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

Traquair and the Tranquilizers / The Chinaskis / Craig Hughes 27 September, 2015 Nice ‘n’ Sleazy

Traquair and the Tranquilizers / The Chinaskis / Craig Hughes 27 September, 2015 Nice ‘n’ Sleazy 7.30 p.m.      Vagabond Social Club head to Sleazies for its first gig (and hopefully not the last). Our lineup contains… Traquair and the Tranquilizers The Chinaskis The Craig Hughes Two £5 on the door 421 Sauchiehall Street, […]

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Meet VSO in Glasgow Saturday 10th October, 2015

Meet VSO in Glasgow Saturday 10th October from 2.00. until 4.00. pm  Registration and refreshments from 1.30. Renfield St Stephen’s Centre Come and meet VSO (Voluntary Service Overseas) in Glasgow to find out more about volunteering overseas to fight poverty and make a lasting change. Hear from returned volunteers from a variety of backgrounds and […]

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ActivCanvas Launch Event, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall Thursday 24 September, 2015

   ActivCanvas Launch Event      Thursday 24 September, 2015    7:00pm Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow G2 3HY ActivCanvas is now ready to be launched and made available to the world.The launch event will mark the occasio. There are some limited spaces available to the public – get in touch if you would like to […]

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The Braw Wee Emporium, Glasgow – music and gifts

The Braw Wee Emporium Record and Gift shop based in the Heart of the Barras Market run by sisters Jennifer McGlone and Erin Molloy. Their ethos is to support Scotland’s amazing creative community by stocking local talent. You will find the very best in folk, jazz and acoustic music concentrating on releases not available in […]

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Jersey Boys, Winter Show 2015/2016 at the Theatre Royal – West End Promotional Launch

Today I went along to the promotional show for Jersey Boys – Theatre Royal from 8th December until 3rd January. Prior to today’s performance at OranMor there was a photoshoot in Ashton Lane – some how it seemed to be the perfect background for Matt Corner (Frankie Valli), Sam Ferriday (Bob Gaudio), Lewis Griffiths (Nick […]

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Centre for Open Studies, University of Glasgow, Autumn – Winter. 2015

Creative writing: the novel Saturday 03/10/15 – 19/03/16 14.00 – 16.00 In this course students will study the novel form, looking at structural aspects and techniques from a writer’s perspective in order to help develop their own writing. The course will include writing in class, using exercises and prompts, and reading published work to better […]

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Introduction to Creative Writing with Dr Linda Jackson, Centre for Life Long Learning University of Strathclyde 6 October, 2015

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Wee Literary Festival St Louis with Janet Paisley and Sheila Templeton 28 Oct 2015

St Louis, 734 Dumbarton Rd, Glasgow, Glasgow City G11 6RD www.stlouis-cafebar.co.uk/ 8 p.m. Go early if you want a seat

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Mirrorball Showcase 1: A Celebration of WB Yeats CCA Thu 8 October 2015

St Mungo’s Mirrorball Mirrorball Showcase 1: A Celebration of WB Yeats CCA Thu 8 October 2015 7pm, £5 on the door, SMM members free, Clubroom All ages An event to celebrate the poetry of the Irish writer WB Yeats, who was born 150 years ago. Members of the Mirrorball will read their favourite poems. W.B. […]

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Doors Open Day: Greyfriars Garden Shuttle Street Glasgow

  Greyfriars Garden Shuttle Street  G1 1QA ERZ (raised beds and layout), 2012 A tranquil growing space and community garden located on the site of Glasgow’s medieval Franciscan friary. It’s a showpiece stalled space boasting raised beds, greenhouses, DIY wormeries & composting and a wildflower meadow. A one-off opportunity to meet the enthusiastic gardeners! This […]

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Take One Action Film Festival Stories of our Lives + Campaign Short Film Awards Sun 20 September 2015 CCA

