Category Archives: Paisley

Havock Road, V-Factor, 6 Nations and Comedy … another busy weekend in Renfrewshire Pubs

Each week seems to get busier and busier. With more contributions and information being sent our way from Pubs, bars and Inns, we can begin to send out more details updates on what’s available for everyone this weekend, if you fancy something a little different.

And this weekend definitely has variety!

Friday 11th February 2011:
It’s round 2 of the Viscount (Renfrew) V-Factor competition. Yes, think X-factor, but it’s in the Viscount Bar. Running every Friday through February and March and a final at the end of March, with big money prizes, there is no entry fee. Starts at 8:30pm, so get along for a sing song. Follow the Viscount on Facebook to keep up to date.

It’s also Pub Quiz night over at The Houston Inn, Houston. A relaxed evening with some brain teasers.

Saturday 12th February 2011:
Scotland host Wales in the RBS 6 Nations 2011. Let’s hope Scotland can build on last weeks performance. If you want to watch it, head over to the Howwood Inn or The Wee Howff, who’ve both confirmed they are showing 6 Nations games on TV. If you know other pubs showing the games, let us know.

Your live music this Saturday can be found at The Brown Bull, Lochwinnoch. Havock Road have been invited in to play and the evening kicks off at 9:30pm. Get along and support them!

If Poker is more you’re thing, then the regular MTT Poker League is on at the Station Bar (Paisley) at 2:30pm.

Sunday 13th February 2011:
The highlight of Sunday, apart from you all being out buying gifts for your Valentine (obviously!), has to be the Comedy Night over at Brodies Farmhouse, Houston. 4 great comedy acts compered by Raymond Mearns. Starts at 8:30pm and tickets are £5.

Alternatively, the weekly pub quiz is on at 9pm over at Harrys Bar, Renfrew or you can join in with more Poker at the Wallace Tavern (Elderslie), Hazel Arms (Johnstone) or Bankhouse (Paisley).

As always, please contact each Pub, Bar and Inn prior to attending just to make sure each event is definitely on. We try our best to be accurate but some times / dates may change from time to time.

Find out more about events across Renfrewshire by visiting the following sections of the website:

Live Music in Renfrewshire
Poker in Renfrewshire
Pub Quiz Nights in Renfrewshire

Poker Nights, Pubs Quiz Nights and Live Music – Part of our new Events in Renfrewshire Section

As part of our aim to cover all sorts of social activity within Pubs, Bars and Inns across Renfrewshire, we can now announce the new section of our site focused on Events in Renfrewshire.

This section of the site will run alongside our regular event updates on Facebook, but rather than post every week on Facebook about weekly pub quiz nights, weekly poker nights and so on, we thought we’d simply create a list of weekly events for you to refer to.

We’ll continue to use Facebook events to let you know of individual bands playing in the area, or one off events such as comedy nights and psychic night, but will keep details of karaoke nights, quiz nights etc on site.

To get started, the first events added within our new Events in Renfrewshire pages include the weekly Poker League hosted by pubs across Renfrewshire, pub quiz nights hosted by pubs across Renfrewshire and of course a list of all the live music we’ve been made aware of so far.

We’ll soon be adding other events and more live music as pubs and bands make us aware of dates.

As always, if you’ve any events you’d like added, please let us know.

Wig and Pen, Kilty Kilty, Abbey Inn and Paddy Malarkys Amongst Latest Additions to Renfrewshire Pubs Website

Continuing on our stride to add all Renfrewshire based Pubs, Bars and Inns to the newly launched Renfrewshire Pubs website, we can now another 7 additions, taking the total number of pubs listed to almost 70!

New additions today include:

Paddy Malarkys, Paisley
Abbey Inn, Paisley
The Court Bar, Paisley
The Croft Bar, Paisley
Kilty Kilty, Paisley
Wig and Pen, Paisley
New County Bar, Johnstone

As always, we’re looking to add all Pubs in Renfrewshire to the website. If you can think of any not already list, or know of news, Facebook pages, offers, or events that we’ve not listed for your local pub, bar or Inn, please contact us and lets us know.

A Successful First Week for the Renfrewshire Pubs Website

It seems a long time ago, but actually the Renfrewshire Pubs website only went live on the Internet 8 days ago, and already it’s proving popular with pubs and locals alike.

After just 8 days, we’ve already listed over 60 pubs across Renfrewshire including Pubs in Paisley, Pubs in Johnstone, Pubs in Renfrew, Pubs in Bridge of Weir, Pubs in Houston and more.

We’ve also built up over 30 followers on Facebook. Not a huge amount, some might say, but at the rate of 3 to 4 new followers each day, we’re looking forward to seeing what that number is at in a few weeks!

Most importantly, we’ve been in communication with several pubs, with some asking us to list their establishment and others confirming that they’ll be sending event details to us for February.

We’ll continue to add pubs, bars and Inns and will continue to post news, events and offers as we find out about them, to keep you informed.

If you’re not already following us on Facebook, head over to our Facebook Page and Like us. If you do already Like us, then suggest us to your friends!

Thanks to all who have contributed so far.

15 more pubs added to the database, including The Afton, Canal Station, The Viscount, The Eriskyne and more!

