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

TO BE RESCHEDULED: Scottish Writers’ Centre In Process Masterclass with Rodge Glass Tue 21 July 2015 CCA

EVENT CANCELLED – TO BE RESCHEDULED Scottish Writers’ Centre In Process Masterclass with Rodge Glass Tue 21 July 2015 CCA 7pm, £6 (£3) on the door, Free to members, Clubroom Ages 18+ Rodge Glass is the author of No Fireworks (Faber, 2005) and Hope for Newborns (Faber, 2008), as well as Alasdair Gray: A Secretary’s […]

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IPC Swimming World Championships 13 – 19 July, 2015 Tollcross International Swimming Centre

IPC Swimming World Championships 13 – 19 July, 2015 Tollcross International Swimming Centre More than 650 athletes from over 50 countries descend on Glasgow to compete at the very top level of para-swimming. It’s the biggest event on the calendar for disability swimming outside of a Paralympic year, so keep an eye out for emerging […]

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Shut Up and Write, Tuesdays, Siempre Bicycle Cafe, Partick G11

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Seed Bomb Making Siempre Cafe 29 July, 2015

Seed Bomb Making Siempre Cafe 29 July, 2015 2 p.m. Workshop on making seed bombs.  Help the environment and make it beautiful. Free+44 (0) 141 334 2385info@siemprebicyclecafe.com www.siemprebicyclecafe.com 162 Dumbarton RoadGlasgow G11 6XE

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Blood, Sweat and Gears Exhibition, Riverside Museum

Blood, Sweat and Gears Exhibition Riverside Museum Until 1 January, 2016 This new display celebrates the achievements of Para-Sport Tandem cyclists Aileen McGlynn and Louise Haston, who won four silver medals at the Glasgow XX Commonwealth Games. Key objects from the Games, including their tandem bike and race suits, reveal the extreme highs and lows […]

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Seeds of Thought Poetry Night, CCA 29 August, 2015

Seeds of Thought Poetry Night Sat 29 August 2015 CCA 7.30pm, Free, Theatre Ages 18+ Seeds of Thought poetry night is a fun relaxed evening of spoken word and music. An open mic session invites those who want to join in the fun, or just sit back and take in the performances. No two events […]

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Access Film Club: Adventureland GFT Tuesday 14 July, 2015

Access Film Club: Adventureland 15 GFT Tuesday 14 July, 2015 19:00 Glasgow Film Theatre, together with Scottish Autism, is delighted to host a monthly film club which includes a screening and post-film discussion in a welcoming and accessible environment.  Access Film Club will take place on the second Tuesday of the month at Glasgow Film Theatre. […]

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This Is Spinal Tap15 GFT Wednesday 15 July, 2015

This Is Spinal Tap15 GFT Wednesday 15 July, 2015 18:20 Let’s turn it up to eleven, smell the glove and join the world’s most ludicrous metal band for their disastrous reunion tour across the USA. Filmed backstage as they attempt to reclaim their former glory, this mockumentary was so convincing that many audiences initially thought […]

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Scottish Screenwriters – Monthly Meetings CCA

  Monthly meeting, workshops, table readings and networking          Monday, July 13, 2015 6:30pm – 9:30pm CCA Glasgow Castings for this will soon be on the website. Castings will be through the website only www.scottishscreenwriters.co.uk ***Scripts will NOT be considered for workshops unless they are properly formatted for screen. This can be done […]

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Song of the Sea GFT Friday 10–Thursday 16 July, 2015

Song of the SeaPG GFT Friday 10–Thursday 16 July, 2015 Irish animator Tomm Moore follows up his dazzling Oscar-nominated debut The Secret of Kells with a sumptuous tale of a young selkie who goes on an adventure with her brother to save her world. Based on Irish folklore, this touching and tender story features the […]

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P’tit Quinquin15 GFT Friday 10–Wednesday 15 July, 2015

P’tit Quinquin15 GFT Friday 10–Wednesday 15 July, 2015 Channelling the absurdity and dry humour of films like Twin Peaks and The League of Gentlemen, the Normandy-set P’tit Quinquin is a hilarious, oddball murder mystery with a wonderfully eccentric, sharply comic touch. When a dead cow is found to contain human remains, a completely clueless detective […]

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Fundraising Ceilidh Maryhill Foodbank, Community Central Halls, Saturday 15 August, 2015

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Sean C Kennedy, Magnum Theatre, Irvine, 14 August, 2015

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Supporting Democracy: Music and Words, Thursday 9 July, 2015 Siempre Bicycle Cafe

Supporting Democracy: Music and Words Part 4 Thursday 9 July, 2015 7 p.m.        Siempre Bicycle Cafe162 Dumbarton Road, Partick, Glasgow G116XE If you think we have equality, you’re not paying attentionIf you think this is democracy, you’re not paying attentionIf you’re not angry, you’re not paying attention Do you support democracy? Do you support […]

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The Stand, Comedy Club Glasgow Thursday 9 July, 2015

The Stand, Comedy Club Glasgow Thursday 9 July, 2015 A limited allocation of 2-4-1 tickets for this Thursday. Please call our Box Office on 0141 212 3389 or book online  using the discount code FURRSDAY. The weekend starts here! Five acts on a two hour stand-up showcase. Featuring our ace comperes, the best headliners on […]

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Blood or Whiskey, with Ballachulish Hellhounds, King Tuts Wah Wah Hut 8 August, 2015

Blood or Whiskey King Tuts Wah Wah Hut 8 August, 2015 Tickets £8 Gig info and buy tickets Or buy special £5 ticket from the Hellhounds. Limited number. Purchase special ticket This will be our only Glasgow gig and we have a limited amount of discounted tickets, we would love to see you there!! The […]

