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..

People’s Palace Record of Exhibits April, 2024. Gallery 3.

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See People’s Palace Record of Exhibitions April 2024 Gallery 1 See People’s Palace Record of Exhibitions April 2024.Gallery 2. Gallery 4 Gallery 5 Gallery 6                

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Friday, February 14, 2025 | Filed under: Friends of People's Palace and Winter Gardens at Glasgow Green

Record of Exhibits People’s Palace – Gallery 2.

Doon the Watter

        See People’s Palace Record of Exhibits (April, 2024) Gallery 1 See Gallery 3 Gallery 4 Gallery 5 Gallery 6  

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ProjectAbiility: Express Collaborations Exhibition

Project Ability - Express Collaborations - artwork by Corrine

1 March – 12 April, 2025 Reception 6 March, 6pm – 8pm Project Ability Gallery, Trongate 103, Glasgow, G1 5HD The exhibition is free to visit. Express Collaborations is a group exhibition built over many months and devised by artist Tanya Raabe-Webber. The artwork in this exhibition covers a variety of themes, and much of […]

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Lake Street Dive at Old Fruitmarket Celtic Connections 2025 

Lake Streert Dive

Review by Pauline Keightley The packed indie crowd were ready to party and they were not disappointed! Lake Street Dive blend an original mix of Fleetwood Mac harmonies and Stevie Wonder rhythms. An interesting mix. With good times tempo drawing on Americana and jazz-infused soul – from Tennessee blues to New York sophistications. The band […]

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Wednesday, February 12, 2025 | Filed under: Book and Event Reviews, Celtic Connections 2025, Pauline Keightley

Musical Meditations

musical meditations

Thursday, February 20, 2025 Govan and Linthouse Parish Church, 796 Govan Road Glasgow G51 2YL Musical Meditations, an evening of serene and reflective music designed to inspire mindfulness and relaxation. Under the baton of conductor Paul MacAlindin, this captivating program weaves together timeless and evocative works performed by world-class musicians. The Glasgow Barons will enchant […]

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Love Is In The Air, Arlington Baths Club

love is in the air

Friday 14 February, 2025, 7.30 – 9.30 p.m. Arlington Baths Club, Arlington Street, Glasgow G3 6DT A Valentine Special Fo All Romantics from Tram Direct David and Gill present songs with all the emotions that love can bring… …from joy, betrayal, sadness, grief, as well as uplifting romantic moments. Included are such numbers as: “They […]

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Bike Maintenance Workshop: Brakes

February 18th, 2025 – 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. University of Glasgow, Boyd Orr, University Avenue Glasgow G12 8QW Map Designed for anyone who seeks more confidence in tool handling and understanding bikes. Learn how to look after your cable-operated brakes: make simple adjustments, replace brake pads and refit cables. No prior experience necessary and […]

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Guided Bike Rides: Clydeside Cycle

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Friday 14 February, 2025, 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. Bike for Good – Glasgow West, 65 Haugh Road, Glasgow G3 8TX Glasgow University Environmental Sustainability Team Come along to guided group cycles on the 14th of February, Friday afternoon between 1 and 3pm. No need to bring your own bike as Bike for Good can […]

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Spiders on Mars at Cottiers

spiders on mars

14 February, 2025, 7 p.m. Cottiers, 93 – 95 Hyndland Street, Glasgow g11 5 PU Spiders On Mars The music of David Bowie “No pantomime, no laughing gnomes and definitely no silly wigs… just the music of Bowie played as hard and as honestly as we can” Formed in 2004 in Glasgow, Spiders On Mars […]

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Mira Mattar, Creative Conversations

mira matter creative conversations

Monday 10 Febaruary, 2025 1 – 2 p.m. University of Glasgow, Memorial Chapel, University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ Mira Mattar writes fiction, poetry and essays. Her novella, Yes, I Am A Destroyer, was published in 2020. Her chapbook, Affiliation, and her first collection, The Bow were both published in 2021. A new chapbook, And most of all I would miss […]

