Event listings

Making Music Your Career 22-23 SERIES

16 Jan

Date: Monday 16 January 2023 - Monday 24 April 2023
Time: 16:30 - 18:00
Categories: Social events
Venue: Queen Margaret Union Bar or Cafe (listed on individual event)
Speaker: Professional Music Industry

Making Music Your Career aims to showcase the myriad career paths in music on offer within Scotland and beyond. Sessions involve talks, panels, interviews and workshops with professional industry experts.

Monday Performance Platform

27 Mar

Date: Monday 27 March 2023
Time: 12:45 - 13:15
Categories: Social events
Venue: University Concert Hall

Student-produced 30-minute mini-concert series. Open to anyone to sign up to perform, and anyone including the public to come and watch!

Ken Loach in Conversation with David Archibald

30 Mar

Date: Thursday 30 March 2023
Time: 18:00 - 21:00
Categories: Social events
Venue: The Revelator: Barclay Curle Building. 739 South Street, Glasgow G14 0BX
Speaker: Ken Loach

Join us at the Revelator (or via Zoom), where Senior Lecturer in Film & Television Studies David Archibald will meet with legendary film director Ken Loach (who will be joining via Zoom) to discuss Archibald's new book, Tracking Loach: Politics | Practices | Production.

Friday Focus - Contemporary Art Acquisitions

31 Mar

Date: Friday 31 March 2023
Time: 13:00 - 13:30
Categories: Social events
Venue: Zoom
Speaker: Contemporary Art Curator Dominic Paterson

Join contemporary art curator Dominic Paterson to find out more about our latest acquisitions

Treeline

03 Apr

Date: Monday 03 April 2023 - Friday 14 April 2023
Time: 09:00 - 17:30
Categories: Social events
Venue: Advanced Research Centre (The ARC)

From the celebrated artist Ruth Maclennan, this collectively made film is compiled from hundreds of hours of footage of forests submitted by people across the world.

Monday Performance Platform

03 Apr

Date: Monday 03 April 2023
Time: 12:45 - 13:15
Categories: Social events
Venue: University Concert Hall

Student-produced 30-minute mini-concert series. Open to anyone to sign up to perform, and anyone including the public to come and watch!

Spring into The Wild Escape, Hunterian Zoology Family days

04 Apr

Date: Tuesday 04 April 2023 - Thursday 06 April 2023
Time: 11:00 - 15:00
Categories: Social events
Venue: The Hunterian Zoology museum - Graham Kerr Building

Lots of us love animals, but do you know which are at risk of extinction? Why not bring your little explorers down to 'The Wild Escape' at the Hunterian Zoology Museum this spring break, where you can explore our animals, enjoy arts and crafts, and follow the endangered animals children's trail.

Rethink: Cityscapes | Urban Regeneration Workshop

04 Apr

Date: Tuesday 04 April 2023
Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Categories: Social events
Venue: Advanced Research Centre

All aboard this climate café - we will be virtually visiting abandoned and disused spaces.

The Mushroom at the End of the World: Book Group

04 Apr

Date: Tuesday 04 April 2023
Time: 1800 - 1930
Categories: Social events
Venue: Advanced Research Centre (The ARC)
Speaker: Dr Maria Sledmere

What can a rare mushroom teach us about sustaining life on a fragile planet?

Sing into Spring

05 Apr

Date: Wednesday 05 April 2023
Time: 18:00 - 19:00
Categories: Social events
Venue: Advanced Research Centre (The ARC)
Speaker: Eva Moreda Rodríguez

How did medieval songs represent the coming of Spring? Join Eva Moreda Rodríguez to learn more, and to sing a few songs yourself!

Indie8 the Glasgow Edition - Climate Café at the Spring Fling!

06 Apr

Date: Thursday 06 April 2023
Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Categories: Social events
Venue: Advanced Research Centre
Speaker: Rosemary Ishorari

Come and discuss the climate at the Spring Fling!

