Paisley 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...
Read MoreOne of Scotland’s leading para athletes, Ross Paterson, is set to be honoured as part of the £45 million refurbishment of Paisley Museum Ross, 25, from Paisley, has cerebral palsy, which affects the control, coordination and movement of the right-hand side of his body. Ross competes in the T38 100m, 200m and 400m disciplines and...
Read MorePaisley town centre will be transformed into a gothic playground when the Paisley Halloween Festival 2023 – one of the biggest and best in the UK – returns this October with a new format. The award-winning festival – which attracts a crowd of tens of thousands each year – will see three nights of...
Read MoreThis Christmas, PACE Theatre Company is delighted to announce the return of its annual pantomime with festive favourite Beauty and the Beast. A seasonal treat for adults and children alike, this retelling of the classic tale will run from Thursday 30 November to Sunday 31 December in an exciting new pop-up theatre in a...
Read MoreHundreds of kids are having a summer of fun thanks to Renfrewshire Council’s free activity camp programme The sports and craft making sessions, provided by the council’s community learning and development team and Street Stuff, are fully booked for the whole summer, with around 1,200 places taken each week. Young people from primary one...
Read MoreInspirational Dr Julie McElroy set to run the Paisley 10k on Sunday 20th August Dr Julie McElroy was born with cerebral palsy, a condition that restricts her mobility, speech, and hearing. Then, six years ago, Julie suffered a traumatic accident, which she says robbed her of her passion to take part in sport and...
Read MoreThe team at the Braehead shopping centre have set up a CHAS clothes bank at their Festival of Fashion Food and Fun, which runs every day this month All the profits from the CHAS shops go towards offering a full family support service for babies, children and young people with life-shortening conditions. People are...
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