PACE Theatre Company is celebrating a bumper year for its annual panto, which saw nearly 10,000 people attend a performance of Beauty and the Beast in PACE’s pop-up theatre in The Art Department, on the top floor of The Paisley Centre; its temporary home for the last two years. Altogether more than 91 per...
Read MoreErskine Arts is building for the future after councillors agreed for them to take over the lease for their current base The Renfrewshire charity have been renting space in the upper floor of the town’s community sport centre since 2021, but have been looking to make the facility a more permanent home. The group...
Read MoreThe team from Manorview, an independent Scottish hospitality operator, fundraised £95k for When You Wish Upon a Star, who took children facing life threatening or terminal illnesses to enjoy a magical experience in Lapland The journey to Lapland was fully funded by the money the team raised, and the trip took place on Monday...
Read MoreData from Hospice UK reveals that hospices in Scotland are budgeting for an unprecedented collective deficit of £16m in 2023/4, as the cost of paying their dedicated staff a fair wage increases and statutory funding fails to keep up. At Accord and St Vincent’s Hospice, their paramount goal is safeguarding compassionate care within the...
Read MoreFurry Murry’s in Paisley has launched their first ever Christmas Programme full of events for families this festive season The programme features Breakfast with Santa, Friday’s with the Elves and a special Christmas Eve with Santa. Families will be able to enjoy a range of Christmas specials on the menu. Furry Murry’s is open seven days...
Read MorePaisley Book Festival is set to return next year bringing the cream of the literary crop to the town for the re-imagined event The festival, which is delivered by OneRen, is set to run over four days from 25 – 28 April 2024 and will be the first time events are hosted in the...
Read MorePaisley town centre is ready to welcome thousands of visitors this weekend when the town’s annual Halloween festival – one of the biggest and best of its kind in the UK – returns. The ever-popular free-to-attend event is on for three evenings between Thursday 26 and Saturday 28 October, from 5 to 9pm each...
Read MoreScottish Opera presents two performances of Humperdinck’s Hansel & Gretel at Paisley Town Hall this December This December 14 and 16 at Paisley Town Hall, Scottish Opera is presenting Engelbert Humperdinck’s magical fairy tale, Hansel & Gretel, in a bright and vivid new concert staging. These concert performances help celebrate the reopening of the iconic...
Read MorePaisley town centre will be full of festive cheer this year with the return of Paisley’s Christmas 2023 – a month-long programme of festive family fun! The event, which is organised by Renfrewshire Council in partnership with Scotland’s Theme Park, will run from Thursday 30 November to Saturday 30 December excluding Christmas Day and...
Read MorePeople who live, work and visit Johnstone town centre can help shape the vision for its future There’s a public engagement event at 56 Houston Court, Johnstone (at the corner of Houstoun Square) next Wednesday (27 September) from 9am to 6pm and an online survey to capture everyone’s feedback on the town centre. The...
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