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Fraser Anderson Driving Miss Daisy Tour Glasgow 3rd May – 7 p.m. OranMor

  Fraser Anderson Driving Miss Daisy Tour   3rd May –  7 p.m.   OranMor, 731 Great Western Road, G12 8QX   Tickets: £14 http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/ Fraser Anderson is a Scot now living in London, this is his homecoming tour. 8 years ago he upped sticks and moved to France with his young family, bought a […]

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Great Scottish Run, CLIC Sargent, 5th October, 2014

Great Scottish Run, 5th October 2014 Join over 23,000 runners for the Great Scottish Run 2014 and help raise funds for children and young people with cancer. Looking for a place? Complete the CLIC Sargent online registration form to guarantee yourself a place in the Great Scottish Run. For the Half Marathon, we ask for […]

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Holistic Ways Festival, Partick Burgh Hall, Glasgow 3rd and 4th May

Holistic Ways Festival Facebook Partick Burgh Hall, 9 Burgh Hall St, Glasgow, G11 5LW

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Live at the Star Club, Glasgow April – May 2014

All gigs are held in The Admiral Bar, Waterloo Street, Glasgow G2 7DA and start at 8.00pm Sarah McQuaid 29th April     Renowned for her warm, engaging stage presence, Sarah McQuaid is a versatile and beguiling performer. In addition to her own elegantly crafted originals, she interprets traditional Irish and Appalachian folk songs, Elizabethan ballads, 1930s […]

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Krista Detor, Admiral Bar, 30 April

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Sol Summer Season, 2014, OranMor, Summer Classic Cuts

Just Announced: SOL SUMMER SEASON OF CLASSIC CUTS 2014 at ÒRAN MÓR * Picture © Leslie Black- Classic Cuts 2013, The Taming of the Shrew SOL SUMMER SEASON OF CLASSIC CUTS 2014 at ÒRAN MÓR A Play, a Pie and A Pint is delighted to welcome you to an exciting season of Classic Cuts featuring four […]

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Big Big Sing Voluntary Arts Week 9 – 18th May, 2014

Get singing with the UK’s Big Big singing project – sing in the shower, join a choir, start your own choir, learn songs from around the Commonwealth. Every note helps us celebrate the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. Part of the Glasgow 2014 Cultural Programme. Voluntary Arts Week 9 – 18th May FROM SHETLAND TO DEVON […]

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Cinemap, Southside Film Festival 2014, Glasgow 23 – 25 May

Southside Film Festival presents: Cinemap 23-25 May 2014   After three successful years of running a film festival in May Southside Film Festival has decided to do something different in May 2014.    Southside Film Festival presents Cinemap, a screening event over the weekend of 23-25 May, 2014 in various Southside locations.   Cinemap is […]

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Southside Festival Film Quiz, 6th May – 7.30 p.m. The Glad Cafe

Southside Film Festival’s Film Quiz 6th May – 7.30 p.m.   The Glad Cafe, 1006a Pollokshaws Road, Shawlands G41 2HG   Do you know your Big Lebowski from your Big Sleep? Your Hunger Games from your La Règle du Jeu? Joing our hosts Ruth Marsh and Grahame Reid for a night of fun and fiendish […]

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Pedal on Parliament, 2014, Glasgow Feeder Ride, 26th April

Last year over 4000 people cycled from all over Scotland to loby the parliament for a cycle friendly Scotland. Whilst there has been some improvement, there is much more that can be done. Go Bike encourages all its members and supporters to travel to Edinburgh for this Pedal on Parliament event. Saturday 26 April 2014 […]

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World Book Night, 23rd April, Glasgow Arts Club

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Trojan Barbie Mon 26 – Wed 28 May 2014 The Arches, Glasgow

Trojan Barbie Mon 26 – Wed 28 May 2014 | 7pm | £12 The Arches, 253 Argyle Street, G3 8DL Buy online HND West College Scotland Acting and Performance presents: Trojan Barbie Written by Christine Evans, directed by Evelyn Wallace

