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

La famille Bélier Friday 11–Thursday 17 September, 2015 GFT

La famille Bélier12A Friday 11–Thursday 17 September, 2015 GFT A huge hit in its native France, this feelgood comedy-drama promises to warm the hardest heart with its story of budding singer Paula (Louane Emera), the teenage daughter of deaf parents. Paula acts as a vital communication link between her deaf family and the hearing world, […]

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Pasolini Friday 11–Thursday 17 September, 2015 GFT

Pasolini18 Friday 11–Thursday 17 September, 2015 GFT Enigmatic, controversial filmmaker Abel Ferrara (Bad Lieutenant, King of New York, Welcome to New York) salutes one of his heroes, a kindred spirit whose taboo-busting films were hugely influential. Willem Dafoe plays the outspoken Marxist intellectual filmmaker and poet Pier Paolo Pasolini, re-enacting his final day as he […]

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Royal Scottish National Orchestra – Brewin Dolphin: Music at the Museum 11 and 12 Sept. Kelvingrove

  Royal Scottish National Orchestra – Brewin Dolphin presents Music at the Museum   Friday 11 and Saturday 12 September, 2015 at 8pm   Kelvingrove Art Gallery and MuseumArgyle St, Glasgow G3 8AG   Seated £25, £20, Standing £10   Buy tickets​ Revolutionary heroes, star- crossed lovers and thieving magpies…the great operatic composers knew how […]

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Big Blues Day The Ferry Sunday 13 September, 2015

BIG BLUES DAY The Ferry 25 Anderston Quay, Glasgow G3 8BX Sunday 13th September Come on down to The Ferry and enjoy some great local blues music with some of the best talent appearing from around Scotland. Lunch will be served between 1-4pm with the music kicking off at 2pm. LINE UP: – Alan Murphy […]

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Senyawa, Cryptic Glasgow’s Discover Indonesia, Saturday 12 September, 2015

Avant-garde Indonesian metal duo Senyawa will be playing at The Art School as part of Cryptic Glasgow’s Discover Indonesia series of events. The Art School20 Scott Street, Glasgow, G3 6PE 12 September 2015 Yogyakarta’s Senyawa rough up traditional Javanese music with a punk attitude and avant-garde aesthetic. The band’s neo-tribalist sounds veer from twisted folk […]

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Declan Welsh 12 Sept, 2015 Broadcast

Broadcast  427 Sauchiehall St, Glasgow G2 3LG 12th September with Toy Tin Soldier, Something, Someone. & Megan Airlie – Music . PLEASE don’t leave tickets until the last minute – close to a sell out and don’t wanna turn any of you beautiful people away at the door! Come and have a drink and a […]

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Street Scape Fundraiser – Sunday 20 September, 2015 – Live Music presented by Andy Lyndsay

Crosslands Pub 7.30 p.m. Sunday 20 September, 2015 Friends of Queen Margaret Drive  are excited to invite you to our Street Scape fundraiser hosted by Andy Lyndsay from Pulse FM Entertainment is curated & hosted by singer Andy Lindsay from Pulse 98.4 FM community radio – with performances from Texas blues outfit, The Anvil Divers, […]

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Fresher’s Week University of Glasgow Starts Friday 11 September 2015

Students at Glasgow are spoilt for choice during Freshers’ Week The Univerity’s four student-led unions have all been extremely active in creating an exciting calendar of events  This includes: Magic Night Club at Queen Margaret’s Union, 11 September. QMLive Fresh Music Fest on 13th September Welcome Tent Memorial Gates Monday 14 September Sports Fayre 15 […]

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Househillwood Harvest, Saturday 12 September, 2015 Househill Park

  Saturday 12th September, 2015 12-5pm Celebrating harvest time in Pollok with a great fun event in Househill Park, Haughburn Road, Glasgow G53, So far confirmed are Bright Night International Juggling and Hula Hoop Workshops, with their brilliant BIG TOP! Circus tent, Sunny Govan Community Radio, Feevents Presents Acoustic Stage with talented young musicians from […]

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Modern Edinburgh Film School: Mairi Lafferty CCA Thu 17 September 2015

