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..

Overhaul Live in Store, LNFG

Overhaul lnfg

Saturday 1 August 2026, 2 p.m. Album Launch Event by Last Night From Glasgow and OVERHAUL Unit 1 – The Hidden Lane, 1103 Argyle Street, G3 8ND Glasgow, United Kingdom The LNFG Cartel are pleased to announce new signings Overhaul who will perfom in-store to promote the physical release of their new album As Time Flies.

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All Elements Scottish Hip Hop Jam 2026

hip hop jam

Saturday 25 July, 2026, 12pm–10.30pm Event by Sunny Govan Community Radio Queen’s Park Arena Queen’s Park, Glasgow G42 8QR Scotland’s only all-element Hip Hop festival is taking over Queens Park Arena! Free Entry A full day celebrating Hip Hop culture with: Live rappers and MCs DJs Breakdancers and streetdancers Graffiti artists Music producers Family-friendly activities Expect […]

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Them & Us – Pink Floyd & Fleetwood Mac Tribute

them and us

Saturday 19th September, 2026, Doors 8.30 p.m. The Ferry, 25 Anderston Quay, Glasgow G3 8BX Them & Us is a powerhouse 9-piece tribute experience celebrating the legendary music of Pink Floyd and Fleetwood Mac – two of the most influential and beloved bands in rock history. Blending the atmospheric soundscapes and psychedelic brilliance of Pink […]

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Terry Neason Songs and Words, Òran Mór

terry neason

Saturday 29 August, 2026, 7.45 p.m. Òran Mór, Byres Road, Glasgow, G12 8QX Award-winning Scottish Diva Terry Neason is back by popular demand! Enjoy the best of her eclectic, emotional roller-coaster of songs and dramatised poems; plus a few new bits ‘n bobs. Be prepared to laugh, cry ’n sigh. Terry’s highly acclaimed one-woman shows […]

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tell it slant at Locavore

express yourself

Friday 31 July 2026 @ 7 p.m. Express Yourself – Tell it Slant at Locavore, 349 Victoria Rd, Glasgow G42 7SA This special edition of Express yourself will be a fundraiser for tell it slant, with £5 entry (including corkage for BYOB) for those not signed up to the open mic. Please message Carla Woodburn […]

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Take 2: Batman – Mask of the Phantasm

Batman Mask of the PhNRam

Saturday 18 July, 2026, 11.30 a.m. When Gotham’s most feared gangsters are systematically eradicated, the Caped Crusader is blamed. But prowling the streets is a shadowy new villain: the Phantasm. A sinister figure with some link to Batman’s past. Can the Dark Knight elude the police, capture the Phantasm and clear his name? Every child […]

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Mare’s Nest at GFT

Mare's Nest

17 – 30 July, 2026 Based on Don DeLillo’s The Word for Snow and shot on 16mm – in both black and white and colour – Mare’s Nest is a mysterious, poetic and thought-provoking film from Ben Rivers.    Moon travels through a mysterious unexplained world free of adults. Moon meets a scholar turned sage […]

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Commonwealth Community Festival

commonwealth community festival

31 July – 1 August, 2026, 12 noon – 5 p.m. Halo Arts Victoria Park, Glasgow G14 0UN Halo Arts is partnering with Victoria Park Community Trust, at the Commonwealth Community Festival at Victoria Park (Glasgow west end) on 31 July and 1 August. This is a FREE sports, music and cultural festival with different […]

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The Odyssey at GFT

the odyssey

17 – 30 July, 2026 The Odyssey sails onto our big screens this summer with select screenings on glorious 70mm. Academy Award‑winning director Christopher Nolan returns with his most awe-inspiring film to date. A bold reimagining of a 2,700‑year‑old epic, brought to life by a spectacular all-star cast including Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway, Tom Holland, Zendaya, Charlize Theron and Robert Pattinson. […]

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Sunday, July 12, 2026 | Filed under: Cinema

Alasdair Gray Archive – Matthew Arthur Williams: Holding Ground

alasdair gray archive exhibition ladder

A newly commissioned photographic exhibition by Matthew Williams is on display now at The Alasdair Gray Archive for a limited one-month run (continues until 31 July, 2026) The Alasdair Gray Archive, Unit 5.08, The Whisky Bond, Glasgow G4 9SS Created as part of the collaborative publication Rich Things, Matthew Arthur Williams’ photographs offer a powerful […]

