Events Calendar – Scotland, September 2015

i AM 5.1
Tue 1 Sep

Resident i AM young guns Beta & Kappa ripen to the grand old age of five, celebrating with i AM 5.1 in their beloved Sub Club lair, kickstarting a month of partying with guest sets from a duo of acts from Bristol's Black Butter Records label – genre-traversing duo My Nu Leng and bass artist Woz (aka Ashley Westlake). Celebrations continue with i AM: 5.2 on 8 Sep, with Daniel Avery on guest duties. Sub Club, Glasgow, 11pm, from £6

Joey Huertas
Wed 2 Sep

Creatively active since the early 90s, the CCA present a showcase of work by film artist Joey Huertas aka Jane Public) – who divides his time between social work in psychiatric hospitals and prisons, and his practice as a filmmaker – including a screening of early work I Loving Me, plus a selection of work from the 00s. Huertas will also be on hand for a post-screen Q&A. CCA, Glasgow, 7pm, £3.40 (£2.40)

Frankie Boyle
Thurs 3 Sep

After a couple of teasing months of 'work in progress' shows across Edinburgh and Glasgow, cantankerous bastard Frankie Boyle hits up the latter's King's Theatre for the only performances of his new show, Hurt Like You Mean It, an intentionally goading response to Compton hip-hopster Kendrick Lamar's last album, showing for three nights only. The King's Theatre, Glasgow, 3-5 Sep, 8pm, £21

Art Walk Porty
Fri 4 Sep

A new event for Portobello celebrating the artistic activity of Edinburgh's seaside, Art Walk Porty leads a trail around various artists' studios, plus site specific art on the beach and prom, pop-ups in local shops, and mini maker's markets, with participating shops/venues including The Skylark, Velvet Easel Gallery, The Beach House, and Cove and Faver’s Candy Emporium. Various venues, Portobello, 3-6 Sep, free

The Small-Scale Sculpture of John Chamberlain
Sat 5 Sep

Jon Woods, Research Curator at Leeds' Henry Moore Institute discusses the work of the late American artist. Chamberlain's work focusses on imposing sculptures constructed from discarded car parts, creating a three dimensional interpretation of Abstract Expressionist painting. Also features a screening of Alexandra Fairweather's documentary HEAARTBEAT. Inverleith House, Edinburgh, 2pm-4pm, £3.83 (£2.77)

Let's Eat Glasgow
Sun 6 Sep

Home to all things food, restaurant festival and pop-up market Let's Eat Glasgow takes to SWG3 for its inaugural outing – serving up food from a selection of Glasgow's best restaurants, including Ox and Finch, Crabshakk, Stravaigin, and The Ubiquitous Chip, alongside 60+ artisan food traders selling their wares for you to take home and, y'know, continue doing all the eating. SWG3, Glasgow, 5 & 6 Sep, free

Haiku Salut
Mon 7 Sep

Following the release of their second LP Etch and Etch Deep – an ethereal collection of ten wordless songs delicately sewn together with rich textures and melliferous melodies – the spellbinding Haiku Salut bring their unique 'lamp show' to Glasgow, taking to the stage surrounded by a light orchestra of vintage household lamps that flicker and fade when triggered by the music. Sloans, Glasgow, 8pm, £8

Tame Impala
Tue 8 Sep

Having spent the past few years steadily redefining psychedelic rock for a millennial audience, Tame Impala, aka the one-man studio machine that is Aussie innovator Keven Parker, continue to tour third LP Currents – a funk rhythm-driven gem of a thing that got a rare five-stars in these very pages. Support comes from fellow Aussie Nicholas Allbrook (aka the frontman of Pond). Barrowlands, Glasgow, 7pm, £18.50

Mischa Kuball
Wed 9 Sep

Hailing from Dusseldorf, Mischa Kuball is an artist who specialises in the use of light as a medium, exploring architectural spaces to create a social and political discourse. In this talk, he discusses selected works from the past 30 years of his career, with particular reference to photography, apparatus and theory. Stills, Centre for Photography, Edinburgh, 9 Sep, free

Games are for Everyone
Thu 10 Sep

Following their successful first outing in May, Games are for Everyone returns to The Mash House for a night of indie videogames, music and booze. Featuring playable games, demos and installations from developers and artists including Team Junkfish, Valiant Interactive and more. Meanwhile Mantra Collective complete the evening with a live orchestral set of game music. The Mash House, Edinburgh, 7pm, £5.95

