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• Helen Rose’s Outdoor Diary- Aviemore Again – 4 June, 2026
• The Corinthian Play, Pie and Pint, OranMor until 6 June –  June, 2026
• Craftex, Craft Fair, Trades Hall, Glasgow 4 – 6 June – 3 June, 2026
• Open Mic with Lesley O’Brien, Avant Garde 9 June – 2 June, 2026
• Vinicombe Street Gala at West Fest Saturday 6 June – 2 June, 2026
• Outdoor Ceilidh at Kelvingrove, WestFest Sunday 7 June 2 p.m. – 2 June, 2026
• An Early Midsummer Treat, Capella Slavonica at West Fest, Saturday 6 June, Kelvinside Hillhead Church 2 p.m. – 1 June, 2026
• Glasgow Mela Sunday 5 July Kelvingrove Park – 1 June, 2026
• Summer Prize Bingo and Karaoke, 26 June, Goodyear Social Club – 1 June, 2026
• Cottiers Night Market, Thursday 4 June at 5.30 p.m. – 10.30 p.m. – 31 May, 2026
• Take 2: The Lizzie McGuire Movie Saturday 30 May 11.30 a.m.GFT – 29 May, 2026
• SWC Writing Workshop, Gothic Glasgow with TomMurray, Sunay 7 June 4 p.m. – 29 May, 2026
• Marilyn Monroe 100- The Misfits, GFT Monday 1 June 1215 p.m. and 8.15 p.m.– 29 May, 2026
• Leonora in the Morning Light, 30 May – 4 June at GFT – 29 May, 2026
• Glasgow Film Festival 2026 – announces attendance growth plus dates for GFF27 – 29 May, 2026
• Family Fun Day, Govan Stones Project, Sat 30 May 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. – 28 May, 2026
• The Last Ever Vocal or Version The Rum Shack Sat 30 May 9 p.m. – 28 May, 2026
• Wully Davidson – Cairngorm Trip from Glasgow – 27 May, 2026
• C.W. Stoneking at Cottiers, 2 June – 27 May, 2026
• Arlington Baths Commonwealth Games Gala, 27 June – 26 May, 2026
• Wee Dementia Film Fest, Kelvinhall, June – 24 May, 2026
• Poets from Seahorse Publications at WestFest, 10 June 6.30 p.m. – 24 May, 2026
• James Gladwell Solo Exhibition Project Ability 4 Juner – 18 July – 23 May, 2026
• Close Encounters of the Third Child, Saturday 23 June 4.45 p.m. – 22 May, 2026
• The Day Innocence Died: Bloody Sunday and the Fight for Justice 7 June – 22 May, 2026
• Wilton Street Garden Fete, Sunday 7 June, 3 p.m. – 22 May, 2026
• Doreen Hopwood Adult Storytelling Tues 26 May 11 a.m. Green Tea Remedies Alexandria – 22 May, 2026
• House of Raptor: Drag and Beyond Sat 27 June – 21 May, 2026
• Dementia Festival – Open Museum, 11 June, Hillhead Library 11.30 a.m. – 1.30 p.m. – 20 May, 2026
  Sonica Festival Programme Announced – 20 May, 2026
• Dementia Festival – WestFest and Dementia Heroes – fabulous programme, June 2026 – 20 May, 2026
• Community Connections Talk: Wumming’s Work 22 June, Maryhill Burgh Hall – 19 May, 2026
• Agnes Owen Centenary, Heritage Festival West Dunbartonshire, Sat 23 May, Alexandria Library 10 a.m. – 19 May, 2026
• Guided Walk Edinbarnet and Cochno Sunday 20 May – 20 May, 2026
• Patrick McColgan from Old Kilpatrick. Football scout Bethlehem Steel Football Club 1920s – 18 May, 2026.
