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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..

Burning Bush GFT Sunday 30 August, 2015

Burning-Bush

Burning BushN/C 15+ GFT Sunday 30 August, 2015 Buy Tickets → In January 1969 student Jan Palach set himself on fire in Prague in protest against the Soviet occupation. While the police searched for his followers, the government commenced a denunciation campaign forcing Palach’s family to hire charismatic attorney Dagmar Buresová to defend his reputation. […]

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Friday, August 21, 2015 | Filed under: Cinema

The Virgin Suicides GFT Tuesday 25 August, 2015

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The Virgin Suicides15 GFT Tuesday 25 August, 2015 20:30 p.m. Before the summer of ‘99, Sofia Coppola was known only for being the daughter of Francis Ford Coppola. However, upon the release of The Virgin Suicides she quickly became one of America’s most interesting filmmakers, delicately exploring themes of identity, angst and awkwardness in young […]

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The Treatment GFT Friday 21–Thursday 27 August, 2015

The-Treatment

The Treatment18 GFT Friday 21–Thursday 27 August, 2015 Based on the chiller by acclaimed British author Mo Hayder, Nordic Noir turns frighteningly Flemish in Belgium’s top-grossing film of 2014. Gut-wrenching to an unprecedented degree, nerves of steel are required to watch this truly shocking serial killer thriller. Inspector Nick Cafmeyer is haunted by the unsolved […]

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The President GFT Friday 21–Thursday 27 August, 2015

The-President

The President15 GFT Friday 21–Thursday 27 August, 2015 A sharp, absorbing and gutsy satire from Iranian director Mohsen Makhmalbaf, The President focuses on an ageing dictator in an unnamed country, known only as The President. When a coup rips away his entitlement, he is left with his adored grandson, whose parents were killed in the […]

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Manglehorn GFT Friday 21–Thursday 27 August, 2015

Manglehorn

Manglehorn12A GFT Friday 21–Thursday 27 August, 2015 Unpredictable director David Gordon Green (All the Real Girls, Joe) casts Hollywood legend Al Pacino as A.J. Manglehorn, a lonely locksmith who spends his time looking after his cat and writing romantic letters to his lost love Clara. However, with the help of friendly bank teller Dawn (Holly […]

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Mike Tramp Friday 11th September 2015 The Classic Grand

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Mike Tramp Friday 11th September 2015 The Classic Grand Michael Trempenau better known as Mike Tramp is a Danish singer and songwriter £13 7:00pm til 11:00pm (last entry 9:00pm) Minimum Age: 18 The Classic Grand 18 Jamaica Street G1 4NR Glasgow, UK http://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Glasgow/Audio/Mike-Tramp-Band/12436672/

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Thursday, August 20, 2015 | Filed under: Gig Guide plus Club Events

Rose Kallal, with Cru Servers and Phosphene CCA Tue 15 September 2015

the hidden noise

The Hidden Noise / humansacrifice presentRose Kallal, with Cru Servers and Phosphene CCA Tue 15 September 2015 8pm, £7 + 70p booking fee (£6 + 60p concessions) via WeGotTickets, available on the door, TheatreAges 15+ Hailing from New York, and in Glasgow for one night only, visual and sound artist Rose Kallal will be performing […]

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Jessie Rae – live music video show , The Art School, Sat 29 Aug 2015

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 Dumb Instrument: Jessie Rae – live music video show + Brass Aye? + Nick Ferrara (Elements of Soul)   The Art School  Saturday 29 August, 2015  8 p.m. £10  £5 After show club Buy tickets online The Art SchoolGSA Students’ Association20 Scott Street 

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LITTLE FIRE / TOM VEVERS / CALUM PEARCE Sunday 13 September, 2015 13th Note

LITTLE FIRE / TOM VEVERS / CALUM PEARCE Sunday 13 September, 2015 13th Note Little Fire – Little Fire is an award winning singer/songwriter from Ayr. Inspired by the warm tone of the voice of Ted Hawkins, the passionate delivery of Ray LaMontagne and the eclectic approach to song writing so ably displayed by John […]

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THE WRONG BOYFRIENDS / THE UNIVERSAL THEE / LT:BK Saturday 12 September, 2015 13th Note

THE WRONG BOYFRIENDS / THE UNIVERSAL THEE / LT:BK Saturday 12 September, 2015 13th Note The Wrong Boyfriends – Dream drowned, demented, gravedigging ghouls The Wrong Boyfriends awake from a sleep of a thousand years, starved, half-mad and desperate for deathrock. Stand perfectly still, lest a torch beam pick you out for the last waltz. […]

