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..

Document Human Rights Film Festival, Glasgow

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Saturday 18 October, 2025 at 4 p.m. Park Lane Market, 976 Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow, G41 2HA Re-launch of Document Human Rights Film Festival Everyone welcome. Further details  

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Souleymane’s Story at GFT

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17 – 23 October, 2025 Every second of Souleymane’s new life in France is precious. Having fled Guinea, his asylum interview looms. He powers through the streets of after dark Paris as a delivery rider, sleeps in hostels and prepares for his make-or-break appointment. Pressure builds as his date with destiny approaches. Boris Lojkine’s portrait […]

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Briana Corrigan at Cottiers

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Wednesday, 22 October, 2025 Cottiers, 93 – 95 Hyndland Street, Glasgow G11 5PU Best known as the voice behind The Beautiful South’s chart-topping No.1 hit A Little Time, Briana’s distinctive sound and powerful storytelling have made her one of the most memorable voices in British pop. After a 10-year break, she’s back on stage with […]

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The Smashing Machine at GFT

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3 – 22 October, 2025 In one of the year’s most surprising pairings, Dwayne Johnson and indie icon Benny Safdie (Uncut Gems) team up in The Smashing Machine, the powerful story of pioneering mixed martial arts/UFC fighter Mark Kerr. Kerr helped grow the sport’s popularity in its early days, but the fights’ brutal demands took a toll, eventually leading to […]

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Aye Write 2025: Happy, Healthy, Sober – Janey Lee Grace with Frankie Burr

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Sunday, 9 November, 2025, 12.45 p.m. The Mitchell Library, North Street, Glasgow G3 7DN With her signature blend of honesty, humour, and holistic wisdom, former WHAM! backing singer Janey Lee Grace discusses her book, Happy Healthy Sober, with host Frankie Burr. Since ditching the drink in 2018 and stepping into a life of energy, clarity, and […]

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Resilience – The Biology of Stress and the Science of Hope film screening G20Youth

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Tuesday 21st October, 2025 – 3.30pm – 5pm Book a space: Emailor text 07762029663 G20, 21 Dunbeith Place , GlasgowG20 8HS You are invited to a community screening of Resilience, a powerful documentary exploring how childhood stress and trauma (ACEs, Adverse Childhood Experiences) shape long-term health.“This issue is very real for our community” G20Youth on Facebook […]

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Gone Too Far plus discussion

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Monday 20 October, 2025, 5.30 p.m. Screening of Gone Too Far! and discussion at GFT.  The discussion will be co-hosted by Amy Rich, Communities and Campaigns Officer at the Coalition for Racial Equality and Rights and Angie Mwafulirwa, director of Sharpen Her: the African Women’s Network. Along with some of the members of Sharpen Her, […]

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Aye Write: Huey Morgan – The Fun Lovin’ Criminal

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Thursday 6 November, 2025, 7.45 p.m. Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Killermont St, Glasgow G2 3NW Memoir, Music, Non-fiction – Aye Write 6 – 16 November, 2025 Fun Lovin’ Criminals frontman and 90s icon Huey Morgan joins co-founder of Glasgow City Music Tours, Fiona Shepard to talk about his aptly named memoir, The Fun Lovin’ Criminal. […]

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Hip Replacement Hallowe’en Party

Hip Replacement Party

Friday 31 October, 2025 – 7.30  p.m. – 11.59 p.m. West of Scotland Cricket Ground, 40 – 44 Peel Street, Partick, Glasgow G11 5PU Hip Replacement Halloween Party, this happens every year and is always a brilliant night. Dress up or don’t, you’ll be dancing all night. Buy tickets Only few tickets left!!! See on […]

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Autumn Voices – An Online Reading with Moria Forsyth

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Wednesday 15 October, 2025 – 7 p.m. – 8 p.m. To kick start the Letting Go programme, you are invited to an online reading by Highlands-based author Moira Forsyth Moira Forsyth grew up in Aberdeen, lived in England for nearly twenty years, and now lives in the Highlands. She has published five novels, as well as short […]

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Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival – A Kick Up The Arts

