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..

Lens on Legacy – Spotlight on Glasgow’s At-Risk Buildings

at risk buildings exhibition glasgow

Special weekend opend Saturday 5 July, 2025 Glasgow City Heritage Trust, GCHT, 54 Bell Street, Glasgow G1 1LQ Lens on Legacy: Glasgow’s Architectural Heritage, our exhibition in collaboration with Queen’s Park Camera Club, is now up and running and  a special weekend opening Saturday, 5th July, from 10am-4pm! The exhibition continues the city’s long and rich […]

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Bard in the Botanics 2025

bard in botanics

25 June – 2 August, 2025 Magic, Mayhem and Murder Glasgow Botanic Gardens, 730 Great Western Rd, Glasgow G12 0UE Programme A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM – This magical & enchanting new outdoor production of Shakespeare’s best-loved comedy is the perfect treat for a summer’s evening. Part of WestFest DOCTOR FAUSTUS – Marlowe’s epic drama, adapted […]

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Gregor Smith Exhibition, Glasgow Print Studio

gregor smith

Exhibition runs: 04 July – 26 July, 2025 (Preview: Thursday 03 July) Glasgow Print Studio, first floor gallery, 103 Trongate, Glasgow G1 5HD Celebrating the life and work of the late Gregor Smith, a deeply respected and much-loved member of the Glasgow Print Studio community, who passed away earlier this year. Born in Renton and […]

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Pride and Prejudice at GFT

11 – 16 July, 2025 In this adaptation of Jane Austen’s beloved novel, Elizabeth Bennet (Keira Knightley) lives with her mother, father and sisters in the English countryside. As the eldest, she faces mounting pressure from her parents to marry. When the outspoken Elizabeth is introduced to the handsome and upper-class Mr. Darcy (Matthew MacFadyen), […]

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Monday, June 30, 2025 | Filed under: Cinema

The Shrouds at GFT

4 – 10 July 2025 GFT 12 Rose Street, G3 6RB Inconsolable since the death of his wife, Karsh, a prominent businessman, invents a revolutionary and controversial technology that enables the living to monitor their dear departed in their shrouds. One night, multiple graves, including that of Karsh’s wife, are desecrated, and he sets out […]

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Silent Comedy Classics with Live Music

Silent Comedy Classics Britannia Panopticon

Wednesday, 2 July, 2025, 7 p.m.  The Britannia Panopticon Music Hall 113-117 Trongate, Glasgow G1 5HD Enjoy a night of laughter with silent film legends Stan Laurel and Buster Keaton. Classic Comedy Screenings with Live Music Gladstone’s Bag returns to the world’s oldest music hall with two classic comedy screenings featuring live music! Dr. Pyckle […]

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Windrush Caribbean Film Festival – Women of Colour

windrush caribbean film festival

Saturday 28 June, 2025, 4.30 p.m. – event sold out Windrush Caribbean Film Festival x Women of Colour Scotland – Glasgow Screening Curated by Women of Colour Scotland in partnership with GFT, this special screening as part of Windrush Caribbean Film Festival 2025 showcases four powerful short films that explore identity, resilience, memory and heritage […]

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As The Tide Comes In at GFT

as the tide comes in

Wednesday 2 July, 2025 6.20 p.m. The 27 residents of the tiny island of Mandø are used to severe weather and flooding, but climate change is making things worse and serious catastrophe looms. Yet the island’s last farmer, Gregers, whose family has lived there for eight generations, hasn’t given up. He refuses to build a […]

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Searching for Amani at GFT

Searching for Armani

Sunday 29 June, 2025 at 7.30 p.m. A 13-year-old aspiring journalist finds himself on a dangerous odyssey as he investigates his father’s mysterious murder within the boundaries of one of Kenya’s largest wildlife conservancies. As a ravaging drought encroaches, his quest to find the killer shifts, and an activist is born as the collateral damage […]

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From Hilde, With Love

From Hilde, With Love

27 June – 3 July, 2025 A polished biopic of Hilde Coppi, a German resistance fighter with the Red Orchestra anti-fascist group, whose resilience is tested to the limit when she is arrested in 1942 while pregnant. Andreas Dresen’s polished and evocative period drama, set in 1942, tells the true story of one woman’s resilience […]