WALL•E: film night with VR and robotics demos

06 Apr

Date: Thursday 06 April 2023
Time: 18:00 - 20:30
Categories: Social events
Venue: Advanced Research Centre (The ARC)

A special screening of Pixar’s WALL•E to kick start the Spring Fling! weekend, alongside VR and robotics demonstrations from the ARC’s research teams.

Urban Foraging at the Spring Fling

07 Apr

Date: Friday 07 April 2023
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Categories: Social events
Venue: Advanced Research Centre

Join us for an urban forage to discover the wild food and medicine that's growing on your doorstep.

Active Easter Circuits

07 Apr

Date: Friday 07 April 2023
Time: 12:00 - 12:45
Categories: Social events
Venue: Advanced Research Centre (The ARC)

Come along to learn some new exercises, get a good sweat on, and earn some sweet Easter treats. Part of the Spring Fling! programme at the ARC.

The Walkbook: Recipes for Walking & Wellbeing

07 Apr

Date: Friday 07 April 2023
Time: 14:30 - 16:00
Categories: Social events
Venue: Advanced Research Centre (The ARC)

Join Dee Heddon, Professor of Theatre Studies, on a Walkshop to explore The Walkbook: Recipes for Walking & Wellbeing.

Green Games Night at the Spring Fling!

07 Apr

Date: Friday 07 April 2023
Time: 18:30 - 21:00
Categories: Social events
Venue: Advanced Research Centre (The ARC)

Drop into a Games Night with a difference as we explore the connection between our modern gaming culture and issues of sustainability - all as we play!

Family Day at the Spring Fling

08 Apr

Date: Saturday 08 April 2023
Time: 11:00 - 14:30
Categories: Social events
Venue: Advanced Research Centre

Join us for our Family Day at the Spring Fling!

Grizzly Ben with Alan Dapré (Morning Session)

08 Apr

Date: Saturday 08 April 2023
Time: 11:15 - 12:00
Categories: Social events
Venue: Advanced Research Centre (The ARC)
Speaker: Alan Dapré

A gorgeously quirky tale of a grumpy and grizzly little boy that will capture your heart. Expect lots of props, wordplay, laughter and fun - perfect for your grizzly little bears!

Grizzly Ben with Alan Dapré (Afternoon Session)

08 Apr

Date: Saturday 08 April 2023
Time: 13:45 - 14:30
Categories: Social events
Venue: Advanced Research Centre (The ARC)
Speaker: Alan Dapré

A gorgeously quirky tale of a grumpy and grizzly little boy that will capture your heart. Expect lots of props, wordplay, laughter and fun - perfect for your grizzly little bears!

Spring into The Wild Escape, Hunterian Zoology Family days

11 Apr

Date: Tuesday 11 April 2023 - Thursday 13 April 2023
Time: 11:00 - 15:00
Categories: Social events
Venue: The Hunterian Zoology museum - Graham Kerr Building

Lots of us love animals, but do you know which are at risk of extinction? Why not bring your little explorers down to 'The Wild Escape' at the Hunterian Zoology Museum this spring break, where you can explore our animals, enjoy arts and crafts and follow the endangered animals children's trail.

Thus Spoke the Plant: Book Group

11 Apr

Date: Tuesday 11 April 2023
Time: 1730 - 1900
Categories: Social events
Venue: Advanced Research Centre (The ARC)
Speaker: Dr Maria Sledmere

This compelling story of a scientist's discovery of plant communication reveals how we "have been misunderstanding plants, and ourselves, for all of history.”

The Walkbook: Recipes for Walking & Wellbeing

12 Apr

Date: Wednesday 12 April 2023
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Categories: Social events
Venue: Advanced Research Centre (The ARC)

Join Dee Heddon, Professor of Theatre Studies, on a Walkshop to explore The Walkbook: Recipes for Walking & Wellbeing.

