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. Yorkhill Gala Day 2026
Sunday 30 August, 2026 12 noon – 5 p.m. Yorkhill Gala Day, Overnewton Square, Yorkhill G3 8RX Live Music Stalls Dog Show Children’s Activities Raffle and Tombola Burgers and Bar Yorkhill and Kelvingrove Community Council
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Saturday, August 22, 2026 | Filed under: Community event, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Take 2: Megamind at GFT
Saturday 22 August, 2026, 11.30 a.m. GFT 12 Rose Street, G3 5RB After Megamind, a highly intelligent alien supervillain, defeats his long-time nemesis Metro Man, he creates a new hero to fight, but must act to save the city when his “creation” becomes an even worse villain than he was. Every child attending a Take […]
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Friday, August 21, 2026 | Filed under: Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Sunny Dancer at GFT
14 – 27 August, 2026 Sunny Dancer is a heartfelt, uplifting coming-of-age story about resilience, friendship and discovering how to live life to the fullest. After 17-year-old Ivy (Bella Ramsey) beats cancer, she can’t think of anything worse than becoming a Make-A-Wish kid. But when her parents send her to a summer camp for young people […]
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| Filed under: Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Love Me Tender at GFT
Sunday 16th, 23rd, 24th, 26th August, 2026 Clémence (Vicky Krieps) has built a careful life: starting off with a law career and now a writer, an amicable separation from her husband Laurent (Antoine Reinartz), and shared custody of their son Paul. But when she falls in love with Sarah (Monia Chokri) and finally lives as […]
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| Filed under: Cinema
Tony at GFT
14 – 27 August, 2026 A 19-year-old Anthony Bourdain travels to Provincetown and stumbles into the chaotic world of a restaurant kitchen, setting off a summer that will shape the course of his life. Buy tickets GFT 12 Rose Street, G 6RB
Modesty Blaise 60th Anniversary 4k – Recorded Introduction
Saturday 22 August, 2026, 5.20 pm. GFT, 12 Rose Street, G 6RB This screening will feature a pre-recorded intro from Cinema Rediscovered: Comics Come Alive co-curator George Cruse-Drew. In her first English-language role, Italian star Monica Vitti incarnates the British comic-strip heroine Modesty Blaise blending Barbarella-style allure with Bond-style espionage capers. Joined by a cockney sidekick (Terence […]
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Stop! That! Train! at GFT
21 – 27 August, 2026 Best friends and train stewardesses Tess and DeeDee trade their dreary shifts on the Stank Rail for the glitzy Glamazonian Express. However, when a catastrophic Stormaganza threatens to crash the high-speed train into Celebration, Florida, the duo in coach must join forces with the snobby first-class attendants, a hot but […]
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| Filed under: Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
The Summer Book at The Grosvenor
.22 – 27 August, 2026 The story of the relationship between Sophia, an eight-year-old girl who is growing up fast, and her grandmother, who is nearing the end of her life. They are spending time together with Sophia’s father, at the family summer house on a tiny unspoiled island in the Gulf of Finland. All […]
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The End of Oak Street at GFT
22/23 and 26/27 August, 2026 After a mysterious cosmic event rips Oak Street from suburbia and transports their neighborhood to someplace unknown, the Platt family soon discovers that their very survival depends on them sticking together as they navigate their now unrecognizable surroundings. Produced by JJ Abrams, this is a “different kind of dinosaur movie” (Empire), directed […]
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Midsommar at GFT
Tuesday 25 August, 2026 at 7.45 p.m. GFT 12 Rose Street, G 6RB Several friends travel to Sweden to study as anthropologists a summer festival that is held every ninety years in the remote hometown of one of them. What begins as a dream vacation in a place where the sun never sets, gradually turns […]
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Dirty Harry at Cottiers
Friday 28 August, 2026, 8 p.m. Doors 7.30 p.m. Blondie Tribute at Cottiers, 93 – 95 Hyndland Street, Glaow G11 5PU Dirty Harry captures the rapture of Blondie and has not only the original sound, feel, attitude, and full back catalogue of the band, but a look-a-like of Debbie to deliver the good stuff. Dr […]
