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. Babylon at Glasgow Film Theatre
Friday 17 – Thursday 23 February, 2023 Captions and Audio Description available La La Land and Whiplash director Damien Chazelle returns with an outrageous ode to the Golden Age of Hollywood. Featuring a starry ensemble cast led by Margot Robbie, Babylon is a debaucherous comedy drama of epic proportions, bursting with unbridled ego and rivalling glorious decadence with depravity in […]
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Saturday, February 18, 2023 | Filed under: Cinema
Blue Jean at Glasgow Film Theatre
Friday 10 – Thursday 23 February Captions and Audio Description available Winner of the Audience Award at Venice Film Festival, Georgia Oakley’s outstanding character study follows Jean, a lesbian PE teacher in Newcastle, who is forced to live a double live under Section 28. Featuring stunning photography, pitch-perfect costuming and a standout central performance from Rosy […]
Women Talking at Glasgow Film Theatre
Friday 10 – Tuesday 28 February, 2023 Captions and Audio Description available Nominated for Best Picture at the 2023 Academy Awards, Sarah Polley’s riveting drama follows a group of Mennonite women reconciling an epidemic of abuse with their religious faith. Featuring an ensemble cast including Rooney Mara, Jessie Buckley, Ben Whishaw and Frances McDormand, Women Talking […]
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The Whale at Glasgow Film Festival
Friday 3 – Thursday 23 February, 2023 Captions and Audio Description available Brendon Fraser is incredible – and freshly Oscar-nominated – in this adaptation of Samuel D Hunter’s acclaimed play, directed by Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan, Requiem for a Dream). Bolstered by exceptional supporting performances by Hong Chau (The Menu) and Sadie Sink (Stranger Things), Aronofsky’s intimate study […]
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Retrospective Films at Glasgow Film Festival 2023
In The Driving Seat The ever-popular retrospective screenings return with an eye on showcasing iconic classics revolving around women taking charge and setting off to forge their own path. Remember these screenings are free. Bonnie and Clyde It Happened One Night Julia The Piano Pierrot Le Fou Roman Holiday The Sugarland Express Thelma & […]
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Friday, February 17, 2023 | Filed under: Cinema, Glasgow Film Festival 2023, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Still Life Photography Exhibition
Angela Catlin and Henry Bell Wednesday 16th March to Sunday 17th April, 2023 For two years Henry Bell and Angela Catlin documented the pandemic in Glasgow through their poems and photographs. In dialogue with each other and the city around them, they recorded their shared isolation, the panic of the early pandemic, the unease and […]
Glasgow Film Festival 2023 Programme
It’s here, the Glasgow Film Festival 2023 programme! Glasgow Film Festival 1 – 12 March, 2023 One of the UK’s largest film festivals, GFF23 will host 70 UK premieres, 6 World premieres, 16 European/International premieres and 6 Scottish premieres at Glasgow Film Theatre and venues across the city. Festival Opening Gala and Closing Film The […]
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Glasgow Film Festival 2023 – FrightFest
Be prepared to devour a devilish feast of dread-filled delights as the UK’s favourite horror fantasy event returns to the renowned Glasgow Film Festival for an 18th year, from Thurs 9 March to Sat 11 March 2023. This year’s daring line-up, once again housed at the iconic Glasgow Film Theatre, embraces the latest genre discoveries […]
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Until It’s Gone – A Play, A Pie and A Pint
Monday 20 until Saturday 25 February, 2023 OranMor, Top of Byres Road, Glasgow G12 8QX Until It’s Gone is a new dark comic drama that explores what a dystopian world without women means for the men left behind. By Alison Carr. In a future however many years from now where women are extinct, two men […]
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The End of Sex, Glasgow Film Festival
The End of Sex receives its UK premiere at Glasgow Film Festival 2 and 3 March, 2023 Starring Emily Hampshire (Schitt’s Creek) and Jonas Chernick (Ashgrove), The End of Sex follows Emma and Josh, a couple whose kids are away at camp. With the house empty for a week, the couple embark on a series […]
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Late Night: Dawn of the Dead (2004) at GFT
