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..

Peatbog Faeries, Thursday 23rd October, OranMor G12

Peatbog Faeries Thu 23rd Of Oct 2014 – Live Music @ The Venue Based on the Isle of Skye, the Peatbog Faeries are one of Scotlands the best known names in contemporary folk music. In 2012 they were a nominee for “Best Live Act” at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, having already twice won […]

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Tuesday, October 21, 2014 | Filed under: Gig Guide plus Club Events

Red Molly plus Norrie McCulloch Thursday 23rd October 2014 CCA Glasgow

Red Molly plus Norrie McCulloch Thursday 23rd October 2014 CCA Glasgow Crystalline vocals and beautiful harmonies. Red Molly are red hot.” – Daily Telegraph Americana trio, Red Molly will bring their gorgeous voices and smooth harmonies to the Glasgow CCA on Thursday, October 23. Since 2004, Laurie MacAllister (bass, banjo), Abbie Gardner (dobro, banjo) and […]

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A Play, A Pie and A Pint week ending Saturday 25 October, 2014

Crash By Andy DuffyDirected by Emma CallanderFeaturing Jamie Michie OranMor Top of Byres Road Mon 20th – Sat 25th Oct A Stock trader who’s lost his magic touch. Fearful of the future, the markets, of not getting what he wants. The woman he wants. The Son. Fearful of losing them. But love and money can’t […]

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four-fold Launch:Relaunch Friday 24th October, 2014 Tell it slant

four-fold Launch:Relaunch Friday 24th October, 2014    Tell it slant The launch of fourfold 4 and the relaunch of Tell It Slant under the new management of Kathrine Sowerby. Come and celebrate the next stage of Glasgow’s poetry bookshop. With readings from fourfold contributors Juana Adcock, Jim Carruth, Hazel Frew, Ellen McAteer and Mark Russell. Tell it […]

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Monday, October 20, 2014 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events

Carol Kidd, Iota Gallery, 24 and 25 October, 2014

Iota with Carol Kidd Hyndland Street, Glasgow G11 Pop-in Fri. 24th & Sat. 25th October 12- 6 p.m. Carol Kidd, a long-standing friend, pops in to iota with her latest work. As well as presenting her latest CD,‘Carol Kidd Live with Brian Kellock present Cole Porter’, which will be available first at iota, a rare […]

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Sunday, October 19, 2014 | Filed under: Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow

Glasgow Gallery, Autumn Exhibition: Peter Nardini and Heather Blanchar

Autumn Exhibition: Peter Nardini and Heather Blanchard October – November, 2014 scotlandart.com Glasgow Gallery 193 Bath St, Glasgow, G2 4HU Scotlandart.com is proud to present our 15th annual Autumn exhibition. Running throughout October and November, the gallery will feature work by renowned painter Peter Nardini, alongside award winning landscape painter Heather Blanchard. Visit the gallery and […]

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Scrap Trident, Faslane, Sunday 30 November, 2014

   Scrap Trident    Faslane      Sunday, November 30 at 12:00pm        Following the result of the Scottish independence referendum we believe that the issue of Trident nuclear weapons in Scotland is still not settled. Scrapping Trident was a central part of the Yes campaign, which attracted 45% of the vote, and a significant percentage […]

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Fracking information Night, ‘Gasland’, The Lucky Break, Clydebank, 22 October

Gasland, Josh Fox’s award nominated film about Fracking Wednesday 22nd Octber, 7.30 p.m. The Lucky Break Free entry‘if you are worried about fracking there is a film being shown in the lucky break next wed night showing the damage it can do….if you would like to come along and see what fracking is all about […]

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Glasgay! Scotland’s Annual Celebration of LGBT Culture 20 October – 15 November, 2014

Glasgay! 20 October – 15 November, 2014 Scotland’s annual celebration of LGBT culture reaches another milestone as it turns 21 years old in 2014. Glasgay! is Scotland’s only professional LGBT arts festival, presented annually from mid October to mid November. This year’s programme again features top acts and new artists from around the world with […]

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Friday, October 17, 2014 | Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers

