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. Kokomo City at GFT
Friday 4 – Thursday 10 August, 2023 Captions and audio description available Directed by two-time Grammy nominee D. Smith, Kokomo City presents the stories of four Black transgender sex workers in New York and Georgia. Shot in striking black and white, the reality of these women’s lives – and the frankness with which they share their experiences – […]
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Friday, August 4, 2023 | Filed under: Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Women, Activism, Archive and Heritage, Govanhill International Festival
Sunday 6 August, 2023, 2:00 – 8:00pm The Deep End, 21 Nithsdale St, Glasgow G41 2PZ Free but ticketed Book Tickets Talks: Bread and Roses v Bread and Circuses: The story of the treatment of Glasgow’s Culture, Elspeth King This session will offer a brief historical survey of Glasgow’s material culture looking at when Glasgow, […]
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Film Night – Belleville Rendez-vous (Les Triplettes de Belleville)
Friday 11 August, 2023 at 6.30 p.m. Celebrating the UCI cycle championships in Glasgow – the amazing Belleville Rendez-vous by Sylvain Chomet. Screening at theArlington Baths Vlub, 61 Arlington Street, Glasgow G3 6D When her grandson is kidnapped during the Tour de France, Madame Souza and her beloved pooch Bruno team up with the Belleville […]
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Paris Memories at GFT
Friday 4 – Thursday 10 August, 2023 Captions available Anchored by a captivating lead performance by Virginie Efira (Other People’s Children), Paris Memories tells a powerful story of what it means to survive and be transformed by shocking violence. Alice Winocour (Proxima, Disorder, Augustine) delivers a rich portrait of a woman confronting crisis. Mia survives a horrific attack in […]
UCI World Cycling Championships – cycling documentaries at GFT
Cycling World Championships – Until 16 August, 2023 To mark the worlds biggest cycling event coming to Glasgow In August 2023 GFT will screen two thrilling and inspiring cycling documentaries: The Last Rider (screening until Thursday 3 August) The former follows American cyclist Greg LeMond who propelled himself to recognition with wins first for the National […]
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GI Oils Exhibition – From East to West
5th – 13th August 2023 Nicolls Gallery, 656 Dumbarton Road, G11 6RA between 5th and 13th August 2023 First exhibition by Graham – local artist in Glasgow’s West End. Grahan’s work is diverse and includes abstract pieces, Scottish seascapes, urban landscapes and reflections of important places in his own life. He uses light, colour, texture […]
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The Virgin Suicides – 4K at GFT
Friday 28 July – Saturday 5 August 2023 Sofia Coppola‘s 1993 cult classic delicately explores themes of identity, angst and awkwardness in young women with melancholy and balanced humour. One dreamy ‘70s summer, 13-year-old Cecilia commits suicide, and her four older sisters are placed in isolation by their parents, quarantined from social interaction – particularly with […]
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Gillian Shirreffs – Glasgow Writer Donates Book Profits to Beatson Cancer Charity
Fundraising Book Launch at OranMor, top of Byres Road, G12, Thursday 7 September, 2023, 6 p.m. Gillian Shirreffs, a writer from Glasgow, is donating all profits from her debut book ‘Brodie’ to Beatson Cancer Charity’ – following the support she received after being diagnosed with cancer. Ooriginally from Haughhead in East Dunbartonshire and now living […]
UCI Cycling World Championships Glasgow
3 – 13 AUGUST 2023 The Biggest Cycling Event Ever This was the most spectacular event. So many wonderful sportspeople showing their skills and competing in a huge range of cycling events throughout Scotland. The crowds were fantastic and support for the event and for visitors to the city and country could not have been […]
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Barrowfield Festival 2023
Wednesday 9 – Friday 11 August, 2023 Barrowfield Community Centre, 67 Yate Street, Glasgow G31 4AQ (festival events in and around the centre) A family packed three day festival of events at Barrowfield’s first Gala Day in years. The Free Event will be a Special Highlight of the 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships taking place […]
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Monday, July 31, 2023 | Filed under: Community event, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Free Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Glasgow is gearing up to welcome UCI Cycling World Championships
Thursday 3 – Sunday 13 August, 2023 Some popular Glasgow venues have announced special offers and fun activities during the event. During the 11 days of competition, spectators and championships family will be able to enjoy a number of special offers and events at 16 venues around the city. Venues such as: The Social, 27 […]
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Take 2: Kirikou and the Men and Women
Take 2 Access screening: Saturday 29 July, 12pm Join Kirikou, the beloved feisty young boy with a big heart, as he helps to save his fellow villagers from a whole host of crazy mishaps. Told through the eyes of Kirikou’s grandfather, The Wise Man who lives in the Forbidden Mountain, the stories mix mythology, fable, […]
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Barbie (CTBC) at Glasgow Film Theatre
21 – 23 July, 2023 plus Screening Throughout August 2023 Barbie and Ken are having the time of their lives in the colourful and seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land. But when they get a chance to go to the real world, they soon discover the joys and perils of living among humans. Directed by Greta […]
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Govanhill Carnival Parade 2023
Saturday, 5 August, 2023 at 1 p.m. The famous Govanhill Carnival Parade is back for the sixth time – more colourful and vibrant than ever! This anti-racist celebration of diversity and unity will once again weave its way from Govanhill Park to Queens Park. Drummers, pipers, brass bands, jugglers, roller skaters, dancers and all the […]
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Monday, July 24, 2023 | Filed under: Community event, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
The Big South Social Picnic
Sunday 13 August, 2023, 2 p.m. – 5 p.m. Queen’s Park Recreational Ground Queens Drive, Glasgow South Side G42 8QR
