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

Black Hearted Press Christmas Comics Class CCA Sun 14 December

Black Hearted PressChristmas Comics Class CCA Sun 14 December 2014 Sunday 14 December, 2pm,£5 + 60p booking fee, Clubroom, Ages 8 – 14Book online / 0141 352 4900 Comic Making Workshops with BHP and Rossi Gifford Comic Creators Instead of the usual workshops that consist of making Christmas cards or decorations, this class would be […]

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The Southside Souk, 11 December, 2014

          The Southside Souk Thursday, December 11 4:00pm – 9:00pm The Old Barn + Yoga Barn, Glasgow Established this summer, The Southside Souk, is a festival of food, music and crafts that has already earned a reputation as a popular, multicultural, family event in the southside of Glasgow. On Thursday, 11 December (4-9pm), […]

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The Beatroot & Lace Bazaar- 13th & 20th December, 2014

Christmas Vintage 13th & 20th December, 2014 10:30am – 3:30pm Our Christmas specials…get your one off gifts here!13th Dec open from 10.30-3.30pm20th Dec extended opening from 11-6pm. Not your normal of VINTAGE FAIR – everything weird and wonderful from the past & future brought to the present. The Beatroot & Lace Bazaar at The Art […]

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Christmas Craft Fair at Cottiers December 7th 2014

Christmas Craft Fair at Cottiers December 7th 2014. The Glasgow Crafters Co-op returns to Cottiers Theatre in the West End for this  arty, crafty and all round creative event. Head to Glasgow Crafter’s Co-op Fair where you’ll be met with a fantastic line up consisting of the finest artists, crafters and idea makers that Scotland […]

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Glasgow Film (GFT) – St Enoch’s Christmas Showings 2015

Glasgow Film (GFT) – St Enoch’s Christmas Showings 2015 Bringing festive sparkle to Glasgow shopping: St. Enoch’s Xmas Screenings The Christmas season is here once again, and Glasgow Film Festival is excited to partner with St. Enoch to bring you a selection of holiday classics for all the family! Bringing some festive cheer to the […]

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CRABBIE’S ASHTON LANE HOGMANAY STREET PARTY 2014

CRABBIE’S ASHTON LANE HOGMANAY STREET PARTY  Tickets have gone on sale for the biggest Hogmanay street party in Glasgow as Ashton Lane gets ready to bring in the bells at its highly anticipated annual New Year Street Party. Three thousand tickets are available for Crabbie’s Ashton Lane Hogmanay Street Party and are expected to be snapped […]

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Winter Woodstock, Glasgow Wood Recycling, 13 December, 2014

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JJ Gilmour, Crawford Smith, The Glad Cafe, 13 Dec 2014

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Tom Leonard, St Louis Partick, 17 December, 2014

Muse at St Louis, Literary Cafe – Tom Leonard St Louis Cafe Bar, 734 Dumbarton Rd, Glasgow, Glasgow City G11 6RD http://www.stlouis-cafebar.co.uk/

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Slow Train, Michael Simons, 13 December, 2014

Slow Train Saturday, December 13, 8:30pm        “Meet Me at The Corner” Cafe/Bar/Restaurant 44 Main St. Milngavie Come and join me and the band for an evening featuring the music of the late great JJ Cale On Facebook

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Hockney, GFT

Hockney15 GFT Monday 1–Thursday 4 December, 2014 Buy tickets online Using a spectrum of archive material from throughout the artist’s career, director Randall Wright gives a rich portrait of the Bradford born artist. One of the most important artists of his generation, David Hockney allowed the filmmaker unprecedented access to his personal archive of photographs […]

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I Am Ali, GFT

 I Am Ali PGm . GFT Friday 28 November – Thursday 4 December, 2014 Buy tickets online A new documentary looking at the life and relationships of the legendary fighter through a mixture of never before seen archive materials and extensive interviews with Ali’s family and close associates. Director Clare Lewins uses an innovative, non-chronological […]

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Stations of the Cross GFT

Stations of the Cross15 GFT Friday 28 November – Thursday 4 December, 2014 Buy tickets online Winner of the Silver Bear for Best Script at Berlin Film Festival, Dietrich Brüggemann’s look at the life of a young 14-year-old girl growing up as part of a fundamentalist Catholic family is a distinctive and moving study of […]

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St Andrews Day Festival, 30 November, 2014, SWG3

It’s Street Feastival time again, and this time we’re throwing a St Andrew’s Day party along with event partners Homecoming Scotland 2014 to celebrate Scottish contemporary culture. This special Street Feastival curates the very best in Scottish street food, street art, spoken word and music. We think we should celebrate St Andrew’s Day properly with […]

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Rob Heron and the Tea Pad Orchestra

Woodend Bowling Club 30 November, 2014 Doors 8 p.m. £12 Sounds in the Suburbs Woodend bowling and Tennis Club 30 Chamberlain Road, G13 1 QG

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Glasgow Santa Dash 2014

Glasgow Santa Dash 2014 Sunday 7 December  George Square, 9.30 a.m. Entry Fee: £15.00 Adult £5.00 Child (under 16) To take part:  Register online for our 2014 5K Santa Dash on Sunday 7 December. The 2014 nominated charities are: Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice in Glasgow The Sunday Mail Centenary Fund and 17 good causes […]

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Poetry Improvisation Workshop with Robin Vaughan-Williams

