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. Prick Up Your Ears, GFT, 18 – 20 August, 2017
Successful playwright Joe Orton was a true English eccentric: a controversial provocateur who rose from a working class Leicester lad to the toast of swinging ‘60s London, before his promising future was violently cut short at the hands of his jealous long-term partner, Kenneth Halliwell. Gary Oldman oozes charm as Orton, delivering catty one-liners and […]
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Thursday, August 17, 2017 | Filed under: Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
A Ghost Story, GFT, 11 – 24 August, 2017
David Lowery reunites with his Ain’t Them Bodies Saints stars Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara for this singular exploration of legacy, loss, and the essential human longing for connection. Affleck plays a recently deceased man who returns to his suburban home as a white-sheeted ghost to console his bereft wife (Mara). But in his spectral state […]
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Elisabeth Viguie-Culshaw – French Artist Explores ‘Lost In Translations’ Thistle Gallery, 17 August – 3 September, 2017
FRENCH ARTIST EXPLORES – ‘LOST IN TRANSLATIONS’ Thistle Gallery, Scottish Contemporary Art A memorable collection of artwork produced by French artist Elisabeth Viguie-Culshaw who made Glasgow her home back in the late 1980’s with her Scottish husband. Elisabeth has a passion for recycling and to this end she gathers treasures during her travels in the […]
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Pride Glasgow 2017 Saturday 19 and Sunday 20, August, 2017
Parade 19th August – Glasgow Green 12 p.m. ‘Pride Glasgow sponsored by The Polo Lounge are excited to announce that this years Pride Glasgow Parade and Festival theme will have a focus on LGBTI families and those of us who are brave everyday. We acknowledge the importance of families whether biological or for those of us who […]
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Tapsalteerie, Mitchell Library, 30 September, 2017
In Scotland there was a folklore tradition, prior to the reformation to hold a Festival of Unreason, presided over by a character known, variously, as the Lord of Misrule or more usually, in Scotland, the Abbot of Unreason. This was a topsy-turvy event, where the normal order of things changed for the duration. This is […]
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Wednesday, August 16, 2017 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Kingsborough Gardens Gala,Saturday 19 August, 2017
Saturday 19 August, 2017 1 – 4 p.m. Kingsborough Gardens, Hyndland, G12 Kingsborough Gardens Facebook
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Vagabond Voices The Possibilities of Translation, CCA, Wed 16 August 2017
CCA Wed 16 August 2017 7pm, Free but ticketed, Cinema All ages Book online / 0141 352 4900 This talk looks at four fundamental questions: Is translation possible? What is a good translation? Who benefits from translation? Is translation an exercise in uncertainty or an obstacle to communication? In this hour-long talk, Allan Cameron employs a […]
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Songwriter Circle, Broadcast, 20 August, 2017
Broadcast, 427 Sauchiehall St, Glasgow G2 3LG Sunday, 20 August, 2017 7.30 p.m. Following sold out shows at The Hug N Pint and Glad Cafe. The songwriter circle that is Panic Anchor, Katee Kross and Mick Hargan bring their show to Broadcast before heading out on a U.K. And Irish tour Opening the Show will […]
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Soup Worx Vol2: Soul Food, The Record Factory, Fundraiser for Drumchapel Food Bank, 27 August, 2017
Drumchapel Food Bank X The Record Factory presents – Soup Worx Vol2: Soul Food. The Record Factory, 17 Byres Road, Glasgow G11 5RD An all day party packed to the brim with Soul, Funk, Disco, Breaks and good food! We have some of Glasgow’s finest up and coming DJ’s playing alongside the legends of the […]
Tuesday, August 15, 2017 | Filed under: Eating and drinking Glasgow West End, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Gig Guide plus Club Events
Neil Clements’ Electric Eye, The Hunterian – runs until 8 October, 2017
Admission Free. This exhibition at the Hunterian Art Gallery presents paintings and sculptures by Glasgow-based artist Neil Clements (b. 1982, Belfast). Neil Clements: Electric Eye continues The Hunterian’s innovative programme of contemporary art displays, and features new works made especially for this context. Clements’ work often echoes the abstract formal strategies of modernist art. He […]
