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..

GFT: Only Lovers Left Alive

Friday 14 February GFT 12 Rose Street, Glasgow Buy Tickets Adam and Eve are a pair of willowy, languidly eccentric vampires with a shared appreciation for trendy music and edgy photography. There’s a suggestion that they could even have been the world’s first couple: their love affair has spanned millennia. Now it brings Eve to […]

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Thursday, February 13, 2014 | Filed under: Cinema, Valentine's Day in Glasgow 2014

The Electric Frog and Pressure Riverside Festival, Glasgow 3rd and 4th May, 2014

THE ELECTRIC FROG & PRESSURE RIVERSIDE FESTIVAL ANNOUNCE SOME OF THE BIGGEST NAMES IN DANCE MUSIC FOR THEIR TWO DAY FESTIVAL THIS MAY BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND Two of the leading event organisers in Glasgow – The Electric Frog and Pressure – have joined forces for a second year to bring fans of electronic music the […]

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Wednesday, February 12, 2014 | Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers

Visual Artist Phil Collins Reaches out to Communities in Glasgow for Queen’s Park Film Project

 The Common Guild Part of Queen’s Park Film Festival 2014 Renowned award-winning artist Phil Collins will unveil his latest film project commissioned by The Common Guild in Glasgow’s Queen’s Park this July as part of Festival 2014. He is now seeking private photographs and personal stories from people living in Glasgow for a potential contribution to […]

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Glasgow Short Film Festival The Borscht Corporation, CCA 14th February, 2014

Glasgow Short Film FestivalThe Borscht Corporation Fri 14 February 2014 6.30pm, £5, TheatreAges 18+Book online / 0141 332 6535 The Borscht Corporation is a collective of like-minded filmmakers, run by visual artist Jillian Mayer and playwright Lucas Leyva, who tell Miami stories that reject the typical portrayal of the city as a vapid party town. […]

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Glasgow Short Film Festival Notes from Underground Queer Russian Cinema Fri 14 February 2014

Glasgow Short Film FestivalNotes from UndergroundQueer Russian Cinema CCA Fri 14 February 2014 9pm, £5, CinemaAges 18+Book online / 0141 332 6535 Cinema as identity, cinema as resistance. As the state of LGBT rights in Russia continues to worsen even beyond its already infamous 2013 law banning ‘propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations’, making queer cinema […]

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Glasgow Short Film Festival Focus on Ireland 1 CCA, 14th February, 2014

Glasgow Short Film FestivalFocus on Ireland 1 CCA Fri 14 February 2014 7pm, £5, CinemaAges 15+Book online / 0141 332 6535 Kicking against the grain somewhat, Irish short film has increasingly found success on the worldwide stage, with proportionally high numbers being nominated for Academy awards and other barometers of success. This first programme includes […]

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Scottish Writers’ Centre: In Process with J David Simons, CCA

Scottish Writers’ Centre:In Process with J David Simons CCA Tue 4 March 2014 7pm, £6 (£3), FREE to SWC membersNo 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 […]

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Scottish Writers’ Centre: Another Kind of North Tue 25 February 2014 CCA

Scottish Writers’ Centre:Another Kind of North Tue 25 February 2014 7pm, £6 (£3), FREE for SWC membersNo booking required Poet and translator Donald Adamson, winner of The Herald Millennium Poetry Prize launches his new collection From Coiled Roots, with special guests. Published by Indigo Dreams, he book explores life, landscapes and history in Finland and […]

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Glasgow Film Festival A Portrait of Robert Alan Jamieson, CCA 22nd Feb

Glasgow Film FestivalA Portrait of Robert Alan Jamieson CCA Sat 22 February 2014 3.30pm, £5 (Festival for a Fiver), TheatreAges 8+Book online / 0141 332 6535   Novelist and poet, Robert Alan Jamieson grew up in the crofting community of Sandness, Shetland. This film is based on his a collection of poems Nort Atlantik Drift, […]

