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..

The Future is Now – Poetry Workshop with Tom Murray

The Future is Now with Tom Murray

Thursday 19 June, 2025, 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. Creative Lab, CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3JD By Scottish Writers Centre Join poet Tom Murray in a workshop that explores how we live today in the age of technology, and how it affects our work and life. Is it a good thing, or bad, […]

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Take 2: Ernest and Celestine at GFT

Ernest and Celestine

Saturday 21 June, 2025 at 11.30 a.m. Celestine is a little mouse trying to avoid a dental career while Ernest is a big bear craving an artistic outlet. When Celestine meets Ernest, they overcome their natural enmity by forging a life of crime together. Please note: This film is in French with English subtitles. Take […]

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Wednesday, June 18, 2025 | Filed under: Cinema

Collateral at GFT

Collateral

Saturday 21st June,  5.10 p.m. and Thursday, 26 June, 8.20 p.m., 2025 After a long day, LA taxi driver Max (Jamie Foxx) is about to knock off when sharp-suited Vincent (Tom Cruise) offers him $600 to make five stops. Sounds good until Vincent turns out to be a merciless hitman and each one of those […]

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Hidden at GFT

Hidden

20 – 26 June, 2025 A married couple’s comfortable lifestyle begins to implode after they start to receive surveillance tapes of their home in Michael Haneke’s gripping psychological thriller, starring Juliette Binoche and Daniel Auteuil. Four years after The Piano Teacher won a trio of prizes in Cannes, Michael Haneke’s disturbing psychological thriller opened the festival – […]

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Miller’s Crossing plus Introduction

Miller's Crossing

Monday 23 June, 2025 8 p.m. This special 35mm screening for the June edition of GFT’s Coen Brothers of the Month will be introduced by film critic and programmer Allan Hunter. Miller’s Crossing is a 1920s gangster movie that only the Coen Brothers could concoct. When the Italian Mafia threatens to kill a crooked bookie (John Turturro), […]

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Red Path at GFT

Red Path

Friday 20th, Sunday 22 and Monday 23 June, 2025 In the shadow of Tunisia’s Mghila Mountains, 13-year-old Achraf endures a harrowing ordeal when jihadists attack him and his cousin, Nizar. Forced to carry a gruesome warning back to their village, Achraf embarks on a journey that blurs the lines between trauma and resilience. Based on […]

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Arlington Baths Club Gala 2025

arlington baths club gala

Saturday 21 June, 2025, 12 p.m. – 3 p.m. Arlington Baths Club,  61 Arlington Street, Glasgow G3 6DT Part of WestFest  2025 Join the historic Arlington Baths Club for an afternoon of fun for all the family. Activities will take place inside the baths and outside in the street. There will be live music, face […]

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The Iron Burgh screening at The Deep End

the iron burgh

Thursday, June 19th, 2025, 6.30 p.m. The Deep End. 21 Nithsdale Street, Glasgow G41 2PZ The Iron Burgh is a brilliant film exploring the history of Coatbridge from 1828 to 1967, as told through contemporary testimonies and reports. (The film is by Jim Sullivan, email ) At Irish History Group meets at The Deep End  on […]

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The Big Stupit Summer Ceilidh at Cottiers

the big stupit ceilidh cottiers

 Saturday 12th July, 2025 From 7pm Cottiers, 93 – 95 Hyndland Street, Glasgow G11 5PU Buy Tickets £39.50 Get ready to dance your socks off at the most joyous jumble of jigs and reels this summer! Enjoy a riotous evening of traditional and contemporary ceilidh — where the music is wild, the moves energetic, and the vibes […]

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Glasgow Jazz Festival 2025

glasgow jazz festival 2025

18 – 22 June, 2025 The 39th edition of Glasgow Jazz Festival – Five Extraordinary Days of Live Music Over 100 musicians, from renowned international acts to Scotland’s brightest stars  This year’s programme spans more than 35 events in venues from Milngavie to the Merchant City. Not to be missed shows include: Brian Jackson – catch the legendary […]

