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

William Bonar and Eveline Pye, Launch of Poetry Pamphlets, The Project Cafe, Wed 12 August, 2015

 Joint launch of “Offering” by William Bonar and “Smoke that Thunders” by Eveline Pye           Wednesday 12 August, 2015 7:00pm The Project Café Offering (Red Squirrel Press) is William Bonar’s second pamphlet, a collection of poems previously published in Gutter, Aesthetica, Anon, Glasgow Review of Books, Northwords Now, The Verb (BBC, Radio 3) and […]

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Piping Live Glasgow 10 – 16 August, 2015

Piping Live Glasgow 10  – 16 August, 2015 Celebrate the international diversity of the bagpipes Artists from all corners of the globe will showcase their traditions and musical heritage in the Glenfiddich Tent at George Square as part of our Music of the Nations series. A range of events to entertain all the family. Artists […]

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Glasgow Street Style Festival, Meet The Locals Thurs 13 Aug, 2015 The Studio

Meet the Locals & The Studio presents Glasgow Street Style Festival Thursday 13 August, 20158 p.m. The Studio8 Dixon Street, Glasgow G1 4AX Meet The Locals night in collaboration with one of the best tattoo studios in Gtown – The Studio. Pop up shops from top of the top brands, born and raised in this […]

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The Mick Tausney Band, The Lucky Break, Clydebank Sunday 9 August, 2015

  The Mick Tausney Band   The World Famous Lucky Break   Sunday 9 August, 2015 4:00pm 26-30 Glasgow Rd, Clydebank, Dunbartonshire G81 1SE

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Glasgow Alternative and Burlesque Fair Queen Margaret Union, Glasgow Uni, 8 August, 2015

8th August, 2015 Noon till 6 p.m. Vintage, Burlesque, Rockabilly, Gothic and Steampunk Jewellery, Artwork, Clothing, Accessories  and Entertainment £5 Watch out for  Lala Manning – retro and vintage jewellery 22 University Gardens, G12 8QN  

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Magners’ Summer Nights Kelvingrove Bandstand 6 – 13 August, 2015

Magners Summer Nights Kelvingrove Bandstand Kelvin Way,  (adjacent to Art Gallery) Highlights of this year’s festival include King Creosote, Echo & the Bunnymen, Roddy Frame and Glasvegas.  More information and buy tickets artists

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Summer Shorts: Rebels & Valiants CCA Thu 13 August 2015

CinemaAttic Summer Shorts: Rebels & Valiants CCA Thu 13 August 2015 7.30pm, £5 (£4) + 60p booking fee, Cinema Ages 18+ Book online / 0141 352 4900 CinemaAttic is committed to bring you a monthly dose of good stories from emerging Spanish and Latin American talent. Such is its diversity that our selection had to […]

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Josephine Decker: Butter on the Latch GFT Saturday 8 August, 2015

Josephine Decker: Butter on the LatchN/C 18+ Saturday 8 August, 2015 GFT Josephine Decker is one of the most exciting new talents to emerge from recent American independent cinema. Fascinated with the deceptive beauty of the American pastoral landscape, Decker uses her blissful cinematic settings to delve into the mysteries of the female mind and […]

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The Diary of a Teenage Girl GFT Friday 7–Thursday 13 August, 2015

The Diary of a Teenage Girl18 GFT Friday 7–Thursday 13 August, 2015 Like all adolescents, Minnie Goetze longs for acceptance from a world that confuses and excites her in equal measures. Her mother Charlotte has very few boundaries when it comes to indulging in her various vices, and encourages her daughter to do the same. […]

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Josephine Decker: Thou Wast Mild and Lovely Sunday 9 August, 2015 GFT

Josephine Decker: Thou Wast Mild and LovelyN/C 18+ Sunday 9 August, 2015 7.15 p.m. GFT Josephine Decker’s second feature is an intriguing, troubling and impressionistic thriller inspired by East of Eden. When Akin arrives at the farm, he finds his job. This is what he expected to find. When Sarah opens her legs, she finds […]

