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July 9, 2025

Govanhill International Festival 2025

1 – 10 August, 2025 Highlights include: Irish Roots programme at Govanhill International Festival & Carnival Hotblast Friday 1 August – Sunday 10 August The Hidden Gardens via Tramway, 25 Albert Drive, G41 2PE Tuesday – Friday, 10am-5pm / Saturday-Sunday, 12noon-5pm / Monday, closed Hotblast is a new installation by Glaswegian artist and writer Hayley […]

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July 3, 2025

Lens on Legacy – Spotlight on Glasgow’s At-Risk Buildings

Special weekend opend Saturday 5 July, 2025 Glasgow City Heritage Trust, GCHT, 54 Bell Street, Glasgow G1 1LQ Lens on Legacy: Glasgow’s Architectural Heritage, our exhibition in collaboration with Queen’s Park Camera Club, is now up and running and  a special weekend opening Saturday, 5th July, from 10am-4pm! The exhibition continues the city’s long and rich […]

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June 25, 2025

WestFest 2025: The Big Sunday at Kelvin Way

WestFest Sunday 29 June, 2025 at 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. What’s On at Big Sunday A brand new community event for 2025 on Kelvin Way, Kelvingrove, Glasgow G3 7TA A jam-packed street festival in partnership with Cala Jordanhill Park & Glasgow City Council, supported by National Lottery Communities Fund. Featuring live music, choirs, brass […]

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June 25, 2025

New Brunch Menu Mother India’s Cafe

Mother India’s Cafe, 1355 Argyle St, Glasgow G3 8AD New Brunch Menu from Saturday 28 June 2025 at Mother India’s Cafe Weekend Thali Brunch Mother India’s Cafe is situated across from the  Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in the West End of Glasgow, it offers diners small tasting portions from an extensive and freshly produced […]

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June 23, 2025

Mother India – Glasgow

Mother India Restaurants Glasgow Mother India, 28 Westminster Terrace, Finnieston, Glasgow G3 7RU To Book please telephone: 0141 221 1663 (See the menu) Take Away Menu Mother India Cafe, 1355 Argyle St, Glasgow G3 8AD – open for walk ins 7 days a week (Just opposite Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum)Phone: 0141 339 9145  Mother […]

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June 20, 2025

Jim and Pat’s West End Chat – Podcast with Deedee Cuddihy

Pat chats to Glasgow Writer Deedee Cuddy. A New Yorker in Glasgow writing fabulous Funny Scottish Books.  Podcast Author Deedee Cuddihy chats with Pat Byrne – Scottish Funny Books In this episode Pat chats with the Deedee Cuddihy – author of a series of very popular and Funny Scottish Books. You will get a sense […]

Deedee Cuddihy Podcast

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June 18, 2025

Hidden at GFT

20 – 26 June, 2025 A married couple’s comfortable lifestyle begins to implode after they start to receive surveillance tapes of their home in Michael Haneke’s gripping psychological thriller, starring Juliette Binoche and Daniel Auteuil. Four years after The Piano Teacher won a trio of prizes in Cannes, Michael Haneke’s disturbing psychological thriller opened the festival – […]

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June 17, 2025

Glasgow Jazz Festival 2025

18 – 22 June, 2025 The 39th edition of Glasgow Jazz Festival – Five Extraordinary Days of Live Music Over 100 musicians, from renowned international acts to Scotland’s brightest stars  This year’s programme spans more than 35 events in venues from Milngavie to the Merchant City. Not to be missed shows include: Brian Jackson – catch the legendary […]

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June 14, 2025

tell it slant at Locavore

Friday 27 June , 2025 @ 7 p.m. Express Yourself – Tell it Slant, `at Locavore, 349 Victoria Rd, Glasgow G42 7SA Poetry, raffle, teas, coffee, cakes and delicious salads on offer from the cafe. A with an open mic microphone to share your poems – plenty of breaks for socialising and mingling with other […]

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June 13, 2025

Refugee Festival Scotland 2025 – Milestones

Runs from 13 – 22 June, 2025 See Programme of Events This year marks 25 years of the festival, and the Scottish Refugee Council’s 40th – who are immensely proud to be organising a national march as part of the festival. The festival comes as we see an alarming rise in support for racist and […]

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June 11, 2025

Partick Film Fest-athon

Saturday, 14 June, 2025, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Partick Film Fest-athon at WestFest Partick Film Festival in collaboration with the Kelvin Hall has curated a programme of short films to celebrate Glasgow 850 at this year’s WestFest. The films feature the people and places who make this unique city that we call home. The […]

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June 11, 2025

Refugee Festival Scotland: Live in Art at CCA

10 – 14 June, 2025 CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, G2 3JD ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: Syeda Sadaf Zaidi has brought together the work of 12 Glasgow-based artists from Afghanistan, Colombia, Iran, Pakistan, Ukraine and Vietnam for LIVE IN ART. You can see this unique #RefugeeFestScot exhibition at the CCA in Glasgow. Participating artists Syeda Sadaf Zaidi, Yuliya […]

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June 10, 2025

Glasgow Science Festival: The Art of Science

11 June, 2025,  6 – 8 p.m. University of Glasgow, Advanced Research Centre, 11 Chapel Lane, G11 6EW An adult-focused evening of fun activities, mini-talks and an exhibition to explore the connection between art and science. Join Glasgow Science Festival for an evening at the Advanced Research Centre for activities, mini talks and an exhibition […]

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June 10, 2025

Night Market at Cottiers

Thursday 12 June, 2025 5.30 p.m. -10.30 p.m. Cottiers, 93 – 95 Hyndland Street, G11 5PU Happy June everyone! The Night Market has had some sun up here in Scotland and they’r feeling PO-SI-TIVE. So let us ask you this: Don’t know what to get the father figure in your life for Father’s Day? Why […]

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June 8, 2025

Circus Vegas Review at Silverburn

Circus Vegas Came To Glasgow We had a wonderful time at the Vegas themed show with the glizt and glamour of Vegas. It brilliantly combined all the usual circus type acts such as juggling, aerial acts, acrobats and a fun clown, who was the star of the show, The costumes and dancers were fantastic each […]

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