WEST END FESTIVAL
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The Liveliest Night Of The Year
So boasts the West End Festival of its opening night bash, and it looks like they might just be right. Cuban and Latin bands Sonora La Calle, Groove Diggers and Drumatic, plus DJ support, come together to cook up some hot grooves for a night of dance mania. Mexican finger-food to pick at, margaritas and 1&8 flowing freely, a dress competition, plus flights to New York and a weekend in London to be won - what more could a
summer night's reveller want? (MF)
The Liveliest Night Of The Year; Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Sat 12 Jun, 8pm-Iate, £ 17.50 from Ticket/ink, 0141 287 5511.
SUNDAY 20
Street Party Around Byres Road. Noon—6pm. See photo caption.
The Telemann Ensemble The Stakis Grosvenor Hotel. Great Western Road. 339 881 l. Noon. £5.50 (£5). Programme includes music by Bach. Handel. Vivaldi and Telemann.
Brel's Sunday Carnival Brel. Ashton Lane. 3—1 1 pm. Free. Live set from Nimbus. intriguineg described as a mix between Herbie Hancock and Hawkwind. plus other musical contributions from the likes ofAlgorithm. DJ Norse Ned and Kevin from Ground Control. Snowpatrol, Riser and Special Guests Community Central Hall. Maryhill Road. 7.30pm. £5 plus booking fee (from Avalanche, Missing. Fopp. John Smith‘s in Byres Road and Ticketlink 287 551 1). Belle And Sebastian‘s label mates Snowpatrol prove themselves to be one of the most exciting new guitar bands around. They are joined by local band Riser and rumours abound about those very special guests.
Michael Marra and Liz Lochhead - In Flagrant Delicht Cottier Theatre. Hyndland Street. 357 3868. 8pm. £1 1. Double-headed treat in which poet and playwright Lochhead reads her witty prose while Marra. ‘Scotland’s undiscovered Randy Newman‘ it has been said. delivers his humour songs and anecdotes.
MONDAY 21
Piano Recital Cottier Theatre. Hyndland Street. 357 3868. l—2pm. £4 (£3.50). The outstanding young pianist and composer Joseph Long plays a selection including works by Schubert. Alkan and Liszt. Alliance Francaise De Glasgow - Fete De La Musique Botanic Gardens. Queen Margaret Drive. 5pm. Musical entertainment in the French tradition with the musicians performing in the streets and other public places. Open to all music-makers whether professional or . amateur - contact the Alliance Francaise on 0141339 4281.
Michael Marra and Liz Lochhead - In
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Flagrant Delicht Cottier Theatre. Hyndland Street. 357 3868. 8pm. £1 1. See Sun 20.
The Monday Rhymes Brcl. Ashton Lane. 9pm. Viv Gee returns to host another music and comedy extravaganza. With Sandy Nelson. Jim Craig. Calum Beaton and Martin Campbell.
TUESDAY 22
Gaelic Culture Workshops Hillhead Kelvinside Church. Observatory Road. 7—9pm. £3.50 (from John Smith‘s. Byres Road). Learn to play the bodhran. Friends Of Glasgow West Meeting place stated on ticket. 7pm. £5 (from John Smith’s. Byres Road). Walking tour looking at the ‘lndustrial Archaeology on the River Kelvin’.
Love's Labour's Lost Meeting outside Kibble Palace. Botanic Gardens. Queen Margaret Drive. 7.30pm. Free tickets from Hillhead Library. Byres Road. See Thu 17.
Naga Mas: The Golden Dragon Strikes Again! Kibble Palace. Botanic Gardens. 7.30pm. Concert of Javanese court music and contemporary compositions performed by the Glasgow Gamelan Group.
Bruce Morton and Glenn Wool Cottier Theatre. Hyndland Street. 357 3868. 8pm. £8. Back in Partick after a tour of the UK. Morton. the man who ‘reinvented comedy‘ according to The Guardian. is joined by Canadian moose rider Wool (honest).
WEDNESDAY 25
The Bronte Quartet Kibble Palace. Botanic Gardens. Noon—1pm. Second year students at the RSAMD perform a selection of works by Mozart. Handel and Beethoven.
Love's Labour’s Lost Meeting outside Kibble Palace. Botanic Gardens. Queen Margaret Drive. 7.30pm. Free tickets from Hillhead Library. Byres Road. See Thu 17.
Bruce Morton and Glenn Wool Cottier Theatre. Hyndland Street. 357 3868. 8pm. £8. See Tue 22.
! THURSDAY 24
I Don't Have An Accent - You Do! Kelvinside Hillhead Church. Observatory ' Road. 1.10—2pm. See Thu 17.