Friday 17 February, 2023 at 11pm Next up in the late night slot is this high octane zombie remake starring Sarah Polley, screening as part of Cinemasters season on the actor-turned-director. When her husband is attacked by an undead neighbour, Ana (Polley) manages to escape, only to realise her entire town has been infested with zombies. […]
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Amy Laurenson at Tchai Ovna
Tuesday 21 February, 2023 at 7 p.m. Tea and a Tune with Amy Laurenson Amy Laurenson is a pianist from the Shetland Isles, currently based in Glasgow. Rooted in the traditional music of Shetland, Amy explores the music of her homeland alongside traditional and folk music from Scotland, Ireland and Scandinavia. Growing up surrounded by […]
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Thursday, February 16, 2023 | Filed under: Gig Guide plus Club Events, Music, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Gray Day 2023 at OranMor
Saturday 25 February, 2023 OranMor, Top of Byres Road, Glasgow G12 8QX GRAY DAY returns for its third year with a day-long celebration and a live event at Òran Mór, featuring readings, music, film and more celebrating the Scottish artist Alasdair Gray. The annual celebration of the late Alasdair Gray sees writers, artists and readers […]
Yvonne Lyon in Concert at Cottiers
21 April, 2023 at 7.30 p.m. Singer/songwriter Yvonne Lyon presents a stunning collection of songs from her most recent album Growing Wild. Buy tickets Cottiers, 93-95 Hyndland St, Glasgow G11 5PU
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Tuesday, February 14, 2023 | Filed under: Gig Guide plus Club Events, Music, Music, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Launch of Lost Eden: A Collaborative Quartet of Quartets
21 February, 2023 7 p.m. – 9.00 p.m. Scottish Writers Centre, CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3JD This event has been rescheduled from last year. Paid tickets are still valid, but if you booked a free ticket, please do so again. Launch of ‘Lost Eden ’(Zagava Press) a collaborative ‘quartet of quartets’ co-written with Margaret Elphinstone, Mandy Haggith, Douglas Thompson and D.P. Watt. […]
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Monday, February 13, 2023 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers
Ann MacKinnon and Morag Smith, Paisley Book Festival 2023
Friday, 17th February, 12:30 – 1:30 pm Paisley Central Library, 15 Mill St, Paisley PA1 1ND Book Tickets – Pay What You Can Revival and renewal are at the heart of Ann MacKinnon and Morag Smith’s work. In this joint poetry pamphlet launch, Ann will consider how she came to write about the lives and […]
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Paisley Book Festival 2023
16 – 19 February, 2023 Some Highlights Paisley Book Festival has put together a fantastic programme with leading authors from Scotland and the UK descending on Paisley in February 2023. The programme will include author events, workshops and is an opportunity for writers to showcase their work on the main stage. For the first time, […]
Creative Conversations: Ásta Fanney Sigurðardóttir
Monday 20 February 2023 – 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. University of Glasgow Chapel, University Avenue, West Quadrangle, Glasgow G12 8QQ G12 Register for event at EventBrite Ásta Fanney Sigurðardóttir is a poet, visual artist and musician based in Reykjavík. She is widely considered one of the country’s most innovative poetry performers and has read […]
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Sunday, February 12, 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
Valentine Day at Glasgow Film Theatre 2023
Tuesday 14 February, 2023 GFT, 12 Rose Street, Glasgow G3 6RB Celebrate Valentine’s Day at Glasgow Film Theatre showcasing two of GFT’s all-time favourite love stories. Whether you’re a hopeless romantic or looking for an escape, they’ve got you covered with the heartbreakingly beautiful Portrait of a Lady on Fire which will be playing alongside Richard Linklater‘s […]
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Friday, February 10, 2023 | Filed under: Cinema, Valentines Day Glasgow
EO at Glasgow Film Theatre
Friday 10 – Thursday 16 February, 2023 Captions available Iconoclastic Polish director Jerzy Skolimowski brings us a tale of life, death and societal injustice via the journey of EO, a donkey who escapes from the circus on a trek across the countryside, meeting an eclectic cast of characters along the way. Winner of the Jury Prize at […]
One Year, One Night at GFT