Modern Edinburgh Film School: Mairi Lafferty CCA Thu 17 September 2015 5pm, Free but ticketed, Theatre All ages Book online / 0141 352 4900 Modern Edinburgh Film School presents a double-screen installation and discussion on the video, performance and drawing practice of Edinburgh-based artist Mairi Lafferty and will reflect on her recent residency to make […]

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Alex Ferguson Live in Conversation Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Monday 28th September, 2015

  Alex Ferguson Live in Conversation  Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3NY Monday 28th September 7.30 p.m. Sir Alex will be discussing the key tools he used to deliver success both on and off the field, the pivotal leadership decisions of his extraordinary career and how these leadership lessons can be applied […]

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Meet the authors: Badger the Mystical Mutt and the Bigfoot Brigade. Waterstones Byres Road 26 Sept, 2015

Come and meet authors Lyn McNicol and Laura Jackson as they share with you the latest book in the Badger series; Badger the Mystical Mutt and the Bigfoot Brigade. Fun will be had! Saturday 26th September – 2 p.m. – 3 p.m. Waterstones, Top of Byres Road G12 (next to Waitrose)

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Information Night Creative Writing Classes University of Glasgow Open Studies Thurs 10 Sept 2015

Information Night – Creative Writing University of Glasgow Boyd Orr Buidling, Room 407 (Lecture Theatre A)120 University Avenue Glasgow G12 8QQ. Map Everyone is welcome and the event is FREE. Alan McMunnigall, Creative Writing Tutor, will be  there to discuss credit and non-credit options for the new academic year and to answer any questions you […]

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Waterstones Byres Road Teen Book Club Tuesday 22 September, 2015

Come along to the second ever meeting of the Teen Book Club. Tuesday 22nd September 16:00 – 17:00 This week you can win some awesome Patrick Ness goodies including an exclusive signed print. As ever, fun will be had Waterstones Bookshop Top of Byres Road, G12 (Next to Waitrose)

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Scottish Writers’ Centre The Power of Words: Celebrating Black History Month CCA Tue 13 October 2015

Scottish Writers’ Centre The Power of Words: Celebrating Black History Month Tue 13 October 2015 Free event – unticketed. 7pm, Clubroom Ages 18+ CCA The Scottish Writers’ Centre are celebrating Black History Month by conducting a read-a-loud of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous, ‘I Have a Dream speech.’ This is an open mic event […]

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Lapidus Scotland Words Work Well CCA With Lesley O’Brien and Ted Bowman Thu 17 September 2015

Lapidus Scotland Words Work Well CCA With Lesley O’Brien and Ted Bowman Thu 17 September 2015   4.30pm, Free and unticketed, Cinema Ages 14+ when accompanied by an adult Pre-book by RSVP to lapidus.scotland@yahoo.co.uk Lesley O’Brien is a storyteller, singer and family resource worker with Glasgow Women’s Aid, former chair of Lapidus Scotland and a […]

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Ricefield and The Glad Cafe Dumpling Night Tue 15 September 2015 At The Glad Cafe

Ricefield and The Glad Cafe Dumpling Night Tue 15 September 2015 At The Glad Cafe 1006a Pollokshaws Rd, 7.30pm £8 All ages Book online via Eventbrite / 0141 352 4900 Discover the broad variety of regional Chinese dumplings and the family traditions that are embedded within their preparation, through their different techniques, flavours and assorted […]

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Discover Indonesia Goenawan Mohamad in Conversation CCA Sat 12 September 2015

Discover Indonesia Goenawan Mohamad in Conversation CCA Sat 12 September 2015 2.30pm, Free but ticketed, Cinema All ages Book online / 0141 352 4900 An insightful conversation with influential writer, poet and activist, Goenawan Mohamad. Over the past 30 years he has pursued a tireless fight for freedom of expression, leading to the foundation of […]

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Jim Sillars Launches In Place of Failure Aye Write 14th September 2015

14th Sep 2015  •  6:30PM – 7:30PM  •  Mitchell Library One year on from Scotland’s historic independence referendum, writer and campaigner Jim Sillars introduces In Place of Failure, urging that we prepare now for our next appointment with Scotland’s destiny. £5 Buy tickets online Or buy tickets from our box office on 0141 353 8000 […]

