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. Woken GFF24
3 and 4 March, 2024 Set in the near-future, this psychological sci-fi thriller stars Erin Kellyman (Solo: A Star Wars Story) as Anna, a pregnant woman who wakes up on an island with no recollection of anyone she’s living with — including her husband. Alan Friel’s twisty debut follows Anna as she becomes increasingly suspicious […]
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Saturday, March 2, 2024 | Filed under: Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Glasgow Film Festival 2024
Tickets on sale Glasgow Film Festival 2024
28 February – March, 2024 The wait is over! You’ve had a few days to soak up GFF24’s jam packed programme, and been on the edge of your seats and biting your nails waiting for your chance to snag those tickets. GFF is thrilled to announce that the full programme general sale is now live! […]
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The Dead Don’t Hurt at GFF
3 and 4 March, 2024 Viggo Mortensen writes, directs and stars in this original take on the classic Western, in a story that centres on the adventurous life of fiercely independent Vivienne Le Coudy, played by Vicky Krieps. Viggo Mortensen heads back to the 1860s for this moving romantic Western. Vicky Krieps stars as French-Canadian […]
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Filmmaking with Kevin Macdonald at Glasgow Film Festival 2024
Tuesday 5 March, 2024 at 4 p.m. GFF Industry Focus is excited to welcome Glasgow’s very own Kevin Macdonald, the renowned film director of The Last King of Scotland, State of Play and Touching the Void fame. This extra special panel dubbed Filmmaking with Kevin Macdonald, will host Kevin as he discusses his career in […]
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Brothers Glasgow Film Festival 2024
Friday 1 and Saturday 2 March, 2024 Czechia’s entry for this year’s Best International Feature Oscar recounts the gripping true story of the Mašín brother’s anti-Communist resistance and their attempt to flee to the West in 1953. Official Entry: Czechia – Best International Feature – 96th Academy Awards® Seven decades after brothers Josef and Ctirad […]
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Friday, March 1, 2024 | Filed under: Cinema, Glasgow Film Festival 2024, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Asog Glasgow Film Festival 2024
Friday 1 March, 2024 6 p.m. Directed by Filipino-Chinese-Irish Canadian comedian and filmmaker Seán Devlin Asog follows Jaya; a non-binary school teacher on a journey of self-discovery, starring survivors of the Yolanda typhoon in the Philippines. Seán Devlin’s trans road movie spans fact, fiction and magic realism as it sees victims of the Yolanda typhoon […]
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Glasgow Music Festival 2024
Tuesday 12 March 2024, 6.30 p.m. – 10 p.m. Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Killermont St, Glasgow G2 3NW Glasgow Music Festival – A Platform for Performance Glasgow Music Festival is an annual festival of music, speech, drama and dance first held in 1911. Each year around 7,000 performers take part in the festival which […]
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Thursday, February 29, 2024 | Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Gig Guide plus Club Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Sarah Smith World Hearing Day Dennistoun Library
Monday, 4 March, 2024, 10.30 a.m. – 12 p.m. RNID Support Session Dennistoun Library, 2A Craigpark, Glasgow G31 2NA Mark World Hearing Day at Dennistoun Library with writer Sarah Smith and RNID. Sarah Smith will be discussing her debut novel Hear No Evil, a historical crime story set in Glasgow and Edinburgh in 1817. Sarah will […]
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| Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Clairmont – Lesley McDowell Book Launch
Thursday 29th February, 2024 7:00 p.m. Waterstones, 153-157 Sauchiehall Street Glasgow G2 3EW Claire Clairmont – the incredible woman that history tried to forget. But in the year that will mark the 200 year anniversary of Lord Byron’s death, Claire will finally find her voice, and tell her side of the story of that fateful […]
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Love Lies Bleeding Opening Gala Glasgow Film Festival 2024
Opening Gala: Love Lies Bleeding – 28 February, 2024 Also Screening Thursday 29 March 1.05 p.m Tonight is the night of GFF24’s spectacular Opening Gala with the UK Premiere of Director Rose Glass’ second feature, Love Lies Bleeding, in which love and violence come together in an explosive cocktail in this thriller starring Kristen Stewart […]
