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Glasgow/Edinburgh DIY Event Listings
Glasgow/Edinburgh DIY Event Listings
Gender Chores. Northern Ireland, UK. just some heavily caffeinated punks with a double dose of DIY riot-grrrl SEER Glasgow hardcore Pink Pound Synth and bass
The Glad Cafe, 1006A Pollokshaws Rd, Glasgow, G41 2HG
https://www.thegladcafe.co.uk/events/2025-04-26-gender-chores-plus-pink-pound-plus-seer-the-glad-cafe
Commotion Promotion 2-Year Anniversary Special. A full day of Scotland's finest Post-punk, New-Wave, and Shoegaze bands. Featuring Sweaty Palms, The Black Lagoons, St Dukes, Vehicle, Isabella Strange, SCUNNURT and TEOSE. 17 ADV / 20 OTD, kicks off with our favourites TEOSE at 3pm
The Rum Shack, 657 - 659 Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow, G41 2AB
https://www.citizenticket.com/events/commotion-promotions/the-commotion-alldayer/
BreakHaus returns for its third chapter with a heavyweight F2F: Miss World’s Feena and miira go head-to-head at Stereo, powered by the mighty Hometown Soundsystem. Expect bass, chaos, and serious energy as BreakHaus and Thudline founders Teodor and Roy Don open the night.
Stereo, 22 Renfield Ln, Glasgow, G2 5AR
https://ra.co/events/2109641
Revelatory, unaccompanied, francophone traditional song by candlelight. Tartine de Clous are a trio who travelled to, collected from, and sang with, many of the singers and tradition bearers of the “Revival Folklorique”.
The Glad Cafe, 1006A Pollokshaws Rd, Glasgow, G41 2HG
https://www.thegladcafe.co.uk/events/2025-04-27-tartine-de-clous-with-alasdair-roberts-and-neil-mcdermott-the-glad-cafe
🤓Guzzlers and Pests returns this Sunday at the Ivory Hotel! An open crosswording event for all abilities. Crosswords provided. £3 suggested donation to cover costs (bring cash) 🏁 1-4pm Open crosswording time 🏆 4:40pm Pub quiz hosted by Laurie and Holly 👋🏻 6pm end
The Ivory Hotel, 2/4 Camphill Avenue, Glasgow, G41 3AY
YARD SALE IN GOVANHILL ON SUNDAY, RAISING MONEY FOR GENDER-AFFIRMING HEALTHCARE!!! PLUS~ RAFFLE!!!! AMAZING PRIZES INCLUDING CHAINMAIL, JEWELLERY, BESPOKE SEX TOYS, PARTY TICKETS, HAIRCUT VOUCHERS, BOOKS AND ZINES AND ART! Come browse our yard sale and buy a raffle ticket,,,,,
GLASGOW ZINE LIBRARY
https://www.instagram.com/_wow_a_yard_sale/
co:clear returns to reimagine the Apollo Bar with a deeply immersive and multi-sensory affair with guests from Germany and the U.S.A.
The Flying Duck, 8 RENFREW COURT, Glasgow, G2 3BW
https://ra.co/events/2113227
NO MUSIC NO LIFE is back and bigger than ever with a two-room takeover of the Flying Duck and Apollo Bar!
The Flying Duck, 8 RENFREW COURT, Glasgow, G2 3BW
https://ra.co/events/2144410
Free before 8pm, £7 after @baile/baile are very excited to present Cianalas, our next Civic House Party!
Civic House, 26 Civic St, Glasgow, G4 9RH
https://www.instagram.com/civichouse_/
Trance, neogrime, bass and breaks. £6-£10
Stereo, 22 Renfield Ln, Glasgow, G2 5AR
https://events.bitrot.online
For over a decade, artists from around the world have gathered in Glasgow with a shared goal – to push the boundaries of their art form, often challenging its basic ground rules. An earthquake, while destructive, also brings renewal and change. Despite being a beautiful, old-fash
Glasgow City Halls & Old Fruitmarket
https://www.tectonicsfestival.com/
Creative Supper Club- An evening sharing art and creativity over a homecooked meal. Pay what you can, tickets in link.
Rumpus Room, Langside Ln, Govanhill, Glasgow G42 8BH
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/opn-tble-may-creative-supper-club-tickets-1333028085889?aff=oddtdtcreator
Animated Music Video Screening + Q&A with artists-animators Ross Hogg and Jessica Ashman. £6.
Many Studios
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/deptcontemporary/1671277
Afro-Cuban / Latin / Funk / Soul + more⭒˚An evening of rhythm, warmth and community as Refuweegee and Radio Buena Vida come together for a special fundraiser celebrating music as a universal language of welcome--All proceeds go directly to Refuweegee & RBV!-- £-sliding scale
Stereo, 22 Renfield Ln, Glasgow, G2 5AR
https://ra.co/events/2142310
Melbourne dream-pop outfit plus local loves. 18+
The Glad Cafe, 1006A Pollokshaws Rd, Glasgow, G41 2HG
https://www.citizenticket.com/events/pop-mutations/hachiku/
£8/£10 on the door **B.Y.O.B**
Radclyffe Hall, 2/2 7 Newark Drive, Glasgow
TFEH laughs in the face of mundanity with a bill of Central Belt experimental excellence this May. THURS 8TH MAY 2025. Doors= 8pm. Cost= £10. Fruitmarket, 45 Market St., Edinburgh, EH1 1DF. Fruitmarket is fully accessible, with an elevator for those who require it.
