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..

‘Devil May Care’ Dave Arcari Album Launch

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18 November, 2022 – Online Event information on Facebook Dave Arcari’s new album Devil May Care will be released on CD and all download/streaming services on Friday 18 November 2022. Digital pre-save– with the chance to win a Devil May Care tour shirt! Pre-order physical Various Gig Dates Thursday, 17 November, Tooth and Claw, Inverness […]

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Hugh Reed and The Velvet Underpants at McChuills

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Saturday 29 October, 2022, 7 p.m. McChuills, 80 High St, Glasgow G1 1NL Hugh Reed and his Velvet Underpants will be back in Glesga town, monster mashing at McChuills on Saturday 29th October with Gimme Gimme Gimmes. Free entry Event on Facebook

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Mary Irvine’s Blog: ‘Blackbird Singing’ – an evening with Graham Morgan

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‘Blackbird Singing’ – a review Thirty souls came along to the latest ‘An Evening with…’ event at the Helensburgh library, last Thursday. This time the author was Graham Morgan, who was in conversation with Robin Lloyd-Jones. Under discussion was Graham’s second book, ‘Blackbird Singing’, a sequel to his debut book ‘Start’. Pictures in words In […]

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Alexandra Shrinivas – Arlington Baths Club

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Friday 28 October, 2022 at 7.30 p.m. Bathe in the Arts Arlington Baths Club, 61 Arlington Street Glasgow G3 6DT Part of the Bathe in the Arts collection Alexandra Shrinivas, a Scottish classical musician and soprano brings her life to life through music and poetry. The Awakenings & Journeys of my South Indian Roots Alexandra is a […]

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A Mixter O Makars: Scotland’s City Makars

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November, 1, 2022 – 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. Scottish Writers, CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street G3 2JD The Glasgow leg of the A Mixter o Makars event series! As well as Scotland’s National Makar there are also Makars for many of Scotland’s cities too. For the first time, all five City Makars will perform live […]

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An Evening with Mary Edward, Helensburgh Library

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Thursday, November 24th at 7 p.m Helensburgh Library,  59 West King St, Helensburgh G84 8EB Mary will talk about her latest book, Gallowgate, the author’s third historical novel. She will talk about the book, the research required and writing in general. Gallowgate is a story about three Irish sisters fleeing poverty and starvation in Wicklow, […]

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Scary Mary’s Slightly Spooky Treasure Hunts, Glasgow Tall Ship

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Sunday 30 October, 2022 The Glenlee, 150 Pointhouse Place, 150 Pointhouse Place, Glasgow, G41 3HT This Halloween, the Glenlee has been taken over by the ghostly sailor Captain Van Der Decken, the master of the infamous Flying Dutchman. Can you find the treasure before the Captain finds you? Join Scary Mary on Sunday 30th October […]

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Saturday, October 22, 2022 | Filed under: Hallowe'en in Glasgow, Kids and young people, Pat's Home Page Blog

IncludeED play by Mark MacNicol plus Q and A – Glasgow Evening

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Saturday 22 October, 2022, 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. Scottish Youth Theatre, Brunswick Street, Glasgow G1 1TF A new play Written by Mark MacNicol Directed by Libby McArthur starring Rachel Ogilvy and Caroline Guthrie. A new stage play exploring themes including the exclusion of pupils with learning disabilities in mainstream schools. The story of two […]

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C.J. Cooke – Creative Conversations

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 Monday 31 October 2022, 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. Glasgow University Memorial Chapel, UniversityAvenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ Free event – Register at Eventbrite CJ Cooke, also known as Carolyn Jess-Cooke, grew up on a council estate in Belfast, Northern Ireland, at the height of the Troubles. She started writing at the age of 7 and […]

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Sarah Markey at Cottiers

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30 October, 2022 at 7,30 p.m. Cottiers Theatre, 93 – 95 Hyndland Street, Glasgow G11 5PU Sarah Markey – Leaving Lurgangreen Album Launch Featuring special guests and support from Breanna Wilson + Sophie Joint This is Sarah’s long awaited debut album. debut solo album ‘Leaving Lurgangreen’ features a number of guests including Marty Barry, Charlie […]

