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

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..

Clothes Swap Fundraiser – The Art School – Saturday 20 June, 3 -7 p.m.

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Donations of baking welcome too x thanks! Funds raised will enable girls from low income households and the asylum seeker, refugee community attend our rock summer school – arts for all! Rock ‘n’ Roll School for Girls – Glasgow Rock’n’Roll Summer School for Girls Glasgow is a week long music programme aimed at girls aged […]

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Friday, June 19, 2015 | Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers

FORK Summer Gala Saturday 20th June, 2015

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Friends of The River Kelvin Gala Poster designed by local illustrator and Alice Dansey-Wright  http://cargocollective.com/alicedanseywright As part of the West End Festival, FORK organises a Gala on the river every year. An opportunity to show off, network with local people and organisations, celebrate the wonderful River Kelvin…. and have a great time! The area around […]

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Children’s Events West End Festival 2015

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The 20th West End Festival has a wonderful programme including a fabulous range of events for children and families. Some of them are highlighted below and more can be found in the West End Festival Programme Children and Families Nick Sharratt Family Event 20 June, 2015 12.00 a.m.         Hillhead Library          A […]

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Rehearsed reading of Liz Lochhead’s Medea , Royal Conservatoire, 21 June, 2015

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Rehearsed reading of Liz Lochhead’s Medea  Sunday 21st June, 2015 4pm The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Alexander Gibson Opera Studio 100 Renfrew Street, Glasgow G2 3DB

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Joan Eardley’s Seated Boy at The Hunterian

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Joan Eardley, Seated Boy, 1955. © Estate of Joan Eardley. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2015. Image © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow 2015. Accepted under the Cultural Gifts Scheme by HM Government and allocated to The Hunterian, 2015. Donated in memory of Dr Mary Catto. The Hunterian is first Scottish gallery to benefit from Cultural […]

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IAIN FORBES + KING OF BIRDS + CHLOE MARIE, CC Music Shop, Sunday 21 June, 2015

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  IAIN FORBES @ The West End Festival + KING OF BIRDS + CHLOE MARIE    Sunday 21 June, 2015 3:00pm – 6:00pm Part of West End Festival CC Music Shop33 Otago Street, Glasgow G12 8JJ Join us at CC Music on Sunday 21st June for a performance by one the UK’s finest virtuoso guitarists, the […]

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Thursday, June 18, 2015 | Filed under: Gig Guide plus Club Events, West End Festival 2015

Street Festival, Queen Margaret Drive, 21 June, 2015

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Part of West End Festival Sunday 21st June – part of Queen Margaret Drive closed to traffic from 9am till 6pm to allow all the residents and visitors to enjoy the festival! Street play for the whole family (sports and games, arts & crafts in Oban Lane, inflatables, disco dome), stalls with great food and […]

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Webster’s Theatre, Kelvinbridge to create a bistro catering facility

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The Stage is Set An investment package of £60K from Resilient Scotland will enable FACT THREE, the group behind Webster’s Theatre, to create a bistro catering facility.  This new bistro will help transform Lansdowne Parish Church into a vibrant social hub for the West End of Glasgow. Building on the success of Cottiers, FACT THREE […]

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Lanark – A Life in Three Acts Aug 15 – Sept 19 , 2015. The Citizens Theatre

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Lanark – A Life in Three Acts The Citizens 15 August – 19 September, 2015 August 22 – August 31 Royal Lyceum Theatre 30b Grindlay Street, EH3 9AX Edinburgh Buy tickets online Citizens Theatre | Adapted from the novel by Alasdair Gray Graham Eatough (Director) David Greig (Writer) Nick Powell (composer) Laura Hopkins (Designer) World […]

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Wednesday, June 17, 2015 | Filed under: What's on in Glasgow: Theatre and Comedy

New Media, New Scotland | CommonSpace Launch Party, 21 June, 2015

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New Media, New Scotland | CommonSpace Launch Party     Sunday 21 June, 2015     2:00pm Glasgow School Of Art Student Union 486 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow          Find Tickets www.eventbrite.co.uk Join CommonSpace for a celebration of the new media in Scotland six months on from their launch. A host of Scotland’s other […]

