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. Death Watch, Botanic Gardens, Glasgow
Sunday 19 August, 2018 Back to the Botanics Death Watch (1980) directed by Bertrand Tavernier. Entrance from 8.30pm from entrance on Queen Margaret Drive, Botanic Gardens, Glasgow G12 0EU . Film starts at 9 pm . When French director Bertrand Tavernier was searching for a city in which to film his highly prescient vision of the […]
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Friday, August 17, 2018 | Filed under: Cinema
I would rather be a cyborg than a goddess, Govanhill Picture House
22 August, 2018 Queer Classics Govanhill Picture House, 49 Bankhall St, Glasgow G42 8SW 7pm, Free but ticketed 18+ Book Online / 0141 352 4900 I would rather be a cyborg than a goddess is a one-off screening event held in the unique surroundings of Govanhill Picture House, presented by Queer Classics Film Festival. Screening back-to-back will […]
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Linlithgow Folk Festival 2018
5th – 9th September 2018 www.linlithgowfolk.com Download programme (PDF) Highlights include: Ralph McTell – Saturday 8 September 2018 Best known for his international hit “Streets of London”, Ralph McTell has been a stalwart of the British acoustic music scene for the last five decades. He has enjoyed a 50 year, 350 song career, which has […]
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Susan Calman, Aye Write Glasgow
3 September, 2018 The Mitchell Theatre, North Street, Glasgow G3 7DR Comedian and broadcaster Susan Calman brings all the joy to Aye Write! this September with her new book, Sunny Side Up. It’s a quick-stepping welcome back for Susan Calman who danced her way across our screens and into our hearts for 10 weeks on […]
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| Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
#Beactive Festival, George Square, Glasgow
23 September, 2018 #BeActive Festival Free sports festival in the heart of Glasgow. We’re celebrating the start of European Week of Sport, and invite the City of Glasgow and beyond to come and enjoy a range of activities in this landmark location. Activities include Parkour, Hockey, Tennis and Boxing. This is a free event delivered in […]
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Faifley Rocks, Cochno Stone Fun Day
Saturday, 18 August, 2018 The Cochno Stone is a 5000 year old rock outcrop covered in spirals and cup and ring marks, situated in Faifley Clydebank, Nr Glasgow. It was buried in the 1960s to protect it from vandals on the nearby housing estates and it has been buried for around 45 years. Faifley Rocks […]
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Glasgow Youth Film Festival, 10 Anniversary Edition Programme (2018)
Glasgow Youth Film Festival 10th Anniversary Edition Programme Announced: Skate Kitchen + Q&A, Never Goin’ Back, Late Night: Superbad, pop-up screening of School of Rock and more One of the most innovative youth film festivals in Europe Glasgow Youth Film Festival (GYFF) returns from 14 – 16 September 2018, celebrating both its 10th anniversary edition […]
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| Filed under: Cinema, Kids and young people, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Songs of the Silver Screen, OranMor
18 September, 2018 At OranMor with The Picture House Showband “Lights, camera, action! for an unforgettable night of Hollywood movie magic with the sensational Songs Of The Silver Screen Show – A nostalgic, sentimental journey back to the heyday of Hollywood. Songs Of The Silver Screen brings all the glitz and glamour of the golden […]
Yvonne Lyon and Eilidh Patterson, The Glad Cafe
8 September, 2018 – 7.30 p.m. The Glad Cafe YVONNE LYON returns to The Glad Café with a collection of songs from her new album, ‘Metanoia’. Yvonne consistently combines poignant lyrics with strong, creative melodies and her eighth solo studio release further demonstrates her ability to deliver engaging original material with fresh imagination. Having supported Eddi Reader […]
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Ethan Johns, Love Music Glasgow
Saturday 18 August, 2018 Love Music, 34 Dundas Street, City Centre, Glasgow G1 2AQ Ethan Johns will be at Love Music playing some songs from his brand new album ANAMNESIS on Saturday August 18th at 5 pm. The new album is a physical-only release, available on CD or Vinyl LP, and will be on sale […]
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Wednesday, August 15, 2018 | Filed under: Gig Guide plus Club Events
