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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..

SWC Flash Fiction Online Feedback Group with Eveline Pye

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Sunday 5 October, 2025, 7 p.m.- 9 p.m. Meeting Monthly Online – Join via Eventbrite Scottish Writers Centre is supporting a new online flash fiction feedback group suggested by acclaimed writer and poet Eveline Pye and they’d love you to join! This is a unique opportunity to join a small, supportive group focused on providing […]

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Gentle, Angy Women at GFT

gentle angry women

Wednesday 1 2.10 p.m. and Thursday 2 October 3.10 p.m., 2025 A new generation of young female activists awakens to a powerful, forgotten chapter of women’s history. As they navigate the complexities of teenage life and social activism, three young women – Poppy (16), Xanthe (17), and Evie (19) – discover the remarkable Greenham Common […]

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Saturday, September 27, 2025 | Filed under: Cinema

The Lost Bus at GFT

the lost bus

26 September – 2 October, 2025 From director Paul Greengrass and inspired by real events, The Lost Bus is a white-knuckle ride through one of America’s deadliest wildfires as a wayward school bus driver (Matthew McConaughey) and a dedicated school teacher (America Ferrera) battle to save 22 children from the terrifying inferno. ‘White knuckle riveting’ — Roger Ebert Buy tickets GFT […]

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Glasgow Youth Film Festival 2025

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 Friday 26 until Sunday 28 September, 2025 This year’s Glasgow Youth Film Festival programme is bursting with special screenings and educational events. See full programmme GYFF 2025 Opening Film   On Friday 26 September, GYFF25 opens with the Scottish Premiere of Plainclothes, the Sundance award-winning romantic thriller starring Tom Blyth and Russell Tovey. Closing Event […]

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Take 2: Fantastic Mr Fox at GFT

Fantastic Mr Fox

Saturday 27 September, 2025 11.30 a.m. Fantastic Mr Fox, bored with his current life, plans a heist against the three local farmers. The farmers, tired of sharing their chickens with the sly fox, seek revenge against him and his family. Part of Glasgow Youth Film Festival 2025. Every child attending a Take 2 screening receives […]

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| Filed under: Cinema, Kids and young people

Brides at GFT

Bride

26 September – 2 October, 2025 ‘A poignant and purposeful attempt to look behind the headlines’ – Deadline Teenage best friends Doe and Muna are setting off on what appears to be the adventure of a lifetime. Doe, quiet and observant, hasn’t travelled since arriving in the UK as a Somali refugee at the age of […]

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Reality Is Not Enough at GFT

reality is not enough

At GFT until 2 October, 2025 One of the most controversial writers of our times, join Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh as he undergoes a remarkable trip to find new meaning in his work, life and legacy. Irvine Welsh is at a crossroads. After experiencing the huge success of several film adaptations and six million books […]

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Andrew O’Hagan In Conversation with Kirstin Innes

Andrew O'Hagan

Thursday, 16 October, 2025 7 p.m.  Waterstones Sauchiehall St 153-157 Sauchiehall Street, G2 3EW Glasgow From the bestselling author of Mayflies and Caledonian Road, a heart-enriching celebration of what makes us great: our friends. If we are lucky, in our lives, our friendships will be rich and varied. They will be shared with those with […]

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Amplify Guitar Slam – Guitar Taster for Kids

guitar slam

Saturday – 11 October, 2025, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Amplify Music Academy, 90 Seaward Street, Glasgow G41 1HJ FREE Guitar Taster for Kids! Register for event Do you know a young ‘Rocker’ in the making? GUITAR SLAM SATURDAY is a completely FREE drop-in taster session for kids who want to plug in and play […]

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Love Letters To A Murder – The Mythology of Madeleine Smith

love letters to a murder

Saturday 18th October, 2025, 3:00pm The Mitchell Library, North Street, Glasgow G3 7DN Kirsten MacQuarrie and Lesley McDowell The love letters which Madeleine Smith wrote to Emile L’Angelier during their clandestine affair of 1855-57 were essentially a work of Victorian fiction. That is not to say they were fabrications of letters. But they were performances […]

