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..

Yellow Road – Folk on the Fringe

Saturday 7 September, 2019 On the Fringe, 126 Kilmarnock Road, G41 3NN Monthly Folk On The Fringe! Super excited to bring you another lineup of amazing Folk and Singer/Songwriter performers! This is always a superb night with lots of good vibes. Loving the support that everyone gives and stoked to be able to continue running […]

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Wednesday, August 14, 2019 | Filed under: Gig Guide plus Club Events

Bowled Over, Partickhill Bowling and Community Club

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Starting Thursday, 22 August, 2019 6pm Partickhill Bowling and Community Club are delighted to announce that they have received £2,000 from Postcode Community Trust  – a grant-giving charity funded entirely by players of People’s Postcode Lottery! The funding has been used to establish ‘Bowled Over’, an inter-generational bowling project for 18-25 year olds and over […]

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Danger Poets, Waterstones Byres Road

danger poets byres road

29 August, 2019 7.30 p.m. Waterstone’s  351-355 ByresRoad, Glasgow, G12 8AU Jenny Lindsay + Magi Gibson + Ali Whitelock – that’s an explosive mix of poetry/spoken word! Three of the most dynamic and challenging voices in Scottish poetry. Books will be on sale. Free. Refreshments.

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Multlingual Song at MILK Cafe Glasgow

Friday,16 August, 2019 7 – 9 p.m. An evening of singing and song sharing. There will be singing in various languages including Spanish, French, Swedish and Macedonian. Come and join in and maybe share some songs in your own language. Everyone welcome, and no pressure to join in, just a safe space to share songs […]

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| Filed under: Community event

Barras Fest Glasgow 2019

20 September, 2019 and 21 September, 2019 Barrowland Ballroom, 244 Gallowgate, Cowcaddens, Glasgow, G4 0TT 23 Productions & Soundsense Events Presents.. … BarrasFest. A new two day indoor music festival in The Greatest Venue for Live Music in the World; the iconic Barrowland Ballroom in Glasgow’s East End Quarter. Featuring live music from some of Scotland’s […]

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Smalltown – Pantheon at Websters

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8 – 12 October, 2019 Pantheon are back at Webster’s Theatre Glasgow with the Scottish Comedy SMALLTOWN by Johnny McKnight, Douglas Maxwell and DC Jackson. Smalltown is a dark, dynamic and delightfully outrageous wee Scottish comedy telling the story of what happens when contaminated water (‘Rabbie Juice’) causes extraordinary events to happen to ordinary people, […]

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Twilight in the Crypt Glasgow Cathedral Festival

Twilight in the Crypt Glasgow Cathedral Festival

26 September, 2019 9.30 p.m. Glasgow Cathedral, Castle Street, Glasgow G4 0QZ At our first-ever GCF late, we descend to the vaulted crypt for a collaboration with Glasgow Experimental Music Series, presenting world premieres by Edwin Hillier and Hunter Coblentz, two young composers at the forefront of the UK’s new music scene. Lattice (Hunter Coblentz) […]

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Glasgow School of Art Graduate Degree Show 2019

graduat degree show 2019

24 – 29 August, 2019 Admission free. Graduate Degree Show is the annual exhibition of specialist postgraduate level work by graduating students in Architecture, Design, Innovation, Fine Art and Simulation/Visualisation. Locations: Tontine Building, Merchant City, School of Fine Art Renfrew Street Campus, Garnethill Bourdon Building, Mackintosh School of Architecture Reid Building, School of Design McLellan […]

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Farmer Michael and Kathleen at Cottiers

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“We’ll Never Get On The Tele Tour” Sunday 06 October 2019 – 8:30 pm – 10:30 pm Cottiers Viral comedy sensations Farmer Michael And Kathleen arrive at Cottiers with their own unique take on music, satire, madness and carefully crafted chaos like only they can master! They have gained cult statue due to their hilarious Everton videos […]

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Friday, August 9, 2019 | Filed under: What's on in Glasgow: Theatre and Comedy

Glasgow R&B Society: Rab Noakes & Fraser Speirs Cottiers

September 6 2019 @ 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm |£10 Buy tickets online! After the successful relaunch in May, the Glasgow R&B Society are back with their second night featuring Scottish Blues roots legends Rab Noakes & Fraser Speirs who have created a special setlist just for the Society featuring classic Rhythm & Blues tracks from through the […]

