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..

Love Letters To A Murder – The Mythology of Madeleine Smith

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Saturday 18th October, 2025, 3:00pm The Mitchell Library, North Street, Glasgow G3 7DN Kirsten MacQuarrie and Lesley McDowell The love letters which Madeleine Smith wrote to Emile L’Angelier during their clandestine affair of 1855-57 were essentially a work of Victorian fiction. That is not to say they were fabrications of letters. But they were performances […]

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Reclaim the Clyde – Poetry and Music to celebrate our river

reclaim our clyde

Thursday, 25th September, 2025. 7pm Event by Glasgow Branch CND The Wee Dram, 232 Woodlands Road, Glasgow G3 6ND FREE Poets: Alan Riach, Amy Rafferty, Ellen McAteer Readings of new works by the above and selected readings of works by a range of modern Scottish and international poets. Music: Traditional Scottish music from fiddlers Karen Barber […]

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The Glasgow Shanty Festival

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 Saturday 11th October 2025, 12.30pm to 7:30pm Aboard the Tall Ship Glenlee in Glasgow, Riverside Mueseum,150 Pointhouse Rd, Stobcross Rd, Glasgow G3 8RS FREE EVENT The Glasgow Shanty Crew are delighted to announce that the Glasgow Shanty Festival will be back for another celebration of Songs of the Sea on Saturday 11th October with guest […]

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Terry Neason Songs and Words

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9 October, 2025, 7.30 p.m. Cottiers Theatre, 93 – 95 Hyndland Street, G11 5PU Award Winning Music, Poetry & Humour Edinburgh Fringe Angel Award Winner, Terry Neason performs some of her best highly acclaimed repertoire of Songs and Poetry… Be prepared for an emotional rollercoaster. She includes her own songs and other Originals, as well […]

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The Boys by Ella Hickson

the boys by ella hickson

Tuesday, 30 September, 2025 – 7.30 p.m. An amatuer production – the first play produced by Northern Assignment. Five bedrooms, five chairs and four boys. The Class of 2011 are about to graduate and Benny, Mack, Timp and Cam are due out of their flat. Stepping into a world that doesn’t want them, these boys […]

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The Gift, Barrowland Ballet at The Citizens Theatre

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6 – 28 December, 2025 A Barrowland Ballet production – Created and choreographed by Natasha Gilmore Winner of Best Production for Children and Young People at the Critics Awards for Theatre in Scotland 2023 A mountain of discarded wrapping. A lonely child with an active imagination. It’s often the cardboard boxes, not the gifts inside […]

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Falling Out and Fighting Back

falling out and fighting back

Thursday, October 2 , 2025, 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. Listen Gallery, 60 York Street Glasgow G2 8JX Dean Spade and writer Hannah Proctor in conversation with artist Winnie Herbstein as they discuss collective strategies for working together through conflicts past and present, personal and organisational. This event marks the launch of two new publications: […]

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Sunday, September 21, 2025 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events

A Kick Up The Arts – In Conversation with Denise Mina

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Thursday 9 October, 2025 – 2.30 p.m. The Stand Comedy Club, Websters, 420 Great Western Rd, Glasgow G4 9HZ Nicola Meighan, A Kick Up The Arts will be chatting with award winning author, Denise Mina. “Well then. I always love chatting with Denise Mina, and I can’t wait to have a blether with her about […]

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There Will Be Blood at GFT

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19 – 25 September, 2025 A sprawling epic about family, faith, power and oil, There Will Be Blood chronicles the life and times of one Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis), who transforms himself from a down-and-out silver miner raising a son on his own into a self-made oil tycoon. He takes a chance when he hears of a […]

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Friday, September 19, 2025 | Filed under: Cinema

Can I Get A Witnss at GFT

Can I Get A Witness

19 – 24 September, 2025 Can I Get a Witness, a film by Ann Marie Fleming starring Sandra Oh, is a radical eco thriller set in the not-too-distant future, which imagines a healing planet, but at what price for humanity? In the near-future, climate change is mitigated, global poverty is eradicated, and all species on the planet can […]

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Islands at GFT

Islands

19 – 25 September, 2025 ★★★★★ ‘A scorching, sun-frazzled Hitchcockian delight.’ The London Standard Between drinking sessions and one-night stands, washed-up tennis pro Tom (Sam Riley) clings to a job coaching holidaymakers at a hotel in Fuerteventura. When an English couple (Stacy Martin and Jack Farthing) arrive, their presence sets off a chain of events that […]

