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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..

Nature Trail with the Gruffalo, Botanic Gardens, Saturday 23 April, 2016

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A Family Spring Event at the Botanics Nature Trail with the Gruffalo Meet at the Kibble Palace, Glasgow Botanic Gardens, 730 Great Western Road, G12 0UE 1PM to 5PM Families, young people, children and their grown-ups are invited to an afternoon of nature trails at the Botanic Gardens, Glasgow on Saturday 23rd April between 1pm […]

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Family Spring Event in the Botanic Gardens, Saturday 23 April, 2016

NATURE TRAIL WITH THE GRUFFALO…… MEET AT THE KIBBLE PALACE Sat 23 April 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Families, young people, children and their grown-ups are invited to an afternoon of nature trails at the Botanic Gardens, Glasgow on Saturday 23rd April between 1pm and 5pm Younger children will be sent on a mission to […]

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Fourth Decade & Terminal One FUNDRAISING NIGHT Saturday 9 April 2016, Blantyre Vics

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Fourth Decade & Terminal One FUNDRAISING NIGHT Sat 9th April 2016 @ 7.30pm Blantyre Vics FC 15 Forrest St, Blantyre, Glasgow G72 0JP Tickets: £6.00  Fourth Decade are performing at the fundraiser gig  There will be other musical acts, a raffle and good times for everyone there! It is in aid of the Terminal 1 […]

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Glasgow Restaurant Festival 1 –17 April, 2016

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Glasgow’s First Restaurant Festival Merchant City 1 – 17 April, 2016. Book for secret dining Glasgow Restaurant Festival will showcase Glasgow’s best restaurants, where specially priced menus will be on offer. Pop up restaurants at the vintage Spiegeltent, the tent of mirros,  in Candleriggs Square in the Merchant City.  Where you will find the best […]

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Celebrating Spring on Byres Road – Family Fun Day Saturday 9 April, 2016

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Byres Road and the Lanes will be celebrating Spring on Saturday 9 April Free Fun Day for all ages Cresswell Lane and Ruthven Lane 12 noon to 4 p.m. Face painting, Children’s Games, Crafts, Workshops and a Special Visit from The Rainbow Bubble Fairy. Plus discounts in shops and restaurants.

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Little Birds Market, Sloans, Sunday 17 April, 2016.

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  Sunday, April 17, 2016 at 12 PM – 4 PM Sloans Bar & Restaurant62 Argyle Arcade, 108 Argyle Street, Glasgow G2 8BG Little Birds returns in April with a Spring Market inside Sloans with themes centred around Spring, Summer holiday planning and General shopping goodness! Modern crafts and some more vintage delights will be […]

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Monday, April 4, 2016 | Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Shopping

Mandy McIntosh, Hap Up Easterhouse, 8 – 25 April, 2016. Platform, The Bridge

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Glasgow International 08 Apr 2016 – 25 Apr 2016  Platform, The Bridge, 1000 Westerhouse Road Glasgow, G34 9JW For this year’s Glasgow International Festival of Contemporary Art, Platform has commissioned Mandy McIntosh as artist-in-residence. In the lead up to her exhibition, Mandy has been collaborating with students of Glasgow Kelvin College. They have worked with McIntosh, experimenting […]

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JOSÉE AUBIN OUELLETTE Body Blocks, Govanhill Baths: 8 – 25 April, 2016

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  JOSÉE AUBIN OUELLETTE Body Blocks 8 Apr 2016 – 25 Apr 2016 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Monday – Saturday (Closed Sundays) Govanhill Baths Body Blocks is an installation of soft sculptures based on the ergonomic design of medical support cushions. The forms are determined by their supportive function in relation to the body […]

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USHER-A-THON Fantom Cinema The Old Hairdresser’s Friday 8 April, 2016

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USHER-A-THON Fantom Cinema 8 Apr 2016 The Old Hairdresser’s   Glasgow International 2016 Screenings of seven different adaptations of The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe. This event is FREE. The Old Hairdresser’s 27 Renfield Lane Glasgow, G2 6PH theoldhair@gmail.com Office: 0141 248 9558 Bar: 0141 222 2254

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Syrian Supper Club The Project Cafe Thursday, 7 Apr 2016

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Syrian Supper Club The Project Cafe Thursday, 7 Apr 2016   The Project Cafe, 134 Renfrew Street, Glasgow G3 6ST Glasgow International 2016 The Syrian Supper Club is a one-off food and activist event which looks to experiment with recipes, food, cutlery and seating plans. We invite anyone to join us for an evening of […]

