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. Black History Month Walking Tour Glasgow
Various Dates October, 2025 Check Availability David Livingstone Memorial Statue, Castle Street Glasgow G4 0UZ The walks take participants on a historical journey through Glasgow’s mercantile past and examine the city’s connections with tobacco, slavery and the abolition movement. Tours will be led by Amy Rich and Lucien Staddon Foster. The route is mostly downhill […]
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Friday, October 3, 2025 | Filed under: Black History Month Glasgow
Samizdat: Eastern European Film Festival
30 September – 3 October, 2025 Named after the practice of clandestine dissemination of censored and forbidden texts in communist states, Samizdat Eastern European Film Festival is returning for 2025 with an as-ever eclectic mix of some of the most exciting, powerful, thoughtful, weird and wonderful filmmaking from Eastern Europe, Central Asia and the Caucasus. […]
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| Filed under: Cinema, Pat's Home Page Blog
Take 2: Natures Resources at GFT
Saturday 4 October, 2025 11.30 a.m. Fashion curator Isabella Coraça will guide children through this special programme of animations showcasing the harmonious collaboration between humans and non-human species. Across the history of cinema, children’s animated films have conveyed profound wisdom by exploring the cooperation of human and non-human species and contemplating the uncertain boundary where […]
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| Filed under: Cinema, Kids and young people
The Wiz plus introduction
Monday 6 October, 2025, 7.45 p.m. Legendary music producer Quincy Jones teamed up with Charlie Smalls to bring the 1974 Broadway musical The Wiz to the big screen, with the help of an all-star African American cast. Directed by Academy Award nominee Sidney Lumet, this lively retelling of The Wizard of Oz stars Diana Ross as Dorothy, while music […]
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| Filed under: Black History Month Glasgow, Cinema
Book Launch: Benbecula by Graeme Macrae Burnet
Thursday 9 October, 2025 at 7 p.m. In Conversation with Sara Sheridan Waterstones, 153-157 Sauchiehall St, Glasgow G2 3EW Event by Graeme Macrae Burnet Graeme Macrae Burnet launches the latest book in Polygon’s bestselling and critically acclaimed Darkland Tales series in conversation with Sara Sheridan. The series includes Queen Macbeth by Val McDermid, Rizzio by Denise […]
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Ocean with David Attenborough: Community Screening & Q&A at GFT
Monday, October 13, 2025 at 10am – 12pm Doors at 9:45 a.m. By Marine Conservation Society Afree screening of Ocean with David Attenborough, hosted by the Marine Conservation Society and followed by a Q &A. The Marine Conservation Society are hosting a free screening of Ocean with David Attenborough – a stunning documentary showing us […]
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Aye Write 2025: Scottish Fiction
9 November, 2025, 4.15 p.m. Scottish Fiction, Modern & Contemporary Fiction, Crime & Mystery Margaret McDonald, Callum McSorley and Tom Newlands The Mitchell Library, North Street, Glasgow G3 7DN Author Martin Stewart chairs a discussion between three talented young Scottish writers, each with an award-winning debut novel to their name. Tom Newlands Tom Newlands won […]
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Thursday, October 2, 2025 | Filed under: Aye Write Book Festival 2025, Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Pat's Home Page Blog
It Was Just An Accident at GFT
Saturday 11 October, 2025 at 5.20 p.m. Jafar Panahi’s critically acclaimed and deserving Palme d’Or winner is a muscular thriller and an engaging morality tale for our times. A minor traffic accident reunites two men with a shared past. One is set on revenge, but then doubts set in. Panahi (Crimson Gold, 3 Faces, No Bears) […]
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Wednesday, October 1, 2025 | Filed under: Cinema
Public Rehearsal – Cooperation Band
Wednesday 8th October, 2025 at 7.30 p.m. Govan & Linthouse Parish Church, 796 Govan Road, Glasgow G51 2YL Come along and experience a behind-the-scenes evening as the band prepares Edward Gregson’s Symphony in Two Movements for the National Championships. Entry is free! “Your support — whether attending, sharing the word, or cheering us on — […]
Mental Health and Bigger Bodies – Byres Road Hub Mondays
Monday 6 October, 2025 (and fortnightly) University of Glasgow, School of Health and Wellbeing Byres Road Community Hub, Clarice Pears Building, 90 Byres Road. G12 8 TB If you’re new to the Hub, or if you’re already familiar, come and pop in! Free event. 10am: Tour of our Hub and Clarice Pears building 10.30am: Networking […]