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WestFest – Kirklee Allotment Open Day 2025

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Saturday 21 June, 2025, 2 p.m. – 5 p.m. Kirklee Road at the Kirklee Gate, Glasgow, G12 0SS Come along to the annual open day at the Kirklee site of Kelvinside Allotments. Look round the allotments and talk to allotment members. Enjoy the flowers, fruit, vegetables and plants. There will be teas, homemade cakes, jams […]

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Joint Book Launch: Stephen Watt and Spencer Mason

stephen watt spencer mason book launch

Tuesday 1 July, 2025, 7 p.m. Avant Garde, 34-44 King St, Glasgow G1 5QT Seahorse Publications is pleased to launch collections of poetry by Stephen Watt and Spencer Mason. With music provided by the Linda Jaxson Trio and open mic opportunities, this promises to be an exciting, dark, and curious evening of macabre wit and […]

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Monday, June 16, 2025 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events

Tilka Documentary plus Q & A, Civic House Glasgow

Tilka documentary

Tuesday 17 June, 2025, 6.15 p.m. Civic House, 26 Civic Street, Glasgow, G4 9RH. TILKA is an an intimate portrait of five women who meet to create an original play amid Lebanon’s collapse. The film weaves together each woman’s individual story with a collective narrative of displacement, motherhood and hope told through the play. It […]

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Sunday, June 15, 2025 | Filed under: Cinema, Free Events

Open Mic Nights Glasgow and around

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Spoken Word Events in Glasgow courtesy of Stephen Watt Email:your details of Open Mic Nights in Glasgow for Inclusion ALWAYS CHECK TIMES AND DATES WITH VENUES and Venues please get in touch if details change or Open Mic ceases. Thanks.:) Working on Updating Page.  Open Mic events can be found in Glasgow more or less […]

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Take 2: Flow at GFT

flow

Saturday 14 June, 2025 at 11.30 a.m. GFT 12 Rose Street, G3 6RB Wunderkind director Gints Zilbalodis has taken the animation world by storm with his beautifully crafted sophomore feature Flow, winner of the Oscar for Best Animated Feature. The mystical world he creates in Flow is in peril. There are traces of human inhabitants, but they are […]

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| Filed under: Cinema, Kids and young people

Children of Heaven at GFT

children of heaven

Thursday 19th, June, 2025 at 2.30 p.m. Join Garnethill Multicultural for a special screening of their short film. Made with Tricky Hat Productions, the Listening To Our City project is an ongoing Glasgow-based project involving people who have experience of the asylum seeking and refugee process. Children of Heaven has been selected to screen alongside the […]

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Code Unknown at GFT

code unknown

Sunday 15th and Wednesday 18 June, 2025 GFT, 12 Rose Street, G3 6RB On a busy Paris street, a youth scornfully tosses a crumpled paper bag into the outstretched hands of a beggar woman. This is the bond which, for an instant, links several very different characters: actress Anne (Juliette Binoche); her war photographer boyfriend […]

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The Insider at GFT

the insider

Saturday 14 and Tuesday 17 June, 2025 When it comes to corporate conspiracy thrillers there’s none more slow burning than Michael Mann’s smoking (cigarette) of a thriller The Insider. Based on a segment from the 60 Minutes television news reportage series, The Insider is based on an alleged true story of how a tobacco industry insider Jeffrey Wigand (Russell Crowe) […]

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Lollipop at GFT

Lollipop

13 – 19 June, 2025 When young mum Molly (Posy Sterling) is released from prison after serving four months, she assumes it will be a matter of hours before she can pick up her children from foster care. Instead, Molly finds herself in the mother of all catch-22s: she can’t get housing because she doesn’t […]

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Refugee Festival Scotland 2025 – Milestones

refugee festival scotland

Runs from 13 – 22 June, 2025 See Programme of Events This year marks 25 years of the festival, and the Scottish Refugee Council’s 40th – who are immensely proud to be organising a national march as part of the festival. The festival comes as we see an alarming rise in support for racist and […]