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Socialist Summer Party 2015, West of Scotland Cricket Club, 4 July, 2015

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        Saturday, July 4, 2015  7:00pm      Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk Glasgow South and Glasgow North West & Clydebank SSP are proud to announce we will be hosting a night of celebrations of our great political struggle. Too often do we campaign, too little do we celebrate. Let us celebrate the summer together. We extend a hand […]

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Summer Festival 2015 – West Dunbartonshire

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Six Weeks of Creative Workshops – West Dunbartonshire Information on Facebook Events for kids and young people

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Raintown at CC Music Shop – West End Festival

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Part of West End Festival On Sunday, 14 June, 2015, I went along with Jim and his dad, Jimmy, to catch Raintoun perform at CC Music Shop, 33 Otago Street in Hillhead.   I’d been hearing a fair bit about the band, described as ‘the hottest new duo in the Country/Americana scene.‘ Maverick Magazine, so […]

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The Mill Girls On Tour, Woodside Halls, Saturday 20 June, 2015

Saturday 20 June 1 p.m. doors 12.40 p.m. Paisley, Scotland’s largest town, has a global significance as a textile town, from the world famous Paisley Pattern and Shawl, to young weavers experimenting to produce thread as fine as silk. The thread mills of Paisley once produced 98% of the world’s thread. In 1993 the doors […]

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Little Fire & Scott Macdonald Thursday, July 9, 2015 The Glad Cafe

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Little Fire & Scott Macdonald Thursday, July 9  8:00pm        The Glad Cafe Tickets £7 on the door or purchase online at Buy tickets online www.littlefiremusic.com/ www.scott-macdonald.co.uk/ The Glad Cafe, 1006a Pollokshaws Road, Shawlands, G41 2HG

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Tuesday, June 16, 2015 | Filed under: Gig Guide plus Club Events

Book Launch: Tales From a Cancelled Country: Launch Event – thi wurd books, 18 June, 2015 STUC

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  Tales From a Cancelled Country: Launch Event Thurs 18th June 2015, 6.30pm STUC Building, Woodlands Rd This is a free event to launch the first publication from thi wurd books, Tales From a Cancelled Country. The event will feature a sequence of short readings from the book, as well as drinks, music, and discussion. […]

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Elaine C Smith and Christina Dunwoodie: Torch Song Divas, Websters Theatre, 19/20 June, 2015

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Elaine C Smith and Christina Dunwoodie: Torch Song DivasWebsters Theatre (Lansdowne Church), 416 Great Western Road, G4 9HZ Friday 19 June, 2015 8:00pmSaturday 20 June, 2015 8:00pm £15 www.primavoce.org.uk The fabulous voices of Torch Song Divas Elaine C Smith and Christina Dunwoodie combine the earthiness of soul, blues and jazz with the lyricism of classic […]

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Sol Summer Season of Classic Cuts at Òran Mór, Until 20th June, 2015

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PHILOCTETESby SophoclesAdapted by Benny YoungDirected by Liz CarruthersFeaturing George Docherty, Daniel Portman and Benny Young Running at PPP Oran Mor from 15th – 20th June. ‘Those whom the Gods would punish first drive mad. Those whom the the Gods would test – suffer. Sophocles’ drama about betrayal, deceit and prophesy. Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.’ […]

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Vintage Bus Service, West End Festival, 28 June, 2015

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PLEASE NOTE THAT THE  EVENT HAS BEEN MOVED FROM SUNDAY 21 JUNE TO SUNDAY 28 JUNE. Glasgow Vintage Vehicle Trust: Vintage Bus Service Riverside Transport Museum, West End, Hyndland, Victoria Park, Anniesland and Botanic Gardens.Riverside, Glasgow, G3 Sunday 28 JunE, 2015 11:30am www.gvvt.org Free vintage bus service. Travel on our restored historic buses and coaches […]

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RSPB – Glasgow Wildlife Garden Festival, 1 – 31 July, 2015

