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. Glasgow Comic Con, Royal Concert Hall, 1 July, 2017
Glasgow Comic Con is back for 2017! Returning to the Royal Concert Hall on Saturday, July 1st, browse more than 150 exhibitors, meet comic creators from across the globe, celebrate 2000AD’s 40th anniversary, enjoy panels from your favourite artists and writers and marvel at some of the best cosplayers in the country. This year’s guests […]
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Soul Bowl, Jordanhill Bowling Club, 29 July, 2017
Soul-powered dancefloor shenanigans in the established Soul Bowl manner: assorted Motown, Stax and Atlantic classics. Rare new gems. Old faves. Stompers, floaters, belters, weepers. Vintage vinyl 45s hand-spun for your delight by seasoned experts. Cheap drink. Friendly folk. Suburban setting. No need for a taxi home. “A youth club for adults” Dance Party £5 Jordanhill […]
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Southside Showcase, Sweeneys on the Park, Thursday 29 June, 2017
Thursday 29th June brings to Sweeneys musical delights in the shape of headline act 01Four1, plus support from the excellent Howson, Jam On Planet Love and Michael Reid! 8.30pm start, entry is always free and the drinks are very reasonably priced. This is where you’ll see the next big act starting out! Hosted by Crawford […]
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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
Scottish Writers:The Burrell Story: History as Poetry, with Sally Evans, CCA, 1 August, 2017
CCA, 350Sauchiehall Street, G2 3JD Tuesday, 1 August, 2017 – 7 p.m/. The Burrell Story: History as Poetry, with Sally Evans New book: A Burrell Tapestry and a Marion Burrell Sampler (diehard 2017) Sally Evans poems on the story of William Burrell and his daughter took several years to complete, and that was only the […]
Sunday, June 25, 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
Patrick Monahan – That 80’s Show Stand Comedy Club, 25 June, 2017
Stand Comedy Club, 333 Woodlands Road, G3 6NG Sunday 25 Jun 8:30pm £14/£10 concession www.thestand.co.uk A fun-filled first half full of games and dancing warms up for the second half which is “That 80s Show” making a great night out! It’s the 1980’s and Patrick’s Irish-Iranian family arrive in Teesside escaping from the Iran war. […]
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Saturday, June 24, 2017 | Filed under: West End Festival 2017, West End Festival Glasgow, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
West End Festival, Granny Would Be Proud Vintage Fair and Fashion Show Hillhead Bookclub, 25 June, 2017
Hillhead Bookclub, 17 Vinicombe Street, G12 8BE Sunday 25 Jun 12:00pm Free entry www.hillheadbookclub.co.uk Granny’s monthly installment of vintage/designer/second-hand clothing sellers along with a selection of wares from hats to homeware, crafts to bakery and all sorts of fabulous finds. Impossibly pretty models, parading around in impossibly pretty clothes, while you sip impossibly pretty cocktails […]
Casablanca, The Gin Joint Cut, OranMor, Various Dates July, 2017
‘Casablanca: The Gin Joint Cut’ returns to Òran Mór after delighting audiences from London to Paris to Barbados (not to forget Dunoon) and garnering rave reviews along the way. A lovingly disrespectful homage to one of the classic films of all time, Morag Fullarton’s fast paced distillation will have you raise a Bogart style eyebrow, […]
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| Filed under: What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more, What's on in Glasgow: Theatre and Comedy
Dead Cat Bounce by Kevin Scott, Launch of debut novel at Waterstones Sauchiehall Street, Thursday June 29, 2017
An evening with Kevin Scott, author of Dead Cat Bounce Dead Cat Bounce, the debut novel of Kevin Scott, Business Correspondent at The Herald, will be launched at Waterstones, 153-157 Sauchiehall St, Glasgow G2 3EW Thursday June 29th, at 6:30pm. Set between gangland Glasgow and banking London, Dead Cat Bounce is a black comedy that […]
Old Kilpatrick Art Club Exhibition, Ardarden Gardan Centre, Cardross, 30 June – 2 July, 2017
Ardardan Estate, Cardross, Dumbarton G82 5HD
West End Festival: The Coach House, Summer Family Market, Saturday 24 June, 2017
The Coach House, 84 Belmont Lane, G12 8EN Saturday 24 Jun 10:30am Free entry www.thecht.co.uk Come and join us for our fabulous fun filled family market in Kelvinbridge. There will be sales of plants, arts & Crafts, home baking, tea & coffee, a BBQ, art gallery and musical entertainment. There will also be children’s activities […]
