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

Turbo Valve Journal, The Poetry Club, 11th April

Valve journal  Friday, April 11, 2014, 7:30pm Your favourite literary journal (right?) is having a night of fun at The Poetry Club to celebrate all the good people we’ve come across since we began in 2011. Rounding up some of our favourite writers published in Valve over the last three years, we’ll kick off with readings […]

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Lentfest Glasgow 2014

Lentfest 5th March – 21st April. What’s On at Lentfest 2014 List of events Buy tickets Some of the many arts events at Lentfest 2014 \ Cairney’s A Lack of Cavalry                                                               Martin Jones and Friends   Folk Sessions                                                                                        Lesmahagow Male Voice Choir What’s On at Lentfest 2014 List of events Buy tickets    

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Hybrid Making – New Work from Australia, Canadaå and Scotland, ProjectAbility, 6 – 29th March, 2014

Hybrid Making – New Work from Australia, Canada & Scotland 6 – 29 March, 2014 Project Ability With Glasgow’s forthcoming Commonwealth Games Festival 2014, this exhibition sits within a year-long strand of associated events happening throughout the city to celebrate Scotland’s cultural heritage. Artists from three nations, Australia, Canada and Scotland, will be showing works […]

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Glasgow St Patrick’s Festival and festivities 2014

This year there’s an exciting diverse programme of events with something for everyone. Events include: Gala Dinner Dance Battle of the Bands The Commitments at Sloans, Juno and the Paycock, Cottiers Lecture Sean O’Casey, The Big Irish Quiz – and much more. Download the programme: PDF St Patrick’s Week-end Jinty McGuinty’s, Ashton Lane     […]

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Glasgow Gigs: Clannad and Mary Black, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall 13th March

Clannad and Mary Black Thu 13 March, 7:30pm £32.50, £28.50 Glasgow Royal Concert Hall Two of Ireland’s musical icons share the stage in a special tour. Performing both separate sets and together, this unique concert is one not to be missed. Clannad, the Irish family group responsible for such timeless music as ‘Theme From Harry’s […]

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Glasgow Gigs and Concerts: Commonwealth Celebration Concert – Let Glasgow Flourish, City Halls 8th March

Commonwealth Celebration Concert – Let Glasgow Flourish Sat 8 March, 7:30pm£10 City Halls, Grand Hall Glasgow Orchestral Society celebrates its home city’s hosting of the XX Commonwealth Games, and just before Commonwealth Week 2014 begins, they present a programme featuring some great Scottish music, including a specially commissioned new work by John Maxwell Geddes, the fanfare: […]

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Glasgow Theatre: A Play, A Pie and A Pint: The Friends of Miss Dortian Gray, 3rd – 8th March, 2014

The Friends of Miss Dorian Gray OranMor, top of Byres Road, G12 Written by Marcella Evaristi Directed by Stasi Schaeffer Monday 3rd – Saturday 8th Mar Buy tickets online This play is a co-production with Aberdeen Performing Arts. The Friends of Miss Dorian Gray will be performed at the Lemon Tree in Aberdeen from 25th […]

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Glasgow Cinema: Young Talent on Screen, GFT, 6 – 11 March, 2014

With ProjectAbility. www.project-ability.co.uk Free event but ticketed: Tickets available from Box Office on day of event. GFT, 12 Rose Street, Glasgow.

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Glasgow Gigs: Live at The Star Club, March 2014

All gigs are held in The Admiral Bar, Waterloo Street, Glasgow G2 7DA and start at 8.00pm Blueflint 4th March                                                                    £10 The sound of Blueflint is defined by the sublime close harmonies of Deborah Arnott and Clare Neilson whose voices, both ethereal and warm, interweave in ballads and songs of eerie melancholy and heartfelt charm. […]

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Glasgow Gigs: James Edwyn and the Borrowed Band Debut Album Launch, 14th March, Old Hairdressers

James Edwyn and the Borrowed Band DEBUT ALBUM LAUNCH Friday 14th March 2014 (8pm) The Old Hairdressers, Renfield Lane James Edwyn and the Borrowed Band, Glasgow west end’s newest Americana/ folk sextet, warmly welcome you in joining them to celebrate the release of their debut album, The Tower. The album features exceptional musical ability from […]

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Glasgow Gigs: Go Wild in Broomhill, Linda Jaxson Blues Project, Saturday 8th March

St Louis, 734 Dumbarton Rd, Glasgow, Glasgow City G11 6RD

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Glasgow Gigs: The Face On The Moon

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Rio Cafe Partick, 8th birthday party, Saturday 15th March, 2014

  8th Birthday Party   Saturday 15th March, 8 p.m.   DJ ADAM WELSH & DJ PAUL PUPPET lead us through an epic celebration! We’d like you all to get involved and share your memories/photos/video clips from the last 8 years please! Send to party@theriocafe.com the rio cafe 27 Hyndland street, g11 5qf

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Making Waves – Teaching Children to Swim, Glasgow

Making Waves – Teaching Children to Swim Teaching Children from 3, our instructors are in the water with the early levels. Our lessons are structured and progressive and cater for the most unsure to the very competent. Lessons are in many locations, including Cleveden and Abercorn Secondary’s. Join our adult swim sessions at Cleveden Secondary! […]

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Glasgow Gig: Sweeney’s on the Park, Thursday 27th February.

