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. Free Party: A Folk History
Saturday 11 November, 2023 6pm Buy tickets All they wanted was the freedom to party. The State saw them as the enemy within. This DIY indie film follows the birth of the UK’s free party movement in the late 1980s and early 1990s, a meeting between urban ravers and the new age travellers during Thatcher’s […]
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Wednesday, November 8, 2023 | Filed under: Cinema
Unite Hospitality: Activism: Past and Future
Tuesday 14 November, 2023, 5.45pm GFT is teaming up with Unite Hospitality to bring you two short films celebrating the immense contribution women have made to radical social change in Glasgow and Havana.The screening will be followed by a panel discussion titled Transforming Hospitality and Tourism: From Havana to Glasgow.Screening as part of Havana Glasgow […]
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Take 2: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Saturday 11 November, 2023, 11.30am After years of being sheltered from the human world, the Turtle brothers set out to win the hearts of New Yorkers and be accepted as normal teenagers through heroic acts. Their new friend April O’Neil helps them take on a mysterious crime syndicate, but they soon get in over their […]
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| Filed under: Cinema, Kids and young people
How To Have Sex at GFT
Friday 3 November – Thursday 16 November, 2023 Captions and audio description available Molly Manning Walker’s highly kinetic and slyly subversive film focuses on Tara (a superb McKenna-Bruce), a teenager on holiday with friends in pursuit of drinks, sun and sex at a Cretan resort. But when a night of hedonism turns sour, Mia starts […]
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| Filed under: Cinema
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp + introduction
Sunday 12 November, 2023 3 p.m. GFT is delighted to be welcoming filmmaker Kevin Macdonald and producer Andrew Macdonald — grandchildren of Emeric Pressburger — to introduce a screening of the film that Winston Churchill famously tried to ban: The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp. Released in 1943, it’s now acknowledged as one of […]
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On The Adamant at GFT
Friday 3 – Saturday 11 November, 2023 Winner of the top prize at this year’s Berlin International Film Festival, On The Adamant is a documentary centred around a floating barge that doubles as a unique day-care centre. Located on the Seine in the heart of Paris, it welcomes adults suffering from mental disorders, offering the […]
The Merchant’s Play at Websters Theatre
9 – 11 November, 2023 Websters Theatre, 416 Great Western Road, G4 9HZ (adjacent Kelvinbridge Underground) The Merchant’s Play is a new work based on a traditional ancient Iranian style of popular slapstick comedy known as Baqqal Bazi. Set in a wine merchant’s shop during the last years of Sassanid Persia (pre-Islam) and in the […]
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| 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
Loch Ness: They Created A Monster at GFT
Saturday 11 November, 2023, 3.20 p.m. Followed by a Q&A with director John Maclaverty. The darkly comic story of the Nessie hunters who camped out on the shores of Loch Ness throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Featuring an international cast of dedicated scientists and extraordinary eccentrics who chased, but never found, the dinosaur-like creature who […]
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N.T. Live Skylight
Thursday, 16 November, 2023 7 p.m. Returning to the big screen after nearly ten years, Bill Nighy (Living) and Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman) feature in the critically acclaimed revival of David Hare’s play. >On a bitterly cold London evening, schoolteacher Kyra receives an unexpected visit from her former lover. As the evening progresses, the […]
Winter Wonderland Ashton Lane 2023
Sunday 26 November, 2023, 12 Noon until 6 p.m. Christmas Lights Switch on at 5pm! Ashton Lane, off Byres Road, G12 (enter via lane next to Iceland beside Hillhead Underground or from Great Geortge Street) Round up all the family, dust off your favourite Christmas jumper and come along Ashton Lane to celebrate the beginning […]
