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. Hit the Road at Glasgow Film Theatre
30 July – 4 August, 2022 This debut road movie from Iranian director Panah Panahi went down a storm at Cannes and landed the Best Film Award at BFI London Film Festival. Dad (Hassan Madjooni) sits moodily in the back seat of the family car, nursing his broken leg, while Mum (Pantea Panahiha) drives and […]
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Saturday, July 30, 2022 | Filed under: Cinema
Paris Texas at Glasgow Film Theatre
31 July, 2022 at 6.30 pm Screening with a new recorded interview with director Wim Wenders. Paris, Texas is considered Wim Wenders’ best-known and internationally most successful film. Celebrated by critics, it won a series of important international awards, including the Palme d’Or at Cannes. This unconventional road movie is based on a script by Pulitzer […]
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Joyride at Glasgow Film Theatre
30 July – 4 August, 2022 Joy (Olivia Colman) and Mully (Charlie Reid) are two lovable rogues. Joy is angry. She’s got a baby and motherhood does not come naturally to her; she feels she’s tossed her own dreams aside to give a screeching monster unconditional love. And, if she’s honest with herself, when she […]
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Dance Along Festival: Encanto, Merchant City Festival
Thursday 28th and Sunday 31 July, 2022 Merchant City Festival – Dance Along Screening: Encanto Glasgow City Halls, 97 – 101 Albion Street, Glasgow G2 3NY Join The Madrigals for this special Dance Along screening of the hit movie, Encanto. The magic of the Encanto has blessed every child in the family with a unique […]
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Pather Panchali at Glasgow Film Theatre
30 July – 3 August, 2022 With the release in 1955 of Satyajit Ray’s debut, Pather Panchali, an eloquent and important new cinematic voice made itself heard all over the world. A depiction of rural Bengali life in a style inspired by Italian neorealism, this naturalistic but poetic evocation of a number of years in the life of […]
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Fire of Love at Glasgow Film Theatre
29 July – 4 August, 2022 Glasgow Film Theatre, 12 Rose Street, G3 6RB Katia and Maurice Krafft loved two things: each other and volcanoes. For two decades, the daring French volcanologist couple roamed the planet, chasing eruptions and documenting their discoveries. Ultimately, they left a legacy that forever enriched our knowledge of the natural […]
Top Gun(4 k) plus Top Gun: Maverick at Glasgow Film Theatre
Saturday, 6 August, 2022, 2.30 p.m. More than 30 years after Top Gun was released, Tom Cruise finally reprised his role as Navy pilot Maverick this summer in the long-awaited and highly-anticipated sequel Top Gun: Maverick. A critical and commercial success – still breaking box office records – the follow-up, like the original, features action-packed fighter-plane scenes of skill and daring […]
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Cafe Flicker at GMAC
Thursday 4 August, 2022 Short Film Open Mic Night GMAC Film 103 Trongate, Glasgow G1 5HD DOORS OPEN AT 6.30 p.m FOR NETWORKING – FILMS START AT 7 p.m. The longest running short film open mic night in Scotland – Café Flicker is the place to be. For filmmakers, actors, and composers it’s a great […]
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Friday, July 29, 2022 | Filed under: Cinema
Ashton Lane Stre-EAT FEST
Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 August, 2022, 12 noon until 7 p.m. Ashton Lane, off Byres Road (beside Hillhead Underground) G12 Glasgow loves street food! Ashton Lane restaurants & bars unite once again to bring you StrEAT Fest! Get ready for 2 days fest featuring finger-lickin’ good street food from BREL INNIS AND GUNN JINTY […]
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| Filed under: Beer Gardens Patio Dining, Cafes and Bistros, Eating and drinking Glasgow West End, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Kids and young people, Music, Pat's Home Page Blog, Street Food Glasgow, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Casino plus recorded introduction
15 August, 2022 – 7 p.m. August’s Scorsese screening is selected and introduced by Film Lecturer and Programmer Pasquale Iannone. The epic tale of the rise and fall of Las Vegas casino manager, Ace Rothstein (Robert De Niro). As the king of his domain, Ace efficiently runs the business and regularly sends lots of cash to […]