Take One Action Film Festival Stories of our Lives + Campaign Short Film Awards Sun 20 September 2015 CCA 6pm, £5 (£4.50 concessions), Theatre Ages 15+ Book online via Take One Action / 0141 352 4900 www.cca-glasgow.com Related CCA Events Take One Action Film Festival Sat 19 September — Wed 23 September 2015 Despite being […]

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Closed Curtain GFT Monday 21–Wednesday 23 September, 2015

Closed Curtain12A GFT Monday 21–Wednesday 23 September, 2015 Buy tickets online Throughout the past decade, internationally celebrated filmmaker Jafar Panahi has suffered from on-going oppression from the government of his home country, Iran. In 2011, whilst he was banned from making films, he made the documentary feature This Is Not a Film and several years […]

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Landfill Harmonic GFT Wednesday 23 September, 2015

Landfill HarmonicN/C 12+ GFT Wednesday 23 September, 2015 5.45 p.m. Buy tickets A testament to the transformative power of music and the resilience of the human spirit. The inspiring true story of The Recycled Orchestra of Cateura, a youth music group from the slums of Paraguay, whose choice of instrument – recycled garbage – blazes […]

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Horse Money Friday 18–Thursday 24 September, 2015 GFT

Horse Money12A Friday 18–Thursday 24 September, 2015 GFT Buy tickets Portuguese filmmaker Pedro Costa fuses history, imagination and arresting visuals in a film that continues in the dreamlike style he established in 2006’s Colossal Youth. That film’s lead character Ventura is now in hospital, and finds himself visited by the ghosts of his, and his […]

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Food Chains Saturday 19 September, 2015 GFT

Food ChainsN/C 15+ Saturday 19 September, 2015 GFT 3.15 p.m. Buy tickets In a story whose after-taste is global, producers Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation) and Eva Longoria chart the inspirational fight by migrant US farm workers to bring supermarket giants – who wield tremendous power over the agricultural system – to the table over […]

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Dunoon Film Festival, 18 – 20 September, 2015

18 – 20 September, 2015 Dunoon’s third film festival aims to have fun looking at relationships between generations, confounding expectations and living life to the full whatever your age. Screenings will take place at the Studio Cinema and look out for a variety of surprise cinema spaces around the town, whilst Dunoon Burgh Hall is […]

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Tangerines GFT Friday 18–Thursday 24 September, 2015

  Tangerines15 GFT Friday 18–Thursday 24 September, 2015 Buy tickets Georgian director Zaza Urushadze’s Oscar-nominated feature is set in a small village in 1992 during the War in Abkhazia. Two men are harvesting the tangerine crop when a fight breaks out in front of their home. They give shelter to two injured survivors; a Chechen […]

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A Girl at My Door GFT Friday 18–Sunday 20 September, 2015

A Girl at My Door18 GFT Friday 18–Sunday 20 September, 2015 Buy Tickets →Buy tickets online No good deed goes unpunished in July Jung’s striking first feature. The charismatic Bae Doona (Cloud Atlas, The Host) stars as Young-nam, the new chief of police in a small seaside town. Battling the ghosts of her past, she […]

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Baltic Film Society: Lithuanian Cinematic Taster CCA Sun 20 September 2015

Baltic Film Society:Lithuanian Cinematic Taster CCA Sun 20 September 2015 4pm, £5 + 60p booking fee, CinemaAll agesBook online / 0141 352 4900 Come to our surprise screening, featuring an iconic coming-of-age film from Lithuania, followed by an interactive workshop – all inspired by the tastes and scents of a Baltic childhood… https://balticfilmsociety.wordpress.com/ Centre for […]

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Irrational Man Friday 11–Thursday 24 September, 2015 GFT

Irrational Man12A Friday 11–Thursday 24 September, 2015 GFT Murder, morality and a swinging jazz soundtrack; it must be Woody Allen. Allen’s 45th film as writer/director finds him teaming up with Joaquin Phoenix, arguably one of the finest and most unpredictable actors working today, and Emma Stone, recently Oscar-nominated for Birdman and similarly at the top […]

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The Urban Market, Drygate, Glasgow Sunday 20 September, 2015

