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. Christmas Lights and Fireworks, Lomond Shore, 19 November, 2017
Christmas light switch on and fireworks event is always very popular, Sunday 19th November, 2017 Lomond Shores, Balloch. .It’s a FREE* day of festive celebration from 10am-8pm with music, entertainment and activities for kids, a carousel and fun fair rides, with the light switch on followed by a firework display and a night market with a […]
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Monday, October 23, 2017 | Filed under: Christmas in Glasgow, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers
Soup Worx Vol 3, Drumchapel Food Bank Fundraiser, The Record Factory, 5 November, 2017
Drumchapel Food Bank x The Record Factory Presents…. Soup Worx Vol 3: Vice City. The Record Factory 17 Byres Road, G11 5RD An ode to all music of all genres released between 1980-1989. Once again some of Glasgow’s finest talent has been rounded up to bring you a diverse selection of performers. Food served all […]
Glasgow Vintage and Flea Market, Sunday 29 October, 2017
LAST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH. Glasgow Vintage & Flea Market is a free event at Barras Art and Design showcasing Antique, Flea and Vintage items. Featuring vintage clothing, retro homewares, antiques and collectables, furniture, salvage, food stalls and much more delectable treasures to explore. Antique Bargains are to be had for that much needed home […]
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| Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Hallowe'en in Glasgow, Vintage and Retro Clothing, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Mary Paulson-Ellis, Creative Conversations, University of Glasgow, Monday 30th October, 2017
Novelist Mary Paulson-Ellis Monday 30 October, 2017 1 – 2 PM University Chapel, West Quadrangle, Main Building Gilmorehill Campus, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ Free & Open to the Public Mary Paulson-Ellis is an Edinburgh-based writer and University of Glasgow Creative Writing MLitt alumna whose debut novel The Other Mrs Walker was Waterstone’s Scottish Book of the […]
Sunday, October 22, 2017 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
#71, Play, Pie and Pint, OranMor, 23 – 28 October, 2017
#71 Mon, 23 October, 2017 — Sat, 28 October, 2017 By Karen Dunbar | Directed By April Chamberlain Cast: Karen Dunbar, Maureen Carr and Clare Waugh Produced in association with the Traverse Theatre In a Partick there’s a quiet storm brewing. 71 year old Chrissy invites her two oldest friends, Jean and Coco, to her […]
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Paisley Halloween Festival 2017, 27 and 28 October, 2017
Paisley Halloween Festival Two-day spooktacular celebrating Halloween on Friday 27 and Saturday 28 October in Paisley town Centre. Halloween Ball and Club Night and more … Friday 27 October, 2017 On Friday 27 October, a Halloween Ball and Club night in Paisley Town Hall, a Murder Mystery night with three course meal in Zambretto Italian Restaurant, […]
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Bobby Deans supporting Jake Clemons, 02 ABC Tuesday 24 October, 2017
Tuesday 24 October, 2017 7 p.m. Bobby Deans Supporting Jake Clemons of The legendary E. Street Band, when he stops off at Glasgow’s o2 ABC2 on his solo tour. Tickets are £12 from the big cartel ticket link and they will be waiting for you at the box office, on the night. 02 ABC, 300 […]
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| Filed under: Gig Guide plus Club Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Mary Irvine’s Blog: PC Gone Mad, To Kill A Mocking Bird
Just read a newspaper article re the banning of the book ‘To Kill a Mocking Bird.’ (The Washington Post 17/10/17, ) This is PC gone mad. If we ‘destroy’ art and literature of the past because it is being judged, out of context, to be non-PC are we not destroying/distorting history? Are we not destroying a very […]
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Saturday, October 21, 2017 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Mary Irvine: Writer and Philhellene
Book Week Scotland, Arlington Baths, 28th November – 2 December, 2017
Book Week at the Baths Swimming suffragettes, supernatural sleuths and end of the world are just some of the talks for Book Week Scotland 2017 at the Arlington Baths Club. The Arlington Baths Club, in Woodlands, Glasgow, has organised a series of free talks and workshops for Book Week Scotland, including several events featuring a […]
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Bastards, GFT, 21 – 24 October, 2017
Arguably Denis’ darkest film, Bastards was inspired by French sex ring scandals that exposed some of the country’s most wealthy and powerful men. Returning to Paris after a family tragedy, Marco moves into a huge apartment and furnishes it with nothing but a mattress. From here, he watches his neighbour Chiara, who guarantees the security of her child through a […]
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Friday, October 20, 2017 | Filed under: Cinema
Document Film Festival Forgetting Vietnam, CCA, Sat 21 & other films until 22 October 2017
