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. To See Ourselves plus Q & A
Tuesday 19 September, 2023 at 7.10pm Filmed during the summer of 2014, Jane McAllister has collated first-hand footage of the build-up to the Scottish referendum and its aftermath, all while ‘on the hoof, heavily pregnant and with no budget.’ Following her father, a fervent Yes campaigner, McAllister captures the energy, the friction and the endless […]
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Wednesday, September 13, 2023 | Filed under: Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Cassandro at GFT
Friday 15 – Thursday 21 September, 2023 Captions and audio description available Saúl Armendáriz, a gay amateur wrestler from El Paso, rises to international stardom after he creates the character Cassandro, the ‘Liberace of Lucha Libre’. In the process, he upends not just the macho wrestling world but also his own life. Buy tickets GFT, […]
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Lan Yu at GFT
Friday 15 – Wednesday 20 September, 2023 Little White Lies recently described Lan Yu as ‘a milestone in Chinese queer cinema, [and] the pinnacle of Stanley Kwan’s aesthetic vision’. It follows the relationship between a wealthy older businessman and a young student as it goes further than either expected. Screening in 4K. Buy tickets GFT, […]
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Fremont at GFT
Friday 15 – Thursday 21 September, 2023 Captions available Anaita Wali Zada gives a sensitive performance as Donya, a former translator for the United States military in Afghanistan, who is struggling to rebuild her life in San Francisco while working for a Chinese fortune cookie factory. In a moment of sudden revelation, she decides to […]
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Dazed and Confused 30th Anniversary at GFT
Friday 15 – Wednesday 20 September, 2023 Richard Linklater‘s iconic coming-of-age classic returns to the big screen from Friday to mark its 30th Anniversary. Matthew McConaughey stars in his breakout role as part of a group of Texas teens on their last day of school in 1976. Randall Floyd moves easily among stoners, jocks and […]
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BFI London Film Festival 2023 at GFT
Wednesday 4 – Sunday 15 October, 2023 GFT is a Venue Partner for this year’s BFI London Film Festival, giving audiences the first chance to see a selection of exciting new titles from LFF on the big screen, at the home of film in Glasgow! From Wednesday 4 – Sunday 15 October GFT is delighted […]
‘Revolutionary Colour: A Tour of British Art’, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
Tuesday 19 September 2023, 11am Free – Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Argyle St, Glasgow G3 8AG Art History Festival 2023 An exploration of paintings that revolutionised British art with their radical colour theory and bold application. This free tour, led by Curator of British Art Dr Jo Meacock, will encompass aesthetes like James McNeill […]
| Filed under: Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Take 2: Kung Fu Panda at GFT
Saturday 30 September, 2023, 11.30am Buy tickets Take 2 Access: Saturday 30 September, 12pm When the Valley of Peace is threatened, lazy Po the panda discovers his destiny as the “chosen one” and trains to become a kung fu hero, but transforming the unsleek slacker into a brave warrior won’t be easy. It’s up to […]
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Tuesday, September 12, 2023 | Filed under: Cinema
Glasgow Writers: Brian Hamill
R.I.P. Sadly Brian Hamill died in May, 2021 – only 39 years of age – so accomplished and so much to live for. In October, 2019, Brian set up The Common Breath ‘The aim was to provide an exciting new stream of fiction for readers to enjoy, publishing both classic and contemporary work, and to […]
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| Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, writers, Writing
David F. Ross at Byres Road Book Festival
Sunday 24th September, 2023 at 2.30 p.m. David. F Ross. – In Conversation with Alistair Braidwood and Writers’ Workshop Hillhead Libeary, 348 Byres Road Glasgow G12 8AP Free Event Book a place at Eventbrite @dfr10 @byresrdbookfest
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Monday, September 11, 2023 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Glasgow Doors Open Days – It Was The Loom That Broke My Heart
Part of Glasgow Doors Open Days Festival French Street Gallery, 103-105 French Street, Glasgow G40 4EH The Exhibition – ‘It Was The Loom That Broke My Heart’ is a multimedia installation created by visual artist Marie-Claire Lacey and sonic artist Adam Stearns which will be exhibited at French Street Gallery during Glasgow Doors Open Days […]