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Five Seasons: The Gardens of Piet Oudolf at GFT

five seasons the gardens of piet goudolf

9 – 11 August, 2019 Journey through the seasons in stunning gardens around the world with this immersive documentary, exploring the fascinating work of revolutionary landscape designer Piet Oudolf. Filmmaker Thomas Piper takes us inside the creative process, from Oudolf’s abstract sketches, to his theories on beauty, to the ecological implications of his ideas. Intimate […]

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Africa in Motion Film Club: Kuxa Kanema CCA

Monday 12 August 2019 7pm – 8:45pm, Free (unticketed), Cinema Screening and Discussion 12+ Book tickets / 0141 352 4900 Kuxa Kanema: The Birth of Cinema (2003) is a documentary by Margarida Cardoso, which explores the power of moving image in 1970s Socialist movements in Mozambique. The screening will be followed by an informal discussion, with additional […]

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No Serco Evictions Fundraiser at McChuills

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Wednesday 21 August, 2019 . 6.30 p.m. –  11.59 p.m. Fundraising gig for the Glasgow No Evictions campaign. Quality Hip Hop, spoken word, and more to be confirmed! Spread the word, invite your friends! McChuills, 40 High Street, Glasgow G1 1NL Confirmed acts so far: Tickle Johnny Cypher Becca Starr Δεύτερη Φύση // Defteri Fysi […]

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The Scottish Fiddle Orchestra – Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

7th SEPTEMBER 2019 7.30 p.m. Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street,  Glasgow G2 3NY Scotland’s “National” Fiddle Orchestra promises an unforgettable night of Scottish music and entertainment which will delight Scottish music enthusiasts and visitors to Scotland alike! The Scottish Fiddle Orchestra’s annual concert at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall is a memorable evening […]

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JJ Gilmour and Adriana Spina at CCA

jj gilmour cca

Saturday 17 August, 2019 at CCA, Glasgow Show features the wonderful J J Gilmour formerly of Glasgow band the Silencers, with support from the fabulous Adriana Spina. This will be a great night of music and as anyone who has seen JJ Gilmour before will know you will also be regaled with fabulous human stories […]

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Women With Fierce Words CCA

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Scottish Writers’ Centre Women with Fierce Words: Fringe Off The Fringe Tuesday 13 August 2019 7pm, Free (unticketed), Clubroom 18+ Women with Fierce Words is an inclusive collective of established women writers, speaking their truth, their way. They write about what affects them and their world. Their work is often thought provoking, sometimes controversial, but […]

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Books at the Botanics

books at the botanics

Friday 9 – Monday 12 August, 2019 Come along to Glasgow Botanic Gardens and enjoy a browse at the Book Fair.  Soooo the weather isn’t looking too great but don’t forget it’s  indoors, accessible for wheelchairs and buggies and they love to see a dog. Open 10 am till so 5 pm Glasgow Botanic Gardens, […]

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Apocalypse Now: Final Cut plus recorded Q and A GFT

apocalypse now- the inal cut plusrecorded q and a

13 August, 2019 6.45 p.m. Forty years after its original release, audiences will get the chance to experience Apocalypse Now: Final Cut, a never-before-seen and newly restored cut of Coppola’s spectacular cinematic masterpiece in a way which the director believes “looks better than it has ever looked and sounds better than it has ever sounded”. In Joseph Conrad’s […]

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Thursday, August 8, 2019 | Filed under: Cinema

Adoption GFT

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11 August, 2019 7.50 p.m. Celebrated as the first Berlinale Golden Bear awarded to a female director, Márta Mészáros’ Adoption is a powerful meditation on agency and womanhood in a world that waits to give permission. Kata, a 43-year-old factory worker, longs to have a child of her own, despite the negative reaction of her married lover. […]

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Edge of the Knife GFT

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Monday 12 August, 2019 6.10 p.m. A significant landmark in the short history of Canadian Indigenous film, First Nations filmmakers Gwaai Edenshaw and Helen Haig-Brown’s film is set during the 19th century and performed entirely in the endangered Haida language. Inspired by the Gaagiixiid/Gaagiid wildman of Haida mythology, Edge of the Knife follows nobleman Adiits’ii as he […]

