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..

Happy as Lazzaro GFT

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5 – 11 April, 2019 Alice Rohrwacher’s Cannes prize-winner is a lustrous, genre-bending gem set in a tiny village that seems cut off from the modern world. Gentle, meek and mild peasant Lazzaro (Adriano Tardiolo) is happy to do the bidding of anyone who asks. His friend Tancredi (Tommaso Ragno) makes him an accomplice in […]

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Tuesday, March 5, 2019 | Filed under: Cinema

A Clockwork Orange, GFT

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5 – 7 April, 2019 Stanley Kubrick’s adaptation of Anthony Burgess’s decline-of-civilisation novel remains a chilling, thrilling and unsettling cinematic vision of nihilistic violence and social control. Set in a flamboyantly stylised near-future where gangs of disenfranchised teenagers indulge in narcotic cocktails and revel in acts of ‘ultraviolence’, the film centres on Alex (Malcolm McDowell) […]

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Threebop plus Little Acres at The Blue Arrow

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14 March, 2019 The Blue Arrow, 32 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow  G2 3HW Three of London’s vibrant young jazz voices come together to create their own take on vocal jazz harmony singing. Inspired by the music of bebop legends and the vocalese tradition, Ella Hohnen-Ford, Rosina Bullen and Luca Manning perform their own arrangements with tight […]

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Access Film Club: Can You Ever Forgive Me at GFT

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9 April, 2019 – 6 p.m. GFT, 12 Rose Street, G3 6RB GFT is a proud supporter of Autism Awareness Month, and, together with the National Autistic Society Scotland, provides Access Film Club: screenings and post-film discussions in a friendly and welcoming environment. FAQs: glasgowfilm.org/AFC Melissa McCarthy stars in the Oscar-nominated adaptation of the memoir Can You Ever Forgive Me?, the […]

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Earth Echo Affective Reflection ProjectAbility

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7 March – 27 April, 2019 ProjectAbility, 103 Trongate, G1 5HD Project Ability is pleased to present an intriguing body of new collage work by Glasgow based artist Pum. Earth Echo Affective Reflection is a solo exhibition accompanied by a sound piece composed and created by Pum and Gordon Kennedy. “The Earth Echo collaged imagery […]

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The Journey GFT

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10 and 11 April, 2019 Baghdad, 2006. Sara enters the train station with sinister intentions for its reopening ceremony. As she braces to commit an unthinkable act, her plans are drastically altered by an unwanted and awkward encounter with Salam, a self-assured and flirtatious salesman. With Salam now hostage to Sara’s confused and deluded plan, he battles desperately to appeal to her humanity and […]

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Monday, March 4, 2019 | Filed under: Cinema

Come Dino With Me, Glasgow Botanic Gardens

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Wednesday 13 March, 2019 10.30 a.m. – Noon. Dippy the Dinosaurs diet is the subject of much debate. Join fern specialist Stevie Jakusz at Glasgow Botanic Gardens as he takes you on a tour of the ferns, cycads and other plants that could have made up the menu. Find out how the plants adapted to […]

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Glasgow School of Art MFA MFA WIP Screening 2, CCA

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Tuesday 9 April 2019 6:30pm, Free but ticketed, Cinema All ages CCA Tue 9 April 2019 6:30pm, Free but ticketed, Cinema All ages Book Online / 0141 352 4900 The GSA Master of Fine Art final year students present a series of three film screenings at the CCACinema space for the run up to their degree show in May this […]

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The Science of Ghosts, Glasgow Film Festival 2019 review by Pat Byrne

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The Science of Ghosts is a film directed by Niall McCann, who also directed Lost in France ( 2017).  This new movie has links to Lost in France, which focused on the Glasgow based record label Chemikal Underground; The Science of Ghosts is about Adrian Crowley, the much lauded Dublin based singer / composer,  the only […]

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Silent Disco Party Parade, The Record Factory

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Saturday 27th April, 2019 7pm . Meeting at The Record Factory, 17 Byres Road, Glasgow G11 5RD Gather wireless Bluetooth headphones, something from the fancy dress prop box, tambourines, disco flash sticks to sing and dance your way through the west end with musical statues, dance train and a dance with the locals. Music is […]