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Ring Road, 4 – 9 April, 2016. A Play, A Pie and A Pint, OranMor

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Mon, 04 April, 2016 — Sat, 09 April, 2016 OranMor, Top of Byres Roa, G12 By Anita Vettesse | Directed By Johnny McKnight Featuring Angela Darcy and Martin Donachy Produced in Association with the Traverse Theatre  Lisa is forty, and edging towards a midlife crisis. The world, she thinks, is judging her childless state. In […]

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Internal Affairs GFT 3 April,2016

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One of Hong Kong’s most famous and influential crime films. GFT Sun 3 Apr. 2016(20.00)running time: 1h41m Bringing together two of Asia’s biggest stars, Andy Lau and Tony Leung, Infernal Affairs became a world-wide hit upon its release and remains one of Hong Kong’s most famous and influential crime films. At its core it is […]

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Movers & Makers: Screendance Cinema Wed 6 April 2016 CCA

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CCA 8pm, £5 (free for Screendance Salon attendees), Cinema Ages: 18+ Book online / 0141 352 4900 Related CCA Events Movers & Makers: Screendance Salon Wed 6 April 2016 A screendance cinema curated by Gitta Wigro featuring internationally significant and single screen works. Currently Co-Director of Independent Dance, London, Gitta has curated many international film […]

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I Want To Be A Cinema: Scalarama Glasgow Meet-Up Sun 3 April 2016 CCA

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6pm, Free and unticketed, Clubroom All Ages 0141 352 4900 CCA Scalarama is the UK’s biggest alternative film season celebrating cinema every September. This meeting is a chance for venues, organisations, festivals and individuals to get together to discuss plans for putting on films and events in Glasgow and beyond this September. The meeting is […]

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Young Soul Rebels – Screening Fundraiser for the LGBT Unity Group Sat 2 April 2016 CCA

Young Soul Rebels - Screening Fundraiser for the LGBT Unity Group Sat 2 April 2016

  7pm, Free and unticketed, Cinema Ages: 15+ 0141 352 4900 Dir. Isaac Julien | 1991 | 105 min | UK This atmospheric classic received the Critics award at Cannes. Set in London 1977, queer & straight love stories and a murder mystery unfold with fabulous soul music tracks. Organically examines the racism and sexual […]

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Exhibition ERICA EYRES & GARNET MCCULLOCH The Vegetable Store 08 Apr 2016 – 25 Apr 2016 Fireworks Studio

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ERICA EYRES & GARNET MCCULLOCH The Vegetable Store  08 Apr 2016 – 25 Apr 2016    Fireworks Studio, 35A Dalhousie Street, Glasgow, G3 6PW The exhibition features ceramic works, video and drawings.  It develops a dysfunctional fruit and vegetable shop within the front gallery space of Fireworks Pottery. In contradiction to the colourful abundance associated […]

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AKRAM ZAATARI – Twenty Eight Nights and A Poem, GFT, 3 April, 2016

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AKRAM ZAATARI – Twenty Eight Nights and A Poem Part of Glasgow International  at  Glasgow Film Theatre, 12 Rose Street, Glasgow G3 6RB 3 April 2016- 7.30 p.m. In collaboration with Glasgow Film Theatre, The Common Guild presents Akram Zaatari’s film ‘Twenty-Eight Nights and a Poem’ (2015). This striking visual essay continues Akram Zaatari’s ongoing […]

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Jewish Film Club How to Re-Establish a Vodka Empire Sun 3 April 2016 CCA

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How to Re-Establish a Vodka Empire CCA Sun 3 April 2016 2pm, £5 + £1 booking fee, Cinema All Ages Book online / 0141 352 4900 Feature documentary charting the journey of film director Dan Edelstyn as he tracks down his long lost Jewish Ukrainian heritage and then attempts to relaunch his great grandfather’s once […]

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Shipwreck Rats, Pirate Speed Folk Band from Berlin – in Glasgow April, 2016.

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Ahoy! ‘Shipwreck Rats are a pirate speed folk band based in Berlin. We play fast and evil music from Scotland, Ireland, North America and all the other places we’ve plundered in our time. We have a lot of songs about current themes like whaling and trouserlessness. Anyone refusing to dance at our gigs will be […]

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Kieran Goss, Milngavie Folk Club, 23 April, 2016.

