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. Roger Waters Us + Them GFT
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
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
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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| Filed under: Community event, North Kelvin Meadow and Children's Wood, Glasgow
Scottish Queer International Film Festival 2019 Announces Full Programme
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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| Filed under: Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, LGBT Glasgow
The Goldfinch GFT
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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| Filed under: Cinema
The Last Tree, GFT
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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| Filed under: Cinema
A Dog Barking At The Moon SQIFF GFT
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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| Filed under: Cinema
Suzi Q plus Q & A at GFT
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
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
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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| Filed under: Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow
Torchlight Parade St Andrew’s Day, WEF
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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| Filed under: Community event, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Pat's Home Page Blog
West Princes plus King Wine at the Hug and Pint, Glasgow
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
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 […]
Professor J. Edward Chamberlin National Poetry Day University of Glasgow
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
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
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
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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Friday, September 27, 2019 | Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Gig Guide plus Club Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
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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| Filed under: Cinema, Kids and young people
Sorry We Missed You + Q & A Paul Lavery
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
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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| Filed under: Cinema
Take One Action Film Festival 2019 CCA
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
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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Tidelines Book Festival 2019
Irvine Harbourside 26 – 29 September, 2019 Harbour Arts Centre 114-116 Harbour Street Irvine, KA12 8PZ 01294 274 059 info@tidelinesbookfest.com Great Writers Making Waves Tidelines aims to bring a book festival to the Firth of Clyde which caters for various literary tastes and for all age groups. The festival is planned and organised by a […]
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Thursday, September 26, 2019 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers
Behrouz Boochani with Scottish PEN, Creative Conversations
Journalist, Human Rights Defender, Poet and Film-Maker Monday 30 September 2019, 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. University Chapel, West Quadrangle, Main Building Gilmorehill Campus, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ www.gla.ac.uk/events/creativeconversations Behrouz Boochani is an Iranian-Kurdish journalist, human rights defender, poet and film producer. He was born in western Iran. He was held in the […]
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Wednesday, September 25, 2019 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Mean Girls plus Intro at GFT
3 October, 2019 “On October 3rd, he asked me what day it was.” This Mean Girls Day, join us for the iconic film on the big screen – wearing pink is encouraged, but not essential, it is a Thursday after all. Lindsay Lohan stars as Cady Heron, a new arrival at North Shore High School. […]
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| Filed under: Cinema
East End Free Festival Glasgow
Saturday 5 October, 2019 12 Noon till 12 Midnight. The second month of the East End Free Festival! Free – Register for Tickets We are building a festival showcasing incredible diversity and talent and opening our doors to the world. Join us for a blether, laugh and a dance! Operating on the ethos that music […]
The Hunterian Poems at Kelvin Hall – National Poetry Day 2019
2 October, 2019, 6 p.m. Kelvin Hall, 1445 Argyle Street Glasgow G3 8AW Some of Scotland’s finest poets will come together at the Kelvin Hall to celebrate National Poetry Day and to read their poems inspired by the University of Glasgow’s Hunterian Collection. Professor Alan Riach will be hosting this exciting evening of poetry readings drawn […]
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| Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Kelvin Hall Building Tours
Take a forty five minute tour of Kelvin Hall. You will be amazed at what’s behind the scenes in Glasgow Museums’ stores at Kelvin Hall – home to approximately 400,000 Glasgow Museums’ objects including social history, Mackintosh, archaeology and furniture collections. Kelvin Hall is a unique partnership between Glasgow Life, the University of Glasgow and […]
Festa Dos Anos De Álvero De Campos Cheeky Besom Productions
Tuesday 15 October, 2019, 7:00 pm – 10:30 pm Calton Bar 415 London Road Glasgow, G40 1AG Free event for all SUMMER WRITING CHALLENGE – You’ve got a cute way of talking, You got the better of me, Just snap your fingers and I’m walking, Like a dog hanging on your lead, I’m in a […]
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Friday, September 20, 2019 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
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