The Arches

Set in the labyrinth of tunnels beneath Central station, The Arches is literally an underground haven of cool. It plays host to gigs, club nights, exhibitions and performance – under one multi-artform roof. Despite being Scotland's original superclub, The Arches has not been fussily decorated, instead internationally renowned DJs play against a back drop of stone walls and concrete floors. The Arches lets the music do the talking with club nights and gigs most nights of the week. The Wednesday night, Octopussy, allows a student-heavy crowd to get married by Elvis and play on the resident bouncy castle. Oh the fun. The Arches also host a range of gigs in the smaller arches, as well as contemporary theatre performances and workshops. It's a regular venue for the cities arts festivals, such as Celtic Connections and Glasgay, and still encourages fresh talent with the annual Arches Live; a theatre showcase where anyone can apply to perform.

• Belleville Rendez-vous

  7:00pm – 10:00pm, £7 (£5)
  The Arches, Glasgow

  Original stage adaptation of Sylvian Chomet's animated delight. Part of Glasgow Youth Film Festival.

• Back To The Future: St Valentine's Party

  9:00pm – 3:00am, £15
  The Arches, Glasgow

  Valentine's party with all the romance that raving away to the finest hard dance can bring, including hardcore techno man Angerfist launching his new album.

• Movie Poster Design Workshop

  12:30pm – 2:00pm, £5
  The Arches, Glasgow

  Interactive arts workshop on how to design movie posters just like the professionals, hosted by illustrator Erin McGrath and Park Circus designer Jen Davies. Part of Glasgow Youth Film Festival.

• Focus Left: Youth Edition

  4:30pm – 6:00pm, Free
  The Arches, Glasgow

  Special edition of the Arches' short film night, showcasing a selection of short films made by up-and-coming young filmmakers. Part of Glasgow Youth Film Festival.

• GZA

  7:00pm – 10:00pm, £16
  The Arches, Glasgow

  The Wu-Tang Clan's most potent lyrical swordsman, GZA (aka The Genius), heads Arches way for the usual dexterous assault of colourful wordplay. Bow down.

• Midnight Lion

  7:00pm – 10:00pm, £6
  The Arches, Glasgow

  Chilled oot Glasgow duo combining their Scottish indie heritage with more spacious, lo-fi beats to produce some quietly emotive indie-tronica.

• Octopussy

  11:00pm – 3:00am, prices vary
  various venues

  Chart, indie and electro student favourite, with a bouncy castle an' all.

• GFF: High Places

  8:00pm – 10:30pm, £8
  The Arches, Glasgow

  Brooklyn boy/girl duo of Robert Barber and Mary Pearson, making quirky electro-pop that they then backdrop with their own video projections. Part of Glasgow Film Festival 2012.

• Real Estate

  7:00pm – 10:00pm, £12
  The Arches, Glasgow

  Psych-pop styled indie offerings from the New Jersey foursome, all jangly guitars and catchy melodies.

• GFF: Serafina and Sam Steer

  7:00pm – 10:00pm, £6 (£4)
  The Arches, Glasgow

  Multi-instrumentalist Serafina Steer performs her own live scores using harp and vocals to the fairytale animations of her filmmaker brother Sam Steer. Part of Glasgow Film Festival.

• Rinse FM Tour 2012

  11:00pm – 3:00am, £12
  The Arches, Glasgow

  The Rinse FM crew go on tour with some of their favourite artists of 2012, including scene headliner Zinc and much-hyped grime newcomer MC P-Money.

• The South

  7:00pm – 10:00pm, £20
  The Arches, Glasgow

  Former members of The Beautiful South, Dave Hemingway, Alison Wheeler and Dave Stead come re-packaged as, er, The South.

• Charlene Soraia

  7:00pm – 10:00pm, £7
  The Arches, Glasgow

  The London-based songstress and her ever-present guitar, doing her gentle jazz-y thing.

• General Fiasco

  7:00pm – 10:00pm, £7
  The Arches, Glasgow

  Ulster chaps wholly dedicated to the rock'n'roll sound.