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Byres Road Book Festival 2023
21 – 24 September, 2023 All Events Are Free But Ticketed See the Programme and Book Online Highlights Include Michael Pedersen 23 September Waterstones, 351-355 Byres Road Glasgow G12 8AU Michael Pedersen is a prize-winning Scottish poet, author, scribbler, stitcher. He is currently Writer in Residence at The University of Edinburgh. Kirsty Logan, Hillhead Library […]
Past Lives at GFT
7 – 21 September, 2023 Captions and audio description available Greta Lee and Teo Yoo star as Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends who are wrest apart after Nora’s family emigrates from South Korea. Two decades later, they are reunited in New York for one fateful week as they confront notions of […]
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Sunday, September 10, 2023 | Filed under: Cinema
Artie’s Singing Kettle – Halloween
Wednesday, 14 October, 2023 at 11 a.m. and 1.30 p.m. Websters Theatre, 416 Great Westerrn Road, Glasgow G4 9HZ Dress up for this Halloween Special from Artie who is guaranteed to get the family audience singing along. Singing Kettle favourites will include Little Bunny Fou, Ghost Hunt, and Shove Yer Granny Off the Bus. A […]
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Saturday, September 9, 2023 | Filed under: Hallowe'en in Glasgow, Kids and young people, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more, What's on in Glasgow: Theatre and Comedy
Michel Faber – Rodge Glass, Book Launch
Friday, 22 September, 2023 at 7 p.n. Glasgow launch of my new MICHEL FABER is happening The Alchemy Experiment, 157 Byres Rd, Glasgow G12 8TS Readings of Faber’s stories by various writers plus Rodge Glass talking Faber and compassion and connection in storytelling! There’s now 35% discount of the book on the night, his other […]
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Thomas Muir Symposium 2023 – Remembering John Maclean
Wednesday 4th October 2023 Douglas Academy, Craigton Road, Milngavie G62 7HS John Maclean was a school teacher, Red Clydesider and founder member of the Pollokshaws Progressive Union. Drawing on speakers from the academic community, secondary school pupils and members of local history societies. This years speakers are: Professor Gerard Carruthers (University of Glasgow): Muir & […]
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Friday, September 8, 2023 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Creative Conversations: The MacDiarmid Memorandum
Wednesday 20 September, 2023, 6 p.m. – 7 p.m. Alan Riach Alan Riach’s The MacDiarmid Memorandum is a work of epic, category-defying scope; a work that blends biography and national history, poetry and prose; an intimate portrait of an old friend and mentor, and a political manifesto calling for revolution. Beginning with his childhood in […]
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Wednesday, September 6, 2023 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Bloody Scotland 2023
15 – 17 September, 2023 BLOODY SCOTLAND BROCHURE AVAILABLE TO VIEW ONLINE NOW See all events Cast A Cold Eye by Robbie Morrison review by Pat Byrne Reception will take place in the splendour of the 600-year-old Church of the Holy Rude with festival guests welcomed in style with a glitzy drinks reception before […]
Up A Close at Websters Theatre
14 – 16 September, 2023 Websters Theatre, 416 Great Western Rd, Glasgow G4 9HZ Up A Close is the story of Joanna and her life growing up in a Partick tenement flat When her husband John goes missing Joanna looks back on her life living in a Partick tenement. From the school days with her […]
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Monday, September 4, 2023 | Filed under: What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more, What's on in Glasgow: Theatre and Comedy
Glasgow Open Doors Day 2023 – Mackintosh Queens Cross Church
The Mackintosh Queen’s Cross is the only church designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh to be built. Magnificent stained glass and exceptional relief carving on wood and stonework are highlights of the interior, where light and space are used to dramatic effect. Mackintosh Queen’s Cross looks very much as it would have done in Mackintosh’s time […]
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Sunday, September 3, 2023 | Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Glasgow Doors Open Days, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Glasgow Doors Open Days 2023: G3 Growers Community Garden
