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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..

Manhunter The Final Cut – 40th Anniversary at GFT

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28/29/30 September, 2026 FBI criminal profiler Will Graham is called out of early retirement to assist on a serial murder case involving a killer known as the Tooth Fairy. Graham enlists the help of imprisoned serial killer and cannibal Dr Hannibal Lecktor, who is the reason Graham took an early retirement. Soon, Graham and the […]

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Take 2: Barbie at GFT

GYFF Take 2 Barbie

Saturday 26 September, 2026, 11.30 a.m. Nominated for 8 Oscars and 5 BAFTA Awards. Eccentric and individualistic, Barbie is exiled from Barbieland because of her imperfections. When her home world is in peril, Barbie returns. Every child attending a Take 2 screening receives a free ticket for themselves and one free ticket for their accompanying […]

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Drawing The Past – Still Life, Shipbuilding

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Thursday, 24, 2026 – 6 p.m. – 7 p.m. Clydebank Museum, Clydebank Library, Dumbarton Road, Clydebank G81 1XH Ahoy there! Come along for some observational drawing of Clydebank shipbuilding museum objects with some lo fi music and like minded folk. Develop observational drawing skills while learning about the museum’s industrial maritime collection and the importance of […]

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Storytelling For Adults, Alexandria

Maureen Cullen  Tuesday, 29th September, 2026 11 a.m. Green Tree Remedies, Church St., Alexandria, G83 ONP Kitten Heels Shortlisted for the Rubery Award 2025 Havoc Shore Longlisted for Satire Fiction Book of the Year 2026 Disabled access. Fully inclusive. Free refreshments, although donations always welcome (Last of the season – Hope to return March 2027) […]

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Glasgow Americana: Dar Williams & Heather Maloney at Cottiers

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1 October, 2026, 7.30 p.m. Dar Williams is an American pop-folk singer It’s a highway, filled with deep, exotic colors and beautiful delicate things as well as the perils that come from moving so fast,” says Dar Williams, describing modern life. On her 13th album, Hummingbird Highway, out September 12 on Righteous Babe Records, Williams celebrates the colors […]

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Niall Connolly and The Album Club at The Glad Cafe review Pat Byrne

niall connolly glad cafe

What a treat – a Saturday afternoon gig at The Glad Cafe. with Niall Connolly. Jim and I first saw Niall perform back in 2011 in New York City and again in Glasgow at The Dram in 2016. This time we caught him in Glasgow at the start of his UK and Europe Tour 2026 […]

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Carmunnock Village Glasgow Doors Open Days 2026

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17 – 20 September, 2026 The Castlemilk Hall Church Kirk Road, G76 9DT Enjoy a day in the country in Carmunnock, Glasgow’s last village. There will be guided tours of the Church which dates back to 1767. The Castlemilk Hall, the social hub of the village will host a photographic archive exhibition and there is […]

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Line Dancing In St Mungo Square

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Saturday 19 September, 2026, 12 Noon – 3 p.m. Pop on a cowboy hat and join us for FREE line dancing sessions out in St Mungo Square. Fun for all ages. Yee-ha! Come along to St Mungo Square for lively line dancing sessions led by experienced choreographers, open to all abilities. A bespoke “575” dance […]

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Glasgow Doors Open Days 2026 – Citizens Theatre

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18 and 19 September, 2026 Step inside the restored Citizens Theatre and discover the stories behind one of Glasgow’s most iconic theatres. Wander through the building, uncover hidden corners, admire original architectural features, and get a glimpse behind the scenes of a working producing theatre. Read the full event details Uncover the theatre’s rich past […]

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The Cycle of Love at GFT

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19 – 24 September, 2026 The Cycle of Love follows the extraordinary true story of PK, a 23-year-old street artist from Delhi who sets off with a handful of paint brushes and a second-hand bicycle on a 6,000 mile journey across Europe and Asia to find Lotta, the woman who captured his heart during her […]