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Uncle Varick 4 May 2014 – 7.30 p.m. Eastwood Park Theatre

Uncle Varick 4 May 2014 – 7.30 p.m. Eastwood Park Theatre Rapture Theatre and Mull Theatre, in association with the Tolbooth,  are delighted to present Uncle Varick, John Byrne’s contemporary adaptation of Chekov’s classic Uncle Vanya. http://www.rapturetheatre.co.uk/ £13, Concession £11, Students £9 Eastwood Park Theatre Eastwood Park Rouken Glen Road Giffnock, Glasgow, G46 6UG

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East End Social Tea Dance, 3rd and 4th May, Barrowland, Glasgow

Doors: 13:00 // Tickets: £10 3rd and 4th May, 2014 1 p.m. Barrowland 244 Gallowgate, Glasgow, G4 0TT Buy Tickets Now The East End Social brings the Big Band sound back to the iconic Barrowland Ballroom for this spectacular pairing of Tea Dances on Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th May.  Led by 16 piece Glasgow […]

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Dark Behaviour, 253 Argyle Street, G2 8DL Fri 2 May 2014 | 9pm-late

The Arches and 85A present 253 Argyle Street, G2 8DL Dark Behaviour Fri 2 May 2014 | 9pm-late | £10 (£5 with Behaviour Festival Pass)  Buy tickets   Rounding off our fifth Behaviour Festival, we bring you a night of intoxicating performance, live music from Planningtorock and Golden Teacher, mysterious happenings, visual delights, and a […]

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Glasgow’s May Day Friday, 2nd May 2014

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Glasgow May Day Events, 2014

 New Walk through the War in Glasgow   April 26 (10-12am). This will be the second in our walks through the city starting at the site of Duke Street Jail and finishing at the site of the St Andrews Halls. we’ll be visiting prominent sites of major radical events connected with the First World War […]

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Innocence Tramway Wed 30 April & Thu 1 May 10am & 1pm Sun 4 May 1 & 3pm

Innocence Tramway Wed 30 April & Thu 1 May 10am & 1pm Sun 4 May 1 & 3pm A unique playroom performance, Innocence invites 0–7 year olds (and their adults) to explore the world of William Blake’s imagination. Innocence is a magical theatrical journey led by Scottish Dance Theatre’s captivating dancers, with live music, songs, […]

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Rally & Broad 30 April 2014, 8:30 p.m. Tron Theatre, Glasgow

Rally & Broad 30 April 2014, 8:30 p.m. Tron Theatre, Glasgow A literary-flavoured cabaret night, boasting spoken word, ‘live literature’, new music and dancing into the wee small hours. Hosted by Jenny Lindsay and Rachel McCrum. http://rallyandbroad.wordpress.com £5 on the door or from on the door or from http://www.tron.co.uk/event/performance-poetry. (and a complimentary glass of anCnoc […]

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Ena Afore the Wilderness Old Hairdresser 28 April to 30 April 2014, 6.30 p.m.

Ena Afore the Wilderness Old Hairdresser 28 April to 30 April 2014, 6.30 p.m. Written and directed by Jason Sweeney and presented by Feart a’ Theatre, ‘Ena Afore The Wilderness’ is a new play, based on the alleged tempestuous weekend in which Scottish author Ena Lamont Stewart wrote her seminal work ‘Men Should Weep’. With […]

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Glasgow Academy Musical Theatre Arts Part Time Musical Theatre Course 27 April, 7.30 p.m.

Glasgow Academy Musical Theatre Arts Part Time Musical Theatre Course 27 April, 7.30 p.m. Websters Theatre  Lansdowne Church, Kelvinbridge   GAMTA (Glasgow Academy Musical Theatre Arts) is Scotland’s leading independent Musical Theatre College. The Advanced Students of the College’s Part-time Courses present their Showcase evening of Song, Dance and Acting.   Tickets £16 Adult/£13.50 Concession […]

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Vivace Theatre School: Acting Up Cottiers Theatre 27 April 2014

Vivace Theatre School: Acting Up Cottiers Theatre 27 April 2014 Dramatic showcase from the students of Vivace Theatre School. http://www.vivacetheatreschool.co.uk/ £10, Concession £8 Cottier Theatre 93-95 Hyndland Street, Glasgow, G11 5BX

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Piaf Le Bistro Beaumartin 26 Apr 2014, 6:30 p.m.