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Happyend at GFT

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19 – 25 September, 2025 Set in a dystopian near-future Tokyo, Neo Sora’s striking debut feature explores a group of teenagers rebelling against societal expectations. The film offers a vivid coming-of-age portrait, following best friends Yuta and Kou as they confront a world where AI surveillance is tightening under the yoke of oppressive authoritarianism. Infused with raw […]

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Steve at GFT

Steve

19 – 25 September, 2025 Set in the mid-1990s, Steve is a reimagining of Max Porter’s Sunday Times bestseller Shy. Cillian Murphy stars alongside Emily Watson and Simbi Ajikawo (Little Simz) as a headteacher at a last-chance reform school amidst a world that has forsaken its students. As Steve fights to protect the school’s integrity and impending closure, we witness him grappling with his […]

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Craft Session: Knitting Circle and Wool Swop

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Thursday, 9 October, 2025, 2 p.m. – 4.30 p.m. Boyd Orr Building, University of Glasgow, University Avenue Glasgow G12 8QW Come along to this eco-friendly craft session! Make a wool craft of your choice with second hand wool from the Eco-Hub and support from the workshop leader! How will the session work? In this workshop you […]

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The Sound of Music – 60th Anniversary

the sound of music

20, 21 and 23 September, 2025 Experience the breathtaking theatrical presentation of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s iconic musical film The Sound of Music. Meticulously restored and remastered in 4K for its 60th anniversary, the beloved classic is more brilliant than ever with pristine picture and sound. In this true-life story, Julie Andrews lights up the screen as Maria, […]

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Glasgow Doors Open Days 2025 Alasdair Gray Archive

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Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 September, 2025 10 a.m. The Alasdair Gray Archive, The Whisky Bond 2 Dawson Road, Glasgow G4 9SS Glasgow is a visionary city and it was Alasdair Gray who first explored this, through writing in his seminal novel Lanark (1981), the imaginative potential of what the city could hold. The tour will […]

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British Sign Language (BSL) Tour of ‘Margaret Salmon: Assembly’

BSL tour Assembly The Hunterian

Sunday 5 October, 2025 – 2.00 p.m. – 3.30 p.m. The Hunterian Gallery, University of Glasgow, 82 Hillhead Street Glasgow G12 8QQ Deaf art enthusiast Trudi Collier returns to The Hunterian to present a British Sign Language tour of the newest temporary contemporary exhibition, ‘Margaret Salmon: Assembly’. ‘Assembly’ is a solo exhibition of new work […]

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Creative Conversations: Isabel Stilwell

Isabell Stilwell

Friday 19, September, 2025, 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. A co-hosted event with Portuguese Studies and Creative Conversations, historical novelist and journalist Isabel Stilwell is in conversation. University Chapel, Main Building University Avenue Glasgow G12 8QQ Isabel Stilwell is a journalist and a writer, dedicated to investigating and writing about the impressive lives of women […]

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TEA FOR TWO/ CHÁ PARA DOIS – Mackintosh Queens Cross

12 September – 2 October 2025 An exhibition showcasing the tearoom designs of two world-renowned architects Mackintosh Queen’s Cross, 870 Garscube Road, Glasgow, G20 7EL Graeme Nicholls Architects are excited to announce Tea for Two / Chá para Dois, a new exhibition exploring architectural and cultural connections between Scotland and Portugal. It places Charles Rennie […]

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Flight of the Wild Geese, Refuweegee Fundraiser

flight of the wild geese

Sunday 28 September 2025 – 7 p.m. Saint Luke’s  17 Bain St, Glasgow G40 2JZ A trad-night fundraiser for Refuweegee. Why is there a restoration Levy? Put very simply, the  restoration levy is an additional charge added to your ticket price which is directly invested back into the venue. This money is used for critical […]

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The Unlikely Clan Modern Myths at The Glasgow Gallery

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(Banter – Todd Garner) 13th September 2025 to 11th October 2025 Tuesday – Friday 10am – 5.30pm / Saturday 10.30am – 4.30pm Discover Modern Myths, the captivating new exhibition at The Glasgow Gallery by The Unlikely Clan, a dynamic collective of five Glasgow-based artists! Todd Garner, Cherylene Dyer, Frank McNab, Jane Gardiner, and Nichol Wheatley. […]