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Thursday, August 20, 2026 | Filed under: Gig Guide plus Club Events, Music, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more, What's on in Glasgow: Theatre and Comedy
ARC Conversations: Different by Design – Rethinking Treatment Discovery
Tuesday 22 September, 2026 4 p.m. – 5.30 p.m Advanced Research Centre, University of Glasgow 11 Chapel Lane, Glasgow G11 6EW Why different ways of thinking matter for research: Prof Matt Dalby’s journey through collaboration, drug discovery & regenerative medicine. Drawing on his own journey from struggling with conventional learning to building a career around […]
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Young Musicians Fundraiser – celebrating the life of Hamish Imlach
Saturday 5 September, 2026, 4 p.m. Event by The Britannia Panopticon Music Hall 113-117 Trongate, G1 5HD “Hi, we are Vhari, Jim, Fiona and Mairead, Hamish Imlach was our dad. Sadly it has been 30 years since Hamish left this mortal world and to commemorate we are starting a charity in memory of our dad to […]
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Tuesday, August 18, 2026 | 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
Starla Records presents The Laynes, I Feel Love
Saturday 12 September, 2026 – 3 p.m. – 9 p.m. Event by Mark Robb and Marco Rea West of Scotland Cricket Club, 40-44 Peel St, Glasgow G11 5LU Starla Records presents The Laynes new 45 ” I feel love”3pm doors open Support from Marco Rea and Lavinia Blackwell, DJ Paul Molloy and Guests. Glasgow’s own The Laynes are […]
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Monday, August 17, 2026 | Filed under: Gig Guide plus Club Events, Music, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Will Wilson Photography Exhibition – Artist’s Talk, Clydebank Town Hall
Tuesday, September 1, 2026 • 11 a.m. – 12 p.m. Exhbition continues until 17th September. Event by West Dunbartonshire Arts and Heritage Clydebank Town Hall 5 Hall Street, Clydebank G81 1UB (Open Tuesday – Friday 9.30 a.m. – 4.30 p.m.) Come along for a guided tour of Bankie photogapher Will Wilson’s remarkable exhibition. This exhibition showcases […]
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Hillhead Youth Theatre
Sundays – September 13 to December 6, 2026, 2 -3.30 pm Hillhead Library, 348 Byres Road, Glasgow West End G12 9AP Halo Arts Looking to develop your child’s confidence and performance skills? Get them involved in Hillhead Youth Theatre, every Sunday, 2pm to 3.30pm from 13 September to 6 December (excluding 27 September and 18 […]
Reel Against Racism: Community Ceilidh
Saturday, September 5, 2026 – 7:30 pm – 10 pm ByMaryhill Burgh Halls Trust 24 Gairbraid Avenue, Glasgow G20 8YE A night of music, dance and community at Maryhill Burgh Halls, delivered in partnership with Maryhill Against Racism Join your Maryhill neighbours for a great night of dance, music and excellent company, spread the message […]
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Sunday, August 16, 2026 | Filed under: Community event, Dance, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Music, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Glasgow Shanty Day 2026
Saturday 12th September 2026, 11.30 am to 10.15 pm Aboard The Tall Ship Glenlee, 150 Pointhouse Pl, Glasgow G3 8RS The Glasgow Shanty Crew are delighted welcome you to their 8th Glasgow Shanty Day, Songs of the Sea with guest performers including: Tripple Muldoon’s Picnic Morgan’s Men The Sea Word Tom and NeilMcDermott The Dunblane […]
Sea Shanty Workshop
How To Sing A Shanty The Glasgow Shanty Crew and Traditional Music and Song Association (Glasgow) present a Sea Shanty Workshop as part of Glasgow Shanty Day Friday 21 August 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. The Pearce Institute, 840-860 Govan Rd, Glasgow G51 3UU Glasgow, G51 3UU (Book tickets) Led by the male harmony group […]
Partick Youth Theatre
Every Tuesday, 8 September – 15 December, 6 p.m. – 7.30 p.m. Partick Burgh Halls, 9 Burgh Hall Street, G11 Partick parents and carers! Halo Arts Autumn Youth Theatre sessions are now open for booking at Halo Arts Places are FREE to young people aged 6 to 12 living in Partick. Ready to build your […]
Free Tai Chi Taster – Partickhill Bowling Club
