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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..

Friends of People’s Palace, Winter Gardens and Glasgow Green, marking closure for refurbishment

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Mark the occasion with the Friends of the People’s Palace Winter Gardens and Glasgow Green On Sunday 14th April at 3:30pm we will be outside the People’s Palace with St Francis’ Pipe Band and St Dennis Children’s choir to mark the People’s Palace long overdue refurbishment. At 5pm the doors will close and not re-open until […]

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Tree Identification, Training and Guides Glasgow

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Trees for Climate Action in Glasgow Registration for the 2024 spring course and free guides is now open. Register for free training Register for free guides Get outdoors and have fun whilst building knowledge and skills on one of Trees for Cities / Field Studies Council‘s free tree courses. Discover more about local trees, their […]

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Paisley Book Festival 2024: Andrew O’Hagan – Caledonian Road

Andrew O'Hagan

28 April, 2024, 2.30 – 3.30 p.m. Loom Loggia, Paisley Town Hall, Abbey Cl, Paisley PA1 1JF Following on from his hugely successful novel, Mayflies, which was turned into a BAFTA award-winning BBC drama series last year, Ayrshire author Andrew O’Hagan joins Paisley Book Festival to introduce his brand-new novel, Caledonian Road. Described by Andrew […]

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Paisley Book Festival 2024

Imagine Something Different

    25 – 28 April, 2024 Imagine Something Different The 2024 Paisley Book Festival, themed “Imagine Something Different,” invites attendees to embark on a transformative journey into the world of stories and storytelling. Embracing the festival’s renowned radical edge, this year’s theme encourages stepping beyond conventional boundaries and seeking out new ideas with the […]

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Palestinian Makers’ Market

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Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 April, 2024 The Alchemy Experiment, 157 Byres Rd, Glasgow G12 8TS A chance to support Palestinians through buying produce imported by Scottish charities. Event on Facebook

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Owning Your Story – Barry Graham at G20 Works

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3 May, 2024, 7 p.m.  G20 Works Building,  21 Dunbeith Place, Glasgow G20 8HS Performance and Discussion with Author Barry Graham ‘If you don’t own the story of your life, someone else will’ Barry will perform from his book – The Book of Man Barry Graham, originally from Maryhill, now lives in Wyndford after returning […]

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Helen Rose, Outdoor Diary: Glen Nevis

April, 2024 Corran The HF club arranged the annual winter weekend based at Corran Bunkhouse The Bunkhouse is misnamed as most of the rooms have ensuite and towels are supplied. It is just like a B&B but you make your own breakfast. The walks on offer by the club are both high and low level. […]

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Spring Family Day – Spring Fling University of Glasgow ARC

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Saturday 30 March, 2024, 12 – 3 p.m. University of Glasgow ARC Spring Fling family day St Mungo’s Square outside University of Glasgow’s ARC building. 11 Chapel Lane, University of Glasgow, G11 6EW Pop up gala of with a range of activities, performances and stalls. Live Music in St Mungo Square Running order Performers 12.00 […]

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Paisley International Tango Festival 2024

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29, 30 and  31 March, 2024 After a break of 5 years Paisley Tango will once again host another amazing tango festival. Everyone is welcome back to beautiful Paisley for another fantastic line-up of dancers from around the world for 3 days of dancing, partying, enjoyment and socialising with old and new friends. Maestros Bárbara […]

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Tuesday, March 26, 2024 | Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Pat's Home Page Blog

Marking The Closure of People’s Palace Unitil 2027

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Sunday 14th April  2024, 3.30 p.m. – 5 p.m. The People’s Palace at Glasgow Green will close its doors on 14 April as, alongside the Winter Gardens, these iconic buildings belonging to Glaswegians forever and ever will undergo refurbishment. Friends of People’s Palace, Winter Gardens and Glasgow Green have organised a farewell event from 3.30 […]

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Glasgow Short Film Festival 2024 Announces Award Winners

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Jury Prizes And How Miserable is the Home of Evil by Saleh Kashefi and Friends on the Outside by Annabel Moodie take jury prizes.   The 17th annual celebration of short film finished with the awards ceremony, following a packed five day programme of events across the city Glasgow Film Festival 2024 announced the winners […]

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Monday, March 25, 2024 | Filed under: Cinema

An Afternoon of Song from Movies and Musicals

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Saturday 20 April, 2024, 2.30 p.m. – 5 p.m. Duntocher Church Hall, New Street, G81 6DF Performances from Kirsty Duncan and Havana Blonde Stalls from Local Makers and refreshments available to purchase. See event on Facebook Buy tickets

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Nemo Arts Spring Showcase at Websters

Nemo Arts Spring Showcase

Wednesday 17 April, 2024 1.30 p.m. – 3.30 p.m. Websters Theatre,  416 Great Western Road, Glasgow G4 9HZ Come along for an unforgettable evening of creativity and community at Websters Theatre, presented by Nemo Arts, A Glasgow-based mental health support charity. Immerse yourself in the transformative power of the arts as Nemo Arts showcase the […]

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Sunday, March 24, 2024 | Filed under: What's on in Glasgow: Theatre and Comedy

When We Were Young at Websters

When We Were Young

Sunday 14 April, 2024 Websters Theatre, 416 Great Western Road, Glasgow G4 9HZ A story of teenage gangs, friendship and survival. When We Were Young Looks beyond the tabloid stereotypes of ‘Neds’ to tell a powerful and hilarious story about the realities of gang culture and young team mentality in Glasgow during the 90s as […]

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Karen Dunbar at Websters

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Saturday 6th April, 2024 7.30 p.m. Websters Theatre, 416 Great Western Road, Glasgow G4 9HZ Karen Dunbar is a Scottish comedian, actress and writer. Her rise to fame came when she appeared on television on the BBC series Chewin’ the Fat, and was subsequently given her own show by the channel, The Karen Dunbar Show. […]

