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. Opulent Folk, Review Gallery Exhibition at The Lighthouse, 27 May – 17 July, 2016
Review Gallery exhibition, Opulent Folk, by artist and maker Rosie Shepley The preview of the exhibition will take place at The Lighthouse, Scotland’s National Centre for Design and Architecture on Thursday 26th May from 6.00pm – 8.00pm Register to attend the Preview at Eventbrite Inspired by traditional craft, design and folk art Opulent Folk showcases […]
Thursday, May 19, 2016 | Filed under: Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Heraghty’s at the South Side Fringe Festival, 19 and 26 May, 2016
South Side Fringe 2016
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Scottish Writer’s Centre, Speakeasy, CCA, Tuesday 24 May, 2016
Tuesday 24 May 2016: CCA Club Room at 7:00 pm Spring Speakeasy & Open Mic Centre for Contemporary Arts 350 Sauchiehall Street Glasgow G2 3JD Dust of your gladrags and put on your best prose for a night of song and storytelling. Prohibition-style!!! Join us as we toast the written word with readings in English, […]
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Wednesday, May 18, 2016 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
The Women’s Unit, CCA, Until Sunday 5th June, 2016
Intermedia The Women’s Unit Mon 16 May – Sun 5 June 2016 Intermedia 0141 352 4900 The Women’s Unit meets The Sisters The Women’s Unit was the outcome of a year long residency at Glasgow Women’s Library by Mandy McIntosh, influenced by projects like Judy Chicago’s Womanhouse being transplanted to Castlemilk in 1990 by […]
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Donald Robertson Is Not a Stand Up Comedien, The Citizens 19 – 21 May, 2016
Donald Robertson Is Not A Stand-Up Comedian Visiting Company The Citizens Theatre, 19 – 21 May, 2016. What would you do if everyone in the world hated you? Would you run? Would you fight? Or would you try to make them laugh? Donald Robertson has got no mates and he isn’t funny. But with guidance […]
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Fizzers 10 Years of Caricature at the People’s Palace from 27 May, 2016
People’s Palace, Glasgow Green, Glasgow G40 1AT Featuring over 120 drawings by five Glasgow artists, this new show celebrates the true nature of caricature, inspired by a European approach where humorous exaggeration of the face is prized above all. Coming to the People’s Palace 27 May. Movie stars and musicians, sporting heroes and TV personalities […]
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Big Music for Minis Picnic with Owen & Olly Saturday 21 May, 2016, Kelvingrove Bandstand
Big Music for Minis Picnic with Owen & Olly – FREE Have you signed up for our free family event with Children’s Classic Concerts percussion duo Owen & Olly. We have a day of entertainment lined up at the Bandstand on Saturday 21 May. Entry is free but ticketed. Tickets are available from the link […]
| Filed under: Kids and young people, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Exhibition: Flying through time & Key Works, Until 10 June, 2016.
Flying through time & Key Works 16 May 2016 – 10 Jun 2016 Monday to Friday 11-2pm KEY, The Square, 70 Renton Street, Glasgow, G4 0HT Admission: Free lying through time and Key Works are concurrent exhibitions celebrating the work of KEY artists, in particular John Cocozza, and the long standing relationship between KEY and […]
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Ian Macpherson, The Everlasting Book Tour, The Hidden Lane Gallery, Friday 20 May, 2016.
