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Celebrating Scotland’s greatest city in words and pictures, and our 10th anniversary in 2026. 🌍 linktr.ee/GlasgowWestEndToday

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Duille @duille.com · 28/09/2026
"Queens Dock, Glasgow". L. S. Lowry. 1947. Quick buy A3 print: go.duille.com/lowryQueensDockA3 Quick buy A4 print: go.duille.com/lowryQueensDockA4
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Glasgow West End Today @glasgowwestend.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The world’s cone mad. #glasgow
Multiple cones adorn the Duke of Wellington statue on Queens Street in Glasgow, Sunday 13 September 2026.
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Brian Gallagher @bgallaghercoll.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Yes, I did see a Kingfisher today, two actually, thanks for asking. Here's a picture of one of them. On the River Kelvin in Glasgow near the Botanic Gardens. #birds
Kingfisher on a branch, beside some Himalayan Balsam flower
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Glasgow West End Today @glasgowwestend.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The Glasgow Barons are leading a major new project to uncover and champion Scotland’s next generation of African music talent - with the artists set to take centre stage at Govan Music Festival next year. #AfricanMusic #Scotland #AfroScots #Glasgow www.glasgowwestendtoday.scot/music/glasgo...
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Glasgow Barons launch search for next African music stars
Scotland-wide search open to emerging African singers and singers of African descent who are Scottish residents
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Glasgow West End Today @glasgowwestend.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Rooftops. #glasgow #uofg
Rooftop view of the West End, looking west from the roof terrace of the James McCune Smith Building at the University of Glasgow.
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Under the Rug CIC @undertherug.co.uk · 27/08/2026
Hello Bluesky! We're Under the Rug CIC, Glasgow's Creative Hub & Magazine, by and for Grassroots & Emerging Creatives. After 4 years as Under the Rug Theatre, we've been re-building to bring stability & opportunity to Glasgow. Find out more at our upcoming (re)Launch event on September 19th:
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Under the Rug (re)Launch
Celebrate the launch of Under the Rug CIC & the Rug magazine! Live DJ, singer, drag performances, mag readings, bingo & a raffle. 7-11pm. Grab tickets now!
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Stephen Macintyre @allezsteve.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Beware alligators lurking in the canal 🐊👀😲 #glasgow #forthandclydecanal @glasgowwestend.bsky.social @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social
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Glasgow West End Today @glasgowwestend.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Hoolie in the Hydro will honour Local Hero composer Mark Knopfler when it returns to the OVO Hydro on Saturday 12 December 2026. #livemusic #Glasgow www.glasgowwestendtoday.scot/music/mark-k...
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Mark Knopfler celebrated at this year's Hoolie in the Hydro
Scotland’s biggest night of traditional music will pay homage to iconic film Local Hero
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Glasgow West End Today @glasgowwestend.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Acclaimed poet Len Pennie and BAFTA-winning composer Paul Leonard-Morgan visit Glasgow’s West End this summer to celebrate the release of their new album, Delusions. #arts #livemusic #Glasgow #Delusions www.glasgowwestendtoday.scot/music/paul-l...
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Paul Leonard-Morgan and Len Pennie at Cottiers
Leonard-Morgan and Pennie to launch new record
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OVO Hydro @ovohydro.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
ANNOUNCED 📣 As America marks 250 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence, President Barack Obama joins us in Glasgow at the OVO Hydro to discuss what comes next - for America, and for all of us. More info ➡️ bit.ly/3RCDSj8
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University of Glasgow @glasgow.ac.uk · 10/07/2026
Last chance to get your ticket for this special event on Monday!
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Glasgow West End Today @glasgowwestend.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
A folk group that has worked with everyone from pop singer David Essex to avant-garde composer John Cage appears at the WestFest festival on Sunday. @rabjourno.bsky.social www.glasgowwestendtoday.scot/music/whistl...