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Queen At Sea at GFT

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19 – 24 September, 2026 Starring Juliette Binoche, Tom Courtenay and Anna Calder-Marshall, Queen at Sea received its world premiere in competition at the Berlin International Film Festival earlier this year, where it won both the Silver Bear Jury Prize and the Silver Bear for Best Supporting Performance for both Courtenay and Calder-Marshall. The film […]

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Pressure at GFT

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12 – 24 September, 2026 In the tense 72 hours before D-Day, and the fate of the free world hanging in the balance, Pressure stars Andrew Scott and Brendan Fraser as General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Captain James Stagg as they face an impossible choice—launch the largest and most dangerous invasion in history or risk losing the war altogether. Buy tickets And […]

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Take 2: The Wizard of Oz

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Saturday, 19 September, 2026, 11.30 a.m. Buy tickets Dorothy Gale dreams of a land “somewhere over the rainbow” and, after a tornado rages through her hometown, her dream comes true. Joined by her dog and a band of unlikely friends, Dorothy sets out to find the enigmatic Wizard of Oz. This screening is part of […]

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Bad Apples at GFT

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18 September – 1 October, 2026, 8.20 p.m. GFT, 12 Ros Street, Glasgow G 6RB Captioned screening, Audio Description available Saoirse Ronan gives a career best performance as Maria, a primary school teacher doing her best to inspire a class of 10-year-olds who is stifled by one unruly and chaotic student. With her career in […]

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Woodlands Anti-Racist Film Club – Everybody to Kenmure Street

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Tuesday 29 September, 2026, 5.30 p.m. – 9 p.m. G.A.M.H. Flourish House, 23 – 25 Ashley Street, Glasgow G3 6DR By Woodlands Community 5.30pm – doors open6pm – screening starts8pm – discussion Tickets are based on a Pay What You Can sliding scale. You can choose to pay £0-15. Below are suggestions on how to […]

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Scottish Queer International Film Festival 2026

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19 – 24 October, 2026 Glasgow Film Theatre, 12 Rose Street, Glasgow G3 6RB All screenings captioned with BSL. GFT welcomes SQIFF back for its 11th edition, presenting a euphoric programme that embraces experimentation, plays with expectations, and creates new mythologies. Come along for a journey into the fantastical, with audacious performances, innovative filmmaking and […]

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Pippa Blundell at Cottiers

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Thursday 12 November, 2026 Drawing influence from the storytelling lineage of folk music, whilst also bringing in ambient sounds and classical vocal influences, Pippa’s music draws inspiration from the likes of Anna B Savage, Laura Marling, This Is The Kit and The Weather Station. Pippa Blundell is a rising singer-songwriter already recognised by the Scottish […]

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Borscht Film Club: Polish Comedy Shorts & Q & A

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24 September, 2026 – 6.10 p.m. GFT 12 Rose Street, G 6RB An evening of inventive, witty and wonderfully off‑beat Polish short films, showcasing a wide range of comedic sensibilities — from dry observational humour to surreal, absurdist storytelling. This curated selection highlights the creative freedom and bold imagination that define Poland’s contemporary short‑form cinema. […]

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The Album Club, Niall Connolly at The Glad Cafe

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Saturday 19 September, 2026 – matinee (1.30 p.m) The Glad Cafe, 1006A Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow G41 2HG Album Club began as “a book club… only with albums”. In 2019, composer & musician MJ McCarthy – former member of Zoey Van Goey, as well as occasional accordionist with Aidan Moffat, Trembling Bells, Lord Cut Glass & […]

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BFI London Film Festival 2026 at GFT

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Wednesday 7 until Monday 19 October, 2026 LFF is returning to GFT for its 70th edition — and everyone is invited. Take your pick from a thrilling line-up of new films and previews, including this year’s Opening and Closing Night Galas: Elsinore and The Debut, as well as Danny Boyle’s latest film Ink, and this […]

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Samizdat Eastern European Film Festival at GFT