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Reclaim the Clyde – Poetry and Music to celebrate our river

reclaim our clyde

Thursday, 25th September, 2025. 7pm Event by Glasgow Branch CND The Wee Dram, 232 Woodlands Road, Glasgow G3 6ND FREE Poets: Alan Riach, Amy Rafferty, Ellen McAteer Readings of new works by the above and selected readings of works by a range of modern Scottish and international poets. Music: Traditional Scottish music from fiddlers Karen Barber […]

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The Glasgow Shanty Festival

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 Saturday 11th October 2025, 12.30pm to 7:30pm Aboard the Tall Ship Glenlee in Glasgow, Riverside Mueseum,150 Pointhouse Rd, Stobcross Rd, Glasgow G3 8RS FREE EVENT The Glasgow Shanty Crew are delighted to announce that the Glasgow Shanty Festival will be back for another celebration of Songs of the Sea on Saturday 11th October with guest […]

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Terry Neason Songs and Words

terry neason songs and words

9 October, 2025, 7.30 p.m. Cottiers Theatre, 93 – 95 Hyndland Street, G11 5PU Award Winning Music, Poetry & Humour Edinburgh Fringe Angel Award Winner, Terry Neason performs some of her best highly acclaimed repertoire of Songs and Poetry… Be prepared for an emotional rollercoaster. She includes her own songs and other Originals, as well […]

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The Boys by Ella Hickson

the boys by ella hickson

Tuesday, 30 September, 2025 – 7.30 p.m. An amatuer production – the first play produced by Northern Assignment. Five bedrooms, five chairs and four boys. The Class of 2011 are about to graduate and Benny, Mack, Timp and Cam are due out of their flat. Stepping into a world that doesn’t want them, these boys […]

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The Gift, Barrowland Ballet at The Citizens Theatre

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6 – 28 December, 2025 A Barrowland Ballet production – Created and choreographed by Natasha Gilmore Winner of Best Production for Children and Young People at the Critics Awards for Theatre in Scotland 2023 A mountain of discarded wrapping. A lonely child with an active imagination. It’s often the cardboard boxes, not the gifts inside […]

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Falling Out and Fighting Back

falling out and fighting back

Thursday, October 2 , 2025, 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. Listen Gallery, 60 York Street Glasgow G2 8JX Dean Spade and writer Hannah Proctor in conversation with artist Winnie Herbstein as they discuss collective strategies for working together through conflicts past and present, personal and organisational. This event marks the launch of two new publications: […]

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Sunday, September 21, 2025 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events

A Kick Up The Arts – In Conversation with Denise Mina

in conversation with denise mina

Thursday 9 October, 2025 – 2.30 p.m. The Stand Comedy Club, Websters, 420 Great Western Rd, Glasgow G4 9HZ Nicola Meighan, A Kick Up The Arts will be chatting with award winning author, Denise Mina. “Well then. I always love chatting with Denise Mina, and I can’t wait to have a blether with her about […]

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There Will Be Blood at GFT

there will be blood

19 – 25 September, 2025 A sprawling epic about family, faith, power and oil, There Will Be Blood chronicles the life and times of one Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis), who transforms himself from a down-and-out silver miner raising a son on his own into a self-made oil tycoon. He takes a chance when he hears of a […]

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Friday, September 19, 2025 | Filed under: Cinema

Can I Get A Witnss at GFT

Can I Get A Witness

19 – 24 September, 2025 Can I Get a Witness, a film by Ann Marie Fleming starring Sandra Oh, is a radical eco thriller set in the not-too-distant future, which imagines a healing planet, but at what price for humanity? In the near-future, climate change is mitigated, global poverty is eradicated, and all species on the planet can […]

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Islands at GFT

Islands

19 – 25 September, 2025 ★★★★★ ‘A scorching, sun-frazzled Hitchcockian delight.’ The London Standard Between drinking sessions and one-night stands, washed-up tennis pro Tom (Sam Riley) clings to a job coaching holidaymakers at a hotel in Fuerteventura. When an English couple (Stacy Martin and Jack Farthing) arrive, their presence sets off a chain of events that […]