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Reciprocal Systems of Health in the Climate Era – Exhibition at Advanced Research Centre, University of Glasgow

Designing Future Experiences – University of Glasgow (ARC) Review by Pat Byrne Jim and I went along to the launch of this fantastic exhibition at ARC.  Glasgow School of Art design students look to the future; exploring what health might look like in 1935.  The focus of the exhibition is the result of Product Design […]

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Take 2: Wreck-It Ralph at GFT

Wreck-It Ralph

Saturday 8 February, 2025 at 11.30 a.m. Wreck-It Ralph is the 9-foot-tall, 643-pound villain of an arcade video game named Fix-It Felix Jr., in which the game’s titular hero fixes buildings that Ralph destroys. Wanting to prove he can be a good guy and not just a villain, Ralph escapes his game and lands in […]

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Hard Truths at GFT

Hard Truths

7 – 13 February, 2025 Housewife Pansy (Marianne Jean-Baptiste) is not happy. She is agoraphobic, a hypochondriac and paranoid about animals, birds, insects, plants, and flowers. She is confrontational with everyone, especially her plumber husband Curtley and her unemployed son Moses, whom she thinks is wasting his life. Her sister Chantelle (Michele Austin) runs a […]

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We Are Fugazi From Washington D.C.

we are fugazi from washington d.c.

Saturday, 8 February, 2025 at 8.35 p.m. Presented by Doc’n Roll Films and created to commemorate the 20 years that have passed since DC-based post-hardcore band Fugazi’s last live appearance (4th November 2002, at London’s Forum), We Are Fugazi from Washington, D.C. comprises crowd-sourced, fan-recorded live shows and rare archive footage of Fugazi curated by Joe Gross, […]

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| Filed under: Cinema

Any Given Sunday (Director’s Cut)

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Sunday 9 February, 2025, 6.10 p.m. Screening to mark Super Bowl Sunday! Life is a contact sport and football is life when three-time Academy Award-winning filmmaker Oliver Stone and a dynamic acting ensemble explore the fortunes of the Miami Sharks in Any Given Sunday. Embattled Sharks coach Tony D’Amato (Al Pacino) faces a full-on blitz of […]

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| Filed under: Cinema

Bring Them Down

bring them down

7 – 20 February, 2025 Director/Writer Christopher Andrews will join us for a Q&A at the 6.30pm screening on Sunday 9 February. Michael (Christopher Abbott), the last son of a shepherding family, lives with his ailing father, Ray. When a conflict with rival farmer Gary and his son Jack (Barry Keoghan) escalates, a devastating chain […]

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Luxury Car Wash Fundraiser – Cleveden School

Luxury car wash fundraiser G20

Friday 8 February 2025, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Cleveden Secondary School, 43 – 68 Cleveden Road, Kelvindale, G12 0JW There will be tea and coffees, a raffle, home baking, Stalls and Tombola! Raising funds for Sri Lanka. G20 Take on 1000km Sri Lanka Adventure If you believe that all young people should have access […]

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Bring Them Down

bring them down

7 – 20 February, 2025 Director/Writer Christopher Andrews will join us for a Q&A at the 6.30pm screening on Sunday 9 February. Michael (Christopher Abbott), the last son of a shepherding family, lives with his ailing father, Ray. When a conflict with rival farmer Gary and his son Jack (Barry Keoghan) escalates, a devastating chain […]

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Thursday, February 6, 2025 | Filed under: Cinema

A Complete Unknown

A Complete Unknown

7 – 12 February, 2025 Nominated for eight Oscars and six BAFTAs, including Best Picture! Timothée Chalamet stars and sings as Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown, the electric true story behind the rise of one of the most iconic singer-songwriters in history. New York, early 1960s. Against the backdrop of a vibrant music scene and […]

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The Seed Of The Sacred Fig

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7 – 13 February, 2025 Nominated for the Oscar for Best International Feature and the Bafta for Best Film Not in the English Language. After being shot in secret, the announcement of The Seed of The Sacred fig led to threats of severe punishment and lengthy jail terms from the Iranian government forcing some cast and crew […]