Wednesday, 2 September, 2026, 6.30 p.m. – 7.30 p.m. Free Taster Class-Beginners Course Preview (Partickhill) Partickhill Bowling and Community Club, 46 Partickhill Road, G11 5BY ByAlan Skirving Come & try Tai Chi & Qigong at this free taster class & get a preview of the Beginners classes starting in Partickhill in September. Reserve at spot […]
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| Filed under: Classes and Workshops
Wedding Open Evening at Cottiers
Tuesday 25 August, 2026, 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. Weddings at Cottiers Cottiers is a charming and truly unique wedding venue situated in the former Dowanhill parish church in the heart of Glasgow’s West End. If you’re looking for a romantic and special environment that will wow your guests then Cottiers is the ideal location […]
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Saturday, August 15, 2026 | Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers
Youth Screening: Godzilla 1954 at GFT
Tuesday 25 August, 2026 Japan is thrown into a panic after several ships are sunk near Odo Island. An expedition to the island led by Dr. Kyohei Yamane soon discover something far more devastating than imagined in the form of a 50 meter tall monster whom the natives call Gojira. Now the monster begins a […]
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The Birdcage plus Little Pictures Shorts
Tuesday 18 August, 2026, 6 p.m. Deaf friendly screening GFT’s regular Deaf-friendly screening event! For August’s screening, presenting The Birdcage which will be screening alongside a short film from Little Pictures by GMAC with an intro by Benedetta Zanetti. There will be full access for Deaf, deafened and hard of hearing cinema-goers at this screening. The film will […]
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Fidel Castro – iVenceremos! plus Q & A
Thursday 27 August, 2026, 6 p.m. GFT 12 Rose Street, G3 6RB A journey through the dramatic early years of the Cuban Revolution, when impossible dreams became possible. Guided by Fidel Castro’s own words and the stunning black and white footage from the iconic newsreels of Santiago Alvarez, we witness some of the defining moments that transformed […]
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Friday, August 14, 2026 | Filed under: Cinema
Take 2: Spy Kids 2 – The Island of Lost Dreams
Saturday 15 August, 2026 at 11.30 a.m. GFT 12 Rose Street, G3 6RB Spy Kids 2 explores the further adventures of Carmen and Juni Cortez, who have now joined the family spy business as Level 2 OSS agents. Their new mission is to save the world from a mad scientist living on a volcanic island […]
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Hillhead Beer and Food Festival
Friday 14 August, 2026 (1500 – 2200) and Saturday 15 August (1200 – 2200) Hillhead Sports Club, 32 Hughenden Road, Glasgow G12 9XP. Hillhead Sports Club and the associated sports club (rugby, cricket, tennis and ultimate frisbee) are hosting Hillhead Beer and Food Festival in Glasgow’s West End. There will be abulous breweries including: Williams […]
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Thursday, August 13, 2026 | Filed under: Community event, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Postgraduate Degree Show 2026, Glasgow School of Art
Postgraduate Degree Show 2026 28 August – 3 September This year’s Postgraduate Degree Show Glasgow School of Art takes place between Friday 28 August and Thursday 3 September, with a Private View for all Schools taking place on Thursday 27 August at 5pm. A highlight of their academic year, the Postgraduate Degree Show is the […]
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Govan Book Festival – In Conversation with Alan Dimmick
Saturday, August 15, 2026 • 2 p.m. – 3 p.m. ByThe Govan Stones (Govan Heritage Trust) Part of the Govan Book Festival 2026 collection At Govan Old Parish Church, 866 Govan Road, Glasgow G51 3UU Join acclaimed Glasgow photographer Alan Dimmick for a fascinating afternoon of stories, photography and conversation at Govan Old. A Special Invitation This […]
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Brutal Glasgow Trail
Until 28 August, 2026 Explore Glasgow’s love-hate relationship with Brutalism through this interactive multimedia exhibition and trail, curated by Rachel Loughran and featuring the work of Glasgow based illustrator Nebo Peklo (Natalie Tweedie), well known for her distinctive illustrations of buildings and places in the city. Journey from Anniesland Tower to the Gallowgate Twins gaining fascinating insights into the […]
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