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..

A Woman Captured GFT

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30 October, 2018 Presented by Sheffield Doc/Fest: Slavery is a European invention, and still exists. Filmmaker Bernadett Tuza-Ritter encounters Eta in Hungary, a woman proud of keeping domestic slaves. Violent, abusive, and manipulative, Eta has stripped 53-year-old Marish of her belongings, her family and her identity. As trust builds between Marish and the filmmaker, Marish […]

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Thursday, October 25, 2018 | Filed under: Cinema

Africa in Motion – I Still Hide To Smoke, GFT

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Tuesday 30 October, 2018 – 6 p.m. In 1995 during the Algerian civil war, Fatima (Palestinian superstar Hiam Abbas) runs a hammam, a space where women go to wash, chat and socialise. The film interweaves the narratives of the different women who use the hammam. Through the voices and stories of these women, we see a […]

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Stoats Creepy Crawl Halloween Pollok House

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Saturday 27 & Sunday 28 October, 2018 Arrive any time from 10.30am-4pm Pollok Country Park, 2060 Pollokshaws Rd, Glasgow G43 1AT Get set for a weekend of family fun with the Stoats Creepy Crawl taking place at 15 spine-chilling sites throughout Scotland. Put on your bravest face as you follow our spooky trails, solve the puzzles […]

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Kids Halloween Party, Go Wild

Saturday 27th October 2018 10.00am until 5.00pm Go Wild, 57 James St, Glasgow G40 1BZ Annual Halloween Spectacular Kids Party The Best Party For Your Little Monsters! Plus Its Bigger & Better Than Before! – 2 Hour Exclusive Soft Play Entry. – Live Stage Entertainment with Disco. – Halloween Games Prizes & Competitions. – Best […]

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The Great Halloween Puppet Making Workshop Glasgow

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Scottish Mask and Puppet Centre Saturday 27 October, 2018 10am The Great Halloween Puppet Making Workshop Witches with broomsticks and Wizards with wands! Come along for some  great fun making your very own Halloween puppet to scare off those vampires. Scary fun! Details and book Scottish Mask & Puppet Centre 8-10 Balcarres Avenue Glasgow G12 […]

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L’il Monsters Breakfast Ball Hard Rock Cafe

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Sunday 28 October, 2018 – 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM Get into the Halloween spirit with Li’l Monsters Breakfast Come along and feast from with a buffet style breakfast and let the kids be entertained by a fabulous party entertainer, with spooky games, competitions and prizes to be won! Can’t wait to see everyone’s costumes! […]

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Be Bop Bairns Halloween Glasgow

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Saturday 27th October 2018 12,30 until 2.30pm The Platform, The Bridge, 1000 Westerhouse Road , Glasgow, G34 9JW Be Bop Bairns returns with a spooktacular Halloween Special. Prizes for best costumes, Halloween party games plus singing and dancing for kids and adults. Facepainting, soft Play for toddlers and yummy food and drinks from the stalls in the next arch. […]

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Dave Arcari at King Tuts

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22 November, 2018 Alt.blues troubadour Dave Arcari returns from his latest tour to play this exclusive hometown show at Glasgow’s flagship venue King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut Plus sepcial guest Andrew Robert Eustace. Event on Facebook  

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Ben Kunder, The Doublet

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Wednesday 24 October, 2018 – 8.30 p.m. The Doublet, 74 Park Road, Kelvinbridge Glasgow G4 9JF Ben Kunder “Better Human” Album Release Tour Presented by Sounds in the Suburbs TICKETS | £10 ABOUT BEN KUNDER & “BETTER HUMAN” | “Better Human” is Ben Kunder’s dazzling new album and confident follow-up to his 2015’s internationally acclaimed album […]

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The Starry Skies with support from The Social, The Bungalow

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Thursday 25 October, 2018 The Bungalow is delighted to Present …. ***The Starry Skies with support from The Social*** The Bungalow, 15 Shuttle Street, Paisley PA1 1YD FREE ENTRY The Starry Skies “The Starry Skies are one of the finest of the current crop, with new album ‘Be Kind’ arriving on October 12th. The title […]

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The Bodyguard Musical and Themed Karaoke, Theatre Royal

