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. Burns Tasting, Glasgow University Malt Whisky Society
Sunday, 22 January, 2023 at 8 p.m. After the massive success of their first tasting, GUMWS are super excited to continue this semester’s tastings with their annual Burns Tasting! Come through for some unique Burns-inspired drams, some rousing poetry from our friends at Scot Lit, and further shenanigans! IN ADDITION: Limited edition GUMWS Glencairns (Whisky […]
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Saturday, January 21, 2023 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Burns Events
Burns Night at the Panopticon
Friday 27 January, 2023 An evening of comedy, music, and whisky celebrating Scotland’s favourite poet – Robert Burns. Brittania Panopticon, 113 – 117 Trongate, Glagow G1 5HD Buy tickets at Eventbrite Expect a fantastic evening of Live music, comedy, whisky tasting, and much more at the world’s oldest surviving music hall in the heart of […]
Friction Burns Supper 2023
Saturday, 28 January, 2023 6 p.m. Room 2, 69 Nelson Mandela Place, G2 1QY You Call That Radio hosts the 13th annual edition of the Friction Burns Supper which returns to a live audience for the first time since 2019. Expect a fast-paced underground cabaret of musos & wordsmiths attempting to stick to a vague […]
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| Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Burns Events, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Gig Guide plus Club Events
CINE(STHESIA) Angelou on Burns
26 January, 2023 at 6 p.m. National Library at Kelvin Hall, 1445 Argyle St, Glasgow G3 8AW National Library at Kelvin Hall is delighted to celebrate Burns Night with this special screening of Angelou on Burns, first released in 1996. Director Elly Taylor will be present to give an introduction to the documentary and take […]
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| Filed under: Burns Events, Cinema, Pat's Home Page Blog
William Prince and Madison Violet at Celtic Connections 2023
27 January, 2023 Drygate Brewery, 85 Drygate, Glasgow G4 0UT Celtic Connections 2023- 19 January – 5 February, 2023 William Prince is a Canadian folk and country singer-songwriter from Winnipeg. Influences and references shape his approach to songcraft, a masterclass in skilful simplicity. These come from the gospel of his childhood to the pantheon of classic […]
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Friday, January 20, 2023 | Filed under: Celtic Connections 2023, Gig Guide plus Club Events
2001: A Space Odyssey
Sunday, 22 January, 2023 – 3.20 p.m. Ranked at number six on Sight and Sound’s Greatest Films of All Time list, Stanley Kubrick’s sublime masterpiece is regularly cited as one of the finest pieces of science fiction ever made. Scripted by Kubrick and famed writer Arthur C Clarke, the film follows a representative of mankind sent into […]
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Holy Spider at Glasgow Film Theatre
20 – 26 January, 2023 A journalist (Zar Amir-Ebrahimi) descends into the dark underbelly of the Iranian holy city of Mashhad as she investigates the serial killings of sex workers by the so called ‘Spider Killer’, who believes he is cleansing the streets of sinners. Telling a chilling story based on true events that took […]
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Preview: All the Beauty and the Bloodshed plus Q & A Laura Poitras
Wednesday 25 January, 2023 7.45 p.m. Special preview of All the Beauty and the Bloodshed: the extraordinary story of internationally renowned artist and activist Nan Goldin, told through her slideshows, intimate interviews, ground-breaking photography and rare footage of her fight to hold the Sackler family accountable for the opioid crisis. Directed by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Laura Poitras (Citizenfour), the […]
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The Hackles and Lizzie No – Celtic Connections 2023
22 January, 2023 – 7.30 p.m. Drygate Brewery, 85 Drygate Glasgow G4 0UT Celtic Connections 19 January – 5 February, 2023 Oregon duo The Hackles impressed with their debut album, but it was the follow-up, 2019’s A Dobritch Did As A Dobritch Should, that established them well beyond the shores of the USA. In the UK, The […]
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Aoife O’Donovan and Jack Badcock, OranMor, Celtic Connections 2023
1 February, 2023, 7.30p.m. OranMor, Top of Byres Road, Glasgow G12 8QX Celtic Connections 2023 – 19 January until 5 February Grammy award-winning artist Aoife O’Donovan performs her new album Age Of Apathy with her band. Aoife operates in a thrilling musical world beyond genre. She has released 3 critically-acclaimed and boundary-blurring solo albums including her most recent record, […]