Sheep and Goats by Lewis Gordon, book launch 23 October, CCA

Published by Vagabond Voices The Vagabonds are now mixing in circles above their station, smelling of meths and bringing down the tone.  Come along and raise things up again – Ricky Ross  of Deacon Blue  (Lewis plays the bass guitar) will introduce the event in CCA, Clubroom, 7 p.m. 23 October. This is very much […]

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O’Cajunals The Snaffle Bit 18 October

The O’Cajunals 18 October 2014 The Snaffle Bit  979 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G3 7TQ The OCajunals Facebook       

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Singers wanted,Glasgow Contemporary Choir, October 2014

SINGERS WANTED! *Limited Spaces Available In Our New Glasgow Choirs* – No auditions, no need to read music, everyone is welcome! Click the link below to book your FREE taster session now! www.glasgowcontemporarychoir.com/free-taster – No auditions, no need to read music– Opportunities to perform– Meet new people– Sing Pop/Rock Repertoire– All Welcome (18+)– Join for […]

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G.O.D.S Black History Month Project Screening – A Celebration of Life: Sat 25 October 2014 CCA

G.O.D.SBlack History Month ProjectScreening – A Celebration of Life: Dances of the African-Guyanese & Steppin Sat 25 October 2014 CCA 5pm, Free, CinemaAll ages, Under 16s must be accompanied by an adultBook online / 0141 352 4900 A celebration of Life: Dances of the African-GuyaneseDir. Kean Gibson, USA 1993, 43m. A Celebration of Life: Dances […]

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Thursday, October 16, 2014 | Filed under: Cinema

Italian Cultural Institute The Lark Farm / La masseria delle allodole Sun 19 October 2014 CCA

Italian Cultural InstituteThe Lark Farm / La masseria delle allodole Sun 19 October 2014 CCA 6.30pm, FreeAges 15+Book online / 0141 352 4900 Award-winning Italian filmmakers Paolo and Vittorio Taviani (Padre Padrone, Caesar Must Die) boldly explore one of the most harrowing events in 20th century history – the 1915 Armenian genocide – through the […]

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Alive Inside, GFT Sunday 19 Octobe

Alive InsideN/C 12+ GFT Sunday 19 October  3.15 p.m. Buy tickets online This moving documentary accompanies social worker Dan Cohen to nursing homes, where individuals experiencing memory loss are revitalised through the simple experience of listening to music. The camera reveals the uniquely human connection we find in music and how its healing power can […]

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Cathedrals of Culture FT Sunday 19 October, Tuesday 21 October

Cathedrals of Culture 3D12A GFT Sunday 19 October, Tuesday 21 October hBuy tickets online Wim Wenders (Wings of Desire, Paris, Texas) follows up his pioneering documentary Pina 3D by overseeing another documentary project exploring the possibilities of stereoscopic cinema. Cathedrals of Culture features six short films from six acclaimed directors – including Robert Redford and […]

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Gone Girl GFT Friday 3–Thursday 23 October

Gone Girl18 GFT Friday 3–Thursday 23 October Buy tickets online Acclaimed director David Fincher’s adaptation of Gillian Flynn’s global best seller features an all-star cast in a tangled tale of love, lies and deceit in recession-era New York. When Nick Dunne (Ben Affleck) reports his wife Amy (Rosamund Pike) missing on the day of their […]

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Bicycle GFT Friday 17–Saturday 18 October

BicyclePG GFT Friday 17–Saturday 18 October Buy tickets online Directed by BAFTA winning director and keen cyclist Michael B Clifford, this film tells the story of cycling in the land that invented the modern bicycle: its birth, decline and rebirth from Victorian origins to today. Weaving bicycle design, sport and transport through the retelling of […]

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Maps to the Stars, GFT Friday 17–Thursday 23 October

Maps to the Stars18 GFT Friday 17–Thursday 23 October http://www.glasgowfilm.org/buy_tickets/6622_maps_to_the_stars ‘Hollywood dreams turn queasy in David Cronenberg’s brilliant nightmare…’ – Peter Bradshaw Canadian maestro Cronenberg returns with his latest look at the dark undersides of humanity, this time focusing on the grotesque caricatures that populate Hollywood, Babylon. An all-star ensemble cast portray the vacuous, the […]

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Palo Alto, GFT Friday 17–Thursday 23 October