• Helen Rose’s Hillwalking Diary: Fairlie – 17 May, 2026
• Fiona Alderman: Blogging from Rural France – The Calm and No So Calm – 17 May, 2026
• Heritage Festival West Dunbartonshire, Speakeasy, The Fountain Bar, Alexandria, Monday 18 May 7 p.m. – 16 May, 2026
• Scottish Writers Centre Speakeasy The Griffin 26 May – 16 May, 2026
• Hillhead Summer Arts Festival 6 – 12 year olds 29 June –   3 July – 15 May, 2026
• Glasgow Society of Lady Artists, Saturday 20 June at Alf Webster Stained Glass Museum, The Kelvin, Kelvinbridge – 14 May, 2026
• Loads Happening Maryhill Burgh Halls Sunday 17 May – 14 May, 2026
• Mirrorball Showcase 14 May Waterstones Sauchiehall Street – 12 May – 2026
• A Celebration of Glasgow – History, Heritage and Traditional Skills – 17 May 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Cottiers  – 1 May, 2026
• Paintings on Railings at West Fest 6 – 28 June (weekends) – 20 April, 2026
• The Arlington Baths at WestFest 6 and 13 June – 18 April, 2026
• Creative Heritage Cafe, Clydesider Heritage Festival 16 May Dalmuir Barclay Church – 17 April,2026
• The Wizard of the Kremlin at GFT 17 -23 April – 16 April,2026
• Children’s Walk for Gaza, Glasgow Green Saturday 30 May at Noon– 16 April, 2026
• WestFest 2026 – programme announced – 16 April, 2026
• Connected Community Stolen Stories, May 11th 6 p.m. Maryhill Burgh Halls -14 April, 2026
• National Theatre Live: All My Sons, Thursday 16 April, at GFT 7p.m. -14April, 2026
• Old Kilpatrick Graveyard, Walk and Talk, Heritage Festival 9 May 2 p.m. – 14April, 2026
• Wullie Davidson: Climate Change Blog: Super El Nino On The Way – 13 April, 2026
• Writing Short Stories like Agnes Owen with Kirsten Innes, Alexandria 7/14/21 May – 12 April, 2026
• Mayday – that sinking feeling, 1 May, University Chapel 6.30p.m. – 8 April, 2026
• Book Launch: The History of Working-Class Courtshipl Marriage and Divorce in Scotland 1855 – 1939 by Eleanor Gordon, Jeff Meek and Katie Barclay, Thursday 7 May 4 p.m. The Deepend, Western Baths Club – 7 April, 2026
• Celebrating the Music of John Martyn, Saturday 30 May at Partick Bowling and Community Club – 6 April,2026
• Responding to Alasdair Gray’s Lanark, Rachelle Atalla Wed 15 April at ARC, University of Glasgow – 6 April, 2026
• The Scotland Channel presents Hillhead Hoolie,20 June at WestFest – 4 April, 2026
• Could you welcome a guide dog puppy into your home and heart?– 2 April, 2026
• California Schemin at GFT 10 -30 April – 2 April, 2026
• North Glasgow Against Racism, March, Dance and Music, 12 April – 2 April, 2026
• Everybody to Kenmure Street, Community Screening, Maryhill Burgh Halls 17 May – 2 April, 2026
• Scottish National Jazz Orchestra, Two Gilsand a Bill 30 April – 2 April, 2026
• Merchant Sinfonia Spring Concert Saturday 30 May Royal Concert Hall -2 April, 2026
• Heidi Talbot, Paisley Arts Centre, Saturday 4April – 1 April, 2026
• The Drama – GFT 3 – 16 April – 1 April, 2026
• Broken English, GFT, 3 – 9 April – 1 April, 2026
• Scotland and Los Angeles Showcase of Animated Sort Films at GFT 15 April – 1 April, 2025
• RushmoreAccess Film Club GFT 13 April -1 April, 2026
• Helen Rose Outdoor Diary Cairneyhill to North Queensferry – 31 March, 2026
• The Day The Earth Blew Up – 27 March,2026
• What’s On At GFT in April – 26 March, 2026
• Glasgow International 2026 5 – 21 June – 26 March, 2026
• Gaelic for Beginners, 8 week course, Maryhill Burgh Halls starts 1 May – 25 March, 206
• Showcase Screening – Films from Applied Dissertation in Community & Collaborative Practice University of Glasgow 24 April– 25 March, 026
• Maid of the Loch, Balloch, Heritage Festival, Hard Hat Tours Weekends in May– 25 March, 026
• Bloody Mary Sunglasses, Fail Better and You Call That Eadio with Doctur Normul at McChuills Sunday 29 March. Free– 24 March, 2026
• When Billy Met Alasdair, Citizens Theatre, with Alan Bissett 28 March – 23 March, 2026