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Saturday 23rd April 2016 Milngavie Folk Clubat The Fraser Centre Kieran Goss will be touring in the U.K. in April-May 2016. For booking details and further information on all dates, please visit www.kierangoss.com. Kieran will be appearing solo on this tour, but will be joined onstage for part of his show by special guest Annie Kinsella. The […]

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Calamity Jane Sing-a-long, GFT Sundays 10 April and 5 June, 2016

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Calamity Jane Sing-A-Long (U) Join us for an all-new sing-a-long version of this Oscar-winning classic. Sunday 10 April (17.15) & Sunday 5 June (13.00)Running time: 1h41m Join us for an all-new sing-a-long version of this Oscar-winning classic, starring Doris Day as the … More… Director David Butler Cast Doris Day, Howard Keel, Allyn Ann McLerie, […]

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Carry on Sleuthing, Waterstones Argyle St, Friday, April 8, 2016

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Carry on Sleuthing Belayed by Murder        Friday, April 8, 2016 at 7 PM – 8:30 PM Waterstones Argyle St Help crack amateur sleuth Letitia Luvibod solve the murder of hated lawyer Hiram Grabbitt on board the SS Naughty Nigel. Sift through the evidence, hear the suspects speak, gasp in awe as the culprit is […]

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High Heels and Horse Hair present TRANSPLANTED 4 May, 2016 The Drake Bar

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4 May, 2016  7.30 p.m. The Drake Bar     “High Heels and Horse Hair” are Alice Rickards – Violin, and Sonia Cromarty – Cello. TRANSPLANTED celebrates the rich diversity of Scotland’s plant life and its music. In 1755 Scottish Baroque composer James’ Oswald published ‘Airs for the Seasons’, a remarkable compendium of 96 duos for […]

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The Hot Club of Cowtown, St Andrew’s in the Square, 6 April, 2016.

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An Evening With The Hot Club Of Cowtown Wednesday 6th April 2016 St Andrews In the Square, 1 St. Andrew’s Square, Glasgow G1 5PP The Fallen Angels Club The Hot Club of Cowtown are heading back to Glasgow for the first time in three years for an April 2016 show at St Andrews in the […]

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Kate Tempest – The Bricks that Built the Houses Aye Write The Mitchell Library 14 April, 2018

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Kate Tempest – The Bricks that Built the Houses Aye Write 14th Apr 2016  •  6:30PM – 7:30PM    Mitchell Library, North St, Glasgow G3 7DN Award-winning poet and rapper Kate Tempest will be reading from and discussing her electrifying debut novel, The Bricks that Built the Houses. Award-winning poet and rapper Kate Tempest will be […]

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Irvine Welsh –The Blade Artist, 5 April, 2015, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

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Aye Write Irvine Welsh –The Blade Artist 5th Apr 2016  •  6:30PM – 7:30PM  •  Glasgow Royal Concert Hall Irvine Welsh will be at Aye Write to re-introduce us to Trainspotting’s most infamous and terrifying character, Francis Begbie in his new novel, The Blade Artist. Can it really be twenty years since Trainspotting? Yes indeed […]

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Celebrating 10 Years of Red Squirrel Press, Tuesday 12 April, 2016 CCA

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Celebrating 10 Years of Red Squirrel Press Tuesday 12th April 2016: CCA Club Room @7pm Red Squirrel Press is celebrating its tenth anniversary with readings from four new publications:  Anne Connolly’s latest full-length poetry, ‘A Ravel of Yarns’, Andy Jackson’s latest full-length poetry collection, ‘A Beginner’s Guide to Cheating’, Chris Powici’s debut full-length poetry collection, […]

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Scottish Writers’ Centre Spring Speakeasy CCA Tuesday 12 April, 2016.

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Tue 12 April 2016 7pm, Free, Clubroom Ages 18+ 0141 352 4900 Join Scottish Writers’ Centre to toast the written word with readings in English, Gaelic, and Scots – celebrating the original spirit of the Speakeasy from prose to slam poetry – anything goes! Submissions will be accepted at info@scottishwriterscentre.org.uk with ‘Spring Speakeasy’ as a […]

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Armadillos by Pauline Lynch, Book Launch Thursday 7 April, 2016

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Armadillos by Pauline Lynch will be launched on Thursday 7 April, 2016 8 p.m. at Elphinstone Hotel 145 High Street, ML12 6DH Biggar, South Lanarkshire Buy Armadillos Glasgow Writers: Pauline Lynch.

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