September 2010
Glasgow Council Chambers by Neil Scott
Glasgow is defined by its grand Victorian heritage, but it is rare to have access inside of them, so Doors Open Day is essential. Favourites include the newly reopened Briggait and the Glasgow Council Chambers (above).
Other highlights include:
- 4 Sep to 6 NovRobert Barry – Words and Music Site specific word-based installation in Glasgow’s most congenial small gallery
- 5 Sep Words Per Minute All female line-up, with Eilidh MacAskill from Eilidh’s Daily Ukulele Ceilidh joins performing writers.
- 10 Sep How to Swim Expansive Glasgow indie band support Slaraffenland.
- 12 Sep The Year of Open DoorsNot to be confused with Doors Open Day, this is a literary event featuring some of the best of young writers working in Scotland today.
- 15 Sep The Doors vs Love Legendary open mic night which pits two classic bands against each other.
- 15-18 Sep The Opium Eater Comedy about Thomas De Quincey and his man servant living above a brothel in Edinburgh.
- 16-25 Sep Arches Live Experimental performance work.
- 18-19 Sep Doors Open Day A celebration of Glasgow’s incredible architecture.
- Ends 18 SepCrossing Alba Artists document their journey rowing through Scotland’s canals.
- 20 Sep Joanna Newsom Sublime melodies and meandering songs from the kooky prodigy.
- 21-22 Sep Walden Dramatization of Henry Thoreau’s account of his ‘experiment in simple living’
- 21-25 Sep Shakespeare: The Man From Stratford Actor Simon Callow and academic Jonathan Bate’s celebration of Shakespeare
- Ends 31 Oct A La Mode Beautiful fashion prints from art deco Paris
August 2010
Edinburgh has the festival and Glasgow has . . . piping. Whilst the Fringe is the place to be, there is plenty of things going on, not least the Fringe showcases at the Glasgow Stand.
Other highlights include:
- 31 Jul to 29 AugRecoat Third Birthday Art, design, and illustration with a distinctively louche urban style.
- 4 Aug The Burns Unit at O2 ABC Glasgow supergroup featuring Emma Pollock, King Creosote, and Future Pilot AKA
- 9-15 Aug Piping Live! For all your piping needs.
- 13 Aug Kino Fist Charlotte plays New Wave, Krautrock and Freak Beat
- 15 Aug Michael Redmond’s Pick of the Fringe Featuring Simon Munnery and John Hegley
- 15 Aug Transmission Joy Division Tribute at the Classic Grande
- 21 Aug – 18 SepCrossing Alba Artists document their journey rowing through Scotland’s canals.
- 22 Aug Skyride Glasgow Grab a bike and see the sites
- 28 Aug Glasgow Harvest A celebration of urban gardening at the Hidden Gardens
July 2010
The Klaxons backstage by Daniel Heaf
With this sunny weather, it doesn’t matter where you go in Glasgow: it’s all glorious. If it does happen to rain, check out New Works New Worlds at the Arches.
Other highlights include:
- 30 June to 3 July New Works New Worlds Experimental, interdisciplinary mix of live performance, music, cinema, visual art and new writing
- 1-3 July Richard DeDomenici: Over Your Head Humorously mobile man of art explores the Arches as part of New Works New Worlds
- 1-31 July Titian’s Diana and Actaeon The Nation’s £50m acquisition does its tour of the provinces at the Kelvingrove Museum.
- 1 July to 4 Sept. Jimmie Durham: Universal Miniature Golf (The Promised Land) Crudely assembled detritus telling stories of lives crushed by golf.
- 3 July Words Per Minute The third WPM features Swimmer One and Alan Bisset.
- 7 July at 7pm Cafe Flicker Regular event at Trongate 103 where aspiring film-makers showcase their work.
- Ends 11 July Christoph Buchel Hugely ambitious air crash/prison installation at Tramway.
- 13 JulyKlaxons Nu rave, Mercury prizewinners back with their sophomore effort, Surfing the Void.
- 14-15 July The Memory of Water New production of Shelagh Stephenson’s Olivier award winning play.
- 1-17 July Lila de Magalhaes & Michael White Collaboration between two Glaswegian artists at hip SWG3
June 2010
West End Festival Belly Dancers by Neil Scott
The West End Festival kicks off on the 13th June with the technicolour Mardi Gras and continues with plenty of bourgeois bohemian classes and events.
Other highlights include:
- 29 May – 5 June One Million Tiny Plays About Britain Series of skits based on a Guardian column
- Ends 5 June Jim Lambie: Metal Urbain It’s metal and it’s colourful. What’s not to like?
- 2-6 June Cirque du Soleil: Saltimbanco Colourful acrobatic extravaganza
- 5-6 June Charles Rennie Mackintosh Birthday Party A celebration of Glasgow’s greatest cultural icon at the Scotland Street School
- 6 June Words Per Minute The second WPM features the graphic novel of Alasdair Gray’s biographer, Rodge Glass
- 12-19 June The Glasgow School Of Art Degree Show 2010 Nervous students display the fruits of their time at the Art School.
- 18-20 June Glam in the City Gok Wan comes along to help buffer women’s self-esteem alongside the final of Miss Scotland.
- 18-27 June Glasgow International Jazz Festival Music and events, including Paul Towndrow’s Newology at Stereo on the 21st.
- 13 June at 3pm Opening Parade The West End Festival kicks off with an unmissable mardi gras parade.
- 20 June Paul McCartney Two thumbs-up for the ex-Beatle.
- 21 June Roy Moller Belle and Sebastian collaborator showcases his tunes.
- 23 June – 10 JulyKing Lear Open air theatre in the Botanical Gardens
- Ends 11 July Christoph Buchel Hugely ambitious air crash/prison installation at Tramway.
