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..

Jack and the Beanstalk, The Fort Theatre, Bishopbriggs

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 Thursday  2nd December 2021 – Saturday  18th December 2021 The Fort Theatre, Bishopbriggs, Bishopbriggs, G64 2DW Fantastically funny family pantomime. Sing along with all the songs Will Jack defeat the giant? Will the evil Mrs Plunder win? Can Fairy Flora help them all? Brilliant show for wee kids and big kids! Not to be missed! […]

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Sing a Song of Sixpence, Panto, Rutherglen Theatre

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3, 4 and 5 December, 2021 Tickets are on sale now for Sing a Song of Sixpence. Rutherglen at the Rutherglen URC, 69 Johnstone Dr, Rutherglen, Glasgow G73 2QA on Friday 3rd December at 7.30 pm Halfway in Flemington Hallside Church,  Hutchinson Pl, Cambuslang, Glasgow G72 8XX on Saturday 4th December at 2.15 pm Cambuslang […]

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Art for Africa in Memory of Rony Bridges

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18 November, 2021 – 2 p.m. until 5 p.m. Starchild Charity – Art for Africa Live and Online Auction Event by Michaela Foster Marsh McTear’s Auctioneers In memory of Rony Bridges. PLEASE NOTE DRINKS RECEPTION IS FROM NOON TILL 2PM BEFORE THE AUCTION STARTS. The live auction will be an opportunity to meet the trustees of […]

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Poetry and the Climate Crisis: Scotland and India

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Thursday 16 November, 2021 – Online University of Glasgow Arts Exploring poetry and the climate crisis through the works two great, international writers: Patrick Geddes and Rabindranath Tagore. About this event Part of the Being Human Festival 2021 How can poetry be of practical help in the climate crisis? How can it set the tone for […]

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French Film Festival UK 2021

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3 November to 12 December 2021 Vive le cinéma! French Film Festival UK 29th Edition Over 30 titles (including new releases, classics and short films) In cinemas throughout the UK as well as online Highlights include Bruno Dumont’s On a Half Clear Morning, starring Bond’s Léa Seydoux Films at Glasgow Film Theatre Include: Alliance Francaise, […]

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Havana Glasgow film Festival: El Techno – The Roof

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Sunday 21 November, 2021 at 5 p.m. – 6.15 p.m Havana Glasgow Film Festival 2021 16 until 21 November, 2021 CCA Glasgow 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3JD Buy tickets Three young friends with their own ambitions meet up each day to talk about their lives. Bored and looking for a better future, they decide […]

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Havana Glasgow Film Festival 2021

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16 – 21 November, 2021 The UK’s only Film Festival celebrating Cuban Film and Culture As the festival goes into its seventh year, HGFF is proud to  share and celebrate Cuba’s inspiring culture and achievements during one of the toughest points in its history. Despite the challenges of COVID19, increased sanctions, food shortages and dramatic […]

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Christmas Appeal Benefit – The Primevals

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Monday 27 December, 2021 at 7.30 p.m. The Primevals Stereo,22 Renfield Ln, Glasgow G2 5ARGlasgow The Primevals and The Reverse Cowgirls come together again for a Benefit at Stereo, Glasgow. Entry £8 Glasgow City Mission will launch their Christmas Appeal on 23 November. All proceeds from the Appeal will support their guests directly through the […]

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Springburn: Rome of the North – Ian R. Mitchell

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A Castle in Springburn? Read on…….. Springburn – its History and Walk                Born Balgrayhill Schooled Petershill                Worked Keppochhill Married Springburnhill                Sick Stobhill Domiciled Barnhill                 Rested Sighthill Springburn […]

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Walk on the Weill Side at Cottiers

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27 and 28 November, 2021 Cottiers Theatre, 93-95 Hyndland Street, Glasgow G11 5PU A Berliner Kabarett set in 1930’s war-torn Europe, following Jenny’s story and how she manipulates events around the men she loves and leaves Take a Walk on the Weill Side features both fatalistic and triumphant stories and songs created by Weill and […]