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By Distinction Gallery, Byres Road – Summer Hues Exhibition still running, August 2017
By Distinction, 100 Byres Rd, Glasgow G12 8TB Telephone: 0141 334 4342 www.theartofscotland.co.uk/ Summertime Hues This exhibition features work by a range of atists, incuding: Margaret Evans, Ryan Mutter Cecilia Cardiff, June Carey,Frank McNab, Helen Wilson, Paddy Dorrian, Alison McWhirter, Adrian Wiszniewski and Jewellery by Ruth Swan Ryan Mutter Mutter believes there is much to learn from […]
Sweetheart Revue, Album Launch presented by Fox Star Records, The Tron, 29 September, 2017
Fox Star Records are very proud to be releasing the amazing debut album by ‘The Sweetheart Revue’. With an emphasis on harmony, melody and songs that tells stories, Gerard Sampaio credits Wilco and Lambchop as influences but also the beautiful mellow side of country music. A few years ago Hollywood came a calling when their […]
Monday, August 14, 2017 | Filed under: Gig Guide plus Club Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Open Mic, Sundays, The Old Toll Bar Glasgow
Sunday afternoon Open Mic at The old toll bar Glasgow! NOW ON FROM 3pm ’til 7pm! All performers and music lovers welcome. House guitar, a free drink for the players and good vibes provided! Get involved in our new sunday afternoon open mic at this beautiful and recently restored bar on Paisley Road West. featured […]
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Friday Night at the Panopticon, 18 August, 2017
The Britannia Panopticon Music Hall’s new variety show. An evening of true variety harking back to the good old days of variety with music, comedy, novelty and more! Doors open 7.30pm, show starts at 8pm 18+ Tickets £7 / £5 Concession Tickets at ticket-scotland 113 – 117 Trongate, Glasgow G1 5HD Event on Facebook
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Sunday, August 13, 2017 | 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
A Rather Remarkable Afternoon, Special Afternoon Tea, Mackintosh Club, Helensburgh 16 – 18 August, 2017
As part of Helensburgh’s Food Festival, come and enjoy ‘A Rather Remarkable Afternoon’ at the Mackintosh Club. Traditional afternoon tea which will include a delicious selection of homemade sandwiches, scones with clotted cream & jam, buttered shortbread & your choice of cake from the day’s selection. All served with carefully chosen loose- leaf tea or […]
Dave Arcari, Album launch, Broadcast, Glasgow 1 September, 2017
ALT.blues troubadour Dave Arcari launches his new album ‘Live at Memorial Hall’ at this special hometown show. Special guest is Lucy Zirins. Don’t miss this show!! 1 September, 2017 – 7 p.m. Broadcast, 427 Sauchiehall St, Glasgow G2 3LG Find tickets Event on Facebook
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Bloody Scotland, Stirling, 8 – 10 September, 2017
Download the Brochure (PDF) Gala Opening, McIlvanney Prize and Torchlight Procession Stirling Castle, Great Hall. Bloody Scotland 2017 opens in the magnificent splendour of the Great Hall of Stirling Castle with a truly unique event that offers you the chance to rub shoulders with some of the biggest names in crime fiction. Your golden ticket […]
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Conference for Young Women, Hilton Grosvenor Hotel, 19 August, 2017
Conference for Young Women August 19, 2017, 10.30 – 15.00 Hilton Grosvenor Hotel Glasgow, Glasgow Empowerment: What Young Women Need to Suceed Saturday 19th August 2017 Hilton Grosvenor Hotel, Byres Road, Glasgow Hilton Grosvenor Hotel Glasgow, 1-9 Grosvenor Terrace, Great Western Road, Glasgow G12 0TA. Empowerment: What Young Women Need to Suceed Saturday 19th August […]
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Silent Movie Extravaganza at Citizen M, Renfrew Street, 12 August, 2017
Part of Afternoon Tea Week Join citizenM Glasgow on Saturday the 12th of August for a silent movie extravaganza featuring Glasgow’s iconic Gladstone’s Bag. This talented, flute-twiddling four-piece band play bewitching Victorian tunes to accompany their favourite classic films. In celebration of Afternoon Tea week in the UK, they will be rolling out all-time greats, […]
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Friday, August 11, 2017 | Filed under: Cinema, Eating and drinking Glasgow West End, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Akira, GFT, 13 – 16 August, 2017
Regarded by many as a landmark production for Japan, Akira’s critical acclaim and box office success paved the way for the growth of anime culture across the world. 2030 Neo-Tokyo, which has sprung from the ruins of World War III, is experiencing a prolonged period of civil unrest. When Tetsuo, a young biker with telekinetic powers, […]
