What’s On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more.

Pat ByrneI 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. Email me details if you would like me to promote your event..

Glasgow National Park City Event

glasgow national park city

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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House on the Volcano

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

Safe Place – CCA

safe place

Samizdat Eastern European Film Festival Festival Tuesday 12 September, 2023, 6.15 p.m. Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3JD Opening: Scottish Premiere; Winner of ‘Best Emerging Director’, ‘Best Actor’, ‘Swatch Feature Award’ at Locarno Film Festival 2022; Best Film at Sarajevo Film Festival 2022 Told over a 24-hour period, this deeply personal […]

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BARTA Litter Pick, Glasgow West End

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Saturday 9 September, 2023 – 10 a.m. until 12 noon. Bank Street Area Residents and Traders Association Litter Pick Litter Pick every second Saturday of the Month around Hillhead, Glasgow West End All volunteers welcome – Please come and help.  Meet 10 a.m. at Sherezade, 47 Bank Street, G12 8NE

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Comfort and Joy ar GFT

Friday 25 & Sunday 27 August, 2023 CineMasters: Bill Forsyth season continues at GFT with his charming and quirky urban fairy tale, Comfort And Joy. The follow-up to his hit film Gregory’s Girl — which is screening until Thursday 31 August — is a comedy gem about ice cream van wars in Glasgow. Featuring the […]

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Down & Dirty: American D.I.Y. Restored

down and dirty

Monday 21 – Wednesday 30 August, 2023 The punk and ‘no wave’ movements of the late 1970s cut a noisy if brief swathe through the pretensions of the increasingly corporatised contemporary music scene. Emerging from the physical and cultural decay of downtown NYC, the punk scene combined an aggressive rejection of canonical and popular taste […]

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Afire at GFT

afire

Friday 25 – Thursday 31 August, 2023 A small holiday house by the Baltic sea. The days are hot and it hasn’t rained in weeks. Four young people come together, friends old and new. A seaside vacation takes an unexpected turn with the appearance of a mysterious woman. As an ever-encroaching forest fire threatens their […]

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The Innocent at GFT

the innocent

Friday 25 – Thursday 31 August, 2023 Buy tickets Part crime thriller, part family farce, The Innocent shows with panache and pathos the dangerous lengths two men go to, and the outlandish lies they tell, for the women they love. The story centres on Sylvie, a nearly 60 year old woman who has fallen in […]

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Cinemasters Lars Von Trier at GFT

Lars Von Trier

Friday 4 August – Tuesday 5 September , 2023 Experience the genius and chaos of one of world cinema’s greatest provocateurs, Lars Von Trier, again on the big screen at GFT. From Breaking the Waves, newly restored in 4K, to essential classics Dancer in the Dark and Melancholia (both screening on 35mm), alongside the fascinating […]

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Look Who’s Back: Hollywood and the Black List

Look who's back

Saturday 2 – Wednesday 27 September, 2023 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 and political upheaval, filmmakers […]

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Abba the Movie – fan event at GFT

abba the movie

Sunday 17 September, 2023 4.20pm Captured by director Lasse Hallström during their mega-successful tour of Australia, the newly remastered film will take you on a flashback journey to the 1970s when disco reigned supreme and ABBA were royalty. Including backstage footage as well as full-length performances of some of ABBA’s greatest hits including “Dancing Queen”, “SOS”, “Name […]

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Strange Way Of Life + Pedro Almodóvar recorded Q&A 

strange ways of life

Monday 25 September, 2024 8.30pm Pedro Pascal and Ethan Hawke star in Pedro Almodovar’s highly anticipated new feature. After 25 years, Silva rides a horse across the desert to visit his friend Sheriff Jake. They celebrate the meeting, but the next morning Jake tells him the reason for his trip is not to go down the memory lane […]

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A Little Life at GFT

Thursday 28 September, 2023 6.45pm James Norton (Happy Valley) stars in the ‘utterly compelling’ (★★★★★ Daily Express) theatrical event of 2023 as visionary director Ivo van Hove (A View from the Bridge) stages the English language production of A Little Life. Filmed live at the Savoy Theatre, London, during its West End run, this record-breaking and ‘beautifully acted’ (★★★★ […]

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The Old Oak plus Ken Loach Q & A

Wednesday 20 September, 2024 6.50pm TJ Ballantyne, the landlord of The Old Oak, is hanging on to the pub by his fingertips. His predicament is endangered even more when it becomes contested territory after the arrival of Syrian refugees who are placed in his once-thriving mining village without any notice. In an unlikely friendship, he […]

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Big Screen Epics at GFT

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Wednesday 2 – Monday 28 August, 2023 From the brutal entertainment of Rome’s gladiatorial Colosseum to the floating bamboo trees of Qing dynasty China; an ear-pounding waterfall in 18th Century America to the wind-blasted deck of the HMS Surprise, we’re bringing some of the most memorable moments of classic action cinema back to the big […]

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The Wolf Suit + Q&A

the wolf suite

Thursday 31 August, 2023 8.15pm How much can you trust your childhood memories? Director Sam Firthinvestigates, employing a wide range of narrative and exploratory devices – from video journal entries and interviews with her parents, to dramatic reconstructions using actors and her parents as co-directors. Crafted with great sensitivity and flair, The Wolf Suit is […]

