Paisley’s popular music, comedy and arts festival The Spree is back for its 10th year with a thrilling line-up for 2022.

Live events will take place in the iconic Salon Perdu Spiegeltent at the town’s Bridge Street from Thursday 1 – Saturday 10 September, promising a fantastic 10-day programme for gig-goers.

This year’s festival comes to a close on Saturday 10 September with an evening show from exciting Manchester indie outfit The Slow Readers Club.

‘Readers’ (Aaron Starkie, Kurt Starkie, Jim Ryan and David Whitworth) can’t wait to hit the road again, doing what they do best, following the success of their headline UK tour last autumn.

Performing music old and new, fresh off the back of their incredible 2021 single, ‘Tell No Lies’ and the release of not one, but two, studio records in 2020 ‘The Joy Of The Return’ and ’91 Days In Isolation’; the Manchester four-piece are ready and raring to make 2022 another special year.

More shows for The Spree festival 2022 will be announced in the coming weeks.

Organised by Renfrewshire Council, The Spree is one of the flagship events in the area’s annual programme which has made Paisley a key destination for cultural events in Scotland.

Louisa Mahon, Head of Events, Marketing and Communications for Renfrewshire Council, said: “We’re thrilled to announce another fantastic programme for The Spree festival and to be working with Regular Music to bring a host of top artists from across the UK to Paisley again this year.

“The Spree attracts music fans from across the country to enjoy our live events and everything that Paisley has to offer. It always brings a great atmosphere and real festival feel to the town – and we can’t wait to welcome gig-goers along for ten days of brilliant shows in the famous Spiegeltent.

“This year’s festival will take place in September, along with Spree for All fringe festival events in Renfrewshire’s towns and villages – but we also look forward to hosting our Wee Spree programme of activities for kids and families again during the October school holidays. We’ll have more exciting news to come on all of these in the coming weeks!”