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..

Tale 2: A Greyhound of a Girl GFT

a greyhound of a girl

Saturday 17 August, 2024 – 11.30 a.m. English, Luxembourgish, Italian and German with English subtitles. 11-year-old Mary has an insatiable passion for cooking, and dreams of becoming a great chef. Her grandmother Emer, with whom she has a very special relationship, encourages her to make this dream come true. But every path has its obstacles […]

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Thursday, August 15, 2024 | Filed under: Cinema

Poor Things plus Introduction

Sunday 18 August, 2024, 6.50 p.m. Introduced by Rodge Glass, novelist and Alasdair Gray’s biographer. From filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos and producer Emma Stone comes an incredible adaptation of Alasdair Gray’s landmark novel. The story tells of the fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter (Stone), a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox […]

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Alasdair Gray: A Life in Progress at GFT

alasdair gray film gft

Sunday, 18 August, 2024, 3.45 p.m. Progressed with Original Scenes relating to Poor Things – Followed by a Q&A with director Kevin Cameron. Alasdair Gray was, at the point of his death in 2019, Scotland’s foremost writer and artist. He had written the leading novel of 20th Century Scottish literature in Lanark, and hand painted […]

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Gerry Durkin Singing and Storytelling for Kids, Byres Road Book Festival 2024

gerry durkin storytelling for kids

Saturday 28 September,  2024  11:30 a.m.  – 12:30 p.m. Hillhead Library, 348 Byres Road Glasgow G12 8AP Gerry began storytelling professionally in 2002 after working for many years in children’s libraries. Since then he has been Storyteller in Residence for Crookston Castle, worked with the Yehudi Menuhin Foundation in Europe, been a trainer for Bookstart […]

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Banjo Beale at Byres Road Book Festival 2024

banjo beale

Saturday 28 September, 2024, 12:00 – 13:00 Hillhead Library, 348 Byres Road Glasgow G12 8AP Banjo Beale is an interior designer who won the BBC1 series Interior Design Masters in 2022. He is an Australian based on the Isle of Mull, Scotland. He has worked on many interior projects since winning the show, as well as […]

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Jenny Colgan Byres Road Book Festival 2024

Jenny Colgan

Thursday, 26 Sep 2024 7 p.m. – 8 p.m. Hillhead Library, 348 Byres Road Glasgow G12 8AP Jenny Colgan is one of the most successful and prolific authors of feel-good fiction in the UK. Her numerous Sunday Times, New York Times and internationally bestselling books include almost fifty novels, novellas, short stories and children’s books. […]

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Kingsway Community Connections Harvest Festival

kingsway harvest festival

Saturday 14 September, 2024, 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. Event by Kingsway Community Connections Kingsway Estate & Danes Drive Bowls Park, G14 9SR KCC are delighted to announce their Harvest Festival 2024! Loads of activities suitable for all ages, homemade Scottish and Kurdish food, music, dancing and much more. Everything free and everyone welcome. Event […]

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New Victoria Gardens Flower Show & Open Day

new victoria park flower show

Saturday 17 August, 2024, 2 – 5 p.m. New Victoria Gardens Association Opening a little green door into their magic kingdom to the public. Expect the usual lively, friendly atmosphere which you can soak up whilst having a wander around the plots and seeing the flower displays, buying plants or relaxing with a cup of […]

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Book Launch: It Doesn’t Matter When, Lizzie Eldridge

It Doesn't Matter When

Thursday 22 August, 2024, 7p.m. Mount Florida Books, Glasgow, G42 9AF All welcome to the launch of the latest book, It Doesn’t Matter When (Alien Buddha Press), by Lizzie Eldridge. Funds raised at this event will go to help, Eman (a Palestinian writer) escape Gaza with her family Event on Facebook

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Tuesday, August 13, 2024 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events

The Empire Cafe presents Who Owns The Clyde? – Podcast

who owns the clyde

Who owns the Clyde is a three-part citizen investigation into ownership of Glasgow’s iconic River, explored through a kaleidoscope of diverse voices, soundscapes, and poetry. Co-hosts writer Louise Welsh and architect Jude Barber of The Empire Cafe are joined by a range of contributors, as they dive deep into the murky waters of river ownership […]