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Learn To Play Bridge

learn to play bridge

Buchanan Bridge Club Classes for Beginners – start 31 August, 2023 Classes for Improvers – start 7th September, 2023 4 Clairmont Gardens, Glasgow Glasgow G3 7LW Learn to play bridge! The World’s Greatest Card Game Email Buchanan Bridge Club for Further Information www.bridgewebsemail.com/buchananbc  

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Friday, August 25, 2023 | Filed under: Classes and Workshops, Pat's Home Page Blog

Gerda Stevenson at SCAP Arts and Music Summer Festival

Gerda Stevenson

Saturday 26 August, 2023 at 1.30 p.m. Saturday at the National Piping Centre, 30-34, McPhater Street Glasgow G4 0HW Gerda Stevenson: is a writer/actor/director/singer-songwriter. She works in theatre, tv, opera, radio, and film, founder of Stellar Quines Theatre Company. Poetry collections include: QUINES – Poems in Tribute to Women of Scotland; IF THIS WERE REAL; TOMORROW’S FEAST; INSIDE […]

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Bernard MacLaverty: SCAP Summer Festival

Bernard MacLaverty

Saturday, 26 August, 2023 at 3.30 p.m. The National Piping Centre, 30-34 McPhater St, Glasgow G4 0HW Free Event Bernard MacLaverty special guest at SCAP (Seahorse Creative Arts and Publications) Summer Festival Belfast man, Bernard MacLaverty lives in Glasgow. He has published six collections of short stories and five novels, the latest of which ‘Midwinter […]

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Writing the World: Book Launch at SCAP Summer Festival

Writing the World

Sunday 27 August, 2023 1.30 p.m. – 3 p.m. National Youth Theatre, 105 Brunswick St, Glasgow G1 1TF Free event Writing the World: A Collective This book is the outcome of Creative Writing classes with Asylum Seekers taught by Donna Campbell and Linda Jackson. The book also has work by more established writers who have […]

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International Dog Weekend at Cuku Glasgow

international dog weekend at cuku

Saturday 26 & Sunday 27 August, 2023 is International Dog Weekend Take your weekend walkies to the one of the West End’s most welcoming dog-friendly venues – Cuku, 1 Kirklee Rd, Glasgow G12 0RL Treats | Snacks | Activities | Free Entry For All Dogs Free entry Cuku on Facebook

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Jonny McGiffen at SCAP Summer Festival

Jonny McGiffen

Saturday 26 August, 2023, 4.30 p.m. Jonny McGiffen plays solo blues at The National Piping Centre for the SCAP Summer festival ‘23 Event by:Blue Milk and Linda Jaxson National Piping Centre  30-34 McPhater St, Glasgow G4 0HW Free Event Download SCAP (Seahorse Creative Arts and Publications) Festival Programme (PDF) More about SCAP Summer Festival

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SCAP (Seahorse Creative Arts and Publcations) Summer Festival

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Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 August, 2023 Saturday at the National Piping Centre, 30-34, McPhater Street Glasgow G4 0HW Sunday at the Scottish Youth Theatre, 105 Brunswick St, Glasgow G1 1TF The festival is packed with music, dance, readings, workshops and exhibitions – Whether you are interested in music, dance, literature or visual arts, you […]

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Sowing Seeds: The Strathclyde Review 2022/23 Magazine Launch

scottish writers

Scottish Writers Centre, CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3JD Tuesday 29 August, 2023 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. After last year’s event for ‘Taking Root’, The Scottish Writers’ Centre is delighted to welcome back The Strathclyde Review for their launch of its 2022/23 issue ‘Sowing Seeds’. Join us for an evening of readings, special […]

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Declan Walsh and the Decadent West at Cottiers

declan walsh

7 September, 2023 Cottiers, 93-95 Hyndland St, Glasgow G11 5PU DWDW are a band from Glasgow with a focus on intelligent, relatable lyrics, catchy hooks and an electric live show. A prolific writer, Welsh and his band (Duncan McBride, Guitar, Ben Corlett, Bass and Murray Noble, Drums) have already released 4 EPs and 1 Album […]

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Cuba Libre at Cottiers

cottiers cuba libre

Sunday 3 September, 2023 7 p.m. – 1 a.m. Incredible night of great food, music and of course dancing! Cottiers, 93-95 Hyndland St, Glasgow G11 5PU Doors will open at 7pm for the Cuban buffet and taster class and then at 9.15pm a live band will perform. DJ set to follow taking the party right […]

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Wednesday Wanders at The Whisky Bond

Wednesday, 23 August, 2023, 2.30 p.m. – 5 p.m. An afternoon of guided tours exploring GSA Archives & Collections, The Alasdair Gray Archive, Glasgow Sculpture Studios, and TWB Distillery. The Whisky Bond 2 Dawson Road Glasgow G4 9SS Come along to  The Whisky Bond for an afternoon of tours around The Glasgow School of Art Archives […]

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Nemo Arts Summer Showcase

nemo arts summer showcase

Saturday 26 August, 2023, 7.30 – 9.30 p.m. Nemo Arts works with adults recovering from poor mental health from all over Glasgow and beyond.Showcase events provide an opportunity for Nemo’s groups to perform and showcase their work. A varied programme including Visual Art Exhibition, Guitar group performance, Choir, Drama and Drumming. Websters Theatre, 416 Great […]

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