Kilbarchan was used as a location for the BBC TV show Dr. Finlay's Casebook in the 1960s.

The main annual event is Lilias Day, on the first Saturday of June, when hundreds of visitors watch the parade and join in the festivities.

Annual celebrations were restarted in 1968 by the Kilbarchan Primary School Parents Association.

A main event of the day is a "coming to life" of the statue of Habbie Simpson (a famous village piper) on the steeple.

There are currently motions[clarification needed] in the local transport authority to reopen the line.