Glasgow West End: Pat's Guide

Friday 31st January, 2025, 7.30 p.m. – 9.30 p.m. Open mic with @tellitslantpoetrybookshop at Locavore, 349 Victoria Rd, Glasgow G42 7SA Come along and sign up on the night to recite some poetry. Bring your own bottle. Tea and coffee are on sale too. It will be a great night. Host: Carla Woodburn Featured band: Jim […]

CALL OUT FOR PALESTINIAN ARTISTS TO PERFORM AT THE EDINBURGH FESTIVAL FRINGE Opportunity for artists in Palestine and the diaspora to perform in Scotland at the world’s largest arts festival. Looking for Palestinian musicians, theatre-makers, dancers, story-tellers, children’s performers, poets and comedians to perform at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe – Fringe Palestine. Deadline to […]

Saturday 19 January, 2025, 7.30 p.m. Glasgow Royal Concert Hall 2 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3NY Celtic Connections proudly presents Lyle Lovett and his Acoustic Group with special guest Jon Muq A singer, composer and actor, Lyle Lovett has broadened the definition of American music in a career that spans 14 albums. Coupled with his […]

Friday 17 January, 2025, 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. Creative Wander around Springburn Winter Gardens and Park with Stephanie Whitelaw, Community Engagement Artist. Springburn Park, Mosesfield St, Glasgow G21 3UD Stephanie is developing a creative engagement project with Springburn Winter Gardens Trust with a focus on walking, eco-therapy and exploring local ecology. The walk will […]

The Anti-Racist Community library will open fortnightly on Sundays in Woodlands Community Meeting Room and Events Terrace, 66 Ashley Street, G3 6HW. Meeting January 26 at 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. The library has books for people of all ages – children, young people, adults. There are fiction and non-fiction books, serious and light-hearted but […]

Friday 24th and Saturday 25th January, 2025 Cottiers’ annual Burns’ Night celebration – a three-course meal followed by a fantastic ceilidh, led by Cottiers’ favourites The Big Stupit’ Ceilidh Band. Doors will open at 7pm for the traditional Burns’ Supper meal, followed by a night of dancing to all of your favourite Scottish ceilidh classics. […]

Saturday, 18 January, 2025 Born in Essex, raised by the Devon seaside, and making his bones in the bars and clubs of Liverpool, John Smith has released six studio albums and played to audiences worldwide, barely pausing for breath during his eighteen years as a full-time troubadour. Taking his cue from Richard Thompson, John Martyn and Ry […]

Monday 13 January, 2025 – 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. University of Glasgow, Glasgow University Memorial Chapel, University Avenue Glasgow G12 8QQ Claire Wilson is a crime writer from central Scotland. Her crime books are based on her day job as an Intelligence Analyst in a Scottish Prison. She loves gritty crime and grew up […]

Wednesday, 29 January, 2025 St Luke’s and The Winged Ox, 17 Bain St, Glasgow G40 2JZ BMX Bandits kick off their 40th year celebrations with a special show for Frets Concerts and Celtic Connections. They will play a set of BMX pop favourites from over the past 4 decades and their album Dreamers on the […]

Sunday 5th and Wednesday 8th January, 2025 Mike Leigh’s award-winning bittersweet comedy features a dazzling ensemble performance from screen titans Alison Steadman, Jim Broadbent, Timothy Spall, Claire Skinner and Jane Horrocks. Just north of London live Wendy (Steadman), Andy (Broadbent), and their twenty-something twins, Natalie (Skinner) and Nicola (Horrocks). Wendy clerks in a shop, Andy […]

⁠New Year’s Eve⁠ – 31 December, 2024 Come along to Cottiers 93-95 Hyndland St, Glasgow G11 5PU An unforgettable night of celebration featuring a delicious 3-course hog roast dinner, a glass of fizz on arrival, and Cottier’s famous Hogmanay Ceilidh to dance the night away! ⁠ ⁠ £84.50 per person⁠ To book, email  ⁠ Don’t […]

Wednesday 29 January, 2025 6 p.m. – 7.30 p.m. Grosvenor Picture Theatre, 24 Ashton Lane Hillhead G12 8SJ Partick Film Festival Scots-born Hollywood director Michael Caton-Jones is headlining the second edition of the Partick Film Festival. The film-maker responsible for blockbusters such as Rob Roy, Memphis Belle, This Boy’s Life and Doc Hollywood will be in conversation with host Paul English, […]

Saturday 28 December, 2024 7.00 – 9.30 p.m. Festive banter and catch-up at tell it slant. Bring yer left over mince pies and wine and share poetry and laughter. tellitslantbookshop.wordpress.com/ Tell it Slant Poetry Bookshop Glasgow

Friday 20 December 12.20 p.m. Sunday 22 December 2.30 p.m. Hero. Comfort and Joy is a comedy gem about ice cream van wars in Glasgow. Bill Paterson stars as Glasgow radio host Alan Bird, who, after witnessing an ice cream van being attacked, becomes embroiled in a feud between two Italian families: a turf war over who […]

Glasgow Film Festival 2025 Announces Country Focus, Special Events, and UK Wide Screenings GFF25 announces its Country Focus will be Austria with a host of films from Michael Haneke masterpieces The Piano Teacher (2001) and Hidden (2005) to groundbreaking new works such as the UK premieres of mockumentary Piggy Bank and absurdist drama Peacock GFF25 will hit […]