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..

Late Night: Superbad, GFT

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14 September, 2018 – 11 p.m. A classic comedy featuring early roles for some of today’s biggest stars, including the film debut of Oscar-winner Emma Stone. Best mates Seth and Evan are about to leave high school and embark on college life. Before they do, they want to initiate their sex lives and mix with […]

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Thursday, September 13, 2018 | Filed under: Cinema

The Lady From Shanghai, GFT

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16 – 17 September, 2018 Orson Welles’ 1948 film noir stars his then estranged wife Rita Hayworth in a lurid tale of deception, fraud and murder. When Irish sailor Michael O’Hara saves the beautiful Else Bannister from muggers, he joins her and her criminal attorney husband Arthur Bannister as a seaman aboard their yacht. However, […]

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Skate Kitchen GFT

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15 September, 2018 From the award-winning director of The Wolfpack, Crystal Moselle, Skate Kitchen is a fresh take on adolescent life in New York. The film centres around 18 year old aspiring skater Camille. Despite the wishes of her mother, Camille is determined to pursue her love of skateboarding and forms a friendship with an all-female skate crew. […]

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Darkstar Academy Course for Kids Hillhead Sports Club

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10 – 16 year olds Sunday 16 September, 2018 Hillhead Sports Club, 32 Hughenden Rd, Glasgow G12 9XP At Hughenden on SUNDAY 16 SEPTEMBER (6pm) – the free taster session for DARKSTAR THEATRE ACADEMY’s CREATIVE AND PERFORMANCE COURSE for 10 to 16s who want to act, sing, dance, direct, produce. Learn more at darkstaracademy.co.uk/ Hotline: 07780 981 306 […]

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STAGE Multimedia Exhibition

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Friday 14 – Sunday 16 September, 2018 A 3-Day multimedia exhibition of painting, sculpture and photography with live music and poetry Friday 14th Sept 6pm – 8pm Exhibition Opening LOUISE MALONE – Painting, Sculpture, Woodblock Prints. Photography: JAQUES FRANCIOLY, SUMAYA MOUSTAFA,, RORY TK, KHADIJA MOUSTAFA, RITA LASBLEIZE Saturday 15th:Exhibition 2 – 8pm 2.30pm live music […]

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Gavin Paterson Nova Scotia Folk Club

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Wednesday 17 October, 2018 – 7.30 p.m. Fort Theatre, Kenmure Avenue,  Bishopbriggs G64 2DW Gavin Paterson takes the featured spot. Also open floor spots and end of show jam session. All welcome. Event on Facebook

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Stuart Cosgrove, ‘Harlem 69’ Book Launch

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Stuart Cosgrove will be on tour to launch ‘Harlem 69’ The Future of Soul – final part of #SoulTrilogy The Admiral Bar,72a Waterloo St, Glasgow G2 7DA 20 October, 2018. Buy tickets Other dates include: Stuart Cosgrove Soul Trilogy Birlinn Limited On twitter @Detroit67Book  

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Wednesday, September 12, 2018 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events

Get A Life, Websters Theatre

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18th-20th October 2018 @ 7:30 pm A dynamic and thought -provoking world premiere written by author and playwright David Henry Wilson, ‘Get A Life ‘ features actors John Shedden and Finlay McLean. By Splinters Productions – ‘a well-established touring theatre, running for more than 20 years, consisting of seasoned, professional actors bringing performances to delight […]

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Yer Tea’s Oot, Websters Theatre

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21 September 2018 – 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm As we say round here: ‘If they drap yin, yer tea’s oot!‘. A cabaret evening of top entertainment that also celebrates the story of the United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), Scotland’s part in that […]

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An Evening With Mark Beaumont at Cottiers

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Tuesday 18 September, 2018 – 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm Around the World in 80 Days by Mark Beaumont Mark Beaumont set out to make this Victorian fiction a two wheeled reality. Having smashed the circumnavigation cycling World Record twice in his career, he now holds this 18,000 mile title in a time of 78 days […]

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Richard Holloway, Creative Conversatons