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Scotch: The Golden Dram

Thursday, 7th March, 2019 at 6.30pm Grosvenor Cinema Hillhead with Q&A with Andrew Peat, Director Andrew Peat’s handsomely crafted feature documentary tells the story of the Scotch whisky industry through its most ardent enthusiasts. Shot entirely on location in Scotland, Scotch: The Golden Dram tells the story of Uisge beatha, Gaelic for “water of life.” Scotch […]

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Saturday, March 2, 2019 | Filed under: Cinema

Women’s Suffrage Exhibition, Govanhill Baths

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9- 20 March, 2019 A multimedia exhibition exploring the demographic of Govanhill at that time, including the Irish, Jewish and Italian communities and the jobs working class women would have been employed in. Creative reflections on suffragettes locally, nationally and internationally, examining the importance of: direct action; law breaking; the treatment of suffragettes; links with […]

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Metal Heart Glasgow Film Festival

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Saturday 2 (12.30) & Sunday 3 March,2019 (14.40) Director Hugh O’Conor will attend the screening on Sat 2 Mar Actor turned director Hugh O’Conor has created the kind of cheering, warm-hearted teen comedy that would have made John Hughes proud. Emma (Jordanne Jones) and Chantal (Leah McNamara) are chalk-and-cheese sisters living in Dublin. Goth-loving Emma is the guiding spirit […]

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Book Launch, Poets Republic Joy Hendry and Katy Ewing

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Saturday March 2, 7-9pm. Book publishing debut and to skull our wine at the launch of Bearings 1 – poems by Joy Hendry and Katy Ewing. Tell it Slant, Project Cafe, 134 Renfrew St, Glasgow G3 6ST Event on Facebook

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The Scottish Homebuilding & Renovating Show Returns to the SEC, Glasgow

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1 – 2 June 2019 SEC, Exhibition Way, Glasgow G3 8YW SNAP UP TWO FREE TICKETS The Scottish Homebuilding & Renovating Show, Scotland’s only dedicated consumer exhibition for self-builders, home renovators and improvers, is back at SEC Glasgow on 1 – 2 June 2019. Visitors, whether they are experienced renovators or self-builders, or planning their first […]

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Beats Closing Gala Glasgow Film Festival 2019

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3 March, 2019 The much-anticipated screen version of Kieran Hurley’s award-winning play is a gallus, bittersweet coming-of-age rollercoaster: imagine Fellini’s I Vitelloni set to a throbbing techno beat. It is 1994 and new legislation effectively outlaws raves or “public gatherings around amplified music characterised by the emission of a succession of repetitive beats”. The party is well and […]

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Thursday, February 28, 2019 | Filed under: Cinema, Glasgow Film Festival 2019

Passing Moments Caught in Time…. Thistle Gallery

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Thistle Gallery, Scottish Contemporary Art 56 Park Road, Glasgow G4 9JF Email Telephone: 0141 334 3444 www.thistle-gallery.com Saturday 3 March – 31 March, 2019 Eight extraordinary and accomplished Scottish artists will be exhibiting eight new pieces of artwork in Thistle Gallery’s early Spring Show which Previews Saturday, March 2nd and runs until March 31st, 2019. […]

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Angus Peter Campbell / Aonghas Phàdraig Caimbeul, Creative Conversations

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Monday 04 March 2019, 1 – 2 p.m. Free & Open to the Public University Chapel, West Quadrangle, Main Building Gilmorehill Campus, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ www.gla.ac.uk/events/creativeconversations/ Angus Peter Campbell (Aonghas Phàdraig Caimbeul) was born on the Island of South Uist. He graduated in Politics and History from the University of Edinburgh, and […]

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Sarah MacDougall, The Doublet

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14 March, 2019 The Doublet, Park Road, Glasgow G4 9JF More Canadians on the 14th of March with the absolutely fabulous Sarah MacDougall returning to Glasgow. This is a show you really should not miss, Sarah has been performing for SoundsintheSuburbs over the last few years and she is just the most fantastic talent. Give her music a listen, this […]

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Wednesday, February 27, 2019 | Filed under: Gig Guide plus Club Events

Living the Light CCA

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Friday 1 (20.45) & Saturday 2 March, 2019 (12.45) Director Claire Pijman will attend the screening on Fri 1 Mar. One of the most inventive and influential cinematographers to ever put his eye to a viewfinder, Robby Müller shot Paris, Texas, Down by Law, Breaking the Waves, and countless other classics. His use of natural light and colour earned him […]

