INDIE rockers Frightened Rabbit will join forces with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra at Paisley Abbey for a one-off performance.

The collaboration is for Paisley’s Spree Festival which will take over the town centre between October 13 and 22.

The festival of music, comedy, theatre and more is now in its sixth year and is part of Paisley’s bid to be UK City of Culture 2021.

Frightened Rabbit will be the latest in a line of Scottish bands to team up with the orchestra in the stunning setting of the 850-year-old Abbey on October 17 for a show.

Much of the action will take place in a specially-erected Spiegeltent in the town centre, which will host trad acts Dougie MacLean and Canada’s De Temps Antan (October 18), Breabach, Kris Drever and Talisk (October 20), plus Sharon Shannon and Fara (October 15).

Paisley Arts Centre will welcome Emma Pollock and RM Hubbert (October 15) and a gathering of artists from the Lost Map record label, curated by The Pictish Trail (October 22).

The Spree is run by Renfrewshire Council and programmed by Active Events.

Paisley 2021 bid director Jean Cameron who said: “The Spree festival is the one of the flagship dates on Paisley’s current events calendar and has gone from strength to strength over the years.”