Poetry Improvisation Workshop with Robin Vaughan-Williams Scottish Writers Centre, CCA 9th December, 2014 Group improvisation is a method of producing poetry which involves spontaneous, collaborative, and oral composition. Poets work in groups, and engage in a series of games, scenarios, and exercises which encourage the abandonment of desks; instead, writers unite to find where their […]

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Glasgow Loves Christmas Ice Skating St Andrews Day, George Square

Glasgow Loves St Andrew’s Day – Sunday 30 November, 2014 Come together down to Glasgow On Ice this St Andrew’s Day, and enjoy a skate with a Scottish twist. On the ice, the music will be strictly Scotia! Off the ice, and there’s plenty to keep you entertained, with Scottish food and drink, the fairground, […]

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The Observatory, Nancy Smillie Studio

The Observatory, Nancy Smillie Studio, G12   CLOSED New studio in Glasgow’s West End with Kevin Hunter, Artist in Residence and Pop Up Christmas Shop opening 30 November, 3014 Art Studio – Furniture – Artist in Residence Please join us to celebrate our Studio opening with resident artist Kevin Hunter, and peruse our pop up […]

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Imelda May, O2 ABC, 9 December, 2014

Imelda May 02 ABC Glasgow 9 December 7.30 p.m. £25   Buy tickets at ticketmaster        

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REmarket, Glasgow Festivities, 30 Nov – 20 Dec, 2014

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The Imitation Game12A Friday 14 November – Thursday 4 December GFT

The Imitation Game12A Friday 14 November – Thursday 4 December   GFT Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley star in this gripping true-life tale of Alan Turing, the genius British cryptologist who cracked the German Enigma Code that helped the Allies win the Second World War. Cumberbatch brilliantly portrays the tortured intellectual, who was prosecuted by […]

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Glasgow Print Studio Presents: Louise Rutkowski, Friday, November 28, 2015 8 p.m.

Glasgow Print Studio Presents: Louise Rutkowski   Friday, November 28 8 p.m. Glasgow Print StudioTrongate 103, Glasgow G1 5HD Former This Mortal Coil vocalist Louise Rutkowski presents her first solo album, “Diary of a Lost Girl”, accompanied by co-writer/producer and pianist, Irvin Duguid. Funded through direct-to-fan platform PledgeMusic, “Diary of a Lost Girl” has been […]

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SCOTLAND ART – 15th Annual Christmas Exhibition, Opens 27 November, 2014

SCOTLAND ART – 15th Annual Christmas Exhibition Thursday 27th November, 6 – 8pmscotlandart.com193 Bath St, Glasgow, G2 4HU showcasing a stunning selection of painting, sculpture, bespoke jewellery by designer Inness Thomson and ceramics. With a dynamic mix of fine artists from across the UK including Scott Naismith, Paul Bennett, Karen Cairns, Lesley McLaren, Tommy Fitchet and many […]

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Project Ability Silent Auction, Saturday, December 13, 2014

Project Ability Silent Auction Saturday, December 13, 2014 6:00pm – 9:00pm Project Ability, Trongate 103, G1 5HD Glasgow, United Kingdom         Project Ability will end the year with a bang! We are holding an event not to be missed on Saturday 13 December, 6pm-9pm: our Christmas Fundraising Auction. For two weeks, begining on the […]

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Tony Benn: A Celebration, The Mitchell Theatre, 30 November, 2014

Stars and family to mark Tony Benn’s life Sunday 30 November, 2014 Tony Benn  a celebration The Mitchell Theatre There are two main performances – Poetry, Performance and Presentation at 16.30. Starring Tom Leonard, Attila the Stockbroker, Elvis MacGonagall and compered by Bruce Morton and the Grand Concert at 19.30 starring Chis Difford (from Squeeze), […]

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The Other Tongues, Launch, Waterstone’s, Argyle St, 28 November, 2014

THE OTHER TONGUES Friday, 28 November 2014, at 7.00 pm, Waterstone’s Argyle Street An Introduction to Writing in Irish, Scots Gaelic and Scotsin Ulster and Scotland IRISH PAGESA Journal of Contemporary Writing in association with Conradh na Gaeilge Glaschú cordially invites you to the Glasgow launch of a major anthology  With readings from the book by Tom Leonard […]

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Crohn’s and Colitis UK, Clyde Group, Festive Lunch, 29 November, Renfield Centre

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Glasgow’s Stained Glass: Colour & Light Exhibition Launch, Glasgow City Heritage Trust, 12th December 2014, 4pm

Glasgow’s Stained Glass: Colour & Light Exhibition Launch, Glasgow City Heritage Trust  12th December 2014, 4pm 54 Bell Street, Merchant City   Stained Glass Project Officer: Rachael Purse MA (Hons), MSc In September an ambitious three month project began to create an online database of Glasgow’s stained glass in conjunction with the Scottish Stained Glass […]

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A Play, A Pie and A Pint, OranMor, The King’s Kilt, 24 – 29 November, 2014

This Week’s Play – A Play, A Pie and A Pint, OranMor The King’s Kilt by Rona Munro Directed by Marilyn Imrie Featuring David Mara, Beth Marshall and Alison Peebles Mon 24th – Sat 29th November  In 2014 an American academic finds a lost diary of Walter Scott’s under the floorboards of his Edinburgh bed […]

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