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Take 2: Nanny McPhee at GFT

take 2 nanny mcphee

Saturday 10 August, 2024 – 11.30 a.m. Widower Cedric Brown hires Nanny McPhee to care for his seven rambunctious children, who have chased away all previous nannies. Taunted by Simon and his siblings, Nanny McPhee uses mystical powers to instill discipline. And when the children’s great-aunt and benefactor, Lady Adelaide Stitch, threatens to separate the […]

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Friday, August 9, 2024 | Filed under: Cinema

Word Festival 2024

words festival

10 August, 2024, 10.30 a.m. – 3.30 p.m. The first ever Inverclyde Word Festival – Gourock Park and amphitheatre. Larkfield Rd, Gourock PA19 1RJ Organised by members of Inverclyde Shed’s creative writing group Inverclyde Shed Facebook The inaugural Inverclyde Words Festival in the Walled Garden, Gourock – loads of fun family activities including: – Inverclyde […]

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Thursday, August 8, 2024 | Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers

Chiara E. Berardelli – new album launch

chiara berardelli album

Sunday 25 August, 2024 at 2 p.m. Chiara will be playing songs from her new album, Archaeology in the Last Night from Glasgow HQ in Unit 10, 1103 Argyle Street, Glasgow, G38ND There’ll be CDs and Vinyl for sale. “obvs it’s a Record Shop! But mine specifically 😊 and i’ll be signing them, illegibly. Be […]

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The Mackintosh Choir – Come and Try

choir

Wednesday 21 August, 20234 – 6.40 p.m. – 8.40 p.m. St John’s Renfield Church, 22 Beaconsfield Rd, Kelvindale, G12 0NY Have you ever thought about joining a choir? After their very successful Tango Mass concert, a number of people have applied to join The Mackintosh Choir. If you’ve ever thought about joining a choir then […]

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Sian at Cottiers

Sian

11 September, 2024 Scottish Tour Sian comprises three of today’s most exquisitely gifted young Gaelic singers – Ceitlin Lilidh, Eilidh Cormack and Ellen MacDonald – accompanied by in-demand multi-instrumentalist Innes White. With direct connections among the singers to Lewis, Skye and North Uist, their arrangements match deep feeling for traditon with stunning, boldly imaginative harmony […]

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Saturday, August 3, 2024 | Filed under: Gig Guide plus Club Events

Amble at Cottiers

Amb le

7 November, 2024 For the Irish trio, Amble, 2024 is already a year to remember. In February Amble released an EP, then completing an extensive Irish and UK tour. Amble’s brand new single “Full Circle” was released on streaming platforms in June, this single kicked off a busy summer leading into an exciting remainder of […]

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Joanna Sternberg at Cottiers

Joanna Sternberg

3 September, 2024 – 8 p.m. – 11 p.m. Joanna Sternberg is a singer, songwriter, musician and visual artist born/based in New York City. Joanna started taking piano lessons when they turned 5. Joanna taught themself how to play the guitar and electric bass when they were 11. Joanna attended LaGuardia High School of Music […]

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Book Launch: The Salt Flats by Rachelle Atalla

the salt flats

Wednesday 28 August, 2024 – 7 p.m. An Evening with Rachelle Atalla Waterstones, 153-157 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3EW Book tickets THE PERFECT ESCAPE. THE PERFECT NIGHTMARE Martha and Finn’s marriage is hanging by a thread. Martha, crippled by paralyzing climate anxiety, finds herself at odds with Finn, who steadfastly refuses to confront the demons […]

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Friday, August 2, 2024 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events

The Long Goodbye at GFT

the long goodbye

Saturday 3 and Monday 5 August, 2024 In his books The Big Sleep and The Long Goodbye, novelist Raymond Chandler’s depictions of the sunny mean streets of Los Angeles and his wise-cracking private eye Philip Marlowe became a classic template for Hollywood cinema of the 1940s. Robert Altman gives that format a distinctly 1970s LA […]

