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. Double Vision: Double Voice Jim Ferguson
Tuesday 28 November, 2023 at 7.15 p.m. Booklet Launch: Jim Ferguson’s Poetry Booklet – Double vision : Double Voice. At The Scotia Bar, 112 Stockwell St, Glasgow G1 4LW Signed copies of pamphlet on sale for £5 cash on the night. Plus Fernando Pessoa Tribute. Plus Open Mic and Raffle. Event on Facebook
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Sunday, November 19, 2023 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Rock Choir Christmas Concert in support of Starchild
Friday 15 December, 2023, 7 p.m. St Margaret’s, 353 Kilmarnock Rd, Shawlands, Glasgow G43 2DS Rockchoir are holding their annual Christmas concert this year in aid of Starchild in Memory of Frankie Marsh . “Thank you Rockchoir. You absolutely Rock!!! We hope many of you will be able to pop along to this wonderful event […]
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Saturday, November 18, 2023 | Filed under: Christmas in Glasgow, Gig Guide plus Club Events, Starchild, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Take 2: Chicken Run at GFT
Saturday 25 November, 2023 11.30am Having been hopelessly repressed and facing eventual certain death at the British chicken farm where they are held, Ginger the chicken enlists the help of Rocky the American rooster to lead their fellow chickens in a great escape from the murderous farmers Mr and Mrs Tweedy and their farm of […]
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Take 2: Zarafa at GFT
Saturday 18 November, 2023 at 11.30 a.m. Inspired by the true story of the first giraffe to visit France, Zarafa is a sumptuously animated and stirring adventure, and a throwback to a bygone era of hand-drawn animation and epic storytelling set among sweeping CinemaScope vistas of parched desert, wind-swept mountains and open skies. Buy Tickets […]
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Friday, November 17, 2023 | Filed under: Cinema
The Mission at GFT
Friday 17 – Thursday 23 November, 2023 In 2018, US-based Christian missionary John Chau made an illegal and fatal voyage to an island in the Indian Ocean in order to convert one of the last remaining isolated communities on Earth – the Sentinelese. Making use of the diaries written by John and his father, The […]
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Thursday, November 16, 2023 | Filed under: Cinema
May December at GFT
Friday 17 – Thursday 23 November, 2023 Captions and Audio Description available From the outside, Gracie (Julianne Moore) and Joe (Charles Melton) are the perfect suburban couple. That is, if you don’t take into account the fact that their relationship was a tabloid sensation 20 years ago. When Elizabeth (Natalie Portman), an actor, arrives at […]
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Nobody Has To Know
Bouli Lanners and Tim Mielants’ Outer Hebrides-shot romantic drama has UK cinema release from 3 November, 2023 At GFT Friday 10 – 16 November, 2023 Buy tickets Parkland Entertainment are thrilled to announce they will release NOBODY HAS TO KNOW across UK cinemas from 3 November. Shot entirely at locations across the Isle of Lewis, […]
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CinemaARC – Journey to the Isles
Thursday 16 November, 2023 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. Advanced Research Centre(ARC), University of Glasgow, 11 Chapel Lane Glasgow G11 6EW Free but ticketed Join an enchanting Journey to the Isles with a screening of Marjory Kennedy-Fraser’s silent films of 1920s Hebridean life, with storytelling and musical accompaniment from acclaimed live performers Marion Kenny and […]
Floating Worlds: Erraid Sound, University of Glasgow ARC
15 – 16 November, 2023 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Advanced Researcch Centre (AEC), University of Glasgow, 11 Chapel Ln, Glasgow G11 6EW Drop in to the ARC to experience ‘Floating Worlds: Erraid Sound’, a short film by the renowned Scottish theatre director Graham Eatough, and the Dutch visual artist Andre Dekker. In September 2020 […]
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| Filed under: Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Free Events
Kavya Prize New Writers Award Ceremony
Thursday 16 November, 2023 6.15 p.m. – 7.30 p.m. Mitchell Library, North Street, Glasgow G3 7DN Website: www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/2/kavya-prize Join some of Scotland’s best new writing talent: the shortlisted authors for the 2023 Kavya New Writers’ Award! Hear readings from the authors, plus there will be a chance to network with the judges (including literary agents) and […]
