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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..

Glasgow School of Art – Degree Show 2016 18 – 25 June 2016

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It was another brilliant year at The Glasgow School of Art Degree Show with their fabulously talented students. Here are some of their wonderful designs: Degree Show 2016 Glasgow School of Art 167 Renfrew St, Glasgow G3 6RQ 18 – 25 June, 2016 The annual undergraduate Degree Show featuring work from graduating students across the […]

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West End Festival 2016: The Ideal Hut Show 3 – 26 June, 2016

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West End Festival 2016: The Ideal Hut Show 3 – 26 June, 2016 Glasgow Botanic Gardens, 730 Great Western Rd, Glasgow, Glasgow City G12 0UE Touring Scotland, and arriving in the Botanic Gardens in time for the West End Festival, 18 standard garden sheds will be transformed by leading architects, artists and designers from Scotland […]

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The Cottier Project, June 2016

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Events performed at Cottier Theatre,  93 – 95 Hyndland Street, Glasgow, G11 5PU The Cottier Chamber Project began in 2011, as part of Glasgow’s West End Festival. The series expanded over subsequent years, launching a pilot dance project, The Cottier Dance Project, in 2014, and becoming an independent festival for the fifth edition in 2015. […]

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West End Festival 2016: Summer Market Coach House Trust Saturday 25 June, 2016

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Free entry 10:30am-4:00pm Fabulous Fun Filled Family Market on Saturday 25th June. Plants and arts & crafts sales, homebaking, tea & coffee, BBQ, art gallery and musical entertainment from our resident band Children’s activities including the Animal Man’s mini zoo, a bouncy castle, face painting and sow & grow all taking place within the secret […]

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Mary Irvine’s blog: West End Festival 2016

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A Reet Gud Neet (that’s my maternal origins emerging!) What a wonderful few days and I’m not referring to the strange phenomenon sweeping the area – clement weather – rather to two visits to Glasgow. The first was to the Hydro to see Neil Young. I’ve composed my account of that in longhand. Will type […]

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West End Festival 2016: Fiesta – with Billy Ocean, De La Soul and Sister Sledge 24 – 26 June

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The West End Festival Fiesta is a new 3 day live music festival featuring Eighties legend Billy Ocean, Motown superstars Sister Sledge & Kathy Sledge and American hip hop trio De La Soul!!! They will all play the historic open-air Kelvingrove Bandstand as part of a three-day celebration concluding the city’s annual West End Festival […]

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Remainder GFT 24 – 30 June, 2016

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Remainder A mysterious mind-bender, adapted from Tom McCarthy’s cult novel Friday 24 – Thursday 30 June, 2016 GFT A young, unnamed man (Tom Sturridge) is struck on the head by an object falling from the sky. As he recovers from the accident, the company responsible pay him £8 million to drop all legal charges. Haunted […]

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Tale of Tales, GFT, 17 – 30 June, 2016

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‘Gloriously mad, rigorously imagined, visually wonderful’ – The GuardianFriday 17 – Thursday 30 JuneRunning time: 2h5m Once upon a time there were three neighbouring kingdoms from which ruled kings and queens. Loosely inspired by the Neapolitan fairytales of Giambattista Basile, Matteo Garrone’s (Gomorrah) English language debut is a spectacular gothic fantasy with a unique vision […]

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Nostalgia, GFT, Sunday 26 June, 2016

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  Tarkovsky’s first film to be made outside Russia. Sunday 26 June (19.20) Running time: 2h Tarkovsky’s first film to be made outside Russia explores the experiences of Andrei Gorchakov, an expatriate Russian poet in Italy. Arriving at a Tuscan village spa accompanied by Eugenia, his beautiful Italian interpreter, Gorchakov is beset by homesickness and […]

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Glasgow Comic Festival Batman and Robin Thu 30 June 2016

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Glasgow Comic FestivalBatman and RobinThu 30 June 2016 6.30pm, £6 (£4) + £1 booking fee, Cinema12+Book online / 0141 352 4900Related CCA EventsGlasgow Comic FestivalTue 28 June — Sun 3 July 2016 Batman (George Clooney) and Robin (Chris O’Donnell) go up against Mr Freeze (Arnold Schwarzenegger) and Poison Ivy (Uma Thurman) as they attempt to […]

