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..

Glasgow Short Film Festival GFF 2014 at CCA

Glasgow Short Film Festival Part of Glasgow Film Festival 2014 CCA Thu 13 February — Sun 16 February 2014 Times vary, screenings £5, special events tbcAges 14+Book online / 0141 332 6535   Scotland’s leading short film festival returns to CCA for a seventh year, for four days of screenings, workshops and parties. International and […]

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Wednesday, January 22, 2014 | Filed under: Cinema

August: Osage County, GFT 24th January – 6th February

August: Osage County GFT, 12 Rose Street, Glasgow Friday 24 January – Thursday 6 February August: Osage County tells the dark, hilarious and deeply touching story of the strong-willed women of the Weston family, whose lives have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Midwest house they grew up in, and to […]

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Crystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus, GFT until 23rd January

Crystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus GFT, 12 Rose Street, Glasgow Friday 17–Thursday 23 January On the road searching for a legendary shamanistic hallucinogen called the San Pedro cactus, twenty- something Jamie (Michael Cera) and his friends are stereotypes of drug-fuelled boorish American cluelessness. At a wild party one night, Jamie invites a fellow American […]

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The Screening Room, The Blythswood, Blythswood Square, Glasgow

The first of its kind in Glasgow. This luxurious projection room, seating up to 40 guests is well-suited to hire for private film screenings, product launches and corporate presentations. The Screening Room at the is available for hire. Blythswood Square Eyes Screenings at Blythswood Square is a luxurious way to watch your favourite films. Each […]

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Gum: Second Hand Book Fair Bank Street Cafe 28th January

Glasgow University Magazine (GUM) is hosting a second hand book fair. Bank Street Cafe Bar, 52 Bank Street, Hillhead, G 12 Tuesday 28th January Between 1-4pm. There’s a limited number of spaces available for sellers at £5 per pitch. If you would like to shift some unwanted literature and make some extra pennies get in […]

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Sweeneys in the Park 23 January 2014

Sweeneys in the Park Thursday 23rd January, 8:30pm The Southside Sessions present 3 new acts for your listening pleasure! come along and listen to the stars of the future!     Andrew Mill & The 5am Rumble Strip    www.drainpipedreams.com     First Tiger    www.firsttigermusic.com     Tall Hair (from the Mighty Sparrahawk) https://www.facebook.com/the.mighty.sparrahawk     Free entry, http://www.sweeneysonthepark.com/ Sweeney’s […]

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

A Play, A Pie and A Pint, Spring Summer Programme 2014

Welcome to this 20th Season of A Play A Pie and A Pint at OranMor, top of Byres Road, Glasgow G12 At the hugely popular lunchtime theatre in Glasgow West End, A Play A Pie and A Pint there are  thirty-eight new plays produced every year. You can see a huge variety of work and […]

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Monday, January 20, 2014 | Filed under: What's on in Glasgow: Theatre and Comedy

Juno and The Paycock, Sweet for Addicts at Cottiers, March 10,11,12.

Part of Glasgow’s St Patricks Festival Sweet for Addicts present Sean O’Casey’s classic Dublin Play Juno and the Paycock March 10/11/12 2014 Tickets £12/£10 from box office at: 0141 357 4000 Cottiers Theatre, Hyndland Street.  

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Andy White, 5th February, Woodend Bowling Club, Glasgow

   Andy White and Jimmy Livingston 5th  February Woodend Bowling and Tennis Club, Chamberlain Road, Jordanhill Belfast Troubador and fantastic entertainer, Andy White returns to Woodend to play songs from his new CD How Things Are and he will be supported by Jimmy Livingstone who toured last year with Lucinda Williams. Doors at 8.00 and […]

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Free Vettriano Creative Writing Workshops with Brian Whittingham, February, 2014

FREE VETTRIANO CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOPS Class details as follows:- FREE writing workshops for adults Thurs 6th Feb 2-4pm, Sat 8th Feb 10am – 12 noon and Thurs 13th Feb 2 – 4pm. Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Argyle St, Glasgow G3 8AG Join professional writer Brian Whittingham in exploring themes in the paintings of Jack […]

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Opening Concert Celtic Connections 2014, by Pauline Keightley