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Thursday October, 23, 2025, 7 p.m. Civic House,26 Civic St, Glasgow G4 9RH Part of Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival 20 October – 9 November, 2025 Conversation, music and some really special live performances from three incredible Scottish songwriters and musicians. SMHAF teams up with Nicola Meighan’s A Kick Up the Arts podcast for a special evening […]

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Aye Write: Who Will Be Remembered Here – Queer Spaces in Scotland: Mae Diansangu, Louise Welsh, Lewis Hetherington with Carrie Marshall

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8 November, 2025, 7.45 p.m. The Mitchell Library, North Street, Glasgow G3 7DN Social & Cultural History, Historical Events, LGBTQIA+ Mae Diansangu, Louise Welsh, and Lewis Hetherington are just some of the authors who contributed to Who Will Be Remembered Here: Queer Spaces in Scotland. In this special discussion, author and journalist Carrie Marshall sits down […]

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Aye Write 2025: Graeme Macrae Burnet and Francine Toon with Alistair Braidwood

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Thursday, 6 November, 2025, 7.45 p.m. Mitchell Library, North Street, Glasgow G3 7DN Modern & Contemporary Fiction, Crime & Mystery The host of the Scots Whay Hae! podcast, Ali Braidwood, chairs a discussion between two masterful mystery writers, each with their own tale set in rural Scotland. In Benbecula, Booker-shortlisted author Graeme Macrae Burnet writes […]

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Maybe I’m Amazed – John Harris with Nicola Meighan

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Saturday, 8 November, 2025, 9.15 p.m. Glasgow Concert Hall, Strathclyde Suite,   Killermont St, Glasgow G2 3NW Award-winning writer, journalist, podcaster and presenter John Harris joins BBC Radio Scotland’s Nicola Meighan in conversation about his extraordinary memoir, Maybe I’m Amazed: A Story of Love and Connections in 10 Songs. The book tells the touching story of how […]

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One Battle After Another

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27 September – 16 October, 2025 GFT 122 Rose Street, Glasgow G3 6RB When their evil nemesis resurfaces after 16 years, a band of ex-revolutionaries reunite to rescue the daughter of one of their own. Leonardo DiCaprio stars alongside Teyana Taylor, Regina Hall, and Alana Haim (who starred in Paul Thomas Anderson’s last film, 2021’s Licorice Pizza) in this latest blistering satire […]

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Monday, October 13, 2025 | Filed under: Cinema

CinemaAttic Colombia Presente! – Short Films

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Wednesday 15 October, 2025, 7 p.m. CinemaAttic returns to the CCA with Colombia Presente!, the fourth edition of its annual short film programme highlighting Colombian cinema. This year’s showcase features the magnificent and thoughtful About Happy Hippos and Sad Peacocks, with more short films to be revealed soon. What do hippos and peacocks have to say about […]

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Graham Morgan at Daydreams Bookshop

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Thursday 12 November, 2025 7 p.m. Daydreams Bookshop Unit 2, 38 Stewart St, Milngavie, Glasgow G62 6BY Graham Morgan will be at Daydreams Bookshop to talk about life and schizophrenia. All profits of any sales to Jeans Bothy do come along! Daydreams Bookshop on Facebook    

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The Mastermind at GFT

Tuesday 14 October 2025. 8.20 p.m. Josh O’Connor is superb as a rudderless everyman out of step with his immediate environs and the country at large, in Kelly Reichardt’s funny, shaggy heist film. 1970s America has witnessed a generational chasm and a society torn apart by Vietnam. But JB is oblivious to these cultural changes as he bumbles […]

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Rental Family at GFT

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Thursday 16 October, 2025, 8.20 p.m. After his Oscar success with The Whale, Brendan Fraser returns to LFF, starring in HIKARI’s rich and heartwarming tale of a struggling American actor searching for a connection in Tokyo. Phillip Vanderpleog (Fraser) lives in the Japanese capital. Looking for any work opportunities, he is employed by a ‘rental family’ company, which provides clients […]

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Open Mic Nights Glasgow and around

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Spoken Word Events in Glasgow courtesy of Stephen Watt Email:your details of Open Mic Nights in Glasgow for Inclusion ALWAYS CHECK TIMES AND DATES WITH VENUES and Venues please get in touch if details change or Open Mic ceases. Thanks.:) Working on Updating Page.  Open Mic events can be found in Glasgow more or less […]

