What's On Scotland 10-17 Feb: Valentine's cinema & more

It's Valentine's Day week! Even if you're feeling grouchy about it, there's some cute things on, from love-themed film programmes to subversive queer cabaret and club nights

Feature by Anahit Behrooz | 10 Feb 2023
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It's Valentine's Day this coming week, and while we are varying levels of enthusiastic about it over at The Skinny (read: not all that much), we are very hyped by all the cute cinema programming happening on the big day (ahem, 14 February) across Scotland.

Ditch the flowers and head to the Cameo for a screening of the hilarious and utterly charming The Philadelphia Story or the lovers-on-the-run story True Romance. Glasgow Film Theatre opts for a slightly more heartrending double bill of Before Sunrise and Portrait of a Lady on Fire - get your tissues at the ready. Dundee also gets in on the action with the classic romance Roman Holiday. If you weren't feeling warm and gooey before, you definitely will be now.

Weyes Blood
QMU, Glasgow. 10 Feb, 7pm
Alt indie star Weyes Blood released their third album And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow last November to wide acclaim: exploring themes of disenchantment, the sacred and the profane, it showcases an artist whose work is as lyrically as it is melodically ground-breaking. Image: Eliot Lee Hazel.

Femmergy: Valentine's Special
The Bongo Club, Edinburgh. 16 Feb, 11pm
Celebrate love (on the 16th, when everyone is less annoying) with female/queer DJ collective Femmergy. A dazzling lineup, including Annafleur, Rianna and Lourdes, play everything from hip-hop to heavy to pop. Proceeds go to Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre. Image: Femmergy.

XXIII: A Stills School exhibition
Stills, Edinburgh. Until 18 Feb
Discover the future of Scottish photography with this dynamic exhibition of genre-spanning work demonstrating incredible skill and technique from 20 Stills School participants, a free alternative photography school for 16-25 year olds who face barriers to accessing the arts. Image: Freya Lewin Read.

Hamish Hawk
Church, Dundee. 15 Feb, 7pm
With his latest album Angel Numbers released 3 February, Edinburgh lad Hamish Hawk is spending the month on tour all round the UK. Catch his irresistibly catchy, lyrically innovative brand of indie pop around the country, including a stop-off at Dundee. Image: Hamish Hawk/Post Electric.


Fruit Salad
Paradise Palms, Edinburgh. 12 Feb, 10pm
Queer cabaret Fruit Salad return to Paradise Palms for this early Valentine's Day treat. Hosted by Fruit Salad regulars Jamie McQueer and Kat Amongst the Pigeons and featuring a host of talent, expect anything from queer strip to drag and improv. Image: @hannahkdove.

ALL / BLK: Optimistic Soul & Joshua Dube
Stereo, Glasgow. 11 Feb, 11pm
Head to Stereo for this brand new club night celebrating excellence in the BPOC DJ scene. Christening the inaugural night are four back to back sets from Optimistic Soul, Joshua Dube, Hu-Sane and Froski, playing a genre-bending mix of house and techno.

Katherina Radeva: 40/40
Tramway, Glasgow. 10-11 Feb, various times
Following a performance at Manipulate Festival earlier this week, Katherina Radeva's 40/40 comes to Glasgow, offering a moving celebration of 40 years of the artist's life as a woman, a migrant and an artist.