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Broken Sleep Books Takeover
Wednesday 9 August, 2023 6:30–7:30 p.m. Govanhill Baths Community Trust, The Deep End, 21 Nithsdale Street, Glasgow G41 2PZ Free. – Book tickets at EventyBrite An evening of poetry and stories at Govanhill International Festival, showcasing Scotland-based authors published by innovative press Broken Sleep Books. Each author will give a short reading from their work […]
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Thursday, July 20, 2023 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Free Events
Birding Garden Social with artist Scott Rogers & musician Blair Coron – Woodlands Community Garden
Sunday 30th July, 2023 – 2pm – 4pm Woodlands Community Garden, 17 W Prince’s St, Glasgow G4 9BY Drop in, no reservation necessary For July’s Garden social Woodlands Community will have birding conversation with birding expert and artist Scott Rogers followed by live music from Blair Coron in the Community Garden. From 2-3PM Scott is […]
Asteroid City at GFT
7th July until 20 July, 2023 Captions and audio description available Wes Anderson‘s star-studded Asteroid City takes place in a fictional American desert town circa 1955, in which the itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention – organised to bring together students and parents from across the country for fellowship and scholarly competition – is spectacularly disrupted by […]
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Diasporic Creations + Q&A at GFT
Saturday 29 July, 2023 at 5:15pm GFT is delighted to welcome Cuban filmmaker Jorge Egusquiza and Cuban artist Gretel Alfonso, Nicolás Guillén Landrián’s widow, for a Q&A after a screening of Inside Downtown and The End But Not The End. Conducted by Dr Jessica Gordon-Burroughs, Lecturer in Latin American Studies and Visual Culture at the University of […]
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While We Watched at GFT
Friday 21 – Sunday 23 July, 2023 Ravish Kumar is one of India’s leading Hindi news journalists. During his time at NDTV, a leading national news channel, he has witnessed first-hand a changing media landscape. Resources and funds are depleted, colleagues have left for better-paid jobs and ratings continue to dip. Filmmaker Vinay Shukla presents this story like a thriller, […]
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A Kind of Kidnapping plus Q & A at GFT
Thursday 20 July, 2023 at 8:30pm A Kind of Kidnapping is the story of 30-something couple who, struggling to get by, decide to kidnap a politician. When he realises his kidnapping has been great PR in his campaign to one day become Prime Minister, what follows is a series of lies, double crossing and even murder […]
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Take 2: The Emperor’s New Groove
Saturday 22 July, 2023 11:30am Emperor Kuzco has a bad attitude both towards the people of his kingdom and his staff. When he fires one of his chief advisors, Yzma, she comes up with an evil plan to get rid of him and take the throne for herself. Buy tickets GFT, 12 Rose Street, Ge […]
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda at GFT
Sunday 23 & Wednesday 26 July, 2023 Glasgow Film Theatre’s CineMasters: Ryuichi Sakamotoseason comes to a close with Coda. One of the most important artists of our era, Sakamoto‘s prolific career spanned four decades, from techno-pop stardom to Oscar-winning film composer. Following the Fukushima disaster in 2011, Sakamoto also became an iconic figure in Japan’s social movement against nuclear power. Ryuichi […]
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Jaws in 4KGFT
Friday 14 – Thursday 20 July, 2023 Almost five decades since its original release, Jaws’ story of failed leadership in the face of a mounting deadly crisis is more relevant than ever. Of course it’s also a huge thrill-ride that demands to be seen on the big screen. A local sheriff, a marine biologist and […]
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All Along the Edge: Launch of Anthology
Wednesday, 9 August, 2023, 5.30 p.m. – 7.30 p.m. All Along the Edge: Contemporary Voices Explore the Roman Frontier – launch Hunterian Museum University Avenue Glasgow G12 8QQ History is story! Join us as we celebrate All Along the Edge, a collection of new poetry and prose inspired by the past, present and future of the […]
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Tuesday, July 18, 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
Sogo Arts – Art by Tommy
Exhibition – art by Tommy 15th July to 2nd September, 2023 Opening 12noon to 5pm Wednesday to Saturday. Thomas McGoran 95 years young, born in Ayr 1927 Tom’s family moved to Glasgow in 1931, to a room and kitchen flat, in a 3 storey tenement. One of nine children, Tom’s childhood days were to become […]
E.T. The Extra Terrestrial in 4K
Friday 14 – Thursday 20 July, 2023 When young Elliot discovers a lost alien in his tool-shed, they embark on a fantastical adventure. As Elliot learns to communicate with the affectionately named E.T., their bond grows into a friendship. But when E.T.’s health declines as a result of Earth’s atmosphere, Elliot and his friends must […]
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Thursday, July 13, 2023 | Filed under: Cinema
The Eight Mountains at GFT
Friday 14 – Thursday 20 July, 2023 Captions available Winner of the Special Jury Prize at Cannes, The Eight Mountains is a staggeringly beautiful, uplifting tale of lifelong friendship. One summer, 12-year-old Pietro and his family leave Turin to rent a house amidst the grandeur of the mountain country in Italy’s Aosta Valley. The two boys forge […]
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Squaring the Circle at GFT
Friday 14 – Thursday 20 July, 2023 Photographer, filmmaker, and art director, Anton Corbijn’s debut documentary feature is an homage to creative geniuses Hipgnosis, the design studio headed by Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey ‘Po’ Powell, who were responsible for elevating album covers from staid band portraits to high concept art pieces. Buy tickets GFT 12 Rose Street, G3 6RB
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Name Me Lawand at GFT
Friday 14 – Thursday 20 July , 2023 Captions and audio description available Name Me Lawand follows deaf Kurdish refugee Lawand as he struggles to settle into a new home in Yorkshire after a traumatic and turbulent year of seeking asylum through Europe. The film is a moving, impressionistic piece that immerses us in the world of a […]
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