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Wednesday, February 28, 2024 | Filed under: Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Glasgow Film Festival 2024, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Under One Roof – Taking Care of Your Tenement
Saturday 2nd March 2024 | 11am – 1pm Meet at GCHT Office, 54 Bell Street, G1 1LQ Concerned about the current state of your tenement? Not quite sure what sort of repair work might need to be done? Then join Glasgow City Heritage Trust and Under One Roof for an investigative walk around the Merchant […]
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Tuesday, February 27, 2024 | Filed under: Free Events, Pat's Home Page Blog, Walks and Tours Glasgow
THE G at Glasgow Film Festival 2024
Thursday, 29 February 2024, 8.30 p.m. – Screening on 29th will be followed by a Q&A with Karl R. Hearne and Dale Dickey. Saturday 2 March, 2024 6.15 p.m. UK Premiere Dale Dickey (Winter’s Bone, A Love Song) stars in this pacy and complex revenge thriller that proves hell hath no fury like a grandmother […]
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Monday, February 26, 2024 | Filed under: Cinema, Glasgow Film Festival 2024
The Burning Season (2023) review Pat Byrne
The Burning Season at GFF, 3 and 4 March, 2024 Sean Garrity’s The Burning Season is a story about two people Alena (Sara Canning) and JB (Jonas Chernick) and their dysfunctional affair. It involves them meeting each year at the lakeside resort JB runs with Poppy (Tanisha Thammavongsa). However, there is much more than lust […]
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Sunday, February 25, 2024 | Filed under: Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Film reviews, Glasgow Film Festival 2024, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Govan Music Festival – Glasgow Barons
Saturday 13 March, 2024 7.30 p.m. Musicians in Exile and DLU Edmiston House, 100 Edmiston Drive, Glasgow G51 2YX Award winning Musicians in Exile double bill with DLÙ, winner of the Danny Kyle Open Stage award at Celtic Connections, for a night of world music & Gaelic folk rock. Plus, new music from their adventures […]
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Textile Repair, Sashiko with Keng Keng Watt
Wednesday 13 March 2024, 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. Woodlands Community, Woodlands Community Meeting Room 66 Ashley Street Glasgow G3 6HW Textile Repair, Sashiko with Keng Keng Watt – Climate Futures – For Ages 16 – 25 Free – Donations Welcome This Textile Repair series is part of Woodland Community’s Climate Futures program for people […]
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Full Programme Announced for Glasgow Film Festival 2024
Glasgow Film Festival 2024 – 28 February – 10 March GFF24 celebrates its 20th Anniversary and Scotland’s largest film festival will screen films at Glasgow Film Theatre (celebrating its 50th anniversary) and across the city. in 12 packed days, the programme will show 11 world and international premieres, 69 UK premieres and 15 Scottish premieres, […]
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Friday, February 23, 2024 | Filed under: Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Glasgow Film Festival 2024, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Take 2: Turning Red
Saturday 24 February, 2024 STANDARD SCREENING: 11.30AM TAKE 2 ACCESS SCREENING: 12PM (AUTISM-FRIENDLY) Buy tickets Disney and Pixar’s Turning Red introduces Mei Lee, a confident, dorky 13-year-old torn between staying her mother’s dutiful daughter and the chaos of adolescence. Her protective, if not slightly overbearing mother, Ming (voiced by Sandra Oh), is never far from […]
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| Filed under: Cinema, Kids and young people
The Settlers
Friday 23 – Wednesday 28 February, 2024 Felipe Gálvez asserts himself as a revelatory new cinematic voice with this searing take on the Western. Three horsemen embark on an expedition across the Tierra del Fuego archipelago tasked with securing the vast property of a wealthy landowner. Amidst rising tensions within the group, they come to […]
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Memory
Friday 23 – Wednesday 28 February, 2024 Sylvia (Jessica Chastain) is a social worker who leads a simple and structured life: her daughter, her job, and her AA meetings. This is blown open when Saul (Peter Sarsgaard) follows her home from their high school reunion. Their surprise encounter will profoundly impact both of them as […]
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Hamlet + Ian McKellen Recorded Q&A
Tuesday 27 February, 2024 7.35PM Two-time Academy Award nominee and Shakespearean titan, Ian McKellen, stars in this thrilling take on The Bard’s classic tragedy. A tale of revenge that has stood the test of time, Hamlet is reimagined for the modern day as a gripping psychological thriller. This special screening will include an exclusive recorded […]