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Happyend at GFT

happyend

19 – 25 September, 2025 Set in a dystopian near-future Tokyo, Neo Sora’s striking debut feature explores a group of teenagers rebelling against societal expectations. The film offers a vivid coming-of-age portrait, following best friends Yuta and Kou as they confront a world where AI surveillance is tightening under the yoke of oppressive authoritarianism. Infused with raw […]

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Steve at GFT

Steve

19 – 25 September, 2025 Set in the mid-1990s, Steve is a reimagining of Max Porter’s Sunday Times bestseller Shy. Cillian Murphy stars alongside Emily Watson and Simbi Ajikawo (Little Simz) as a headteacher at a last-chance reform school amidst a world that has forsaken its students. As Steve fights to protect the school’s integrity and impending closure, we witness him grappling with his […]

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Craft Session: Knitting Circle and Wool Swop

wool

Thursday, 9 October, 2025, 2 p.m. – 4.30 p.m. Boyd Orr Building, University of Glasgow, University Avenue Glasgow G12 8QW Come along to this eco-friendly craft session! Make a wool craft of your choice with second hand wool from the Eco-Hub and support from the workshop leader! How will the session work? In this workshop you […]

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The Sound of Music – 60th Anniversary

the sound of music

20, 21 and 23 September, 2025 Experience the breathtaking theatrical presentation of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s iconic musical film The Sound of Music. Meticulously restored and remastered in 4K for its 60th anniversary, the beloved classic is more brilliant than ever with pristine picture and sound. In this true-life story, Julie Andrews lights up the screen as Maria, […]

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Glasgow Doors Open Days 2025 Alasdair Gray Archive

alasdair gray archive doors open days 2025

Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 September, 2025 10 a.m. The Alasdair Gray Archive, The Whisky Bond 2 Dawson Road, Glasgow G4 9SS Glasgow is a visionary city and it was Alasdair Gray who first explored this, through writing in his seminal novel Lanark (1981), the imaginative potential of what the city could hold. The tour will […]

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British Sign Language (BSL) Tour of ‘Margaret Salmon: Assembly’

BSL tour Assembly The Hunterian

Sunday 5 October, 2025 – 2.00 p.m. – 3.30 p.m. The Hunterian Gallery, University of Glasgow, 82 Hillhead Street Glasgow G12 8QQ Deaf art enthusiast Trudi Collier returns to The Hunterian to present a British Sign Language tour of the newest temporary contemporary exhibition, ‘Margaret Salmon: Assembly’. ‘Assembly’ is a solo exhibition of new work […]

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Creative Conversations: Isabel Stilwell

Isabell Stilwell

Friday 19, September, 2025, 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. A co-hosted event with Portuguese Studies and Creative Conversations, historical novelist and journalist Isabel Stilwell is in conversation. University Chapel, Main Building University Avenue Glasgow G12 8QQ Isabel Stilwell is a journalist and a writer, dedicated to investigating and writing about the impressive lives of women […]

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TEA FOR TWO/ CHÁ PARA DOIS – Mackintosh Queens Cross

12 September – 2 October 2025 An exhibition showcasing the tearoom designs of two world-renowned architects Mackintosh Queen’s Cross, 870 Garscube Road, Glasgow, G20 7EL Graeme Nicholls Architects are excited to announce Tea for Two / Chá para Dois, a new exhibition exploring architectural and cultural connections between Scotland and Portugal. It places Charles Rennie […]

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Flight of the Wild Geese, Refuweegee Fundraiser

flight of the wild geese

Sunday 28 September 2025 – 7 p.m. Saint Luke’s  17 Bain St, Glasgow G40 2JZ A trad-night fundraiser for Refuweegee. Why is there a restoration Levy? Put very simply, the  restoration levy is an additional charge added to your ticket price which is directly invested back into the venue. This money is used for critical […]

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The Unlikely Clan Modern Myths at The Glasgow Gallery

B anter by todd garner

(Banter – Todd Garner) 13th September 2025 to 11th October 2025 Tuesday – Friday 10am – 5.30pm / Saturday 10.30am – 4.30pm Discover Modern Myths, the captivating new exhibition at The Glasgow Gallery by The Unlikely Clan, a dynamic collective of five Glasgow-based artists! Todd Garner, Cherylene Dyer, Frank McNab, Jane Gardiner, and Nichol Wheatley. […]

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