• The Salignac Story – Fiona Alderman -23 March, 2026
• Update: Currie and Quirk Optician,  Byres Road – 22 March, 2026
• Byres Road Community Hub Day 28 March – 22 March, 2026
• Michael Pedersen in Conversation with Fern Brady, 25 March Waterstones Sauchiehall St – 21 March, 2026
• Anti-empire Film Club: Palestine 36 at The Glad Cafe Sunday 22 March – 21 March, 2026
• Biodiversity Workshop Woodlands Community 24 March 10 a.m. – 18 March, 2026
• Soul Jazz Sundays Easter Party 5 April -18 `March, 036
• Earth’s Greatest Enemy review Pat Byrne, screening GFT 24 March -17 March, 2026
• Update: Currie and Quirk Opticians – 16 March, 2026
• The Kelvin Restaurant and Venue hire update– 15 March, 2026
• Janet and John Mother’s Day Cards and Gifts – 13 March 2026
• Family Fun Day St Patrick’s Day Festival Merchant Square, Glasgow Saturday 14 March Noon – 5 p.m. – 13 March 2026
• Everybody to Kenmure Street 13 March – 2 April GFT – 12 March, 2026
• Community Takeover GFF review Pat Byrne – 11 March, 2026
• Night Market at Cottiers Thursday 2 April – 11 March, 2026
• Heritage Festival, Speakeasy 18 May, The Fountain Tavern Alexandria – 10 March, 2026
• Couture, Glasgow Film Festival 2026 review Pat Byrne – 9 March, 2026
• Adult Storytelling with Paul Underwood 31 March -7 March, 206
• Community Takeover Glasgow Film Festival 7 March – 6 March, 2026
• Effi O Blaenau – Glasgow Film Festival review by Pat Byrne – 6 March, 2026
• March Programme at Glasgow Film Theatre – 5 March, 2026
• Palestine solidarity volunteer bike ride, Woodlands Community Sunday 24 March -5 March, 2026
• Earth’s Greatest Enemy documentary at GFT, Tuesday 24 March -4 March, 2026
• Easter Holiday Club, free, Platform 7 – 17 April – 4 March, 2026
• Iona with Love, Book Launch and Exhibition, Lillie Gallery 7 March – 3 March, 2026
• Helen Rose Outdoor Diary, Cumbernauld -3 March, 2026
• Sailm nan Daoine – Psalms of the People, at Glasgow Film Festival Sunday 1 March 3.45 p.m. and Monday 2 March 2p.m.– 1 March, 2026
• Jaripeo at Glasgow Film Festival 1 and 2 March – 1 March, 2026
• It’s A Fine Thing To Sing, Songs and Singers of the Inishowen Peninsula Documentary – Screening at Govanhill Baths Community Trust Thursday 26 March 6.30 p.m.-27 February, 2026
• 30 Years of Creative Writing Festival, Saturday 28 February and Sunday 1 March – 27 February, 2026
• Midwinter Break Glasgoe Film Festival – review – 26 February, 2026
• Big vs Small, Film Night Arlington Baths 21 March – 26 February, 2026
• Review Martin O’Connor with SCO at Celtic Connections – Pauline Keightley – 26 February, 2026
• Julie Fowlis with Scottish Chamber Orchestra at Celtic Connections – review and photography Pauline Keightley – 26 February, 2026
• Review: Everybody To Kelburne Street, Glasgow Film Festival 2026 – 25 Fbruary, 2026
• Lola, Arlington Baths Club, screening Saturday 28 February 6 p.m. – 24 February, 2026
• Free and Low Cost Activities at Glasgow Film Festival – 24 Februay, 2026
• Pam Hogg: Style, Defiance and the Art of Being Scene 28 March Paisley Art Festival hosted by Irvine Welsh – 24 February, 2026
• Broken English, documentary on Marianne Faithfull at Glasgow Film Festival 26 and 27 February at GFT – 24 February, 2026
• Tell It Slant at Locaore, South Side, Friday 27 February – 23 February, 2026
• The Mackintosh House Tours, The Hunterian, various dates – 23 February, 2026
• Knockan, a novel in verse by Jim Carruth at Waterstones SauchiehallStreet, Thursday 6 March 7pm. – 23 February, 2024
• An Evening with Jim Carruth, Waterstones Sauchiehall Street, Knockan, a novel in verse, Thursday 26 February 7 p.m.– 23 February, 2026
• The Arlington Baths Club, The Alhambra and Islamic 19thc Design – Talk Dr Ailsa Boyd Friday 13 March 7 p.m. – 22 February, 2026
• The World of Ceilidh at Govan Mucis Festival 2026 22 March – 22 February, 2026