Enveloped by Argyle Street and Kent Road, through a lane in the tenements, you can find a vibrant inner-city community garden called G3 Growers Brechin St, Finnieston, Glasgow G3 7HF Fruit and vegetables are now grown in what used to be a usual city back court with only empty washing lines and stowed bins. There […]
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Arlington Baths Club Doors Open Days 2023
The Arlington Baths Club is the oldest member-run swimming pool in Europe. The ‘A’ listed building houses a skylit swimming pool and a magnificent Turkish Bath, Glasgow’s homage to The Alhambra. This Victorian bathing complex was constructed over several decades by eminent architects of the time, expanding and changing as the city of Glasgow grew. […]
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Woodlands Community at Doors Open Days
Sunday 17th September, 2023 11am-4pm, Woodlands Community Meeting Room & Terrace, Community Garden & Millennium Park Open to all Drop in, no booking necessary More info Learn how we build social connections though transforming local spaces. Be inspired by ourAnti-Racist Library, the first of its kind in Scotland, and engage your senses by spending time […]
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School of Rock 20th Anniversary at GFT
Until 12 September, 2023 Fired from his band and hard up for cash, guitarist and vocalist Dewey Finn finagles his way into a job as a fifth-grade substitute teacher at a private school, where he secretly begins teaching his students the finer points of rock ‘n’ roll. The school’s hard-nosed principal is rightly suspicious of […]
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Friday, September 1, 2023 | Filed under: Cinema
Look Who’s Back and Hollywood the Black List at GFT
Saturday 2 – Wednesday 27 September, 2023 Tickets and full details The 1960s saw the return to the mainstream of a number of film professionals who had been blacklisted in the anti-communist drive within the Hollywood film industry in the late 1940s and 1950s. During the late 1960s and early 1970s, when America was experiencing social […]
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September 2023 – Screenings at Glasgow Film Theatre
GFT’s September programme is now on sale! GFT’s September programme. Brimming with the most anticipated new releases, unmissable re-releases and some very special guest screenings. Highlights include Ira Sach‘s seductive drama Passages; one of the most highly anticipated films of 2023, Celine Song‘s Past Lives; screenings to mark School of Rock‘s 20th Anniversary; and a […]
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Doors Open Days Glasgow – The ARC
A walk in the ARC: tour the Advanced Research Centre A unique tour of the ARC, Glasgow’s exciting new hub for research, discovery and events! Located on the redeveloped site of the Western Infirmary and recently celebrating its 1st birthday, you’ll start your journey in our impressive atrium with views up to three floors of […]
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Wednesday, August 30, 2023 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Free Events, Glasgow Doors Open Days
A Woman’s War Against Progress by Allan Cameron
Wednesday 27 September, 2023 Scotia Bar, 112 – 114 Stockwell Street, Glasgow G1 4LW Book Launch: A Woman’s War against Progress by Allan Cameron A Woman’s War against Progress is about a fictional minority-language community in southern Siberia and its charismatic and somewhat domineering leader. Her relationships with men are complex and unhappy, but she […]
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Glasgow National Park City Event
2 September, 2023. 12.30 – 5 p.m. The Hidden Gardens 25A Albert Drive Glasgow G41 2PE Aiming to make this their biggest National Park City event ever: to celebrate the community groups, organisations and National Park City supporters who work together to make Glasgow a Greener, Healthier, Wilder place for everyone. So if you are supporter […]
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Tuesday, August 29, 2023 | Filed under: COP26 Glasgow, Climate Change, Save the Planet, Science, Biodiversity Events, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Free Events, Pat's Home Page Blog
House on the Volcano
Samizdat East European Film Festival CCA 13 September, 2023 at 7 p.m. House on the Volcano (Hamo Beknazarian, Soviet Armenia, 1928) + Live score mix A new restoration of a neglected silent classic by Hamo Beknazarian, the founding father of Armenian cinema. This historical melodrama recounts the brutal suppression of an oil workers’ strike in […]
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Saturday, August 26, 2023 | Filed under: Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers
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