Glasgow West End: Pat's Guide

The Barras Halloween Night Market! Thursday 29 October, 2026, 5 p.m. – 10 p.m. Come along and enjoy a night of Halloween madness BUT BEWARE OF THE CARETAKERS! For generations they’ve swept the floors, locked the gates and quietly watched over the Barras. Nobody notices them…until now. They’ve got a shift to finish. 6.58pm. Attend […]

Friday 30 October 2026 @ 7 p.m. Express Yourself – Tell it Slant at Locavore, 349 Victoria Rd, Glasgow G42 7SA Come along to Tell It Slant Poetry Bookshop, housed in Locavore on Victoria Road. Come share your poetry on Friday 30th October. 7pm start. There are plenty slots available for our open mic. Featured […]

Coastal Visions Opens on Saturday 24th October, 2026 Exhibition will continue until 21 November, 2026. The Glasgow Gallery 182 Bath Street, Glasgow G2 4HG The gallery is honoured to host John Lowrie Morrison OBE – Jolomo’s ninth annual exhibition with them. The exhibition opens on Saturday 24th October with over 30 new works.

Saturday 31 October, 2026, 7 p.m. The Glad Cafe, 1006A Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow G41 2HG DEAD ELVIS: SPOOKY VEGAS Buy tickets After last year’s sold-out Halloween spectacular, Maz & The Phantasms return for a very special night of spooky queer rock ’n’ roll, comedy, pantomime, drag, disco and an all-out trashy Vegas mega-party at the […]

Thursday 29 October – 1 November 2026 Murder. Grave robbers. Gangs. Prisoners. The Gorbals Vampire. And much more. This Halloween join 1.5 hour walking tour through some of the darkest chapters of Glasgow’s past. From unsolved true crime murders and notorious prison inmates to grave robbing, gangsters and Glasgow’s connections to the transatlantic slave trade, […]

20 November – 3 December, 2026 Vive le cinéma! Glasgow Film Theatre is delighted to be screening a selection of fantastic features from the 34th edition of French Film Festival. See full programme Violette Friday 20 November at 4 p.m. FFF. Violette a GFT FFF. De Gaulle: Resistance Sunday 22 November, 2.30 p.m. FFF. De […]

Monday 26 October – 31 December, 2026 The Mitchell Library, North Street, Glasgow G3 7DN Free – just drop in. Step into the fascinating world of the bestselling novelist of all time and discover the stories behind the Queen of Crime. From much-loved characters Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple to Agatha Christie’s lasting influence on […]

Tuesday 27 October, 2026  •  7:30 PM – 9:30 PM ByScottish Writers’ Centre The GriffinGlasgow, Glasgow Function Suite, 266 Bath St, Glasgow G2 4JP Spooktastic Speakeasy at The Griffin Everyone welcome, members, friends and first timers to come along and share their work – all writing forms, voices and languages encouraged. Speakeasy nights aim to […]

Wednesday 28 October, 2026, 7 p.m. -8 p.m. Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Strathclyde Suite, 2 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3NY Chris Carter, Sunday Times No.1 bestselling author of the Robert Hunter series, talks about his first standalone thriller, Hide and Seek. Sam Stewart has escaped her abusive husband. She has taken him to court. She […]

Saturday  31 October, 2026, 2.30 a.m.- 4.30 p.m. ByForgotten Women Glasgow Green, Greendyke Street, Saltmarket G1 5DB A family friendly walk where children and families come together to stand in solidarity with the children and women of Gaza. Join us on Saturday, 31st October 2026, from 2:30 PM, for a meaningful Children’s Walk for Gaza […]

Saturday 17 October (3 p.m.) and Tuesday 17 October,(8.30 p.m.) 2026 Undeterred by armed soldiers, evasive politicians, and riot police, Amy Goodman has reported some of the most consequential stories of our time. Steal This Story, Please! is a gripping account of the trailblazing journalist whose unwavering commitment to truth-telling spans three decades of turbulent […]

16 – 22 October, 2026 Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor’s (No Other Land, 2024) Venice jury prize winner, filmed over the past three years at night on the rooftops of Tel Aviv, reveals in detail the systems behind Israel’s mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza following the Hamas attacks on 7 October. In the words of […]

Saturday, 31 October, 2026, 12 noon – 6 p.m.  The Britannia Panopticon Music Hall 113-117 Trongate, Glasgow G1 5HD The Halloween Market returns with 14 stalls of spooky, kooky, Halloweeness.

13 October – 8 November, 2026 The 20th Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival (SMHAF)  – exploring the theme of Reflections. Book tickets for over 180 events across Scotland, including film, theatre, music, visual arts, writing, comedy, creative workshops and community events.  See Full Programme of Events SOME GLASGOW EVENTS Art in the Gart and Projectability […]

A Play, A Pie and A Pint Friday 6 November, 2026, 10 a.m. – 12.30 p.m. An open casting workshop in Glasgow’s West End that allows actors to practise their craft, network with fellow artists and industry professionals, and showcase their skills to A Play, A Pie and A Pint to be considered for future […]