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Everbody to Kenmure Street at GFT

everyone to kenmure street

Returns again to GFT Wednesday 22 July, 2026 – 2.10 p.m. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “Morale-boosting” – The Guardian  After winning the Special Jury Award at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and going down a storm at Glasgow Film Festival’s sold-out Opening Gala, Everybody to Kenmure Street returns to GFT once again. On 13 May 2021, the Home […]

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Going for Gold: Young Talent 2026 at ProjectAbility

Archery Emily McDonald

25th July – 5th September  2026 Project Ability Gallery,, Trongate 103, Glasgow G1 5HD Opening Times Wednesday – Saturday, 11am – 5pm Free event Project Ability is delighted to present Going for Gold: Young Talent 2026, an annual exhibition celebrating the creativity, imagination and artistic achievements of the young artists who take part in the […]

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Arepas for Venezuela – Fundraiser

arepas venezuala

Sunday 12th July, 2026, 1 p.m. – 5 p.m. ByLa Bodega, Valeria Guaimare & Estefany Correia Buy tickets Fundraiser for emergency earthquake aid</> An afternoon of food, art, and music to support communities affected by the recent earthquake in Venezuela. For decades, Venezuela has faced a profound political, economic and humanitarian crisis that has left […]

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Take 2: Muppet Treasure Island at GFT

muppet treasure island

Saturday 11 July, 2026 at 11.30 a.m. Ahoy, matey! Get ready for hilarity on the high seas with Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy and all the Muppets in this exciting action-adventure, inspired by Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic pirate tale. When young Jim Hawkins inherits a long-lost treasure map, he hires the great ship Hispaniola to […]

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Wildlife Watch at The Saltings: An Introduction to Wildlife Recording

wildlife watch the saltings

25 July, 2026, 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. The Saltings, 11 Erskine Ferry Road, Old Kilpatrick G60 5DF Come and find out what’s living in The Saltings; you might be surprised! If you’ve ever looked at something on a walk and thought ‘what is that?’ this is the event for you! In this session you’ll […]

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Shoot the People at GFT

shoot the people

10 – 23 July, 2026 Shoot The People is a documentary capturing photographer and activist Misan Harriman’s journey documenting global protest movements that drive social change. Following Harriman as he highlights the resilience of grassroots activists fighting for equality, civil rights, and social justice, the film showcases the intersectionality of these movements and their collective power. With historical […]

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Rosebush Pruning at GFT

rosebush pruning

10 – 16 July, 2026 Underneath the Catalonian sun, a rich white American family lives in hedonistic isolation, seeking love and validation through one another, their designer wardrobes and pop music. When an outsider infiltrates the family, buried tensions surface and blood ties are severed. An outrageous, biting satire on the absurdity of the patriarchal […]

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The Last One For The Road at GFT

the last one for the road

10 – 16 July, 2026 After premiering to a sold-out audience at this year’s GFF, GFT thrilled to be bringing this hilarious, off-kilter comedy back to their big screen.    In this idiosyncratic, sardonic and slyly funny tale, two middle-aged misfits ramble by car around the Veneto countryside, picking up a shy architectural student on […]

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Exhibition Faifley Art Group

Here we are again

Tuesday 30 June – Thursday 6 August, 2026 Here We Are Again Exhibition by Faifley Art Group Clydebank Town Hall, 5 Hall St, Clydebank G81 1UB Opening Times Tuesday – Friday, 9.30 a.m.- 4.30 p.m. Frre entry – All Welcome All art work is for sale! Faifley Art Group are keeping the World Cup Fever […]

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Scottish Writers Centre Speakeasy The Griffin

Hand on the baton, Scottish Writers Centre

Tuesday 28 July, 2026 7.30 p.m. Scottish Writers’ Centre, Speakeasy Special at The Griffin! If you’d like to read please let us know and fill out the form below. The Griffin *Function Suite*, 266 Bath St, Glasgow G2 4JP Free Event! Come along, share your writing and join SWC Speakeasy Spectacular at The Griffin’s wonderful […]