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Sunday, November 14, 2021 | Filed under: What's on in Glasgow: Theatre and Comedy

The Landing Hub – COP26 Fringe Event

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29 October – 14 November, 2021 The Landing Hub is a vibrant, welcoming space where the climate and social justice movements meet the arts. The Space is a fringe event of COP26, and is running from the 29th of October to the 14th of November. The Landing Hub, is right next door to: The Sustainable […]

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Christmas Commissions, Exhibition and Gifts Kelvin Art Studio & Gallery

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ART FOR CHRISTMAS –  COMMISSION A HOUSE PORTRAIT, BUY A PICTURE Great -Get -Christmas -Gifts -Exhibition 26th-28th November 2021 & 3rd-5th December 2021 Featuring: JOHN WETTEN BROWN Best Selling Artist & DAMIAN HENRY Best Selling Printmaker Kelvin Art Studio and Gallery 23A Hamilton Park Avenue,  G12 8DS (Just off Gt Western RD) With Xmas on […]

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GWL – Walking Tour with Denise Mina

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15 November, 2021, 12.30 – 1.30 p.m. Part of Book Week Scotland 2021 This event is part of the 2021 Book Week Scotland Digital Festival. It is a pre-recorded film. Join Crime writer Denise Mina and Glasgow Women’s Library volunteer Melody House on this special, conversational tour of the Glasgow Garnethill area. Denise’s debut novel Garnethill was […]

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Beauty and the Beast, Knightswood Congregational Church

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24 – 27 November, 2021 Knightswood Congregational Church 12 Dunterlie Avenue, Glasgow West End G13 3BA Beauty and the Beast – panto suitable for all ages. Knightswood congregational Church has run its community pantomime for over 40 years. Unfortunately due to covid restrictions they were unable to put on our pantomime last year on the […]

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Olive the Other Reindeer at The Tron

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14 – 24 December, 2021 Tron Theatre, 63 Trongate, Glasgow, G1 5HB FOR CHILDREN UNDER 12 and their FAMILIES Olive dreams of delivering presents to all the boys and girls at Christmas time. To do that she has to enlist in Santa’s Training School and pass her exams, then she can ride alongside Rudolph and […]

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Jack and the Beanstock, Britannia Panopticon

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12 December, 2021 Britannia Panopticon 113-117 Trongate, Glasgow G1 5HD This event is the rescheduled 2020 performance. Existing ticket holders please contact grant@britanniapanopticon.org to arrange transfers. The evil giant Blunderbore is terrorising the poor village of Skint upon the Brew in the Kingdom of Panoptica. Can a poor farm boy named Jack save the village […]

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Book Week Scotland: Writing Trumpet with Jackie Kay

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17th November, 2021 Film Jackie Kay’s debut novel Trumpet was first released in 1988 and received high critical acclaim. It won the Guardian First Fiction prize, the Authors’ Club Best First Novel Award and a Lambda Literary Award. Inspired by the life of Billy Tipton, the novel explores the fallout left in the wake of the death […]

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Book Week Scotland – Built Upon the Rock SWC

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16 November,2021 – 7 p.m. until 9 p.m. Stephen Watt – Poet in Residence Dumbarton Football Club Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3JD Amongst his many other achievements, Stephen Watt has been  Dumbarton FC’s Poet-in-Residence since 2016.  This special Book Week Scotland Event by Scottish Writers Centre is supported by the […]

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Spencer GFT

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Until 21 November, 2021 Captions and Audio Description available Pablo Larraín’s sublime ‘fable from a true story’ imagines a Christmas weekend at Sandringham in the early 1990s, as an unhappy Princess Diana contemplates saying ‘no’. As played with intoxicating perfection by Kristen Stewart, who dominates almost every scene, Diana is dying on the vine. Hers […]

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Thursday, November 11, 2021 | Filed under: Cinema