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University Chapel, West Quadrangle, Main Building Gilmorehill Campus, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ Monday, 24 September, 2018 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. As part of the on-going Creative Conversation speaker series, writer, memoirist, broadcaster and theologian Richard Holloway comes to University of Glasgow campus to chat about his writing. Richard Holloway was Bishop of […]

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Tuesday, September 11, 2018 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events

Brushes With War, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum

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21 September, 2018 – 6 January, 2019 Marking the 100th anniversary of the end of World War 1. Brushes with War is a powerful and emotive insight into the experience of soldiers from World War I through the drawings and paintings they created. Featuring original artworks by German, Austrian, French, Belgian, British, American, Canadian, Australian […]

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Cottiers, Glasgow West End, bar, restaurant, theatre, wedding venue

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Cottiers, 93-95 Hyndland St, Glasgow G11 5PU 0141 357 5825 www.cottiers.com/ Cottiers Bar and Restaurant is a most attractive and flexible venue in Glasgow’s West End. Previously, Dowanhill Church built in 1865, it’s one of only three surviving Scottish churches decorated by Daniel Cottier the revolutionary artist-designer. WHAT’S ON AT COTTIERS Cottiers offers a range […]

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The Wellgreen, Stilton, KiDD, West of Scotland Cricket Club

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Saturday, 27 October, 2018 – 7 p.m. West of Scotland Cricket Club, Hamilton Crescent, Peel Street, Partick G11 5LU A long overdue night curated by record label The Barne Society! The Wellgreen combine classic sixties songwriting, early powerpop and psychedelia on top of vintage recording techniques to create a familiar yet fresh & original sound. […]

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Monday, September 10, 2018 | Filed under: Gig Guide plus Club Events

All The Time We Thought We Had, Gordon Darroch Waterstones

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Tuesday 11 September, 2018 Waterstones, 153 – 157 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3EW How do you start a new life when the person you love is about to die? At the age of thirty-six, Gordon Darroch’s wife was diagnosed with breast cancer. It was a devastating blow just as he, and their two children with […]

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SUPER Market Glasgow 2018

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14 October, 2018 Argyle Street Arches, 253 Argyle Street, Glasgow G2 8DL Plus Super Market Extra 17 – 19 October at The Vacant Space, 1184 Argyle Street, Finnieston, Glasgow G3 8TE (Event on Facebook) Super Market is Glasgow’s biggest regular Independent Shopping experience at Argyle St Arches. Guests can enjoy a curated selection of over […]

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David Rovics at the Doublet Bar

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8 October, 2018 – 7.30 p.m. The Doublet Bar, 74 Park Road, Glasgow G4 9JF David Rovics was born in New York City, and as a guitar-slinging singer/songwriter now based in Portland, Oregan, has toured in over two dozen countries, including at mass protests throughout North America and Europe. In addition to his musical involvement […]

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Sunday, September 9, 2018 | Filed under: Gig Guide plus Club Events

Pollok House, Glasgow Doors Open Days, Craft Fair

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Saturday, 15 September, 2018 Entrance free (normally £8) and there will be an awesome craft fair 11am – 4pm in the servants quarters. Featuring the work of well known Glasgow makers! So come visit, there will be cakes. Pollok House The National Trust for Scotland 2060 Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow G43 1 AT Pollok House is […]

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Bathing Bells Exhibition, Govanhill Baths

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Photo exhibition by Denise Noone 7 – 15 September, 2018 Women over 40 in bathing costumes. None of the usual alluring or come-hither poses associated with swimwear are assumed. The women are firm-footed, adorned and vibrant, they are not pouty and dour. The women are joyous and ringing their own bell. Govanhill Baths, 99 Calder St, […]

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Patrick at GFT, Take 2 Free Family Film

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Saturday 8 September, 2018 . 11.30 p.m. Glasgow Young Scot or Kidz Card holders and an accompanying parent / carer get free tickets to this show by showing their Young Scot or Kidz Card at the Box Office. All other tickets are £5.50 (plus £1.50 for 3D screenings). Each £5.50 child’s ticket also admits one […]