Something Wild, GFT, 13 and 15 August, 2017
An anarchic cult classic from 1986, Something Wild shows Jonathan Demme at his most diverse – mixing up a heady cocktail of screwball comedy, road movie, character study and unconventional thriller. Jeff Daniels stars as straight-laced banker Charles Driggs, whose dull life changes when he meets irrepressible free-spirit Lulu (Melanie Griffith). At first their relationship […]
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The Big Sick, GFT until 17 August, 2017
Pakistan-born Chicago Uber driver Kumail (Kumail Nanjiani) is struggling to get his career as a comedian off the ground when he meets grad student Emily (Zoe Kazan) and the two immediately fall for one another. However, their blossoming relationship soon comes under threat from Kumail’s traditional parents, who want to arrange a Pakistani bride for […]
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Matchbox Cineclub Scalarama Glasgow 2017 Programme Launch , CCA, Thu 17 August 2017
Thu 17 August 2017 7pm, Free (unticketed), Cinema 15+ 0141 352 4900 Matchbox Cineclub host the launch of Scalarama Glasgow’s 2017 programme. Scalarama is an annual DIY celebration of cinema, in venues all across Glasgow through the whole month of September. In 2016, Glasgow exhibitors screened documentaries, shorts, cult films, concert films, arthouse, action and […]
England Is Mine, GFT, 4 – 13 August, 2017
Friday 4 – Sunday 13 August Selected as Edinburgh International Film Festival 2017 Closing Gala, England is Mine is an evocative portrait of one of Britain’s most iconic artists. Set in 1970s Manchester, the film focuses on a young Steven Patrick Morrissey, an alienated teenager desperately trying to find his place in the world. The […]
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The Levelling, GFT, Deaf and hard of hearing friendly film, 14 August, 2017
Game of Thrones’ Ellie Kendrick is compelling as Clover, a young vet who returns to the family farm in Somerset in the wake of tragedy. The family are forced to confront past bitterness as her bad-tempered father, Aubrey, attempts to carry on with business as usual. All tickets £5.50. Director and writer Hope Dickson Leach will […]
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Tom of Finland, GFT, 12 – 17 August, 2017
The latest from Finnish director Dome Karukoski (The Grump, Heart of a Lion), this beautifully shot biopic pays homage to Touko Laaksonen and his alter ego Tom of Finland, one of gay culture’s most important icons. The film follows changing attitudes to sexuality through the decades, moving between Touko’s repressive home in Finland and the […]
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The Godfather Part II, GFT, 15 August, 2017
One of the best sequels ever created and one of the greatest American films ever made, Francis Ford Coppola’s follow-up to his landmark 1972 film, The Godfather, is at once prequel and sequel. Continuing the story of Michael Corleone in 1950s New York, the film simultaneously shows us early 20th century Sicily where Michael’s father, […]
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Andrew Robert Eustace Band, Cottiers, 14 September, 2017
14 Sep 2017 – 7:30 pm – 10:30 pm Cottiers, 93-95 Hyndland St, Glasgow G11 5PU 0141 357 5825 www.cottiers.com/ Tickets £11.50 (ticket price incl. £1.50 ticket admin fee which will display at the checkout) (fee applicable to all tickets, including tickets bought on the day) Andrew Robert Eustace spent 2016 raising his profile as […]
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Byres Road Book Festival, 21 – 25 September, 2017
Byres Road Book Festival returns for its second year with a fabulous programme of readings, discussions and conversations. These will take place between 22 – 25 September, 2017 at three local venues: The Oxfam Bookshop, Hillhead Library and Waterstones Byres Road. www.byresroadbookfestival.com EVENTS AT OXFAM BOOKSHOP Christopher Brookmyre 22nd September, 2017 – Hillhead Library, 348 […]
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Thursday, August 10, 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
Foraging Workshop, Napiershall Street Gardens, Saturday 12 August, 2017
29 Napiershall Street, St George’s Cross, G20 6EZ Saturday 12 August, 2017 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Come along to a free workshop where we will take an adventure trip to BODEN BOO and go on a hunt for wild foods! Learn about plant ID, wild edibles, outdoor cooking and sustainable harvest. BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL, […]
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