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Sudan, Remember Us

Sudan, Remember Us

27 June – 3 July, 2025 Following Shajane, Maha, Muzamil, and Khattab: four young Sudanese activists in their twenties, these politically active and artistically creative youth are but a few of a generation fighting for freedom with their words, poems, and chants. Buoyed by courage, sheer will and collective hope, these Sudanese young people risked […]

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Clueless – 30th Anniversary

Clueless

27 July –  3 July, 2025 Thirty years later, Clueless remains a smart, charming, and hilarious classic that truly captures what it was like to be a teen in the 1990s. Alicia Silverstone shines as the 15-year-old Beverly Hills High School student who thrives on shopping, enjoys the perfect social life, and plays matchmaker to all […]

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The Barras Version, Moulin Rouge – Night Market

moulin rouger at the barras

Thursday 17 July, 2025, 5 p.m. – 10 p.m. The Barras, 244 Gallowgate, G4 0TT The Barras will be transformed for Moulin Rouge Night Market – the official warm-up event before Glasgow Pride  takes over the market and Barrowland Ballroom on the 19th of July! Expect a night full of high kicks, music, and dazzling […]

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Sma’ Shot Poetry Slam

sma shot poetry slam

5 July, 2025, 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. Paisley Arts Centre 15 New St, Paisley PA1 1EZ Part of Sma’ Shot Day – one of Scotland’s most radical heritage celebrations – this high-energy poetry slam brings together voices from across the country for a night of spoken word that’s bold, brave and brilliantly unforgettable. Want […]

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Album Launch: The Arms Of My Own Kindness – Dotur Normul

Doctur Normul

Thursday 3 July, 2025, 8 p.m. McChuills, 80 High Street, Glasgow G1 1NL MUSIC : FRIENDS : POETRY : DRINKS : CDS : SURPRISE MERCH! After over 10 years of organising gigs and playing live in pubs, campsites, and gaffs, Doctur Normul is finally launching her debut album: The Arms of My Own Kindness, with […]

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Greek Thomson Walking Tour – Glasgow City Heritage Trust

Thursday 17 July, 2025 6 p.m. – 7.30 p.m.   Meet at GCHT, 54 Bell Street, G1 1LQ | £12 Join conservation architect Scott Abercrombie, Associate Director at John Gilbert Architects and former Chair of the Alexander Thomson Society, for a walking tour exploring the legacy of Alexander ‘Greek’ Thomson and his circle. Starting from GCHT’s […]

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Explore the Southern Necropolis: A Walking Tour

southern necropolis glasgow

 July 20, 2025, 12 noon – 2 p.m.  Southern Necropolis,  300 Caledonia Rd, Glasgow G5 0TB Meet at the Gate House on Caledonia Road Glasgow City Heritage Trust and Friends of Southern Necropolis invite you to a meander around the Gorbals Southern Necropolis with the Happy Reaper (aka Colin Mackie). Opened in 1840, the Southern […]

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Medecins Sans Frontieres – Hope: An evening of storytelling

Medecins Sans Frontieres

Tuesday 15 July, 2025, 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. The Venue,  Òran Mór, top of Byres Road, Glasgow G12 8QX MSF will be hosting an evening of storytelling, featuring MSF staff members who have returned from work around the world Storytellers are MSF staff who, reflecting on the theme of ‘hope’ in its many forms, will […]

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My Carbon Footprint – Workshop

my carbon footprint

Saturday 28 June, 2025, 1 p..m. – 2.30 p.m. Advanced Research Centre, University of Glasgow, 11 Chapel Lane Glasgow G11 6EW A hands-on workshop exploring how everyday choices impact the planet—and what small steps can make a big difference. In the workshop, participants will be asked to turn climate action into something fun, colourful, and […]

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WestFest 2025: The Big Sunday at Kelvin Way

the big sunday kelvin way

WestFest Sunday 29 June, 2025 at 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. What’s On at Big Sunday A brand new community event for 2025 on Kelvin Way, Kelvingrove, Glasgow G3 7TA A jam-packed street festival in partnership with Cala Jordanhill Park & Glasgow City Council, supported by National Lottery Communities Fund. Featuring live music, choirs, brass […]

