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. Celebrate John Maclean Centenary / Living Rent Benefit at Stereo
Saturday 1 December, 2018 – 7 p.m. Celebrate the Centenary of great John Maclean coming home to the Clyde! Featuring JAMES KELMAN | HEIR OF THE CURSED | DECLAN WELSH and more Stereo Cafe/Bar, Renfield Lane, G6 A party to mark 100 years since John Maclean returned to Glasgow. Having suffered imprisonment, hard labour and […]
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Monday, October 29, 2018 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Tawona Sithole, Poet and Musician at Creative Conversations
Monday 29 October 2018 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. Creative Conversations University of Glasgow Memorial, Chapel, West Quadrangle, Main Building Gilmorehill Campus, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ Tawona Sithole is from Zimbabwe, born to a large family with strong traditional roots. The moral values of his ancestral family, Moyo Chirandu, passed down from his […]
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Sunday, October 28, 2018 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
King Keich at OranMor by Louise Welsh review by Pat Byrne
King Keigh, A Play, A Pie and A Pint Directed by Paul Brotherstone Beyond absurd, King Keich brought mayhem to the stage at Play, Pie and Pint, OranMor. We meet the flamboyant Keich, game-show host (Grant O’Rourke) as he prepares for his ‘Open the Box’ television show. When he boasts of the large audience his […]
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| Filed under: What's on in Glasgow: Theatre and Comedy
Jonas Staal The Scottish-European Parliament Exhibition CCA
Tuesday 23 October — Sunday 11 November 2018 CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3JD Mon-Wed: 11am-6pm // Thu-Fri: 11am-8pm // Sat: 11am-6pm // Sun: 12noon-6pm Free entry Jonas Staal‘s The Scottish-European Parliament is centred around a visual model that transforms a decommissioned oil rig in the North Sea into a new transnational parliament, assembling pan-European organisations […]
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Bomb, Mount Florida Screenings, CCA
Tuesday 30 October, 3018 CCA 350 Sauchiehall Street, G2 3JD Mount Florida Screenings thirteenth event on Tuesday 30th October @ CCA cinema. The event will take place from 6:30pm-8:00pm, where we will be screening works by: Gilly Booth Alex Culshaw Alexandre Estrela Ashleen Lewis Mandy McIntosh Rhys Morgan Jaakko Pallasvuo & Anni Puolakka François Pisapia […]
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Never Sleep Over Again – Burnt Church Film Club
Saturday 27 running into Sunday 28 October, 2018 Celebrate Halloween at Burnt Church Film Club, 146 Renfield St, Glasgow City Centre Films Showing Saturday 27th October 2018 from 5 p.m. A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 3: DREAM WARRIORS THE EXORCIST CARRIE DOGGED DARK DITTIES presents: THE OFFER 17:00-02:30 (please remember the clocks go back at […]
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Friday, October 26, 2018 | Filed under: Cinema, Hallowe'en in Glasgow, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
The Shining GFT
27 and 28 October, 2018 Stanley Kubrick’s masterpiece of modern horror is widely considered to be one of the most terrifying movies of all time. Based on Stephen King’s bestselling novel, this tale of a family man and would-be writer going mad as winter caretaker of the cursed Overlook Hotel is a seminal work of […]
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The Fog, GFT
30 October, 2018 A terrible fog descends upon the small coastal town of Antonio Bay exactly 100 years after a ship disaster that claimed the lives of those on board. Now the spectral mariners return to claim what is rightly theirs and seek retribution from the residents. Glasgow Film Theatre, 12 Rose Street, G3 6RB
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Never Been Kissed Rum Shack Halloween Fundraiser
What happens when you cross Never Been Kissed with the best event of the year? Saturday, 27 October, 2018 The Rum Shack, 657 – 659 Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow G41 2AB The most ballin’ 90s/00s Halloween party Glasgow has ever seen! Look out your snazzy halter necks and snapbacks, twist up those rave buns, frost your […]
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| Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Hallowe'en in Glasgow
Paisley Spooktacular Halloween Festival
Weekend starting Friday 26 October, 2018 Beware the witching hour, when supernatural creatures and ghostly figures gather their powers to scare even the bravest of souls at Halloween. On Saturday 27 October, Paisley’s hugely popular ‘spooktacular’ Halloween Festival returns to the town centre. Inspired by Paisley’s dark and deathly 17th century witch history, the Halloween Festival […]
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| Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Hallowe'en in Glasgow
Bamboo Horror Story Glasgow Halloween
Saturday, 27 October, 2018 10.30 p.m. Welcome to a BAMBOO HORROR STORY! Bamboo 51a West Regent Street, G2 2AE Saturday 28th October as part of our huge Halloween Weekend! OPEN TILL 4AM – £1.50! Fancy Dress optional! No tickets needed – just arrive as early as possible :)! Event on Facebook
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| Filed under: Hallowe'en in Glasgow
Halloween Pug Ball at St Luke’s
Saturday 27 October, 2018, 12 – 2 p.m. Halloween Pug Ball at Saint Lukes, Glasgow St Luke’s, 17 Bain Street, Glasgow G40 2JZ Best dressed pug competition with winner receiving £50 cash prize. Bring your pug along and meet other pugs, its going to be a fun afternoon with Music, Pug Activities, Selfie Station, fancy […]