Palo Alto15 GFT Friday 17–Thursday 23 October Buy tickets online The hopes and hang-ups of drifting American teens are evocatively examined by Gia Coppola (granddaughter of Francis) in this atmospheric adaptation of a short story collection by James Franco. Featuring a handful of brilliant performances from rising stars Emma Roberts, Nat Wolff and Jack Kilmer, […]

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A Monster Ball Saturday, November 1,The Berkeley Suite

A Monster Ball Saturday, November 1 7:30pm – 11:00pm        The Berkeley Suite The Quarriers Girls announce their next scarily exciting event in the form of a spook-tacular Halloween Ball! We are inviting you all to come underground in Glasgow’s deepest darkest Berkeley Suite to help us celebrate a night of horror. There will be […]

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Steve Harley – All Seated, Acoustic & Intimate Thursday 23 October @ The Arches

Steve Harley – All Seated, Acoustic & Intimate Thursday 23 October @ The Arches, Glasgow £28.00     (£2.80 + booking fee)  Synergy Concerts presents: Steve Harley – All Seated, Acoustic & Intimate The original Cockney Rebel, STEVE HARLEY, has many facets to his life: writer, actor (including starring in a Beckett play in London’s West […]

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Thin Privilege (Farewell Show) + Black International + Shudder Bar Bloc, Tuesday, December 30

Thin Privilege (Farewell Show) + Black International + Shudder Bar Bloc        Tuesday, December 30 at 9:00pm                Thin PrivilegeWe bid farewell to quite frankly one of the most brutal, exciting and terrifying bands in Scottish music. Thin Privilege will be playing their farewell show and we are lucky to have them. Affecting, […]

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Escape from New York Treasure Hunt Screening GFT Sunday 26 October

Escape from New York Treasure Hunt Screening18 GFT Sunday 26 October Buy online In the future of 1997, the US President crashes into Manhattan, now a giant maximum security prison, and is taken hostage by the inmates. The only hope for America, and the world, is the gruff one-eyed loner warrior Snake Plissken (Kurt Russell […]

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Wednesday, October 15, 2014 | Filed under: Cinema

Mr Turner Friday 31 October – Sunday 2 November GFT

Mr Turner Friday 31 October – Sunday 2 November, 2014 GFT Buy tickets online ‘What a glorious film this is, richly and immediately enjoyable, hitting its satisfying stride right away’ – Peter Bradshaw Mike Leigh’s latest, a historical biopic exploring the last quarter century in the life of the legendary painter J.M.W Turner, is an […]

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’71 GFT, Friday 10–Thursday 23 October

’71 GFT, 12 Rose Street, G3 6RB Friday 10–Thursday 23 October, 2014 Buy tickets online New talent Jack O’Connell follows up his star-making role in this year’s Starred Up with this harrowing drama from first-time feature director Yann Demange, scripted by Black Watch writer Gregory Burke. O’Connell is quiet yet captivating as young English squaddie […]

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Franz Kafka: A tribute night , STUC Glasgow 22nd October, 2014

Franz Kafka: A tribute night STUC,  333 Woodlands Rd, Glasgow G3 6NG 22nd October, 2014 Franz Kafka (1883-1924) is rightly regarded as one of the most important writers of the twentieth century. His influence extends across the modern and contemporary novel, cinema, theatre, radio, dance and other art forms. The prevalence of the term Kafkaesque […]

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We Are The Best! 4 November, 2014 The Glad Cafe

We Are The Best! 4 November, 2014 The Glad Cafe 8pm- doors 7.30pm£6/£5 concessionBuy tickets online Directed by Swedish auteur Lukas Moodysson, We Are the Best! revolves around three girls in 1980’s Stockholm who decide to form a punk band despite not having any instruments and being told by everyone that punk is dead. “A […]

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The Flatt River Band, The Ashton Bar, Helensburgh 19th October

The Flatt River Band with Robbie Cumming, Shetland Country Music Artist 19 October, 2014 8.30 p.m. – 11.30 p.m. THE ASHTON BAR 74 W Princes St, Helensburgh G84 8UG 01436 675900

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Tuesday, October 14, 2014 | Filed under: Gig Guide plus Club Events

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