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..

Trick or Treat by Freya O’Neill

trick or treat

A Story for Hallowe’en “That’s enough!,” Lacey shouted down the hallway. It was Halloween night and her little brothers had just returned from trick-or-treating, filled to the brim with excitement and of course, sweets. 8-year-olds and sugar shouldn’t mix. She heard the tremendous thumping of feet entering the house, giggles flooding the air. She looked […]

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Sunday, October 27, 2024 | Filed under: Hallowe'en in Glasgow, Stories for Hallowe'en, Writing

Moira McPartlin at Aberfoyle and Strathard Book Festival 2024

Saturday 2 November, 2024 – 1 – 2 p.m. iCentre, Aberfoyle and Strathard Book Festival, Main Street, Aberfoyle, Stirlingshire, FK8 3UQ Moira McPartlin recently released Before Now: Memoir of a Toerag – written entirely in the Fife tongue. Set in the 1990s in a small village, it tells the story of a single-parent family struggling […]

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Creative Conversations: Jem Stout

jen stout

Monday 4 November, 2024 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. University of Glasgow, Memorial Chapel, Glasgow University Memorial Chapel University Avenue Glasgow G12 8QQ A Special Creative Conversations in Collaboration with Strathclyde University’s Creative Writing Programme with Jen Stout.  Jen will be in conversation with Rodge Glass.  Jen Stout is a Scottish freelance journalist who has […]

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Saturday, October 26, 2024 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events

Maw Goose at Websters

Maw Goose

29 November – 31 December, 2024 Websters, 416 Great Western Rd, Glasgow G4 9HZ From the Producers that brought you last year’s smash hit A CRACKIN’ CINDERELLA STORY, Insideout Theatre Productions Ltd proudly presents: MAW GOOSE By Paul Harper-Swan It has been a been a peaceful time in the Pantosphere But the Evil Demon Queen […]

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Friday, October 25, 2024 | Filed under: Christmas in Glasgow, Pantos and Christmas Shows in Glasgow

Crazy Daisy’s – film launches in Clydebank

Crazy Daisy's

Crazy Daisy’s launches at Omniplex Clydebank, Highlighting Urgent Social Issues in Contemporary Scotland Clydebank, Scotland – On 4th November, UNLEYEK will host an exclusive private screening of Crazy Daisys at Omniplex Clydebank. (Please note– this is an invitation only event) This highly anticipated short film, written and directed by Sara Jane Kirkwood, provides a poignant […]

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Take 2: Adams Family Values

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Saturday 26 October, 20234  – 11.30 a.m. Standard Screening Saturday 26 October, 2024 – 12 p.m.- Autism Friendly Screening   Siblings Wednesday and Pugsley Addams will stop at nothing to get rid of Pubert, the new baby boy adored by parents Gomez and Morticia. Things go from bad to worse when the new “black widow” […]

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| Filed under: Cinema, Hallowe'en in Glasgow

Christmas Group Show ProjectAbility 2024

7 November – 21 December, 2024 7 November, 6pm – 8pm Wednesday – Saturday, 11am – 5pm The exhibition is free to visit Project Ability Gallery, Trongate 103, Glasgow G1 5HD Every holiday season Project Ability likes to end the year with a bang by having a big group exhibition for which everyone at the […]

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Beatson Santa Dash 2024 and Mascot Bella

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Register for Santa Sash 2024.and Support Beatson Cancer Charity. Glasgow got a little taste of Christmas this week when Santa Claus made an early appearance in the city! Even better, he was spotted hanging out with Bella, Beatson Cancer Charity’s lovable mascot, to promote this year’s much-anticipated Glasgow Santa Dash 2024, sponsored by GAP Group Hire Solutions, CCL Design and […]

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At Midnight I’ll Take Your Soul at GFT

at midnight i'll take your soul

Thursday 31 October, 2024, 6.20 p.m. With a recorded introduction by curator and writer Paul Farrell. Zé do Caixão is the malevolent undertaker of a small Brazilian town, plaguing its superstitious townsfolk with existentialist lectures and violent mayhem. To prove his superiority to humankind, Zé searches for the perfect woman to bear him a perfect […]

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| Filed under: Cinema, Hallowe'en in Glasgow