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Thursday, January 19, 2023 | Filed under: Celtic Connections 2023, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Gig Guide plus Club Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Address to Burns – Scottish Writers Centre
January 24, 2023, 7 o.m. – 9 p.m. CCA, 50 Sauchiehall Street, G2 3JD and Onlin HOSTED BY TOM MURRAY e Writers! You are invited, in the form of a letter, to address Robert Burns on one, or more, of the following topics: His…WORK; POLITICS; RELATIONSHIPS + LEGACY It can be poetry, prose, or song […]
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Wednesday, January 18, 2023 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Burns Events
Best Laid Schemes – Dexter Gordon Place
Two Novellas – Crimes for our Times Donning another hat, Ian R Mitchell who has written several books on mountaineering and on Glasgow history, turned during the years of Covid to writing a couple of crime stories which he has published pseudonymously – with the new name to go with the new hat. Tales for […]
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Writing Wresolutions with Christie Williamson
January 17, 2023, 7 p.m. – 9.00 p.m. Scottish Writers Centre Online Event Scottish Writers’ First Online event of the year to help shape your writing and goals in 2023 with Co-chair Christie Williamson! Limited Places Available. Bring yourself and a favourite text for a reading list gift exchange. It can be anything, your own […]
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Monday, January 16, 2023 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Pat's Home Page Blog, Zoom and online events
A Bowl, A Boat – Sarah Kudirka Exhibition, The Briggait
Until 6 March, 2023 at The Briggait The Wasps Studio, The Briggait 141 Bridgegate, Glasgow G1 5HZ Sarah Kudirka’s latest paintings based on bowl:boat and shell-like motifs, are rooted in our capacity for empathy, sharing and compassion towards those who journey across oceans. There are self-evident things in Kudirka’s latest work along with many layers […]
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Book a Luxury Car Wash and Support Young People
Campsies Outdoor Community Event – Sunday 22 January, 2023 Support Youth Employment – Boost your well being in the outdoors and meet @FleetAlliance funded youth apprentices. Book your cash wash Parking area at Crow Road between Strathblane and Lennoxtown, approximately 30 minutes from Glasgow and just above the Clachan of Campsie in the beautiful Campsie […]
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Sunday, January 15, 2023 | Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, G20 Festival, Kids and young people
Celtic Connections 2023: Sam Kelly & The Lost Boys with Ainsley Hamill Band
Saturday 28 January, 2023, 7.30 p.m. Òran Mór,Top of Byres Road, Glasgow, G12 8QX Celtic Connections proudly presents Sam Kelly & The Lost Boys with Ainsley Hamill Band. Sam Kelly & The Lost Boys bring their acclaimed second album, The Wishing Tree, to Celtic Connections 2023. Expect to hear uplifting melodies, soaring harmonies, high-octane instrumentals and stunning […]
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Friday, January 13, 2023 | Filed under: Celtic Connections 2023, Gig Guide plus Club Events, Music, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Celtic Connections 2023: The Poozies and Fras
Saturday, 21 January, 2023 at 7.30 p.m. Òran Mór, The Venue, Top of Byres Road, Glasgow, G12 8QX Exciting arrangements and heart-tugging vocal harmonies are The Poozies’ hallmarks, and they’re back onstage at Celtic Connections performing a fantastic collection of songs and tunes. Named after a den of iniquity frequented by Robert Burns, this “all-female […]
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Essential Bushcraft Skills for Outdoor Learning Practitioners
January 21st and 28th, 2023, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. The Childrens Wood and North Kelvin Meadow 76 Kelbourne Street Glasgow G20 8PR The Children’s Wood will be offering two dates of training courses alongside Leigh’s Forest School. You have the opportunity to sign up for one or both training day courses in ‘Essential Bushcraft Skills […]
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| Filed under: Courses, North Kelvin Meadow and Children's Wood, Glasgow
Rashōmon at Glasgow Film Theatre
6 – 12 January, 2023 GFT, 12 Rose Street, Glasgow G3 6RB The truth is in the eye of the beholder in Rashōmon, a landmark work from Akira Kurosawa. What really happened at the storm-tossed Rashômon Gate? We know that a man died and a woman was raped but where does the guilt lie and how can […]
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Wednesday, January 11, 2023 | Filed under: Cinema
Alcarràs at Glasgow Film Theatre
