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

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..

Mike Hasting (Trembling Bells) + Alan Frew & Jim Byrne Big Sparra Vinyl, 3 April, 2016

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MIKE HASTINGS (Trembling Bells) + Alan Frew + Jim Byrne Big Sparra Vinyl   7 New Bridge Street, Ayr KA7 1JX  Sunday 3 April, 2016 at 2 p.m. We are thrilled to announce our next in-store on Sunday 3rd April, features the exquisite talent of Mike Hastings (of Trembling Bells) with support from Alan Frew and Jim […]

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Sunday Jazz with Linda Jaxson & Friends, La Bodega, Sunday 1 May, 2016

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  Sunday Jazz with Linda Jaxson & Friends – Sunday, May 1, 2016 at 3 PM Free entry La Bodega Tapas Bar1120 South Street, Glasgow G14 0AP     Event on Facebook www.labodegaglasgow.com/

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A Play, A Pie and A Pint, Neither God Nor Angel 28 March – 2 April, 2016. OranMor

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NEITHER GOD NOR ANGEL OranMor, Top of Byres Road, G12 Mon, 28 March, 2016 — Sat, 02 April, 2016 By Tim Barrow | Directed By Ryan Alexander Dewer Featuring Jimmy Chisholm and Gavin Jon Wright Produced in Association with the Traverse Theatre 4th April, 1603. James VI, King of Scots, spends his final night in […]

Read the full article: A Play, A Pie and A Pint, Neither God Nor Angel 28 March – 2 April, 2016. OranMor

Glasgow Writers: James Carson

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It’s always a pleasure to read James Carson’s stories  – a thoughtful communicator and great listener with an irreverent sense of humour, he has an abundance of gifts to bring to the task of story telling and, with his talent for mimicry, it’s also a joy to watch him perform. James demonstrates an enviable dedication […]

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Sound Thought Festival 2016, 30 March – 1 April, 2016 CCA

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Sound Thought 2016 Dialogues: Sound and Music Across the Arts CCA www.soundthought.co.uk Sound Thought is an annual music and sonic arts festival run by University of Glasgow postgraduates. Through a series of concerts, screenings, performances, discussions and workshops, the three-day festival will show how research and practice from a range of sound and music disciplines […]

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Ian Blake, Scottish Writers’ Centre, CCA, The Architecture and Design of Writing 29 March, 2016

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The ‘Architecture and Design’ of Writing with Ian Blake CCA Tue 29 March 2016 7pm, £6 (£3 concessions) on the door, Free to SWC Members, Clubroom Ages 18+ 0141 352 4900 Ian Blake discusses some of the most important points of ‘architecture and design’ in the writing process. Structuring your work is a key aspect […]

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The Deep Sea Light at Sound Thought 2016 CCA Friday 1 April, 2016.

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The Deep Sea Light at Sound Thought 2016 CCA, Cinema 350 Sauchiehall St, Glasgow G2 3JD Friday 1st April, 2016 THE DEEP SEA LIGHT  will be featured at the Sound Thought festival on Friday 1st April at 15:30 in the CCA Cinema, Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow Your first chance for an underwater encounter with Nick takes […]

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Erskine Hospital Fundraiser , Comedy at The Stand, 18 May. 2016.

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Benefit In Aid Of Erskine The Stand, Glasgow 18 May, 2016 With: Gary Little – headlinerRaymond Mearns Chris RutterElaine MillerTony Sloan Doors 19:30 – Show starts 20:30 Tickets are £5 and can be reserved by calling The Stand box office on 0141 212 3389 Honour the ones who didn’t come home. Help Erskine care for […]

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Royal Conservatoire of Scotland ranked sixth best in the world

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The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS) has been ranked sixth in the world of performing arts education in a new global review by  Quacquarelli Symonds (QS). Scotland’s national conservatoire joined some of the world’s most renowned  performing arts institutions including Juilliard in New York, Vienna’s prestigious University of Music and the Performing Arts and the […]

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Seven Song Club – The Tron Thursday, 31 March, 2016

