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. The Nature of Distance Exhibition, University of Glasgow ARC
27 – 31 January, 2025 Atrium, Advanced Research Centre, University of Glasgow, 11 Chapel Lane, Glasgow G11 6EW As with any start to a new year there is an unspoken universal rule to look ahead, to visualize and plan in hope for change, new memories and adventure. Yet, many of us are bound to the […]
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Sunday, January 26, 2025 | Filed under: Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
And If You Know The History at Websters
3,4,5 April, 2025 Websters Theatre, 416 Great Western Road, Glasgow West End G4 9HZ After the high of the centenary season in 1988, Celtic had been going through a bit of a sticky patch, but a rare victory over their great rivals Rangers in the cup in March 1990, was cause for optimism. And as […]
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| Filed under: What's on in Glasgow: Theatre and Comedy
An Audience with Jane McCarry – Isa from Still Game at Websters
Friday 18 April, 2025, 6.30 p.m. – 8.30 p.m. Websters, 416 Great Western Rd, Glasgow G4 9HZ STILL GAME STAR JANE MCCARRY IS BACK ON TOUR IN 2025! Join us for a marvelous evening with the brilliantly funny Jane McCarry! Best known for her iconic role as Isa in the hit BBC series Still Game. […]
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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
W2 – U2 Tribute at Websters
Saturday, 15 March, 2025, 7.30 p.m. – 10.30 p.m. Websters, 416 Great Western Rd, Glasgow G4 9HZ Spectacular U2 Tribute “W2” Nearly but not-quite better than the real thing, W2 are as close as you’ll get to the U2 live experience without paying a fortune to still need binoculars to see the band. Playing to […]
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Creative Conversations: In Conversation with Rodge Glass
Monday 27 January, 2025, 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. University Memorial Chapel, University of Glasgow, University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ Rodge Glass is the author of eight books published since 2005: No Fireworks (a novel, Faber & Faber), Hope for Newborns (a novel, Faber & Faber), Alasdair Gray: A Secretary’s Biography (Bloomsbury), Dougie’s War (a graphic novel, with Dave Turbitt, Freight Books), Bring Me […]
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Friday, January 24, 2025 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Burns Celebration – Federation of Writers Scotland
29 January, 2025 at 7 p.m. on Zoom The Federation of Writers, Scotland is holding a Burns celebration. The idea is that you read a Burns poem or extract and a poem of your own inspired by Burns. Please email for zoom details if you want to participate. If you wish to read then state […]
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Thursday, January 23, 2025 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Burns Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more, Zoom and online events
Opening Concert Celtic Connections 2025, Glasgow 850
Review and Photographs by Pauline Keightley This year’s Opening Concert of Celtic Connections, the world leading folk and roots music festival, began with the dramatic horn blowing of an ancient Celtic instrument the Carnyx, (a wind instrument used by the Celts during the Iron Age, between c. 200 BCE and c. 200 CE). Glasgow 850 Opening Concert The Opening Concert […]
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Tuesday, January 21, 2025 | Filed under: Celtic Connections 2025, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Glasgow 850th Celebrations, Music, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Some Highlights: Glasgow 850 Celebrations Events
Events celebrating Glasgow’s 850th birthday will run throughout 2025. Clyde Chorus (29-30 May): Launching with a procession around Pacific Quay led by the Lord Provost, this three-day multi-genre musical event with a focus on homegrown and local talent, will take place at iconic venues along the River Clyde, including the SEC Armadillo, SWG3, The Briggait, […]
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Call for Palestinian Artists to Perform at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025
CALL OUT FOR PALESTINIAN ARTISTS TO PERFORM AT THE EDINBURGH FESTIVAL FRINGE Opportunity for artists in Palestine and the diaspora to perform in Scotland at the world’s largest arts festival. Looking for Palestinian musicians, theatre-makers, dancers, story-tellers, children’s performers, poets and comedians to perform at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe – Fringe Palestine. Deadline to […]
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Friday, January 17, 2025 | Filed under: Art & artists Glasgow West End, Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow, Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Dance, Music, Pat's Home Page Blog
Celtic Connections on Campus, Glasgow Caledonian University