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Friday, September 7, 2018 | Filed under: Cinema, Kids and young people

The Miseducation of Cameron Post, GFT

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7 – 13 September, 2018 After Cameron Post (Chloë Grace Moretz) is caught with another girl in the back seat of a car on prom night, she is quickly shipped off to a conversion therapy centre that treats teens “struggling with same-sex attraction.” At the facility, Cameron is subjected to outlandish discipline, dubious “de-gaying” methods, […]

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Le Bonheur, GFT

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12 and 13 September, 2018 Deemed provocative and sparking controversy upon release, Varda’s Le Bonheur stars Jean-Claude Drouout as married man François, alongside his off-screen wife and children. François lives a comfortable and fulfilling life, but finds himself drawn to Emilie (Marie-France Boyer), the post office clerk. Varda’s resonant drama explores monogamy and the consequences of the […]

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Working Class Heroes Season, Glasgow Film Theatre

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Every film star tells a story – one about the time and place they come from. Working Class Heroes is a collection of films lit up by the charisma of working class stars, a celebration of fine actors and remarkable leading roles. Together they reveal a Britain where for a time at least, big-screen stars came […]

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The Cold War, GFT

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1 – 13 September, 2018 Winner of the Best Director award at the Cannes 2018, Paweł Pawlikowski’s Cold War is an epic romance set against the backdrop of Europe after World War II. Sumptuously shot in black and white, and set to a soundtrack of rustic folk songs and sultry jazz, it spans decades and nations to […]

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Spangled Cabaret October 2018

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Monday 1 October, 2018 The Blue Arrow, 323 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3HW Spangled Cabaret is the longest running monthly alternative variety show in Glasgow! Beginning at The Rio Cafe on the 1st Monday in February 2008, Spangled went on to capture the imagination of the audience with an ever expanding roster of eclectic acts. […]

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Wild Harvest, Native Trees and Fruit, Locavore Guided Walk and Discussion

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Queens Park, 520 Langside Road, Glasgow G42 8QR 23 September, 2018 Join Floortje, one of the growers from our Left Field Market Garden, on a guided walk and discussion on the various native trees and their fruits/edible leaves available to forage in Queen’s Park. Floortje will be offering her guidance and knowledge to give you […]

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Cheeky Besoms Speakeasy and Open Mic Night Glasgow

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Saturday 29 September, 2018, 6-30 p.m. – 10.30 p.m. The Project Cafe, 134 Renfrew Street,  Glasgow G3 6ST Cheeky Besom Productions  ‘Artists With Attitude’ “If you want to end the war then instead of sending guns, send books. Instead of sending tanks, send pens. Instead of sending soldiers, send teachers” Malala Yousafzai (17 year-old Nobel […]

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Pollokshaws Community Carnival 2018

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8 September, 2018 Pollokshaws Area Network are proud to once again host the annual Pollokshaws Community Carnival! This year they’re at the Hub, 132 Shawbridge Street, Pollokshaws, Glasgow G41 1NP (just down from the library) and occupying the grounds round about for a whole host of fun activities! ** Lots of food!! ** Live music […]

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Wednesday, September 5, 2018 | Filed under: Community event, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers

Scotland’s Food and Drink Fortnight 2018

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1 – 16 September, 2018 Scottish Food & Drink Fortnight 2018 provides the perfect opportunity for everyone to get involved in celebrating and enjoying fantastic Scottish produce, whether they’re a chef, producer, retailer, caterer, hotelier, school, organisation or food enthusiast. The campaign for this year is themed around the future of Scotland’s food and drink industry. […]

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Forgotten Silver, Scalarama, Glasgow

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Wednesday 5 September, 2018 ISO, 65 Virginia Street, Glasgow G1 1TS Forgotten Silver is an epic documentary chronicling the extraordinary, unbelievable life of pioneer Kiwi filmmaker Colin McKenzie. Or is it? The first clue that none of this story is true is that the film begins with Peter Jackson literally leading the viewer down a garden […]

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