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. Burns Celebration, Nova Scotia Folk Club, 25 January, 2017
An informal Burns Night featuring Davy Lees with Immortal Memory, Arnie Faichney with Holly Willie, Piper will pipe in the haggis and Liam Kearney will address the haggis. A selection of Burns songs will be sung by our regular performers. There will be a buffet served in the lounge at half time which can be […]
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Monday, January 16, 2017 | Filed under: Burns Day Celebrations 2017, Burns Events, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Soul Bowl, Jordanhill Bowling Club, Saturday 28 January, 2017
Sixties soul for dancing people of all ages! Strictly in the vinyl 45rpm manner! Crafted by the Motown immortals! Spun by time-served experts! Convivial company! Cheap drink! Suburban setting! No need for a taxi home! Felonious Munk and Soul Boy Davet Bee £5 Jordanhill Bowling Club, 112 Randolph Road, Glasgow G11 7DV Event on Facebook […]
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ProjectAbility – Put Your Sweet Lips a Little Closer to the Phone by Cameron Morgan, 21 – 25 February 2017
‘Put your sweet lips closer to the phone’ By Cameron Morgan Exhibition Dates: 21 January – 25 February Cameron Morgan’s latest creations come in the form of ceramic slip-cast telephones. Ranging from the ‘Candlestick’ telephones of the 1880’s to the ‘Brick’ mobile phone of the 1980’s, each piece is an edition of five and […]
| Filed under: Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Creative Conversations: AL Kennedy, University of Glasgow Chapel, Monday 16 January 2017
Creative Conversations: Award-Winning Writer AL Kennedy 16 January 2017 – 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. University Chapel, West Quadrangle, Main Building Gilmorehill Campus, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ AL Kennedy is a Dundee-born writer of novels, short stories, drama, non-fiction and journalism. She is the author of 17 books: 6 literary novels, […]
Sunday, January 15, 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
La La Land, Review by Calum Maclean
La La Land Written and Directed by Damien Chazelle Cast – Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, John Legend, Rosemarie DeWitt, Jessica Rothe, Sonoya Mizuno, Callie Hernandez, J.K Simmons, Finn Wittrock, Tom Everett Scott Running Time – 128 minutes Damien Chazelle’s romantic musical comedy drama is currently on course to sweep the 2017 awards season, and less […]
The Bevvy Sisters with The Jerry Cans at Celtic Connections, St Luke’s, 27 January, 2017
Despite their timeless vocal magic, 2016 marks a decade since Edinburgh harmony combo The Bevvy Sisters first joined forces, and they celebrate tonight in suitably sumptuous style. Back in St Luke’s, the very same venue that hosted their debut, and uniting all six lead singers who’ve graced the line-up, this one-off collaboration sees founding […]
Saturday, January 14, 2017 | Filed under: Celtic Connections 2017, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Gig Guide plus Club Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
OranMor, Celtic Connections Listings 2017
Celtic Connections is the largest annual winter music festival of its kind and the UK’s premier celebration of Celtic music. A major musical event with 2,100 artists • 300 events • 20 venues • 1 brilliant festival From 19 January – 5 February 2017 “If there’s one thing that makes wintertime in Glasgow great then […]
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| Filed under: Celtic Connections 2017, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Gig Guide plus Club Events
Tell It Slant, Third Birthday Party, Friday, 27 January, 2017
Come and celebrate 3 years of Tell It Slant at the Project Cafe with us and some special guest poyets on Friday the 27th of January from 7pm till 10pm Update : Poets Jim Ferguson and Christie Wiiamson confirmed with others TBC With free entry, this is a BYOB event with spoken word poetry and […]
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Friday, January 13, 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
A Night of Horror Podcast review by Calum Maclean
A Night of Horror is a new podcast series produced in Scotland by Kathleen Kidd. The series consists of six short episodes so far, with more planned for the New Year. Each episode tells a macabre short story, building an unnerving atmosphere with committed vocal performances from the cast and a subtly eerie score. Fans […]
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Reset, GFT, 12 January, 2017