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Partick Film Fest-athon

partick film fest-athon

Saturday, 14 June, 2025, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Partick Film Fest-athon at WestFest Partick Film Festival in collaboration with the Kelvin Hall has curated a programme of short films to celebrate Glasgow 850 at this year’s WestFest. The films feature the people and places who make this unique city that we call home. The […]

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Refugee Festival Scotland 2025 – From Shore to Shore

from shore to shore exhibition anniesland college

From Shore to Shore 13 – 22 June, 2025 9am – 5pm Anniesland campus of Glasgow Clyde College 19 Hatfield drive, Glasgow, G12 0YE Free Outdoor installation. Visitors can come at any time between 9 – 5pm. There are toilets and parking facilities on site. Glasgow Clyde College Art installation of messages and stories written […]

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Refugee Festival Scotland: Live in Art at CCA

10 – 14 June, 2025 CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, G2 3JD ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: Syeda Sadaf Zaidi has brought together the work of 12 Glasgow-based artists from Afghanistan, Colombia, Iran, Pakistan, Ukraine and Vietnam for LIVE IN ART. You can see this unique #RefugeeFestScot exhibition at the CCA in Glasgow. Participating artists Syeda Sadaf Zaidi, Yuliya […]

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G12 Arts – End of Season Showcase at Cottiers

end of season showcase cottiers G12

Sunday, 15 June, 2025 Cottiers, 93 – 95 Hyndland Street, G11 5PU G12 Performing Arts would like to invite you to their end of season showcase. A fabulous evening of entertainment for all of the family and a great way to start your summer. Performances from all genres:  Ballet, tap, modern dance, jazz, lyrical, musical […]

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Who owns the Clyde? Live Mapathon

who owns the clyde

Saturday 21 June, 2025, 2 p.m. – 5 p.m. The Briggait,, 141 Bridgegate, Glasgow G1 5H Come along to The Briggait, Glasgow for an experimental afternoon of collective mapping of land ownership along the River Clyde. This live mapathon is an opportunity to contribute towards The Empire Cafe’s ongoing investigation into fragmented and opaque land […]

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Glasgow Science Festival: The Art of Science

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11 June, 2025,  6 – 8 p.m. University of Glasgow, Advanced Research Centre, 11 Chapel Lane, G11 6EW An adult-focused evening of fun activities, mini-talks and an exhibition to explore the connection between art and science. Join Glasgow Science Festival for an evening at the Advanced Research Centre for activities, mini talks and an exhibition […]

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Night Market at Cottiers

night market at cottiers

Thursday 12 June, 2025 5.30 p.m. -10.30 p.m. Cottiers, 93 – 95 Hyndland Street, G11 5PU Happy June everyone! The Night Market has had some sun up here in Scotland and they’r feeling PO-SI-TIVE. So let us ask you this: Don’t know what to get the father figure in your life for Father’s Day? Why […]

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Circus Vegas Review at Silverburn

Fire eater circus vegas

Circus Vegas Came To Glasgow We had a wonderful time at the Vegas themed show with the glizt and glamour of Vegas. It brilliantly combined all the usual circus type acts such as juggling, aerial acts, acrobats and a fun clown, who was the star of the show, The costumes and dancers were fantastic each […]

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Circus Vegas at Silverburn Shopping Centre, Glasgow

circus vegas

Various dates 6 – 22 June, 2025 – (See all dates below) See Review of Circus Vegas at Silverburn by Gail Jennings Silverburn Shopping Centre, Green Car Park, Glasgow, G53 6AG This year a new death-defying circus is on tour in the UK, celebrating 257 years of circus performances with the ultimate show. Come along […]

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Cal at GFT

Cal

13 – 19 June, 2025 Cal, a young man on the fringes of the IRA, falls in love with Marcella, a Catholic woman whose husband, a Protestant policeman, was killed one year earlier by the IRA. Buy tickets 13 June 8 p.m.  The 8pm screening on Friday 13 June will be introduced by author and […]

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Saturday, June 7, 2025 | Filed under: Cinema

The Future is Now with Tom Murray

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