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. Hallowe’en at GFT
Friday 13 – Tuesday 31 October, 2023 GFT celebrates all things spooky this October with a season packed with some creepy classics. From the 50th Anniversary Director’s Cut of William Friedkin‘s landmark horror The Exorcist and gruesome 1980s summer camp slasher Friday the 13th; to the hilarious havoc of Hocus Pocus — There is something for even the […]
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Wednesday, October 25, 2023 | Filed under: Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Hallowe'en in Glasgow, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Take 2: Goosebumps
Saturday 28 October, 2023, 11.30am After moving to a small town, Zach Cooper finds a silver lining when he meets next door neighbor Hannah, the daughter of bestselling Goosebumps series author R.L. Stine. When Zach unintentionally unleashes real monsters from their manuscripts and they begin to terrorize the town, it’s suddenly up to Stine, Zach […]
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| Filed under: Cinema, Kids and young people
Free Screen Talk: The Creative Worlds of Powell & Pressburger
Saturday 28 October, 2023 4.20pm As GFT CineMasters season celebrates the work of Michael Powelland Emeric Pressburger, book a space at this free hour-long talk to find out about the significance of their work and long-lasting influence. Camilla Baier and Lauren Clarke of Invisible Women will dig into the origins of this unique filmmaking partnership, […]
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Flowers of the Killer Moon at GFT
Friday 20 October – Thursday 2 November, 2023 Captions and audio description available After premiering to a 9-minute standing ovation at Cannes Film Festival earlier this year, Martin Scorsese‘s eagerly anticipated new film marks the sixth feature film collaboration between Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio, and the tenth between Scorsese and Robert De Niro. In […]
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Beyond Utopia at Glasgow Film Festival
Friday 27 October – Thursday 2 November, 2023 A suspenseful look at the lengths people will go to gain freedom, Beyond Utopia follows various individuals as they attempt to flee North Korea, one of the most oppressive places on Earth, a land they grew up believing was a paradise. Gripping, visceral and urgent, Madeleine Gavin’s […]
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Foe at Glasgow Film Theatre
20 – 26 October, 2023 Captions and audio description available Academy Award nominees Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal star in Foe, a haunting exploration of marriage and identity set in an uncertain world. Hen and Junior farm a secluded piece of land that has been in Junior’s family for generations, but their quiet life is […]
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20,000 Species of Bees at GFT
Friday 27 October – Thursday 2 November, 2023 Ane takes her children away from their French-Basque home for the summer. She is hoping to kickstart her career as a sculptor, while her eight-year-old child Cocó (a dazzling award-winning performance by Sofía Otero) is inspired by the bees kept by their great aunt to ask questions […]
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The Killer at GFT
Friday 27 October – 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 […]
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Spooky Columbian Films at CCA
Wednesday, 1 November, 2023, 8 – 10 p.m. CinemaAttic Sal si puedes / Get Out if You Can: A Night of Spooky Colombian Short Films CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, G2 3JD A Halloween-themed programme of shorts, revealing how Colombian filmmakers transpose thriller and horror to the screen. The programme has been curated to reflect the […]
Tish plus Q & A
Friday 17 November – Thursday, 23 November, 2023 Audio description available Standard screenings: Buy tickets (Captions and audio description available) Saturday 18 November, 2023 8.30pm GFT is welcoming director Paul Sng for a Q&A following the 8.30pm screening of his rousing new documentary Tish on Saturday 18 November. Tish Murtha’s photography of people on the […]
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Preview: The Eternal Daughter + Joanna Hogg Q&A
Sunday 12 November, 2023 7pm We’re thrilled to be hosting a special preview of the acclaimed new film from Joanna Hogg who will be joining us afterwards for a special Q&A. Featuring a towering, deeply moving performance by Tilda Swinton, this ghostly and beguiling film is a brilliant and captivating exploration of parental relationships and […]
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Girl – preview plus Q and A
Friday 17 November, 2023 – 8.30pm GFT is welcoming back the wonderful Glasgow Film Festival 2023 opening gala title, Girl for a special preview screening before its much anticipated general release! Director Adura Onashil, who will be at Q&A after the film. Mother and daughter Grace and Ama have established a deep bond that’s protected […]
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Fun With Flyting – Learning About Older Scots Language
11 November, 2023 10 a.m. – 12 Noon Ye Fair Forflittin Flochter, or Fun with Flyting Families, kids, grown-ups! You are invited to a free, fun, interactive event for kids interested in learning about Older Scots and flyting. At The Mitchell Library, North Street, Glasgow G3 7DN Organised by University of Glasgow English Language and […]
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Woodlands Community Fundraising Gala
Saturday 18th November, 2023 7-11pm Fred Paton Centre, 19 Carrington Street, G4 9AJ Raising Funds for Woodlands Community Garden Ceilidh Comedy from our Event Compere Viv Gee Live Music Two course dinner provided by Soul Food Sisters and Woodlands Community Cafe Raffle and Games Bring Your Own Bottle. Dress in your best. Tickets Tickets Cost […]
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Tuesday, October 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, Woodlands Community
Voicebeat 21st Anniversary Concert
Saturday 25 November, 2023 at 7.30 p.m. – 10 p.m. Adelaide Place, 209 Bath Street, Glasgow, G2 4HZ Voicebeat will commemorate two decades of harmony singing from around the world. This in-person event promises to be a night to remember as Voicebeat sing songs from their many years together. They will also be launching their third […]
Spooky Walk at Glasgow Green
