I 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. Peter Hujar’s Day at GFT
2 – 12 January, 2026 (Captioned screenings 6th and 9th January) Ben Whishaw and Rebecca Hall star in the stunning new film from Ira Sachs, a richly cinematic rendering of the meeting of acclaimed photographer Peter Hujar and writer and artist Linda Rosenkrantz. In 1974, famed photographer Peter Hujar describes the routines and rituals that define an artist’s […]
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Tuesday, January 6, 2026 | Filed under: Cinema
California Schemin’ to close Glasgow Film Festival 2026
James McAvoy’s directorial debut California Schemin’ will have its UK premiere as the closing gala for Glasgow Film Festival 2026 (GFF26). Shot on location in Scotland, the film will close the 22nd annual Glasgow Film Festival on 8th March, 2026. Based on the improbably true story, California Schemin’ follows aspiring Scottish rap duo Silibil N’ […]
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Eleanor the Great at GFT
Friday 12 December, 2026 Eleanor the Great features a bravura performance from June Squibb in the title role of the spirited 94-year-old who tells a tale that takes on a dangerous life of its own. Eleanor Morgenstein has always stayed engaged and connected to the people around her. So, after a devastating loss, she relocates from […]
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Friday, January 2, 2026 | Filed under: Cinema
Take 2: Back to the Future
Saturday 3 January, 2026, 11.30 a.m. Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents’ first meeting and attracting his mother’s romantic interest. Marty must repair the damage to history by rekindling his parents’ romance and – with the help of his eccentric inventor friend Doc Brown – […]
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| Filed under: Cinema, Kids and young people
The Apartment – 4k Restoration
2,3 and 6 January, 2026 GFT, 12 Rose Street, G3 6RB One of the all-time greats and a beloved film with GFT audiences, The Apartment continues to resonate as an acerbic takedown of corporate morality and a bittersweet love story. A sparkling script, career-best performances from Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine and stunning black and white widescreen […]
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Hogmanay at Cottiers 2025
Celebrate the arrival of 2026 with at Cottiers in Glasgow’s West End. Enjoy seasonal dining, raise a glass, and dance the night away with live music from the Big Stupit’ Ceilidh Band. Tickets available: Dining in the Attic and Ceilidh £95 Hog Roast in the Theatre and Ceilidh £84.50 Ceilidh only £47.50 Spaces […]
Hogmanay Ceilidh at the Ferry 2025
The Hogmanay Ceilidh The Ferry, 25 Anderston Quay, Glasgow G3 8BX Wednesday 31st December 2025 There is no better way to end the year than with a traditional ceilidh in the heart of Glasgow, and why not do it in style by going along to The Ferry on the banks of the River Clyde on […]
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| Filed under: Christmas & Hogmanay Dining Glasgow, Christmas in Glasgow, Glasgow Hogmanay, Hogmanay Glasgow, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Big Country, Hogmanay at the Barrowland
31 December, 2025 from 7 p.m. – 10.30 p.m. Barrowland, 242 Gallowgate, Glasgoe G4 0TT The band played their legendary 1983 New Years eve show at the Barrowlands and now they return after over 40 years to do it all again! “Like the Pope in the Vatican, the Queen at Buckingham Palace, the President in […]
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Cameron’s Hogmanany Party
31 December, 2025 8 p.m. – 1 p.m. Bring in the New Year with at Camerons! 129 St George’s Road, Glasgow G3 6JA Join the celebrations for a brilliant night of music, drinks, and good company and welcome 2026 together. Tickets: £5 Available from bar staff — pay by cash or bank transfer.