Glasgow Dark Side Halloween Walking Tour

glasgow the dark side halloeen tour

31 October – 3 November, 2024 Do something different on Halloween and discover a different side to the city you live and breathe in. Uncover Glasgow’s secrets and skeletons; from unsolved true crime murders and tales of notorious prison inmates, to grave robbing and Glasgow’s foundations as a city built on the back of slavery. […]

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Thursday, October 24, 2024 | Filed under: Hallowe'en in Glasgow, Walks and Tours Glasgow

Barras Hallowe’en Night Market

barras halloween night market

Thursday 31 October, 2024, 5 p.m. – 10 p.m. Event by Barras Market 244 Gallowgate, Glasgow The Barras Halloween Night Market Returns! Come along on October 31st from 5pm until 10pm for an evening filled with eerie performances, countless photo opportunities, and a complete transformation of the market you know and love. Here’s what you can […]

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Paisley Halloween Festival 2024

Paisley Halloween Festival

25 October, 2024 at 4 p.m. and 25 October, 2024 atr 9 p.m. Paisley Photographs Paisley Town Centre Tickets The event is delivered by Renfrewshire Council in partnership with performance specialists Cirque Bijou, lighting design by Grant Anderson and supported by EventScotland as part of their National Events Funding Programme. Event on Facebook

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Exclusively Highlands Christmas Market – Trades Hall – Glasgow

Christmas Market Trades Hall Glasgow

7 and 8 December, 2024 Trades Hall, Trades House of Glasgow, 85 Glassford Street, Glasgow, G1 1UH Located in the heart of Glasgow’s Merchant City, Trades Hall is a stunningly beautiful historic venue, which creates the absolutely perfect backdrop for their Christmas market. Trades House was established to help protect and support the crafts people of […]

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Clothing Repair Workshop – Stitch It!

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Wednesday, November 13, 2024, 1 p.m. – 3.30 p.m. Boyd Orr Building, University of Glasgow,University Avenue Glasgow G12 8QW Have you ever wanted to learn to sew? Then come along to the free workshop at the Eco-Hub and leave with a skill for life! The workshop is beginner friendly and will help you get more wear out of your […]

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Casting Call for Rita for girls in Glasgow

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Des Hamilton Casting, are a BAFTA-winning casting company for film and TV. Credits include the Oscar-winning film Jojo Rabbit and the Netflix series Top Boy.   At present they are casting for a short film to be directed by Paisley Walsh, an award winning Scottish-American director. The film will be shooting in Scotland from the 29th of November until the 3rd of December. […]

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Midsummer Song: Book Launch and Discussion with Maria Sledmere

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Tuesday, 22 October, 2024 at 6 p.m. Advanced Research Centre (ARC), Room 237C, 11 Chapel Lane Glasgow G11 6EW Part of the Thinking Culture collection Join Maria Sledmere in conversation with Carl Lavery and Colin Herd for the launch of Midsummer Song, presented by Thinking Culture. A celebration of Midsummer Song (Hypercritique), a book by Maria Sledmere […]

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Sunday, October 20, 2024 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events

CinemaARC Childish

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Wednesday 23 October, 2024 University of Glasgow, Advanced Research Unit (ARC), 11 Chapel Ln, Glasgow G11 6EW Free | Ticketed – Reserve Tickets Screening and discussion on childhood in film in collaboration with the National Library of Scotland. They’ll be screening some old-school public information films and will hear from researchers and filmmakers about depictions […]

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Creative Conversations: Vik Shirley

Vik Shirley

Monday 21 October, 2024 – 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. Glasgow University Memorial Chapel University Avenue Glasgow G12 8QQ Vik Shirley is a poet, writer, editor, critic & academic from Bristol, England, now living in Edinburgh, Scotland. Her collection, The Continued Closure of the Blue Door (HVTN), her pamphlets, Corpses (Sublunary Editions), Grotesquerie for the Apocalypse (Beir Bua) and Poets (The Red Ceilings […]

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Rock On Ruchill

Saturday 26 October, 2024, 12 Noon Save Ruchill Community Centre Music Food and Hallowe’en Theme Ruchill Community Centre, a7 671 Bilsland Drive, Glasgow, G20 9NF The Keelie Group will be at Ruchill Community Centre at Bilsland Drive, to help with an event to boost the much needed wider support to save this centre. Ruchill campaigners […]

