Name: Women+ Make Noise!
Start: 2026-02-05T15:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-02-26T16:00:00+00:00
Location: Kairos Women+

A series of four workshops to turn our stories, rhythms and lived experiences into collaborative music
About this Event

Important: When you book for this event you are booking for the whole series of workshops

Join us for 4-weeks of music workshops with musician Farzané Zamen to create a group performance for the inaugural Paisley Arts Festival. No experience required.

If you love music, join us to celebrate our stories, rhythms and lived experience. We especially welcome women+ who have moved to Scotland from other countries so we can celebrate and share different musical traditions.

The workshops run in February:

Introduction (5th February 2026, 3-4pm): get to know each other and choose a song that means something to us to share it with the group
Rehearsing our chosen song (12th February 2026, 3-4pm): learn the chosen song (translated into English) and learn about other musical traditions
Co-writing a song (19th February 2026, 3-5pm): create a collaboration song with lyrics and percussion
Rehearsing our co-written song (26th February 2026, 3-5pm): rehearse the songs ready for the performance

Then we'll perform together, supported by Farzané:

Performance 1: Friday 6th March, 6pm - International Women's Day Celebration
Performance 2: Saturday 28th March (tbc) - Paisley Arts Festival

Booking: you need to book your spot on Eventbrite, places are limited.

Food & drinks: we have snacks & hot drinks available for free, and there’s a free food pantry in the corridor & there is always sandwich ingredients in the kitchen so just ask.

Children: Children are welcome to join us. All children must be supervised by a parent/caregiver. If this is barrier for you, please get in touch and we can organise a mobile creche.

Transport: We are a 12 minute walk from Paisley Gilmour Station and the main bus routes. There is a large car park in front of the building. We will need your registration number on arrival when you sign in for free parking.

Note on the space: we are based in the Embroidery Mill, directly across from Morrisons car park. We’re the mill building without the tall tower nearby. Find out more on our Contact page.

Funded by: This project is generously funded by One Ren - Paisley Arts Festival and IN-Ren Micro Grants.

Accessibility information: our space is on the ground floor and is wheelchair accessible with an accessible bathroom.

Get in touch if you need us to make any adaptation to make your visit more welcoming!

email: [email protected]

call: 0141 3785078

Or go to our Accessibility & Inclusion page for more information.

Our organisation has been designed by and for women+ (including trans women and non-binary people).