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Dallahan plus support, Cottiers Theatre

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23 October, 2022 Cottiers Theatre, 93 95 Hyndland Street, Glasgow G11 5PU Part of Scotland on Tour Dallahan is one of the most distinct forces in the international folk music scene. Forged in Scotland and Ireland’s traditional music community, but drawing on the traditional music styles of the Balkans and North America, they create an […]

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Sweet Charity at Websters Theatre

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27, 28, 29 October, 2022, 7.30 p.m. Websters Theatre, 416 Great Western Rd, Glasgow G4 9HZ Green Door Theatre is a Glasgow-based performing arts company. After receiving rave audience reviews for their debut production of Sondheim’s Assassins in April 2019, they are thrilled to (finally) return to Websters Theatre in 2022 with Bob Fosse’s rarely-performed […]

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Halloween Singalong at Websters – Artie’s Singing Kettle

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Sunday 30th October 2022 at 10.30am and 1pm Websters Theatre, 416 Great Western Rd, Glasgow G4 9HZ Artie’s legendary Halloween Singalong with the original Singing Kettles. ‘Eaten by a Boa Constrictor’, ‘Shove Granny Aff the Bus’, ‘Spooky Ghost’, lots of Singing Kettle favourites. Bring Granny too and we promise not to make it too scary! […]

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Gaslight at Websters Theatre

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20, 21, 22 October, 2022 Websters Theatre, 416 Great Western Rd, Glasgow G4 9HZ Half Wits Theatre presents Gaslight by Patrick Hamilton in an exclusive, limited run at Websters’ Theatre. . A dark, gothic tale of a marriage and murder, based on deceit and trickery. A husband driving his wife insane in order to steal […]

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Free Youth Screening: Crooklyn at GFT

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Tuesday 25 October, 5.30pm 15-25 Card Members can claim a free ticket for GFT monthly youth screening. CSign up for free 15 – 25 Card.  To claim your free ticket, you must email your request to olivia.learmonth@glasgowfilm.org by Monday 24 October. As her teacher mother, Carolyn (Alfre Woodard), and her jazz musician father, Woody (Delroy Lindo), […]

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Wednesday, October 19, 2022 | Filed under: Cinema

Summer of Soul (or when the revolution could not be televised)

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Monday, 24 October, 2022 at 5.30 p.m. Tickets: £10.90 Black History Month screening of the acclaimed Oscar-winning documentary Summer of Soul. Ahmir ‘Questlove’ Thompson presents a powerful documentary about an event in the summer of 1969 that celebrated Black history, culture and fashion. Not far from Woodstock, New York, Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone, Sly & the Family Stone, Gladys Knight […]

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Scotland Loves Anime

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21 – 23 October, 2022 Scotland Loves Anime (SLA) returns to Glasgow Film Theatre for its 13th year, with a jam-packed line-up featuring the best of new Japanese animation – an unmissable event whether you’re a fan of anime, or simply a fan of film. There are a limited number of Scotland Loves Anime Weekend […]

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150 years of Dumbarton Football Club Exhibition

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6th October – 17th December, 2022 Look back the history of Dumbarton Football Club with the exciting new exhibition celebrating their 150th Anniversary! Heritage Centre, Dumbarton Library, Strathleven Place, Dumbarton G82 1BD FREE ADMISSION Monday, Thursday – Friday 9.30am – 5.00pm, Tuesday 1.00pm – 8.00pm, Wednesday 9.30am – 8.00pm, Saturday 10.00am – 1.00pm

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The Rocky Horror Tribute Show – Hallowe’en

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Sunday 30 October, 2022 from 6 p.m. – 11 p.m. Event by 18 Candleriggs and The Rocky Horror Tribute Show 18 Candleriggs, Glasgow G1 1LD Tickets The Rocky Horror Tribute Show LIVE The UK’s leading live action tribute to the Rocky Horror Picture Show. Experience the full magic of Rocky Horror LIVE on stage. *Fancy dress encouraged *Lots […]

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Doc’n Roll Film Festival Returns to Scotland

