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. Alumni Event, 60 Years of English & Creative Writing
Wednesday 5 June, 2024, 6 p.m. 60 Years of English & Creative Writing @ Strathclyde University : Alumni Special Learning & Teaching Building, University of Strathclyde, 16 Richmond Street Strathclyde Union Glasgow G1 1XQ Chaired by Dr. Rodge Glass, Convener of the MLitt in Creative Writing, featuring readings, discussion and informal chat about publication and […]
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Herbs for Health Workshops The Concrete Garden
Wednesday 8 and Wednesday 15 May, 2024, 6 p.m. The Concrete Garden, St. Matthews Centre, 200 Balmore Road, Possilpark, Glasgow G22 6LJ At each workshop you’ll get to know a different seasonal herb and explore different ways of using it in herbal preparations. – using plants that are growing in the Concrete Garden so you’ll […]
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WestFest – Outdoor Ceilidh Kelvingrove Art Gallery
Sunday 9 June, 2024 – 2 p.m. *FREE EVENT* Come and join WestFest & Glasgow Folk Music Workshop at the steps of Kelvingrove Art Gallery for their annual outdoor ceilidh. Led by the talented musicians of Glasgow Folk Music Workshop a fantastic, free afternoon at either of these events is guaranteed. Come and have a […]
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Monday, May 6, 2024 | Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, WestFest Glasgow's Cultural and Community Festival, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
WestFest 2024 – Queen Margaret Drive Festival
Sunday 30 June, 2024, 12 – 5 p.m. *FREE EVENT* The hugely popular Queen Margaret Drive Festival is back for WestFest this year! This colourful, vibrant and accessible street festival has become one of the most popular community events in West Glasgow! It’s filled with the best musical talent. Come along and enjoy the entertainment, […]
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WestFest 2024 – Paintings on Railings
Three Weekends in June – 8th, 9th, 15th 16th, 22nd and 23rd June – From 10 a.m. Glasgow Botanic Gardens, Railings Paintings on Railings is back for WestFest 24! The annual display of local artists showing their fabulous paintings, drawings, ceramics and jewellery for sale. Please note – weather dependent! To ExhibitPlease email Selma (Modest […]
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Queen MacBeth – Val McDermid with Nicola Sturgeon
Tuesday 21 May, 2024, 6.30 p.m. Aye Write, City Halls and Old Fruitmarket, 100 Candleriggs, Glasgow G1 1NQ Join acclaimed crime-writing novelist Val McDermid as she is interviewed by Nicola Sturgeon about her new book Queen MacBeth, the fifth instalment of Darkland Tales. Shakespeare fed us the myths of the MacBeths as murderous conspirators. But […]
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Thursday, May 2, 2024 | Filed under: Aye Write 2024, Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
The Mackintosh Choir – Summer Concert 2024
Sunday 2 June, 2024 7pm St John’s Renfield Church 22 Beaconsfield Road Glasgow G12 ONY The Mackintosh Choir. Summer Concert. World premiere of TANGO MASS Tango Mass was composed by Au Arias, and he will be the conductor. He will be joined by world renowned Bandoneon player Nicolas Maceratesi, flying in from Italy for the […]
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| Filed under: Community event, 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
An Evening with Rose Ruane
Thursday 2 May, 2024, 7 p.m. Waterstones, Glasgow – Sauchiehall Street153-157 Sauchiehall St, Glasgow G2 3EW Join local author and artist Rose Ruane as she launches her incredible new novel Birding. Rose will be in conversation with Zoe Strachan. About Birding In a small seaside town, autumn is edging into winter, gulls ride winds over […]
Take 2: Wonderstruck
Saturday 4 May, 2024 – 11.30 a.m. Ben and Rose are children from two different eras who secretly wish that their lives were different. Ben longs for the father he’s never known, while Rose dreams of a mysterious actress whose life she chronicles in a scrapbook. When Ben discovers a puzzling clue and Rose reads […]
That They May Face The Rising Sun
3 – 9 May, 2024 Capturing a year in the life of a rural, lakeside community in late 1970s Ireland, That They May Face The Rising Sun is a sensitive and beautifully realised adaptation of the last novel by John McGahern. Joe (Barry Ward) and Kate (Anna Bederke) have returned from London to live and […]