• Band Of Skulls

  7:00pm – 10:00pm, £15
  The Arches, Glasgow

  London-based alternative garage rock trio fresh from supporting The Black Keys on a string of dates.

• Baxter Dury

  7:30pm – 10:00pm, £8
  The Arches, Glasgow

  Indie-rock singer/songwriter, who's also the son of the late Ian Dury.

• A Night In The Gutter

  6:00pm – 8:00pm, £4
  The Arches, Glasgow

  Gutter magazine stage one of their now renowned live events, where a host of professional actors will be presenting the best from Gutter's latest issue. Part of Margins Book and...

• Octavious Magazine: New Writing

  6:00pm – 8:00pm, £3
  The Arches, Glasgow

  Makers of a rather fine new student literature magazine, Octavious Magazine showcase some of the best published and unpublished talent currently working in Scotland. Part of Margins Book and Music...

• Louise Welsh and Christopher

  7:00pm – 9:00pm, £5
  The Arches, Glasgow

  Two of crime fiction's key players join forces, discussing their work, inspirations and new writing over the course of the evening. Part of Margins Book and Music Festival.

• Roddy Woomble with Sorren MacLean

  8:00pm – 10:00pm, £10
  The Arches, Glasgow

  The Idlewild frontman and self-confessed book lover plays a one-off set with prodigious folk guitarist Sorren MacLean. Part of Margins Book and Music Festival.

• Pressure

  11:00pm – 3:00am, £tbc
  The Arches, Glasgow

  Mighty deep house and techno monthly, coming together for an epic celebration of electronic sound with resident DJs Slam (and some likely live guests to be revealed).

• Man Utd Vs Barca: Graham Hunter and Rodge Glass

  1:00pm – 3:00pm, £3
  The Arches, Glasgow

  Author Rodge Glass talks football and writing about football (for his new book, Bring Me The Head Of Ryan Giggs) with Sky's Spanish football correspondent Graham Hunter. Part of Margins...

• Helen Fitzgerald and Doug Johnstone

  1:00pm – 2:00pm, £5
  The Arches, Glasgow

  The two favourited thriller writers read from their latest works and swap ideas on the darker side of fiction. Part of Margins Book and Music Festival.

• The History Girls: Sara Sheridan and Tracey S Rosenberg

  2:00pm – 4:00pm, £3
  The Arches, Glasgow

  Two of Scotland's key historical novelists discuss their writing and how to research your own historical novel. Part of Margins Book and Music Festival.

• A Thousand Cranes: Scottish Writers For Japan Book Launch

  3:00pm – 5:00pm, £3
  The Arches, Glasgow

  A group of writers, inspired by the 2011 Japan tsunami, launch their charity anthology featuring contributions from the likes of Helen Sedgwick, Kirsty Logan and J David Simons. Part of...

• Three Poets: Don Paterson, Tom Leonard, Billy Letford

  5:00pm – 7:00pm, £7
  The Arches, Glasgow

  Pretty special bill consisting of three generations of Scottish poets. Part of Margins Book and Music Festival.

• Scottish Writing, Then and Now: William McIllvanney and Allan Wilson

  7:00pm – 9:00pm, £5
  The Arches, Glasgow

  The established writer (William McIllvanney) chats with rising star Allan Wilson about what it means to be a writer working in Scotland. Part of Margins Book and Music Festival.

• Human Don't Be Angry

  7:30pm – 10:00pm, £15
  The Arches, Glasgow

  A certain Mr Malcolm Middleton showcases the tracks he's written under his semi-instrumental alter-ego, Human Don't Be Angry, in what will be the first gig with his new live band....

• Sounds of STREETrave

  10:00pm – 3:00am, £15 adv. (£20 thereafter)
  The Arches, Glasgow

  One-off STREETrave night featuring a full live show from favourited dance act Inner City.

• Jamie N Commons

  7:00pm – 10:00pm, £6.50
  The Arches, Glasgow

  Young London-based bluesman of the indie-pop persuasion.

• An Evening with Andy Kershaw

  7:30pm – 10:00pm, £15
  The Arches, Glasgow

  Broadcaster, international news journalist and somewhat of a music junkie, Andy Kershaw chats with journalist Ruth Pitt about his new book No Off Switch.

