What’s On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more.

Hugh Reed and The Velvet Underpants, McChuills, 20 August, 2016

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Mary Irvine’s Blog: Booked! The Grand Finale

The Grand Finale to a successful festival and who better to ensure it finished on a high than Rhona Cameron, TV personality and comedienne who had her own popular sitcom ‘Rhona’. Another well attended event with over 40 people turning out on quite a dreich night. (Note how I slip into the local patter!) The […]

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Whispers E.P. new release from Michael Clark Music

Whispers EP new release from Michael Clark Music Mic Clark is an accomplished musician – well known to many in the Scottish music scene through his band Acoustic Butterfly – one of Glasgow’s most popular and busiest acoustic bands.   He is also the charming host of some great Open Mic sessions in Glasgow. He […]

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A Play, A Pie and A Pint: DEL GESU’S VIOLA Mon, 30 May, 2016 — Sat, 04 June, 2016

OranMor, Top of Byres Road, G12 Del Gesu’s Viola Mon, 30 May, 2016 — Sat, 04 June, 2016  By Hector MacMillan | Directed By Liz Carruthers  Featuring Peter Kelly, Eileen Nicholas, Finlay Welsh and Elisabeth Flett on Viola. Violins made 300 years ago now change hands for several million pounds each. When a hitherto unknown […]

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Last Monday at Rio, 30 May, 2016

Last Monday at Rio 30 May, 2016 – 8 p.m. Can’t recommend our topliner this month enough – Claudia Daventry – purveying wit, erudition and maybe even a bit of torchy Iberian song! First hour is open mic. Get in there. Cairns comperes. 27 Hyndland Street, Partick G11 5QF

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Street Level Photoworks Departures 28 May – 9 July 2016 Hillhead Library

STREET LEVEL PHOTOWORKS DEPARTURES Saturday 28 May – Saturday 9 July 2016 Hillhead Library, Glasgow Departures is an exhibition of work by New Photographers Guild, a photographic mentoring initiative led by Claire Stewart (lecturer – City of Glasgow College) and Elaine Livingstone (photographer and photo editor) in association with Street Level Photoworks. The nine participants, […]

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Summer Fair Dunard Street Primary School, Thursday 2 June, 2016

Free Event – All Welcome 65 Dunard Street Glasgow G20 6RL

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Yoga for Musicians, Sunday 29 May, 2016

Seasonal Yoga Academy 46 Darnley Street,Glasgow G41 2TY Sunday, 29 May, 2016 3.00 p.m. – 5 p.m.  Part of the South Side Fringe Festival 2016 This two hour workshop is aimed at musicians of all levels and styles, whether you’re an instrumentalist or a singer. Prior experience of yoga is not required, only an open […]

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Andrei Rublev, GFT, Sunday 29 May, 2016

Andrei Rublev Widely regarded as Tarkovsky’s finest film, this ambitious historical drama focuses on the life of the great icon painter Andrei Rublev. Sunday 29 May (18.15) Widely regarded as Tarkovsky’s finest film, this ambitious historical drama focuses on the life of the great icon painter Andrei Rublev. During a tumultuous period in 15th century […]

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Digital Desperadoes: Weekends 2 June, 2016 at CCA

Thu 2 June 2016 7pm, Free (unticketed), Cinema 12+ 0141 352 4900 Weekends Dir. Lee Dong-ha 98 mins South Korea 2016 This uplifting documentary tells the story of G-Voice, Korea’s first gay chorus. Charting the up and downs of members lives, loves and back stage dramas, director Lee Dong-ha succeeds in giving an insight into […]

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GFT, Kiki’s Delivery Service, Tuesday 31 May, 2016

Kiki’s Delivery Service (U) Kiki is a trainee witch who moves to the big city with her chatty black cat to learn more about magic. Tue 31 May,2016 (18.20) Running time: 1h43m Kiki is a trainee witch who moves to the big city with her chatty black cat to learn more about magic. They move […]

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Johnny Guitar GFT Sunday 29 May, 2016

Joan crawford stars as vienna, a savvy saloon owner who teams up with semi-retired gunslinger johnny guitar in order to face off against some angry locals. Sunday 29 May (15.50) Joan Crawford stars as Vienna, a savvy saloon owner who teams up with semi-retired gunslinger Johnny Guitar in order to face off against some angry […]

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Sing Street, GFT 20 May – 2 June, 2016

One of the resounding hits of Glasgow Film Festival returns in all its crowd-pleasing glory. Friday 20 May – Thursday 2 June Running time: 1h48mSing Street is set in Dublin during the 1980s, where 14 year-old Cosmo (Ferdia Walsh-Peelo) faces a sea of troubles – unhappy home life, a ne’er-do-well older brother and a new […]

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Love & Mercy GFT Saturday 28 May, 2016

Another chance to see the brilliant Brian Wilson biopic. Saturday 28 May, 2016 (15.55) Running time: 2h1m In 1966, The Beach Boys released Pet Sounds – an avant-garde pop masterpiece that forever changed the sound of popular music. The album was predominately created by Brian Wilson and in 2016 he will be celebrating the album’s 50th […]

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Glasgow Film Annual Review 2015-2016

  Published as submissions open for Glasgow Film Festival 2017 Submissions for Glasgow Film Festival 2017  Glasgow Film, comprising Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow Film Festival, Glasgow Short Film Festival, and the Learning and Engagement programme, celebrates a hugely successful year as the call for film submissions for the 2017 festival opens. The last twelve months have […]

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West End Festival 2016: Bard in the Botanics, Coriolanus and Twelth Night