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Seven Song Club – The Tron Thursday 31st March, 2016 The Seven Song Club features the splendid Colour of Whisky – a band that play jolly jigs and bittersweet melancholia with four part harmonies, guitars, banjo and flute. Modern folk music for lovers of song, melody and storytelling. Special guests are the amazing Helen Reeves […]

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Barrowloads of Soul Alldayer, Barrowlands Sat 21 May, 2016

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Barraloadasoul Alldayer Saturday 21 May, 2016. Northern Soul/ Mod & 60’s R&B all dayer 2.00pm – Midnight Barraloadasoul is back by popular demand for a third outing at the famous Barrowland Ballroom showcasing once again some amazing talent and the best in original vinyl from around the country!! Featuring the famous wooden sprung dance floor. […]

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Easter Egg Run fundraiser for Royal Hospital for Sick Children

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The Easter Egg Run is Back! New Home, New Route! Bikers to meet at Greendyke Street – beside Glasgow Green Arrive from 10am before parade leaves at 11am On leaving Greendyke street the new route takes in the Broomielaw before crossing the Squinty Bridge and heading up Govan Road towards our new home, passing the […]

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First Act Film Festival Glasgow Tuesday 29 March, 2016

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Young Filmmakers Glasgow: Glasgow Youth Arts Festival 16 presents First Act Film Festival CCA Tue 29 March 2016 6pm, Free but ticketed, Theatre Ages 15+ Book online / 0141 352 4900 In its first year, the First Act Film Festival opens the 2016 Glasgow Youth Arts Festival 16, delivering an inspiring programme of short films […]

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The Revenant review by Calum Maclean

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The Revenant Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu Cast – Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Domhall Gleeson, Will Poulter, Forrest Goodluck, Lukas Haas, Paul Anderson and an incredibly realistic CGI Bear. Running time – 156 Minutes Set in 1823 and partially based on the novel by Michael Punke, The Revenant tells the story of a group of […]

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Tangerine, Digital Desperadoes, CCA, Saturday 26 March, 2016.

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Screening Fundraiser for the LGBT Unity Centre Sat 26 March 2016 CCA 7pm, Free entry on the door (donations will be accepted for the LGBT Unity Centre Group), Ages: 18+ 0141 352 4900 Transgender sex worker Sin-Dee Rella, who has just finished a twenty-eight day prison sentence, meets her friend Alexandra, another trans sex worker, […]

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Village Storytelling Centre Friday 25 March, 2016 CCA

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VSF16: Festival Film ScreeningsFri 25 March 2016 5pm, Free but ticketed, CinemaAll ages Book online / 0141 352 4900 Related CCA EventsThe Village Storytelling Festival   Tue 22 March — Sat 26 March 2016 Over the course of the past year, we’ve been working on four films with diverse groups of young people from across […]

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The Witch 25 – 31 March, 2016, GFT

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A well-crafted, unsettling horror. GFTFri 25 – Thu 31 Mar, 2016 running time: 1h30m A Puritan family living in 17th century New England is forced to encounter the terrifying powers of evil when their new baby disappears and their daughter is accused of witchcraft. A deeply unsettling and visually compelling horror, The Witch is a […]

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The Club, GFT 25 – 31 March, 2016

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The Club GFT 25 – 31 March, 2016 The director of Tony Manero and No turns his attention to the sins of the Catholic Church in the angry, compelling The Club. Guilty of ‘straying from the path of sanctity’, four Catholic clergymen have been exiled to a seaside monastery and the care of Sister Monica […]

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Scottish Premiere: “The Condition Of The Working Class”, Southside United Film Club Friday 25 March, 2016

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Hosted by Southside United Film Club Govanhill Baths Community Trust. Friday, 25 March, 2015. – 7 p.m. The Southside United Film Club is delighted to be screening the Scottish Premiere of “The Condition Of The Working Class”, a documentary film by Mike Wayne and Deirdre O’Neill, based on Freidrich Engels’ 1844 book of the same […]

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As Tears Go By GFT Sunday 27 March, 2016.