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Whistlebinkies set to play WestFest
Group is one of the longest-established on Scottish folk scene
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Picture This Scotland @74frankfurt.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Mural in Govan to commemorate local philanthropist Lady Isabella Elder, who donated thousands towards the community in the 19th century. Pic: FB/Rogue one arts.
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Glasgow West End Today @glasgowwestend.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Nice light. #wednesday
Ornamental bridge lights in Kelvinside, Glasgow, against an evening sky with high wind dotted clouds and dappled light.
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University of Glasgow, Innovation & Economic Development @uofgied.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
🎉 Applications are now open for the third wave of the University of Glasgow’s GRID Civic Grant Fund! With £50,000 available, local organisations across can apply for grants of up to £5,000 (or smaller awards up to £850) to support impactful community projects. See our Linktree in bio for more.
Composite image of group photograph showing participants and volunteers with the Invisible Cities social organisation that works in the Glasgow area, alongside text promoting the GRID Civic Grant Fund and logos for the Glasgow Riverside Innovation District and the University of Glasgow.
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University of Glasgow @glasgow.ac.uk · 01/06/2026
Congratulations to our #TinyTeamUofG graduates, who celebrated their graduation from the University’s nursery today! We are incredibly proud of you all and wish you the very best as you begin your primary school journey.
UofG nursery students wearing graduation cap and gowns sitting on the steps of the University Glasgow campus. Rachel Sandison sat in the back middle smiling at the children.
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Stephen Macintyre @allezsteve.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Wild flowers (or maybe just wild weeds?) on Great Western Road Glasgow @glasgowwestend.bsky.social #glasgow #westendwalk
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Glasgow West End Today @glasgowwestend.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
In the foothills. #Broomhill #Kelvindale #Glasgow
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Glasgow West End Today @glasgowwestend.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Did you catch tonight’s sunset?
Reflection of the sunset and a man walking by the pond in Victoria Park, Glasgow. Sunset reflected in a park lake at Victoria Park against the shadow of railings and trees. The silhouetted figure of a woman walking by the lake at Victoria Park in Glasgow as it reflects the sunset.
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Glasgow West End Today @glasgowwestend.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
WOMAD Glasgow has unveiled its full programme - with digital visualisations released by Glasgow Life of how the festival site at Kelvingrove Park will look this summer. #WorldMusic #LiveMusic #Glasgow www.glasgowwestendtoday.scot/arts/womad-g...
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WOMAD Glasgow set to transform Kelvingrove Park
First time internationally-acclaimed event staged in Scotland
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Glasgow West End Today @glasgowwestend.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Glasgow’s biggest community-led cultural festival has announced its full programme for 2026, with around 300 events taking place across 60+ West End venues this June. #Glasgow #Scotland #community #supportlocalarts www.glasgowwestendtoday.scot/news/westfes...
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WestFest announces full programme for 2026 festival
Festival brochure and website launch with mini tour this Saturday
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Counterflows Festival @counterflows.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
This Sunday our Small Publishers Fair returns to Civic House. Come join us 12-5pm and check out the wares of some of our favourite small publishers. MILK will be serving up some delicious food, and DJs Han and Sadsugar will be on the decks. Free entry all day long <3 Pic by Brian Hartley.
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Neil Cooper @neilcooper.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
My @heraldscotland.bsky.social review of I, Daniel Blake, Dave Johns’s stage adaptation of Ken Loach and Paul Laverty’s 2016 film, as damningly relevant now as it ever was. www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2... Citizens Theatre, Glasgow until April 11. citz.co.uk/whats-on/i-d...
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Glasgow West End Today @glasgowwestend.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
“My aim would be to make music that anyone can enjoy, with no prior knowledge needed.” Words by @rabjourno.bsky.social #Glasgow #LiveMusic www.glasgowwestendtoday.scot/music/jazz-b...