6 – 12 January, 2023 Glasgow Film Theatre, 12 Rose Street, Glasgow G3 6RB As far as they can remember, the Solé family have spent every summer picking the peaches from their orchard in Alcarràs, a small village in Spain. But this year’s crop could be their last, as they face eviction. The new plans […]
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Empire of Light at Glasgow Film Theatre
9 – 26 January, 2023 Glasgow Film Theatre, 12 Rose Street, Glasgow G3 6RB From Academy Award-winning director and writer Sam Mendes, Empire of Light is a moving drama about the power of human connection during turbulent times. Set in and around a faded old cinema in an English coastal town in the early 1980s, it follows Hilary […]
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Tár at GFT
13 – 26 January, 2023 Set in the international world of classical music, Tár is centred on Lydia Tár (Cate Blanchett), one of the greatest living composers and first-ever female chief conductor of a major German orchestra. Todd Field’s (Little Children) intense and finely-tuned character study follows the composer-conductor’s fall from grace with meticulous detail as her reputation […]
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The Felling at GFT
13 and 19 January, 2023 An extraordinary true David and Goliath story about the Sheffield citizens who took on their council, a giant multinational corporation and the police in order to stop the destruction of their city’s healthy street trees. This first-hand account shows how a community of determined residents in one of Europe’s greenest […]
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Enys Men at Glasgow Film Theatre
15 – 19 January, 2023 Written, directed and photographed by Mark Jenkin (Bait), Enys Men is a mind-bending folk horror set in 1973 that unfolds on an uninhabited island off the Cornish coast. A wildlife volunteer (Mary Woodvine) who stays on the island making daily observations of a rare flower is plunged into a metaphysical world that […]
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N.T. Live: The Crucible
27 January, 2023 – 7 p.m. A witch hunt is beginning in Arthur Miller’s captivating parable of power with Erin Doherty (The Crown) and Brendan Cowell (Yerma). Raised to be seen but not heard, a group of young women in Salem suddenly find their words have an almighty power. As a climate of fear, vendetta and accusation spreads through the community, […]
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Take 2: The Amazing Maurice
Saturday 14 January, 2023, 11.30 a.m. Based on Terry Pratchett’s wildly popular Discworld novels, The Amazing Maurice follows a streetwise ginger cat (Hugh Laurie) who comes up with a money-making scam by befriending a group of self-taught talking rats. When Maurice and the rodents reach the stricken town of Bad Blintz, they meet a bookworm called Malicia (Emilia Clarke) […]
Afro Celtic Connections with Rise Kagona, Samba Sene & Diwan and Chief Chebe
27 January, 2023 Saint Luke’s, 17 Bain Street, Glasgow G40 2JZ Experience a cocktail of the best afro-fusion, pan-global, and dance-fever music. To celebrate our 30th edition, we’re showcasing Scotland’s best African talents and collaborative world musicians. The line up includes Rise Kagona, Samba Sene and Diwan, and Chief Chebe and the Glasgow African Balafon Orchestra (GABO). Don’t miss this afro-fusion pan-global […]
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Blazin’ Fiddles and Ævestaden at Celtic Connections 2023
28 January, 2023 Theatre Royal, 282 Hope Street, Glasgow G2 3QA Buy Tickets Celtic Connections 2023 – 19 January – 5 February, 2023 Blazin’ Fiddles Blazin’ Fiddles are back setting the stage alight with a dynamic show that brings together a wealth of musical talents from across the Highlands and Islands. Formed in 1998 as a […]
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Celtic Connections Anniversary Concert 2023
19 January, 2023 7.30 p.m. Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3NY Opening Gala From only a handful of shows back in the first year of Celtic Connections in 1994, no-one could have foreseen the festival it is today. Its development since then has paralleled Scotland’s extraordinary musical blossoming over the past […]
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Tuesday, January 10, 2023 | Filed under: Celtic Connections 2023, Music, Pat's Home Page Blog
Workshop of Gospel Song, Celtic Connections 2023
21 January, 2023, 10.30 a.m. Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum 695 Argyle Street, Glasgow G3 8AG Celtic Connections 9th January – 5 February, 2023 Chris Judge, founder and director of Soul Nation Choir www.soulnationchoir.com, will lead this workshop of Gospel song. It will be focussed on a fun warm up, harmonies, confidence building performance tips. His ease […]
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