Botanic Gardens 730 Great Western Road, G12 8QX Thursday 23 Jun 8:00pm/h4> Friday 24 Jun 8:00pm Saturday 25 Jun 8:00pm Tickets £25 (conc £15) Tickets from 0141 429 0022 or on the day at venue. http://www.bardinthebotanics.co.uk War hero and defender of Rome, Coriolanus is also proud and arrogant and contemptuous of the people. But the […]

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Bush Shock, The Women’s Unit, Art Class, CCA, Wednesday 1 June, 2016

Declare an interest, there’s around twelve places. Get in touch on Facebook While texting the life model “busy” become Bush Shock. APT. Come draw with us, no experience necessary, bring materials, if you’re struggling financially we could share ours. We have Kerry Conquers modelling and it will be a very expressive and experimental approach to […]

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North Hop Glasgow, Saturday 18 June, 2016, SWG3

Saturday 18 June, 2016 SWG3, 100 Eastvale Pl, Glasgow G3 8QG Raise your glasses people of Glasgow – North Hop is coming! Offering up a blend of craft beer, craft spirits, cocktails, street food, live music, and much more, North Hop – Scotland’s biggest celebration of craft beer culture arrives in Glasgow on June 18th […]

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Contemporary Art Degree Show, City of Glasgow College, 10 – 16 June, 2016

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Changing Rooms, Govanhill Baths, Fun for all the Family, Thursday 2 June, 2016

Govanhill Baths, 99 Calder Street, G42 7RA Thursday 2 June, 3 – 8 p.m. Govanhill Bath’s architects, Hall Black Douglas from Belfast, will be revealing their design for the refurbished Baths building. There will be interactive walking tours where you can see the new and the old, a 3D film tour of the Baths, displays […]

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Scotland the Best – 12th edition of Peter Irvine’s Bestselling Guide

Essential reading for all Scottish tourists and handy or locals as well. The true Scot’s insider’s guide to the very best Scotland has to offer. Fully revised and updated in Pete Irvine’s own unique style. Includes over 2000 recommendations for every type of adventure. Trusted for over 20 years, this fully comprehensive and independent guide to […]

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Beach Boys – Many singers many songs Maryhill Community Central Halls Saturday 28 May, 2016

Beach Boys – Many singers many songs Maryhill Community Central Halls Saturday 28 May, 2016 Like all past Maryhill Community Halls fundraiser concerts, this night is about celebrating amazing songwriters. This one will feature the songs of Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys. Funds raised will be donated to MacMillan Cancer. On the night of […]

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Fail Better: if you close the door, McChuills, 9 June, 2016

McChuills, 40 High Street, G1 1NL the night could last forever. Keep the sunshine out and say hello to never. All the people are dancing and they’re having such fun, I wish it could happen to YOU Come away from the sunshine and join us in the arched neverland of McChuills to hear some of […]

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The University of Glasgow: Friendly Shelves

The first full, and gloriously illustrated, account of the birth and growth of The University of Glasgow Library from the Renaissance and Reformation; through the emerging Enlightenment; Industrial Expansion & Migration; War, Peace & Opportunity and on to New Horizons is being publicly launched at the University in mid June. This new book of 288 […]

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Sing Street – review by Calum Maclean

Sing StreetWritten and Directed by John CarneyCast – Ferdia Walsh–Peelo, Lucy Boynton, Jack Reynor, Aiden Gillen, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Don Wycherley, Ben Carolan, Mark McKenna, Percy Chamburuka, Conor Hamilton, Kelly Thornton, Karl Rice, Ian Kenny and Lydia McGuinessRunning time 105 minutes There is a moment in John Carney’s Sing Street where one character tells another […]

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Scottish Writers’ Centre ‘In Process’ Masterclass with John McShane CCA Tue 21 June 2016

7pm, £6/£3 (Free for SWC Members) tickets on the door, CCA Clubroom 18+ Alfred Hitchcock famously stated that three things were needed to make a good movie: the script, the script, and the script. Screenwriting is completely unlike other forms of writing in that the script is not the finished work, but more akin to […]

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SWOU: What do sex workers want? Short movies CCA, 3 June, 2016

> Fri 3 June 2016 7pm, £7(£3) + £1 booking fee, Cinema Ages: 14+ accompanied by an adult Book online / 0141 352 4900 For International Sex Workers’ Day, Sex Worker Open University is inviting to a projection of three short movies exploring the diverse realities of sex workers around the world, followed by a […]

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Scottish Writers’ Centre ‘In Process’ Masterclass: Gerry Loose Tues 7 June, 2016

Tue 7 June 2016 CCA 7pm, £6/£3 (Free for SWC Members) tickets on the door, Clubroom 18+ 0141 352 4900 On Thursday 26 May Gerry will be a featured guest on Pulse Community Radio with Shirley Whiteside, a professional book reviewer.  Shirley will be talking books with Gerry  at 2:00 pm on Pulse 98.4 Radio. […]

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#ArchiAffects Take part in the open-platform photography project

#ArchiAffects is an open-platform photography project part of the Architecture Fringe, exploring how architecture in Scotland affects us in our everyday lives. Architecture surrounds us every day. Whether its your own home, a simple bus shelter on your morning commute, a city street or a different type of space such as a sportsground, art gallery […]

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West End Festival: Fundraising Appeal to Bring Back Festival Sunday

The West End Festival recently announced its annual Festival Sunday wouldn’t take place in 2016 due to increasing costs and reduction for a number of reasons, including increasing costs and reduction in funding. The festival organisers are aware that businesses in the west end, participants and the public were all disappointed at not having this […]

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