20 – 24 January, 2025 Glasgow Caledonian University in the GCU Students’ Association building from 20th to 24th Jan each day at 12:30. Glasgow Caledonian University Campus, N Hanover St, Glasgow G4 0BA Celtic Connections on Campus 2025 as part of Celtic Connections here at Glasgow Caledonian University: Mon 20th January, 2025 – Meallan – To The Wild […]
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Thursday, January 16, 2025 | Filed under: Celtic Connections 2025, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Gig Guide plus Club Events
Celtic Connections: Lyle Lovett and his acoustic group
Saturday 19 January, 2025, 7.30 p.m. Glasgow Royal Concert Hall 2 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3NY Celtic Connections proudly presents Lyle Lovett and his Acoustic Group with special guest Jon Muq A singer, composer and actor, Lyle Lovett has broadened the definition of American music in a career that spans 14 albums. Coupled with his […]
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The Nature of Distance – Film Screening – ARC
Wednesday 29 Januaary 2025, 6 p.m. Atrium, Advanced Research Centre, University of Glasgow, 11 Chapel Lane, Glasgow G11 6EW As with any start to a new year there is an unspoken universal rule to look ahead, to visualize and plan in hope for change, new memories and adventure. Yet, many of us are bound to […]
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| Filed under: Cinema, Free Events
Winter Wander Springburn Winter Gardens
Friday 17 January, 2025, 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. Creative Wander around Springburn Winter Gardens and Park with Stephanie Whitelaw, Community Engagement Artist. Springburn Park, Mosesfield St, Glasgow G21 3UD Stephanie is developing a creative engagement project with Springburn Winter Gardens Trust with a focus on walking, eco-therapy and exploring local ecology. The walk will […]
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| Filed under: Community event, Free Events, Friends of People's Palace and Winter Gardens at Glasgow Green, Pat's Home Page Blog, Peoples Palace Winter Gardens and Glasgow Green, Walks and Tours Glasgow, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Woodlands Community Ant-Racist Library
The Anti-Racist Community library will open fortnightly on Sundays in Woodlands Community Meeting Room and Events Terrace, 66 Ashley Street, G3 6HW. Meeting January 26 at 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. The library has books for people of all ages – children, young people, adults. There are fiction and non-fiction books, serious and light-hearted but […]
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Wednesday, January 15, 2025 | Filed under: Community event, Free Events, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more, Woodlands Community
Tidelines Book Festival Scrievin’ and Scran 2025
Friday 24 January, 2025 7.30 p.m. Harbour Arts Centre 114-116 Harbour Street , KA12 8PZ Irvine A warming evening of poetry and prose, with a half-time hot pie included in the ticket price, this is the Tidelines-recommended recipe for warding off those January blues. Scrievin & Scran 2025 will be hosted by local professional actor […]
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Creative Conversations Kirsty Mackay
Photographic artist in conversation Monday 20 January, 2025 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. Glasgow University Memorial Chapel, University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ Kirsty Mackay is an photographic artist, educator, activist and filmmaker. Her research-led documentary practice highlights social issues surrounding gender, class and discrimination. She has an MA in Documentary photography from University of South […]
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Tuesday, January 14, 2025 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Babygirl at GFT
17 – 30 January, 2025 Nicole Kidman shines as a high-powered CEO who puts her life’s work on the line when she begins a torrid affair with her much younger intern in this erotic thriller from Halina Reijn (Bodies Bodies Bodies). Also showing the short film Hen Do (2 min) from Alia Ghafar ahead of all […]
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Monday, January 13, 2025 | Filed under: Cinema
Secrets and Lies at GFT
Wednesday 15 January, 2025, 5.40 p.m. An expert observer of unembellished humanity, writer-director Mike Leigh reached new levels of expressive power and intricacy with this exploration of the deceptions, small and large, that shape our relationships. When Hortense (Marianne Jean-Baptiste), a Black optometrist who was adopted as a child, begins the search for her birth […]
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tell it slant at Locavore
Friday 30 January 2026 @ 7 p.m. Express Yourself – Tell it Slant at Locavore, 349 Victoria Rd, Glasgow G42 7SA Come along to Tell it Slant poetry bookshop for a wonderful, fun monthly open mic. The first of the year. Each poet gets a spot on the microphone to “express themselves”. No theme, no […]
