G1 1RE Liz Davidson, GBPT’s ‘Project Development Officer’ in 1990, leads a re-visiting of Doors Open Days past – how it came to pass, what it was hoped it would be and what were the revelations in those early years of […]
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The Rebirth of the Clyde, Fairfield Heritage
2 October, 2019 . 2 p.m. – 3 p.m. ‘The Story of Glasgow’s Greatest Shipyard’ Fairfield Heritage, 1048 Govan Road Govan, G51 4XS This is the Story of how the last Commercial Shipyard in Scotland was rescued from closure and now – less than five years later – plans to lead the world in the […]
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Spirit of Revolt, Show and Tell – Workers City, The Mitchell
16 September, 2019 12 oon – 2 p.m. A display of material from Spirit of Revolt collections and a discussion, led by Tommy Kayes with James Kelman, Brendan McLaughlin, Billy Clark, Michael Donnelly, Ruth Gillett, Paul Anderson, Euan Sutherland and others on the formation and actions of the Workers City group (1988 – 1993). Blythswood […]
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Glasgow Then and Now at The Mitchell Library
Thursday 29 August, 2019 3 – 4 p.m. A journey through the archives of Historic Environment Scotland (HES). Come and discover fantastic images, sound and video relating to Glasgow and Scotland. Explore services such as Scran, Canmore, ScotlandsPlaces, Britain from Above and the National Collection of Aerial Photography and get the most out of them […]
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| Filed under: Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow
Broken Chanter Album Launch, CCA
6 September, 2019 7.30 p.m. – 11 p.m. CCA 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G3 3JF Come and join Last Night From Glasgow & Olive Grove Records as we celebrate the release of the brilliant debut album from Broken Chanter (the new project from David from Kid Canaveral) at the CCA Glasgow. Support comes from the […]
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Ilana Halperin: Minerals of New York, The Hunterian
13 July 2019 – 13 October 2019 This Exhibition at The Hunterian combines geology, biography and New York City, Admission free Ilana Halperin is an artist who lives and works between Glasgow and the Isle of Bute. Her practice often explores the relationship between geology and everyday life. For example, Halperin shares her birthday with […]
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Monday, August 19, 2019 | Filed under: Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Linda McCartney Retrospective at Kelvingrove Art Gallery
5 July, 2019 – 12 January, 2020 Kelvingrove Art Gallery, Argyle St, Glasgow G3 8AG UK Debut – shown in public for the first time A major retrospective photographic exhibition, which is curated by Paul, Mary and Stella McCartney and features iconic names and moments in music from the 1960s along with more intimate and emotional […]
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Michael Simons at Partick Folk Club
Friday 30th August, 2019 Virtuoso guitarist from Glasgow’s South Side, Michael combines a formidable technique with an eclectic choice of material – instrumentals and songs – that makes for a great evening’s entertainment! Doors open 7.30 for 8pm start. £8 waged / £6 unwaged St Peter’s church hall, 66 Chancellor St, Partick G11 5PS BYOB
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Free event: Scottish Writers Showcase, University of Glasgow
Thursday 22 August, 2019 at 6–8 p.m. Ajay Close, Amanda Thomson, Anna Levin, “Ambrose Parry” (pseudonym used by the writing duo Christopher Brookmyre and Marisa Haeztman), Martin Macintyre and Polly Clark University Chapel, West Quadrangle, Main Building Gilmorehill Campus, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ The writers will be reading and discussing their work with […]
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GlasGLOW
25 October – 3 November, 2019 Glasgow Botanic Gardens, 730 Great Western Road, , Glasgow, G12 0UE A year in the making, GlasGLOW is back. Nine portals have opened; nine immersive worlds await. Halloween 2019 will be like no other ✨ Last year, 75,000 of you came to a sold out GLOW – this year will […]
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Sunday, August 18, 2019 | Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Book Launch: Blessed Assurance by Stewart Ennis
Tuesday, 17 September, 2019 – 7.30 p.m. Waterstones Byres Road, 351-355 Byres Road in Glasgow, G12 8AU Blessed Assurances published by Vagabond Voices “The fact of the matter is Joseph Kirkland was afraid. Afraid of not being Saved. Afraid of being Saved. Afraid of the transformation that would occur the moment he uttered those words, Jesus! God! I want you to come […]
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Saturday, August 17, 2019 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Pollokshields Proposes Exhibition Launch
Thursday, 22 August, 2019, 6 p.m.- 8 p.m. The Glad Cafe An informal launch with readings and music Throughout the Spring and early Summer, Henry Bell and Alec Finlay were Glasgow Creative Communities artists in residence in Pollokshields. Over three months they met with community groups, schools, and locals and discussed achievable, desirable and impossible […]
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Friday, August 16, 2019 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Gig Guide plus Club 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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