Bicep
Fri 11 Sep

After a few years of trying, longrunning Dundee house and techno night Headway finally manages to entice one of Northern Ireland's finest purveyors of forgotten disco, Chicago house and Detroit techno – DJ duo Matt McBriar and Andy Ferguson, aka Bicep – to host one of their notoriously good Feel My Bicep parties in the Reading Rooms, marking what will be their Dundee debut. Reading Rooms, Dundee, 10.30pm, £12

The Wrong Boyfriends
Sat 12 Sep

Helensburgh's gutter-punk noisemakers The Wrong Boyrfriends return to the fray for more fun and frolics. A raw yet bruising live experience, their furious sound comes laced with tinges of with dark psychedelia and a decidedly gnarly lyrical perspective. Able support comes from post-Pavement janglers Universal Thee and the trashy garage fuzz of Lt:BK. 13th Note, Glasgow, 8pm, £4

Glasgow School of Art Graduate Degree Show 2015
Sun 13 Sep

Following June's undergraduate degree show outing, September finds the 300-odd doctoral and masters' students getting their chance to shine at The Glasgow School of Art Graduate Degree Show 2015, taking in work by post grad students across a variety of disciplines, including architecture, design, fine art, and digital. Go marvel. Glasgow School of Art (Reid Building and McLellan Galleries), Glasgow, 12-18 Sep, free

Tina May and Nikki Iles
Mon 14 Sep

Departed Edinburgh venue The Soundhouse continues its fundraising gig residency at the Trav – raising pennies for The Soundhouse Organisation, a charity dedicated to founding a new music venue in Edinburgh offering a fair deal to musicians – this edition hosting a one-off collaborative set from jazz vocalist Tina May and composer/pianist Nikki Iles. Go support the cause. Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, 8pm, £10

Dumpling Night
Tues 15 Sep

As part of the CCA's 'Cooking Pot' project – a community-focused series of events bringing people together through food – Ricefield Arts host the delectable-sounding Dumpling Night, a workshop/live tasting event teaching attendees how to make traditional Chinese dumplings from differing regions in China, before culminating in a group eating session. The Glad Cafe, Glasgow, 7.30pm, £8

Take One Action
Wed 16 Sep

Take One Action returns for its eighth year with another thought-provoking programme asking big questions and inviting world change, opening with Harold Crooks' eye-opening documentary on the UK and global financial system, The Price We Pay, followed by an audience discussion. Also showing at Glasgow's GFT the following evening. Filmhouse, Edinburgh, 8.20pm, £9 (£7.20/£4.50)

Live for Lake of Stars
Thurs 17 Sep

Lake of Stars is an annual music festival held by the banks of Lake Malawi – too hot to dance by daylight, but the beaches come alive at night with a formidable party atmosphere. Here, the spirit of the festival is recreated in the beautiful surrounds of Summerhall in the Scottish capital, with a live event starring The Lonely Together and Street Rat. Summerhall, Edinburgh, 7pm, £5.78

Waiting for Godot
Fri 18 Sep

Kicking off the Royal Lyceum Theatre Company's 50th anniversary year official, original company member Brian Cox and fellow well-kent Scottish actor Bill Paterson sink their teeth into a new adaptation of Samuel Beckett’s masterly black comedy – Waiting for Godot – some 60 years since its first UK performance, and arguably as relevant today as it was then. Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, 18 Sep-10 Oct, from £10

Limbo (The Telescopes, Delta Mainline, St Deluxe)
Sat 19 Sep

The beloved gig-in-a-club returns, headlined by evergreen psych-styled space rockers The Telescopes and their hazy shoegaze soundscapes. Recent album Hidden Fields is a rough gem that points to frontman Stephen Lawrie's undiminished genius – they light up Edinburgh’s Voodoo Rooms alongside Glaswegian fuzz-poppers St Deluxe and hometown psych-heads Delta Mainline. The Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh, 19 Sep, 7.30pm, £8.85

Michael Redmond's Sunday Service
Sun 20 Sep

Resident Irish funnyman Michael Redmond hosts his regular weekend-extender of laughs – Michael Redmond's Sunday Service – propping up The Stand's diminutive stage with a handpicked selection of guests, this edition in the form of talented young stand-up Rhys James, former nurse Penella Mellor, and local talent Jay Lafferty. The Stand, Glasgow, 8.30pm, £6 (£5/£1)