Candlelight Poetry Slam, Old Toll Bar
3 February, 2025 at 7.30 p.m. The Old Toll Bar, 1 Paisley Rd W, Kinning Park, Glasgow G51 1LF Come along – all welcome. The floor will be open to all who fancy a little bit of (absolutely meaningless) competition. Here are the rules: 1. 3 Rounds – Rounds 1 + 2 have a 2 […]
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Saturday, January 11, 2025 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Burns Night Ceilidh and Dinner at Cottiers
Friday 24th and Saturday 25th January, 2025 Cottiers’ annual Burns’ Night celebration – a three-course meal followed by a fantastic ceilidh, led by Cottiers’ favourites The Big Stupit’ Ceilidh Band. Doors will open at 7pm for the traditional Burns’ Supper meal, followed by a night of dancing to all of your favourite Scottish ceilidh classics. […]
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Friday, January 10, 2025 | Filed under: Burns Events, Eating and drinking Glasgow West End, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Pat's Home Page Blog
John Smith and Georgia Ruth, Cottiers, Celtic Connections
Saturday, 18 January, 2025 Born in Essex, raised by the Devon seaside, and making his bones in the bars and clubs of Liverpool, John Smith has released six studio albums and played to audiences worldwide, barely pausing for breath during his eighteen years as a full-time troubadour. Taking his cue from Richard Thompson, John Martyn and Ry […]
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Wednesday, January 8, 2025 | Filed under: Celtic Connections 2025, Gig Guide plus Club Events, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Songwriters in the Round – Celtic Connections
Friday 17 January, 2025, 7.30 p.m. John Douglas, Kirsten Anderson and Boo Hewerdine Celtic Connections 2025 Proudly Presents Songwriters In The Round: John Douglas, Kirsten Adamson & Boo Hewerdine Buy tickets Cottiers, 93-95 Hyndland St, Glasgow G11 5PU Celtic Connections 16 January – 2 February, 2025
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| Filed under: Celtic Connections 2025, Gig Guide plus Club Events
Community Fayre and Volunteer Celebration
Wednesday, 29 January, 2025, 4.30 p.m. – 7.30 p.m. The Whiteinch Centre, 1 Northinch Court, Glasgow, G14 0UG Community Fayre and Volunteer Celebration at The Whiteinch Centre to find out about the range of community based services and volunteering opportunities in your local communities . Free event. Provide services? – does your organisation provide services and/or […]
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Loud Poets Slam Heat Glasgow
Saturday 11 January, 2025 Drygate Brewing Company. 85 Drygate Glasgow G4 0UT The prestigious Loud Poets Slam Series returns for its third year! Watch Glasgow’s top poets compete in one of 10 heats taking place across Scotland and England for the biggest prize in UK slam poetry. The winner will take home £200 and qualify […]
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Matthias and Maxime at GFT
Sunday 26 January, 2025, 2 p.m. Queer Cinema Sundays screening for January brings a rare chance to see Xavier Dolan’s Matthias & Maxime, a great film that fell between the cracks during its UK release, going straight to streaming at the height of the COVID pandemic in the summer of 2020. After the film, the […]
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Tuesday, January 7, 2025 | Filed under: Cinema, LGBT Glasgow
Claire Wilson – Creative Conversations
Monday 13 January, 2025 – 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. University of Glasgow, Glasgow University Memorial Chapel, University Avenue Glasgow G12 8QQ Claire Wilson is a crime writer from central Scotland. Her crime books are based on her day job as an Intelligence Analyst in a Scottish Prison. She loves gritty crime and grew up […]
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Monday, January 6, 2025 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
BMX Bandits Celebrate 40 Years
Wednesday, 29 January, 2025 St Luke’s and The Winged Ox, 17 Bain St, Glasgow G40 2JZ BMX Bandits kick off their 40th year celebrations with a special show for Frets Concerts and Celtic Connections. They will play a set of BMX pop favourites from over the past 4 decades and their album Dreamers on the […]
Nosferatu at GFT
2 – 20 January,. 2025 The most hotly anticipated film of 2025 on Letterboxd and certain to be a big contender this awards season, Robert Eggers’ (The VVitch, The Lighthouse, The Northman) Nosferatu is a gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake. […]
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Thursday, January 2, 2025 | Filed under: Cinema
We Live In Time at GFT
2 – 16 January, 2025 Almut (Florence Pugh) and Tobias (Andrew Garfield) are brought together in a surprise encounter that changes their lives. Through snapshots of their life together – falling for each other, building a home, becoming a family – a difficult truth is revealed that rocks its foundation. As they embark on a […]
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