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Glasgow Comic Festival Retro Gaming Night: Marvel vs Capcom Tue 28 June 2016

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Glasgow Comic FestivalRetro Gaming Night: Marvel vs Capcom | Winner Decides the MovieTue 28 June 2016 CCA 6.30pm, £6 (£4) + £1 booking fee, Cinema12+Book online / 0141 352 4900 Related CCA EventsGlasgow Comic Festival Tue 28 June — Sun 3 July 2016 Glasgow Comic Festival are travelling back to the 90s to revisit one […]

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Refugee Festival Scotland 2016, 14 – 26 June

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Refugee Week is an umbrella festival, with events held by a wide range of arts, voluntary, faith and refugee community organisations, schools, student groups and more. Past events have included arts festivals, exhibitions, film screenings, theatre and dance performances, concerts, football tournaments and public talks, as well as creative and educational activities in schools. Through […]

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Edinburgh Film Festival 2016

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Edinburgh International Film Festival is delighted to announce that, for the third consecutive year, the festival will play host to a series of outdoor screenings across Edinburgh with Film Fest in the City. Last year we screened a series of classics old and new at St Andrew Square, including Guardians of the Galaxy, Raiders of […]

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Artist Kate Davis Announced as Winner of 2016/17 Margaret Tait Award

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 Glasgow Film Festival is pleased to announce that the winner of the 2016/17 Margaret Tait Award is Glasgow-based artist Kate Davis. Davis will receive a £10,000 commission to create a new piece of work, and the opportunity to present this work at Glasgow Film Festival in February 2017. ABOUT THE AWARD Supported by Creative Scotland and LUX, […]

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Purple Rain, GFT – 26 June, 2016

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Purple Rain A special screening of the 1984 cult classic. Sunday 26 June (13.30) GFT Pay tribute to one of the most important musical icons of all time with this special screening of the 1984 cult classic Purple Rain, which catches a youthful Prince Rogers Nelson at the top of his game. The Kid (Prince) […]

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Glasgow International Jazz Festival 2016

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THE 30TH GLASGOW JAZZ FESTIVAL www.jazzfest.co.uk Glasgow’s longest running music festival – the Glasgow Jazz Festival – kicks off tonight (Wed 22 June) with a fantastic array of gigs across the city.  New York jazz trio FLY, featuring Mark Turner, Larry Grenadier & Jeff Ballard, will take to the stage in the Old Fruitmarket supported by […]

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Southside Sessions team up with The Voice, Open Mic Sweeneys 7 July, 2016

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  Not only is it the 11th birthday of the Southside Sessions, but we’ve teamed up with ITV‘s The Voice UK and will be hosting a massive open mic session where you can perform for the scouts and potentially be chosen for the 2017 series of the hit TV show! message us direct now to […]

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Film School at Project Ability – ages 12 – 18. July, 2016

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Summer on Screen Aged 12-18 and interested in enhancing your live action film making skills? Try your hand at some acting and improvisation during our week long summer film School – Summer on Screen. Work with performance artist Clare Hume and two of Project Ability’s professional filmmakers to enhance your on screen skills, record your […]

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The Nice Guys film review by Calum Maclean

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The Nice GuysWritten by Shane Black and Anthony BagarozziDirected by Shane BlackCast – Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling, Angourie Rice, Matt Bomer, Margaret Qualley, Keith David and Kim BasingerRunning Time 116 minutes After watching The Nice Guys I’ve come to the conclusion that Shane Black should direct movies more often. As a screenwriter he created the […]

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West End Festival 2016: Lilly Hiatt and Hannah Aldridge Woodend Bowling and Tennis Club, Thursday 23 June