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Voices of the Clyde

voices of the clyde

Thursday 9 July, 2026, 7.30 p.m. – 9 p.m. Event by The Glasgow Barons and Ainsley Hamill Govan & Linthouse Parish Church, 796 Govan Road, Glasgow G51 2YL Montgomery’s music shines over Govan songs of folk and steel by Norrie MacIver and Ainsley Hamill. Jessie Montgomery – Starburst (2012) Jessie Montgomery – Chemiluminescence (2025 – Scottish premiere) Ainsley […]

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Watershed Festival at The Briggait

watershed

24, 25, 26 July and 31 July, 1 & 2 August, 2026 The Briggait, 141 Bridgegate, Glasgow, G1 5HZ Part of the Festival 2026 Commonwealth Games programme and the Merchant City Festival. Watershed is two weekends of river rights events, talks, workshops, poetry, song, storytelling and more! Brought to you by the Who Owns the Clyde […]

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Ray Harris plus special guests at Cottiers

ray harris plus special guests

31 July, 2026, 8 p.m. Ray Harris returns to the stage at Cottiers for a one-night performance of his fifth studio album Prelude. Mastered at Abbey Road Studios, Prelude marks a return to expansive arrangements and cinematic songwriting — piano-led, melodic and rich in atmosphere. Joined by an 8-piece ensemble, Harris will perform the album in full, alongside […]

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Thrum at Cottiers

Thrum

Monday 13 July, 2026 7.45 p.m. – doors 7 p.m, THRUM return to the spotlight with the long-awaited re-release of their classic album Rifferama, arriving on 26th June 2026 on Fire Records. Rifferama recently featured in the Classic Album series of The Glasgow Herald, the record was originally recorded in San Francisco and released in […]

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Taxi Driver – 50th Anniversary at GFT

taxi driver

5th (4.30 p.m.)  8th, 11th, 13th, 15th July, 2026 Robert De Niro stars in Martin Scorsese’s classic film of a psychotic New York cabbie driven to violence by loneliness and desperation. Isolated ex-marine Travis Bickle applies for a job as a taxi driver, hoping that the nocturnal working pattern will alleviate the effects of his insomnia and distract […]

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Birds of War at GFT

birds of war

4/5 and 6/9 July, 2026 Janay Boulos, a young Lebanese journalist at the BBC, first contacts Syrian cameraman Abd Alkader Habak for footage during the final months of one of the bloodiest and most decisive turning points in Syria’s brutal civil war. Through texts, video exchanges, voice messages and shared moments from afar, their bond deepens as […]

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Saturday, July 4, 2026 | Filed under: Cinema

The Invite at GFT

the invite

4 – 16 July, 2026 (Closed 7 July) Joe and Angela’s marriage is on thin ice. When they invite their enigmatic upstairs neighbors for a dinner party, the night spirals into unexpected places. Have they reignited the spark or lit the match that burns it all down? Olivia Wilde, Seth Rogen, Penelope Cruz and Edward Norton star. ★★★★ “A-list […]

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My Father’s Island at GFT

my father's island

4,5,6,8,9 July, 2026 Vladimir de Fontenay makes a welcome returns after the 2017 GFF hit Mobile Homes with a beautifully shot and psychologically intense wilderness drama, adapted from an autobiographically-inspired story by David Vann. When British teenager Roy (Woody Norman, C’mon C’mon) agrees to take a year-long trip to a remote Norwegian island with his estranged dad Tom (Anatomy of […]

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Gaggle

Gaggle

Monday 6th July, 2026 – 4 p.m. Tuesday 7th July, 2026 – 11 a.m. and 12.30 p.m. Event by Platform Glasgow The Bridge, 1000 Westerhouse Road, G34 9JW Glasgow, United Kingdom For young people with complex additional support needs and their families/carers – recommended age 5yrs and over. Share 3 days and 3 nights with 3 […]

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Take 2: 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea

20000 leagues under the sea

Saturday 4 July, 2026, 11.30 a.m. This 1954 Disney version of Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea represented the studio’s costliest and most elaborate American-filmed effort to date. Kirk Douglas plays a trouble-shooting 19th century seaman, trying to discover why so many whaling ships have been disappearing of late. Teaming with scientist Paul Lukas […]

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