Reset 12 January, 2017 (12.45, 3.05, 8.05) GFT enjamin Millepied is best known as the man behind Black Swan’s stunning ballet sequences, and in early 2013 he was appointed as director of the Paris Opera Ballet. This new documentary finds Millepied on the eve of his first gala with the Opera as he designs and […]
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Thursday, January 12, 2017 | Filed under: Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Don’t Think I’ve Forgotten: Cambodia’s Lost Rock & Roll, GFT 12 January, 2017
Don’t Think I’ve Forgotten: Cambodia’s Lost Rock & Roll (CTBC) GFT 12 January, 2017 During the ‘60s and early ‘70s, as the war in Vietnam threatened Cambodia’s borders, a new music scene emerged that took Western rock and roll and stood it on its head – creating a sound like no other. This new documentary […]
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The Young Offenders GFT, 13 – 19 January, 2017
The Young Offenders, 13 – 19 January, 2017 GFT Inspired by the true story of Ireland’s biggest cocaine seizure in 2007, The Young Offenders follows Conor and Jock, two inner-city teenagers from Cork who dress the same, act the same, and even have the same bum-fluff moustaches. When a drug-trafficking boat capsizes off the coast […]
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Cities Helke Sander – The All Round Reduced Female Personality (Redupers), CCA, Wed 18 January 2017
Cities Helke Sander – The All Round Reduced Female Personality (Redupers) CCA Wed 18 January 2017 6.30pm, Free but ticketed, Cinema 18+ Book online / 0141 352 4900 Related CCA Events Cities Fri 1 July 2016 — Tue 28 February 2017 The first full-length feature by feminist activist and documentarist Helke Sander, the film, also […]
CinemaAttic: Do You Remember, CCA, 13 January, 2017
CinemaAttic: Do you remember? Fri 13 January 2017 CCA 7.30pm, £5 (£4 students) + £1 booking fee, Cinema 15+ Book online / 0141 352 4900 These Short Film fanatics are back with the finest independent films from Spain And Latin American countries. In January Cinemaattic get back with a night focused on the power of […]
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Poetry at Tchai Ovna, Nights at the Round Table, Thursday 12 January, 2017
Nights at the Round Table January 12, 2017 @ 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM Tchai Ovna Free Poetry showcase event hosted by Paisley writer, RK Wallace, of “Round Table Writers.” The six readers for this evening will be: Kathryn Metcalfe (Also of Round Table Writers), Gwen McKerrell, Ray Evans, Peter Kelly, Finola […]
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Wednesday, January 11, 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
Take 2. Jumanji GFT 14 January, 2017
Take 2. Jumanji Saturday 14 January, 2017 (11.30 a.m.) GFT When a magical board game unleashes a world of adventure on siblings Peter (Bradley Pierce) and Judy Shepherd (Kirsten Dunst) a host of dangers can only be stopped by finishing the game. While exploring an old mansion, the youngsters find a curious, jungle-themed game called […]
Donna Rutherford Lullaby, GFT 16 January, 2017
Donna Rutherford Lullaby 16 January, 2017 GFT Lullaby follows on from Rutherford’s recent projects KIN and Broth, and looks at family, ageing and the children she never had. Featuring interviews with other middle-aged women who never reproduced alongside Rutherford’s own narration, this event will combine film and live performance to explore the personal and public […]
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Celtic Connections: The Transports, Royal Concert Hall, 25 January, 2017
Some of the UK’s finest folk stars are uniting in a 40th anniversary revival of Peter Bellamy’s most revered work, The Transports this month, which includes a performance at the UK’s biggest winter music festival-Glasgow’s Celtic Connections-on Wednesday, January 25, 2017. The Young’uns, BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards Best Group (2016 and 2015) will join […]
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Dalila by Jason Donald, Book Launch, Waterstones Sauchiehall Street, 25 January, 2017
ALL WELCOME! Celebrate the launch of DALILA, with Jason Donald as he reads excerpts from his new novel and discusses the issues surrounding the book. Check his website for more details: www.jasondonald.org “Utterly compelling. Dalila, a multi-layered story of more than one displaced life, is as up-close, resonant and right-now as it gets.” (Janice Galloway) […]
Tuesday, January 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
Fail Better. Last Year’s Chips – collection for Drumchapel Foodbank, McChuills, 12 January, 2017