Sat 21 October 2017 CCA 4.30pm, £4 (£3) + £1 booking fee, Cinema 14+ accompanied by an adult Book online / 0141 352 4900 Influential feminist theorist and filmmaker Trinh T. Minh-ha’s lyrical film essay commemorating the 40th anniversary of the end of the war draws inspiration from ancient legend and from water as a force evoked […]
Psycho Live, RSNO, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 26 October, 2017
Big Screen Showing with live score by RSNO 26 October, 2017 – Glasgow Royal Concert Hall The Bates Motel, that strange young man, the horror behind the shower-curtain – there’s never been a thriller quite as terrifying as Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho. And there’s never been a film score quite like Bernard Herrmann’s: those stabbing violins […]
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Glasgow Film Festival 2018 – Submissions
GFF18 Submissions are now open! GFF18 will take place between 21 February – 4 March 2018. Deadline for submissions 30 October, 2017 Glasgow Film Festival (GFF) is committed to supporting emerging talent and providing audiences with the opportunity to see the best of world cinema. GFF’s strands include the best of new Scottish and British […]
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My Pure Land, GFT, 20 – 22 October, 2017
In rural Pakistan, a mother and her two daughters are forced to defend their family home from their uncle and his men. As the women fight to keep the men at bay, the film alternates through different timelines and we discover the events that have led up to the siege. With only a handful of […]
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I Am Not A Witch, GFT 20 – 26 October, 2017
Sharply satirical and boldly provocative, I Am Not a Witch is the first feature by Zambian born Welsh director Rungano Nyoni. Garnering incredible praise from Cannes 2017, this moving, funny and surreal film follows eight-year old Shula when she is accused of witchcraft. After a short trial she is found guilty, taken into state custody and exiled to a witch camp in […]
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The Party GFT, 15 – 26 October, 2017
Janet (Kristin Scott Thomas) has just been appointed to a key ministerial position in the shadow cabinet – the crowning achievement of her political career. She and her husband Bill (Timothy Spall) are celebrating with a few close friends when the party takes an unexpected turn, as Bill suddenly makes some explosive revelations. Love, friendships […]
Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival, GFT, 24 – 26 October, 2017
GFT welcomes back ESFF October, 2017. Showing a selection of titles from its 4th edition. Further details of festival Films at GFT Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival 24 October Rara (N/C 12+) Warm and compassionate human drama 25 October 100 Metres (N/C 12+) A film inspired by the amazing true story of Ramon Arroyo 26 […]
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Lids Open Day Mackintosh Festival, Queens Cross Church, 22 October, 2017
11 a.m. – 4 p.m. Sunday 22 October, 2017 Queens Cross Church, 870 Garscube Rd, Glasgow G20 7EL Lids Open Day returns to this beautiful building for the 5th time as part of this year’s Mackintosh Festval program, though in a bit of a departure from the usual format with NO BOOKING REQUIRED ! No […]
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Speakeasy and Open Mic, Scottish Writers’ Centre, CCA 7 November, 2017
7 November, 2017 at 7 p.m. CCA, 350 Sauchiehall St, Glasgow G2 3JD Calling all writers! Dust off those works in progress and put on your best prose for a night of literary readings, and creating. The Scottish Writers’ Centre is hosting a Speakeasy & Open Mic Night and we’re asking you to join us! […]
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Wednesday, October 18, 2017 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
An Evening with P.K. Lynch, Waterstones Sauchiehall Street, Thursday 26 October, 2017
Thursday 26 October, 2017 6.45 p.m. The Donnelly family are a tight-knit bunch, but when one of their own dies without warning, the mother, the daughter-in-law, and the daughter, despite being united in grief, are each sent hurtling in wildly different directions. From the churches of Glasgow to the nightclubs of London, can they find […]
Old Kilpatrick Art Club, Exhibition in Napier Hall, 20 – 22 October, 2017
20 – 22 October, 2017 10 a..m. – 4.00 p.m. Napier Hall 312 Dumbarton Road Old Kilpatrick G60 5LW
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| Filed under: Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow
How to get published. Twitter Pitch Contest 24 October, 2017
On the 24 of October 2017, the Scottish Writers’ Centre and Red Squirrel Press are giving you the chance to get published! The only catch? You need to be able to sell your work in less than 140 characters! Whether it’s a novel, memoir, collection of poetry or short stories, send us your pitch. From […]
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Tuesday, October 17, 2017 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
The Steamie, Kings Theatre, Glasgow Monday 23 October until Saturday 4 November, 2017.