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A Life Impacted by Carbon – Interactive Workshop at ARC

Saturday, June 28, 2025 11 a.m. – 12.30p.m. Advanced Research Centre, University of Glasgow, 11 Chapel Lane Glasgow G11 6EW Explore the impact of carbon through storytelling and creative reflections in this interactive workshop led by Museum Studies students How does carbon shape our lives—and the lives of others across time and place? In this […]

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Glasgow School of Art, Graduate Show 2025

Pat Byrne GSA Degree Shwo

We enjoyed some of the striking exhibits at Glasgow School of Art, Degree Show at the Stow Building 2025.       Podcast: Mariella Villalobos, Graduate Glasgow School of Art 2019 Jim & Pat’s Glasgow West End Chat – Episode 75  – In this episode Pat chats to Chilean/Canadian Mariella Villalobos, a freelance Illustrator and a […]

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Coorie Club #003, Scottish Writers Centre

Coorie in

1 July, 2025, 7 p.m. Scottish Writers Centre, Clubroom, CCA, 350 Sauchhall Street, Glasgow G2 3JD Come along to SWC’s Coorie Club! A relaxed social session offering gentle encouragement, a compassionate environment and peer support for writers. Whether you are “sick of sittin’ ’round here tryin’ to write this book,” seeking out advice, looking to […]

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Rock Choir Summer Show at Cottiers

Rock Choir

Sunday Monday 29 June, 2025 – Performances at 2pm & 5.30pm Cottiers, 93 – 95 Hyndland Street, Glasgow G11 5PU Come along and experience the joy and energy of Rock Choir! An uplifting hour long show (lunchtime or early evening option available) as the UK’s largest contemporary choir, Rock Choir, comes to Cottiers – for […]

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Saturday, June 21, 2025 | Filed under: Music, What's on in Glasgow: Theatre and Comedy

The Future is Now – Poetry Workshop with Tom Murray

The Future is Now with Tom Murray

Thursday 19 June, 2025, 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. Creative Lab, CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3JD By Scottish Writers Centre Join poet Tom Murray in a workshop that explores how we live today in the age of technology, and how it affects our work and life. Is it a good thing, or bad, […]

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Take 2: Ernest and Celestine at GFT

Ernest and Celestine

Saturday 21 June, 2025 at 11.30 a.m. Celestine is a little mouse trying to avoid a dental career while Ernest is a big bear craving an artistic outlet. When Celestine meets Ernest, they overcome their natural enmity by forging a life of crime together. Please note: This film is in French with English subtitles. Take […]

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Wednesday, June 18, 2025 | Filed under: Cinema

Collateral at GFT

Collateral

Saturday 21st June,  5.10 p.m. and Thursday, 26 June, 8.20 p.m., 2025 After a long day, LA taxi driver Max (Jamie Foxx) is about to knock off when sharp-suited Vincent (Tom Cruise) offers him $600 to make five stops. Sounds good until Vincent turns out to be a merciless hitman and each one of those […]

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Hidden at GFT

Hidden

20 – 26 June, 2025 A married couple’s comfortable lifestyle begins to implode after they start to receive surveillance tapes of their home in Michael Haneke’s gripping psychological thriller, starring Juliette Binoche and Daniel Auteuil. Four years after The Piano Teacher won a trio of prizes in Cannes, Michael Haneke’s disturbing psychological thriller opened the festival – […]

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Miller’s Crossing plus Introduction

Miller's Crossing

Monday 23 June, 2025 8 p.m. This special 35mm screening for the June edition of GFT’s Coen Brothers of the Month will be introduced by film critic and programmer Allan Hunter. Miller’s Crossing is a 1920s gangster movie that only the Coen Brothers could concoct. When the Italian Mafia threatens to kill a crooked bookie (John Turturro), […]

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Red Path at GFT

Red Path

Friday 20th, Sunday 22 and Monday 23 June, 2025 In the shadow of Tunisia’s Mghila Mountains, 13-year-old Achraf endures a harrowing ordeal when jihadists attack him and his cousin, Nizar. Forced to carry a gruesome warning back to their village, Achraf embarks on a journey that blurs the lines between trauma and resilience. Based on […]

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