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| Filed under: Cinema

Love Words: Federation of Writers Scotland

love words

Thursday 13 February, 2025, 7 p.m. – On Zoom Love Words is an open mic with Federation of Writers Scotland Hosts Ann MacKinnon and Alan McClure. Email to arrange a five minute slot Your contribution can be about the love of words as well as love words. Whether you are in love, have lost love, […]

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Fringe Palestine: Fundraiser/Ceilidh

fringe palestine ceilidh

Sunday, 23 February,  2025 4:00 – 11:00 p.m. Pollokshaws Burgh Hall for a night of dancing, storytelling, and Palestinian food! Pollokshaws Burgh Hall, 2025 Pollokshaws Road Pollokshaws G43 1NE Ceilidh 7 p.m. – 11 p.m. Family Fun: 4pm – 6pm Dabke workshopStorytellingArts & CraftsPalestinian food Raffle (bring cash)Fortune Telling (bring cash) “All funds raised will […]

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The Brutalist at GFT

the brutalist

25 January – 25 February, 2025 Nominated for 10 Oscars and nine Baftas, The Brutalist is essential viewing this awards season! Screening from 24 January, you can also enjoy select screenings on 70mm from 14 February. Fleeing from post-war Europe in 1947, visionary architect László Tóth and his wife Erzsébet settle in Pennsylvania where a wealthy and […]

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Wednesday, February 5, 2025 | Filed under: Cinema

Designing Future Experiences Exhibition – University of Glasgow ARC

exhibition arc reciprocal systems

University of Glasgow ARC – 6 until 13 February 2025 Reciprocal Systems of Health in the Climate Era – Designing Future Experiences Exhibition Design speculations for the year 2035 by Product Design Students from the School of Innovation and Technology at the Glasgow School of Art in partnership with the University of Glasgow. See Review […]

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Glasgow Film Festival 2055 Guests Announced

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A raft of big screen stars and famous favourites are set to tread the red carpet for the 21st edition of Glasgow Film Festival. Opening Gala ‘Tornado’ Pulp Fiction star Tim Roth, Japanese model, musician and actor Kōki, Shogun star Takehiro Hira and Edinburgh director John Maclean will attend the World premiere of their hotly-anticipated survival thriller Tornado, which will open GFF25 on 26 February. […]

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Lizzie Reid at Paisley Arts Centre

Lizzie Reid Paisley Arts Centre

TENEMENT TV x Paisley Arts Centre Presents Lizzie Reid + Support Saturday 22 March, 2025 Paisley Arts Centre and Tenement TV are thrilled to announce an electrifying weekend of gigs celebrating Scotland’s vibrant music scene and Renfrewshire’s cultural heritage. Taking place on FRIDAY 21ST MARCH and SATURDAY 22ND MARCH, this exciting partnership will showcase some […]

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Volunteers Sought For Glasgow 850 Celebrations

glasgow 850 cewlebrations

Step forward and volunteer to celebrate Glasgow 850 Volunteers of all ages and backgrounds are being sought to support the celebrations around Glasgow 850’s yearlong programme of activities in 2025. The Glasgow 850 Volunteer and Employability programme will offer Glaswegians, a unique opportunity to play a key part in the city’s birthday year, with roles […]

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Zero at Glasgow Film Festival

zero gff

6 and 7 March, 2025 UK Premiere at Glasgow Film Festival 2025 – festival runs 26 February – 9 March, 2025 The clock is ticking when two Americans wake up with bombs strapped to them and face a twisted treasure hunt to stop them detonating 10 hours later, in this break-neck thriller from Saloum director […]

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Presence at GFT

Presence

Until 6 February, 2025 A family moves into a suburban house and becomes convinced they’re not alone. From Steven Soderbergh, director of Sex, Lies, and Videotape, Erin Brockovich, and Ocean’s Eleven, comes Presence, featuring outstanding performances from Lucy Liu, Chris Sullivan, and Julia Fox. The short film Have You Seen the Beast? (7 min) by Will Hewitt and […]

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