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6 – 11 October, 2026 GFT, 12 Rose Street, Glasgow G3 6RB Samisdat Scotland’s festival of cinema from Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and the Caucasus is back at GFT . Named after the practice of clandestine dissemination of censored and forbidden texts in communist states, returns for its 5th edition, bringing an ever-eclectic mix of […]

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The People’s Palace and Winter Gardens – Building Stories

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Building Stories for New Glasgow Society New Glasgow Society is a civic project is a civic society promoting, protecting and raising interest in the City of Glasgow, through campaigning, discussion, projects, talks and exhibitions. Building Stories is a project highlighting Glasgow’s derelict buildings. Friends of People’s Palace Winter Gardens & Glasgow Green The People’s Palace […]

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La Femme Infidèle at GFT

La Femme Infidèle at GFT

13, 15, 17 September, 2026 GFT, 12 Rose Street, Glasgow G3 6RB A leading member of the French New Wave, who came to be regarded as the ‘French Hitchcock’, for many years Claude Chabrol’s classic thrillers have been missing from UK screens. A mid-career masterpiece within Chabrol’s remarkable run of bourgeois psychological thrillers, La Femme […]

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Saturday, September 12, 2026 | Filed under: Cinema

Take 2: The Rugrats Movie at GFT

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Saturday 12 September, 2026 11.30 a.m. Take 2 Access: The Rugrats Movie Take 2 Access screenings take place on the second Saturday of every month and offer a film in a relaxed and welcoming environment for neurodivergent children and families. All are welcome. The Pickles family welcome a new arrival, Dil, whose constant crying and […]

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The Two Roberts – An Evening With Damian Barr

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Friday 25th September 2026, 6.30 p.m. Celebrate the paperback launch of The Two Roberts, a beautiful story of creativity, passion, and discrimination based on the real history of two remarkable Scottish artists. Robert Colquhoun and Robert MacBryde first met in 1933 as bold young students at the Glasgow School of Art, and from then on […]

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Preview: Bel plus Q & A

Bel

10 September, 2026 8.10 p.m. This preview will feature a Q&A with Louise Lockwood and Leah McAleer (director and Bel’s sister) and Arusa Quereshi as interviewer. Please note: this Q&A will will be live captioned and feature no audience questions. In the summer of 2021, Kenyan-Scottish, singer and songwriter Beldina Odenyo is on the cusp of stardom.  Hailed as a fierce, uncompromising artist […]

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Social Dancing Maryhill Burgh Halls

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Mondays 1 p.m.- 3 p.m. – 21st September and 5th and 19th October, 2026 Maryhill Burgh Halls, 24 Gairbraid Ave, Glasgow G20 8YE New senior social dancing group starting tomorrow! A lovely new senior social dancing group at the Halls, a mix of Ballroom, Latin, Jive, Line and Sequence Dancing. Come along for a bit […]

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Glass and Concrete Project Launch

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Tuesday 22 September, 2026 – 4 p.m. – 9 p.m. Edward House, 203 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3EX Come along to the launch of an interactive arts project exploring the past and future of Charing Cross Launching a programme of stained glass and poetry workshops, walks, film screenings, archive visits and more. Try taster sessions, […]

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The Best of Bublé at Cottiers

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24 September, 2026 Cottiers, 93 – 95 Hyndland St, Glasgow G11 5PU The Best of Bublé returns for its 2026 UK tour, formerly known as Bublé by Candlelight, featuring Josh Hindle and his sensational live band. Following huge audience demand, this reimagined show is presented as a full production theatre spectacular, delivering the ultimate Bublé experience. […]

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Siskin Green – Living in the Echo at Cottiers

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20 September, 2026, 7.30 p.m. Siskin Green are a contemporary Scottish folk trio, drawing on themes of faith, feminism and justice. They have developed a loyal following across the UK, with listeners drawn to their distinctive blend of fiery protest songs, wistful re-imagined hymns, and original songs – presented in lush vocal harmony with evocative […]

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