• Solving Scotland’s Housing Crisis Tuesday 24 February 6 p.m. University of Glasgow Urban Bites – 21 February, 2026
• Transatlantic Sessions, Celtic Connections 2026, Review and Photos Pauline Keightley -21 February, 2026
• Take 2: Pets on Trains at GFT Saturday 21 February 11.30 a.m. – 20 February, 2026
• Glasgow Film Festival – filmmaking talent attending – 20 February, 2026
• Arlington Baths Club, Lola – Film Night 28 February – 19 February 2026
• Telling Stories with Allison Galbraith at The Mitchell 24 March 2 .30 p.m. – 19 February, 2026
• Spiders on Mars, Tribute to David Bowie 11 March Cottiers – 19 February, 2026
• Caroline Lucas in Conversation at Cottiers 11 March 7 p.m. – 18 February, 2026
• The Running Man Plus Q & A with Edgar Wright,  Wed 11 March -17 February, 2026
• Bob Law: Walks and Photography: Springtime in Edinburgh– 17 February, 2026
• Fiona Alderman:Prix de Lausanne  – 17 February, 2026
• Autumn Voices Online Reading by Anna Levin 6 March plus online creative writing workshops in March – 17 February, 2026
• The Nook, SAMH Glasgow, Conversation Cafe for Neurodivergent Adults – free, various dates – 15 February, 2026
• Glimmers For A Time Like This, Exhibition Wednesday 25 February 3 – 6 p.m. Partick Trinity Church – 14 February, 2026
• Cafe D’Jaconelli Family Afternoon – Ice Cream and Crafts Wednesday 18 February. Maryhill Burgh Halls – 13 February, 2026
• Mary Irvine: Blogging about Book Reviews and AI – 13 February, 2026
• Little Amelie at GFT, 13th, 15th 17, 18 February – 12 February, 2026
• Glasgow Comic Fair 28 February – 11 February, 2026
• Gray Day at OranMor 2026, Wednesday 25 February -11 February, 2026
• Mugdock Market Saturday 21 February – 10 February, 2026
• Beyond The Tradition at Celtic Connections review and photography by Pauline Keightley – 9 February, 2026
• Romantic Brass Concert, Glasgow 14 February – 9 February, 2026
• Romance of Sea and Sky Thursday 12 February Glasgow Barons Govan and Linthouse Parish Church – 8 February, 2026
• Rachelle Atalla Creative Writiung Workshop Hillhead Library 26 February -7 February, 2026
• Update:What’s On The Cinema in Glasgow – 6 February, 2026
• Take 2: Ice Princess at GFT Saturday 7 February 11.30 a.m. – 6 February 2026
• The Secret Agent Preview Saturday 7 February 5 p.m. at GFT -6 February, 2026
• Tết – Vietnamese Celebration of Lunar New Year 22 February GAMH Community. Hub – 6 February, 2026
• Carlton Jug Band, Album and CD Launch, Friday 6 February 8.30 p.m. – 4 February, 2026
• Glasgow Coat of Arms – Closing Gathering, Thursday 5 February 2 p.m. – 3 February, 2026
• Adrian Wiszniewski in conversation with John Mackechnie at Glasgow Print Studio 14 – 26 February -3 February, 2026
• Cafe Jaconelli, A Scottish Italian Success Story – Exhibition at Maryhill Burgh Halls. Opens 6 February – 3 February, 2026
• True and Bold Concert, Celtic Connections – Tribute to Dick Gaughan review and photos by Pauline Keightley – 1 February, 2026
• Helen Rose’s Outdoor Diary. Walking in Glasgow: Drumchapel Way – 1 February, 2026
• Too Sharp To Be Nice – Paul Riley at Cottiers, 28 February – 31 January, 2026
• A Giant on the Bridge at Cottiers, 25 February – 31 January, 2026
• What’s on in Glasgow Cinema Updated -including films for Valentine’s. – 30 January, 2026
• Take 2: The Mighty Ducks Saturday 31 January 11.30 a.m. GFT – 30 January, 2026
• Glasgow Film Festival 2026 industry Focus 2-6 March – programme announced – 28 January, 2026
• Scrievan and Scran, Tidelines Book Festival 31 January – 28 January, 2026
• Glasgow Film Festival 2026 – Marilyn Monroe – celebrating 100 years since her birth – 26 January, 2026
• Alasdair Gray Archive Free Tours January 2026 – 26 January, 2026
• Hidden Histories Tours at The Hunterian – 26 January, 2026
• Celtic Connections Final Week Until 1 February – 25 January, 2026
