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. Play Pie and Pint Summer Panto 2019
Òran Mór Summer Panto Announced – Dracula: Revamped by John & James Kielty… 2 – 20 July, 2019 . (Mondays – Saturdays) OranMor DRACULA IS PAN-BREID! Or IS he? For MINA is turning into a VAMPIRE and JONATHAN is worried. Returning to Transylvania, they find DAME IGORETTE in a wretched state: with no VAMPIRE to […]
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Friday, May 3, 2019 | Filed under: What's on in Glasgow: Theatre and Comedy
Free Comic Book Day, City Centre Comics
Saturday, 4 May, 2019 City Centre Comics, 37 Ruthven Lane, G12 9BG Free Comic Book Day 2019 A large selection of the free comics on offer this year! Free comic grab bag! 20% off all sets 20% off all t-shirts! Selected Marvel/DC action figures reduced! A free copy of DC Year Of The Villain #1 […]
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Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival 2019
Friday 3 May — Monday 6 May 2019 mhfestival.com The Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival, led by the Mental Health Foundation, aims to support the arts and challenge preconceived ideas about mental health. The International Film Awards ceremony takes place at the CCA on the evening of Friday 3 May, celebrating the best in mental health filmmaking. Winning films […]
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| Filed under: Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers
Take Access 2: Bumblebee
Saturday 4 May, 2019 12,00 After fleeing his home planet Cybertron, a young Autobot finds refuge hiding as a Volkswagen Beetle in a junk yard. 20 years later, Charlie Watson is celebrating her 18th birthday when she is given the car as a present. In her attempts to fix the car, the Autobot reveals himself and […]
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| Filed under: Cinema, Kids and young people
SMHAF19 Scottish Connections CCA
Monday 6 May 2019 5.30pm, Free/£2/£4/£6/£8 via Eventbrite, Theatre 14+ accompanied by an adult / F-rated Book Online / 0141 352 4900 A family divided between England and Skye, a meaningful bond repaired in Glasgow, and a chance encounter with a Syrian artist, are just three of the stories explored in this selection. These shorts, featuring animation, […]
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Thursday, May 2, 2019 | Filed under: Cinema
Vacas GFT
Sunday 5 May, 2019 5 p.m. Set in the Basque region, this epic portrayal of feuding families begins with a single act of cowardice that shapes the lives of three generations and fuels an intense rivalry. Told in four related short stories, Vacas director Julio Medem continues the work of Armendariz in Tasio, rethinking how Basque landscapes shape […]
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Full Metal Jacket GFT
5 – 8 May, 2019 Kubrick’s scathing attack upon the Vietnam War and its destruction of a generation of people from both sides of the conflict is as ruthless and disturbing today as it was on release. We follow Private Joker (Matthew Modine) as he navigates Boot Camp, with its de-construction of its recruits. Then watch as he becomes an awful instrument […]
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Patrick McAlindon at The Glasgow Guild
Friday, 3 May, 2019 7 p.m. Final year art school student Patrick McAlindon is having his show at The Glasgow Guild showroom in their workshop and it’s a good excuse for a gathering & get together! All welcome, bring a flower, an interesting twig, a cute moss …a bottle… ‘ The bells toll, and time […]
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Woman at War
RELEASED IN CINEMAS ON 3 MAY 2019 a film by Benedikt Erlingsson starring Halldóra Geirharõsdóttir ‘Is there anything rarer than an intelligent feel-good film that knows how to tackle urgent global issues with humor as well as a satisfying sense of justice? Look no further than Woman at War’ VARIETY Picturehouse Entertainment are proud to announce […]
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Wednesday, May 1, 2019 | Filed under: Cinema
Prince Under the Cherry Moon Matchbox Cinema
Under The Cherry Moon | Film Screening Friday, 7 June, 2019 Information Under The Cherry Moon | Friday 7th June at CCA, Glasgow Backseat Bingo & Matchbox Cineclub present a rare screening of Prince’s Under the Cherry Moon, on His Royal Badness’ birthday. Fashion historian Casci Ritchie will introduce the film with an illustrated […]
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Boo Hewerdine and Darden Smith, The Admiral Bar