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| Filed under: Christmas in Glasgow, Christmas Shopping in Glasgow, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Markets, Shopping, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Stage and Screen Exhibition at The Hunterian
(image: Parick Caulfield, Party Game: design for back cloth, 1984. © The estate of Patrick Caulfield. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2023.) 10 November 2023 until 25 February 2024 NEW EXHIBITION SHINES A SPOTLIGHT ON STAGE AND SCREEN The Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow, 82 Hillhead St, Glasgow G12 8QQ A new exhibition opening at […]
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Acquire – Heart and Music, Woodside Halls
23 – 25 November, 2023 This year, Heart and Music will feature songs from your musical favourites, as well as some surprises. The event will run for three performances only, at 7.30pm on Thursday 23rd, Friday 24th and Saturday 25th November 2023, in Woodside Halls, Glasgow G20 7QE. Seating for Heart and Music is available […]
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Fiona Gillan Kerr – book launch
Tuesday, 14 November, 2023, 5.30 p.m.- 7 p.m. The Arlington Baths Club, 61 Arlington Street Glasgow G3 6DT The Bone on the Beach Glasgow Book Launch Event Celebrate the release of Fiona Gillan Kerr’s captivating new novel, the Bone on the Beach. By Ringwood Publishing Ringwood are delighted to invite you to an event, in collaboration […]
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| Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Dave Manderson – Jim and Pat’s West End Chat Podcast
Pat chats to Dave Manderson Welcome to episode 98 of Jim and Pat’s Glasgow West End Chat. Today Pat will be chatting to writer and former creative writing tutor Dave Manderson. Dave works with literary organisations such as Scottish PEN, he organises and runs literary events and has presented illustrated talks on a range of […]
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Friday, November 3, 2023 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Jim and Pat's West End Chat
Creative Conversations: Andrew McMillan
Monday, 13 November, 2023 1p.m.- 2 p.m. Andrew McMillan in Conversation Glasgow University Memorial Chapel University Avenue Glasgow G12 8QQ Andrew McMillan’s debut collection physical was the only ever poetry collection to win The Guardian First Book Award. The collection also won the Fenton Aldeburgh First Collection Prize, a Somerset Maugham Award (2016), an Eric […]
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Rebecca Smith Discusses Rural: The Lives of the Working Class Countryside
Monday, 6 November, 2023 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. Creative Conversations – University Chapel, Glasgow University Memorial Chapel University Avenue Glasgow G12 8QQ Rebecca Smith is a writer and radio producer, and graduate of the MLitt in Creative Writing at University of Glasgow. In this beautifully observed book, Rebecca Smith traces the stories of foresters […]
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Music at The Millwood – Southside Sundays
First Sunday Every Month Sundays 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. and Fridays 9 – late The Millwood, 137-139 Kilmarnock Rd, Shawlands, Glasgow G41 3YT Event by Southside Sessions Glasgow and Crawford Smith Join Crawford Smith on the first Sunday of each month for live music from himself, the Howlin’ Radio song list and a variety of Southside […]
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Take 2: Babe: Pig in the City
Saturday 4 November, 2023 11.30am Babe, fresh from his victory in the sheepherding contest, returns to Farmer Hoggett’s farm, but after Farmer Hoggett is injured and unable to work, Babe has to go to the big city to save the farm. Buy tickets GFT, 12 Rose Street, G3 6RB
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Thursday, November 2, 2023 | Filed under: Cinema
Blues Run the Game: The Strange Tale of Jackson C. Frank
Tuesday 7 November, 2023 8.45pm This documentary follows Jackson C. Frank’s footsteps to unknot the threads of his life. In the mid-60s, he released a masterpiece of folk music, produced by Paul Simon, however after its release he disappeared without a trace. Doc’n’Roll Festival 2023 programme. Buy tickets GFT 12 Rose Street, G3 6RB
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Dance First at GFT
Friday 3 – Thursday 9 November, 2023 Parisian bon vivant, World War II Resistance fighter, Nobel Prize-winning playwright, philandering husband and recluse, Samuel Beckett lived a life of many parts. Titled after Beckett’s famous ethos ‘Dance first, think later’, the film is a sweeping account of the life of this 20th-century icon. Buy tickets GFT, […]