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Lilly Hiatt and Hannah Aldridge Woodend Bowling and Tennis Club 30 Chamberlain Road, Jordanhill, G13 1QE Thursday 23 Jun 8:00pm Tickets £12 in advance from Tickets Scotland, Argyle Street. 0141 204 5151. A great double bill at Woodend featuring two great up and coming American singer-songwriters. Lilly Hiatt is the daughter of John Hiatt, and […]

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A Play, A Pie and A Pint: Frances and Ethel, 20 – 25 June, 2016

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Mini Musicals Season: FRANCES & ETHEL OranMor, Top of Byres Road, G12 Mon, 20 June, 2016 — Sat, 25 June, 2016 By David Cosgrove | Directed By Mary McCluskey Starring John Kielty, Alison Peebles and Frances Thorburn After the success of the show earlier in the year, we are delighted to be bringing back Frances […]

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Refuweegee – welcoming refugees to Glasgow

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Refuweegee is a community based project which helps welcome refugees to Glasgow in true weegie style! Get involved today at http://www.refuweegee.co.uk . Coronavirus: Support for Refugees, New Facility, old Fopp, Top of Byres Road> Stuck in the Suburbs Fundraiser for Refuweegee  25 June SOUND IN THE SUBURBS FUNDRAISER DURING THE PANDEMIC ZOOM EVENT 28 MAY, 2020 […]

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West End Festival 2016: The Moment Keeper, Thistle Gallery, Jackie and Jilly Henderson, 4 – 19 June

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CONTINUES UNTIL 22 JUNE The Moment Keeper – A unique opportunity to see the quirky artwork of sisters Jackie and Jilly Henderson. The Thistle Gallery Scottish Contemporary Art  – 56 Park Rd, Glasgow G4 9JF Part of Glasgow’s  West End Festival MEMORY MAKING ‘MOMENT KEEPER’ Due to the success and popularity of this exhibition it […]

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Book Launch: Glasgow Women Poets, Oxfam Book Shop Byres Road, Monday 20 June, 2016

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Monday 20 June, 2016 – 6.30 p.m. Oxfam Bookshop Byres Road 330 Byres Road, Glasgow, G12 8AP Emily Dickinson’s poem, ‘I’m nobody – who are you?’ asks a question we all should answer – some of us choose to do that in poetry. Glasgow Women Poets is a varied print collection of poetry by women […]

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From Callton to Catalonia, 2 July, 2016, Paisley Arts Centre

From The Calton To Catalonia     Sat 02/07/16 Fair Pley presents From The Calton To Catalonia as part of this year’s Sma’ Shot celebrations.          Saturday 2nd July, 7.30pm Paisley Arts Centre, 15 New St, Paisley PA1 1EZ Tickets: £12 / £10 concession + bkg fee* Box office A moving and evocative play that […]

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West End Festival 2016: Ten Writers Telling Lies, Sunday 19 June

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Ten writers got together with the musician Jim Byrne and wrote ten songs. Come along and hear the music and the stories behind the songs. Ten Writers Telling Lies at West End Festival 2016 Gibson Street GalaSunday 19th June Tchaiovna House of Tea 42 Otago Lane, G12 8PB Sunday 19 June 2:30pm Free Www.glasgowwestend.co.uk/category/ten-writers-telling-lies Some […]

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West End Festival 2016: Outdoor Cinema, E.T. at University of Glasgow, Saturday 18 June

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  Outdoor Cinema University Of Glasgow G12 8QQ Saturday 18 Jun 10:00pm £10 The ever-popular outdoor pop-up cinema screenings return to the dramatic and atmospheric surroundings of the University of Glasgow’s famous Quad. Tonight we feature one of the most famous and popular films of the last 30 years, also by Steven Spielberg. Bring something […]

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West End Festival 2016 The Gatsby Club 18 June

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  The Gatsby Club Midsummer Ball Glasgow University Union (GUU) 32 University Avenue, G12 8LX Saturday 18 Jun 8:30pm £15 (full night) £5 aftershow only. Tickets in advance from www.brownpapertickets.com (0800 411 8881) www.thegatsbyclub.co.uk Scotland’s largest 1920s themed cabaret and club night returns with our Midsummer Ball! Join us for a decadent evening featuring a […]

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