• Lily Dunn Creative Conversations Monday 26 January, University of Glasgow Campus Bookshop 1 p.m. – 25 January, 2026
• Celtic Connections: Junior Brother at Cottiers, 29 January – 24 January, 2026
• Take 2: Gabby’s Dollhouse at GFT 4 January 11.30 a.m. – 23 January 2026
• Damian Barr, 20 February, Beacon Book Festival, Greenock – 22 January, 2026
• Platform Spring Big Band Tea Dances with Jon Ritchie and the Swing Sensation, The Bridge, Glasgow  1 and 2 April – 22 January, 2026
• Glasgow Film Festival 2026 – programme announced – 21 January, 2026
• The Bad Actors, the Clutha Bar, Saturday 24 January – 19 January, 2026
• Kim Richey and Carla J. Easton at Cottiers, 25 January – 19 January, 06
• Dylan LeBlanc and Adam Thom at Cottiers 23 January – 18 January, 2026
• I Swear – screening and discussion, CinemARC, University of Glasgow 22 January – 17 January, 2026
• A Pan***ic Play, Emergence Festival, Art School 21 and 22 January – 17 January 2026
• Frightfest 202 Programme Announced – 16 January, 2026
• Take 2: Hugo at GFT, Saturday 17 January 11.30 a.m. – 16 January, 2026
• Celtic Connections: This Journey of Mine, Carol Laula – Citizens Theatre, 29 January – 16 January, 2026
• Autumn Voices: Online Reading by Sukhema Butler 3 February 7.00 p.m. – 16 January, 2026
• Celtic Connections:Black Rose Ceilidh Band, Old Fruitmarket 16 January – 16 January, 2026
• Celtic Connections, Landless and Natalie Wildgoose, Drygate Brewery Sat 17 January 7.30 p.m. – 15 January, 2026
• Matt McGinn Remembrance Hootenanny, Sat 17 January, The Olde Burnt Barnes, London Road – 15 January, 2026
• Fiona Alderman: A Cold Snap in Salignac – 14 January, 2026
• Prof Nicol Keith, ARC Conversations:Failure Collaboration and the Culture ofResearch   – 11 February, 2026 – 13 January, 2026
• Celtic Connections 2026 Opening Night – World Connections 15 January, Royal Concert Hall – 13 January, 2026
• Grant-Lee Phillips at Cottiers 16 January – 12 January, 2026
• Partick Youh Theatre, Tuesdays 20 January – 31 March – 12 January, 3026
• Bob Law; Dunure to Heads of Ayr, Coastal Walk – 12 January, 2026
• Express Yourself at Locavore Friday 30 January – 12 January, 2026
• Book Launch The Cut Up, Louise Welsh in conversations with Chris Brookmyre, 29 January Waterstones Sauchiehall Street – 11 January, 2026
• /Fiction Burns Supper at Slay, 31 January – 10 January, 2026
• Take 2: Spy Kids at GFT Saturday 10 January 11.30 a,m. – 8 January, 2026
• Hamnet at GFT 9 – 29 January – 8 January, 2026
• I Swear – screening at The Pyramid, Glasgow, Saturday 10 January – 8 January, 2026
• Excellent Condition Lodge for sale – 8 January, 2027
• Everybody To Kenmure Street by Felipe Bustos Sierra, Opening Gala Glasgow Film Festival 2026, 25 February  – 7 January 2026
• Resisting Militarism Discussion Inclinations Film Club, CCA 10 January – 6 January, 2026
• Celebrate Fiesta de Tres Reyes at Zique Hyndlan and lauch of meet up group for Spanish speakers and learners  Tuesday 6 January 6 p.m.  – 6 January, 2026
• Take 2: Back to the Future, Saturday 3 January– 2 January, 2026
• Helen Rose’s Outdoor Diary; Busby to Eaglesham– 1 January, 2026
• Preview Hamnet plus discussion with Reclaim the Frame, 7 January at GFT – 30 December, 2025
• Hugar’s Day at GFT 2 – 12 January – 30 December, 2025
• Hogmanay at Cameron’s St George’s Road, G3 – 30 December, 2025
• Hogmanay Ceilidh at the Ferry, 21 December – 29 December, 2025
• Hogmanay at Cottiers 2025 – 29 December, 2025
• The Voice of Hind Rajab, GFT – 28 December, 2025
• Cinemasters at GFT Jean Luc Goddard – 27 December, 2025
• Rachelle Atalla, Creative Conversations, University of Glasgow 20 January 1 p.m. – 21 December, 2025
• Take 2: The Nightmare Before Christmas at GFT Saturday 20 December 11.30 a.m.– 18 December, 22025
• Soul Jazz Sunday Xmas Party, Sunday 27 December, West of Scotland Christmas Club 5 p.m. – 11 p.m. – 17 December, 2025