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| Filed under: Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Pippin
21 – 25 May, 2024 Websters Theatre, 416 Great Western Road, G4 9HZ From Pantheon From the team who brought you Young Frankenstein in 2023…. Pantheon are proud to present Pippin, the story of a young man seeking to lead an extraordinary life! With a score from musical theatre giant Stephen Schwartz (Godspell, Pocahontas, Wicked […]
Tuesday, April 30, 2024 | Filed under: What's on in Glasgow: Theatre and Comedy
The Fallen – A New Scottish Musical
17 and 18 May, 2024 Websters Theatre, 416 Great Western Road, G9 4HZ Throughout the 50s, 60s and 70s in Scotland, unmarried mothers were forced to give their babies away for adoption. Our new musical, based on true events, explores the stories of lives that were changed forever. Performances: 17th May 7.30pm 18th May 2.30pm […]
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| Filed under: What's on in Glasgow: Theatre and Comedy
The Tenementals May Day
Wednesday 1 May 2024, 7.30 p.m. – 9 p.m. Websters Theatre, 416 Great Western Road, G4 9HZ Glasgow A History On 1 May, award-winning band The Tenementals will present a special Performance Lecture, which will create a radical history of Glasgow, in word and song. The night will include the launch of the band’s first […]
One Devonshire Spring Fair
Saturday 11 and Sunday 12, May, 2024 Hotel du Vin Glasgow, 1 Devonshire Gardens Glasgow G12 0UX Fundraiser for the Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre Come along for a delightful weekend at One Devonshire Gardens as we welcome the blooming season with open arms! Spring Fair Highlights Explore a vibrant array of local businesses […]
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Sunday, April 28, 2024 | Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers
Scottish Writers – Sheila Templeton: A Celebration
Tuesday, 30th April 2024 Scottish Writers’ Centre Centre for Contemporary Arts 350 Sauchiehall Street Glasgow G2 3JD Come along to pay tribute and celebrate the life of the late Sheila Templeton. This is an open and joint gathering alongside esteemed friends, St. Mungo’s Mirrorball where Sheila’s poetry sparkled many a night, and Federation of Writers (Scotland) where Sheila […]
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Friday, April 26, 2024 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Paisley Food and Drink Festival 2024
26 and 27 April, 2024 Paisley Food and Drink Festival will return to Abbey Close and Bridge Street on Friday 26 and Saturday 27 April. The free-to-attend, outdoor food and drink event will feature more than 35 delicious food and drink traders from across Scotland from 4pm to 10pm on Friday and from 12noon to […]
Nights at the Round Table, Paisley Book Festival
Thursday 25 April, 2024, 9 p.m. – 10.30 p.m. Lucille’s Bar – Paisley Town Hall, Abbey Cl, Paisley PA1 1JF Free, ticketed Book Raise a glass to local writers’ group Nights At The Round Table as they celebrate their 10th Anniversary as part of the Paisley Book Festival. Featuring regular and familiar faces from a […]
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Thursday, April 25, 2024 | Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Free Events, Gig Guide plus Club Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Living Rent Glasgow Soul DJ Night
Friday, April 26, 2024, 8 p.m. – 11.30 p.m. Lynch’s Bar (179 London Road, Glasgow, G40 1PA). Buy tickets A DJ-night full of good vibes, brilliant tunes, and dance to raise funds for Living Rent Tenants’ and Community Union. Come together with comrades, friends, and fellow neighbours . DJs: Michael Rooney is a member of […]
Michael Pedersen and Hollie McNish, GSA Degree Show
4 June, 2024, 6 p.m. – 7,p.m. Glasgow School of Art, Reid Lecture Theatre, 167 Renfrew Street Glasgow G3 6RQ On the occasion of The Glasgow School of Art Degree Show and The Cat Prince paperback launch: Live readings from prize-winning poets Michael Pedersen & Hollie McNish. A showcase of animations produced by GSA BA […]
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Wednesday, April 24, 2024 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Imagine Something Different – 5th Paisley Book Festival kicks off on 25 April, 2024
The 5th Paisley Book Festival kicks off 25 April so why not join them and embark on a journey of discovery into the world of stories and storytelling? With the 2024 theme being Imagine Something Different: The festival is welcoming five writers from Ireland’s world-renowned literary scene, for their Ireland in Focus series, which is set to explore […]