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Curatorial Tour: Glasgow and Slavery, People’s Palace
Thursday 4 August, 2022, 2 p.m. – 3 p.m. People’s Palace, Green, Templeton St, Glasgow G40 1AT Come along to the People’s Palace on Thursday 4th August 2-3pm for Glasgow and Slavery, the first in a new series of curatorial tours. Miles Greenwood and Tony Lewis invite you to share thoughts about Glasgow and its […]
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A Day Of Fun Inspired by John Byrne
Saturday 30 July, 2022, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m Kelvingrove Art Gallery, Argyle Street, Glasgow G3 8AG Performances of the music that John Byrne loves and that inspired his creativity, featuring songs by Gerry Rafferty, Stealers Wheel, Donovan and The Beatles. With something for every age group; even the smallest fans (3+) will be entertained […]
Bloody Scotland 2022 McIlvanney Prize Long List
The McIlvanney Prize is Bloody Scotland’s annual prize awarded to the best Scottish Crime book of the year. It provides Scottish crime writing with recognition and aims to raise the profile and prestige of the genre as a whole. The longlisted titles for 2022 are: May God Forgive, Alan Parks (Canongate) The Second Cut, Louise Welsh […]
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Wednesday, July 27, 2022 | Filed under: Bloody Scotland, Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Pat's Home Page Blog
National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland
Monday 8th August, 2022 Scotland’s National Youth Pipe Band Celebrates 20 Years Glasgow City Halls, 100 Candleriggs, Glasgow G1 1NQ Part of Piping Live 6- 14 August, 2022 The National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland celebrates 20 years Images available to download here The National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland (NYPBS) will celebrate its 20th […]
Pitch Perfect at Bloody Scotland 2022
(Image – Pitch Perfect Bloody Scotland by Paul Reich) Opportunity for aspiring Crime Writers Pitch-to-win event where unpublished crime writers can pitch their novels to a panel of top publishing executives who are seeking out hot new crime writing talent. Take on the challenge of presenting your novel convincingly, to get valuable feedback on what […]
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Roma Sisters Together – Govanhill International Festival
Sunday 7 August, 2022, 2 pm – 4 pm Govanhill International Festival and Carnival and Romano Lav Govanhill Park, Coplaw Street, Govanhill, Glasgow G42 To mark the end of our wellbeing project ‘Roma Sisters Together’, are throwing a celebratory party in the park! Featuring some of the amazing things the women have made in the sessions (with […]
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A Musical Walking Tour of John Maclean’s Pollokshaws
Saturday 27 August, 2022, 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. Telling the story of John Maclean through speech, poetry and song whilst taking in all relevant local sights Walk starts: Pollokshaws West Railway Station, Pollokshaws Road, G43 1NE About this event John Maclean was born, lived and died in Pollokshaws. Starting at Pollokshaws West Train Station, […]
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MIND-SET Indie Film in Scotland
26 – 28 July, 2022 By Mikey Murray Everyman Glasgow / Macrobert Stirling / Cameo Edinburgh New UK Indie Mind-set closes its UK Q&A tour with 3 dates in Scotland 26th JULY, 2022 20.00 GLASGOW – EVERYMAN, Unit 3 – 5, Princes square, Buchanan St, Glasgow G1 3JN – 27th JULY, 2022 19.45 STIRLING – […]
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Thursday, July 21, 2022 | Filed under: Cinema
The Big City at Glasgow Film Theatre
22 – 24 July, 2022 Wonderfully enjoyable, with the scope and density of a richly absorbing novel, Satyajit Ray’s tale of family and city life is set in mid-1950s Calcutta, a society still adjusting to India’s independence. Subrata Mazumdar (Anil Chatterjee), a young bank clerk struggling to support his entire extended family on a meagre salary, is […]
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Take 2: The Jungle Book at Glasgow Film Theatre
Saturday 23 July at 11.30 a.m. A boy called Mowgli has lived in the jungle and been brought up by a family of wolves, since he was just a baby. Baloo the Bear becomes Mowgli’s best friend and defends him against all of the scary predators the jungle has to offer, including Shere Khan the […]
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She Will at Glasgow Film Theatre