Photos and Review Pauline Keightley – http://pkimage.co.uk/ Nicola Benedetti performed at the Opening Concert Celtic Connections 2014. It was an eclectic night of exemplary world class music, showcasing several of the artists performing at this year’s festival and offering an interesting taster of the three weeks ahead. Fiddler Duncan Chisholm and Wolfstone, who performed at the […]

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The Hellfire Club, Bon-Accord, Glasgow Saturday 1st February

After a long break The Hellfire Club are pleased to announce their first proper live performance in Glasgow for over a year.  Please join us at the Bon Accord (just next to the Mitchell Library) on Saturday 1 February.  Entry is free. We will be performing songs from our forthcoming, as yet untitled, album – […]

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Starchild: Fundraising Auction 1st March Shawlands Academy, Glasgow G41 3TR

  Put Saturday March 1st in your diary! Shawlands Academy at 7.30 p.m. Tickets £20 – can be purchased on website. http://www.starchildcharity.com/ Starchild’s first anniversary party and celebration of their partnership with Shawlands Academy. It’s going to be an amazing night you won’t want to miss. Wonderful art work has been generously donated and Anita […]

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Sunday, January 19, 2014 | Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Starchild

Hearing Voices Movement, Thirteenth Note, Free, Sunday 19th January

HEARING VOICES MOVEMENT / RUSSIAN BRIDE / BEN O’FARELL / +1 Sunday 19th January Thirteenth Note50-60 King Street, Glasgow, G1 5QT (50-60 King Street, Glasgow, G1 5QT ( “All members of Hearing Voices Movement have their birthdays in late January. As a result they are holding a *FREE* birthday gig in the 13th Note. They […]

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Saturday, January 18, 2014 | Filed under: Gig Guide plus Club Events

Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip, Arches, 21st January

Synergy Concerts presents Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip Tuesday 21 January 2014  – 7pm-10pm  Super smart rap/beats duo Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip return to The Arches on Tuesday 21st January following the release of their latest single Stunner and a string of sold out dates across the UK this autumn. £12.50 + […]

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Palms/Aggi Doom, CCA, 1st February

Saramago presentsPalms / Aggi Doom CCA Sat 1 February 2014 8pm, Theatre, £5 +£1 booking feeAges 18+Book online / 0141 352 4900 Palms and Aggi Doom celebrate the release of their split 7” single on Milk Records, which also features songs from London bands Gold Bars and Human Hair. Playing alongside Palms and Aggi will […]

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BBC Radio Scotland CCA, Celtic Connections, 21st January

BBC Radio ScotlandLive at Celtic Connections CCA Tue 21 January 2014 8pm, Theatre, FREE but ticketedAges 16+Apply for tickets / 0141 352 4900 Bruce MacGregor brings you two hours of live music from the CCA during Celtic Connections including performances from Jenny Ritter, Olov Johansson (Vassen) with Catriona McKay, The Outside Track and Colin Macleod. […]

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BBC Radio Scotland Live at CCA, Celtic Connections 20th January

BBC Radio ScotlandLive at Celtic Connections CCA Mon 20 January 2014 7.45pm, Theatre, FREE but ticketedAges 16+Sold out / 0141 352 4900 Vic Galloway brings you two hours of live music from the CCA during Celtic Connections. Performing a very intimate show on the release day of their new album is legendary post-rock band Mogwai. […]

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Raghu Dixit Project and Shellie Morris, OranMor, 24th January

Raghu Dixit Project and Shellie Morris Fri 24th Of Jan 2014 – Live Music @ The Venue Today’s foremost international ambassador for India’s blossoming alternative music scene, singer-songwriter and guitarist Raghu Dixit draws lyrical inspiration from classical poets, amid a vibrantly alluring blend of folk, blues, rock, Sufi, funk, reggae, bhangra and Latin sounds. With […]

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Drever McGuire Young with Kent DuChaine, OranMor, 22nd January

Drever McGuire Young with Kent DuChaine Wed 22nd Of Jan 2014 – Live Music @ The Venue 7 p.m. OranMor, top of Byres Road Former Wolfstone singer/guitarist Ivan Drever, bodhran and flute player Frankie McGuire (ex-Lyra Celtica) and multi-instrumentalist Rich Young, whose session credits include Dave Stewart, Loudon Wainwright and King Creosote, became a trio […]

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Marion Gardyne: My Glasgow Connections, The Good Spirits, 11th January – 22nd February

