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. CinemARC: Carbon Shorts with Glasgow Short Film Festival
Wednesday, June 18, 2025, 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. Advanced Research Centre, University of Glasgow, 11 Chapel Lane Glasgow G11 6EW Inspired by the Bengaluru Science Gallery exhibition CARBON: Under Pressure, at the Advanced Research Centre on 3 and 29 June, the ARC and Glasgow Short Film Festival have teamed up to explore the social, cultural and environmental […]
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Glasgow 850 – Group Show ProjectAbility
7 June – 19 July, 2025, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. 103 Trongate, Glasgow G1 5HD Join ProjectAbility in celebrating 850 vibrant years of Glasgow with a joyful exhibition showcasing the city’s spirit through art. This special event brings together the talented artists of Project Ability alongside a dynamic selection of creatives who responded to […]
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Movement Park Superhero School at Glasgow BMX Centre
Saturday 7 June, 2025, 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. Knightswood BMX, 72 Archerhill Road, Glasgow, G13 3LS Unleash Your Inner Hero! If you want to be a superhero for the day, join Movement Park Superhero School to actively unleash your potential! The action-packed day of superhero training at Glasgow BMX Centre includes: Parkour Playground – […]
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| Filed under: Community event, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Kids and young people, Sport, Walks, Cycling in Glasgow
Love Loss Data – Lacunas Music Society
Thursday, 26 June, 2025, 8 p.m. Cottiers, 93 – 95 Hyndland Street, Glasgow G11 5PU Beautiful songs and evocative music, complemented with spoken word and arresting visuals, love loss data is presented by Lacunas Music Society. Part of WestFest Actress Blythe Duff – best known for her role as Jackie Reid in the long running crime show Taggart – […]
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Sunday, June 1, 2025 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Community event, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Gig Guide plus Club Events, Pat's Home Page Blog, WestFest 2025, WestFest Glasgow's Cultural and Community Festival, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
CinemARC – The Life Aquatic
13 June, 2025, 7.00 p.m. The ARC presents Wes Anderson’s The Life Aquatic as part of Glasgow Science Festival. Marking Glasgow’s 850th birthday, the ARC is taking inspiration from the fish on the city’s crest to present Wes Anderson’s The Life Aquatic for an evening screening. Starring Bill Murray, expect a colourful cast of characters in this […]
German Cinema: Buddenbrooks
Thursday 26 June, 2025 6 p.m. Goethe-Institut Glasgow, 3 Park Circus Glasgow G3 6AX Framed by impressive documentary footage from the Lübeck harbor, the silent first film adaptation of Thomas Mann’s 1901 novel focuses on several episodes from the literary original, especially the fates of the siblings Thomas, Christian, and Tony Buddenbrook. As the eldest […]
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Saturday, May 31, 2025 | Filed under: Cinema, Free Events
The Salt Path
30 May – 12 June, 2025 Based on the bestselling memoir by Raynor Winn, The Salt Path is the profound true story of husband and wife, Raynor (Jason Isaacs) and Moth’s (Gillian Anderson) 630-mile trek along the beautiful but rugged Cornish, Devon and Dorset coastline. After being forcibly removed from their home, they make the desperate decision […]
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Come along and try Pétanque – WestFest
Friday 27 June, 2025 at 6.30 p.m. – 8.30 p.m. Willowbank Bowling Club, 36 Downside Road, Dowanhill, Glasgow G12 9DW Glasgow Pétanque Club invites you to come along to the piste at Willow Bank Bowling Club to try out Pétanque (French Boules). Equipment and coaching will be available, and the bar will be open for […]
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Friday, May 30, 2025 | Filed under: Community event, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Free Events, Sport, Walks, Cycling in Glasgow, WestFest 2025, WestFest Glasgow's Cultural and Community Festival, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
CinemARC – Song of the Sea
Friday, June 13, 2025 · 4 p.m. – 6 p.m. Advanced Research Centre, University of Glasgow, 11 Chapel Lane Glasgow G11 6EW Part of Glasgow Science Festival Marking Glasgow’s 850th birthday, the ARC is taking inspiration from the fish on the city’s crest to present Song of the Sea for a family-friendly screening. This enchanting animation […]
Liam McIlvanney, The Good Father – Aye Write 2025
Thursday 31 July, 2025, 6.30 p.m. The Mitchell Library, North Street, Glasgow G3 7DN The Long Shadow of Scottish Gothic: Liam McIlvanney Aye Write ‘s first event of 2025, welcoming award winning crime author Liam McIlvanney in conversation with Scottish literature expert Dr Valentina Bold. A unique discussion of Scottish Gothic inspired by Liam’s new […]
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Thursday, May 29, 2025 | Filed under: Aye Write Book Festival 2025, Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Margaret Macdonald and Charles Rennie Mackintosh: Partners in Life and Art?
The Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow, 82 Hillhead Street Glasgow G12 8QQ Thursday, 5 June, 2025, 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. A talk by curator Joseph Sharples, which will consider the extent of the couple’s artistic relationship. Followed by a Q&A. Tickets “In all my architectural efforts you have been half if not threequarters […]
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19 Flags for Palestine, The Glad Cafe
Sunday 29 June, 2025, 7 p.m. The Glad Cafe, 1006A Pollokshaws Rd, Glasgow G41 2HG Fundraiser for Palestine and Publication Launch Art and Writing About Palestine Part 2. Music/SpokenWord/Visuals Entry and copy of publication by donation
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Wednesday, May 28, 2025 | Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Professor Gordon Gibb Talk on Fires at the Mack
Monday 2 June, 2025, 7 p.m. Kelvinside Hillhead Parish Church, Saltoun Street/Observatory Road, Glasgow G12 Professor Gordon Gibb, a former student and lecturer in architecture at Glasgow School of Art, shares his insight into the fires that led to the loss of “the Mack”, Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s masterwork. Fascinating insight into one of the nations’s […]
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Glasgow Mela 2025
Sunday 22 June, 2025, 12 noon – 8 p.m. Scotland’s Biggest South Asian Festival is back for 2025! Kelvingrove Park, Park Terrace, Glasgow G3 6BY Come along to Kelvingrove Park for a fun, free day out for all the family. Bringing music, dance, arts and vibrancy to the heart of Glasgow’s west end with tasty […]
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| Filed under: Dance, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Pat's Home Page Blog
Charity Book Launch for Elephant by Gillian Shirreffs
Saturday, 14 June, 2025, 12 noon – 2 p.m. Fundraiser for Beatson Cancer Charity. Hosted by Laura Boyd (reporter for STV News) with special musical guest, Matt Hickman (Brownbear) Glasgow University Union, 32 University Avenue Glasgow G12 8LX Fundraising book launch in aid of Beatson Cancer Charity. Hosted by Laura Boyd (entertainment reporter for STV […]
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Dave Arcari plus special guest Al Hughes
Thursday 12 June, 2025 – 7.30 p.m. The Glad Cafe, 1006A Pollokshaws Road Glasgow G41 2HG SLIDE guitarist & songwriter Dave Arcari’s alt.blues sounds owe as much to trash country, punk and rockabilly as they do pre-war Delta blues. His music has been showcased via seven internationally-acclaimed solo album releases. Following a successful Kickstarter campaign […]
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Tuesday, May 27, 2025 | Filed under: Gig Guide plus Club Events, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
The Naked Neds at Cottiers
Friday, 13 June, 2025, 7.30 p.m. Cottiers, 93 – 95 Hyndland Street, G11 5PU The Naked Neds are back! Hot off the heels of their sold-out 2024 tour. Get ready for a rollercoaster of laughter, tears, and maybe a few awkward moments with Paul, Jamie, Tony, Harry, and Bev! ‘The Naked Neds follows a group […]
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Monday, May 26, 2025 | Filed under: Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more, What's on in Glasgow: Theatre and Comedy
Ashton Lane Street Party, West End Festival
Saturday 31 May, 12pm – 10 pm & Sunday 1 June, 2025, 12 pm – 7 pm Ashton Lane, (off Byres Road) G12 8SJ Ashton Lane Opening Street Party & Vinicombe Street Party WestFesst ️ ️ Ashton Lane is throwing the street party as part of the West End Festival. Grab your pals, bring the […]
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dharma gadelica: readings for Gerry Loose at the Kibble Palace
Sunday 25th May, 2025 at 3.30 p.m.- 4.30 p.m. The Kibble Palace, Botanic Gardens, 730 Great Western Road, Glasgow G12 0EU Readings in memory of Gerry Loose, who died on 30 April 2024. The memorial renga composed earlier in the day will by those who knew Gerry, including Sukhema Butler, dogo (greum maol stevenson), Gerrie […]
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Robots and Oranges – Alan Windram
Saturday, 21 June, 2025, 2.30 p.m. Advanced Research Centre, University of Glasgow, 11 Chapel Lane, Glasgow G11 6EW Join Alan Windram, award-winning author, in this highly interactive, fun-filled children’s event with his latest One Button Benny picture book. ‘One Button Benny and the Dinosaur Dilemma’ plus his brand new book ‘Kevin The Orange’. Come along […]