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Creative Conversations: May Sumbwanyambe

May Sumbwanyambe

Monday 25 March, 2024, 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel, University Avenue, G12 8QQ Described by The Scotsman as ‘one of the key creative figures in Scotland’s increasingly determined effort to come to terms with its own colonial past, and particularly with Scottish involvement in slavery and the slave trade,’ May […]

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Saturday, March 23, 2024 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events

Partick Thistle F.C. Annual Dinner Dance at Cottiers

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Tuesday 30 April, 2024 Celebrate the 2023/24 season at Cottiers Theatre as Partick Thistle Mens, Ladies and Academy teams host their annual dinner. Special Guest Speakers Fundraising Auction Live Entertainment Cottiers, 93 Hyndland Street, Glasgow G11 5PU Book tickets online  Box Office 0141 357 4000

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Strathclyde University Jazz Orchestra at Cottiers

Strathclyde university jazz orchestra

3 April, 2024 at 7.30 p.m. Cottiers, 93 Hyndland Street, Glasgow G11 5PU Strathclyde University Jazz Orchestra return to Cottiers for their headline gig of 2024. Come along to hear funky tunes, band classics, and some jazzy twists on popular hits. About Strathclyde University Jazz Orchestra : Formed in late 2012, the Strathclyde University Jazz Orchestra is […]

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Eggstavaganza Easter Sunday Glasgow Green

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Sunday 31 March, 2024 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. Friends of People’s Palace, Winter Gardens and Glasgow Green Free Family Event Garden Area, Glasgow Green – Next to Yellow Canopy beside The People’s Palace (FOPPWGGG) Come along and enjoy a fun day out at Easter. Balloon Modeller Face Painting Goodie Bags Fun Characters and Refreshments […]

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A Passion for Paisley Talk and Exhibition

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Opening Day of A Passion for Paisley 26 March, 2024 The Exhibition – A Passion for Paisley runs from 26 March to 12 July, 2024. Great Tapestry of Scotland, 14 – 20 High Street, Galashiels, TD1 1SD Did you know that the Edinburgh Kashmir shawl industry predated the Paisley industry by forty years? In fact, […]

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National Theatre Live: The Motive and The Cue

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26th March, 2024 7 p.m. Sam Mendes (The Lehman Trilogy) directs Mark Gatiss as John Gielgud and Johnny Flynn as Richard Burton in this fierce and funny new play. 1964: Richard Burton, newly married to Elizabeth Taylor, is to play the title role in an experimental new Broadway production of Hamlet under John Gielgud’s exacting […]

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Thursday, March 21, 2024 | Filed under: Cinema

Do Not Expect Too Much From The End Of The World

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25 – 28 March, 2024 Radu Jude’s latest satire takes us on an absurdist road trip through Romania past and present as a worn-out production assistant tries to make a workplace safety video come together. Radu Jude’s Locarno award-winning follow up to Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn takes us on an absurdist road trip […]

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The Bride Wore Red

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25 and 27 March, 2024 ‘We breathe, we sleep and we get hungry too, very much like human beings.’ In this glamorous but sharp edged romantic comedy, Joan Crawford stars as Anni Pavlovitch, a singer at a downmarket cabaret who is hired by a wily Count to impersonate an aristocrat at a swish Alpine resort. […]

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After Hours at GFT

After Hours

22 – 28 March, 2024 For the March edition of Scorsese of the Month, we’re delighted to bring you the new 4K restoration of this darkly comic tale. What if that date you thought would never end didn’t? When an uptown New Yorker innocently meets a downtown girl, he’s uncontrollably drawn into a vortex of […]

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The Delinquents

The Delinquents

22 – 28 March, 2024 Beguiling and unpredictable, Cannes Un Certain Regard breakout The Delinquents reinvents the heist film as a free-flowing adventure like no other. Buenos Aires bank employee Morán (Daniel Eliás) dreams up a scheme to liberate himself from corporate monotony: he’ll steal enough money to support a modest retirement, then confess and […]

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Copa 71

Copa 71

23 – 28 March, 2024 Told by the pioneering women who participated in it and built from archive unseen for 50 years, this is the extraordinary story of the 1971 Women’s Football World Cup. This was a tournament unlike anything that’s happened before, and it’s likely you’ve never even heard of it. Dismissed by both […]

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Take 2: Glasgow Short Film Festival Family Shorts

Saturday 23 March, 2024 11.30 a.m. Journey through time and space in Glasgow Short Film Festival’s Family Shorts programme: visiting giant chickens, sneezing crocodiles, and floating houses. Travel to the past to build a house with cavemen or resist the sheep king’s reign of terror. Or, to a distant future to work alongside robot bees […]

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Vanya

Vanya NTL

24 March, 2024, 6.40 p.m. National Theatre Live Andrew Scott (Fleabag) brings multiple characters to life in Simon Stephens’ (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time) radical new version of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya. Hopes, dreams, and regrets are thrust into sharp focus in this one-man adaptation which explores the complexities of human emotions. […]

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Table Top Sale Knightswood

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Saturday 23 March, 2024 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. St Davids Church, 66 Boreland Drive, Knightswood, Glasgow £3 entry includes tea and coffee Great selection of stalls: Toys Books Toiletries Bric a Brac Clothing Gifts – Watch out for Sandra Stewart’s gorgeous floral gifts    

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Alex Kane launches Two Sisters

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Thursday 21st March, 2024 7:00 p.m. Glasgow – 153-157 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3EW The hugely popular crime writer Alex Kane will be launching Two Sisters in store. They tried to forget their past. Now it’s the only thing that can save them. Ever since being adopted as babies, twins Sinead and Orla have been […]

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