Alien
Mon 21 Sep

Showing as part of its 'Culture Shock' series – returning cult films to the big screen – Edinburgh's Cameo dig out Alien for a one-off airing, with Sigourney Weaver doing her feminist icon thing as gun totin' Ellen Ripley. But, let's face it, it's Jonesy the cat that steals the show. Also showing An American Werewolf in London (7 Sep), The Evil Dead (14 Sep) and The Thing (28 Sep). Cameo Cinema, Edinburgh, 9pm, £7 (£6)

Bikes vs Cars
Tues 22 Sep

Taking another dip into this year's Take One Action programme – this time with a bit of audience involvement involved – Edinburgh's Botanic Gardens host a bike-powered screening of Fredrik Gertten's Bikes vs Cars, documenting the struggles for cyclists in a car-dominated society, from bike activists in Sao Paulo, to Copenhagen and its 40% by-bike commuters. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh, 7.30pm, £4.50 (£6)

Joanna Gruesome
Wed 23 Sep

Fortuna PoP! signed indie-pop troupe Joanna Gruesome hit town to give their sophomore LP Peanut Butter the suitably noisy live treatment – chiming in at a short-but-sweet 21 minutes of noisepop perfection – ripping through Summerhall as part of the venue's Nothing Ever Happens Here gig series. Also playing Glasgow's The Glad Cafe the following night. Summerhall, Edinburgh, 8pm, £10

City Link Festival
Thurs 24 Sep

Following its open studios weekender earlier in the month (see 12 Sep), LeithLate pop up again with a showcase exhibition at The Biscuit Factory, the results of an artist exchange between Copenhagen and Edinburgh as part of City Link Festival, with Jessica Harrison, Kevin Harman, and Jamie Johnson among those representing Scotland. Opening night, 24 Sep, 6pm-9pm. The Biscuit Factory, Edinburgh, 24-27 Sep, free

Bright Club Dundee
Fri 25 Sep

Over to Dundee for the smart individual's preferred comedy night, starring the best up-and-coming acts garnered from the cleverest and funniest of local universities' talent. Tickets for these events tend to sell out quickly, so anyone in need of a sharp dose of laffs and yucks is best advised to book early. Braes, Dundee, £6, 8.30pm

Ocean Film Festival
Sat 26 Sep

Originally birthed in Australia, the Ocean Film Festival returns to the UK for its now annual autumn tour, making its only Scottish stop-off at Edinburgh's Festival Theatre – taking in a batch of ocean-themed films from independent filmmakers and ocean enthusiasts across the globe, including mini doc of, er, mini surfer, six-year-old Quincy Symonds, A Small Surfer. Festival Theatre, Edinburgh, 7.30pm, £13.50

We Came to Sweat: The Legend of Starlight
Sun 27 Sep

Showing as part of the inaugural Scottish Queer International Film Festival, this documentary focuses on legendary Brooklyn nightspot The Starlite Club, a safe haven for queer people of colour for over 50 years. Following the venue's continued existence coming under threat, We Came to Sweat casts a wary eye over the onward march of gentrification and the subsequent loss of queer spaces. SQIFF, Glad Cafe, Glasgow, 7pm, £5 (£4)

Chinese Bakery
Mon 28 Sep

And if Dumpling Night wasn't enough, Ricefield Arts team up with bakery47 to present an exploration of Chinese baking, once more foring part of CCA's 'Cooking Pot' series. There'll be plenty of discussion and demonstration – with a fair bit of taste-testing too, naturally – while experts give you the lowdown on the symbolic importance of different ingredients, and the role of baking in the country's wider culture. bakery47, Glasgow, 6pm, £3.82

Janice Galloway
Tue 29 Sep

Having appeared at last month's Edinburgh International Book Festival, and interviewed in these very pages in our August issue, Scottish author Janice Galloway takes to Glasgow's Mitchell Theatre for a special Aye Write! Presents... evening, talking about her first short story collection in five years, Jellyfish, exploring love, sex, and parenthood in her irresistably honest way. Mitchell Theatre, Glasgow, 7.30pm, £6

Brave New World
Wed 30 Sep

Late English writer Aldous Huxley's ground-breaking novel, Brave New World, gets its first ever stage adaptation, world premiering at Edinburgh's Festival Theatre, with award-winning playwright Dawn King bringing the tale of a fictional future free of war, poverty and crime to life, backed by original music by London indie-popsters These New Puritans. Festival Theatre, Edinburgh, 29 Sep-3 Oct, from £14

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