Halo Make Your Own T-Shirt Workshop
Saturday 29 June, 2024 12.30 p.m. – 2.00 p.m. Part of WestFest 2024 Free Arts Workshops For Young People (6 – 12 years) at Kelvin Hall, 1445 Argyle Street, Glasgow G3 8AW <>Join Halo’s team of specialist arts tutors for 5 saturday afternoons of free multi arts workshops including circus skills, visual art, storytelling, drama […]
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| Filed under: Classes and Workshops, Community event, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers
Meagan Jennett Creative Conversations
Monday 29 April, 2024, 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel, University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ Free – Register at Eventbrite Meagan Jennett is an escaped bartender, who traded in crafting cocktails for crafting her own tales. Originally from Crozet, Virginia, she now lives in Scotland, where she is completing her Doctorate […]
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Monday, April 22, 2024 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Youth Screening: Grey Gardens at GFT
Tuesday 23 April, 2024, 6.20 p.m. Edie Bouvier Beale and her mother, Edith, two aging, eccentric relatives of Jackie Kennedy Onassis, are the sole inhabitants of a Long Island estate. The women reveal themselves to be misfits with outsized, engaging personalities. Much of the conversation is centred on their pasts, as mother and daughter now […]
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Sunday, April 21, 2024 | Filed under: Cinema
If Only I Could Hibernate
Until Thursday 25 April, 2024 Ulzii, a teenager from a poor neighbourhood in Ulaanbaatar, is determined to win a physics competition to get a scholarship. But when his illiterate mother finds a job in the countryside, she leaves him alone to care for his siblings in the middle of winter. Ulzii wanders around at night […]
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| Filed under: Cinema
Fantastic Machine at GFT
21 – 25 April, 2024 The camera is a fantastic machine. To explore, explain and expose how our unchecked obsession with image has grown, filmmakers Axel Danielson and Maximilien Van Aertryck turn their cameras directly on society itself to take a look at how this obsession has begun to change our behaviour. From the Camera […]
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Bleeding Love at GFT
22 – 25 April, 2024 Ewan McGregor stars alongside his daughter Clara as a dad who goes on a poignant road trip with his estranged daughter after she almost loses her life to an overdose. In hopes of reconnecting with his estranged child, a father (Ewan McGregor) embarks on an impromptu road trip with his […]
Sometimes I Think About Dying at GFT
Screening Until Thursday 25 April, 2024 Daisy Ridley proves she can handle nuanced comedy drama as easily as a Star Wars leading role in this character study of an office worker whose life unexpectedly opens up. She plays Fran, who likes to think about dying. It brings sensation to her quiet life. When she makes […]
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Glasgow May Day 2024
Sunday 5 May, 2024 11 a.m. 11am Assemble George Square 11.30am March 12.45pm Rally at Glasgow University Student Union, 32 University Ave, Glasgow G12 8LX The annual celebration of workers in the city and international solidarity organised by the trade union movement through Glasgow Trades Council, held in Glasgow since 1892. A march through the […]
The Lives of Others – 35mm, Special 50 Anniversary Screening GFT
Thursday 9 May, 2024 7 p.m. GFT is one of the few Scottish cinemas still equipped to project 35mm and 70mm film. As the perfect showcase for this expertise, audiences can enjoy Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck’s Oscar-winning thriller The Lives of Others on 35mm to mark Europe Day on Thursday 9 May. In 1984, in […]
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Saturday, April 20, 2024 | Filed under: Cinema, Glasgow Film Theatre Special 50 Anniversary Screenings May 2024
Cinema Paradiso – Special 50th Anniversary Screening GFT
Monday 6 May, 2024, 3.00 p.m. highlight of 20th Century European cinema, the Oscar and BAFTA award-winning Cinema Paradiso captures the spirit and communal power of film and has unsurprisingly been embraced by GFT audiences time and time again. It will make a welcome return for a special screening on the Monday 6 May Bank Holiday. Giuseppe […]
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