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El Castillo + Q&A
Sunday, 25 February, 2024, 4.45PM Buy tickets Having worked as a housekeeper all her life, Justina inherits from her former employer a mansion in the middle of the Argentinian pampas. Under one condition: she must never leave. In this modern fairytale, Justina and her daughter will face the challenges of keeping that promise alive. Followed […]
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Second Hand and Vintage Sale Britannia Panopticon
Saturday 24 February, 2024 12 – 5 p.m. Fabulous sale of all sorts of second hand, vintage and handmade goodies The vendors are back for another fabulous sale of all sorts of second hand, vintage and handmade goodies. Enjoy the music hall, the stalls, the exhibits, the atmosphere, a drink at the bar and leave […]
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Thursday, February 22, 2024 | Filed under: Community event, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Pat's Home Page Blog, Shopping, Vintage and Retro Clothing
Cesária Évora + Q&A
Thursday 22 February, 2024 5.55 p.m. Buy Tickets Discover the story of world renowned Grammy Award winning singer Cesária Évora in a new, intimate documentary. With previously unseen footage and insights into the singer’s life, the film follows the struggles and success of the Barefoot Diva. This screening will begin with a live singing performance […]
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Wednesday, February 21, 2024 | Filed under: Cinema
CineMasters: Terrence Malick
CineMasters: Terrence Malick Not many filmmakers can live up to the description ‘visual poet’, but it’s a phrase that does perfect justice to Malick’s achievements on the cinema screen. Once seen, his films are never forgotten. The New World 4K Sunday 25 February, 3.40 p.m. Buy tickets Terrence Malick’s singular vision of early seventeenth-century reimagines […]
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Black Dog
Thursday 29 February and Friday 1 March, 2024 An extrovert foster kid desperate to see his sister ends up on an unexpected road trip with an introverted fellow teen in actor-turned-director George Jaques’s funny and touching tale of friendship and moving on. The screening on 29 February will be followed by a Q&A with George […]
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Billy Connolly Big Banana Feet
10 and 11 May, 2024 Buy tickets Fresh from its sell-out World Premiere screenings at Glasgow Film Festival, GFT is excited to bring you another chance to see Big Banana Feet at GFT. The Big Yin — complete with banana boots — was hitting the big-time when this film followed him on his 1975 Irish […]
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Moments Of Beauty In Glasgow: Walking Tour
Sunday 24 March, 2024 11am-1pm Meet at: Glasgow City Heritage Trust, 54 Bell Street, G1 1LQ Join Niall Murphy of Glasgow City Heritage Trust on a walking tour exploring some of the highlights, of ‘Moments of Beauty in Glasgow’, both big and small! (@MurphyNiallGLA) Starting from Bell Street, the walk will head into Glasgow Cross […]
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Monday, February 19, 2024 | Filed under: Walks, Walks and Tours Glasgow
Seeing Glasgow: An Artist’s View – Avril Patron
Thursday 14 March, 2024 7-8pm Glasgow City Heritage Trust, 54 Bell Street, Glasgow, G1 1LQ & Online One of Glasgow’s foremost artists, Avril Paton, made the city and its citizens the principle focus of her work. She is best known for her painting ‘Windows in the West’, which is one of Scotland’s favourite paintings. Its […]
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Ajay Close Creative Conversations
Monday 26 February, 2024 – 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. University Chapel, Glasgow University Memorial Chapel University Avenue Glasgow G12 8QQ Ajay Close is a Scottish-based dramatist and writer of literary fiction. Her novels explore the emotional flashpoints of place, politics and family. Her latest, What Doesn’t Kill Us, combines the tension of a police procedural […]
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| Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Maria Fusco – Creative Conversations
Thursday, 29 February, 2024, 5 p.m. – 6 p.m. John Smith’s Bookshop, 65 Hillhead Street Glasgow G12 8QF Maria Fusco In Conversation with Colin Herd Who does not envy with us is against usis a collection of essays on working-classness that demonstrates Maria Fusco’s exceptional talent for weaving together the analytical and the poetic to […]
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