Paisley Halloween Festival is back at its spooky best as thousands of visitors attended the first night of the festival on Friday 24 October 2025.
The popular Halloween parade was the main spectacle of the night featuring popular characters from children’s books and movies such as Harry Potter, Mark Poppins, Fantastic Mr Fox and many more.
The parade was its biggest yet with more than 400 professional performers and community groups winding through Paisley town centre to delight the crowds on Friday night.
Picture: Paisley Halloween festival shows visitors a wicked good time!
Pictures by Jamie Simpson/Renfrewshire Council
Paisley has become Scotland’s home of Halloween in recent years and this was the first of two nights of the free-to-attend event. The event will take place from 2.00pm – 9.00pm on Saturday 25 October with the parade starting from 7.00pm.
For anyone looking to attend the event on Saturday there will be plenty of daytime entertainment on offer with live performances on the stage at County Square and street performances around the town centre, arts and crafts sessions at The Art Department in Causeyside Street, as well as marshmallow pits and a selection of street food options.
Paisley town is dressed in its spooky best with monster installations and eerie lighting displays on some of the town’s most well-known buildings.
Full programme information is at www.paisley.is/halloween. Anyone attending is advised to plan ahead.
The event is delivered by Renfrewshire Council in partnership with performance specialists Cirque Bijou.