Clearing the Loop - Climate Café at the Spring Fling

13 Apr

Date: Thursday 13 April 2023
Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Categories: Social events
Venue: Advanced Research Centre
Speaker: Lynn Wilson and Katherine Duffy

Come and discuss the climate at the Spring Fling!

Active Easter Circuits

14 Apr

Date: Friday 14 April 2023
Time: 12:00 - 12:45
Categories: Social events
Venue: Advanced Research Centre (The ARC)

Come along to learn some new exercises, get a good sweat on, and earn some sweet Easter treats. Part of the Spring Fling! programme at the ARC.

Jazz Night with UofG Big Band / Jazz Soc

20 Apr

Date: Thursday 20 April 2023
Time: 19:00 - 21:30
Categories: Social events
Venue: Glasgow University Union 32 University Avenue Glasgow G12 8LX

A Night of Jazz Music at the GUU hosted by GU Big Band and Jazz Soc, with free drink on arrival. Tickets £15, £10 Students. Pay on the Door!

The Hunterian Art Gallery Reframed - All Staff Event

27 Apr

Date: Thursday 27 April 2023
Time: 17:30 - 19:30
Categories: Social events
Venue: Hunterian Art Gallery

All University of Glasgow staff are invited to this after hours event in the Hunterian Art Gallery to see our new redisplay, presenting over 200 artworks spanning seven centuries in our revamped gallery. Admission free and all staff and their families welcome.

Year 3+4 Performance Recitals [DAY 3]

04 May

Date: Thursday 04 May 2023
Time: 10:00 - 17:00
Categories: Social events
Venue: University Concert Hall

University of Glasgow Public Examination Music Recitals: Year 3 + 4 Music Students and guests

Year 3+4 Performance Recitals [DAY 4]

05 May

Date: Friday 05 May 2023
Time: 10:00 - 17:00
Categories: Social events
Venue: University Concert Hall

University of Glasgow Public Examination Music Recitals: Year 3 + 4 Music Students and guests

Celebrity Organ Recital: Paul Hale

19 May

Date: Friday 19 May 2023
Time: 18:00 - 19:30
Categories: Social events
Venue: University Memorial Chapel

Powerhouse organist Paul Hale presents this semesters Celebrity Organ Recital. Paul’s exceptional career spans many decades, and he has been awarded an Honorary FGCM and an Honorary FRCSM for “distinguished services to Church Music”.

GLE4M x Dear Green Bothy

25 May

Date: Thursday 25 May 2023 - Friday 26 May 2023
Time: 17:00 - 22:00
Categories: Social events
Venue: Queen Margaret Union

GLE4M x The Dear Green Bothy is our 2023 GLEAM Festival of audiovisual and electronic music. The theme is sustainability, resilience, stability, and will see professional and student performances of exceptional works, hosted at our Queen Margaret Union.

THE EPIC PRESENTS: BIG BAND - PARTICIPATE

27 May

Date: Saturday 27 May 2023
Time: 10:00 - 22:00
Categories: Social events
Venue: Queen Margaret Union

The first iteration of an exciting new massed participatory programme - The Epic - presents BIG BAND! Join professional jazz musicians in a scratch Big Band performing massive stonking Big Band tunes on the historic main stage at the QMU.

The Epic Presents: Big Band - Watch

27 May

Date: Saturday 27 May 2023
Time: 19:30 - 20:30
Categories: Social events
Venue: Queen Margaret Union

Come and watch an amazing scratch Big Band made of professional jazz musicians, students and the public in this one-off event of Epic proportions, at the historic music venue Queen Margaret Union.

McEwen Festival

07 Jun

Date: Wednesday 07 June 2023 - Thursday 08 June 2023
Time: 18:00 - 22:00
Categories: Social events
Venue: University Concert Hall

This year, our McEwen commission is bigger than ever, with a whole festival for new music alongside partners Red Note Ensemble!