What's On?

There's something momentous about this post. I'm not quite sure what, but I reckon if I keep going with it, I'll remember. 'What's On' is basically my weekly gig guide for Glasgow and surrounding areas. I'll always try to provide as comprehensive a list as I can, but due to time/resources some things may slip past me. If you know of or are participating in an event which you think should be included, then let me know! What's on, you ask? Well, let me tell you, a bloody lot, and it makes me wish I wasn't skint.

Monday 30th May

Moved from original venue The Garage, to King Tut's Wah Wah Hut (to give it it's full name) Hellogoodbye are playing with support from The Dangerous Summer and Gold Motel. Tickets are £12.50 and doors are at 8:30pm.


Lo-Fi alt rocker Jad Fair plays Stereo with support from Gilles Rieder and Phat Trophies. Tickets are £8.50, doors at 7pm.

Tuesday 31st May

Laki Mera launch their new album 'The Proximity Effect' in Admiral with support from grnr. Entry is free and doors are at 8pm.

Beerjacket play Bloc along with Reverieme. Entry is free and doors are at 9pm.

Ricky Egan, a.k.a. Tangles plays a free gig in Mono at 8pm.

Broken Social Scene's Jason Collett plays The Captain's Rest. Tickets are £9 and doors are at 8pm. 

Wednesday 1st June

Bloc host Trapped In Kanas along with JKLMNO. Entry is free and doors are at 9pm.

Head along to Buff Club for a trio of acts. The Barents Sea are up first, followed by Medicine Hat, and headlining are The Fiction. As far as I know, entry is free, but as I can't confirm this, have some pennies in your pockets just to be safe. Doors from 9pm.

Ross Leighton (he of Fatherson fame) is playing along with Scarlet Shift and Kaskrute at Nice 'N' Sleazy. Entry is £3 and doors are from 7:30pm

Indie trio The Subways are playing at Stereo along with Young Aviators to mark the opening of Glasgow's new Gio-Goi store. Head over here for a chance to win tickets for this gig. Doors at 7:30pm.

Playing at 13th Note is Chris T-T on his 'Words Fail Me' tour. Support comes from Hordes of Unstoppable Skeletons, Roscoe Vacant and The Gantin' Screichs. Tickets are £5 and doors are at 8:30pm.

Thursday 2nd June


Head down to The Black Sparrow for a trio of free music provided by Kerrie Lynch, Tragic O'Hara and Neilston's very own The Lonely Boy. Doors from 8pm.

Playing in Classic Grand is Kate McGill with Mike Dignam if acoustic-y music is your bag. Tickets are £6 and doors are at 6pm.

Charles Hayward is playing at CCA with support from Capillary Action and the wonderful RM Hubbert. Tickets are £6 and doors are at 7pm.

Oran-Mor  plays host to James Blake supported by Cloud Boat. Tickets are £10, doors at 7pm.

Peenko Presents: The Mad Hatter's Tea Party is in the Hidden Lane Cafe. You can catch Randolp's Leap playing with I Build Collapsable Mountains and Daniel G. Harman. Tickets are £5 and doors are from 7pm

Friday 3rd June

Brel host Captain And The Kings supported by Endor playing an acoustic set, as part of the West End Festival (more about this later in the week hopefully). Tickets are £5 and doors are at 8pm.

Phosphorescent  is playing in Stereo. Tickets are £10 and doors are at 7pm.

Another West End Festival gig, this time at The Captain's Rest. Check out Julian Lynch, Ducktails (ah woo ooh?) and Big Troubles for £7 with the doors at 8pm.

The band with one of the best names in music, Dananananaykroyd play Ivy with support from Bloc Party's bassist Gordon Moakes new band Young Legionnaire and Bronto Skylift. Tickets are sold out, but if you want to chance your arm on the door, be there for 7:30pm.

Over The Wall and The John Knox Sex Club play in Nice 'N' Sleazy. Tickets for £5, doors at 7pm.

Another West End Festival gig, Glasgow singer-songwriter Tommy Reilly plays Oran-Mor. Tickets for £11.50 and doors are at 7pm.

Saturday 4th June

For Abel, Tragic City Thieves, How Garbo Died and Brendan Cambell all play 13th Note. Tickets £tbc, doors are at 8pm.

As part of the West End Festival, the lovely Woodenbox With A Fistful Of Fivers play the Oran-Mor. Also playing are White Heath, who are promoting their new album, French Wives and Miniature Dinosaurs. Tickets are £6 and doors are at 6:30pm.

Blind Watchmakers  are playing O2 ABC with support from Ocean House, Heretics and Chasing Amy. Tickets are £6 and doors are at 6pm.

Promoting a new album, is Benjamin Francis Leftwich and to do this, he is playing Classic Grand. Tickets are £8 and doors are at 7pm.

Releasing a new EP are The Lava Experiments, who play The Captain's Rest along with Organs Of Love. Tickets are £5 and doors are at 8:30pm.

Song Of Return are playing The Arches. Tickets are £4 and doors are at 6pm.

Sunday 5th June

A special show for the West End Festival, Fence Records, The Fench Collective play Oran-Mor. Line up will be announced once tickets have sold out, so go on put us all out of our misery and buy a ticket for only £12. Doors from 5pm.

Oh aye, it's my first ever 'What's On' post. That's momentous surely?