Continuing with our efforts to add all Renfrewshire Pubs to our database, we can announce that another 15 have been added today. Are any of these your local? If so, head to the relevant page and leave a comment or rate the pub.

Todays additions:

The Viscount, Renfrew
The Western Bar, Renfrew
Pickwicks Bar, Renfrew
The Abbots Inch, Renfrew

Canal Station, Paisley
The Afton Bar, Paisley
Burgh Bar, Paisley
The Kelburne Bar, Paisley
The Craig Dhu, Paisley
The Wee Howff, Paisley

The Eriskyne, Erksine
Park Mains, Erskine

The Bishopton Inn, Bishopton
Lorimers, Bishopton

The Railway Inn, Howwood

Remember, we’re looking for news updates from pubs within our database, to help keep the locals up-to-date. So, if any of these are your pub, or your local pub, then feel free to start sending us details of events, offers and news and we’ll post on our website.

More Pubs added to Houston, Renfrew and Paisley sections of RenfrewshirePubs

Continuing on the long task of adding pubs and bars to the newly launched RenfrewshirePubs.co.uk website, we are now happy to announce another few pubs have been added to the areas of Renfrew, Paisley and Houston.

Newly added pubs and bars:

The Wallace Bar, Renfrew
The Wheatsheaf, Renfrew
Hamishes Hoose, Paisley
The Last Post, Paisley
Gabriels, Paisley
The Anchor Bar, Paisley
The Fox and Hounds, Houston

Remember, if you’ve ever visited any of these pubs or bars, feel free to go and rate them and leave a comment!

We’ll continue to add pubs and bars until we’ve every pub and bar in Renfrewshire listed. If you know of a pub that deserves to be listed sooner rather than later, contact us and let us know!

2011 Rugby Union 6 Nations: What pubs are showing matches?

It’s that time of the year when the 6 Nations are on and Rugby rules the TV over football for a change! But where all can you see the games in Renfrewshire?

If you own a pub (or know of a pub) in Renfrewshire that will be screening any of the matches, please let us know so we can add you to the list below! We’ll link your name to your page on Renfrewshire Pubs so that people know where to find you.

The pubs we know of, so far, that are showing some (or all) of the games:

Howwood
The Howwood Inn

Paisley
The Wee Howff

Note: If visiting any of the listed pubs to watch the games, please get in touch with them first to confirm they are still showing the game!

6 NATIONS FIXTURE LIST:

Friday, 04 February 2011
Wales v England, 19:45

Saturday, 05 February 2011
France v Scotland, 17:00, Italy v Ireland, 14:30

Saturday, 12 February 2011
England v Italy, 14:30, Scotland v Wales, 17:00

Sunday, 13 February 2011
Ireland v France, 15:00

Saturday, 26 February 2011
England v France, 17:00, Italy v Wales, 14:30

Sunday, 27 February 2011
Scotland v Ireland, 15:00

Saturday, 12 March 2011
Italy v France, 14:30, Wales v Ireland, 17:00

Sunday, 13 March 2011
England v Scotland, 15:00

Saturday, 19 March 2011
France v Wales, 19:45, Ireland v England, 17:00, Scotland v Italy, 14:30

Keep up to date with all fixtures and matches on the official RBS 6 Nations website.

The Renfrewshire Pubs website is now open!

Welcome to the first of many announcements on RenfrewshirePubs.co.uk! We thought we’d get the ball rolling by announcing our launch and our intention to now work towards adding every pub in Renfrewshire to our database. A big task, no doubt, but ultimately worth it we think.

Why are we doing this?

Well, we’re all aware of the possibilities of advertising across the Internet, but we also appreciate that not every pub or bar has budget to spend on such activity, even if they want to get involved. So we’ve launched this site specifically to promote on behalf of Renfrewshire Publicans. We want to see just what impact we can make by applying our experience of Internet Marketing and helping out our local establishments.

What do the good Publicans need to do?
They don’t have to do anything if they’d prefer not to. However, we built this to help them promote everything about their pubs and bars. Whether it be charity nights, race nights, wins in the local darts league, special offers, screenings of sports events or any other bit of information that might encourage readers to find out more, we want publicans to send it to us so that we can then distribute it across the website, through our social media platforms (including Facebook) and through our regular eMarketing Newsletter.

Now what?

Well, it’s going to take time to add every pub and patience to make sure we get all the information correct. We’ll work away on that part of the process, but if you want to email details of a pub, it would be very much appreciated (just email pubdetails@renfrewshirepubs.co.uk). You don’t have to own the pub, you could just be a regular. As long as the details are accurate, we don’t mind who sends them! (we need pub name, address, phone number, picture (if possible), website if they have one and Facebook page if they have one).

Advertising
Most of this venture is being supported through advertising on the site. We’ll keep it related to Renfrewshire and the surrounding area as possible, allowing us to help other local business in the process. So, if you are a Renfrewshire (or surrounding area) business looking to advertise to all who may use this site, check out our advertising options and contact us for pricing. You can advertise on this site for as little as £30 per month!

What pubs are already on the site?
Not to many yet, but we’re working on it! Some initial pubs, however, include The Brown Bull (Lochwinnoch), The Ferry Inn (Renfrew), Braehead Tavern (Inchinnan) and The River Inn (Crosslee) .

If you’d like your pub or bar added sooner rather than later, email us the details as above.