We’ll be dancing in the streets with Martha Motown legend headlines The Spree
17.07.2018 Legends of Motown, rock and dance music head a stellar bill of acts that will play this year’s The Spree Festival in Paisley.
The festival of music, comedy, theatre and arts – now in its seventh year – will take place between October 12 and 20.
Paisley will welcome Martha Reeves and the Vandellas – famous for tracks such as Dancing in the Street, Jimmy Mack and Heatwave – to Paisley Town Hall alongside the London African Gospel Choir, who will perform Paul Simon’s Graceland on October 20.
Paisley returns to its punk roots by welcoming the Gang of Four to the Spiegeltent in the town centre on October 19 with their unique mix of stripped-down punk rock, funk and dub.
Renfrewshire Leisure have programmed a number of shows for the festival, including favourites Aidan Moffat and RM Hubbert on October 20 and Gaelic singer and ‘the Bard’ from SonyStarz Outlander, Gillebrìde MacMillan and friends who will perform compositions from Donald MacIntyre ‘ The Paisley Bard’ at Paisley Arts Centre on October 18.
The famous Spiegeltent will also host electronic music legends and ambient house pioneers The Orb on October 15 and former Kraftwerk member and German musician, Wolfgang Flür, on October 13.
There will be a real eclectic feel to the Spiegeltent bill this year with shows from:
October 16 - Vieux Farka Touré, described as the Jimi Hendrix of the Sahara and son of the Grammy-winning Malian musician Ali Farka Touré
October 14 - Alt-country and Americana group, The Wandering Hearts
• October 17 - Rock bands The Leisure Society and Duke Special
October 18 - Scots super group Big Minds featuring members of Simple Minds and Big Country and
October 13 - A fantastic double bill with Traceyanne and Danny (ex-Camera Obscura) and The Pastels.
The popular Comedy Night will return to the tent with Des Clarke, Janey Godley and Stuart Mitchell on October 12
And the revelry continues with The Spree Ceilidh on both October 12 and 19, which has the added bonus of being a free event.
On October 20, the festival also sees the return of the ever-popular