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A House of Dynamite at GFT

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3 – 16 October, 2025 When a single, unattributed missile is launched at the United States, a race begins to determine who is responsible and how to respond. ★★★★★ ‘Kathryn Bigelow’s nuclear endgame thriller is a terrifying, white-knuckle comeback’ – The Guardian Buy tickets GFT 12 Rose Street, G3 6RB

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Urchin at GFT

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3 – 16 October, 2025 The stunning directorial debut from Harris Dickinson, powered by an outstanding, award-winning performance from Frank Dillane. Mike (Dillane), a rough sleeper on the streets of London, is trapped in a cycle of self-destruction as he attempts to turn his life around. Moving between short-term jobs and small-time hustles, he must balance the […]

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Black History Month: Cycling Tour

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We Are Here Because You Were There Monday 13th October, 2025, 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM Glasgow Green, Greendyke Street, Glasgow, G1 5DB ‘MORE TOUR DE SCOTLAND cycle team will bring our history of resilience, our stories of hope and our lives of triumph through the lens of cycling. Black cyclists are bold, we are unapologetic, we are […]

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October School Holiday 2025 – Crafts and Stories for Kids at Glasgow Libraries

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Monday 13 October –  17 October, 2025 Drop in  this October Week for spooky stories and crafty fun at Glasgow Life Libraries!  Free Kids can create their own Halloween masterpieces and enjoy spooky tales. Free, family-friendly, no booking required, just drop in and get creative! Glasgow Libraries with Events Monday October 13th – 2pm-3pm Dennistoun […]

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Creative Conversations: Theresa Muñoz 

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Monday, October 13, 2025,  1 – 2pm Poet Theresa Muñoz in Conversation Gilbert Scott Lecture Theatre, Lecture Room 225, University of Glasgow, University Avenue, G12 8QQ Theresa Muñoz was born in Vancouver, Canada and lives in Edinburgh. She is a poet, researcher and creative producer. She has a PhD in Scottish Literature from the University of […]

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Creative Conversations, University of Glasgow

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Free & Open to the Public  University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ Creative Conversations from January 2026 Rachelle Atalla, 20 January, 2026 1 p.m. Memorial Chapel Rachelle Atalla – Creative Conversations     Creative Conversations from January 2025 Theresa Muñoz  in Conversation, Monday 13 October 1 p.m., University of Glasgow Creative Conversations: Theresa Muñoz    […]

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Tom Robinson and Adam Phillips at Cottiers

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16th October, 2025 at 7 p.m. Then & Now 50 Years of Adventures in the Record Industry (1975-2025) Cottiers, 93 – 96 Hyndland Srtreet, Glasgow G11 5PU Tom Robinson presents an evening of songs and stories from fifty years wandering the wilder shores of the Record Industry. Classic hits such as ‘War Baby’, ‘Up Against the […]

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Old Glasgow Club – The People’s Palace: Talk by Peter Mortimer

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Thursday 9 October, 2025, 7.00 p.m. Renfield St Stephens Centre, 260 Bath St, Glasgow G2 4JP Old Glasgow Club‘s connections with The People’s Palace, which opened in 1898, go back to the formation of the club with at least three of its curators being Club Directors. So, what better connection for us to make than […]

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Take 2: Elio at GFT

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Saturday, 11 October, 2025 11.30 a.m. Elio, a space fanatic with an active imagination, finds himself on a cosmic misadventure where he must form new bonds with eccentric alien lifeforms, navigate a crisis of intergalactic proportions and somehow discover who he is truly meant to be. GFT, 12 Rose Street, Glasgow G3 6RB Buy tickets

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GUITARGUITAR – Scottish Music Awards 2025

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Saturday, 8 November, 2025 Barrowland Ballroom, 244 Gallowgate, Glasgow G4 0TT GUITAGUITAR Scottish Music Awards returns to the Barrowland Ballroom for 2025 with Amy Macdonald, Hue and Cry, Nathan Evans and the Saint PHNX Band, Skipinnish, Shay O’Dowd and James Emmanuel – among the first winners to be announced. Celebrating the very best of Scotland’s […]

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