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The Skids Resolution Revolution + Q & A
Thursday 9 November, 2023 8.20pm GFT, 12 Rose Street, Glasgow G3 6RB Delighted to be welcoming director and cinematographer Colin Graham and executive producer Selina Graham for a Q&A following this screening hosted by writer and broadcaster Nicola Meighan. In 1977, The Skids hit the scene. Lionised by a Radio 1 DJ, their music influenced […]
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The Royal Hotel at GFT
Friday 3 – Thursday 9 November, 2023 Captions available When Liv and Hanna run out of money whilst travelling through Australia, they take the only gig they can find: a live-in bar job in a remote mining town. They quickly pique the interest of the rowdy locals and while Liv looks to fully embrace her […]
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The Killer at GFT
Until Thursday 9 November, 2023 Captions available David Fincher‘s highly anticipated ‘riveting revenge riot’ (Empire) stars Michael Fassbender as a solitary, cold and methodical killer. Unencumbered by scruples or regrets, he waits in the shadows, watching for his next target. Yet, the longer he waits, the more he thinks he’s losing his mind, if not his cool. […]
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Scottish Women’s Convention – STEMinism
Saturday, 11 November 2023 11:30 – 15:30 The Scottish Women’s Convention are holding a hybrid conference to explore what needs to change to keep women in STEM. By Scottish Women’s Convention Glasgow Grosvenor Hotel, 1-9 Grosvenor Terrace Glasgow G12 0TB STEMinism: What Needs to Change to Keep Women in STEM? In 2022, 2,891,788 people were employed […]
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Tuesday, October 31, 2023 | Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Medical Aid Palestine Fundraiser – Stereo, Glasgow
Thursday, 2 November, 2023 – 7 p.m. – 11 p.m. Stereo, 22 Renfield Lane, Glasgow G2 5AR Stand in solidarity with the people of Palestine. All proceeds go to Medical Aid for Palestine. – Tickets at EventBrite Pay what you can (Suggested donation £10) Ceasefire now. Stop the genocide. End the occupation. End Israeli apartheid. […]
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Firework Display 2023 – Levengrove Park Dumbarton
Levengrove Park, Dumbarton – Sunday 5th November, 2023 from 7pm – 9pm Hot food and drink along with a small children’s fun fair will be available on the night. As parking is limited near the event, visitors are encouraged to utilise public transport to attend. Any drivers must adhere to parking restrictions in place in […]
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Helensburgh Fireworks 2023
Sunday 5 November, 2023 4 p.m. The Helensburgh and Lomond Civic Centre, 38 E Clyde St, Helensburgh G84 7PG, UK Delighted to invite you to their annual fireworks. Come enjoy a fantastic show with lovely food and hot drinks. This is a free event however any donations to help keep this event alive are welcome. […]
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| Filed under: Community event, Firework Displays in and around Glasgow
George Paterson Book Launch: Westerwick
Saturday 18 November, 2023 6pm – 8pm Websters Playhouse, Websters, 416 Great Western Road Glasgow G4 9HZ Westerwick, set in Glasgow’s West End and a fictional Scottish island, is an urban gothic satire and a record of modern devilry. By Into Books George will be in conversation with the inimitable Alistair Braidwood about his 2nd novel, ‘Westerwick’, […]
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Spooctakular Happening Children’s Wood
Sunday 29 October, 2023, 3.30 p.m. till after 6 p.m. The Children’s Wood, North Kelvin Meadow, 76 Kelbourne St, Glasgow G20 8PR Free Event Great Halloween Programme: Lantern making, silent disco, illuminated labyrinth walk, spooky storytelling and more Best adult and children’s costume competition. Bring a torch – it will be dark.
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Reclaim the River, Poetry and Music
Tuesday 31 October, 2023 7 – 9 pm Scottish Writers Centre, CCA Clubroom, 350 Sauchiehall Street, G2 3JW RECLAIM THE RIVER | DOVE TALES & SCOTTISH CND | POETRY & MUSIC OPEN MIC On the Mexican Day of the Dead, Dove Tales joins forces with Scottish CND as part of their Reclaim the River campaign. […]
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