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Alma’s Rainbow at GFT

Alma's rainbow

Friday 2 – Thursday 8 August, 2024 A coming-of-age comedy-drama about three African American women living in Brooklyn, Alma’s Rainbow explores the life of teenager Rainbow Gold (Victoria Gabrielle Platt) as she enters womanhood and navigates standards of beauty, self-image, and the rights women have over their bodies. Rainbow attends a strict parochial school, studies […]

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Werckmeister Harmonies at GFT

werckmeister harmonies

Friday 2 till Thursday 8 August, 2024 An innocent young man witnesses violence break out after an isolated village is inflamed by the arrival of a circus and its peculiar attractions: a giant whale and a mysterious man named “The Prince”. Screening as part of Will Heaven Fall Upon Us? A Béla Tarr Retrospective. Hungarian […]

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The Echo at GFT

the echo

Friday 2 till Thursday 8 August, 2024 In the remote village of El Echo that exists outside of time, the children care for the sheep and their elders. While the frost and drought punish the land, they learn to understand death, illness and love with each act, word and silence of their parents. A story […]

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Shayda at GFT

Shayda

Friday 2 – Thursday 8 August, 2024 Shayda, a brave Iranian mother, finds refuge in an Australian women’s shelter with her six-year-old daughter. Over Persian New Year, they take solace in Nowruz rituals and new beginnings, but when her estranged husband re-enters their lives, Shayda’s path to freedom is jeopardised. Drawn from personal experiences, Iranian-Australian […]

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My Neighbour Tortoro at GFT

Friday 2 – Wednesday 214 August, 2024 Following the success of Hayao Miyazaki’s Oscar-winning The Boy and the Heron, we’re delighted to bring one of Miyazaki’s finest and best loved creations back to GFT. Satsuki and Mei’s mother has taken ill. In order to be closer to her while she recovers in a rural convalescent […]

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Kensuke’s Kingdom at GFT

Kensukes Kingdom

Friday 2 till Thursday 8 August, 2024 All screenings include a short recorded intro by Michael Morpurgo, author of the book Kensuke’s Kingdom. A young boy, shipwrecked on a remote island, discovers he’s not alone when he encounters an old Japanese soldier who retreated there after the Second World War. As dangerous invaders appear on […]

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Take 2: The Inventor at GFT

the inventor take 2

Saturday 3 August 2024 11.30 a.m. Discover a playful toy-like world of invention featuring flying machines, kings, queens and sneaky spies, where nothing seems to go right for the world’s greatest inventor, and he is always running out of time. At the centre of it all is the audacious and ever questioning Princess Marguerite (Daisy […]

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Thursday, August 1, 2024 | Filed under: Cinema, Kids and young people

Life Drawing at McChuills

life drawing mcchuills

Starts Monday 5th August, 2024 First Monday Every Month 6 p.m.- 8 p.m. McChuills, 80 High St, Glasgow G1 1N Something a bit different in the Acid Arch. A new life-drawing class has been put together by McChuill’s own artist-in-residence Joanna – it will be running monthly and is a relaxed, untutored session that is […]

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God Help The Girl at GFT plus Stuart Murdoch Q & A

god help the girl

Sunday 4 August, 2024 at 4 p.m. GFT Tickets Followed by a Q&A with director Stuart Murdoch. Set in Glasgow, God Help the Girl is about a girl called Eve who is in the hospital dealing with emotional problems and starts writing songs as a way of getting better. Songwriting becomes her way forward, leading […]

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Monday, July 29, 2024 | Filed under: Cinema

All Souled Out, Buffs Club, Whiteinch

buffs club

All Souled Out Friday 2 August, 2024, 8 p.m. Buffs Club Whiteinch (Club is situated behind Jem Carpets,  951 Dumbarton Rd, Glasgow G14 9UF) All Souled Out is back at the Buff’s Club Whiteinch for another night of Northern Soul Floor Fillers and Fun! Dancing from 8pm til Late Tickets available at the bar and […]

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