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| Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Kids and young people, Pat's Home Page Blog, University of Glasgow Advanced Research Centre, WestFest 2025, WestFest Glasgow's Cultural and Community Festival, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Teresa Latina Polish Folk Art Exhibition, Scottish Mask and Puppet Centre
Free Open Friday 23 May, 2025 and continues until Monday, 26 May. The Scottish Mask & Puppet Centre, 8 – 10 Balcarres Avenue, Kelvindale, Glasgow G12 0QF Celebrating the life and work of Teresa Latina; artwork and designs inspired by her Polish roots from puppets to papercuts, ceramics, decorative art, and designs for Goldbergs Department […]
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Book Launch: Elephant by Gillian Shirreffs
Saturday 7 June, 2025 – 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. Gillian Shirreffs in conversation with Elissa Soave Waterstones, 153-157 Sauchiehall St, Glasgow G2 3EW One in two of us will get cancer in our lifetime, yet it so often remains the elephant in the room. In this unprecedented book, talented novelist, Gillian Shirreffs, collects and […]
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Writing A Musical – Taster Workshop at WestFest
Saturday, 7 June, 2025, 12.40 – 4.40 p.m. Hillhead Library, 348 Byres Road, Glasgow, G12 8AP Part of WestFest 2025 A hands-on creative session blending playwriting, songwriting, and performance – introducing the core skills behind musical theatre writing. The workshop offers a unique chance to explore storytelling through music with opportunities to get professionally published. […]
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Windrush Caribbean Festival – Women of Colour Scotland GFT
Saturday 28 June, 2025 Curated by Women of Colour Scotland in partnership with Glasgow Film Theatre, this special screening as part of WCFF 2025 showcases four powerful short films that explore identity, resilience, memory and heritage through the eyes of Caribbean women. The programme includes: Sugar Dumplin (Tristan Barrocks, 19m) – A moving story of food, […]
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Thursday, May 22, 2025 | Filed under: Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Good One at GFT
Until Thursday 29 May, 2025 In India Donaldson’s insightful, piercing debut, 17-year-old Sam (Lily Collias) embarks on a three-day backpacking trip in the Catskills with her dad, Chris (James Le Gros) and his oldest friend, Matt (Danny McCarthy). As the two men quickly settle into a gently quarrelsome brotherly dynamic, airing long-held grievances, Sam, wise […]
Clyde Chorus at The Pearce Institute
Saturday 31 May, 2025 Doors open 11 a.m. Come along to an unforgettable musical celebration with Musicians In Exile as they join forces with dlù, performers from Àrd-Sgoil Ghàidhlig Ghlaschu, and the Ando Glaso Collective. At The Pearce Institute. 840-860 Govan Rd, Glasgow G51 3UU Buy tickets
The Unlikely Friendship of Feather Boy and Tentacle Girl
Friday 23 May, 2025 2 p.m. and 6.45 p.m. The Tramway, 25 Albert Drive, Glasgow G41 2PE Part of Tramway’s Dance International Glasgow festival, 9 – 24 May A dynamic and visually stunning aerial show for families and children that explores the joy of friendship Two friends perform breathtaking aerial shows. They fly, spin, hang […]
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March To Celebrate World Refugee Day and Carnival at Old Fruitmarket, Glasgow
Saturday, 21 June, 2025, 12 p.m. – 10 p.m. Event by Stand up to Racism – Scotland, Perth Against Racism and Stand up to Racism Glasgow Assemble for the march 12 noon at Barrowland Park, Glasgow G1 5BG Carnival Rally, music and carnival in The Old Fruitmarket, 100 Candleriggs, Glasgow G1 1NQ hosted by Love Music Hate Racism […]
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People’s Palace and Winter Gardens: redevelopment outreach event
Friday 23rd May 2025, 12-4pm Bridgeton Library, 2 – 16 Orr St, Bridgeton, Glasgow G40 2QH The People’s Palace and Winter Gardens are being redeveoped. Arts & crafts, museum object handling, find out about the project, meet some of the team and get involved! Free event – All welcome. Walking Tour – Glasgow Green There […]
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Kittlin Open Mic – Avant Garde
Tuesday, 3 June, 2025 Avant Garde, 34-44 King St, Glasgow G1 5QT Kittlin Open Mic night, Tuesday 3rd June Avant Garde, Glasgow, starts 7.30pm sharp til 10pm. And every 2 months, Tuesday 5th August and 7th September. Kittlin will perform a short set then the mic is open to all you fabulous poets, musicians, storytellers. […]
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