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Evergreen Outdoor Nursery Glasgow North West

Maryhill Mobile Children’s Services (a voluntary organisation based in North West Glasgow providing childcare within the community for 26 years) is about to launch Evergreen Outdoor Nursery – Glasgow’s first voluntary sector outdoor nursery. This service within North Glasgow will appeal to families who are looking for more choice when it comes to affordable childcare, […]

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Gutter No 13 – available from 14 August, 2015

Commissioned writers include Liz Lochhead, Pippa Goldschmidt, Jim Carruth, Christine De Luca, Rodge Glass, Doug Johnstone and Neil Mackay.  There’s also an interview with Liz Lochhead. Particularly good to see the very talented Stephanie Brown contributing to the magazine. Gutter No 13 available from Friday 14 August, 2015. See full list of writers. Subscribe to […]

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The Stray Birds plus The Jellyman’s Daughter, Tues 25th Aug 2015 St Andrew’s In The Square

The Stray Birds plus The Jellyman’s Daughter Tuesday 25th August 2015 St Andrew’s In The Square Glasgow Tickets £14 from Tickets Scotland 0141 204 5151 Doors 7.30pm, 8pm start. Book online The Stray Birds, who went down a storm at two, sell out gigs in Glasgow in 2014, are returning to the city for a […]

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52 Tuesdays until Thursday 13 August, 2015 GFT

52 Tuesdays15 Monday 3–Thursday 13 August, 2015 not 4, 5, 6 Billie is just 16 when her mother Jane informs her that she is choosing to live her future life as a man. Although Billie is to live with her father, every Tuesday will be sacred as a space in which Billie and Jane/James can […]

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Jaws GFT Tuesday 11 August, 2015

Jaws12A GFT Tuesday 11 August 20:00 p.m. Buy tickets online What would a summer movie season be without an outing for the original summer blockbuster? Steven Spielberg’s 1975 shark saga transformed his career and set the standard for Hollywood, while frightening moviegoers out of the water for years. When pieces of human flesh wash up […]

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Doune the Rabbit Hole Festival, 21 – 23 August, 2015

21 – 23 August, 2015 Doune the Rabbit Hole is an intimate, independent music & arts festival located amidst the glorious ancient oak trees of the Cardross Estate in Stirlingshire. Full line up Buy tickets Cardross Estate, Port of Menteith, Stirlingshire, FK8 3JY

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St Louis 5th Birthday Party with Spiders on Mars, Frid 14th Aug, 2015

Party Time At St Louis Cafe Bar St Louis 5th Birthday Party Friday 14th August, 2015 The David Bowie Tribute Band – Spiders On Mars will help celebrate the occasion. All Welcome St Louis Cafe Bar, 714 Dumbarton Road, Glasgow G11 6RD Telephone 0141 339 1742www.stlouis-cafebar.co.uk/

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Linda Jaxson Blue Band, Sat 29 August, St Louis Cafe Bar

Live Music at St. Louis Linda Jaxson Blue Band Saturday 29th August, 2015 at 9pm Live music at St Louis Cafe Bar with Linda Jaxson Blue Band – as always you will enjoy every moment of the set. Book your table early on 0141 339 1742.www.stlouis-cafebar.co.uk/

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She Makes War support Gareth McNicol, Friday 14 August, The Blue Chair

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Future Shorts Glasgow Summer Season Fri 14 August 2015 CCA

Future Shorts Glasgow Summer Season Fri 14 August 2015 CCA 7.30pm, £5 + 50p booking fee in advance via WeGotTickets, £5 on the door, Cinema Ages 15+ Book online / 0141 352 4900 Future Shorts Glasgow comes to CCA this August with another great programme of some of the best short films from around the […]

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Knightswood School – Rae McGreevy Malawi Young Leaders of Learning Trip