Scotland All Day Sacred Harp Singing 2018
Saturday 18 August, 2018, 10.30am to 4.30pm (registration from 10am) Kelvinside Hillhead Parish Church (down the steps to the side entrance on Observatory Rd) G12 9AR. Singing from the 1991 Denson edition of the Sacred Harp. Chair: Maureen Uney. Bring-and-share lunch. No formal charge, but donations invited towards the costs of the event. Come and […]
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Tuesday, August 14, 2018 | Filed under: Community event, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Social Bite – Sleep in the Park – Tackling Homelessness in Scotland
Saturday, 8 December, 2018 A nationwide sleep out to end homelessness in Scotland for good. 4 Cities. One night. 12,000 people under the stars. Saturday 8th December, 2018 Last year 8,000 people joined the world’s largest sleep out in Princes St Gardens to raise £4 Million and call for an end to homelessness in Scotland. […]
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Women at Carlton Studios, Glasgow, Monthly Event
An open invitation for women to share their musical creative talents, to show appreciation, inspire and learn from each other Happy to come along and listen in? You are welcome too! Women, men and trans inclusive, welcome. First Tuesday Every Month. £4 Event on Facebook
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Monday, August 13, 2018 | Filed under: Gig Guide plus Club Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Thank Funk It’s Friday, 24 August, 2018
Partickhill Bowling and Community Club Activate your August by following the friendliest funkateers to Thank Funk It’s Friday – a feast of funk’n’soul dance-jazz disco-style grooviness, from the makers of Soul Bowl. Timeless vintage vinyl 45s hand-spun by seasoned joss-dickeys (80-plus years of turntabular experience). Yours for only a fiver. Attractive bar prices! Handy suburban […]
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Word Jazzology, Glasgow 30 August 2018
Babbity Bowsters, Merchant City Thursday, 30 August, 2018 – 7.30 p.m. Tickets £5 on the door Where comedy, music and literature collide. Irish stand up and comedy novelist Ian Macpherson oversees a cabaret evening with gypsy jazz, poetry and his very own inaugural Book Snuff competition. This is literature with a twist. Fresh from the […]
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Women’s Suffrage in Glasgow Exhibition, The Mitchell
This display from Special Collections at The Mitchell Library marks the centenary of the electoral reforms in 1918, with a particular focus on women’s suffrage in Glasgow and featuring profiles of prominent women, men and organisations. The Mitchell, North Street, Glasgow G3 7DN (Level 5 foyer). This event runs 13 August, 2018 until January 27th […]
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Sunday, August 12, 2018 | Filed under: Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow
Musicians in Exile, The Pearce Institute
20 August, 2018 A group of Refuweegies and asylum seekers jam their diverse musical talents together into this Baghdad Café event. From the fruits of Farsi, Arabic and Kurdish an outpouring of diverse souls, fused together over 7 weeks rehearsal into something special – who knows what? Facilitated by Paul MacAlindin, Artistic Director of The […]
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Martha L Healy, Album Launch, The Glad Cafe
Glasgow Americana PLUS DAVID LATTO SATURDAY 6TH OCTOBER 2018 Glasgow singer-songwriter, Martha L. Healy, launches her new album ‘Keep The Flame Alight’ with a full-band show on Saturday 6th October at The Glad Café as part of Glasgow Americana. The album was written on Martha’s 3-month “life sabbatical” in Nashville in 2016. She returned to […]
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Hazy Recollections – Woody Pines , Yvonne Lyon , Al Shields, Glasgow Americana
Sunday 7 October, 2018 ADRIANA SPINA & NOAH AND THE WEST RIVER BAND The Admiral Bar, 72a Waterloo Street, Glasgow G2 7DA Tickets £10 – Ticket Scotland Full details Woody Pines at Big Sparra Vinyl – review Pat Byrne www.glasgowamericana.com
The Glad Cafe, 6th birthday celebration
Glad Cafe 6th Birthday Bash with KING AYISOBA with AYUUNE SULE + PAINTED XRAY + HOWIE REEVE + DAVID BARBAROSSA (DJ) THE GLAD CAFE IS 6 YEARS OLD!!! Saturday 18 August, 2018 Join them for their big birthday bash with this smashing line-up of musicians: £12 (tickets and full details) KING AYISOBA with AYUNNE SULE […]
