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..

UCI Cycling World Championships Glasgow

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

barrowfield festival

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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Glasgow is gearing up to welcome UCI Cycling World Championships

cycling world glasgow

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

Kirikou

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

Barbie

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

Govanhill festival parade

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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The Big South Social Picnic

big 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

broken sleep books event govanhill baths

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 […]

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Asteroid City at GFT

asteroid city

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

diasporic creations

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

while we watched

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

a kind of kidnapping

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

take 2. emperors 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 […]

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Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda at GFT

sakamoto coda

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

jaws at gft

  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

all along the edge

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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Sogo Arts – Art by Tommy

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 […]

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E.T. The Extra Terrestrial in 4K

E.T.

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

the eight mountains

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

Squaring the Circle

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

name me lawand

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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Public Speaking plus Introduction at GFT

public speaking

Monday 17 July, 2023 8:40pm We continue our Scorsese of the Month screenings with Public Speaking — introduced and selected by journalist Eilidh Akilade. This feature-length documentary centres on Martin Scorsese’s long-time friend and fellow New Yorker Fran Lebowitz, a writer known for her unique and acerbic take on modern life. Originally screened on television’s HBO in 2010 to critical acclaim, fans of Scorsese — […]

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Smoking Causes Coughing at GFT

smoking causes coughing

Friday 7 – Sunday 16 July, 2023 Captions available A quirky, absurdist comedy sci-fi fantasy from visionary director Quentin Dupieux. The Tobacco Force is a superhero quintet fighting evil by using cigarette cancer-causing substances as their weapon of choice. Since there’s an upcoming battle against evil conqueror Lezardin, they head for a team-building holiday – but will […]

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In Conversation with Graeme Armstrong, Websters Theatre

in conversation with graeme armstrong

Thursday, 30 August, 2023 Join the host of Glasgo Podcast as he sits down with local author Graeme Armstrong His bestselling debut novel, ‘The Young Team’ inspired by his experiences, and Picador published in March 2020. It won a Betty Trask Award, a Somerset Maugham Award, and the Scots Book o the Year 2021. In […]

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A Good Panto Die Hard at Websters Theatre

a good panto die hard

28 – 30 July, 2023 Websters Theatre, 416 Great Western Rd, Glasgow G4 9HZ – adjacent to Kelvinbridge Underground A hilarious pantomime parody of the blockbuster that redefined cinema – Die Hard. With the fourth wall reduced to rubble, the reluctant Prince and his trusty Sidekick must save the captured Princess from the maniacal Baddie […]

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Take 3: The Secret Garden

the secret garden

Saturday 15 July, 2023 at 11:30am  A recently orphaned girl from British India moves into a mysterious stately home in rural England and finds a hidden walled garden, where she discovers the magic of the natural world and learns about the importance of love and family. Colin Firth and Julie Walters star in this adaptation of the beloved […]

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Wednesday, July 12, 2023 | Filed under: Cinema, Kids and young people

Tenet in 35 mm at GFT

Tenet

Saturday 15 & Sunday 16 July, 2023 Following hugely popular Cinemasters Christopher Nolan season last summer, and as a way of preparing for his latest big screen blockbuster, Oppenheimer, GFT audiences are getting another chance to see his most recent time-bending mind-bender, Tenet, on 35mm. Originally released in August 2020 when GFT was still at reduced […]

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Sunday, July 9, 2023 | Filed under: Cinema

Top Hat at GFT

Top Hat

Friday 14 – Wednesday 19 July, 2023 This 1935 classic starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers was nominated for four Oscars and is widely regarded as the dance pair’s best film. Showman Jerry Travers (Astaire) is working for producer Horace Hardwick (Edward Everett Horton) in London. Jerry demonstrates his new dance moves late one night in Horace’s hotel, much […]

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F(r)ee Behind the Scenes of the Party Movement at GFT

Free behind the scenes of the party movement

Tuesday 18 July, 2023 8:40pm Set across different European countries, F(r)eE is a feature-length documentary exploring the development of techno music from its early stages to now. Covering a three-decade journey, F(r)eE shows how this genre exploded into the collective consciousness, reaching people of every age, race and social class, becoming one of the lasting examples of counter culture. The […]

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Saturday, July 8, 2023 | Filed under: Cinema

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