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The ninth edition of the music documentary returns with seven Scottish big screen premieres At Glasgow Film Theatre  2 – 6 November, 2022 Cameo Picturehouse Edinburgh 5 – 12 November, 2022 Highlights include the story of how a Sheffield council estate semi became the birthplace of electronic music in the North, the courageous apartheid-era South African […]

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Amsterdam at GFT

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7 – 20 October, 2022 Glasgow Film Theatre, 12 Rose Street, Glasgow G3 6RB David O Russell (American Hustle, Joy) is back with this fascinating and richly intricate tale that brilliantly weaves historical fact with fiction for a timely, cinematic experience. Russell’s star-studded crime epic follows three close friends who witness a murder, become suspects themselves […]

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Black History Month 2022 at Glasgow Film Theatre

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3 – 24 October, 2022 GFT has partnered with the Coalition for Racial Equality and Rights (CRER) and The New Black Film Collective to deliver a film and event programme focusing on the experiences and work of inspirational Black people and People of Colour, and the relationship between music and activism. Black History Month screenings at […]

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London Film Festival at Glasgow Film Theatre 2022

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5 – 16 October, 2022   GFT is Venue Partner for BFI London Film Festival (LFF) in partnership with American Express, giving their audience the first chance to see a selection of exciting new titles from LFF on the big screen, at the home of film in Glasgow. Screening the following titles: Roald Dahl’s Matilda […]

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Velvet Goldmine 35 mm at Glasgow Film Theatre

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Sunday 16 and Wednesday 19 October, 2022 GFT, 12 Rose Street, Glasgow G3 6RB Screening as part of our Cinemasters: Sandy Powell season celebrating the veteran British costume designer. This season is part of an ongoing collaboration between GFT Cinemasters and feminist collective Invisible Women which aims to highlight contributions made by women in film history […]

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Visible Cinema – Can You Ever Forgive Me, GFT

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Tuesday 18 October, 2022 at 6 p.m. Glasgow Film Theatre, 12 Rose Street, Glasgow G3 6RB Visible Cinema is GFT’s D/deaf and Hard of Hearing-friendly film programme. Featuring a captioned or subtitled screening followed by a post-film discussion with integrated BSL and Speech to Text Service. Buy tickets Please note: For booking accessible seating/enhanced audio […]

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Shutter Island plus Intoduction, GFT

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Monday 17 October, 2022 – 7.45 p.m. October’s Scorsese screening is selected and introduced by film writer and programmer Rafa Sales Ross. The implausible escape of a brilliant murderer brings US Marshal Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his new partner (Mark Ruffalo) to Ashecliffe Hospital, a fortress-like insane asylum located on a remote, windswept island. […]

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Decision to Leave, GFT

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17 – 27 October, 2022 What happens when an object of suspicion becomes a case of obsession? Winner of Best Director at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, Park Chan-wook (Oldboy, The Handmaiden) returns with a seductive romantic thriller that takes his renowned stylistic flair to dizzying new heights. From a mountain peak in South Korea, a man […]

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Bram Stoker’s Dracula 30 Anniversary 4k- GFT

15 – 20 October, 2022 Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder and Anthony Hopkins star in director Francis Ford Coppola’s visually stunning, passionately seductive version of the classic Dracula legend. In Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Coppola returned to the original source of the Dracula myth, and from that gothic romance he created a modern masterpiece. Thirty years after its release, Gary Oldman’s metamorphosis as Dracula who […]

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The Lost King, GFT

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14- 27 October, 2022 In 2012, having been lost for more than 500 years, the remains of King Richard III were discovered beneath a car park in Leicester. The search had been orchestrated by an amateur historian, Philippa Langley (Sally Hawkins), whose unrelenting research had been met with incomprehension by her friends and family, and […]

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An evening with Graham Morgan – Helensburgh Library

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Thursday 20th October, 2022 7pm Helensburgh Library, 59 W King St, Helensburgh G84 8EB Free entry and refreshments Black Bird Singing’ is Graham’s second book. In his first, ‘Start’, published by Fledgling Press in 2018, he writes honestly about the breakdowns in his life and the torn relationships with those nearest him. But he also […]

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