Saturday 28 October, 2023 Hallowe’en Event by Friends of People’s Palace, Winter Gardens and Glasgow Green Meet 5 p.m. at Nelson’s Monument, Glasgow Green Come along and join the fun at this FREE event – dress up for Hallowe’en. Walk to People’s Palace where Kids and Adults can do their turn – Tell a joke , […]
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Monday, October 23, 2023 | Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Free Events, Friends of People's Palace and Winter Gardens at Glasgow Green, Hallowe'en in Glasgow, Kids and young people, Pat's Home Page Blog, Peoples Palace Winter Gardens and Glasgow Green, Walks, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Panopticon Halloween Market
Saturday 28 October, 2023 – 12 p.m. – 5 p.m. Britannia Panopticon Music Hall, 113-117 Trongate, Glasgow G1 5HD Come along for a phenomenal Halloween vintage and crafts Market. Discover some spooktacular gifts from wonderful ghoulish vendors! Entry is £1
Riverside Museum Halloween Party 2023
Saturday 28th October 2023, 7 p.m. till midnight Riverside Museum 100 Pointhouse Rd, Govan, Glasgow G3 8RS Tickets Melting Pot X Riverside Museum Halloween Party is BACK Halloween spectacular. Party amongst the vintage museum vehicles, subway stations and on the oldest street in Glasgow in the world famous Riverside Museum for a terrifying night of […]
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Milngavie Halloween Pumpkin Trail
26 – 31 October, 2023 Milngavie Town Centre Event by Milngavie – Try it, Live it, Love it. Join in the fun with Milngavie’s Halloween Pumpkin Trail and spot some wonderful pumpkin designs in the business windows Event on Facebook
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| Filed under: Hallowe'en in Glasgow
Halloween Evening Market – The Barras
Thursday 26 October, 2023, 5 p.m. – 10 p.m. Things are gonna get spooky with a haunted evening up the barras, right in time for Halloween. A one off evening special in the run up to the weekend we’ll have themed stalls, entertainment and more. Maybe even a few scares lined up Awards for best […]
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| Filed under: Hallowe'en in Glasgow, Markets
Fright Night at Websters
Thursday 26 October, 2023, 7 – 9 p.m. NBT Records in partnership with The School of Glee presents Fright Night. An evening of spooktacular performances from their terrifyingly talented singers! This is an evening of entertainment you do not want to miss! Buy tickets Websters Theatre, 416 Great Western Road, Glasgow G4 9HZ (adjacent Kelvinbridge Underground)
Cantadoras: Musical Memories of Life and Death in Colombia
Friday 17 November, 2023 at 8 p.m. CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, G2 3JD #HGFF23 presents in collaboration with Iberodocs… Cantadoras – Musical Memories of Life and Death in Colombia. Weaving songs, interviews, and archive footage, Cantadoras is a musical journey through ancestral resistance to violence, from working in white-owned mines, civil war in which violence rests […]
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Sunday, October 22, 2023 | Filed under: Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers
Clann An Drumma, St Andrews Night, Cottiers
30 November, 2023, 7.30 p.m. – 10 p.m. Join Clann An Drumma at Cottiers for a memorable St. Andrew’s Night celebration with the electrifying Scottish tribal band, Clann An Drumma. Get ready to experience an evening filled with blood-pumping Scottish music, energetic drumming, and captivating stories. Immerse yourself in the spirit of auld Alba as […]
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Diana Devlin at Avant Garde
Monday 23 October, 2023, Doors 7 p.m. – 7.30 p.m. start Avant Garde, 34-44 King St, Glasgow G1 5QT Following on from her launch of ‘Judas Sky’ in the square in Gallicano, Tuscany on Wednesday 13 September, 2023. The poet, Diana Devlin, will be heading to Glasgow to launch her collection ‘Full Frontal’ at Avant […]
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Wednesday, October 18, 2023 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Los Hermanos / The Brothers plus discussion
19 November, 2023, 1.50 p.m. This screening will be followed by a discussion with Hugo Rivalta and Helen Yaffe on the ongoing impact on Cuban families separated by economic necessity. Virtuoso Afro-Cuban-born brothers—violinist Ilmar and pianist Aldo—live on opposite sides of a geopolitical chasm a half-century wide. Tracking their parallel lives in New York and […]
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The World of Nelsito at GFT plus Q & A
16 November, 2023 at 8.15 p.m. Nelsito is a 16-year-old autistic boy who runs away from home but is the victim of a car accident. While everyone is worried about him, he enters the world of his imagination, telling us every detail of a dark and hidden side of those around him. Followed by a […]
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Take 2: Puffin Rock and the New Friends
Saturday 21 October, 2023 11.30am Following the disappearance of the final Little Egg of the season, Oona and her friends embark on a race against time to try to save it before a big storm hits Puffin Rock and puts the island in danger. Buy tickets GFT, 12 Rose Street, Ge 6RB
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Young Soul Rebels, Black History Month GFT
Monday 23 October, 2023 Captioned screening Our Black History Month season comes to a close on Monday with a 4K restoration screening of Isaac Julien’s landmark for Black — and Queer — British film: Young Soul Rebels. The screening will be followed by a discussion of the themes Young Soul Rebels explores with our guest […]
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Our River … Our Sky at Glasgow Film Theatre
20 – 25 October, 2023 Maysoon Pachachi’s fiction debut is a tumultuous portrait of lives in an Iraqi war zone. In a typically mixed Baghdadi neighbourhood in 2006, a community of ordinary people try to live their everyday lives amidst the threat of unpredictable violence. At the heart of these intersecting stories we find Sara, […]
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Black History Month 2023 at GFT
Monday 9 – Monday 23 October 2023 New Scots Documentary – 30 Years On – 16 October, 5.30 p.m. Archive screening of three episodes of early 90s STV docu-series, which talks to families who have immigrated to different cities in Scotland. We hear from different generations of each family about their lives in Scotland covering […]
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Sunday, October 15, 2023 | Filed under: Black History Month Glasgow, Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
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