Ian Macpherson gave up an award-winning career in standup to become a full-time writer. This is the story of his journey from performer to author. Let it be a lesson to you. First performed Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh Festival 2015 ‘Droll, deadpan and devastatingly funny. We are instantly drawn into the sheer absurdity of his crazy, […]
Monday, May 16, 2016 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Terry Reid, Thursday 19 May, 2016, The Admiral
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| Filed under: Gig Guide plus Club Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Role Shift, Alay, A Pie and A Pint, OranMor until Saturday 21 May, 2016
ROLE SHIFT OranMor, Top of Byres Road, G12 Mon, 16 May, 2016 — Sat, 21 May, 2016 By Lesley Hart | Directed By Garry Robson Co-production with Birds of Paradise Theatre Company Featuring Robert Softely Gale, Louise McCarthy and Natalie MacDonald Inspired by the principle of “role shift” in British Sign Language, Lesley Hart’s new […]
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Rae McGreevy, Fundraiser Zumba Night, Malawi Young Learners, Monday 23 May, Dalmuir Scout Hall
Monday, May 23rd May, 2016 Sumba and Raffle 6.30 – 7.30 p.m. Dalmuir Scout Hall, Park Road, Dalmuir, Clydebank G81 3LD Nr Dalmuir Train Station See map In aid of Rae McGreevy’s Malawi Trip with Malawi Leaders of Learning (MLOL) – improving education in Glasgow and Malawi. MYLOL presents a once in a life time […]
West End Festival 2016: Football in Five Images, Stuart Cosgrove and Graham Spiers, OranMor Sunday 5 June, 2016
Football In Five Images: Stuart Cosgrove and Graham Spiers 7:00pm “Football in Five Images” is a new theatre discussion show on the state of Scottish football featuring Stuart Cosgrove and Graham Spiers. Graham and Stuart are two of Scotland’s most outspoken commentators on the state of Scottish football and appear regularly on television, radio and […]
Southside Fringe Festival Ceilidh at Loks, Friday, 27 May, 2016
Friday 27th May – Southside Fringe Ceilidh 2016 Loks Bar & Kitchen, Newlandsfield Road, Shawlands G43 2XU southsidefringe.org.uk/ ‘Did you hear how good the inaugural 2015 Southside Fringe Ceilidh was? It was fandabbydosy! What, you weren’t there!!! Well don’t worry! Because WE’RE BACK!! Come & experience Scottish dance the way it’s meant to be & […]
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The Briggait Bike Bazaar, Saturday 14 May, 2016
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Saturday, May 14, 2016 | Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Sport, Walks, Cycling in Glasgow, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Southside Fringe Festival: This Is Not A Fashion Show Govanhill Baths Saturday 14 May, 2016
Govanhill Baths Community Trust’s upcycling project Rags to Riches created its first unique brand of upcycling events in 2012 – This Is Not A Craft Fair- and successfully delivered their first ever fashion show This Is Not A Fashion Show; An Upcycled Design Event in 2014. Saturday 14 May, 2016 Govanhill Baths, 99 Calder St, […]
Southside Film Festival: Inside Out 15 May, 2016
Autism Friendly Screening May 15, 2016 at 10.00 a.m. Loks Bar, 16 Newlandsfield Road, G43 2 XU Southside Film presents: Inside Out with pillows! Come along to Loks for our extra comfy autism friendly screening of new Pixar classic Inside Out, with lots of extra pillows and comfy things for everyone to lie on at […]
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Natural Resistance CCA Wed 18 May 2016
Wed 18 May 2016 CCA 6.30pm, Free but ticketed, Cinema 12+ 0141 352 4900 Four Italian winegrowers have encountered fierce resistance. Not everyone believes in their struggle for an ecologically progressive, economically just and historically rich expression of Italian agriculture. 10 years after Mondovino, the wine world has changed just like the world itself. The […]
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| Filed under: Cinema, West End Festival 2014
Florence Foster Jenkins GFT, 6 – 19 May, 2016
Florence Foster Jenkins Stephen Frears (Philomena) directs Meryl Streep in this charming and almost unbelievable true story. Friday 6 – Thursday 19 May Stephen Frears (Philomena) directs Meryl Streep in this charming and almost unbelievable true story. Florence is a New York heiress who pursues her dream of being an opera singer, unaware that the […]
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Flying High, GFT, Sunday 15 May, 2016
This programme of archive aviation films celebrates the 50th anniversary of Glasgow Airport. Sunday 15 May (14.30) Running time: 1h30m To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Glasgow Airport, we present a programme of archive aviation films from 1932-2013, featuring air shows and circuses, Concorde’s first Scottish visit, the Maia/Mercury experiment on the Tay and […]