Hogmanay at Blackfriars 2025
31 December, 2025, 7 p.m. – 2 a.m. Blackfriars, 36 Bell Street, Glasgow G1 1LG Celebrate Hogmanay in style at Blackfriars! Gather your mates for a night full of live music and unforgettable New Year celebrations! David Milne playing all the classics and current hits 7:30pm-9:30pm Pablo Jones and the Family Band playing all the […]
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Monday, December 29, 2025 | Filed under: Glasgow Hogmanay, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Rachelle Atalla – Creative Conversations
20 January, 2026, 1 p.m – 2 p.m. University Chapel, University of Glasgow, University Avenue, West Quadrangle, Glasgow G12 8QQ Author Rachelle Atalla reading and in conversation Rachelle Atalla is a Scottish-Egyptian novelist, short story writer and screenwriter based in Glasgow. Her short stories have been published widely, she has written for BBC Radio 4, […]
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Monday, December 22, 2025 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Take 2: The Nightmare Before Christmas
Saturday 20 December, 2025, 11.30 a.m. Can Christmas be saved? Bored with the same old scare-and-scream routine, Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King of Halloween Town, longs to spread the joy of Christmas. But his merry mission puts Santa in jeopardy and creates a nightmare for good little boys and girls everywhere! Every child attending a […]
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Friday, December 19, 2025 | Filed under: Cinema, Kids and young people, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
It’s a Wonderful Life GFT
18 – 24 December, 2025 The beloved Christmas classic is GFT’s bestselling film of all time and has become a treasured festive tradition for so many of you, so make sure you don’t miss out on seats for this year’s screenings. Buy tickets Frank Capra’s 1946 Christmas classic follows the tribulations of smallltown everyman George […]
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Thursday, December 18, 2025 | Filed under: Christmas in Glasgow, Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
The Tale of Silyan at GFT
Tuesday, 23 December, 2025, 1 p.m. Wednesday, 24 December, 2025, 3.20 p.m. Following the critical acclaim of Honeyland, Oscar-nominated director Tamara Kotseva brings her unique, cinematic voice to this poetic story of solitude, belonging and renewal. Rooted in a 17th-century Macedonian folktale of a boy transformed into a stork, The Tale of Silyan follows Nikola, an aging farmer whose community […]
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Folktales at GFT
19 – 22 December, 2025 From the Academy Award-nominated filmmakers Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady (Jesus Camp), Folktales is a timely and moving portrait of teenagers who choose an extraordinary “gap year” in the Arctic wilderness — learning to dog sled, navigate the wilderness, and find meaning beyond the modern world. Dropped at the edge of the world, they must rely […]
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White Christmas at GFT
Monday 15th December, 2025 at 12.30 p.m. and Sunday 21 December, 2025 – wheelchair accessible Singers Bob Wallace (Bing Crosby) and Phil Davis (Danny Kaye) join sister act Betty (Rosemary Clooney) and Judy Haynes (Vera-Ellen) to perform a Christmas show in rural Vermont. While there, they run into General Waverly (Dean Jagger), the boys’ commander […]
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| Filed under: Christmas in Glasgow, Cinema, Pat's Home Page Blog
Soul Jazz Sundays Xmas Party
Sunday 28 December, 2025, 5 p.m. – 11 p.m. Nick Peacock and Mark Robb McCrea West of Scotland Cricket Club, 40-44 Peel St, Glasgow G11 5LU Nick and Mark’s last Party of 2025 Traditionally this one is a very busy session so please come down early for 6 hours of amazing music, Jazz, Latin, Disco, Soul, Northern……..Looking […]
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Wednesday, December 17, 2025 | Filed under: Christmas in Glasgow, Gig Guide plus Club Events, Music, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Hundreds of Beavers, Arlington Baths Club
Saturday 20 December, 2025 6.00 p.m. – 8.30 p.m. Arlington Baths Club 61 Arlington St, Glasgow G3 6DT Come along and enjoy this anarchic slapstick comedy! In this 19th century, supernatural winter epic, a drunken applejack salesman must go from zero to hero and become North America’s greatest fur trapper by defeating hundreds of beavers. […]
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Monday, December 15, 2025 | Filed under: Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Batman Returns at GFT
Monday 15th December, 2025 at 5.40 p.m. And Thursday 18 December, 20s5 at 5.30 p.m. The monstrous Penguin, who dwells in the sewers beneath Gotham, joins up with corrupt mayoral candidate Max Shreck to topple the Batman once and for all. But when Shreck’s timid assistant Selina Kyle finds out, and Shreck tries to kill […]
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Sunday, December 14, 2025 | Filed under: Christmas in Glasgow, Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Kill Bill – The Whole Bloody Affair