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As Tears Go By (18) GFT Award winning director Wong Kar-wai’s debut.Sun 27 Mar (20.00)running time: 1h42m Award winning director Wong Kar-wai’s debut, As Tears Go By is a classic gangster film about loyalty, ambition and respect. It centres on Wah, a tough criminal specialising in debt collecting for the mob, who has to continually […]

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Disorder, 25 – 31 March, 2016, GFT

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GFT 25 – 31 March, 2016 GFTThe second feature from writer/director Alice Winocour (Augustine) is a muscular, nerve-jangling thriller with a stunning star turn from Matthias Schoenaerts (Rust and Bone). He plays Vincent, an Afghanistan veteran. Vincent (Schoenaerts) is an Afghanistan veteran who has been invalided out of the army. Suffering from post-traumatic stress, he […]

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High Rise, GFT, 18 – 31 March, 20

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An elegant adaptation of JG Ballard’s classic novel.Fri 18 – Thu 31 Marrunning time: 1h52m It’s dog-eat-dog (and occasionally man-eat-dog) in this brutal, elegant examination of class warfare. Tom Hiddleston leads a stellar cast as the newest resident of a spiffy London tower block, where the occupants are spiralling into decadence and savagery as societal […]

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Spotlight – film review by Calum Maclean

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Directed by Tom McCarthy Cast – Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber, John Slattery, Brian d’Arcy James, Stanley Tucci, Billy Crudup and an uncredited voice cameo from Richard Jenkins. Arguably the biggest surprise of the 88th Academy Awards was the Best Picture victory for Spotlight.  The film had already secured Best Original Screenplay, […]

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Heaven Adores You, The Glad Cafe A Documentary Film About the Life and Music of Elliot Smith 27 May, 2016

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  Heaven Adores You – A Documentary Film About the Life and Music of Elliot Smith plus guest musicians performing songs of Elliot Smith Robin Adams The Glad Cafe, Glasgow Friday 27 May, 2016,  at 7,30 p.m. £9.00 in advance / £10.00 on the door   Entry Requirements: Over 18s only Heaven Adores You is an […]

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Oxfam Bookshop Byres Road – Book Group

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Dates for Spring/Summer 2016 Ask in store for joining details: Oxfam Bookshop, 330 Byres Road, Glasgow G12 8AP Or  email oxfamshopf6029@oxfam.org.uk I’ve read that William Trevor book – it’s super. 🙂  

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Civic Pride, King Tut’s, Saturday 2 April, 2016

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Following the success of their recent support of Nottingham singer-songwriter, Georgie, Civic Pride return to the stage with the full band line up at King Tut’s on Sat 2nd April. The gig is part of “This Feeling” club night and the boys will support Welsh touring band, “Tibet”. If you like Indie-Britpop-Alt-Rock with carefully crafted […]

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Studio Number One The Hidden Lane Finnieston Opening Event 24 March, 2016.

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Studio Number One Gift Shop Opening Party 24th March, 2016  4-9 p.m. The Hidden Lane, Finnieston. Beautiful gifts, cards and selection of hand made designs by Glasgow artisans. See you at the Opening Party ‘Studio Number One gift shop is open! Come and join us and some of the other open studios, Dragonfly Boutique and […]

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Week-end Sculpture Workshops for Children aged 6 – 8, April, 2016

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Sculpture Club workshop (Ages 6-8)  9 Apr 2016 Part of Glasgow International Festival  Glasgow Sculpture Studios, The Whisky Bond, 2 Dawson Road Glasgow, G4 9SS Glasgow Sculpture Studios’ Sculpture Club is a series of weekend workshops for children, from pre-school to primary school age, and their families to learn various sculpture-making processes, discover new materials, […]

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Poetry Readings by DM Black and Lucy Mercer 9 April, 2016, Glasgow Botanic Gardens

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Poetry Readings by DM Black and Lucy Mercer Invited by Aaron Angell  9 Apr 2016 at 12 noon    Glasgow Botanic Gardens The artist Aaron Angell has invited poets D M Black and Lucy Mercer to perform their poetry. The event will take place in amongst his installation in the Begonia House at Glasgow Botanic […]

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AKRAM ZAATARI – Twenty Eight Nights and A Poem3 April, 2016 GFT

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AKRAM ZAATARI – Twenty Eight Nights and A Poem 3 Apr 2016  Glasgow Film Theatre, 12 Rose Street, Glasgow G3 6RB 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 engagement with the work of photographer Hashem […]

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