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GSFF: Franco-German Film Evening, CCA 13th February

Glasgow Short Film FestivalEurope in FocusFranco-German Film Evening CCA Thu 13 February 2014 7pm, £5, CinemaAges 15+Book online / 0141 332 6535 European filmmaking has always drawn inspiration from the differences as well as commonalities between nations and filmmakers with a fascinating range of aesthetic approaches and cultural backgrounds. To mark the 10th anniversary of […]

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Pulse: Opening Film GSFF

Opening Performance: Pulse Thursday 13 February (20.30) Glasgow Short Film Festival is delighted to present the World Premiere of PULSE, a dramatic collaboration between Grammy-nominated British/Bulgarian composer Dobrinka Tabakova and Scottish filmmaker Ruth Paxton. PULSE is a noir-like expressionistic short film about peril and rescue. Travelling through the streets of Glasgow by the River Clyde […]

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Glasgow Short Film Festival 2014

Glasgow Short Film Festival Thursday 13 – Sunday 16 February Scotland’s leading short film festival returns for four days of screenings, workshops, unique opportunities and, of course, parties. This year’s Festival is devoted to the relationship between music and film, whether as a collaboration of equals, or as one art form in service to another, […]

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Blairdardie Youth Event, Glasgow 4th March, 2014

Blairdardie Sports Pavilion 479 Blairdardie Road, G15 6JP 4th March, 7 – 9 p.m. 12 years+ All welcome: Wall climbing Gladiators Jewellery Making Football Training Dance Face Painting Music workshops Zumba DJ workshops and much more

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Frack Watch Meeting 16th February, GMAC Trongate, Glasgow

Sunday February 16, 2pm – 4pm GMAC, 103 Trongate, Glasgow, G1 5HD Speakers • Music • Chat • Plans Falkirk Against Unconventional Gas, fighting plans to put health and water at risk in central belt How corporations plan to frack Scotland – launch of new pamphlet “Fracking Capitalism” A Big Red Sunday EVENT

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Gig: Vagabond Social Club, 14th February, 2014

Matthew Malone / Sleepy Eyes Nelson / Miss Irenie Rose Vagabond Social Club The State Bar  Friday 14th February      8:00pm until 12:00am The Vagabond Social Club is back after an unseemly hiatus with a sterling line up of act. Making her second appearance, Miss Irenie Rose is a singer-songwriter drawing influences from both Scottish and […]

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Love Words at GOMA, Thursday 13th February, Federation of Writers Scotland

Thursday 13th February – 2:00pm until 6:30pm GOMA Library, Royal Exchange Square, Glasgow G1 3AH Love Words is an event organised by the Federation of Writers (Scotland) and which takes place in GoMA Library in Royal Exchange Square on Thursday 13th February from 2-6:30. The event is an open mic drop-in event, so no-one is […]

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The Reconciliation Tour: Woodend Bowling Club 12th March, 2014

Michael Weston King – My Darling Clementine, Woodend Bowling Club Michael Weston King and eaturing his wife Lou Dalgleish performing old and new songs from their critically acclaimed albums including the recent The Reconciliation album. This will be a great show and here is a link to a great review from the Guardian. Review in […]

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Tuesday, February 11, 2014 | Filed under: Gig Guide plus Club Events

Glasgow Cancer Research UK Race for Life 5k 2014

  Race for Life 5k 4th May 2014 Glasgow Green, Greendyke Street, Glasgow, Strathclyde, G40 1AT Adult entry (16+ women-only) – £14.99; Child entry (6-15 girls and boys under 13) – £10; Under 6 entry (boys and girls) – free and no registration needed Please Register online Links to website: Event or Facebook page. Take […]

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Clyde Steamer Memories Part 1 DVD Video History Scotland

Clyde Steamer Memories Part 1 Henry Bell and his famous ship The Comet, the first ship to successfully harness steam power for navigation, ushered in the age of steam navigation – not only to the River Clyde but across the world. Nowhere was the pace of change as fast as along the banks of the […]