Wednesday, 12th June, 2019 The Admiral Bar, 72a Waterloo St, Glasgow G2 7DA To celebrate a magical musical collaboration that has resulted in a life-long friendship between acclaimed singers Boo Hewerdine and Darden Smith, the pair will be playing a handful of shows in the UK this summer. Boo Hewerdine and Darden Smith met thirty years […]
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| Filed under: Gig Guide plus Club Events
Booked Festival Wendy Erskine
Saturday, 18 May, 2019 – 4 – 5.30 p.m. West Dunbartonshire Festival of Words Dumbarton Library, Strathleven Place, Dumbarton G82 1BD Sweet Home is the debut short story collection of Wendy Erskine which has aroused great interest and critical acclaim. A reclusive cult-rock icon ends his days in the street where he was born; a […]
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The King of Paparazzi GFT
Saturday 1 June, 2019 3 p.m. Among the many lasting legacies of Federico Fellini’s 1960 film La Dolce Vita is its creation of the term ‘paparazzo’ which has come to describe a particular type of relentless celebrity photographer. Massimo Spano and Giancarlo Scarchili’s fittingly star-studded documentary focuses on Rino Barillari, arguably Italy’s most famous ‘paparazzo’. After arriving […]
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Hungry Cities, Redesigning Our Relationship to Food
13 June, 2019 6 p.m. – 7.30 p.m. CCA A panel discussion examining the role of design in changing our relationship to food, in which we talk to those who have radically redesigned elements of the Scottish food system. In this panel discussion, we examine what role design can play in changing our relationship to […]
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Jess Klein and Mike June, The Doublet Glasgow
Wednesday, 1 May, 2019 This Wednesday 1st May at the Doublet – an amazing set of musicians and a real treat . Jess Klein and Mike June and Amelia White and Scott Warman, a fabulous line up. The Doublet, 74Park Road, Glasgow G4 9JF Twitter @suburbs1 Alan 07944354459 soundsinthesuburbs@hotmail.co.uk twitter @suburbs1
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Poverty in Britain today – Kerry Hudson’s Lowborn Tour
Thursday, 16 May, 2019 – 4.30 p.m. – 5.30 p.m. The Mitchell Library Kerry Hudson in conversation with Darren McGarvey, on poverty and class in the UK – Kerry Hudson’s Lowborn We are delighted to be part of award winning author Kerry Hudson’s book tour. Her latests book – LOWBORN – is a powerful, personal, agenda […]
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Monday, April 29, 2019 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Call Mr Robeson, Queens Park Glasgow
Friday 3 May, 2019 6 p.m. – 10 p.m. Queens Park, Glasgow G42 9QL Call Mr Robeson! celebrates the life and trials of Mr Paul Robeson, who, in 1960 led the Glasgow May Day parade and performed for thousands at Queen’s Park Arena Glasgow. With a special introduction by Lost Glasgow‘s Norry Wilson and local […]
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Sunday, April 28, 2019 | Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers
Crossways -Irish/Scottish Cultural and Literary Festival Glasgow
7 – 11 May, 2019 The particular aim of the second annual Crossways is to foster and expand the rather weak literary links between Ireland and Scotland across the North Channel. It brings together notable Irish writers, musicians, and cultural figures – from both North and South – together with their Scottish peers, in a well-planned and well-balanced Festival […]
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Saturday, April 27, 2019 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Pat's Home Page Blog
West End Festival 2019 – Programme Launch
The West End Festival (WEF) has launched its 2019 programme this evening, (Friday, 26 April), featuring the first ever drag queen murder mystery in Scotland, plus another 350+ events and a new official closing event. Every year festival organisers pull another great community event out of the bag and this year is no different with […]
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Rhona Mühlebach Loch Long Solo Exhibition GFT
Exhibiton Sat 4 May — Sat 18 May 2019 Tue-Sun, 12noon-6pm Preview: Fri 3 May, 6pm-9pm // Free Part of Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival In this solo exhibition Rhona Mühlebach turns her attention to the role played by ecology in narrative construction. Here, the natural environment functions as a living archive and mnemonic device. The […]