The Urban Market Glasgow is on this Sunday at Drygate from 12pm until 5pm. Filled with super talented traders and with delicious food and tasty beer on tap, this is Sunday afternoons at their absolute best! Sunday 20th September, 12pm – 5pm Delicious food. Outstanding beer. Child friendly. Dog friendly. Indoor market Car parking Drygate […]

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Southside Film Festival – Winter 2015

Southside Film Festival bringing film back to the Southside Various venues in Glasgow’s South Side 8 – 11 October, 2015. Download the programme (PDF) Thursday 8th October Tickets for each film are available to book at: http://www.wegottickets.com/southsidefilmfestival Please note all FREE events are unticketed; entry will be first-come-first-served, and entry cannot be guaranteed. Opening Reception: […]

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International Brigade Glasgow Commemoration, La Pasionaria Statue, Custom House Quay Sat 19 Sept 11.30 – 12.30 p.m.

Arthur Johnstone, Calum Baird Stephen Wright Paul Sheridan (The Wakes) Speakers from Speakers Assembly and the International Brigade Trust Full details  

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Starchild Charity: Second Art for Auction McTears Friday 18th September until 18th October, 2015

Art for Auction Number Two ‘It’s coming up folks!!! Hope to see you all there next Friday to celebrate the artists and what Starchild has achieved so far!! Drinks and canapés will be served and it’s chance to view the auction and meet some of the artists.’  Michaela Foster Marsh Preview: 18th September. Partnering with […]

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Art for Auction No 2, Starchild, 18 September – 18 October, 2015 McTears

Art for Auction Number Two ‘It’s coming up folks!!! Hope to see you all there next Friday to celebrate the artists and what Starchild has achieved so far!! Drinks and canapés will be served and it’s chance to view the auction and meet some of the artists.’ Michaela Foster Marsh Preview: 18th September. Partnering with […]

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Raging Twilight at the Western Baths Club Saturday, October 10, 2015

Raging Twilight at the Western Baths Club Saturday, October 10, 2015 An evening of song and repartee with the band. 9:00pm        Western Baths Club12 Cranworth Street, Glasgow G12 8BZ

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Saramago present: Frank Gossner (Lagos Disco Inferno / Voodoo Funk) Sat 26 September 2015 CCA

Saramago present: Frank Gossner (Lagos Disco Inferno / Voodoo Funk) Sat 26 September 2015 CCA 10pm – 3am, £8 + £1 booking fee, Saramago CafeAges 18+ Book online 0141 352 4900 Saramago and Breathing Walls (loosen up! Fortified Sessions) are proud to present intercontinental groove excavator Frank Gossner making his Scottish debut. Frank Gossner is […]

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‘The Language of Silence’ Exhibition September 12 – September 18, 2015 The Virginia Gallery

  ‘The Language of Silence’       September 12 – September 18   The Virginia Gallery    45 Virginia Street, Glasgow G1 1TS The Language of Silence highlights the potential of silence as an active agent through which political exigencies may be explored. Through understated, sometimes deliberately obscured works, the exhibition presents poetic commentaries on current […]

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Jesus Christ Superstar KING’S THEATRE GLASGOW TUESDAY 6 – SATURDAY 10 OCTOBER 2015

GLENN CARTER REPRISES ROLE AS JESUS MUSICAL THEATRE STAR TIM ROGERS AS JUDAS ISCARIOT X FACTOR FINALIST RACHEL ADEDEJI AS MARY MAGDALENE IN JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR THE WORLD’S OLDEST STORY, THE WORLD’S GREATEST ROCK MUSICAL KING’S THEATRE GLASGOWTUESDAY 6 – SATURDAY 10 OCTOBER 2015  The explosive new production of JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s ground-breaking rock […]

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Indy Ref Anniversary Party, The Lucky Break Clydebank, Friday 18 September, 2015

The Lucky Break, 26-30 Glasgow Rd, Clydebank, Dunbartonshire G81 1SE

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