The Southside Sessions present 3 new acts for your listening pleasure! come along and listen to the stars of the future! Sweeneys on the Park, 262 Pollokshaws Road, G41 2ET The Lyricals Malachy Tallack http://www.malachytallack.com/ Jer McDade Crawford Smith Music Free entry, http://www.sweeneysonthepark.com/ 18+

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The Ideal Home Show Scotland, SECC, Glasgow 23rd – 26th May, 2014

The Ideal Home Show Scotland Is Back In Town! After the remarkable success of The Ideal Home Show Scotland with over40,000 visitors through the door last year, the iconic show is returning to the SECC in May 2014! * In what promises to be yet another outstanding event, which will again inspire and thrill thousands of […]

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Cottier’s Theatre, Glasgow: A Night in the Spotlight, 7th March, 2014

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Glasgow Theatre: Glasgow Girls, The Citizens Theatre until 8 Mar 2014

Glasgow Girls The Citz Seven teenagers with a cause that captured the imagination of a country. The hit Scottish musical is back! A smash hit during its previous run in 2012, Glasgow Girls is back at the Citizens Theatre for a limited run in February/March 2014. Based on a true story, Glasgow Girls is a […]

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Artists in Residence Exhibition: The Citz until 15th March

Artists in Residence Exhibition The Citz Sarah Amy Fishlock and Greg Sinclair, present a showcase of their artistic projects. The culmination of their work will be displayed in the Citizens Theatre foyer from 20 February – 15 March. The exhibition is open from 12pm – 6pm Monday to Saturday with late viewing available on show […]

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Glasgow Theatre: This Wide Night, The Tron until 15th March, 2014

This Wide Night written by Chloe Moss   Thursday 20th February to Saturday 15th March 2014   Book Online Book by phone Written by CHLOE MOSS Directed by DAVID GREIG WITH ELAINE C.SMITH + JAYD JOHNSON You wouldn’t think I’m a free woman, would ye?  Twelve f*****’ years inside an’ I’m still not free. Not […]

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Tall Tales at The Tron, children aged 3 to 5 years, 1st March, 2014

Tall Tales Saturday 1st March 2014 Book by phone FOR 3-5yrs Tall Tales gives your little ones the chance to explore, discover and experiment in a safe, creative and fun way. Workshops help to develop essential and desirable life skills and encourage imaginations to flourish and best of all, you get to join in too […]

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Tiny Tales at The Tron, Spring 2014

Tiny Tales Wednesday 26th February to Wednesday 19th March 2014 Booking information FOR 6 months-2yrs Tiny Tales gives your little ones the chance to explore, discover and experiment in a safe, creative and fun way. Workshops help to develop essential and desirable life skills and encourage imaginations to flourish and best of all, you get […]

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In Process with J David Simons: Scottish Writers’ Centre 4th March, 2014. CCA

J David Simons Scottish Writers’ Centre CCA Tue 4 March 2014 7pm, £6 (£3), FREE to SWC members No booking required Glasgow-born author J. David Simons has been a lawyer, charity administrator, cotton farmer, university lecturer and journalist. His work has been short-listed for The McKitterick Prize, he has been the recipient of two Creative […]

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WORD PLAY @ the Tron, Wednesday 5th March, 2014

Wednesday, March 5, 2014, 7:30pm WORD PLAY is in its usual home this Wednesday 5th March 2014, Tron Theatre, 68 Trongate, G1 5HB Glasgow. from 8-late. Theme – ‘Dreamscapes and Mandrakes’ Featured Artist – Musician – Al Fleming Brought to you with the usual verve and enthusiasm. WORD PLAY offers an open mic opportunity created […]

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Glasgow Cinema and Sound Installation: Cryptic Nights, CCA 6th – 9th March, 2014

Cryptic Nights: Mirror Lands | A Mark Lyken & Emma Dove film & sound Installation CCA March 6 until March 9 Premiére at CCA Still but full of movement; quiet but full of sound; nothing is quite as it seems… the Mirror Lands that Mark Lyken and Emma Dove reveal are contradictory and mysterious… Mirror […]

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Cargo, Camera… Action!, part of Cultural Programme Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games

A Cinematic Spectacular on the River Clyde – Saturday 26th July, 2014 Glasgow Film, the umbrella organisation which comprises both Glasgow Film Festival and Glasgow Film Theatre, announces Cargo, Camera… Action!, an outdoor celebration of moving image and Glasgow’s history, as part of the Cultural Programme for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. Preview Wednesday 26th […]

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Glasgow Film Festival 2014: Ida Scottish Premiere

Ida15 Wednesday 26 February  9 p.m. GFT, 12 Rose Street Buy Tickets →   Pawel Pawlikowski’s return to his native Poland has resulted in one of his most powerful films, in which a single human story becomes the key to addressing defining moments in the country’s past. In the 1960s, novitiate nun Anna is about […]

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Table Top Sale, Studio Central Fitness, Kilbowie Road, Clydebank. Sat. 15th March

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Two Jamaican Poets read at University of Glasgow, Tanya Shirley and Kei Miller, 5th March

Hugh Fraser Room, University of Glasgow, Wolfson Building, University Avenue G12 8QQ Tanya Shirley Tanya Shirley was born and lives in Jamaica. She is a graduate student and teacher in the Department of Literatures at UWI, Mona. She was awarded an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Maryland, USA. Her work has appeared […]

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The Stand Comedy Club: Glasgow International Comedy Festival, March-Apri, 2014

The Glasgow International Comedy Festival The Stand The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, G3 Limited number of 2 for 1 tickets for some of the shows at The Stand. This week we’ve got 5 pairs of 2 for 1 tickets available for the two shows below. To get your hands on tickets for either of these […]

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