Glasgow Print Fair

Are your walls looking a bit sad? Do you love supporting local artists? Are you stuck for Christmas present ideas? If you answered yes to any or all of these questions, then get yourself to The Pyramid at Anderston this Saturday (2 Nov) for the annual Glasgow Print Fair, where many of the city’s most talented artists and illustrators will be flogging beautiful prints of their work for extremely reasonable prices.

Lots of The Skinny’s faves will have stalls at the fair, including many who have contributed illustrations, posters and covers to the magazine over the years – Lizzie Lomax, Max Machen, Dave Lemm, Lauren Morsley and Joanna Blémont to name just a few. Whatever your taste, from minimalist abstract work to maximalist mélanges of colour and form, realist streetscapes to hilarious anthropomorphised animals, Glasgow Print Fair has you covered. You can even purchase a gorgeous illustration of The Pyramid at Anderston from Natalie Tweedie (pictured), part of her great series on brutalist architecture around Glasgow.

The Pyramid at Anderston, Glasgow, 10.30am-5pm; glasgowprintfair.co.uk

Photo by Mihaela Bodlovic

Bullring Techno Makeout Jamz

Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, 31 Oct–2 Nov

This hit show from 2023's Fringe returns to Edinburgh. It centres on lovelorn protagonist Nathaniel, a serious romantic who's about to head out on a first date. From this setup emerges a tender and infectiously funny exploration of Black masculinity through the lens of Beyoncé. 

Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro 

Scotland Loves Anime

Glasgow Film Theatre, 1-3 Nov
Cameo, Edinburgh, 4-10 Nov
 

SLA is back with a knockout lineup. Highlights include the colour-saturated coming-of-age film The Colours Within and WWII drama Totto-chan. Also take the chance to see the knockout spy flick Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro – the first film by Hayao Miyazaki – on the big screen.

ADVERTISEMENT | Renaissance: Scotland and Europe 1480–1630

National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge Building, Edinburgh. until Apr 2025

An exciting time of cultural rebirth, the Renaissance was a period of discovery and connection, with many creative and scientific advances. Scotland engaged in a lively exchange of knowledge, goods and ideas with the rest of Europe, and crafts, sciences, music and learning flourished.

Enter your Renaissance era at the National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh. Until April 2025. Free to visit. 

Walking Home At Night, acrylic on canvas, 2024 | Courtesy of Nat Walpole

Nat Walpole: SweetBitter

CCA, Glasgow. 1-23 Nov
 

Nat Walpole's solo exhibition examines a period of transformation, disruption and ongoing renewal in the artist's life through dreamlike scenes. Exploring trans womanhood, these paintings are filled with chimeric monsters and hybrid figures that interrogate experiences of desire and stigmatization.

Courtesy of artist

The Curve Festival

King Tut's, Glasgow. 1-30 Nov
 

The Curve Festival returns to King Tut’s for its second year with another lineup celebrating eclectic future sounds. The festival takes place throughout November, but among this week’s highlights are American indie rock trio Joywave (1 Nov), Brighton-based duo ARXX (3 Nov) and Dublin’s Meryl Streek (6 Nov, pictured).

Ghost Stories

Theatre Royal Glasgow. 8-12 Apr 2025
 

West End hit Ghost Stories is the ultimate love letter to horror and it'll keep you on the edge of your seat.  
 
Enter a world full of thrilling twists and epic turns when Ghost Stories comes to Glasgow after exhilarating audiences for two years with its record-breaking, sell-out run in London. Ghost Stories is "genuine scary fun” said the Sunday Times.
 
This worldwide phenomenon is spine-tingling and fantastically terrifying – are you brave enough to book?

Nosferatu courtesy of Eureka Entertainment

↪ Nosferatu with Live Score (x2)

Glad Cafe, Glasgow. 31 Oct, 7pm; Civic House, Glasgow, 2 Nov

You've two chances to see FW Murnau's masterful Dracula knockoff Nosferatu this spooky season. Award-winning guitarist and composer Graeme Stephen will be bringing it to life at The Glad Cafe on Halloween, while Berlin-based electronic pioneer Gudrun Gut joins Irish composers Irene and Linda Buckley to score the 1922 horror classic at Civic House as part of Samhain Sound.

→ Haseeb Iqbal x Crucial Roots ft Bee Nix

Stereo, Glasgow. 2 Nov, 11pm

DJ, writer and producer Haseeb Iqbal makes his Glasgow debut at Stereo this month. This set will see him paying tribute to his dub collection, played through the local, handmade Glasgow-based dub soundsystem Crucial Roots.

→ Larry Dean: Dodger

Whitehall Theatre, Dundee. 31 Oct, 8pm

Local lad done good Larry Dean is currently on a massive tour with his celebrated Fringe show Dodger, which is all about his relationship with his granny. As well as Dundee on Halloween, you’ll find Dean at Ayr’s Venue 38 (1 Nov), Aberdeen’s Music Hall (2 Nov) and Dunfermline’s Alhambra Theatre (3 Nov) this week.