The Laigh Trto The Stakis Grosvenor
Hotel. Great Western Road. 339 881 l.
f 2.30—4.3(lpm. £5.50 (£5). The trio’s repertoire ranges from Bach to Broadway. while this session aims to recreate the Edwardian ‘Palm Court' era of high teas and music.
Gaelic Culture Workshops Kelvinside Hillhead Church. Observatory Road. 339 2865. 7—9pm. £3.50 (from John Smiths. Byres Road). Learn to play the fiddle. Friends Of Glasgow West Meeting place stated on ticket. 7pm. £5 (from John Smiths. Byres Road). Walking tour ‘All Along The Great Westem Road‘. Writers Anonymous - Visions and Vistas BBC. Main Reception Area. Queen Margaret Drive. 7.15pm. £5 (in advance only. 945 3207). An evening of poetry written or chosen by West End writers.
' offset by music. painting and wine. Opera On A Shoestring Cottier Theatre. Hyndland Street. 357 3868. 7.30pm. £12 (£10). Glasgow‘s award—winning opera company presents ‘A Midsummer Opera Gala‘ — an evening of romantic and light- hearted opera highlights featuring the likes of Mozart. Verdi. Rossini and Gilbert & Sullivan.
Love's Labour's Lost Meeting outside
: Kibble Palace. Botanic Gardens. Queen Margaret Drive. 7.30pm. Free tickets from Hillhead Library. Byres Road. See Thu 17.
Then And Now - What's Changed? The Tryst. Cresswell Street. 339 1588. 7.30pm. Donations welcome. A dramatic presentation about the experience of being poor in Glasgow over two generations. followed by an open discussion.
FRIDAY 25
Survivors' Poetry Scotland Kibble Palace. Botanic Gardens. Queen Margaret Drive. 1—2pm. Donations welcome. Poems among the plants.
Opera On A Shoestring Cottier Theatre, Hyndland Street. 357 3868. 7.30pm. £12 (£10). See Thu 24.
Love's Labour's Lost Meeting outside Kibble Palace. Botanic Gardens. Queen Margaret Drive. 7.30pm. Free tickets from Hillhead Library. Byres Road. See
" Thu 17.
Street Part
The streets aroun
Ben Vaughn Community Central Hall. Maryhill Road. 8pm. £6 (from Fopp. Avalanche. Missing and Ticketlink 287 551 1). American legend Ben Vaughn. playing only his second UK date. is joined by astrid. The Radio Sweethearts and Duglas Stewart (BMX Bandits). Zuba The Tryst. C resswell Street. 339 1588. 9.30pm. £4 (£2). World tnttsic from the Scottish band.
SATURDAY 26
Saxophone And Guitar Recital Wellington Church. University Avenue. 2—3pm. (Donations at the door.) RSAMD graduates Matthew Smith and Anne Chaurand. who have both adopted Scotland as their home (Smith is from New Zealand. C haurand front France) play a programme inclttding exotic composers such as Villa Lobos and Piazzolla as well as Gershwin and 1"aure. Ropka Glasgow - Festival Music The Tryst. Cresswell Street. 7.30pm. £2.50. An eclectic mix of music. song and spoken word from the pipers. didgeridoo players. fiddlers. African drummers. singers and storytellers.
Love's Labour’s Lost Meeting outside Kibble Palace. Botanic Gardens. Queen Margaret Drive. 7.30pm. Free tickets from Hillhead Library. Byres Road. See Thu 17.
Beverley Craven Cottier Theatre. Hyndland Street. 357 3868. 8pm. ()n her first tour in four years. Craven. whose previous albums. Beverley C I‘ul't’ll and Love Scenes were huge sellers. sings from her new album. Mixed Iz'niort'ons.
SUNDAY 27
Friends Of Glasgow West Board coach at Botanic Gardens. Queen Margaret Drive. 2—4.30pm. £10 (from John Smith‘s. Byres Road). Bus tour examining the work of Victorian architect Alexander ‘Greek’ Thomson (whose work will appear in a feature next issue).
Festival Evensong St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral. Great Western Road. 339 6691. 6.30pm. See Sun 13.
Ludus Baroque Cottier Theatre. Hyndland Street. 357 3868. 8pm. £7. Scotland’s acclaimed period chamber orchestra and choir join forces with Trinity Baroque to deliver a candlelit presentation of music by Bach. Handel and Charpentier.
Byres Road come alive for a day when buskers, theatre performers, market stalls and cafes spill out onto the pavements and motor traffic will be banned. Live music will be played on the main stage in the Botanic Gardens plus three smaller stages along Byres Road from noon. Salsa Celtica (on the main stage at 4.45pm) headline the line- up, which includes the best of world, folk, jazz and local pop bands. (MF) West End around Byres Road, noon—6pm, free.