Saturday 17 December, 2025 – 5.45 p.m. and Monday 19 December, 2025 – 5.45 p.m. Screening on 35mm, Quentin Tarantino’s revenge spectacular returns to the big screen as its auteur intended: with both chapters brought together as one film, alongside a never-before-seen animated sequence. An assassin code-named The Bride (Uma Thurman) wakes up from a coma, four […]
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Friday, December 12, 2025 | Filed under: Cinema
It Was Just An Accident at GFT
14, 15 and 17 December, 2025 Winner of the Palme d’Or at Cannes, It Was Just An Accident is a fearless tour-de-force from cinematic luminary Jafar Panahi. Both urgently political and deeply humane, this new moral classic confronts truth and uncertainty, revenge and mercy, head-on. When auto mechanic Vahid unexpectedly encounters the man who may have been his […]
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The Muppet Christmas Carol at GFT
STANDARD SCREENING (CAPTIONED): SAT 13 DEC, 11.30AM AUTISM FRIENDLY SCREENING: SAT 13 DEC, 12PM Audio Description available for both of these screenings ‘Tis the season for love, laughter, and one of the most cherished stories of all time! Join Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, and all the hilarious Muppets in this merry, magical version of […]
Eternity at GFT
12 – 18 December, 2025 In an afterlife where souls have one week to decide where to spend eternity, Joan (Elizabeth Olson) is faced with the impossible choice between the man she spent her life with (Miles Teller), and her first love(Callum Turner), who died young and has waited decades for her to arrive. Buy […]
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Amy Duncan live in store – Greetings from Gartnavel
Saturday 24 January, 2026 2 p.m. Event by Last Night From Glasgow and Amy Duncan Music From Big Blue – Unit 10 The Hidden Lane, 1103 The Hidden Ln, Argyle St, Finnieston, Glasgow G3 8ND Join Amy Duncan live in store to see her performing songs from her new album: Greetings From Gartnavel (released 23 Jan 2026 […]
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Thursday, December 11, 2025 | Filed under: Gig Guide plus Club Events, Music, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
The Shining 45th Anniversary at GFT
12th 14th and 17th 18th December, 2025 Stanley Kubrick’s masterpiece of modern horror is widely considered to be one of the most terrifying movies of all time. Based on Stephen King’s bestselling novel, this tale of a family man and would-be writer going mad as winter caretaker of the cursed Overlook Hotel is a seminal work of the […]
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Wednesday, December 10, 2025 | Filed under: Cinema
The Mighty Peking Man at GFT
Saturday 13 December, 2025, 3.20 p.m. A rare screening of the Shaw Brothers’ 1977 take on King Kong, one of the maddest monster movies ever made and a true cult classic. Best known for revolutionising the martial arts genre, the legendary Shaw Brothers studio in the late 1970s branched out into exploitation cinema, resulting in some truly […]
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Cinder’s Fella, mini-panto Glasgow Green
Daily until 4 January, 2026 Event by Folksy Theatre Glasgow Green Don’t miss your chance to catch this hilarious, family, 50 minute Glasgow panto.Join Cinder’s, Buttons and the ugly sisters in the Big Top at Glasgow Green. Filled with banter and songs that are guaranteed to have you laughing and singing along! Running till 4th Jan. […]
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Monday, December 8, 2025 | Filed under: Christmas in Glasgow, Pantos and Christmas Shows in Glasgow 2016, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Nemo Arts Winter Showcase
Friday 12 December, 2025, 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. The Briggait, WASPS Studios. Opposite the Nemo Arts Studio in the Clydeside Market Hall. Celebrate the achievements of Nemo Arts community with an inspiring afternoon of creativity, collaboration, and wellbeing – featuring performances from our Drama, Choir, Guitar, and Taiko Drumming Groups, and exhibitions from our […]
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Sunday, December 7, 2025 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Christmas in Glasgow, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers
A Cottier’s Christmas Carol
10 – 30 December, 2025 By Paul Harper-Swan It is Christmas eve and the Pantosphere is full of festive fun and cheers. Everyone is except Anjelica Scrooge, the richest woman in Panto Land that everyone fears. Anjelica will be up all day and all night with ghostly guests from the past, present and future……. Glasgow, […]
Pinocchio – Community Panto
19 – 22 December, 2025 Maryhill Community Central Halls, 292-316 Maryhill Rd, Glasgow G20 7YE Halo Arts are back with Glasgow’s Biggest Community Pantomime- ‘Pinocchio’! When auld Geppetto wishes his gobby puppet Pinocchio was a real boy, the Blue Fairy brings him to life—(sort of). But our wooden pal still needs to prove he’s […]
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