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The Golden Spurtle at GFT

the golden spurtle

12 – 25 September, 2025 ★★★★ “A palate-pleasing celebration of the noble oat” – The Guardian Dating back to neolithic times, few culinary traditions have survived as long as the hearty bowl of morning porridge. Despite its simple recipe of oats, salt and water, a lot can vary. Each year the sleepy highland village of Carrbridge […]

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Friday, September 12, 2025 | Filed under: Cinema, Community event

From Ground Zero at GFT

from ground zero

12 – 17 September, 2025 Wistful, heartbreaking, hopeful and urgent. Palestine’s official entry to the 2025 Academy Awards, From Ground Zero, brings dozens of emerging Palestinian artists to the fore in an urgent cry for humanity from a people under siege. Each film, ranging in length from 3 to 6 minutes, presents a unique perspective on […]

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Take 2: The Smurfs at GFT

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Saturday, 13 September, 2025 STANDARD SCREENING:  11:30AM AUTISM-FRIENDLY SCREEing 12PM When Papa Smurf is mysteriously taken by evil wizards, Razamel and Gargamel, Smurfette leads the Smurfs on a mission into the real world to save him. With the help of new friends, the Smurfs must discover what defines their destiny to save the universe. How […]

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Ballad Lines – Major New Scottish Folk Musical

Ballad Lines

LIVE CONCERT EVENT IN GLASGOW 15 SEPTEMBER, 2025, 7.30 p.m. Buy tickets Cottiers, 93 – 95 Hyndland Street, G11 5PU A NEW 17 TRACK ALBUM OF SONGS FROM THE SHOW WILL LAUNCH WITH A FEATURING ARTISTS FROM THE ALBUM INCLUDING GAELIC SINGER OF THE YEAR KIM CARNIE, CATS AWARD WINNER KIRSTY FINDLAY AND DYLAN WOOD, […]

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Autumn Fun Day – The Children’s Wood

autumn fun day

Friday, 26 September 2025, 12 p.m. – 3 p.m. Clouston/Sanda/Kelbourne Street, Glasgow G20 8QW Event by The Children’s Wood and Meadow Science Centre and RSPB Mosaic Workshop Second Hand Book Stall Apple Pressing Charlie’s Harvest Soup Admission Free  

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Magi, Ali and Ian at The Stand at Websters

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Sunday, 21 September, 2025 , 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Discombobulate with poets Magi Gibson and Ali Whitelock plus author and comedian Ian Macpherson The Stand at Websters, 416 Great Western Road, Glasgow G4 9HZ Poets Magi Gibson & Ali Whitelock of The Magi & Ali Poetry Show join award-winning standup and novelist Ian Macpherson for a Sunday […]

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Sirens Calling and On the Scent of the Honeyed Hive, Linda Jackson and Lesley O’Brien

womens library sirens calling

Saturday, 13th September, 2025 1:00pm to 3:30pm Glasgow Women’s Library, 23 Landressy Street, Glasgow, G40 1BP Telephone: 0141 550 2267 Seahorse publications presents a GWL launch of Siren Calling by Linda Jackson and Lesley O’Brien’s debut collection, On the Scent of The Honeyed Hive.  Linda Jackson writes songs, prose, poetry and publishes poetry. Her recent work – the Siren Project includes an […]

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Tuesday, September 9, 2025 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events

A Kick Up The Arts – Nicola Meighan in conversation with Ambrose Parry at The Stand at Websters

Thursday 11 September, 2025 , 2.30 p.m. The Stand, 416 Great Western Rd, Glasgow G4 9HZ To celebrate the legendary Stand in Glasgow moving to its new venue (the old Webster’s Theatre), Nicola Meighan has been invited to  bring some guests along for a blether once a month, on a Thursday afternoon. The first event […]

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BLOODY SCOTLAND 2025

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Bloody Scotland 12 – 14 September, 2025 Full Bloody Scotland Programme and Tickets Friday 12th September – 12:30 – Setting the Crime Scene Opening event with Lin Anderson, Simon Toyne, Allan Gaw Albert Halls, Dumbarton Rd, Stirling FK8 2QL Making a deep incision into the world of crime fiction and science fact, talking forensics with […]

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