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Jazz bassist David Bowden launches solo album
Unsung Songs lauded by influential online jazz platform One Jazz
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Mary Williams @PlantTeaching @plantteaching.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Happy Easter from snowy Glasgow 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Baby octopus @mancalled.horse · 05/04/2026
Lovely Easter weather in Glasgow
Seen from above, large wet falling snowflakes are contrasted against dark tarmac on a road and pavement. A person in dark clothes is partially obscured by the black umbrella they're carrying, upon which snowflakes are striking settling. Green garden plants and blue hyacinth flowers run along the bottom of the frame
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Yung Scorch @yungscorch.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Maybe find some shelter mate
A wee fox standing in the snow in a garden in Glasgow
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Michael Harker @michaelharker.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
5th of April, and Spring has finally arrived in Glasgow. 🧐
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Lost Glasgow @lostglasgow.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Little and large... The Titan crane at Fairfield's Govan yard stands sentinel over Elder Park in this 1930s postcard. The crane, the largest on the Clyde, was built in 1911 by Sir William Arrol & Co, and could lift 280 tons. It was demolished in 2007.
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Glasgow West End Today @glasgowwestend.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
One of the Scottish jazz scene’s most travelled groups releases its sixth album later this month. Read Rob Adam's @rabjourno.bsky.social preview. #music #scottishjazz www.glasgowwestendtoday.scot/music/brian-...
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Brian Molley Quartet release new album
Tùs/Origin is its sixth album and is out later this month
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Stephen Macintyre @allezsteve.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Great news! #cyclocross #glasgow 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Glasgow West End Today @glasgowwestend.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Yardworks Festival will return to SWG3 on Saturday 2 May and Sunday 3 May 2026, marking its 10th anniversary with its most ambitious edition to date. #Glasgow #supportlocalvenues #LiveEvents www.glasgowwestendtoday.scot/news/yardwor...
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Yardworks Festival announces 10th anniversary edition
Scotland’s leading festival of graffiti and urban art expands
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Adie ⚒️ @r2dtoots.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
#Glasgow #Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Post from @alanferrier
Sign at Glasgow's Buchanan St. Bus Station:
WARNING Glaswegians will happily give you directions when asked, regardless of whether or not they know how to get to where you want to go.
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Andrew Yool @dryool.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Oceanographers Assemble! Looking forward to seeing lots of colleagues, near and far, over Monday to Friday's talks, posters and coffees at @agu.org's #OSM26 in #Glasgow. 🌊 #OceanographersAssemble #ScottishEventCampus #AmericanGeophysicalUnion
AI image created for OSM26 using ChatGPT. 

Prompt: "Create a cartoon image from the following description. The view is from above looking down onto the city of Glasgow, with depictions of a few local landmarks. Surrounding the stylised depiction of the city, tidal waves are converging from all directions. Riding these waves are a diverse array of oceanographic scientists on surf boards all heading towards Glasgow. The scientists have poster tubes on their backs. The hashtag "#OSM26" is displayed in the bottom right corner of the image."

For visitors with vision issues, the final image makes a pretty good fist of the prompt. 

Admittedly, probably having been trained on a whole load of art whose artists weren't consulted for permission and who were entirely uncompensated.
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Glasgow West End Today @glasgowwestend.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Govan Music Festival has unveiled its 2026 programme, with nods to Govan’s shipbuilding heritage and celebrations of Glasgow’s modern-day multiculturalism. #LiveMusic #SupportLocalFestivals #Scotland www.glasgowwestendtoday.scot/music/govan-...
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Govan Music Festival unveils 2026 programme
Event returns for its fifth year from Sunday 22 – Saturday 28 March
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Hamiltonhill Claypits LNR @claypitslnr.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
🌍Climate Fresk workshop 🌍 Join us this 🗓️Friday 20th February 🕙10am to 1pm ☕️Tea, coffee,snacks 📍The Courtyard, 2 Westercommon Drive,G225PG Climate Fresk at Claypits Friday 20th February www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/climate-fr...