• Scroobius Pip

  7:30pm – 10:00pm, £12.50
  The Arches, Glasgow

  Vocalist and rapper Scroobius Pip does his oft-political solo lyrical thing, minus regular sparring partner Dan Le Sac.

• Boxes

  7:30pm – 10:00pm, £7
  The Arches, Glasgow

  Indie-styled electro popsters hailing from south east London, all colliding melodies and messed-up synths.

• Maverick Sabre

  7:00pm – 10:00pm, £12.50
  The Arches, Glasgow

  London born, Irish-raised, soulful hip-hop singer/songwriter discovered by Plan B.

• Sound Thought 2012

  12:00pm – 8:00pm, £15 (£10) festival pass
  The Arches, Glasgow

  Annual festival of mould-breaking music, sound and performance, this year focusing on the idea of music as a gift, and featuring Julien Lonchamp, Wounded Knee and collaborative duo Jer Reid...

• Supernova: Hobo

  11:00pm – 3:00am, £12
  The Arches, Glasgow

  One of the key players on Richie Hawtin's Minus label, young techno talent Hobo, joins the Supernova massive for the night.

• Gretchen Peters

  7:00pm – 10:00pm, £16
  The Arches, Glasgow

  The honey-toned American singer/songwriter does her countified folk thing.

• The Love Club: International Unemployment Day

  8:00pm – 10:00pm, £4 (donation)
  The Arches, Glasgow

  Celebrating our dirty financial state in style with an evening of tea, cake, spoken word, knitting and live music from Julia and The Doogans. Hosted by New York performance artist...

• The Man Who Lived Twice

  7:30pm – 10:00pm, prices vary
  The Arches, Glasgow

  Dramatised version of what took place between actor John Gielgud and playwright Edward Sheran when they met in a penthouse suite in New York back in 1936, days before Guelgud...

• Chiddy Bang

  7:00pm – 10:00pm, £10
  The Arches, Glasgow

  Pop-sampling hip-hop duo (aka Chiddy and Xaphoon Jones) adding electronica and afrobeat to their club-styled frothy mix.

• Colours: Dirty Dutch Records

  11:00pm – 3:00am, £22.50
  The Arches, Glasgow

  Record label showcase from Dirty Dutch, featuring label head honcho Chuckie and some of his favourite label mates.

• Bad News

  11:00pm – 3:00am, £10
  The Arches, Glasgow

  New night aiming to up the soundsystem culture in Glasgow, for which they've got their mitts on the Electrikal Sound System's 26KW wall of sound, and a selection of rather...

• Yashin

  7:00pm – 10:00pm, £8.50
  The Arches, Glasgow

  Scottish post-hardcore sextet who enjoy screaming, ear-splitting riffs and guitar arpeggios.

• 2manydjs

  10:00pm – 3:00am, £19.50
  The Arches, Glasgow

  Notorious mash-up party starters, using their agile cut-and-paste mixing to chop up classic party and dance hits....

• Jack Beats

  11:00pm – 3:00am, £7 adv.
  The Arches, Glasgow

  The Jack Beats duo bring their new live show Glasgow-way, adorned with a selection of guest talent spanning the electro spectrum.

• White Hills

  7:00pm – 10:00pm, £8
  The Arches, Glasgow

  Expect psychedelia grooves, otherworldly bleeps and huge chunks of gnarly formless noise from the fuzzed-oot New York rockers.

• Bratchpiece Family Album

  8:00pm – 10:00pm, £8 (£6)
  The Arches, Glasgow

  The Bratchpiece family of comics, aka dad Mark and his sons Bratchy and Wee Man, make stand-up a family affair for their final collective performance. Part of Glasgow International Comedy...

• Talib Kweli

  7:00pm – 10:00pm, £17.50
  The Arches, Glasgow

  The influential New York MC deft at making minds tick and bodies move, such is his talent.

• The trailer for Ghosts Of Christmas is terrifying! Turn the volume down before you watch it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkSqkohow_k

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