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Alexandra Burke will star in The Bodyguard at Theatre Royal 3 – 29 December, 2018 Theatre Royal,282 Hope St, Glasgow G2 3QA WE WANNA SING WITH SOMEBODY! > THEATRE ROYAL TO HOST “THE BODYGUARD” THEMED KARAOKE AS HIT MUSICAL KICKS OFF UK TOUR IN GLASGOW THIS CHRISTMAS SING ALONGS WILL TAKE PLACE AFTER EVENING WEEKEND […]

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Jim McAteer, Seven Song Club

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Friday 26 October, 2018 The Tron Theatre, 63 Trongate, Glasgow G1 5HB THE SEVEN SONG CLUB PRESENT JIM MCATEER with support from Kitty and Little King Jim McAteer is a well loved poet, singer songwriter from Glasgow. With his debut album to be released soon he will be playing songs from this record and his extensive […]

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A Play, Pie and A Pint: King Keich, OranMor by Louise Welsh

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22 – 27 October, 2018 OranMor, Top of Byres Road, Glasgow G12 8QX Cast: Grant O’Rourke, Meghan Tyler and Alasdair Hankinson By Louise Welsh | Directed By Paul Brotherston It is the age of King Keich! Game show host King Keich rises to the highest position in the land bringing chaos, mayhem & mass murder in his […]

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Monday, October 22, 2018 | Filed under: What's on in Glasgow: Theatre and Comedy

Luca Manning and Finn Bradley – The Music of Chet Baker

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29 December, 2018 – 7 p.m. The Blue Arrow, 323 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3HW Two of London’s exciting young improvisers come together to explore the music of legendary trumpeter and vocalist, Chet Baker. Luca Manning (vocals) and Finn Bradley (Trumpet) met at the Guildhall School of music and drama in London and soon recognised […]

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Nice Thursday Market, Merchants House, Glasgow

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Nice people. Nice things. Nice Market The Merchants House of Glasgow, 7 West George Street, Glasgow G2 1BA Thursday 8 November, 2018 5-8pm. Email examples of your work to apply: nicemarketmerchantshouse@gmail.com The Merchants House of Glasgow is directly across the street from Glasgow Queen Street train station and subway station. Event on Facebook Anne’s Quilt […]

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Disability Led Creative Movement CCA Oct/Dec 2018

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From Sunday 28 October – 2 p.m. Dates and Further Information on Facebook CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3JD The 3 Elements of Difference is an experimental dance practice exploring improvised creative movement through sensation and imagery with disabled and non-disabled dancers. Through a series of different tasks the sessions give time to explore […]

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| Filed under: Classes and Workshops, Dance

Writers for Peace, Project Cafe

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Various Moons Tuesday 23 October, 2018 Project Cafe, 134 Renfrew Street, Glasgow G3 6ST Continuing this series on the theme of peace. Three writers and one musician from across Scotland come together to read and perform about peace – how we might make it, what it might look like, and how we can work for […]

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Fiona Burns Mindfulness Course Hillhead Sports Club

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Six week course costs starts on Friday 26 October, 2018 Fridays 10am til 12 noon until Friday 30 November. Hillhead Sports Club, 32 Hughenden Road, G12 9PX. About Fiona Burns Mindfulness We can’t change what happens in our lives, but we do have the power to change how we react to what happens.  Mindfulness has […]

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St Andrew’s Torchlight Parade Glasgow West End

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Friday 30 November, 2018, 6 p.m. Hosted by West End Festival  Help Scotland celebrate St Andrew’s Day and participate in the Torchlight Parade. Families, groups and children all welcome! Sorry, no dogs due to naked flames. Tickets start from £3. Why not get a group together, take part, then head for a nice warming dinner […]

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Africa in Motion Film Festival 2018

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Africa cinema rebels against dominant narratives this Autumn Africa in Motion (AiM) Film Festival runs from the 26 October – 4 November 2018 Africa in Motion is Scotland’s major annual celebration of African cinema, and is delighted to return for the 13th year to bring audiences in Edinburgh and Glasgow a wide variety of creative […]

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Friday, October 19, 2018 | Filed under: Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers

Standing on Their Shoulders, UK Premier, Africa in Motion Film Festival

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Thursday 1 November 2018 /  6pm Free and ticketed Glasgow Women’s Library  Book Now Celebrated South African filmmaker Xoliswa Sithole takes us on a historical journey through time in this award-winning documentary that connects female resistance movements in South Africa. The starting point of the documentary is 9 August 1956, which marks the day that 20,000 women marched […]

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John Carpenter: Master of Horror at Glasgow Film Theatre

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October and November, 2018 Glasgow Film Theatre, 12 Rose Street, Glasgow G3 6RB John Carpenter has maintained his place as one of the most loved and highly lauded directors in the realm of cult, fantasy and horror filmmaking for over 40 years. From the moment that Halloween broke through to audiences worldwide in 1978, Carpenter has created […]

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| Filed under: Cinema, Hallowe'en in Glasgow

I Remember It Well Symposium, Paisley

Paisley Arts Centre, 15 New St, Paisley PA1 1EZ Thursday 1 November, 2018 The  ‘I Remember It Well!’ symposium will bring together academics, practitioners from community learning and community groups to discuss the role of archive film in remembering, building life-narratives and to promote wellbeing. Further details

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Samhain Lantern Walk Glasgow

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1st November, 2018, 3.30 p.m. – 5.30 p.m. Back Garden, off Brechin Street, 19 Brechin Street, Glasgow, G3 7HF Samhain is a Gaelic festival marking the end of harvest season and the beginning of winter or the “darker half” of the year. Celebrate this change in season with us at the Back Garden off Brechin Street on Thursday 1st […]

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The Muse at St Louis – A Night of Justice

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Thursday 29 November, 2018 A night of words, music, wine and chat with host Linda Jackson. Writers include: Janet Crawford, Maggie Graham, Dave Manderson, Kay Metcalfe and Douglas Thomson Inspirational music from ‘Heir of the Cursed.’ Free Event Phone to book:0141 339 1742 St Louis, 734 Dumbarton Rd, Glasgow G11 6RD stlouis-cafebar.co.uk

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The Duncan McCrone Band, Gartmore Village Hall

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10 November, 2018, 7.30 p.m. Duncan, Cy and Jim – with special guests Chris Stout and Fraser Speirs – in concert. With support from husband and wife duo Neil Adam and Judy Turner, from Melbourne, Australia. Gartmore Village Hall, Main St, Gartmore, Stirling FK8 3RW Event on Facebook  

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Great News: Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA) Re-opening

CCA, Saramago Cafe Bar, Welcome Home and Aye-Aye Books will reopen to the public this Saturday 20 October, 2018 from 12noon. Jonas Staal’s The Scottish-European Parliament will reopen on Tuesday 23 October, when the events programme also starts again with Iglooghost. Kari Stewart and Shireen Taylor’s, Time Management, exhibition opens the following weekend in Intermedia. Week Beginning Monday […]

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Teenage Superstars, GFT

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28 October, 2018 – 5 p.m. This new documentary from the creators of Big Gold Dream tells the story of what happened next in the uncompromising world of Scottish indie music. The Vaselines, BMX Bandits, The Pastels, The Soup Dragons, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Primal Scream and Teenage Fanclub all appear. Bursting with new interviews, rare […]

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Christine Bovill at OranMor

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1 November, 2018, 7.30 p.m. Award winning chanteuse, Christine Bovill returns for her seventh visit to Òran Mór. The Glasgow-born singer has built her reputation on her interpretation of classic 20th century songs. With the release of Derby Street and The Sentence That I Serve she revealed a major talent as a songwriter. Fresh from an international […]

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Decolonising the Speculative: Journeys to African Futures  – Africa in Motion 2018

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EDINBURGH: Mon 29 Oct, 2019 at 5.45pm, Filmhouse, 88 Lothian Road, See Africa in Motion website to book GLASGOW: Thurs 1 Nov, 2018 at 7.30pm at University of Glasgow (Andrew Stewart Cinema, Gilmorehill 9 University Ave Glasgow G12 8QQ), Free and unticketed As part of our Decolonising the Speculative strand, this short-film series showcases the speculative work from […]

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