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Monkey Drama – Drama for the early years. Glasgow West End

Drama For The Early years Public Classes Come along for a FREE trial. Booking is essential to secure your place. Classes last for 45 minutes. You can buy a 4 week pass which is valid for 6 weeks or 8 week passes valid for 10 weeks. We offer a 10% sibling discount for block bookings. […]

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Monday, February 10, 2014 | Filed under: Kids and young people

New Writing Showcase, Old Hairdressers, Glasgow, 1st March, 2014

New Writing Showcase  Saturday, March 1, 2014    The Old Hairdressers        Octavius Magazine, Far Off Places and From Glasgow to Saturn Journal have teamed up to bring you an afternoon of literary goodness. Come have a drink, chat to the editors, and enjoy readings from all 3 magazines. Free entry. Start time TBC. The Old Hairdressers, […]

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Sasha-Kate Robb, Winner Scots Poetry Recital Championship, 2014. Hyndland School.

“Eh’ma pizza, a magic pizza, bein’ stuck in the freezer’s a scunner..!” – was all the parents of Sasha-Kate heard for weeks and weeks as she practiced for her “Scots Poetry” school competition celebrating Rabbie Burns’ Day at Hyndland Primary School in Glasgow’s West End. Sasha-Kate, who is in P4, picked the poem called “The […]

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The Hunterian Gallery, Glasgow: Scottish Gold exhibition set to shine

Scottish Gold 14 March – 15 June 2014 Hunterian Art Gallery Admission £5.00/£3.00 A spectacular new exhibition at the Hunterian Art Gallery is set to shine when it opens in March. Scottish Gold brings together a glittering array of the finest gold specimens and objects from The Hunterian collection and other institutions across the UK, […]

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Woodlands Garden Glasgow: Sustainable Transport Film and Discussion

Active Travel Film and Discussion Event Woodlands Garden Thursday, February 20, 2014 7:00pm until 9:00pm Seminar Room 1, Wolfson Medical Building, University Avenue, G12 8QQ We will be showing a series of short films looking at city design and active transport, followed by a talk and discussion from Future City Glasgow (futurecity.glasgow.gov.uk). Guest – Glasgow […]

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Mogwai: Concert Hall Celtic Connections 2014

 When I arrived at the concert hall it was very unusual to see the place busy with thirty something rock and indie fans rather than the older audience that more often attend Celtic gigs.  The air was full of anticipation as people waied for this iconic Glasgow band.  This was a gig of two parts […]

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Tuesday, February 4, 2014 | Filed under: Celtic Connections 2014, Music Reviews, Pauline Keightley

Calling All Glasgow Singers! Your chance to be on TV.

If you can ‘Moonwalk like Michael Jackson’ or ‘Belt it like Beyonce’ then get down to Silverburn Shopping Centre on Thursday 6th Feb for your chance to be on TV! ‘Let Me Entertain You’ is the new show from ITV that showcases ordinary people doing extraordinary performances!! We will be travelling around the country over […]

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Theatre Glasgow: Miss Julie, The Citz, 6 – 15th February

Miss Julie Flirting and Fighting at the Citizens Theatre 6 Feb 2014 to 15 Feb 2014 A flirtatious contest for power becomes a vicious struggle for survival. With Sherlock’s Louise Brealey. Only 9 performances! In the oppressive heat of summer, Julie is drawn into a dangerous game with her father’s butler, John. As the night […]

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Love is in the Air: Stories of Love and Spring: Springtime on Spetses, Mary Irvine

Springtime on Spetses by Mary Irvine  In Spring the winter clothes are packed away and the summer ones unpacked, smelling of naphlia. The island is awash with the colours of wild flowers – sedges, daisies, profusions of margaritas, cyclamen, all the blossoms of the various fruit trees – almond, apple, orange, lemon, quince, fig, olive. […]

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