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Whistler Pastels – The Hunterian

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Friday 04 October 2024 – Sunday 02 March 2025 – 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Hunterian Art Galler, University of Glasgow, 82 Hillhead St, Glasgow G12 8QQy Throughout his career, James McNeill Whistler (1834–1903) made drawings using pastel crayons. His early drawings (1860s–70s) were often studies for oil paintings, but from the late 1870s he […]

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Caezar in Concert, Cottiers

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Friday 25 October, 2024   Buy tickets

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Saturday, October 19, 2024 | Filed under: Gig Guide plus Club Events

Christmas Night Market at Cottiers

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5 and 6 December, 2024, 5.30pm – 10.30pm. Cottiers 93-95 Hyndland St, Glasgow G11 5PU Extra special Double-date night special for you! The Night Market Uk are coming to Cottiers, Glasgow on Thursday 5th AND Friday 6th December. Let’s make out final Glasgow event of the year a magical one! Why spend weeks fighting through […]

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Artie’s Singing Kettle – Hallowe’en Party

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Sunday 3 November, 2024 – Shows: 11 a.m. & 3.30 p.m. Webster’s, 416 Great Western Rd, Glasgow G4 9HZ Join Artie’s Singing Kettle Halloween Party for a spooktacular celebration! Bring your festive spirit and don your best Halloween costume for a show packed full of enchantment. Explore clues hidden within the original Singing Kettles, and […]

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The Rocky Horror Picture Show

rocky horror picture show

1 November, 2024, 7.30 p.m. Special Screening for Hallowe’en At Webster’s Theatre, 416 Great Western Rd, Glasgow G4 9HZ The cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show – hosted by the phenomenal Tom Harlow! A Hilarious, Rollocking Rock out of a Party Full audience sing along with a compere Tom Harlow getting you in the […]

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| Filed under: Cinema, Hallowe'en in Glasgow

Clatty Pat’s Walk Like a Glaswegian into the 90s

Clatty Pats Walk Like a Glaswegian

24 – 27 October, 2024 At: Websters Theatre, 416 Great Western Rd, Glasgow G4 9HZ We got Clatty in the 80s as we walked back like Glaswegians to the legend that was “Clatty Pats”. Due to overwhelming public demand- the smash hit that had you singing and dancing and laughing(and drinking!) to the tunes of […]

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Affordable Art Sale

affordable art sale

2 and 3 November, 2024, 10.30 am – 5.30 pm New Glasgow Society, 1307 Argyle Street. Glasgow. G3 8TL The Affordable Art Sale features recent local graduates and emerging artists aiming to make art more accessible and affordable with prices starting from £2. Grab yourself an early Christmas bargain from paintings, prints, sculptures to crafts, […]

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Archaeology Album Launch

archaeology album launch chiara berardelli

23 November, 2024 7.30 p.m. Chiara E Berardelli and her fabulous band launch her latest album, Archaeology, in the intimate surroundings of The Mackintosh Halls. The Mackintosh Halls, 15-17 Shakespeare Street, Glasgow, G20 8TH An evening to feed your soul. Support by Ali Stott. Tickets £10 plus booking feeBuy tickets BYOB Event on Facebook

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Take 2. Despicable Me 4

despicable me

Saturday 19 October, 2024 at 11.30 a.m. Gru faces a new nemesis in Maxime Le Mal (Emmy winner Will Ferrell) and his femme fatale girlfriend Valentina (Emmy nominee Sofia Vergara), and the family is forced to go on the run. Every child attending a Take 2 screening receives a free ticket for themselves and one […]

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| Filed under: Cinema, Kids and young people

Milisuthando at GFT

Milisuthando

18 – 23 October, 2024 Milisuthando is a poetic coming-of-age personal essay documentary on love and what it means to become human in the context of race, explored through the memories of Milisuthando herself – who grew up during apartheid but didn’t know it was happening until it was over. A deeply intimate portrait of past, […]

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The Crime Is Mine at GFT

the crime is mine

18 – 24 October, 2024 After a struggling actress stands trial for the murder of a lascivious producer in 1930s Paris, she ascends to scandalous stardom with her lawyer roommate. A new life of fame, wealth, and tabloid celebrity awaits — until the truth comes out. Paris in the 1930s — a playground for industrial […]

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