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| Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Community event, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Kick Up The Arts – Nicola Meighan with Jill Jackson and Carol Laula
Thursday 2 October, 2025 Part of Glasgow Americana Cottiers Theatre, 93 – 95 Hyndland Street, Glasgow G11 5PU Glasgow Americana is more than thrilled to be teaming up with Nicola Meighan and her excellent podcast “A Kick Up The Arts” during the festival this year. Brining the podcast to the live stage with two of […]
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Tuesday, September 30, 2025 | Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, 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
Wee Scottish Arts Group Clydebank Exhibition
Until 31 October, 2025 Gallery 5, Clydebank Town Hall, Hall St, Clydebank G81 1UB Looking for something inspiring to do over the next month? Pop into Gallery 5 at Clydebank Town Hall and explore the beautiful work of the Wee Scottish Arts Group! A wide range of stunning local artworks are on display and available […]
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| Filed under: Art, Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow
Bookface Sip and Swop with Gillian Shirreffs
Saturday 25 October, 2025, 3 p.m. – 6 p.m. Saints of Ingram, 158 Ingram St, Glasgow G1 1EJ Come along for a fun and cosy afternoon at Saints of Ingram in Glasgow on Saturday 25th October from 3-6pm. when Bookface is hosting a luxury raffle to support Beatson Cancer Charity. Following the success of her […]
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Melting Pot Halloween – One Night at the Museum
1 November, 2025 – from 7 p.m. Riverside Museum, 100 Pointhouse Rd, Glasgow G3 8RS This Halloween, the spirits of disco rise once more… Clear your crypts – Melting Pot’s Halloween Party is back!! Melting Pot returns to the Riverside Museum on Saturday, November 1st to host annual Halloween spectacular!! Party amongst the vintage museum […]
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Mary Doll Poppins – Panto at OranMor 2025
25th November, 2025 – 4 December, 2025 By Martin McCormick OranMor, Top of Byres Road, G12 8QX A hilarious, Glasgow twist on the story of everyone’s favourite magical flying (sort of) Nanny. What happens when the Clydebankses, a not-so-perfect family, stop finding the joy in life and forget the true meaning of Christmas? They need […]
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SWC Flash Fiction Online Feedback Group with Eveline Pye
Sunday 5 October, 2025, 7 p.m.- 9 p.m. Meeting Monthly Online – Join via Eventbrite Scottish Writers Centre is supporting a new online flash fiction feedback group suggested by acclaimed writer and poet Eveline Pye and they’d love you to join! This is a unique opportunity to join a small, supportive group focused on providing […]
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Sunday, September 28, 2025 | Filed under: Classes and Workshops, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more, Writing
Gentle, Angy Women at GFT
Wednesday 1 2.10 p.m. and Thursday 2 October 3.10 p.m., 2025 A new generation of young female activists awakens to a powerful, forgotten chapter of women’s history. As they navigate the complexities of teenage life and social activism, three young women – Poppy (16), Xanthe (17), and Evie (19) – discover the remarkable Greenham Common […]
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Saturday, September 27, 2025 | Filed under: Cinema
The Lost Bus at GFT
26 September – 2 October, 2025 From director Paul Greengrass and inspired by real events, The Lost Bus is a white-knuckle ride through one of America’s deadliest wildfires as a wayward school bus driver (Matthew McConaughey) and a dedicated school teacher (America Ferrera) battle to save 22 children from the terrifying inferno. ‘White knuckle riveting’ — Roger Ebert Buy tickets GFT […]
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Glasgow Youth Film Festival 2025
Friday 26 until Sunday 28 September, 2025 This year’s Glasgow Youth Film Festival programme is bursting with special screenings and educational events. See full programmme GYFF 2025 Opening Film On Friday 26 September, GYFF25 opens with the Scottish Premiere of Plainclothes, the Sundance award-winning romantic thriller starring Tom Blyth and Russell Tovey. Closing Event […]
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Friday, September 26, 2025 | Filed under: Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Kids and young people, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Take 2: Fantastic Mr Fox at GFT