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UNCLE JUDAS / THE ROTATIONS / THE BRUTES / THE ANIMAL MOTHERS 13th Note Tuesday 25 August, 2015

UNCLE JUDAS / THE ROTATIONS / THE BRUTES / THE ANIMAL MOTHERS 13th Note Tuesday 25 August, 2015 Uncle Judas: Garage rock four-piece religious experience / The Rotations: Iggy Pop meets Can in 1972 / The Brutes: Garage rockin’ beat trio. Sideburns. / The Animal Mothers: The loudest two-piece in Glasgow. Surfin’ in a garage. […]

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Verses E.P. Launch, Nice ‘n’ Sleazy 27 August, 2015

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Verses E.P. Launch, Nice ‘n’ Sleazy 27 August, 2015 Launch of the fantastic Verses EP , totally free entry and featuring both fresh as it comes talent and established heavyweights such as : Big Taj – Spee Six Nine – Physiks – Red King – Legom – DJ Seedy – DJ Tag : ALL FOR […]

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Alex Cornish Tuesday 1 September, 2015 The Glad Cafe

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Alex Cornish Tuesday 1 September, 2015 The Glad Cafe Alex Cornish is a Scottish Edinburgh-based singer-songwriter. His début album, Until the Traffic Stops, was released in 2008 on Bellevue Records and was co-produced by Stuart Wilson. Later in 2008, the album was remixed with much of it re-recorded, this time with Cornish working on his own. […]

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Heartworn Highways Film Screening + Country Music & Food Sun 23 August 2015 CCA

heartorn highways

Saramago present: Heartworn Highways Film Screening + Country Music & Food Sun 23 August 2015 CCA 7pm, £5 + £1 booking fee, Cinema and Saramago Terrace Bar Ages 18+ Book online / 0141 352 4900 Saramago presents Heartworn Highways, the classic 1981 documentary film exploring the origins of Country music’s 1970s new wave. The film […]

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The Young Bucks at the Glad Cafe Saturday 29 August, 2015 Medical Aid for Palestinians

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The Young Bucks at the Glad Cafe Saturday 29 August, 2015 Medical Aid for Palestinians        The Glad Cafe This fund-raising night for Medical Aid for Palestinians is an opportunity to support and celebrate the effort going on over this year to raise funds for MAP ahead of the Cycle Palestine Challenge in September.  Medical Aid […]

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The Wolfpack GFT Sunday 16–Thursday 27 August, 2015

The-Wolfpack

The Wolfpack15 GFT Sunday 16–Thursday 27 August, 2015 not 17, 18, 19, 20 All six of the Angulo brothers love the movies. Rarely leaving their family apartment on the Lower East Side, most of their knowledge of the outside world comes through films; watching them, typing out the scripts, learning the lines and recreating the […]

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Pongo’s Party Webster’s Theatre 23 Aug 2015

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Pongo’s Party Webster’s Theatre  23 Aug 2015 1:00 pm and 3.30 p.m. Tickets £11 (inc. booking fee).  Presented at Websters Theatre, 416 Great Western Road (just by Kelvinbridge Underground) ‘You are invited to…MARTY MACDONALD’S FARMforPONGO’S PARTY!’ Featuring the voice of CBeebies’ Justin Fletcher as Pongo the Pig! With CBeebies’ Justin Fletcher and Nicole Davis as […]

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4/4 (Reprise) Talks & Discussion With The Forgotten Collective, 26 Aug 2015, Trongate 103

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Wednesday, August 26, 2015 Trongate 103103 Trongate, Glasgow G1 5HD Join The Forgotten Collective as they talk about their experiences of working within a photography group, the collective itself, and their current echibition – 4/4 (Reprise). 4/4 (Reprise) is part of the Institute For Photography Scotland’s “Season of Photography” and is supported by Street Level […]

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Young Talent Exhibition, ProjectAbility 4 Sept – 24 Oct, 2015

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ProjectAbility’s annual Create Exhibition is back for 2015! Young Talent 4 September, 2015 – 24 October, 2015 Project Ability Gallery, Trongate 103, G1 5HD Young Talent showcases and celebrates the artwork created by children and young people from the Create Programme, now in its 15th year. For 2015 a diverse selection of painting, drawing, sculpture and […]

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Summer Daze, Glasgow Film Theatre, 2 – 30 August, 2015

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Great Movies of the Summer GFT, 12 Rose Street, G3 6RB Is the Scottish summer less than sizzling? Take shelter from the showers and catch some of the most summery times in cinema – from an idyllic American town on Amity Island to a lush Provençal countryside – you really do not have to be […]