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Trees v Capitalism by Maggie Kelly at Woodland Community Workspace

Art Exhibition, Woodlands Workspace, 66 Ashley Street, G3 6HW Saturday 10th, 2019  11am – 6pm Exhibition 11am – 1pm  Exhibition Opening with tea, coffee & vegan treats 2 -3pm Artist Talk Sunday 11th, 2019 11am – 6pm Exhibition 2 -3pm Artist Talk Maggie Kelly is an artist and activist who uses images, words and objects to explore […]

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Launch Govanhill Book Festival 2019

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Friday 9 August, 2019 6 p.m. – 7 p.m. In association with Go South: Southside Book Festival The Rum Shack, 657 Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow G41 2AB Two new exciting book festivals with a difference come together to celebrate their launch and their events in the Govanhill International Festival.  Free. 6.00pm: Welcome to Govanhill Book Festival […]

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Languages Short Courses Open Evening, University of Glasgow

Languages Short Courses Open Evening, University of Glasgow

4 September, 2019 – 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. University of Glasgow, St Andrews Building, 11 Eldon Street, G3 6NH Would you like to speak another language but not sure if you can? Or perhaps, you want to sign up for a language course but not sure which is the right level? Come along to […]

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Leto GFT

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16 – 22 August, 2019 Rock’n’roll has always been an act of rebellion but never more so than in the Russia of the 1980s. Kirill Serebennikov’s vivid, playful evocation of the period revolves around the musical rivalry between Leningrad rocker Mike (Roma Zver) and newcomer Viktor (Teo Yoo), who clash over politics, influences and the love of Mike’s wife […]

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Tuesday, August 6, 2019 | Filed under: Cinema

Govanhill: Portrait of a Community review Pat Byrne

save our pool

The Deep End – Govanhill Baths Arts Space 21 Nithsdale Street,  Glasgow G41 2PZ Part of Govanhill International Festival 2019 Jim and I had a great time at the Govanhill Carnival on Sunday at Queens Park so I though I would venture back across the Clyde to catch some more of the festival. I went […]

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Magical Enchanted Halloween Celebration Fair

20th October, 2019 . 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. Hilton Glasgow Grosvenor, 1-9 Grosvenor Terrace, Glasgow G12 0TA Fee Entry All Bohemia returns for a Second Magical Enchanted Halloween Autumn Celebration Fair at the delightful Boho Vibrant West End of Glasgow.  A beautiful mix of Magical; Mystical New Age Holistic Fairy Unicorn inspired Arts and […]

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Seamonster – the Story at the Fringe Edinburgh Festival 2019

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Chiara Berardelli – Seamonster, the Story at the Fringe 12 and 19 August, 2019 at 8.30 p.m. This solo theatre piece, by Italian-Scottish singer-songwriter Chiara Berardelli, conveys her experience of being involuntarily childless. Centered around the songs from her Seamonster album, Chiara tackles the taboo subject of grief and building a meaningful life beyond the […]

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No Waste Dinner at Project Cafe

no waste dinner at project. cafe

Wednesday 21 August, 2019 . 6.30 – 9.30 p.m. The Project Cafe, 134 Renfrew Street, Glasgow G3 6ST Join the Townhead Area Foodsharing hub at Project Cafe for a multi-course meal tackling food waste. Every course will be made from commonly wasted food and donations from local food businesses, and there’ll be plenty of resources […]

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Movie Memories: Jaws GFT

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Thursday 15 August, 2019 11 a.m. Autism / Dementia Friendly Movie Memories is GFT’s dementia friendly film programme. Designed to enable people affected by dementia to socialise in a safe and social environment. Everyone is welcome. When peaceful Amity Island is terrorised by a great white shark, a brave team led by police chief Brody […]

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Boogie at the Botanics, Open Air Cinema

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  15 – 18 August, 2019 Dirty Dancing,  Rocky Horror Picture Show, Saturday Night Fever & Singin’ in the Rain Open air cinema screenings return to the Botanic Gardens. Dirty Dancing (1987) Thursday 15 August, 2019 The Rocky Horror Picture Show Friday 16 August, 2019 Saturday Night Fever Saturday 17 August, 2019 Singin’ in the […]

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