Friday, June 23, 2017 | Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Glasgow Film Festival 2017, West End Festival Glasgow, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
The Paper Cell by Louise Hutcheson, Book Launch, Waterstones Byres Road, 23 June, 2017
Join Louise in conversation with the brilliant Alistair Braidwood of Scots Whay Hae! as we launch The Paper Cell. Featuring readings, a Q&A and book signing About the book: From the publisher of Graeme Macrae Burnet’s His Bloody Project, The Paper Cell is the first in a new series of distinctive, standalone crime stories, each […]
West End Festival: West End Women, Craft and Design Fair, Hillhead Bookclub, Saturday 24 June, 2017
Hillhead Bookclub, 17 Vinicombe Street, G12 8BE Saturday 24 Jun 11:00am – 4 p.m. Free entry www.hillheadbookclub.co.uk Amy Mae, Freya Alder and Isabella Bunnell present W(est) E(nd) Women at the Hillhead Bookclub. A day’s programme of workshops, good tunes, women makers and great beer. Make some stuff, buy some stuff and meet your fellow #girlgang. […]
West End Festival, Annie Keating plus Paul Tasker, Kelvindale Bowling Club, Friday 23 June, 2017
Kelvindale Bowling Club, 91 Baronald Drive, Glasgow, G12 0HP Friday 23 Jun 8:00pm Tickets £12 from Tickets Scotland or email soundsinthesuburbs@hotmail.co.uk Annie Keating plays an intimate gig at Kelvindale Bowling Club, featuring songs from “Trick Star”, her seventh and most accomplished album to date, released to wide acclaim in 2016, as well as old favourites. […]
Artivism, STUC and Scottish Artists Union, The Space, Gallowgate, First Session 18 July, 2017
STUC have teamed up with the Scottish Artists’ Union to launch a side project – Artivism. The first session will take place at The Space, Gallowgate, Glasgow on 18th July, 2017 from 2-6pm. This project will be tutored by a professional artist and participants will learn how to use art to express their experiences in […]
How To Be Irreplaceable in the Automated Workplace, Training Course, STUC, 12 July,2017
This course is an introduction into the changing world of work in light of technological progress. You will be given the chance to build and code a robot of your own! The course will end with a discussion on what sort of skills people will need in the next few years to face the challenges […]
Berlin Syndrome, GFT, 10 – 22 June, 2017
GFT 12 Rose Street, G3 6RB Cate Shortland (Somersault, Lore) turns her craftsperson’s eye to a gripping psychological thriller based on the acclaimed novel by Melanie Joosten. Australian photographer Clare (Teresa Palmer from Hacksaw Ridge) is on a trip to Berlin when she meets charismatic charmer Andi (Max Riemelt). There is an instant attraction and Andi invites her […]
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Thursday, June 22, 2017 | Filed under: Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
West End Festival: Absolute Improv Siempre Bicycle Cafe, Partick, 23 and 24 June, 2017
Siempre Bicycle Cafe, 162 Dumbarton Road, G11 6XE Friday 23 Jun 8:00pm Saturday 24 Jun 8:00pm £8 Advance sales from Brown Paper Tickets www.tbcimprov.co.uk Improv comedy a la “Whose Line is it Anyway?”. A fast-paced show that will have you coming back for more. Family friendly. Sold out Edinburgh Fringe 2015 and 2016. Witty sketches […]
Yoga for Musicians: The Art of Listening with Outi Smith, Glasgow, 22 July, 2017
The Kali Collective Yoga Studio, Suite 415b, The Pentagon Bldg, 36 Washington Street, Glasgow G3 4AZ 22 July, 2017, 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. This two hour workshop is aimed at musicians of all levels and styles, whether you’re an instrumentalist or a singer. Prior experience of yoga is not required, only an open mind. […]
West End Festival: Holyrood Pleasure Gardens Summer Fete, Saturday 24 June, 2017
Holyrood Crescent, G20 6HH – off Great Western Road, near St George’s Cross Underground Saturday 24 Jun 1:30pm – 4:30 p.m. £2 on the gate/ Children Free Holyrood Pleasure Gardens’ annual summer fete. Fun for all the family in these beautiful private gardens. Live music; burgers, curries, cake stall, tombola, bouncy castle, face painting and […]
Refugee Week:Take One Action Film Festival Global Stories, Local Actions: Echoes from Home, CCA, 23 June, 2017
Fri 23 June 2017 6pm, Free but ticketed, Cinema 12+ Book online / 0141 352 4900 In celebration of Refugee Week Scotland join Take One Action for a special screening of three films, followed by an audience conversation, exploring how we can support refugees, asylum seekers and migrants locally and globally. The evening’s films are: […]
Take One Action Film Festival Power to Change – The Energy Rebellion, CCA, Tue 27 June 2017