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Friday, April 26, 2019 | Filed under: Art & artists Glasgow West End, Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow
Petra GFT
Monday, 29 April, 2019 The atmosphere of Greek tragedy comes to contemporary Spain in this brooding portrait of a broken family suffering the consequences of secrets, lies and violence. Petra, a fatherless young woman, embarks on a search that leads her to Jaume, a famous artist and a powerful, ruthless man (remarkably portrayed by 77-year […]
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Pond Life – GFT
26 April – 2 May, 2019 The first feature from acclaimed theatre director Bill Buckhurst is set in a quiet mining village just outside Doncaster during the summer of 1994. A giant carp is said to inhabit a local pond, inspiring its own Loch Ness Monster-style legend. One night, Trevor (Tom Varey) assembles friends, families and neighbours to embark on a fishing […]
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Styx GFT
26 April – 2 May, 2019 A determined and confident doctor, Rike (played with utter conviction by Susanne Wolff) attempts to escape the pace of her everyday life with a well-deserved solo sailing trip to the volcanic island of Ascension. However, her plans are scuppered when she discovers a sinking fishing boat, with hundreds of people fighting for […]
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¡Viva! Spanish & Latin American Film Festival 2019 Glasgow Film Theatre
25 March – 29 April, 2019 Glasgow Film Festival, 12 Rose Street, Glasgow G3 6RB ¡Viva! Spanish & Latin American Film Festival brings the best new cinema from Spain and Spanish-speaking Latin America to Manchester every year; at GFT we are delighted to host a selection of highlights from the main festival through April. From […]
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Dennis Cooper and Zac Farley Permanent Green Light plus Q & A
Thursday 2 May, 2019 6p.m. – 8 p.m. Andrew Stewart Cinema, Gilmorehill, Univesity of Glasgow, 9 University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ A very special opportunity to see ‘Permanent Green Light’, a film by Dennis Cooper and Zac Farley + a Q and A after the screening. A young guy wants to explode. He wants to […]
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Beatson Gin and Sing: Grease at OranMor
2nd May, 2019, Doors 7 p.m. Starts 8 p.m. The Venue at Òran Mór Doors 7pm (show starts 8pm) ‘Don’t say we’re not hopelessly devoted to you… you voted for the next Beatson Gin & Sing movie and they listened – Grease is the one that you want!’ OranMor present another evening of singing and dancing. This time, […]
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KeanuCon 2019 CCA
KeanuCon 2019 Sat 27 April — Sun 28 April 2019 From the makers of Cage-a-rama Weird Weekend, KeanuCon is Scotland’s first Keanu Reeves film festival. Join Matchbox Cineclub to celebrate the most triumphant Wyld Stallyn himself and trace his career from babe to baba yaga. Expect nine films over two days, special guests and lots of bonus […]
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Eighth Grade GFT
26 April – 2 May 2019 Eighth Grade is everything you would hope for from stand-up comic and YouTube sensation Bo Burnham. Scalpel-sharp in its observations and painfully funny, it follows 13-year-old Kayla (Elsie Fisher) as she embarks on her incredible journey towards high school. Crippled by self-loathing and insecurity, she creates YouTube advice vlogs that present a calmly confident […]
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Graham Fulton – Glitches of Mortality Book Launch
Saturday 8th of June, 2019 at 7:30 PM Glitches of Mortality published by Pindrop Press which is the 16th book of poems by Graham Fulton Project Cafe, 134 Renfrew Street, Glasgow G3 6ST It’s a free event BYOB. ‘This absolute belter of a book’ Donny O’Rourke
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Wednesday, April 24, 2019 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Express Yourself, Tell it Slant
Friday 26 April, 2019 7 p.m. – 10 p.m. April Express Yourself brings you talent from all over the world this month and you’ll not want to miss it. French poet Dr Claire Trévien will read from her new publication ‘Brain Fugue’. Plus usual 10 poets giving you 10 minutes of poetry and it is just […]
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Tuesday, April 23, 2019 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
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