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Glasgow Americana – Yola Carter & The Red Pine Timber Co, Cottiers
3 October 2018 – 8:00 pm – 10:15 pm Inspired by country and soul from the likes of The Band, Gillian Welch, Gene Clark, The Byrds, Staple Singers, Emmylou Harris, Otis Redding and Dolly Parton, Yola Carter is a force of nature and an incredibly talented singer-songwriter. She was an incredibly popular choice as the […]
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Saturday, August 11, 2018 | Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Gig Guide plus Club Events
Hearts Beat Loud, GFT
14 August, 2018 – 6 p.m. Access Film Club GFT, together with The National Autistic Society Scotland is delighted to provide Access Film Club: screenings and post-film discussions in a friendly and welcoming environment. GFT is the first cinema in the UK to receive the Autism Friendly Award 2017. In Brooklyn neighbourhood of Red Hook, single dad […]
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The Murder of Mr Devil, GFT
11 August, 2018 The Murder of Mr Devil is the only directed film by Ester Krumbachová, who imbued numerous films of the Czechoslovak New Wave through her costume and set design and scriptwriting, to name few: Daisies, The Party and the Guests, Valerie and Her Week of Wonders, Witchhammer, Diamonds of the Night, Fruit of Paradise. The Murder of Mr Devil is a complete […]
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Friday, August 10, 2018 | Filed under: Cinema
Le Crime de Monsieur Lange, GFT
15 and 16 August, 2018 Jean Renoir’s political masterpiece encapsulates the mood of its pre-war time. When a publishing firm’s oppressive boss suddenly disappears, its employees take over the business by creating a successful co-operative. When he unexpectedly reappears to reap the benefits of their success, however, chaos reigns… Presented as part of Cinema Rediscovered on […]
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The Escape, GFT
10 – 16 August, 2018 Gemma Arterton just gets better and better, delivering a commanding performance of unwavering conviction in The Escape. Playing a dutiful, careworn wife and mother to two daughters, she is advised to count her blessings rather than question a life that increasingly feels like a crushing weight on her shoulders. Husband Mark […]
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The Heiresses, GFT
10 – 16 August, 2018 A classy and enthralling Paraguayan drama starring Ana Brun as Chela and Margarita Irun as Chiquita, two women descended from wealthy families who have lived together for more than 30 years. Their lives enter a state of flux when their financial situation worsens, and they start to sell off their […]
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The Negotiator, GFT
10 – 16 August, 2018 The collateral damage of civil war is all-encompassing and unforgiving; a brutal setting for tense negotiations, especially when the results could have monumental consequences. Jon Hamm and Rosamund Pike star as CIA agents in this nail-biting intelligent thriller. From the writer of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, The Negotiator is a suspenseful […]
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John Waters’ Polyester – Launch of Scalarama Programme 2018
August, 11, 2018 at CCA Launch of the Scalarama 2018 programme, and a rare screening of John Waters’ Polyester (1981) as it was intended – in original scratch ‘n’ sniff Odorama! Meet Francine Fishpaw, tortured suburban housewife. With a pornographer husband, a pregnant teenage daughter, and a son with a foot-stomping fetish, Francine smells trouble […]
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The Eyes of Orson Welles, GFT
12 August, 2018 + Q & A with Mark Cousins 17 – 23 August, 2018 Granted exclusive access to hundreds of private drawings and paintings by Orson Welles, filmmaker Mark Cousins dives deep into the visual world of this legendary director and actor, to reveal a portrait of the artist as he’s never been seen before – through his own eyes, […]
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Garden Party Weekend, Fundraiser, Glasgow
18 and 19 August, 2018 Garden Party weekend for all the family and friends. Come and enjoy the hospitality and all for a great cause! Please put it in your dairy. It’s an annual event which has great reviews. Supporting charities including Starchild in Memory of Frankie Marsh. 56 Stamperland Drvie, Clarkston, Glasgow G76 8HF […]
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