🕺 The Glasgow Culture Wrap: 6 - 12 November 2024
This week's culture news, food & drink updates, festive season activities, creative jobs & funding opportunities.
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🗞 Culture news this week:
📽 Arika will take over Tramway for five days (November 13-17) of film, performance, music, discussion and study groups addressing the “biggest concerns of our age”. Find out more about Episode 11: To End the World As We Know It via Harvey Diamond, The Skinny.
📸 Ah Sugar by Marlene Smith is a new solo exhibition of new photographic and sculptural work at the Reid Gallery running until December 14. - Details via GSA Exhibitions.
🎨 “It Starts Here”, a multidisciplinary group exhibition showcasing the creatives working out of SWG3 and Yardworks, is in the Zinc Bar from November 7-December 20. - Instagram.
🏮 Kelly Macdonald has landed a role in DC’s Lanterns series on HBO. - Paul Trainer, Glasgow World.
🎤 King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut has revealed the line up for the 14th edition of its annual New Year’s Revolution Festival between 2 and 25 January 2025. - Declan McConville, Glasgow World.
📆 Eventfull.calendar has published its curated list of events for November via Instagram.
🕺 Coloursfest will return to Braehead Arena in August 2025. - Skiddle.
💄 H Beauty is set to take over the former Debenhams unit at Silverburn. - Terry Clark, 365 Retail.
🎶 Comedian Zara Gladman has been announced as the next guest DJ at Pull Shapes, an indie disco night at Old Hairdressers. - Tickets.
🎻 Transatlantic Sessions 2025 is celebrating 30 years since the original TV series aired at the Royal Concert Hall (January 31 & February 2). - Calum Banister, Glasgow Times.
🤺 A “combat sabre experience” called Saberwars is open at Kelvinhall. - Sean Murphy, Glasgow Live. Check out The Olive Tree Family’s review video.
🍽 Food & Drink updates:
🍖 A London BBQ festival called Meatopia is coming to SWG3 from June 6-8, 2025. - Calum Loudon, STV.
🍔 Burger favourite Smokey Trotters is taking over the kitchen at Inn Deep from tomorrow (November 7). - Instagram.
🍛 Charcoal’s and Mother India’s Cafe were named finalists for the Asian Curry Awards (“Curry Oscars”). - Claire Lindsay, Glasgow Times.
🍷 Douglas Blyde of The Drinks Business “embarks on a ‘world tour of wine’” at Cail Bruich on a recent trip to Glasgow. Read the full review.
🌾 The new Six by Nico menu is Land of Oz which runs until December 15. - More info.
🍴 Gary Townsend’s Elements in Bearsden has been included in the latest Michelin Guide. - Gillian McPherson, Glasgow Times.
❄ Festive Season activities
↳ Do you have a festive event, fundraiser, market or party happening? I’ll keep this list running through the winter season as a quick guide to what’s on. Send in your events via this form. 🔴
🟢 SPOT Design Market’s Glasgow Winter Market is at Pollokshaws Burgh Hall this weekend (November 9-10). - More info.
🎅 Jingle Bell-a-houston Christmas Market by Too Good To Throw is at Bellahouston Sports Centre on December 15. - Sean Murphy, Glasgow Live.
🕯 The best winter light trails and festive events happening in and around Glasgow this Christmas - Sean Murphy, Glasgow Live.
🐶 Dockyard Social will host a Christmas “Dogyard” event on December 22 with local vendors for owners and their four-legged friends. - Sean Murphy, Glasgow Live.
🎁 Glasgow Fort’s Christmas Market is open November 22- December 29. - Liam Smillie, Glasgow World.
🎄 The annual Vinicombe Street light switch on is on November 24. - Fahad Tariq, Glasgow Live.
🪩 Mini Manoeuvres Christmas Eve Eve family party is on December 23. It’s sold out, but you can sign up to their mailing list to be the first to hear about other parties planned for December.
🎅 BAad (Barras Art and Design) has several festive events happening in the lead-up to Christmas:
↳ December 1: Xmas Jam Pot nineties and noughties Christmas party
↳ December 7: Fern & Ruscus x BAaD - Festive Wreath Masterclass
↳ December 8: Xmas Jam Pot nineties and noughties Christmas party
↳ December 18: BAad Evening Festive Market
↳ December 23: It’s A Wonderful Life film screening
↳ December 23: Love Actually film screening
↳ December 24: Santa’s Grotto
↳ December 24: Elf film screening
↳ December 24: The Grinch film screening
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