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..

Glasgow International The Tramway Group Show 8 – 25 April, 2016.

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For the first time as part of the Director’s Programme, Tramway is home to a group show including artists Alexandra Bircken, Sheila Hicks, Lawrence Lek, Mika Rottenberg and Amie Siegel. The show is curated by the festival Director Sarah McCrory and co-designed by artist Martin Boyce. The venues, organisations and artists are all fundamentally shaped […]

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Strange Quarks, ProjectAbility, Trongate, 9 April – 21 May 2016

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  Gallery 2, Project Ability, Trongate 103 09 April – 21 May Project Ability is proud to present Strange Quarks, an exhibition of paintings by Simon McAuley. The abstract paintings have an investigative root and above all else they appear to be about paint, and the manipulation of paint on a surface. Simon has a […]

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Outskirts Festival, Saturday 23 April, 2016 – Platform, Glasgow

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        Saturday, April 23 at 12 PM – 10 PM Platform Glasgow1000 Westerhouse Road, Glasgow G34 9JW      Buy tickets online #Outskirtsfestival returns in April 2016 with an impressive line-up of artists representing music, spoken word, film and moving image, visual arts, aerial performance and family events. This year Outskirts is collaborating with Glasgow […]

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TV Classics Part 1 – New work by Cameron Morgan, Project Ability, 8 – 22 April, 2016

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TV Classics Part 1 – New work by Cameron Morgan April 8 – April 22 Project Ability, 103 Trongate, Glasgow G1 5HD    Cameron Morgan’s ‘TV Classics Part 1’ celebrates the culture and history of television throughout the decades. Each painting marks an era, a style and a tv programme. Fascinated and extremely knowledgeable about popular […]

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Fast Food Rights Campaign Public Meeting, 8 April, 2016. Glasgow STUC

Fast Food Rights Campaign Public Meeting 8 April, 2016 6.30 p.m. Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC)333 Woodlands Road, G3 6NG Last year McDonalds made a profit of $1.31 billion, Dominos made a £766 million profit and Sports Direct £290 million. What do they have in common? They all refuse to pay and treat their staff […]

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Radical Film Festival, Southside United Film Club, Monday May 2, 2016 – Govanhill Baths

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Radical Film Festival 2016        Monday, May 2, 2016         Southside United Film ClubGovanhill Baths Community Trust, 99 Calder Street Govanhill, G42 7RA The Film Club is delighted to be hosting an event as part of the 2016 Radical Film Festival at our venue in the Govanhill Baths.We will be hosting a programme of short […]

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Family Ceilidhs Glasgow April 2016.

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 Get ready to hop, twirl, leap and jump at one of our community Family Ceilidhs, led by musicians from the award-winning Celtic Connections Learning Programme.Tickets available now for just £1 – Suitable for all the family! The Celtic Connections Family Ceilidhs at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall have proved a hit with dance fans of all […]

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In Conversation with Standard Issue, OranMor – an evening of chat with witty women Tuesday 22 March, 2016

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In Conversation with Standard Issue Tuesday 22nd March 2016 at 7:00pm The sharp and witty online women’s magazine hosts a killer line-up of funny women talking about comedy, women, feminism and other topics as yet undecided. Join Sarah Millican, Susan Calman, Jo Caulfield* and Standard Issue editor Mickey Noonan for what’s bound to be an excellent […]

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A Play, A Pie and A Pint: Prom 21 – 26 March, 2016.

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PROM A Play, A Pie and A Pint Lunchtime Theatre, OranMor, Top of Byres Road, G12 Mon, 21 March, 2016 — Sat, 26 March, 2016 By Oliver Emanuel | Directed By Gareth Nicholls Featuring Ryan Fletcher, Helen MacKay, Martin McBride and Nicola Roy Produced in Association with the Traverse Theatre and Aberdeen Performing Arts Invitation […]

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Mayfesto: Marking the 100th Anniversary of the Easter Rising, The Tron, 2 – 28 May, 2016.

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The Tron Theatre 2 – 28 May, 2016. A programme of work celebrating irish culture one hundred years on from the Easter Rising. Since its inception in 2010, Mayfesto has focused on presenting thematically linked, edgy new work, including seasons on women in theatre, colonialism and conflict in the Middle East. The festival provides a […]

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Talk Fest at The Tron, 18 – 23 April, 2016.