Fruitmarket, 45 Market Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1DF
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/tfeh/tfeh-presents-shona-macnaughton-skull-jacket-juniper-lai-off-brand/e-kzvpeg
Live, improvised music from The Playgroup with support TBA. Encouraging connection and group liberation through play! Tickets on the door. £7/pay what you can. Doors 7.30, music from 8
St. Ninian's, Pollokshields
🐘 a party to celebrate a full decade of parties. dj python back and forth w dj table table all night plus live RAMZi intermission. wee pre celebrate in chinaski 9-12 w friends polyterror aluminium anniversary poster by calum shawlands 🦏
The Berkeley Suite, 237 North St, Glasgow, G3 7D
https://buytickets.at/healthy/1663493
£8 - £12
The Berkeley Suite, 237 North St, Glasgow, G3 7D
https://ra.co/events/2120383
Sonic adventurers, punk rock fundamentalists, exuberant luddites, willing outcasts. “The Mekons are the most revolutionary group in the history of rock ‘n’ roll” – wrote rock critic Lester Bangs
Stereo, 22 Renfield Ln, Glasgow, G2 5AR
https://www.stereocafebar.com/events/2025-05-11-mekons-stereo
Celebrating the first year of DN screenings and performances, featuring a new line up of artists and a special live audio/visual headline set from Semispecific Ensemble. £6.
The Rum Shack, 657 - 659 Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow, G41 2AB
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/deptcontemporary/1671274
Electronic Experimentations is back on May 13th @ the Flying Duck on Renfield Street! Join us for a night where DJ sets, sonic improvisations, live poetry, and noise art collide to form a new kind of listening experience. Ticket s start from £6.50
The Flying Duck, 8 RENFREW COURT, Glasgow, G2 3BW
https://ra.co/events/2150083
nonclassical heads north to present a mix of eclectic sounds coming from three Glasgow-based, Scottish artists. Harry Górski-Brown, Isa Gordon and Norman Willmore will each perform solo sets featuring electronics, bagpipes, saxophone, vocals + more. £6/£8
The Glad Cafe, 1006A Pollokshaws Rd, Glasgow, G41 2HG
https://ra.co/events/2129225
The last of 3 events as part of Han's EXIT residency: feat. talks, screenings, workshops, live performances, and DJ sets from people involved in DIY music/recreation/organising/health/publishing £5 suggested donation NOTAFLOF
Exit, 96 Maxwell St, Glasgow, G1 4EQ
Shag Nasty - Glasgow Hardcore SMIRK - Brass fuelled doom noise 6 piece. Forever Machine - Local sludge death metal 3 piece. TRILL - slimey metal 3 piece
The Flying Duck, 8 RENFREW COURT, Glasgow, G2 3BW
Quade are a four-piece from Bristol. Signed to AD 93 label the group semi-jokingly describe their sound as “doomer sad-boy, ambient dub, folk, experimental post-rock”. Milkweed are a London-based 'slacker trad' duo.
The Glad Cafe, 1006A Pollokshaws Rd, Glasgow, G41 2HG
https://www.thegladcafe.co.uk/events/873fabc3-ef29-43da-b503-bc9693302a32
Glasgow's longest-running LGBTQ+ goth/italo-disco night, flooding with smoke, bisexual lighting, and drum machines. £5/3/0 advance, £7/5/0 OTD.
The Flying Duck, 8 RENFREW COURT, Glasgow, G2 3BW
https://buytickets.at/dansemacabre
Belle Époque reignites The Vic Bar with raw punk, 7-piece live Hip-Hop, a zany Goblin Rock act & pet-friendly Indie Rock. With wall-shaking sound from the The Holy Loch Soundsystem & warped sculpture art installations by Iris JP May. £8 Adv/ £10 OTD.
The Vic Bar (Art School)
https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Glasgow/The-Vic-Bar/Belle-poque-VicBar-TelekinephewsSloblinBojanglesMoonsoup/40949492/
Entry: £10 / £15.99 Ticket & CD Bundle / £26.99 Ticket & Vinyl LP Bundle
The Old Hairdresser's, 20-28 Renfield Lane, Glasgow, G2 6PH
https://www.errolshotwax.com/tickets/21114-the-mary-column-very-sparrow-album-launch
Quinie with full band New Album Forefowk, Mind Me Launch Party. Support from Harry Gorski Brown And UZGANC Choir Glasgow based singer Quinie releases her third album, Forefowk, Mind Me, with Upset The Rhythm. To celebrate we are hosting the official Launch party at Mono.
https://www.monocafebar.com/events/quinie-album-launch
Vocal or Version are BACK with another top night of vintage Jamaican music - reggae, ska, rocksteady, roots - all on original press vinyl. Early birds start at £6.
The Rum Shack
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/vocal-or-version-reggae-dance-with-resident-deejay-shaun-galbraith-tickets-1317614804349
5th June - FREE ENTRY - The Pearce Institute (Billiard Room) The Bubblyjock Collective is a dynamic chamber ensemble celebrating the music of neglected Scottish composers. They perform songs and music written by composers born or living in Scotland from the 19th century to the p
The Pearce Institute
https://www.glasgowbarons.com/events/billiard-room-sessions-bubblyjock-collective
ERP presents: kopi-o (live) / iso.yso / zolf b2b spxo / han for an underground clubbing moment. Covered by an ERP membership or £8+
The Flying Duck, 8 RENFREW COURT, Glasgow, G2 3BW