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Celebrating Women in Music, Dynamic Meladies, Wed 2 September, Big Mouth Coffee Co, G11

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Dynamic Meladies is hosting an evening Celebrating Women in MusicWednesday 2nd September from 7.30 – 10.00pm, Big Mouth Coffee Co, 167Dumbarton Road G11 6AA. All women are invited to join the celebration – whether 35 or 105!) Come along and enjoy the opportunity to raise your own voices in song. Discover more about some of […]

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Wednesday, August 19, 2015 | Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Gig Guide plus Club Events

The Harvest Festival, The Children’s Wood, Sunday 23 August, 2015

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Lots of wonderful activities for all the family. Sunday 23rd August, North Kelvin Meadow. Eco Drama at 1 p.m. FREE Event and part of The Harvest Festival. North Kelvin Meadow, between Clouston Street and Kelbourne Street, North Kelvinside, G20 thechildrenswood.com  

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Carlton Jug Band The Lucky Break Clydebank Sunday 23 August, 2015

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Carlton Jug Band The Lucky Break Clydebank Sunday 23 August, 2015        Sunday 4:00pm Carlton Jug Band is a Glasgow based loose-knit country collective. Country and Bluegrass are the main inspirations behind the tunes but they ‘aint afraid to let rip with a few Stones or Soul numbers. Carlton Jug Band Facebook The world famous […]

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Monday, August 17, 2015 | Filed under: Gig Guide plus Club Events

Let’s Eat Glasgow, Restaurant Festival and Pop Up Market 5- 6 Sept 2015

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Let’s Eat Glasgow is Scotland’s first restaurant festival and Pop-up market 5th – 6th September / FREE ENTRY SWG3, 100 Eastvale Pl, Finnieston, Glasgow G3 8QG Delicious fresh food served by Glasgow’s top restaurants under one roof – including Mother India, Stravaigin, Crabshakk, Ubiquitious Chip, Ox and Finch, Cail Bruich and Guys. Seasonal Produce from […]

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Oxfam Bookshop Byres Road Relaunch with Denise Mina, Karen Campbell and Alison Irvine 21 Aug 2015

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        Friday, August 21, 2015 6:00pm – 8:00pm Oxfam Byres Road Books Come and join the bookshop relaunch celebration after refurbishment and let Oxfam Bookshop Byres Road share the shop’s new look with you. You can browse the bookshelves, have a drink and sample some Fairtrade food and listen to authors speaking about what […]

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Sunday, August 16, 2015 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Shopping

Duncan McCrone Band, Live at the Star Folk Club, Tuesday 25 August, 2015

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  Duncan McCrone is a Glasgow-born singer-songwriter with over thirty-five years experience of live performance both solo and with a variety of traditional bands. Duncan performs original songs, traditional ballads and covers. His songs are love songs to life, to places, to the people and things that really matter.   Tuesday 25 August at 8 […]

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StrEAT Glasgow, Launch of Street Food Festival 26 and 27 September, 2015

strEAT Glasgow

StrEAT Glasgow Monthly Street Food Festival 26 September 2015 to 27 September 2015     The Briggait, 141 Bridgegate, Glasgow G1 5HZ     Street food has been taking off in major cities around the world and now it’s coming to Glasgow. Sure to prove very popular with all the family with a wonderful variety of street food, drinks, […]

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Do the Right Thing GFT Tuesday 18 August, 2015

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Do the Right Thing18 GFT Tuesday 18 August, 2015 On the hottest day of the summer in the Bedford-Stuyvesant district of Brooklyn, Italian-American Sal Fragione opens his pizza parlour in the same way he has for the past 25 years. However, on this day, the simmering racial tensions between Sal’s Italian-American family and the predominately […]

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Friday, August 14, 2015 | Filed under: Cinema

Theeb GFT Friday 14–Thursday 20 August, 2015

Theeb

Theeb15 GFT Friday 14–Thursday 20 August, 2015 There are echoes of Kipling and classic westerns in Naji Abu Nowar’s thrilling, award-winning adventure shot on breathtaking locations in southern Jordan. It is 1916 and Bedouin boy Theeb and his elder brother Hussein are largely unaware of the global conflict until British officer Edward (Jack Fox) arrives […]

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Marshland GFT Friday 7–Thursday 20 August, 2015

Marshland

Marshland15 GFT Friday 7–Thursday 20 August, 2015 Imagine True Detective set in the Andaluz swamplands and you begin to get the measure of Alberto Rodríguez ’s atmospheric, richly textured Spanish murder mystery. It is 1980 and Spain is slowly emerging from the shadows of the Franco era. In the sleepy backwater of Villafranco del Guadalquivir, […]

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