Marion Gardyne: My Glasgow Connections The Good Spirits Co., Glasgow 11 January 2014, 10:00 to  22 February 2014 Debut exhibition from Marion Gardyne, featuring a series of mixed media collages that represent iconic Glasgow buildings in unique, kaleidoscope-like compositions. http://artmarcollage.wordpress.com/     The Good Spirits Co. 23 Bath Street, Glasgow, G2 1HW

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Friday, January 17, 2014 | Filed under: Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow

Toby Paterson: Soft Boundary, The Modern Institute Glasgow, 25th Jan – 21 February

Toby Paterson: Soft Boundary 25 January 2014 to 21 February 2014 The Modern Institute, Glasgow New work from the Glasgow-based artist, incorporating painting, printmaking and sculptural intervention. http://www.themoderninstitute.com/ The Modern Institute Suite 6, Floor 1 73 Robertson Street, Glasgow, G2 8QD

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UK and Ireland Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour Glasgow 14th February

UK and Ireland Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour 14th February Grand Hall, City Halls, Candleriggs, Merchant City Times: 19.30 (doors and bar open at 1830) Tickets: £13/£10.50 concession (groups 6 + and multiple screening discount avail) For tickets: http://www.banff-uk.com Attracting sold out audiences across the globe, the world’s most prestigious mountain film festival is […]

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The Grosvenor Cinema, Glasgow week beg Friday 17th January

The Grosvenor, Ashton Lane Week beginning 17th January To  book: Telephone: 0845 166 6002 12 Years a Slave 17th – 23rd JanuaryTWELVE YEARS A SLAVE is based on an incredible true story of one man’s fight for survival and freedom. In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a free black man from […]

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Thursday, January 16, 2014 | Filed under: Cinema

Kennedy Browne & Katarzyna Kosmala, 2 screenings CCA 31st January

Creative Futures Institute at UWS: Kennedy Browne & Katarzyna Kosmala Fri 31 January 2014 CCA 5pm – 9pm, FREE, CinemaAges 15+Book online / 0141 352 4900 Showcased for the first time in Scotland, Kennedy Browne, a collaborative practice of Irish artists Gareth Kennedy and Sarah Browne, explore ways of temporarily occupying architectural fragments and cultural […]

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Florrie James & Emilia Muller-Ginorio Mountaintop Administration Screening CCA 30th Jan

Florrie James & Emilia Muller-GinorioMountaintop Administration Screening Thu 30 January 2014 7pm, FREE CCA “Regarding running to the mountain: the mountain and the office are not separate systems, they are produced simultaneously.” Florrie James and Emilia Muller-Ginorio screen a new collaboratively produced film as part of their ongoing Mountaintop Administration project, filmed in locations that […]

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The Bolshoi Ballet: Jewels, GFT, 19th January

The Bolshoi Ballet: Jewels  Sunday 19 January GFT 12 Rose Street Inspired by the famous jewellers of New York’s Fifth Avenue, this triptych is a tribute to women, and to the cities of Paris, New York and St Petersburg. Choreographed in 1967 in New York City, this ballet, with its jewel-like costumes, celebrates the three […]

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After Tiller, GFT, 22nd – 23rd January

After TillerN/C 15+ GFT, 12 Rose Steet Wednesday 22–Thursday 23 January Dr George Tiller was one of few doctors in the US who practiced third trimester abortions. He was also a deeply religious Christian. One Sunday in March 2009, he was gunned down while handing out worship bulletins in his Church in Wichita, Kansas. After […]

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Wake in Fright, GFT, 19th January

Wake in Fright18 Sunday 19 January This legendary Australian cult classic, considered a ‘lost’ film for almost forty years, tells the story of a young school teacher stranded in a brutal outback town. Martin Scorcese dubbed it ‘a deeply – and I mean deeply – unsettling movie. It left me speechless’, while Nick Cave calls […]

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The Railway Man, GFT until 23rd January

The Railway Man15 GFT, 12 Rose Street, Glasgow Friday 10–Thursday 23 January Eric Lomax, a British officer stationed in Singapore during the Second World War, is captured and forced to work on the Thai-Burma Railway; otherwise known as ‘Death Railway’. Years later, he meets the beautiful Patricia Wallace and falls in love. Realising that the […]

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