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An Evening with Janice Galloway, Aye Write 29 September, 2015

6:30PM – 7:30PM  •  Mitchell Library One of Scotland’s foremost writers reads from and talks about her first collection of short stories for five yearsAn Evening with Janice Galloway One of Scotland’s foremost writers, Janice’s novels The Trick is to Keep Breathing, Foreign Parts, and Clara have all been critical and commercial successes,  as has […]

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Bloody Scotland, Crime Writing Festival 11 – 13 September, 2015

This year to mark 125 years since the birth of Agatha Christie events will include The Poisons of Agatha Christie Saturday 12 September from 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm | £7.50 / 6.50 Celebrating the grande dame of crime with Dr Kathryn Harkup, author of A is for Arsenic, a fascinating look at the poisons […]

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Great Glen Way Walk – fundraiser for Mukti Clinic – University of Strathclyde

Support Christine, Helena, Hilary and Lakshmi’s Great Glen Way Walk. Starting on Monday 7th September 2015, team Walkers for Change will walk the 79 miles from Fort William to Inverness over six days. The four women are undertaking the Great Glen Way Walk to raise funds for the Mukti Clinic in South India: Established by […]

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Discover Indonesia on Screen CCA Wed 9 September — Sun 13 September 2015

Discover Indonesia on Screen CCA Wed 9 September — Sun 13 September 2015 Wed-Fri & Sun: 12noon – 8pm, Sat: 12noon – 2.30pm, 6pm-8pm, Free and unticketed, Cinema, All ages A showcase celebrating the work of independent film-maker and sound explorer, Vincent Moon, who has been making extraordinary short films in Indonesia for the past […]

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Galloway In Glasgow Friday, September 11 Tell It Slant

  Galloway In Glasgow Friday, September 11 7:00pm – 8:00pm        Tell It Slant 134 Renfrew Street, Glasgow G3 6ST Two poets from Dumfries and Galloway launch new books: Hugh McMillan’s ‘Not Actually Being in Dumfries’ (Luath Press), selected poems from over thirty years of writing, and ‘Border Lines’ (Indigo Dreams), poems drawn from Stuart […]

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‘Meet the Sculptor’ talk by Andy Scott DATE CHANGE TO 15 September 2015

‘Meet the Sculptor’ talk by Andy Scott Friends of Queen Margaret Drive 15 September, 2015 Charles Rennie Mackintosh Queens Cross Church,  Maryhill, £10 Buy tickets online

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The Ettrick Festival, 27 September, 3 p.m. until late Old Kilpatrick G60

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5 Painters, R.G.I. 12 – 26 September, 2015

Exhibition runs12 – 26 September 2015 A new exhibition featuring work by a group of painters who have stumbled upon one another during various stages of their professional and artistic practice. Sandi Anderson, Janet Forry, Gerry Hanley and Paddy Higson are connected through careers in film and TV. The group met Sheila MacMillan through their […]

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Contemporary Cinema Course Monday 19 October, 2015 GFT

Contemporary Cinema Course Monday 19 October, 2015 GFT An ideal beginner’s course for those wishing to broaden their critical understanding of contemporary cinema. Current releases are complemented by engaging discussion around a range of topics. The course takes place over eight consecutive Monday evenings, and is comprised of four film screenings and four seminars. Films […]

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NAWE presents… ScreenWrite: Breaking into Television Writing, Thursday 15 October, 2015

National Association of Writers in Education Thursday 15 Oct 2015 CCA Are you passionate about wanting to pursue a career in television writing? Looking for practical information and advice from industry Join commissioners, producers, agents and development executives for a packed, industry-focused day of talks, panel sessions and workshops exploring the rewards and challenges of […]

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In Process Masterclass with Lesley Glaister CCA Tue 15 September 2015

Scottish Writers’ Centre In Process Masterclass with Lesley Glaister CCA Tue 15 September 2015 7pm, £6 (£3 concessions), Free to SWC members, Clubroom Ages 18+ Lesley Glaister is the prize-winning author of thirteen novels – most recently, Little Egypt (which won a Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize). Her short stories have been anthologised and broadcast on […]

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