Glasgow Orchestral Society

The Glasgow Orchestral Society are an amateur orchestra who perform around 4 concerts a year, with the majority of their programme from the 19th and 20th Century. 

They are performing at Sherbrooke St Gilbert's Nithsdale Road on Saturday 15 December, 7.30pm. Tickets cost £10 and £5 (students and school children)

The music will include:

Bizet, Carmen Suite

Rossini arr, Britten, Soirees Musicales

Offenbach, Overture 'Orpheus in the Underworld'

Rossini arr, Britten, Soirees Musicales

Saint-Saëns, Bacchanale from Samson and Delilah

de Falla, Three Cornered Hat

conductor, Ross Gunning

The group rehearse with a number of different professional conductors and their soloists come from across the UK include the best of rising local talent.

If you would be interested in joining them, (Players should preferably be of Grade 8 standard or have previous extensive orchestral experience) then get in touch via their website, or come along to one of their concerts and see what they are like.

Stellar Sounds

Just heard that there are a series of great events happening at the Science Centre this weekend.

First up are two music events:

Remember Remember and Miaox Miaoux are playing a gig on Saturday the 8 October at 7:45pm
{EDIT - Just found out the Saturday night is sold out :( }

Meursault and Happy Particles are playing a gig on Sunday the 9 October also at 7:45pm.

Once upon a time I organised for the wonderful Eilidh MacAskill to put on a little performance to a packed planetarium crowd as part of her year long project Eilidh's Ukuele Ceilidh and it sound amazing. The planetarium is a great place, its got big comfy laid back seats, its nice and cosy and they put the lights off and let you see the stars drifting by. THe acoustics in the dome are also brilliant so I'm imagining the two gig's will be great.

Tickets are only £6 per person (+ £1 booking fee) Call 0141 420 5000 to book or drop in and speak to one of their sales staff. Doors open at 7.45pm, event starts at 8pm.

WARNING "Due to the starry nature of the gig we are unable to allow latecomers in after 8.00pm (they will be allowed access to the planetarium during the break at approx 8.45pm). "

And if the two gigs were not enough there are also more lectures in "The Insight Series" where experts in Science give talks about interesting aspects of space and astronomy.

The lectures this weekend are:

October 2011

Saturday 8th October - 11am

Supermassive Black Holes: Einstein's Cosmic Monsters

Prof Martin Hendry

Black holes are probably the weirdest things in the Universe: regions of spacetime where gravity is so strong that time appears to stand still and even light itself cannot escape from their clutches. Astronomers believe that a supermassive black hole - many millions of times more massive than a normal star - can be found in the centre of galaxies. Studying them can tell us a great deal about the evolution of the Universe and even about gravity itself. Come along and hear the latest about the cosmic monsters lurking at the heart of every galaxy.

FREE with Science Mall entry- collect your ticket at the sales desk!

Saturday 8th October - 3pm-5pm

Stem Cells: A Vision of the Future

Free Film screening + Q&A film director Amy Hardie and stem cell scientist Dr Clare Blackburn

To reserve a place you must register here: http://vof-glasgow.eventbrite.com/

Bookings for this event cannot be made through Glasgow Science Centre. This event is free but there is no access to Glasgow Science Centre exhibitions.

For more information about the film, visit: http://www.stemcellsvision.co.uk/

Sunday 9th October - 11am

Ask the Astronomer Royal

Prof John Brown

Bring along your questions about ANYthing to do with space, astronomy, the universe. From how do stars work to whether astronomy is worth the money - and Professor John Brown, Astronomer Royal for Scotland, will try to answer them and to encourage participation in the discussion.

FREE with Science Mall entry- collect your ticket at the sales desk!

GLADFEST - 25 September 2011

It's the September weekend so why not spend your Sunday enjoying some quality live music at Gladfest? The lineup is; The ID Parade, The Method One, Tragic O'Hara, Outi Smith, Derek McLean, The BabèDox, Trade, Hanging With Jake, La Roche Rumba DJs and Sneak Show. Host and compère for the night will be Mr Bruce Morton.

Tickets are £8 and will be available on the day at the venue. All proceeds raised from the event will go to the Glad Cafe which will be a café/venue based in the Pollokshields area of Glasgow.

25 September 3pm - midnight

Listen In - Lights Out

The Southside Seeds will be having their fourth Listen In - Lights Out event, this Saturday night at the Go Slow Cafe on Victoria Road. There's a great line up with:

Dean Queasy - are a local band that have been gigging in the Glasgow area since 2008. Drawing from influences as wide as Nick Drake and Lou Reed they mix up genres to create a light hearted take on a serious world.
Peter Nicholson - As a founder member of the Age of Wire and String and as cellist with the Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra, Peter has performed and collaborated extensively with both Scottish and International musicians. Work in this area lead to his joining the One Ensemble in 2003. Combining a classical training with his experience as an improviser, Peter has had the opportunity to work closely with composers and with musicians from diverse cultures, including a project with Ravi Shankar.
Jim McAteer - You may think he's mad, but he'll just be glad - for your company! Recent gigs include support slots for a dazzling list of folk legends - Martin Carthy, Wiz Jones, Davey Graham, Robin Williamson and John Renbourn, as well as appearing in his own right at international venues from New York to Iran.
Kirstie Penman, A South Seeds gardener will be returning with some more sea shantys and tales of misfotune which are sure to cheer up even the most disheartened.As always the Go Slow Cafe will have tasty food and drinks on offer so come along and make an evening of it. You can bring your own bottle (£1 corkage charge)

Doors open at 7pm and tickets are £5 on the door. All money raised goes towards South Seeds community projects.