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Glasgow Sport Summer Activity Programme 29th June – 7th August 2015

Fantastic range of brilliant activities including badminton, football, basketball, gymnastics and disability sports Glasgow Sport Summer Activity Programme29th June – 7th August 2015 Many venues throughout the city including Emirates Arena, Toryglen Regional Football Centre,  Springburn Park, Scotstoun, Ruchill and Palace of Arts. The programme is packed with all the info you need to make […]

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CinemaAttic Summer Shorts: Rebels & Valiants Thu 9 July 2015 CCA

CinemaAttic Summer Shorts: Rebels & Valiants Thu 9 July 2015 CCA 7.30pm, £5 (£4) + 60p booking fee, Cinema Ages 18+ Book online / 0141 352 4900 Animated rebels: this programme of Spanish & Latin American short animation films is a unique journey through some of the best work from Spanish-speaking creators, who have through […]

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The Last Waltz GFT Wednesday 8 July, 2015

The Last WaltzU GFT Wednesday 8 July, 2015 Buy tickets online On 25 November 1976 at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco, legendary American rock act The Band took to the stage to bid farewell to their fans by performing a rousing concert celebrating their legacy. Over the course of that evening they were joined […]

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London Road GFT Monday 6–Tuesday 7 July, 2015

London Road15 GFT Monday 6–Tuesday 7 July, 2015 Buy tickets online In 2006 the quiet rural town of Ipswich was rocked by the discovery of the bodies of five women. In 2011 director Rufus Norris brought this tale to the National Theatre stage, in the form of a verbatim musical mystery thriller based on interviews […]

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That Sugar Film GFT Friday 3–Saturday 4 July, 2015

That Sugar Film12A GFT Friday 3–Saturday 4 July, 2015 Buy tickets online Australian actor-turned-director Damon Gameau wants to expose the huge amounts of sugar we consume without knowing it and, like Morgan Spurlock in his 2004 doc Super Size Me, Gameau is willing to offer his own body as a test case. The film follows […]

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The Overnight GFT Friday 3–Thursday 9 July, 2015

The Overnight15 GFT Friday 3–Thursday 9 July, 2015 Buy tickets online Attempting to acclimatise to their new Los Angeles home, Alex and Emily (Adam Scott and Taylor Schilling) take their son on a family ‘playdate’ with a similarly young family they meet at the park. After the children are put to bed, the mysterious Kurt […]

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Still the Water GFT Friday 3–Thursday 9 July, 2015

Still the Water15 GFT Friday 3–Thursday 9 July, 2015 Buy tickets online Naomi Kawase is a master of serene, spiritual dramas in which earthly troubles are contrasted with the healing powers of the natural world. Still the Water is set on the tropical Japanese island of Amami where 16-year-old Kyôko (Jun Yoshinaga) is falling in […]

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Pop Up Art this Summer, Ashton Lane G12, 4th – 5th July, 2015

Pop Up Art  West End Artists Ashton Lane, Next to Jinty McGuintys. From 12 p.m. – 4 p.m. (Ashton Lane by Garry Conway) Garry Conway – Scottish Illustrations

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The Trades House Lecture Kelvin Gallery, Thursday 9 July, 2015

Patient–Empowered Precision Medicine: Glasgow’s USP Kelvin Gallery, University of Glasgow, 6pm, Thursday 9 July 2015 This year’s speaker is Professor Anna Dominiczak, Regius Chair of Medicine and Vice-Principal and Head of the College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences. Her talk entitled ‘Patient-Empowered Precision Medicine: Glasgow’s USP’ will focus on Glasgow’s unique position in the […]

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Exclusive Preview of Song of the Sea, GFT Monday 6 July, 2015

Exclusive Preview of Song of the Sea (PG) at Glasgow Film TheatreArzzita Nash, Into FilmMonday, 6 July 2015 from 13:00 to 15:00 (BST) Free tickets book at eventbrite GFT, 12 Rose Street, G3 6RB

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Slow West GFT Friday 26 June – Thursday 9 July, 2015

Slow West GFT Friday 26 June – Thursday 9 July, 2015 Buy tickets The directorial debut of Scottish filmmaker John Maclean (formerly of The Beta Band) is a brazen and pronounced revisionist Western, pivoting around the relationship between the young lovelorn Jay Cavendish (Kodi Smit-McPhee) and grizzled bounty hunter Silas (Michael Fassbender). Travelling across a […]

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Dave Arcari and Mick Hargan, Double Headline Show, The Glad Cafe 17 July

With Special Guests John Mackay and Up In Smoke   Friday, July 17, 2-15 7:00pm The Glad Cafe Double headline show Newborn sessions present Dave Arcari ./ Mick Hargan. Support from John Mackay and Up In Smoke doors 7pm. £10. Ticket link Mickhargan.bigcartel.com Dave Arcari SLIDE guitarist & songwriter Dave Arcari’s alt.blues sounds owe as […]

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Glasgow Vigil for Raif Badawi 4 July, Buchanan Steps

12 p.m. 4 July, 2015 Buchanan Steps Raif Badawi is a Saudi Arabian blogger who, for no greater crime than championing the basic human right to free speech, has been sentenced to 1000 lashes and ten years in prison by the Saudi Arabian Government. While a huge international outcry has so far prevented the Saudi […]

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Blackfriars, Merchants City, Gigs July, 2015

Coming up in July including details of the Merchant City Festival Stage Bands… Tuesday Nights The Shiverin Sheiks 9pm free entry Thursday Nights Big Sandys Open Mic 8.30pm free entry – all performers welcome, guitar provided. Sunday Nights All gigs free entry 9pm start: – 5th The Journeymen – 12th The Gift – 19th Itchy […]

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