22 – 28 July, 2022 She Will is a psychological horror about an ageing actress, Veronica Ghent (Alice Krige), who after a double mastectomy, goes to a healing retreat in rural Scotland with her young nurse Desi (Kota Eberhardt). She discovers that the process of such surgery opens up questions about her very existence, leading her […]
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Robust at GFT
22 – 28 July, 2022 Larger than life in all conceivable ways, Gérard Depardieu brings generous helpings of his own personality to any role he plays. Constance Meyer’s highly enjoyable Cannes Critics’ Week opener Robust not only takes this on board, but runs with it, casting Depardieu as Georges, an ageing French actor with a tendency to crash motorbikes and to […]
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The American Friend (4k) at GFT
23 – 28 July, 2022 Director Wim Wenders adapted Patricia Highsmith’s novel Ripley’s Game for The American Friend which won the German Critics Prize in 1977, as well as gold in two categories of the German Film Prize, and is now considered a cult film. Jonathan Zimmermann (Bruno Ganz) believes that he will soon die of leukaemia. The unscrupulous American Tom […]
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Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time at GFT
22 July – 28 July,2022 As an adolescent enthralled by Kurt Vonnegut’s novel Slaughterhouse-Five, Robert Weide wrote a letter to the author, proposing to make a documentary about him. Surprisingly, Vonnegut agreed and the two struck up a decades-long collaboration that grew into an enduring friendship. Filled with rare archival footage and interviews with family, colleagues […]
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Glorious Govan Gala
Saturday 23 July, 2022, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. The Pearce Institute, 840-860 Govan Road, Glasgow G51 3UU Loop Theatre proudly presents Glorious Govan – Glasgow’s first inclusive, reminiscent festival – an adventure through time, bringing local legends to life. Heart-warming, historical, and in true Govan style, hilarious! Explore the past and present of Govan […]
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Repair Cafe at Glorious Govan Gala
Saturday, 23 July, 2022, 12 – 3 p.m. Govan and Linthouse Parish, 796 Govan Road, G51 2YL Repair Café Glasgow will take place at Govan and Linthouse Parish this month as they’ve been invited to the Glorious Govan Gala to take part in the Fix It Don’t Ditch It event run by Glasgow Tool Library! […]
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Wednesday, July 20, 2022 | Filed under: Community event, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Free Events
Stop Rwanda: Resisting the Hostile Environment
Tuesday 9 August, 2022, 6 p.m. – 7 p.m. Resisting the Hostile Environment and Fighting for Refugee Rights Stand Up To Racism, Govanhill International Festival and Carnival and Stand up to Racism Glasgow The Rum Shack Glasgow 657 – 659 Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow G41 2AB This event is part of Govanhill International Festival Free entry SPEAKERS TO BE […]
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We Belong To Glasgow – a night for Refuweegee
Saturday 27 August, 2022 – 7.30 p.m. The Venue, OranMor, Top of Byres Road, Glasgow G12 8QX Sounds in the Suburbs presents… We Belong To Glasgow: A Night For Refuweegee Featuring Rab Noakes, Jill Jackson, Carol Laula, Liz Lochhead, Yvonne Lyon and Farzane Zamen £18 Tickets at TicketScotland All proceeds go to Refuweegee “Refuweegee is a […]
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Tuesday, July 19, 2022 | Filed under: 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
Scottish Writers: The Glass Cat by George Colkitto – Book Launch
Tuesday 26 July, 2022 SWC, CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3JD Book tickets Eventbrite 1 ticket per person Launch of The Glass Cat |George Colkitto This is a hybrid test event. So you can watch on zoom too! Capture the child within Join the SWC for the story of The Glass Cat A night […]
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Express Yourself at Bru
Thursday 27th July, 2023, 7.30 to 9.30pm Bru, 734 Dumbarton Rd, Glasgow G11 6RD Featured poet is Jim Ferguson, he’ll have roughly 20 minutes to wow you with his banter and poetry. There will be time to ask Jim anything you want in a Q&A session too. There’s an open mic 🎤 with many great […]
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Sunday, July 17, 2022 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
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