No chips, no Utopia, no ends of worlds, nada. But plenty of hings at Fail Better… this month we have… ELAINE GALLAGHER SOPHIE ROGERS CARLA WOODBURN ABI NORMAL JOHNNY CYPHER as always, it’s FREE ENTRY and lovely bar staff. we’ll also be collecting for DRUMCHAPEL FOODBANK so get yer tins out McChuills, 40 High Street, […]
Woman in Black, King’s Theatre, 17 – 22 January, 2017
The Woman in Black Unanimously acclaimed by the critics, The Woman in Black combines the power and intensity of live theatre with a cinematic quality inspired by the world of film noir. The formula delivers an evening of unremitting drama, transporting the audience into a terrifying and ghostly world. A lawyer engages a sceptical young […]
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Celtic Connections: Danny Boyle: ‘Combined by our Humanity – Enhanced by our Diversity’ – Why an Inclusive National Identity Matters 22 January, 2017
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, G2 3 NY Danny Boyle of BEMIS Scotland explores the unique local expressions of Scottish cultural heritage and their global connections, simultaneously universal and particular in character. Scotland has been shaped by millennia of global influence, and part of Scotland has always been – and will be – […]
Celtic Connections: Kirsty Law Young Night Thought, Part 1 – 31 January, 2017
Celtic Connections Strathclyde Suite, Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, G2 31 January, 2017 – 8pm This show invites the audience to come and witness the opening chapter of Kirsty Law’s exploration of the concept of the ‘inner child’ through folklore, song and film. Working with filmmaker Daniel Warren, producer Ben Seal and painter […]
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The Glasgow Cabbie – Glasgow’s Hidden Gem by Jane Sweeney
King of the Courts – The Glasgow Cabbie – raising money with the help of Andy Murray People Make Glasgow – Glasgow Cabbie’s welcome on the Tour Bus Glasgow is a city of surprises, if you look beyond the beautiful buildings to the empty spaces you find all sorts of delights, including poems! It […]
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Monday, January 9, 2017 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Glasgow West End Local characters, Jane Sweeney: Blogging about Glasgow and its hidden gems., People: Local Glasgow West End Characters
Aye Write, Speakeasy and Open Mic, Mitchell Library, Thursday 9 March, 2017
9 March, 2017 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. Scottish Writers’ Centre: 6:00 – 7:30 pm St. Mungo’s Mirrorball: 7:30 – 8:45 pm Calling all writers! Dust of those works in progress and put on your best prose for a night of literary readings, and creating. The Scottish Writers’ Centre in partnership with Aye Write are […]
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West End Festival, New Writing Showcase, CCA, 14 March, 2017
Calling all writers and poets – the New Writing Showcase is back. 14 March at the CCA (Centre for Contemporary Arts) 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G3 6RB Submission Deadline 26 February, 2017 If you would like to read at this event then submit a synopsis/abstract (200 words max) of what you would intend reading plus […]
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West End Youth Theatre at Hillhead Library
West End Youth Theatre at Hillhead Library starts back on Sunday 22nd January. Now have a group for 12-16 year olds as well as the junior youth theatre. Email info@wearehaloarts.com to reserve a place!
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Nathaniel Gow’s Dance Band: Ceilidh Nights at Òran Mór 23 January and 27 March, 2017
Concerto Caledonia Nathaniel Gow’s Dance Band: Ceilidh Nights at Òran Mór Party like it’s 1799! Celebrate the roots of ceilidh dancing in tunes and dances from 18th-century Scotland. Nathaniel Gow’s Dance Band: Ceilidh Nights reinvent the 18th-century ceilidh, bringing together early music group Concerto Caledonia with some of the leading lights in Scottish traditional music, […]
The Primevals, Combat Rock, Carlton Jug Band, McChuills, Friday 10 February, 2017
10 February, 2017 7 p.m. – 12 a.m. McChuills, 40 High Street G1 1 NL Event on Facebook
Saturday, January 7, 2017 | Filed under: Gig Guide plus Club Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Writing Historical Fiction with Catherine Hokin, CCA, 31 January, 2016
Writing Historical Fiction with Catherine Hokin This talk centres on defining the genre of Historical Fiction and where the writer, Catherine Hokin fits within that genre. Hokin will discuss her writing process and why it pays to have an angle, and why she chose to write about rediscovering lost female voices. Hokin will address the […]
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