OSS From Africa With Love

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14 November, 2021 – 5 p.m. Part of French Film Festival at GFT Glasgow Film Theatre,12 Rose Steet, G3 6RB Nicolas Bedos (La Belle Époque) takes over the reins from Michel Hazanavicius for the third chapter of the satirical adventures of Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath aka secret agent OSS 117. The action kicks off […]

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Delicious, French Film Festival at GFT

12 November, 2021 – 7.50 p.m. GFT, 12 Rose Street, G36RB In 1789 France, prior to the dawn of the Revolution, gastronomy remains strictly the domain of the aristocrats and the prestige of a noble house is dependent on the quality and reputation of its table. When the talented cook Manceron (Grégory Gadebois) serves an […]

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Becoming Cousteau at GFT

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12 – 18 November, 2021 GFT, 12 Rose Street, G3 6RB Becoming Cousteau examines the epic life of Jacques Yves Cousteau, the ocean explorer and pioneering environmentalist who spanned the globe with a misfit crew of divers and filmmakers under the lifelong mission: ‘Il faut aller voir’ (‘We must go and see for ourselves’). The Frenchman […]

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Mothering Sunday, GFT

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12 -18 November, 2021 GFT, 12 Rose Street, G3 6RB On a warm spring day in 1924, housemaid and foundling Jane Fairchild (Odessa Young) finds herself alone on Mother’s Day. Her employers, Mr and Mrs Niven (Colin Firth and Olivia Colman), are out and she has the rare chance to spend an afternoon of abandon with her […]

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COP26: A Radical Act of Love, Arborescence

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10 November, 2021, 2 p.m. – 6 p.m. Woodlands Community, 66 Ashley Street, GlasgowG3 6HW Woodlands Community – Local to Global at COP26 Hosted by Healy Arts and Prof Richard DeMarco The event will be a video presentation and a platform to discuss future projects relating to tree planting with particular reference to Joseph Beuys […]

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Calton Ceilidh anthology by Ruby McCann

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The anthology ‘Calton Ceilidh’ includes the work of many of the writers who performed at Cheeky Besom’s Glasgow’s Literary Lounge.   It also includes a link to audio musical performances and live poetry. The anthology is a celebration of Cheeky Besoms and ‘Calton Ceilidh’ edited by Ruby McCann – published by Rymour Books. The launch of […]

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Unoma Okudo @ The Blue Arrow

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2nd December 2021 at 7 p.m. The Blue Arrow, 323 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3HW Tickets: £12 online / £15 at the door Buy tickets at Eventbrite Soulful singer-songwriter Unoma Okudo is distinguished by her unique voice, and captivating melodies and lyrics. Born in Nigeria, where she was introduced to music by her parents, her […]

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What’s On in Glasgow: Books, Talks and Poetry Events

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(Ruby McCann, Poet, Editor, Publisher and Playwright) Glasgow is overflowing with literary fervour. Both established and up and coming writers can be heard reading their work at events in the city almost every night of the week. There are various book launches, spoken word events, literary festivals and writing workshops at various venues throughout the […]

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Monday, November 8, 2021 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Writing

Palindrome: Cohen – Art Painting & Photography Exhibition

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Launch Party  Friday 12th November, 2021 3 pm – 10pm Palindrome isn’t just a regular exhibition, it’s a party, celebrating the opening of the new Cohen – Art Gallery space on Gordon Street. There will be live music, drinks, food, plenty of art, good vibes with nice people and, of course, an after party club […]

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Fidel Up Close – CCA

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Havana Glasgow Film Festival 2021 16 November, 2021 at 8.05 p.m. CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, G2 3JD or rent online Fidel Up Close delves into the lesser known facets of Fidel Castro’s personal and intimate life from the perspective of those closest to him, including his children, close family members, delegates and employees. The documentary […]

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Caroline Miller Art – Open Day

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Sunday 28 November, 2021 – 12 p.m. – 4 p.m. Caroline Miller is opening her studio for an afternoon where her original art, limited edition prints and cards will be on display and for sale. 20% of proceeds will go to the charity Social Bite – helping the homeless. There will be homebaking! Studio 5 […]

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