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Monday 18 to Saturday 23 April 2016 Tron Theatre, Glasgow TalkFest at the Tron is a mini-festival celebrating the work of Scotland’s playwrights. Packed with new playwriting – rehearsed readings, discussions, workshops, script surgeries and networking opportunities. The Readings Magi Gibson, Alan Bissett   Stage to Page 18 April, 2016 Tiny by Rosanna Hall Tue 19 April, 7.30pm […]

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International Waters, The Tron, 22 – 26 March, 2016

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Fire Exit/David Leddy in co-production withTron Theatre presentInternational Waters Written and directed by David LeddyAudio DescribedCaptioning 22nd – 26th March 2016 The Tron No refugee crisis ever looked so chic, darling. The social fabric has finally torn. Airports are closed, roads are blocked. Now even the 1% need to seek asylum. Four obscenely rich members […]

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Aye Write! Events and review of Patrick Harvie – The Books that Shaped Me by Pat Byrne

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Patrick Harvie, MSP and Scottish Green Party Co-Conveno The Books That Made Me Chaired by Clare English Clare English kicked off by introducing the event as an opportunity for Patrick Harvie to ‘Turn the air Green.’  There was a brief discussion about his recent appearance on BBC’s Question Time, where there was an outcry about […]

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My Name is Joe, GFT, Wednesday 23 March, 2016.

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GFT Wednesday 23 March, 2016 1.30 p.m. Running time: 1h43m Presented by Think Wise Age Well. Director Ken Loach Cast Peter Mullan, Louise Goodall, David McKay, Uk 1998, 1h43m, 15 This event is open to all aged 50 and over plus all carers/support workers are also welcome. This event is free but ticketed through the […]

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The Pearl Button 2 – 24 March, GFT

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Water is the key to life. GFT Sun 20 – Thu 24 MarRunning time: 1h22m Water is the key to life and the central subject of this intensely lyrical documentary essay from Nostalgia for the Light director Patricio Guzmán. The history of Chile is defined by its long coastline, the fate of Patagonia’s nomadic Kaweskar […]

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The Village Storytelling Festival 22 – 26 March, 2016 CCA

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Tue 22 March – Sat 26 March 2016 www.villagestorytelling.org.uk / 0141 352 4900 The Village Storytelling Festival celebrates and explores the art and application of storytelling past, present and future. Marking the fifteenth anniversary of ground-breaking Glasgow charity The Village Storytelling Centre, this four day festival will give you the opportunity to see innovative storytellers […]

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Marguerite GFT 18 – 24 March 2016

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Money can’t buy you talent: an utterly delightful comedy of manners. Fri 18 – Thu 24 Mar, 2016 Running time: 2h9m Money can’t buy you talent, but it can purchase a lot of grand illusions in this utterly delightful comedy of manners inspired by the true story of Florence Foster Jenkins. In jazz-age Paris, wealthy […]

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Focus on Syria, Sunday 20 March, 2016. CCA.

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Sunday 20 March, 2016 Work produced within Syria and by Syrian exiles, presenting a deeper collective truth about life in the shadow of war. Exactly five years after the Syrian conflict began, we don’t all pretend to understand its complexities but we do think we know what it looks like. Pro-regime troops, insurgents, ISIS fighters, […]

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British Deaf Association – premiere lost film footage. Groundbreaking Documentary at GFT

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Power in Our Hands Glasgow Film Theatre on Tuesday 22nd March, 20166pm Power in Our Hands is a landmark documentary containing newly digitised archive footage, available to the public for the first time, exploring the secret history and heritage of the Deaf community in the UK. The film is screening at Glasgow Film Theatre on Tuesday […]

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Brutal Measures: Cinema of Transgression, Sat 19 March, 2016. The Glue Factory

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 The Glue Factory  22 Farnell St, Glasgow G4 9SESaturday 19 March, 2016. Rare 16mm projections, followed by a live concert with Lydia Lunch, and a DJ set from Glasgow’s own JG Wilkes. Christened the Cinema of Transgression by leading proponent Nick Zedd, the second wave of post-punk underground filmmaking to emerge from NYC in the 1980s […]