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| Filed under: Cinema
Blade Runner: The Final Cut 14 amd 15 May, 2016 GFT
Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 May, 2016 We’re offering possibly the last chance to see Ridley Scott’s masterpiece on the big screen for the foreseeable future, before the current distribution rights expire. Adapted from Philip K Dick’s novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Blade Runner has gripped audiences and inspired passionate and fierce debate. […]
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Eye in the Sky film review by Calum Maclean
Eye in the SkyDirected by Gavin HoodWritten by Guy Hibbert Cast – Helen Mirren, Alan Rickman, Aaron Paul, Barkhad Abdi, Jeremy Northam, Ian Glen, Pheobe Fox and Aisha TakowRunning Time – 102 minutes At this time of year, with the saturation of superhero franchises and big budget Disney remakes, it’s easy to overlook a smaller, […]
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| Filed under: Calum Maclean – poet and aspiring writer, Cinema, Film Reviews by Calum Maclean
Resonate Total Gaming Festival, SECC, 29–31 July 2016
Scotland’s newest and largest gaming festival, Resonate Total Gaming, is set to power its way into Glasgow for the first time this summer. From 29–31 July 2016, the highly anticipated festival of eSports and gaming will take over the SECC offering an exciting range of programming to satisfy all ages. From the casual player to diehard […]
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Show Your Support for Glasgow Primary School Janitors, Thur 19 May, 2016
Come along to Buchanan Street Steps and show your support for the Glasgow Primary School Janitors. Thursday, 19th May, 2016 – 5.30 p.m. The Janitors are on strike for fair & equal pay. Glasgow City Council are refusing to negotiate with the janitors, who are on striek for fair and equal pay.. Bring union members, […]
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Thursday, May 12, 2016 | Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers
John Douglas Millar: Brutalist Readings Book Launch CCA Monday 16 May, 2016
6pm, Free (unticketed), Clubroom CCA 12+ 0141 352 490 Aye-Aye Books invites you to the launch of Brutalist Readings: Essays on Literature, published by Sternberg Press. John Douglas Millar’s Brutalist Readings: Essays on Literature is a significant intervention into recent debates on the place of literature and writing in the context of contemporary art. Featuring […]
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Wednesday, May 11, 2016 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Seeds of Thought, Poetry Night, CCA Friday 13 May, 2016
Fri 13 May 2016 CCA 7.30pm, Free and unticketed, Clubroom Ages 18+ Seeds of Thought poetry night is a fun relaxed evening of spoken word and music. An open mic session invites those who want to join in the fun, or just sit back and take in the performances. No two events are the same […]
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Theatre Studio present The Witches and Oliver, Webster Theatre, Various dates June, 2016
Theatre Studio embarked on their first full length production at the Websters Theatre in June 2014, a hugely successful production of CATS with 100 students. Roald Dahl’s The Witches Tuesday 21 and Wednesday 22 June, 2016 7 p.m. Lionel Bart’s Oliver Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 June 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Now returning to […]
Mary Irvine’s Blog: Booked Festival 2016
West Dunbartonshire Booked! Festival 2016 Sold out! So stated the website from which one purchased tickets for the above annual and most successful event of an eclectic (love these Greek words – wonder why!) mix of authors and their works. Having lost out on the earlier visit of Irvine Welsh to Dumbarton library I ensured […]
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Southside Fringe Festival: The Muse at Finn’s Place, Friday 27 May, 2016
Literary Night hosted by Linda Jackson with the writer Janet Paisley Music from Linda Jaxson and Graham Mackintosh Finn’s Place, Langside Church, 167 Ledard Rd, Glasgow G42 9QU Janet Paisley set up the original Sammy Dow’s Writers night and worked as Writer in Residence in Southside libraries. A huge inspiration […]
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Booked! Festival of Words, Evening of poetry, storytelling and song, Clydebank Town Hall Monday 16 May, 2016.
Booked! at Clydebank Town Hall An evening of entertainment with poetry, storytelling and song. Monday , 16 May, 2016 – 7.30 p.m. £5 – Or full table for eight £30 Buy tickets online Join Rally & Broad, aka poets Jenny Lindsay and Rachel McCrum , for an evening of poetry, storytelling, music, dancing, spraffing, raffling, […]
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