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. Eurovision Song Contest Grand Final screening at GFT
Saturday 13 May, 2023, 7.30 p.m. For the first time EVER, the Eurovision Song Contest Grand Final show will be broadcast live on the big screen! Come together and be united by music, sharing the incredible experience of celebrating the biggest, brightest, boldest music party of the year. Hosted this year in Liverpool by the BBC […]
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Wednesday, May 10, 2023 | Filed under: Cinema, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power at GFT
Friday 12 – Thursday 18 May, 2023 A mesmerising visual journey through cinema’s sexist bloodstream, Brainwashed uses more than 175 film clips from canonical Hollywood favourites and cult classics, as well as interviews with filmmakers and scholars, to reveal a sinister framework of misogyny and paternalism that infiltrates cinema. Buy Tickets GFT, 12 Rose Street, Glasgow G3 6RB
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SQIFF: The Trans-Generational Tour at GFT
Friday 12 – Sunday 14 May, 2023 SQIFF (Scottish Queer International Film Festival) are bringing the Trans-Generational Tour to GFT with three screenings on inter-generational trans communities. A unique reflection on trans knowledge and how it is passed down through generations. Captions and BSL-English Interpreters available Buy tickets Glasgow Film Theatre, 12 Rose Street, G3 […]
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Leaving to Remain at GFT
Monday 15 – Thursday 18 May, 2023 With the UK’s hardening immigration policy in the background, director Mira Erdevički follows the lives of three Roma. Settled in the UK over 20 years ago, the trio still feel attached to their native Slovakia and the Czech Republic. As the UK goes into lockdown, they film their lives throughout […]
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NT Live: Best of Enemies at GFT
Thursday 18 May, 2023 7pm David Harewood and Zachary Quinto play feuding political rivals in this multiple award-winning and critically acclaimed drama. 1968 – a year of protest that divided America, and the cunningly conservative William F. Buckley Jr. and the iconoclastic liberal Gore Vidal fight to become the next President in a new television format. Little do they know they’re about to […]
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The Color of Money plus Introduction
Monday 15 May, 20238:10pm Scorsese of the Month season continues with The Color of Money. The sequel to the 1961 Oscar-winning film The Hustler – which also screens on Monday – The Color of Money picks up with “Fast Eddie” Felson (Paul Newman, in the role that finally earned him the Academy Award). This screening was selected by, and will be […]
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The Royal Tenenbaums 35 mm – GFT
14 and 17 May, 2023 Royal Tenenbaum and his wife Etheline had three children – Chas, Richie and Margot – and then they separated. Chas started buying real estate in his early teens and had an almost preternatural understanding of international finance. Margot was a playwright and received a grant of fifty thousand dollars in […]
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Return to Seoul at GFT
Friday 5 – Thursday 11 May , 2023 Captions and audio description available Davy Chou’s Return to Seoul, which premiered in Cannes 2022’s Un Certain Regard, is an unpredictable and refreshingly authentic story of a young woman’s search for identity. Park Ji-Min delivers a revelatory performance as Freddie, an adoptee who, at age 25, attempts to reconnect with her […]
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The Blue Caftan at GFT
5 – 11 May, 2023 Set in the Moroccan town of Salé, The Blue Caftan follows Mina and her husband Halim, who run a small shop selling traditional caftans in one of the country’s oldest medinas. In order to keep up with demand, they hire a talented young man as an apprentice. Slowly Mina realises how much […]
Beat 6 – dine out and donate to Beatson Cancer Charity
Scotland’s first restaurant with 100% of profits donated to Beatson Cancer Charity Beat 6, 149 Milngavie Rd, Bearsden, Glasgow, G61 3DY (Nearest train station: Hillfoot) The Story Beat 6 is a social enterprise founded by Nico Simeone, the owner of Six by Nico, and his wife, Valentina. Many years ago Valentina was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s […]