Southern Fried's Summer Soulstice

Southern Fried's Summer Soulstice will take place this Saturday night at the Pollok ex Social club on Titwood Road. Get yourselves along to get your fix of rare Northern Soul, Motown, 60s funk and 70s grooves played by a bunch of people with records.

Cheap bar, great dance floor, friendly people and brilliant music – all you need for a soulful night out.

Doors open 8.30pm

The Bluebells at the Glasshouses

The Bluebells are playing at the Glasshouses on Sunday night. The band had four top 40 hits in the 80's and then in 1993 they were at number one for four weeks with 'Young at Heart'.
Doors open at 8pm and tickets are £12.

La Roche Rumba - 28 May 2011

This Saturday night La Roche Rumba will be at the Glasshouse's in Queens Park.. There will be  HRH and Sonny Marvello playing live, and also Thriftshop XL DJS SMC, Jamie Thomson and Ian Morton. Tickets are priced £9 and are available from tickets-scotland.co.uk or on the door on the night. 8pm - till late

We have four tickets to giveaway for the La Roche Rumba Gig - Just tell us What  your favourite Southside event is - in the comment section below 

We'll announce the winners on Friday morning.   Normal giveaway rules apply click here

La Roche Rumba - 7th May 2011

March into May with La Roche Rumba, Saturday the 7th. With live guests, The Rudiments and Rumba DJs, Slim Jim, Dad Savage and Vince D.

Pollok Ex Service Mens Club, 111 Titwood Rd, Glasgow, Starts 8.30pm

Glad Cafe Night at the Pandora - Sat 30th April 2011

The Glad Cafe and Streetland presents Fox Gut Daata, Silver Caves and Field Mouse at The Pandora, on Victoria Road. Tickets are Free and the evening kicks off at 7.30pm.

Streetland Meetland

Last night we went along to the Streetland Meetland event, at the Chalet in Govanhill. It's always a treat to get inside the Chalet building it's such an interesting place. If you've never been make sure you get along to the Streetland festival. Anyway there was a great selection of local DJ'S and Bands playing throughout the night and the Streetland Meetland Quiz.

The quiz masters Neil and Tom hosted a pretty difficult quiz, we were thankful the very lovely Bill and Mary Anne were in our team. Overall we came third and won an assorted music cd from 1995 and a half dozen sausages. We have to confess to getting the question relating to Southside Happenings wrong!

We had a great time and if last nights anything to go by then this years Streetland event is going to be fantastic, so make sure you keep the 29/30th April free.

World Music From the Glad Cafe - 26th March 2011

This Saturday the Glad Cafe presents World Music at the Victoria Hall, in Govanhill. There will be Scottish and Irish music with Karina Smillie, Danny Boyle and friends, Zimbabwean music and poetry with Tawona and Ernest Sithole and The Persian Dust Band with Farhad Mohammadi and Naser Maulavi

You can buy tickets from www.thegladcafe.co.uk or reserve tickets by email info@thegladcafe.co.uk. Tickets £7 (£5 concessions)

Victoria Hall

70 Coplaw Street Govanhill

Glasgow G42 7JG

Saturday March 26th from 7 - 9 pm.

A Sonic Soak

Really like the sound (no terrible pun intended) of this event in aid of a good local cause.

A two day celebration of sound and music, exploring the sonic properties and resonance of Govanhill Baths. The currently empty main swimming pool of the Govanhill Baths will be transformed into a performance arena for the weekend of the 21st (11am-8pm) and 22nd of August (1-8pm).

The Baths will be host to an eclectic range of musicians and sound artists who are both local and from further afield.

It is free event open to everyone. The line up will be announced shortly. Numbers will be limited so to guarantee entry pick up a ticket from the Govanhill Baths Community Trust/ Centre for Community Practice, 126 Calder Street, Govanhill, G42 7QR.

For more information contact info@govanhillbaths.com

Bring Your Own Towel

The Speedos of Sound...

Tut Vu Vu, Rm Hubbert, Moshey Wader, Mark Hesling, Skizzwang, Jamie Grier, Konx om Pax, A Rhythmtic, Peter Nicholson, Jack Wrigley, The International, Jim Singing Cat, Perfumed Head, Williwaw,

2nd Conservatory Extension, Craig Bayne, Billy Boyd, Sarah Kenchington, Dave Peron and The Bistro Band, Prosthetics, 1.21 Gigawatts, George Murray, Jim Colquhoun, The Parsonage, Graeme Ronald,(Remember Remember), Pajamourai, Sean Wars, Spirit Animullz.

Funded by Glasgow City Council.

Curated and created by 85A

Sound by Radar Soundsystem.

Lighting by Pointless Creations.
After swim shower party in the Pandora Bar (Victoria Road). Saturday 21st August.

Sparkling Shadazz

Hektor Ruiez

85A DJs

DJ Mick

The 106 Club - 12 March 2010

106 Club is a new club night, held on the second Friday in each month, upstairs at McNeill's Bar, 106 Torrisdale Street, just of Victoria Road.

This Friday, they present Hidden Masters plus DJ's. It's great to see another new music night in the Southside - might go along and see what this is like.

Entry is £5:00 and the doors open at 8:30pm till late.

Click here for more info