Choreography – The Simpson Board Training hosted by Indepen-dance
20 November, 2018, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pearce Institute, 840 – 860 Govan Road, Glasgow G51 3UU Lisa Simpson is a choreographer, workshop leader and Director of Lisa Simpson Inclusive Dance. As a non-verbal communicator with quadriplegic cerebral palsy, Lisa creates dance work using a choreography tool called The Simpson Board. This is […]
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| Filed under: Classes and Workshops, Dance
Africa in Motion: Between the Land and the Sea, 29 October, 2018
Monday 29 October 2018 7pm, Free but ticketed, Cinema 15+ Book Online / 0141 352 4900 This short film programme is thematically linked around the relationship between memory and water. Using the sea as a starting point, these films interrogate the data and trauma that water can hold and how this relates to memory. Films included […]
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Thursday, October 25, 2018 | Filed under: Cinema
Matchbox Cineclub CCA
Beyond the Black Rainbow Sat 27 October 2018 7pm, £4 + £1 booking fee, £10 for all four #WeirdHorror screenings (use discount code ‘Matchbox’ at checkout), Cinema 18+ Book online / 0141 352 4900 Matchbox Cineclub & She’s En Scene Blood and Donuts + Director Q&A Fri 26 October 2018 Matchbox Cineclub The Witch + Kate […]
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Bad Reputation, GFT
26 – 28 October, 2018 Bad Reputation chronicles the life of Joan Jett, from her early teenage years as founding member of The Runaways to her enduring presence over four decades later as a Rock ‘n’ Roll icon. The film shows the evolution of a young girl with a radical notion that girls could play electric guitars, into a woman whose place in […]
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Utoya – July 22 GFT
26 October – 1 November, 2018 On July 22nd 2011, more than 500 youths at a political summer camp on an island outside Oslo were attacked by an armed, right-wing extremist. Earlier that day he bombed a Government building in Oslo before making his way to Utøya. In this first fictional movie about the attack […]
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Don’t Worry He Won’t Get Far On Foot, GFT
26 October – 1 November, 2018 Based on a true story, this poignant, funny drama about forgiveness and the healing power of art is adapted from cult cartoonist John Callahan’s autobiography. Following a car accident that left him paralyzed, Callaghan (Joaquin Phoenix) reluctantly attends a 12-step meeting to get sober, run by a charismatic and […]
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An Evening With Beverley Luff Linn GFT
26 October – 1 November, 2018 Lulu Danger sees a TV commercial for the magical event of the film’s title, and is stunned when she recognises a mysterious man from her past. Fleeing her scheming husband, she enlists a bumbling ‘hitman’ and together they go in search of the mysterious Beverly Luff Linn. Set in […]
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The Guilty GFT
26 October – 1 November, 2018 This Danish box office hit is a nerve-racking single-location thriller, packed with twists and featuring an intense central performance from Jakob Cedergren. He plays Asger, a police officer who has been taken off active duty to man a phone in an emergency call centre. When he picks up a call […]
Fahrenheit 11/9 GFT
26 October – 1 November, 2018 Bowling for Columbine director Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 11/9 is a provocative look at the times in which we live. It will explore the two most important questions of the Trump Era: “How did we get here, and how do we get out?” GFT 12 Rose Street, G3 6RB Buy tickets online
World Power Lifting Championships 2018 Glasgow
Saturday NOVEMBER 3rd, 2018 – Doors 7.30 p.m. starts 8.00 p.m. 2018 WORLD POWERLIFTING CHAMPIONSHIPS to be held at the Craigholme Sports Complex, 97 Haggs Road, Glasgow G41 4RD See event on Facebook Father and son Paul and Ryan Rutherford will compete Team Rutherford Instagram Ryan Rutherford – the prodigal son Paul Rutherford Instagram Team […]
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Dementia Friendly ‘Still Alice’ Theatre Royal
(Photograph: Eva Pope, Sharon Small & Ruth Ollman in STILL ALICE, credit Geraint Lewis) Thursday 15 November, 2018 2.30 p.m. Theatre Royal Glasgow, 282 Hope St, Glasgow G2 3QA Theatre Royal, Glasgow is to hold a Dementia Friendly performance of Still Alice next month as part of the venue’s ongoing commitment to providing an accessible […]
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| Filed under: What's on in Glasgow: Theatre and Comedy
A Woman Captured GFT
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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Africa in Motion – I Still Hide To Smoke, GFT
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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| Filed under: Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers
Stoats Creepy Crawl Halloween Pollok House
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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Wednesday, October 24, 2018 | Filed under: Hallowe'en in Glasgow, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
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 […]
The Great Halloween Puppet Making Workshop Glasgow
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
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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| Filed under: Hallowe'en in Glasgow, Kids and young people
Be Bop Bairns Halloween Glasgow
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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