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Tuesday, May 9, 2023 | Filed under: Eating and drinking Glasgow West End, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Pat's Home Page Blog
Disappearing Glasgow illustrated talk by Chris Leslie
Friday 26 May, 2023, 6.00pm | Mackintosh Queen’s Cross Mackintosh Queen’s Cross 870 Garscube Road, Glasgow G20 7EL Tickets from £6.13 As part of their 50th anniversary programme under the ‘Gaia’ (The Earth) installation at Mackintosh Queen’s Cross they are hosting a number of talks. Illustrated and updated talk by Chris Leslie Chris Leslie began […]
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Aye Write 2023 – Billingham and Brookmyre’s Dirty Weekend
20 May, 2023, 7.45 – 8 45 p.m. Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall St, Glasgow G2 3NY Mark Billingham is one of the UK’s most acclaimed and popular crime writers. A former actor, television writer and stand-up comedian, his series of novels featuring D.I. Tom Thorne has twice won him the Crime Novel of […]
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Jill Smith: Writer, Artist, Performer – Ritual Walks and Sacred Journeys
Tuesday 16 May, 2023 – 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. Yudowitz Room Woolfson Medical Building University of Glasgow University Avenue G128QQ Creative Writing, University of Glasgow co-hosting with From Glasgow to Saturn Life, Performance, Journeys, Art A performance of Jane Goldman’s poem ‘The Manifestations of The Obsessions and Fantasies of Bruce Lacey and Jill Bruce is […]
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Friday, May 5, 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
Young Frankenstein at Websters
23 – 27 May, 2023 Websters – Theatre | Bar | Playhouse 416 Great Western Rd, Glasgow G4 9HZ Pantheon return to Websters with a monstrous production, sure to make you corpse! From the creators of the record-breaking Broadway sensation The Producers comes this monster musical comedy. The comedy genius Mel Brooks adapts his legendarily funny film into […]
B.A. Acting – Macbeth at Webster’s Theatre
7 – 9 May, 2023, 7.30 p.m. until 9.30 p.m. Websters – Theatre | Bar | Playhouse416 Great Western Rd, Glasgow G4 9HZ Welcome to Macbeth, an exciting production that reinterprets Shakespeare’s classic tragedy from a female-centric viewpoint while embracing the nuances of queer relationships. A dedicated ensemble aims to address the gender imbalance in theatre […]
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SCCAN. Member Networking Meeting: Community Food
Friday, 12 May, 2023, 11 a.m.- 12.30 p.m. Online Scottish Communities Climate Action Network(SCCAN) invites you to join fellow climate activists and community workers for a networking event on community food growing – how can food growing contribute to both climate and community resilience, build skills, reduce the carbon footprint of a community and initiate […]
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Scott Pilgrim vs The World at GFT
Late Night Film – Friday 5 May, 2023 11 p.m. Edgar Wright‘s feverish, genre-bending adventure follows garage-rock bass guitarist and unlikely hero, Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera). When he falls for the dreamy Ramona Flowers (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), he finds he must battle an onslaught of Evil Exes who will stop at nothing to eliminate him from […]
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Thursday, May 4, 2023 | Filed under: Cinema
Rushmore plus Introduction
Sunday 7 May, 2023 5pm Captioned screening Our Wes Anderson season launches this weekend with his breakthrough sophomore feature Rushmore. Starring Jason Schwartzman as Max Fischer, an eccentric 15-year-old student at Rushmore Academy whose life changes when he finds himself on academic probation, in love with elementary teacher Miss Cross and at odds with wealthy industrialist Herman Blume. On its release […]
Take 2. Finding Nemo at GFT
Saturday 6 May, 2023 at 11.30 a.m. Captioned screening – Autism Friendly Arguably one of Disney Pixar’s most loved features, Finding Nemo follows father and son clownfish duo, Marlin and Nemo, who live together in the Great Barrier Reef. When Nemo is lost, taken by a diver on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, Marlin — with the […]
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Glasgow Science Festival 2023
The Glasgow Science Festival is set to return to the city in June 2023 with a bigger programme of free events than ever. The theme for this year’s festival is ‘Glasgow’s Looking Forward’, and visitors can enjoy a wide range of activities, talks, demonstrations and shows. A six-metre-wide floating vision of the entire Earth, physics […]