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Wednesday, November 15, 2023 | Filed under: Book Week Scotland, Book Week Scotland=2023, Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Celebrating Leela Soma and Murder at the Mela
Sunday 19 November, 2023, 2 p.m. – 3.30 p.m. Book Week Scotland 2023, Hillhead Library, 348 Byres Road, Glasgow G12 8AP Every November during Book Week Scotland we celebrate books and their talented authors, as well as the joy of reading for pleasure and writing creatively. This Book Week Scotland marks our first without Leela […]
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Story Cafe Milton Library, Book Week Scotland 2023
Friday 17 November, 2023 – 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. Milton Library, 204 Liddesdale Road, Milton, Glasgow G22 7QR This year’s Book Week Scotland celebrations are all about sharing Scotland’s stories of adventure – big and small. For some people our greatest adventures are those inextricably linked to when were young and our memories of […]
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Beyond The Battlefield Book Launch
Thursday, 16 November, 2023, 6 p.m. – 7.30 p.m. Event by Battlefield Collective, Alex Meikle and Palma McKeown Langside Library, 2 Sinclair Dr., Glasgow G42 9QE Free event – Writers will be reading from Beyond the Battlefield, a new anthology of short stories and poems. Battlefield Writers are delighted to announce the launch of the second volume of an […]
Book Week Scotland 2023 – Zoe Strachan
Wednesday 15 November | 18:30-19:30 Zoe Strachan – Catch the Moments as They Fly Book Week Scotland iscelebrating Scotland’s Stories and the talented people who write them. Zoe Strachan, award winning author and Reader in Creative Writing at the University of Glasgow at Whiteinch Library. 14 Victoria Park Drive South, Whiteinch Glasgow G14 9RL discussing […]
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Inclination Film Club presents Seven Stories by James Kelman
Wednesday, 29 November, 2023 at 7.30 – 10.10 p.m. INCLINATIONS film club presents Seven Stories by James Kelman (1996, 70 mins) & Libera Me (1993, 80 mins) directed by Alain Cavalier CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, G2 3JD A voice in the dark and a film without voices. This double-bill brings together stories by James Kelman […]
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A History of Cuban Animation
Wednesday 15 November, 2023 at 7 p.m. Images top-bottom: Fly, Veinte Años A selection of animations made between 1962 – 2022 from ICAIC Animation Studios exploring themes including loneliness, heartbreak, immigration and race. Presented by Cuban animator Ivette Ávila Martín and screenwriter Hugo Rivalta. Featuring premieres and shorts from award-winning animators including Ernesto Piña and […]
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Tuesday, November 14, 2023 | Filed under: Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Havana Glasgow Film Festival 2023
15-19 November, 2023 At GFT, 12 Rose Street, G3 6RB and CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3JD Havana Glasgow Film Festival celebrates the twin cities of Glasgow and Havana through a programme of Cuban film screenings, discussions and joyful cultural events each November. The ninth Festival will explore real and imaginary worlds – expect […]
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Sea Donkey – Film Night at Arlington Baths Club
Saturday 25 November, 2023, 6 p.m. Arlington Baths Club, 61 Arlington Street, Glasgow G3 6DT The inspirational story of an ordinary man’s attempt to swim from Northern Ireland to Scotland – probably the most brutal open water swimming challenge in the world. Taking on sea temperatures at the limit of human endurance and braving the […]
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Monday, November 13, 2023 | Filed under: Cinema
Swimming With Gravitational Waves – Arlington Baths Club
18 November, 2023 Arlington Baths, 61 Arlington St, Glasgow G3 6DT Tickets at EventBrite Swimming with Gravitational Waves is an audiovisual performance with a difference! First, it happens in a swimming pool with both underwater and overwater speakers to convey the musical performance to you, in the water! Second, it uses the same technology that […]
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Charlie Gracie, Belfast to Baillieston
23 November, 2023, 7 p.m. Baillieston Library, 141 Main St, Baillieston, Glasgow G69 6AH Charlie Gracie will be joined by Airdrie poet Peter A, who will share work from Art of Insomnia (Hedgehog Poetry Press, 2021), and poems from his upcoming publication. Free Event Book Tickets – To book your free place please email or […]
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Brownbear at Cottiers