RED CARPET GALA PERFORMANCE OF TONY ROPER’S THE STEAMIE TO CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY AT GLASGOW’S KING’S THEATRE – Tuesday 24 October, 2017 GALA WILL ALSO RAISE FUNDS FOR ROYAL CONSERVATOIRE OF SCOTLAND IN 170TH YEAR TO RECOGNISE KEY ROLE IN SCOTTISH DRAMA Producers Neil Laidlaw and Jason Haigh Ellery are proud to announce that a special […]
Monday, October 16, 2017 | Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more, What's on in Glasgow: Theatre and Comedy
Pajama Men – Pterodactyl Nights, The Stand Glasgow, 16 October, 2017
Drawing on their huge catalogue of classic bits, always introducing new material and lacing it all together with bizarre improvised tangents the Pajama Men create an anarchic night of jubilant and inventive comedy. Whether you’ve been watching them for years or are seeing them for the first time, attending one of the Pajama Men’s Pterodactyl Nights […]
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Easing into Autumn With ‘Seven of Seven’, Thistle Gallery from 19 October, 2017 until end of the month.
Easing into Autumn With ‘Seven of Seven’ Thistle Gallery, Scottish Contemporary Art 56 Park Road, Glasgow G4 9JF Email Telephone: 0141 334 3444 www.thistle-gallery.com As the night’s draw in we decided this autumn to invite seven artists to submit seven pieces of their work which best portray both their artistic inspirations and their technique…..and the […]
West Dunbartonshire Libraries, Dumbarton Library, October Week 2017
Telephone 01389 608992 to register
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Joanna Walsh Creative Conversations, University of Glasgow, 16 October, 2017
Monday 16 October 1 – 2 PM University Chapel Free & Open to the Public University Chapel, West Quadrangle, Main Building Gilmorehill Campus, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ Joanna Walsh is a writer of fiction and non-fiction. Her work has been published by Granta, Tate, The London Review of Books, The White Review, […]
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platForum, Open Mic Night, Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival, Glasgow 19 October, 2017
Thursday 19 October, 2017 – 7.30p.m. The Sou’Western Club 20 Corkerhill Gardens, Glasgow G52 1SE @MH_arts www.mhfestival.com/events/glasgow/53-platforum-open-mic-night
Saturday, October 14, 2017 | Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Gig Guide plus Club Events
Ghost Dance by Ian R Mitchell – The First Trumpland Political Thriller published October, 2017
It is January 2017. Donald Trump has just assumed the US presidency and become the world’s most powerful man. The world is in shock – and fear, as it watches the jubilation this event causes over large parts of the United States. Two friends set out on a road trip through the American West, just […]
| Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival 12 – 15 October, 2017
Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival Thu 12 October — Sun 15 October 2017 Times & prices vary mhfestival.com 0141 352 4900 The Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival, led by the Mental Health Foundation, is one of Scotland’s most diverse cultural events, covering everything from music, film and visual art to theatre, dance, and literature. The festival takes […]
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Friday, October 13, 2017 | Filed under: Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
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