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Dream Fest – relaunch of the Dream Machine
Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th May, 2023 The Dream Machine 257 London Road Glasgow G40 1PE The Dream Machine relaunches this May, relighting the community campfire in the East End of Glasgow. The first of many new events showcasing our incredible sensory Dream Room kickstarting with a Saturday evening of live music with a super exciting […]
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Queen Margaret Drive Street Festival
Sunday 25 June, 2023 12 p.m. – 5 p.m. The hugely popular Queen Margaret Drive Festival is back for WestFest this year! Queen Margaret Drive, G20 8PB This colourful, vibrant and accessible street festival has become one of the most popular community events in Glasgow’s West End, attracting over 3000 unique attendees each year. This […]
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Tuesday, May 2, 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
Webster’s Family Gala Day
Sunday 7 May, 2023 – 12 p.m. – 4 p.m. Websters Theatre, 416 Great Western Rd, Glasgow G4 9HZ Come and join the fun. A day of family activities & entertainment on the street outside as well as in and around Websters at Kelvinbridge. . Street Play from Operation Play Outdoors Circus & Dance Performers […]
REVEAL – previously Glasgow Contemporary Art Fair
19 – 21 May, 2023 Tickets are now on sale for Reveal (formerly Glasgow Contemporary Art Fair) a At Glasgow’s SEC, Glasgow G3 8YW Open 10am – 5pm Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 Tickets Adult tickets £6 plus booking fee. Concessions £5 plus booking fee. Children Under 16 Free when accompanied by an adult. Kids […]
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Little Richard: I Am Everything at GFT
Until 4 May, 2023 Like a quasar burning past the gaslight, director Lisa Cortés’ eye-opening documentary explodes the whitewashed canon of American pop music. Little Richard: I Am Everything shines a clarifying light on the Black, queer origins of rock’n’roll, and establishes the genre’s big bang: Richard Wayne Penniman. Testimonials from legendary musicians and cultural figures, Black and […]
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Mank at GFT
30 April and 3 May, 2023 1930s Hollywood is reevaluated through the eyes of scathing social critic and alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz (Gary Oldman) as he races to finish the screenplay of Citizen Kane. Based on an original screenplay by his late father Jack, Mank is David Fincher’s unique take on Hollywood legend. The film was nominated […]
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Love According To Dalva at GFT
Until 4 May, 2023 Featuring an extraordinary performance from Zelda Samson as Dalva, a 12-year-old girl who is home-schooled and hidden from society by her father. When one evening the police forcibly take her into foster care, Dalva must learn to understand that her father’s abuse is not what real love is. With the help of her […]
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Rodeo at GFT
Until 4 May, 2023 A young tearaway with a passion for motorbikes, Julia (Julie Ledru) lives on a social housing estate with her mother and brother. Her only escape from a fraught homelife is urban dirt-biking but, as she can’t afford her own bike, she steals them – and she’s pretty good at it. This […]
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How To Blow Up A Pipeline at Glasgow Film Theatre
How to Blow Up a Pipeline + Earth Day introduction Saturday 22 April, 2:45pm Standard screenings: Friday 21 April – Thursday 4 May After going down a storm when it screened at Glasgow Film Festival in March, GFT is thrilled to have the opportunity to screen a special preview of How to Blow Up a […]
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Metropolis at The Britannia Panopticon Music Hall
Fritz Lang’s Metropolis with live musical orchestra Thursday 4 May, 2023 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. Britannia Panopticon Music Hall 117 Trongate Trongate Glasgow G1 5HD May the fourth be with you! Gladstone’s Bag presents Fritz Lang’s classic science fiction film ‘Metropolis’ at the world’s oldest music hall with a live musical orchestra. Tickets at EventBrite […]
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