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Films experimenting with dance and movement in diverse settings Sat 19 March, 2016. CCA

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Part of Glasgow Short Film Festival Sat 19 March (15.15) Running time: 1h45m Can a dance film be both good dance and good cinema? The camera can capture details of bodies in movement that a live audience cannot appreciate – does this offer new avenues for choreography? And how should dance films be watched? In […]

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Aye Write! Sunday 20 March, 2016. Two events hosted by J David Simons

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John Moore – Glasgow: Mapping the City Aye Write! 20th Mar 2016  •  12:00PM – 1:00PM    Mitchell Library, North St, Glasgow G3 7DN Maps can tell much about a place that traditional histories fail to communicate. John Moore gives fascinating insights into our city through its maps. Maps can tell much about a place that […]

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Stand Up To Racism, George Square, Friday 19 March, 2016.

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Stand up to Racism – Refugees Welcome Here – All Scotland March & Rally in Glasgow 19 March, 2016. Assemble George Square 11 a.m. March 11.30 a.m. This United Nations anti-racism day (March 19th, ,2016) stand in solidarity and join a march and rally in Glasgow, Scotland and say “No to racism, no to fascism, […]

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GSFF 2016 – Meet the Filmmakers, Sunday 20 March, 2016 CCA

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Sun 20 March 2016 CCA 5.30pm, Free, Clubroom Ages: 18+ 0141 352 4900 Glasgow Short Film Festival Thu 17 March — Sun 20 March 2016 All Scottish and International competition screenings will include brief Q&As with the filmmakers attending. However, once all the competition programmes have screened, but before the winners are announced, here’s your […]

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Glasgow Short Film Festival 2016 Wednesday 16 – Sunday 20 March.

Wednesday 16 – Sunday 20 March, 2016 Glasgow Short Film Festival returns from 16 – 20 March with thirty-six films to choose from. Presenting a stellar programme of short film that push the boundaries of cultural expression. Highlights include world premiere of the lost 1956 film Lost Treasure, post-punk icon Lydia Lunch and The Cinema […]

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The Children’s Wood – come to play anytime.

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Plus: Wednesday morning playgroup 10am-12pm, Friday toddlers 11am-1pm and Saturday morning outdoor learning club 10am-12pm all weekly. The Children’s Wood and North Kelvin Meadow make up the last wild space in the west-end of Glasgow.  This space is vitally important to the community, who organise regular events designed to connect children to nature, raise aspirations […]

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An Evening with Darren Shan Waterstones Sauchiehall St, Friday 8 April, 2016

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An evening with Darren Shan Friday 8th April 18:00 at Glasgow – Sauchiehall Street Zom-B Goddess (Hardback) The master of horror will be talking about Zom-B Goddess, the final heartstopping instalment in the bestselling Zom-B series. There will also be an opportunity to ask questions and get books signed. Further details: 0141 332 9105 Buy […]

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Inspiration from the Common Wealth of Writers, CCA, Tuesday 19 April, 2016

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Inspiration from the Common Wealth of Writers  Hosted by Creative Life Consultations  Tuesday, April 19 at 7:30 PM CCA Glasgow Free – Details CCA Programme Phone to book: 0141 352 4900 Jacqueline Smith will be launching her non-fiction book, Inspiration from the Commonwealth of Writers to Boost Creativity with featured writers from America to Zimbabwe, including: […]

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Thriller Live, King’s Theatre, Mon 18 – Sat 23 April, 2016.

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A 10-month UK & European tour to play Glasgow with an updated version of the show – including new songs, videos, costumes and special effects King’s Theatre – Glasgow – 297 Bath St, Glasgow G2 4JN 18 – 23 April, 2016. Long-running, record-breaking West End concert spectacular, Thriller Live, has now taken in excess of $150million […]

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St Patrick’s Day Fundraiser Celtic Music Radio 17 March 216

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An evening of fun and frolics and folk in aid of Celtic Music Radio. The event will take place on Thursday 17th March 2016 from 7:30pm in the Rutherglen United Reformed Church, 69 Johnstone Drive, Rutherglen, Glasgow, G73 2QA A fabulous roster of ravishing revelers has been requisitioned for your delight and delectation! With Christine Sparks, Tomfoolery, Davie Lees […]

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