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Love Movie CCA

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CCA / Friday 1 (16.15) & Saturday 2 March, 2019 (20.45) Writer/director Emma Rosa Simon and actor Lana Cooper will attend the screening on Fri 1 Mar. Lenz (Eric Klotzsch) is a 30-something drifter, stumbling from party to party, unsure of his place in the world. After a chance meeting with the passionate and carefree Ira […]

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At Eternity’s Gate, Glasgow Film Festival

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Everyman / Friday 1 March (18.00) | CCA / Saturday 2 March, 2019 (16.05) An Oscar-nominated Willem Dafoe gives an outstanding performance as Vincent Van Gogh in Julian Schnabel’s bold, visceral portrait of the artist. Named after a Van Gogh painting, also known as Sorrowing Old Man, the film focuses on the painter’s productive final years in Arles. […]

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Sam Spiegel: Conquering Hollywood GFT

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Sunday 3 March, 2019 (13.30) Producer Sam Spiegel was the epitome of the larger than life, cigar-chomping movie tycoon. His Oscar-winning career included classics from The African Queen to On the Waterfront and Lawrence of Arabia. The makers of Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches (GFF18) bring us the first documentary on his colourful life, telling an irresistible rags-to-riches story, profusely illustrated with clips from his finest […]

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Zombieland, GFT

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Friday 1 March, 2019 (23.15) Be sure to stock up on Twinkies and remember to follow the rules for survival to make it to our special screening of Zombieland, celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. Join Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg), Tallahasee (Woody Harrelson), Wichita (Emma Stone) and Little Rock (Abigail Breslin) as they navigate the undead in a bid to […]

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Special Guests at Glasgow Film Festival 2019

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We host some stellar guests for Q&A sessions throughout the festival, giving you the chance to find out more about their inspiration, process and future projects. Bring your finest questions! Thu 21 February, 2019 18.00 – Director James Cullingham will attend Jim Galloway – A Journey in Jazz 18.00 – Director John Butler and actors Matt Bomer and […]

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Arctic, Glasgow Film Festival 2019

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Cineworld / Wednesday 27 (18.15) & Thursday 28 February, 2019 (15.30) Director Joe Penna will attend the screening on Wednesday 27 February, 2019 Stranded in a bleak, unforgiving frozen wilderness would you have what it takes to survive? Joe Penna’s intense, slow-burning adventure yarn tells of endurance against impossible odds and is all the more chilling for virtually dispensing […]

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Dirty God, GFT

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Saturday 2 March (18.00) & Sunday 3 March, 2019 (10.45) Director Sacha Polak and actor Vicky Knight will attend the screening on Saturday 2 March. Fresh from its world premiere at Sundance, Dutch writer-director Sacha Polak’s English language debut emerges as a powerful, haunting tale of the vast divide between surface beauty and internal worthiness. A vicious acid […]

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Belgian Cinema ‘Both Sides Now’, Glasgow Film Festival 2019

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Belgium is a small country with an immense cinematic heritage. National treasures range from Chantal Akerman, Yolanda Moreau, the Dardenne Brothers and Felix van Groeningen to Man Bites Dog’s Benoît Poelvoorde, and Hergé’s eternally rousing adventures of Tintin. This year’s country focus celebrates the best of contemporary Belgian cinema in an outstanding year that has brought […]

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Glasgow Film Festival Launch 2019 + announcement Scottish Premiere Wild Rose

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Glasgow Film Festival announce the Scottish Premiere of Wild Rose, starring Jessie Buckley, plus a special performance after the screening  The 15th annual film festival opens Wednesday 20 February, 2019 with Jonah Hill’s Mid90s and runs until 3 March, 2019 Tom Harper’s film Wild Rose, which was filmed in Glasgow, will have its Scottish premiere […]

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FrightFest Week-End 1 and 2 March, 2019

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1 and 2 March, 2019 It’s full scream ahead as FrightFest returns to Glasgow Film Festival for a 14thfearful year! Currently at its most vibrant and popular, the horror fantasy genre is constantly garnering critical acclaim, topping charts and even winning Oscars: not simply through cheap scares or graphic gore but by pushing boundaries, reflecting […]

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