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Climate Fresk at Claypits Friday 20th February
Join a Climate Fresk workshop with the Hamiltonhill Claypits Local Nature Reserve
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The Glasgow Bell @glasgowbell.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
🔔 Oh, and did we mention we’re hiring a new staff reporter? 👀 millmediaco.uk/2026/02/15/w...
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Glasgow West End Today @glasgowwestend.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Newly-installed defibrillator. 📍University Avenue, Glasgow #justincase
Defibrillator Close of defibrillator
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Lost Glasgow @lostglasgow.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Hiroshi Suzuki, the Japanese ambassador to the UK, is in Glasgow, and took time out to take his Paddington Bear to meet our Hyndland Paddington, who has been keeping watch over the West End for 45 years.
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The Glasgow Bell @glasgowbell.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
🚨 BREAKING: The CCA is "No longer able to continue operating and is entering liquidation." Tomorrow we're publishing the inside story of how it all went wrong for the arts organisation - read our first report and sign up below 👇 www.glasgowbell.co.uk/cca-liquidat...
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The CCA goes bust, entering liquidation
All staff are being made redundant and operations are ceasing with “immediate effect”
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Glasgow West End Today @glasgowwestend.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
A critically-acclaimed show about prison homecoming that mixes theatre and music gig performance is coming to Cottiers Theatre next month. #AGiantOnTheBridge #Glasgow #supportlocalarts www.glasgowwestendtoday.scot/arts/a-giant...
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A Giant on the Bridge at Cottiers Theatre
Five leading contemporary musicians bring original songs to a Scottish audience
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Glasgow West End Today @glasgowwestend.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
A critically-acclaimed show about prison homecoming that mixes theatre and music gig performance is coming to Cottiers Theatre next month. #AGiantOnTheBridge #Glasgow #supportlocalarts www.glasgowwestendtoday.scot/arts/a-giant...
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A Giant on the Bridge at Cottiers Theatre
Five leading contemporary musicians bring original songs to a Scottish audience
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Glasgow West End Today @glasgowwestend.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
WestFest officially opens for submissions from artists, venues and groups looking to participate in this year’s programme, with a deadline of 5pm on March 28. #Glasgow #CommunityFestival #supportlocalarts www.glasgowwestendtoday.scot/arts/westfes...
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WestFest 2026 open call
Organisers anticipate 200 events across 60+ West End venues
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Sam @sneakergeek1888.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Aurora in first pic everywhere in Scotland second pic #Glasgow 😂😎✌️
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Clydeside Wild (Dean) @clydesidewild.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Thursday 15th Jan This Kingfisher (1 of 3 seen) along the F&C Canal at Knightswood stayed still long enough for me to get this shot...and thankfully it was in a sunny spot. #birds #clydebirding
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Glasgow West End Today @glasgowwestend.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Let the party begin! 18 days of music, culture and celebration are under way across the city 🎶 #CelticConnections2026 #Glasgow www.glasgowwestendtoday.scot/music/celtic...
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Celtic Connections 2026 strikes up
With 300 events across 25 venues, featuring over 1,200 performers from around the world
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Brian Gallagher @bgallaghercoll.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
An Otter going about its business (swimming, diving, eating fish) on the River Clyde, east of Glasgow Green. If you watch to the end you'll get some other bonus fishing-beasts from the Clyde.
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TnmntTiles @tnmnttiles.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
#Glasgow #WallyClose #Tenement #Tile #Tiles #Traditional #Staircase #Entrance #ceramics #Architecture #Archive #Heritage #HiddenScotland #UrbanEx #Design #vintage #NaturalLight #TileStyle #Window #Scottish #Scotland #Photography #Photo #StainedGlass Bluesky post: 11/01/26
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Stephen Macintyre @allezsteve.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Another lovely glasgow sunset 🌇 #glasgow #citylights @glasgowwestend.bsky.social
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Clydeside Wild (Dean) @clydesidewild.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Thursday 1st Jan It's always a joy to happen upon your first Scarlet/Ruby Elf Cups of the winter (F&C Canal, Maryhill) #fungifriends
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