Paisley set to welcome thousands for Halloween Festival

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 More

Scottish Opera brings Humperdinck’s Hansel & Gretel to Paisley

Scottish 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 More

Paisley’s Christmas 2023 returns with a month-long celebration

Paisley 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 More

Ross Paterson to have medals displayed in Paisley Museum

One 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 More

The Thief Takers by Patrick Pringle

Brian Hannan from Abbey Books in Paisley takes a look at a new crime novel, The Thief Takers by Patrick Pringle Notions of freedom proved an almost insuperable barrier to Britain having a competent police force for hundreds of years. In Europe, the land-based armies required to be maintained in case of war with a... Read More

BRICKLIVE’s Mythical Beasts launches in Paisley

BRICKLIVE’s Mythical Beasts to Paisley town centre this weekend – don’t miss this fun and FREE family day out!  This exciting free trail brings the fascinating world of creatures from mythology to life using toy bricks.  Dare you stand in front of Hydra, the nine headed water serpent?  Beware the gaze of the Gorgon... Read More

Who’s Café Paisley dinner review by Suzanne Oswald

Our resident food expert Suzanne Oswald visits one of Renfrewshire’s fastest rising eateries, Who’s Café Despite being a relatively new addition to Paisley’s ever-expanding food and drink scene, it’s fair to say that the modestly named Who’s Café? has already established itself as a firm favourite among locals. And, after one glance at the... Read More

Sma’ Shot Day 2023 programme of celebrations revealed

Paisley town centre will host a day-long programme of entertainment this summer to celebrate Sma’ Shot Day 2023 – one of the world’s oldest worker’s festivals Sma’ Shot Day celebrates a 19th-century victory by the town’s weavers over their bosses in an industrial dispute. This year’s event will take place on Saturday 1 July... Read More

CarFest returns to Paisley in June!

Paisley’s CarFest is returning to Paisley town centre on Saturday 17th June and a fun day out for all the family is guaranteed! There will be classic, vintage and specialist custom cars on show, as well as muscle cars, supercars and motorbikes! There will also be emergency response cars and a vintage fire engine... Read More

West College Scotland – start your journey

At West College Scotland, an endless array of opportunities awaits at their learning centres in Paisley, Greenock and Clydebank The past few years have been a time of great transition for us all and as a result, many of the people who had realised, upon reflection, that they felt disenchanted by their lives have decided... Read More