Saturday 11 February, 2023, 3:45pm Screening as part of the Catalan Film Festival, this powerful drama stars Noémie Merlant (Tár) and Nahuel Pérez Biscayart (120 BPM) as a couple living in the aftermath of the 2015 terrorist attack on the Bataclan theatre in Paris, as they struggle to readjust to normality and move beyond their identity […]
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Access Film Club: Boy at GFT
Monday 13 February, 2023 at 6pm This month’s autism-friendly screening is a charming 1980s-set comedy-drama from What We Do in the Shadows director Taika Waititi. Living in New Zealand and obsessed with Michael Jackson, an 11-year-old child has the chance to meet his estranged ex-con father, but soon finds he is not the man he imagined him to be. […]
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Take 2: How To Train You Dragon 2 at GFT
Saturday 11 February, 2023 11:30am Autism Friendly Five years after the events of the first film, Hiccup and his dragon Toothless are living peacefully in the village of Berk with both dragons and Vikings. This is until they come across the evil Drago Bludvist, who plans to capture all dragons and make them follow his […]
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Glasgow Short Film Festival 2023 Progamme
First Look at 2023 Programme GSFF23 will open on 22 March with a homage to Scotland’s untold Black history – a screening of OMOS, with live performances from cabaret performer Rhys Hollis and opera singer Andrea Baker. The festival will also host the Scottish premiere of Australian duo Soda_Jerk’s hotly anticipated new mainstream cinema mash-up […]
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Thursday, February 9, 2023 | Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Glasgow Film Festival 2023, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Kim Carnie at Celtic Connections 2023
Kim Carnie, Scots singer songwriter review by Pauline Keightley Glasgow Concert Hall Charming with her soft, mesmerising voice Kim Carnie was the support artist to Duncan Chisholm and was backed by the strings and piano and Megan Henderson on vocals and violin. She performed Gaelic heritage songs from her 2022 album And So We Gather […]
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Duncan Chisholm at Celtic Connections 2023
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 February, 2023 – Review by Pauline Keightley Transported us with his engaging playing Chisholm has performed at every Celtic Connections since 1993. He also entertained us during the Covid pandemic isolation with beautiful videos of his violin playing, often shot on perfect locations on the Western Isles. His music has […]
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The Reeling Festival 2023 – Line Up
The Reeling is a new Summer Scottish Music Festival Rouken Glen Park on Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th June, 2023 Line Up With the word ‘reeling’ derived from much-loved Scottish dances and tunes, the aptly named festival is guaranteed to be an almighty knees-up, both on and off the stage. Scottish favourites Skerryvore will close the […]
The Round Up at Cottiers
Sunday 2 April, 2023 at 7 p.m. The Round Up hosted by Two Ways Home Join Two Ways Home, Raintown, Katee Kross and Special Guests at Cottiers for a night of songs and stories. After building its name as London’s favourite songwriters round, The Round Up is going on its first UK tour. Songwriters rounds […]
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Tuesday, February 7, 2023 | Filed under: Gig Guide plus Club Events, What's on in Glasgow: Theatre and Comedy
Valentine’s Night of Salsa at Cottiers
Sunday 12 February, 2023, 7 p.m. – 11 p.m. Noche de Salsa Cottiers, 93-95 Hyndland St, Glasgow, G11 5PU Enjoy an early Valentine’s experience at Cottier’s with a night of music, dancing and Cuban cocktails!Experience the electric atmosphere with our authentic Cuban dance instructors. Our cocktail experts will ensure that you stay topped and hydrated, […]
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Le Vent du Nord, Celtic Connections 2023
Le Vent du Nord brought their Joie de Vivre to the Old Fruitmarket Glasgow! Le Vent du Nord, Canadian folk group from Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu Quebec. performed at the Old Fruitmarket Glasgow, at Celtic Connections music festival on 19 January, 2023. The award winning band celebrated their 20th year with their 11th album 20 Printemps and are […]
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Saturday, February 4, 2023 | Filed under: Book and Event Reviews, Celtic Connections 2023, Music Reviews
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