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Glasgow Wildlife Garden Festival returns, with worm charming, photography workshops, a city-wide bioblitz, and much more!The Glasgow Wildlife Garden Festival has launched its programme for 2015, offering over 70 exciting events at sites around the city from July 1-31. Download programme (PDF) Now in its second year, the festival is a collaborative effort between RSPB […]

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Monday, June 15, 2015 | Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Kids and young people

Glasgow Mela 25th Anniversary Sunday 14th June, 2015

25th Anniversary Sunday 14th June, 2015 Kelvingrove Park, Kelvin Way, G12 Free and open to all. Glasgow Mela is Scotland’s biggest free multicultural festival. It takes place annually, and is open to all ages. Come along and enjoy the atmosphere and entertainment with a diverse programme of colourful performances representing cultures from across the world. […]

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Saturday, June 13, 2015 | Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, West End Festival 2015

Raintown and Guests C C Music Otago Street, 14 June, 2015

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Raintown and Guests C C Music33 Otago Street, G12 8JJ Sunday 14 June 2:00pm Free Event. www.ccmusicshop.co.uk Eight awards in 3 years, including the recent British Country Music Award’s (BMCA) for ‘Entertainer of the Year’ and ‘Female Vocalist of the Year,’ ‘Raintown’ are fast gaining the reputation as one of the hottest Country acts in […]

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Friday, June 12, 2015 | Filed under: Gig Guide plus Club Events, West End Festival 2014

Launch of Jim Carruth’s Killochries, Thursday, June 18, 2015 6:30pm Tell it slant

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Launch of Jim Carruth’s Killochries        Thursday, June 18 6:30pm Tell it slant Join Glasgow’s current poet laureate for the launch of his stunning collection, Killochries. Killochries is a stunning verse novella, tracking the relationship of two very different men working a remote sheep farm over the course of twelve months. As the winter breaks, […]

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Bard in the Botanics: Love’s Labour’s Lost, West End Festival 24 – 27 June, 2015

Bard in the Botanics : Love’s Labour’s Lost FESTIVAL DATES: 24 – Sat 27 June – 7:45pm Tickets £17.50 (£10 conc). Phone 0141 429 0022 for bookings www.bardinthebotanics.co.uk In order to dedicate themselves to a life of study, the King of Navarre and his friends take an oath to avoid the company of women for […]

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West End Science 13 June, 2015

West End Science Barratts Newagent 263 Byres Road, G12 8LT Saturday 13 Jun 2:00pm All tickets £7.50. Please get a ticket in advance from Barretts Newsagent, 263 Byres Road from May 5. This tells you where to start the walk! A stroll with Glasgow author Ian R Mitchell around places associated with eminent scientists who […]

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Read It In A Different Language The Language Hub Children’s Bookshop Sunday 14 June 2015

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Read It In A Different Language The Language Hub Children’s Bookshop Sunday 14 June 20151.30-3.30      Another chance to find out what your favourite children’s books sound like in another language. Suitable for children aged 3-7 and their grown ups. Promises to be fun and interactive: 1.30 – We’re Going on a Bear Hunt […]

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Na Neonachain: Alien’s Love Underpants (3-5 yrs) An Lèanag, Saturday 20 June, 2015

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    Na Neonachain: Alien’s Love Underpants (3-5 yrs) An Lèanag, 32 Mansefield Street, Partick, Glasgow, G11 5QP   Saturday 20 June, 2015   part of West End Festival   In this Scottish Gaelic fun session, for ages 3 to 5 years, we focus on the story of Na Neonachain. We learn about space and the […]

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Scottish Mussel World Premier – Edinburgh Film Festival

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World Premier – Edinburgh Film Festival 26 June, 20:50 at Cineworld 8 Buy tickets online 27 June, 15:40 at Cineworld 8 Buy tickets online Ednburhg Film Festival runs from 17 – 28 June, 2015 www.edfilmfest.org.uk/ Scottish Mussel There are mussels a-plenty in this Highland comedy. The romantic comedy as filmed in and around Dunoon during […]

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