Saturday 27 September, 2025 11.30 a.m. Fantastic Mr Fox, bored with his current life, plans a heist against the three local farmers. The farmers, tired of sharing their chickens with the sly fox, seek revenge against him and his family. Part of Glasgow Youth Film Festival 2025. Every child attending a Take 2 screening receives […]
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| Filed under: Cinema, Kids and young people
Brides at GFT
26 September – 2 October, 2025 ‘A poignant and purposeful attempt to look behind the headlines’ – Deadline Teenage best friends Doe and Muna are setting off on what appears to be the adventure of a lifetime. Doe, quiet and observant, hasn’t travelled since arriving in the UK as a Somali refugee at the age of […]
Reality Is Not Enough at GFT
At GFT until 2 October, 2025 One of the most controversial writers of our times, join Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh as he undergoes a remarkable trip to find new meaning in his work, life and legacy. Irvine Welsh is at a crossroads. After experiencing the huge success of several film adaptations and six million books […]
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| Filed under: Cinema
Andrew O’Hagan In Conversation with Kirstin Innes
Thursday, 16 October, 2025 7 p.m. Waterstones Sauchiehall St 153-157 Sauchiehall Street, G2 3EW Glasgow From the bestselling author of Mayflies and Caledonian Road, a heart-enriching celebration of what makes us great: our friends. If we are lucky, in our lives, our friendships will be rich and varied. They will be shared with those with […]
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Amplify Guitar Slam – Guitar Taster for Kids
Saturday – 11 October, 2025, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Amplify Music Academy, 90 Seaward Street, Glasgow G41 1HJ FREE Guitar Taster for Kids! Register for event Do you know a young ‘Rocker’ in the making? GUITAR SLAM SATURDAY is a completely FREE drop-in taster session for kids who want to plug in and play […]
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Love Letters To A Murder – The Mythology of Madeleine Smith
Saturday 18th October, 2025, 3:00pm The Mitchell Library, North Street, Glasgow G3 7DN Kirsten MacQuarrie and Lesley McDowell The love letters which Madeleine Smith wrote to Emile L’Angelier during their clandestine affair of 1855-57 were essentially a work of Victorian fiction. That is not to say they were fabrications of letters. But they were performances […]
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Tuesday, September 23, 2025 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Reclaim the Clyde – Poetry and Music to celebrate our river
Thursday, 25th September, 2025. 7pm Event by Glasgow Branch CND The Wee Dram, 232 Woodlands Road, Glasgow G3 6ND FREE Poets: Alan Riach, Amy Rafferty, Ellen McAteer Readings of new works by the above and selected readings of works by a range of modern Scottish and international poets. Music: Traditional Scottish music from fiddlers Karen Barber […]
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Monday, September 22, 2025 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Music, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
The Glasgow Shanty Festival
Saturday 11th October 2025, 12.30pm to 7:30pm Aboard the Tall Ship Glenlee in Glasgow, Riverside Mueseum,150 Pointhouse Rd, Stobcross Rd, Glasgow G3 8RS FREE EVENT The Glasgow Shanty Crew are delighted to announce that the Glasgow Shanty Festival will be back for another celebration of Songs of the Sea on Saturday 11th October with guest […]
Terry Neason Songs and Words
9 October, 2025, 7.30 p.m. Cottiers Theatre, 93 – 95 Hyndland Street, G11 5PU Award Winning Music, Poetry & Humour Edinburgh Fringe Angel Award Winner, Terry Neason performs some of her best highly acclaimed repertoire of Songs and Poetry… Be prepared for an emotional rollercoaster. She includes her own songs and other Originals, as well […]
The Boys by Ella Hickson
Tuesday, 30 September, 2025 – 7.30 p.m. An amatuer production – the first play produced by Northern Assignment. Five bedrooms, five chairs and four boys. The Class of 2011 are about to graduate and Benny, Mack, Timp and Cam are due out of their flat. Stepping into a world that doesn’t want them, these boys […]
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| Filed under: What's on in Glasgow: Theatre and Comedy
The Gift, Barrowland Ballet at The Citizens Theatre
6 – 28 December, 2025 A Barrowland Ballet production – Created and choreographed by Natasha Gilmore Winner of Best Production for Children and Young People at the Critics Awards for Theatre in Scotland 2023 A mountain of discarded wrapping. A lonely child with an active imagination. It’s often the cardboard boxes, not the gifts inside […]
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