23 November, 2023 7.30 p.m. Brownbear is bringing the ‘Demons’ acoustic album show to Glasgow. For the first time ever, the acoustic set is coming to the city. Join him for an evening of songs and stories, including a Q&A section to allow the audience to ask about the album and the writing process. Support […]
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Sunday, November 12, 2023 | Filed under: Gig Guide plus Club Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Strathclyde Creative Writing and The Glasgow Review of Books
Live Poetry Event 14 November, 2023 7:00 p.m. CCA Clubroom, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3JW Six amazing performers and poets who will be gracing the event with their talent are Janette Ayachi, Gray Crosbie, Meagan Jennett, Victoria McNulty, Nick-e Melville and Tawona Sithole. The Glasgow Review of Books (ISSN 2053-0560) is an online journal […]
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Saturday, November 11, 2023 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Glasgow Science Centre – Go Beyond The Ordinary
Glasgow Science Centre Christmas 2023 50 Pacific Quay, Glasgow G51 1EA Experience the magic of the season this December with a jingle-packed lineup of festive events! Kick-starting the yuletide fun, Glasgow Science Centre is offering a festive day-out package which includes a screening of either Elf or The Polar Express 3D, a snack pack to […]
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Scottish Pen Readings
Wednesday 15th November, 2023 @ 7pm Mount Florida Books, 1069 Cathcart Rd, Mount Florida, Glasgow G42 9AF A night of readings hosted by Scottish Pen to mark the Day of the Imprisoned Writer. Readings of work by writers who are currently in prison and some guest readings from Scottish Pen. The Day of the Imprisoned Writer is intended […]
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Friday, November 10, 2023 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
The Camp – The Redistribution of Memory
Exploring universal stories of displacement. The Redistribution of Memory – Cryptic Nights Thursday 9 November, 23023 at 7 p.m. CCA, 350 Saujchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3JD The Redistribution of Memory by Iranian artist Paria Goodzari is an interdisciplinary project that seamlessly combines durational performance, video, sound and installation. Five golden cages enveloped in intricate barbed […]
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Thursday, November 9, 2023 | Filed under: Cinema
Glasgow Style Mile Christmas Carnival
Sunday 26th November, 2023, 1 p.m. – 5 p.m. Free event – No need to book An afternoon of festive spectacle, performance and entertainments in and around the Style Mile in Glasgow city centre. The carnival launches at 13.00 with the Lord Provost, the Glasgow Childrens’ Hospital Charity and Vivace junior performers. Between 13.30 – […]
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Preview: The Eternal Daughter + Joanna Hogg Q & A
Preview: The Sunday 12 November, 2023 7pm Always a favourite at GFT, we can’t wait to welcome director Joanna Hogg (The Souvenir, Unrelated, Caprice) for a Q&A following our special preview screening of her latest film, The Eternal Daughter. Tilda Swinton delivers a towering double performance, playing both an artist and her elderly mother who […]
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Wednesday, November 8, 2023 | Filed under: Cinema
Free Party: A Folk History
Saturday 11 November, 2023 6pm Buy tickets All they wanted was the freedom to party. The State saw them as the enemy within. This DIY indie film follows the birth of the UK’s free party movement in the late 1980s and early 1990s, a meeting between urban ravers and the new age travellers during Thatcher’s […]
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Unite Hospitality: Activism: Past and Future
Tuesday 14 November, 2023, 5.45pm GFT is teaming up with Unite Hospitality to bring you two short films celebrating the immense contribution women have made to radical social change in Glasgow and Havana.The screening will be followed by a panel discussion titled Transforming Hospitality and Tourism: From Havana to Glasgow.Screening as part of Havana Glasgow […]
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Take 2: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Saturday 11 November, 2023, 11.30am After years of being sheltered from the human world, the Turtle brothers set out to win the hearts of New Yorkers and be accepted as normal teenagers through heroic acts. Their new friend April O’Neil helps them take on a mysterious crime syndicate, but they soon get in over their […]
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