Piaf Le Bistro Beaumartin 26 Apr 2014, 6:30 p.m. Christine Bovill performs the music of the French chanteuse, known for the songs ‘La Vie En Rose’, ‘Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien’ and ‘Hymne á l’amour’. Ticket prices:     £50 Le Bistro Beaumartin 161 Hope Street, Glasgow, G2 2UQ http://www.lebistrobeaumartin.co.uk/

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Re-Act Theatre Group presents “The Grapes of Wrath” Strathclyde Studens Union, John Street 24th April, 7pm

Re-Act Theatre Group presents “The Grapes of Wrath” Strathclyde Studens Union, John Street   24th April, 7pm Tickets £4.00 Re-Act Theatre Group presents John Steinbeck’s classic American novel, “The Grapes of Wrath”. Upon his return from prison Tom Joad finds his home deserted and learns that his family has decided to venture to California in […]

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The Waiting Room Old Hairdresser 23 April and 24th April 2014, 7:30 p.m.

The Waiting Room Old Hairdresser 23 April and 24th April 2014, 7:30 p.m. Play written by Bella Littlebaron about four very different women in eternity’s waiting room. Ticket prices:     £7 Old Hairdresser Opposite Stereo Renfield Lane, Glasgow, G2 6PH Four very different woman find themselves in eternity’s waiting room but they are no angels. […]

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Robert Hamilton: Fear of the Unknown, Pavilion Theatre, 22 / 23 April

Robert Hamilton: Fear of the Unknown Pavilion Theatre 22 April 2014, and 23 April 2014 7.30 p.m. Theatrical acrobatic dance from Hamilton and Fear of the Unknown as seen on Sky 1’s Got To Dance. Ticket prices:     £15  www.eticketing.co.uk/paviliontheatre/ (Ticketmaster Booking Fees Apply) Telephone Box Office:                     0141 332 1846 Party Bookings Office:                      0141 333 […]

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The STC Presents…One Last Secret, The Iqons, The Nex-Tide & 1 more TBA Saturday 3rd May 7.30 – 11 p.m. Nice n Sleazy

The STC Presents…One Last Secret, The Iqons, The Nex-Tide & 1 more TBA Saturday 3rd May 7.30 – 11 p.m. Nice n Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, G2 3LG One Last Secret have stormed the Scottish music scene over the past two years with their unique blend of Rock and Pop. They have played festivals, sold […]

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The Queen of Lucky People, A Play, A Pie and A Pint, Monday 21st – Saturday 26th April

The Queen of Lucky People Written by Iain Heggie Directed by Emma Callander Monday 21st – Saturday 26th April OranMor, top of Byres Road, G12 Buy tickets online Featuring Eileen Nicholas. This play is a co-production with the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh. The Play will be on at the Traverse from 29th April – 3rd May. […]

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Nuala Ní Chonchúir, Scottish Writers Centre, CCA, 29th April, 7 p.m.

Nuala Ní Chonchúir CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3JD Tuesday 29th April 2014, 7pm to 8.30pm, ‘International Event’ with Nuala Ní Chonchúir. Rising star of the Irish literary scene, Nuala Ní Chonchúir comes to Glasgow to promote her new novel “The Closet of Savage Mementos”, set in a fictionalised Ullapool and inspired by her […]

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Book launch: From The Calton to Catalonia, Willy and John Maley, 1st May

Book launch of the play based on the Scots who fought Franco. Thursday 1st May, 7 – 9 p.m.   Unison, 84 Bell Street, Glasgow G1                        

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