Melting Pot: Optimo and Bicep to carry out at newly reopened Paisley City Corridor

Optimo and Bicep are to carry out on the newly refurbished Paisley City Corridor.

The favored DJ duos will go back-to-back for a “one-off” eight-hour occasion organised by Melting Pot within the iconic A-listed constructing on Saturday November 4.

Paisley’s City Corridor has undergone a £22m makeover designed to make it a “landmark” leisure venue, with an elevated capability of 1,200 for a standing gig, a bar and terrace overlooking the city’s Abbey and a state-of-the-art sound system.

Mark Mackechnie, Melting Pot Director, stated: “As somebody who was born and bred in Paisley, it’s a particular feeling to have the ability to convey an occasion of this calibre to such a surprising venue within the outdated city. Actually trying ahead to this one.”

Cllr Lisa-Marie Hughes, Renfrewshire Council’s cultural spokesperson and chair of OneRen, stated: “We all know generations of residents will all have their very own particular recollections of the constructing – and the work performed over the previous few years will enable it to imply as a lot to future generations too.

“The constructing had change into outdated and wanted upgraded to remain in use – however the work performed right here has seamlessly built-in every little thing a Twenty first-century venue wants whereas preserving the traditional Nineteenth-century look that makes the city corridor so particular.

“On the similar time, fashionable requirements of accessibility are very totally different to these Victorian architects labored to. The city corridor has been redesigned with viewers expertise and luxury in thoughts, and we’ve made in depth modifications to the format to create step-free entry to most areas of the constructing.

“As an leisure venue, the city corridor will probably be Paisley and Renfrewshire’s massive stage. Quickly, it is going to be bringing new life and footfall into the city day and evening, consistent with our wider ambition to make use of the city’s distinctive cultural and heritage provide to vary its future.”

Tickets are £30 and in the stores right here.