Paisley’s award-winning Halloween celebrations return this week – but with a twist for 2021
This year, Paisley Halloween Festival presents Out of this World – a free trail featuring installations and light displays centred around Paisley Abbey, Town Hall and the White Cart River.
The town centre will be transformed into an immersive ‘otherworldly’ experience across five-days from Thursday, October 28 until Monday, November 1 – illuminated from 5pm to 10pm for visitors to enjoy safely at a time that suits them.
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A series of twelve installations and light shows includes an alien invasion, rockets and spacecrafts, creatures from the deep and a constellation of stars.
The family-friendly trail will take approximately an hour to walk and is accessible for all abilities. Event goers can pick their own starting point, map their own journey and set their own pace round the intergalactic showcase.
Paisley Halloween Festival is supported by EventScotland through Scotland’s Year of Coasts and Waters 20/21 and Scotland’s Events Recovery Fund.
To celebrate the Year of Coasts and Waters 20/21 the area around the town’s White Cart River will be transformed into the centrepiece of the Out of this World experience.
Artists have been commissioned to develop installations that will shine a spotlight on the river that runs through the heart of the town.
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The trail is being delivered by Renfrewshire Council and curated by sustainable, not-for-profit street theatre specialists, Cirque Bijou.
Pauline Allan, Events Manager for Renfrewshire Council, said: “We are looking forward to hosting our Halloween celebrations again in Paisley – and this immersive trail will offer a twist to our annual Halloween Festival.
“We’re delighted to be working with Cirque Bijou and so many acclaimed artists to transform the town centre with these spectacular installations and light displays – which will really come to life when it gets dark. The festival is taking a different shape this year, but we promise there will be lots of exciting and surprising elements that will be Out of this World!”
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