ZUMBA FOR MALAWI – Dalmuir C.E. CENTRE 6.30 P.M. – 8.00  P.M. A FIVER TO ZUMBA PLUS RAFFLE Duntocher Rd, Clydebank G81 4RQ (Five minutes from Dalmuir Train Station – Mountblow Bus passes Centre) Sixteen year old Rae McGreevy, a pupil at Knightswood Secondary School, has been  been selected to go on the Malawi Young […]

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Mugstock, Festival Mugdock Country Park, 7 – 9 August, 2015

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Butterfly Rammy – Glasgow Preview Thurs, 6 Aug, 2015 Mono Cafe Bar

Butterfly Rammy – Glasgow Preview Thursday, 6 August, 2015 8:30pm – 10:00pm  Mono Cafe Bar Just before we begin our run of 21 dates at the Edinburgh Fringe, we’re delighted to have an advance showing of Butterfly Rammy in Glasgow. Each of the Fringe shows is unique, with each day themed around a different Scots […]

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An afternoon with David Mitchell Saturday 15th August, 2015 Mitchell LIbrary,

An afternoon with David Mitchell Saturday 15th August 14:00  Mitchell LIbrary, North Street, Glasgow, G3 7DA Glasgow Man Booker longlisted and bestselling author David Mitchell will read from, and discuss, his latest critically acclaimed novel The Bone Clocks.  

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Red Queen, Victoria Aveyard, Waterstones Sauchiehall St 12 August, 2015

Victoria Aveyard Waterstones, Sauchiehall Street 12 August,  2015 5 p.m. Talking about her thrilling fantasy trilogy – Red Queen. Special event followed by a book signing. £2 redeemable against book. Further details: 0141 332 9105 Waterstones, 153-157 Sauchiehall St, Glasgow G2 3EW

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The Glasgow School of Art Material Culture in Action: Practices of making, collecting and re-enacting Art and Design Mon 7 September — Tue 8 September 2015 CCA

The Glasgow School of Art Material Culture in Action: Practices of making, collecting and re-enacting Art and Design Mon 7 September — Tue 8 September 2015 CCA 10am, £119.40 (£49.40) + 60p booking fee, Cinema, Theatre & Clubroom All ages Book online / 0141 352 4900 Please note: tickets allow entry to both days of […]

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Bookmark: Reading Platform Mon 7 September 2015 CCA

Bookmark: Reading Platform Mon 7 September 2015 CCA 8pm, Free, Clubroom A reading group focusing on Art, Culture and Philosophy. Bookmark offers a platform for critical discussion through the collective engagement with a chosen text. Decided by popular vote, the book offers a narrative which in turn can inspire relevant film screenings, talks, and the […]

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Sister Act, King’s Theatre Glasgow Tuesday 4 – Saturday 8 October 2016

              Jamie Wilson Presents A National Tour OfCurve, Leicester’s All New Production Of Sister Act Directed And Choreographed ByCraig Revel HorwoodKing’s Theatre GlasgowTuesday 4 – Saturday 8 October 2016 On Sale Wednesday 5 August 2015 Jamie Wilson is delighted to announce a national tour of an all new production of the hit musical comedy SISTER ACT, directed […]

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Bob Law: walking in the Scottish Borders – Peebles.

An easy, but beautiful, walk near Peebles The border town of Peebles is already a firm destination for day trippers from the central belt with its high street of local shops, riverside strolls along the grassy banks of the Tweed, and rolling country landscapes. Just over an hour’s drive from Glasgow, less from Edinburgh, the […]

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European Fiction in Translation with Donal McLaughlin CCA Tue 18 August 2015

Scottish Writers’ Centre European Fiction in Translation with Donal McLaughlin CCA Tue 18 August 2015 7pm, Free and unticketed, Clubroom Ages 18+ Donal McLaughlin is a founding member of the Scottish Writers’ Centre, and is responsible for international liaison. His first short story collection – An Allergic Reaction to National Anthems & Other Stories (2009) […]

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