Tue 27 June 2017 6.30pm, £6 (£4.50) via TOA, Cinema 12+ Book online / 0141 352 4900 Can our advanced industrial civilisation meet the needs of a growing population without wrecking our planet? At a crucial time for the transformation of Scotland’s energy landscape, Take One Action present this informative and entertaining documentary which explores […]
Summer Breeze Exhibition, Thistle Gallery, 24 June – 3 September, 2017
Thistle Gallery’s much anticipated ‘Summer Breeze’ starts Saturday, 24 June with a superb range of over 100 new artworks from some of Scotland’s most accomplished artists…….featuring profound figurative portraits by Paul Kennedy, Julie Coulter, Ross Muir and Sam Skelton, lyrical landscapes of Scotland and the Mediterranean by James Somerville Lindsay, Sandra Moffat, Ian Elliot, Jackie […]
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Slack Bay, GFT, 16 – 22 June, 2017
Bruno Dumont’s (Li’l Quinquin, GFF15) absurd comedy follows the bourgeois Van Peteghem family on their annual holiday in Slack Bay. One summer in 1910, over the course of five days, a romance begins to blossom between oyster farmer Ma Loute and the young and mischievous Billie Van Peteghem. Meanwhile two bumbling police inspectors investigate the inexplicable disappearance of scores of tourists, and soon make […]
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Wednesday, June 21, 2017 | Filed under: Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Visible Cinema: Britain on Film, Black Britain, GFT, 27 June, 2017
Yvonne Connikie, founder of the Black Film Festival Wales and founder member of New Black Collective will introduce the screening and participate in a post film Q&A. This third installment of the ICO’s Britain on Film on Tour season offers an incredible archive, sharing a history of black Britons from 1901 to 1985, revealing new voices from […]
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Don’t Look Now, GFT 25 and 27 June, 2017
Famed for a controversial sex scene that was explicit for its time, Nicolas Roeg’s psychological horror Don’t Look Now was adapted from du Maurier’s occult-themed short story. John (Donald Sutherland) and his wife Laura (Julie Christie) take a trip to Venice shortly after a traumatizing incident at their home resulting in the death of their young daughter. Roeg’s trademark visual style and innovative […]
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Drifting Clouds, GFT, 26 and 28 June, 2017
Released in 1998, Drifting Clouds continues Kaurismäki’s sardonic yet sympathetic look at ordinary people who simply want to survive in the face of huge social and economic turmoil. Following the dwindling fortunes of restaurant hostess Ilona and her tram driver husband Lauri, who both find themselves unemployed at the same time in recession-hit Helsinki, this […]
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Churchill, GFT, 16 – 22 June, 2017
Brian Cox delivers a cantankerous, uncompromising take on arguably the most famous and revered Prime Minister in Britain’s history, in this fascinating historical drama. As tensions mount in the days leading up to the Allied D-Day landings in France, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill feels the pressure to embark on a large-scale campaign. But his instincts tell him to resist, placing him in direct […]
Dispossession, The Great Social Housing Swindle, GFT, 24 June, 2017
This screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Paul Sng, Lisa McKenzie and some of the other subjects featured in the film. For some people, a housing crisis means not getting planning permission for a loft conversion. For others it means, quite simply, losing their home. In this new documentary, narrated by Maxine Peake, we see […]
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Wilson, GFT, 23 – 29 June, 2017
A brilliant adaptation of Daniel Clowes’ (Ghost World) graphic novel of the same name, Wilson is a touching, funny tale of a dysfunctional family from the director of The Skeleton Twins. Woody Harrelson stars as Wilson, a lonely, neurotic and hilariously honest middle-aged misanthrope who, after 17 years, reunites with his estranged wife Pippi (Laura Dern) when he discovers he has a teenage daughter […]
The Seasons in Quincy, Four Portraits of John Berger, GFT, 23 – 29 June, 2017
A fascinating collective effort, The Seasons in Quincy is a frank exploration studying four different insights into the late John Berger’s life, thoughts and writing. Tilda Swinton, Colin MacCabe, Christopher Roth and Bartek Dziadosz each compose a personal and intimate portrait of the reclusive artist, painter and critic. Tied together with a meditative score from Simon Fisher Turner, The […]
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