Events in Edinburgh on 31 December 2024
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Events in Edinburgh
A Christmas Carol - Panto in Musselburgh
The Brunton and Wonder Fools present this exciting new pantomime set in East Lothian and inspired by Charles Dickens’ classic Christmas story.
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A World of Winter Wonder
Step into a world of winter wonder with seasonal activities this Christmas at Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh!
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All the Beauty: Andrew Thompson Showcase
This exhibition features a new body of work from Andrew Thompson, one of Scotland’s most notable contemporary artists, alongside a collection of paintings from a small group of gallery artists.
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‘Magical Edinburgh’ with Edinburgh Young Carers: An Exhibition of Photographic Illusions
Magical images created by young carers are on show in a special free-to-see exhibition of photographic illusions as part of Edinburgh’s 15th annual MagicFest.
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Bongo’s Bingo Edinburgh - Christmas Specials
Christmas in Edinburgh is going to be extra special, because this winter, it's time to celebrate the party season the right way at the most talked about night out in the UK... Bongo's Bingo!
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Cab-arette Showtour
Enjoy a unique comedy musical Showtour in a taxi... be driven around Edinburgh, whilst entertained by Lola and her variety of characters!
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Castle Of Light
Enjoy the Defender of the Nation illuminated in a spectacular after-dark trail when Castle of Light returns with an all-new show for its fifth year at Edinburgh Castle!
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Celebrating 40 Years of Scotland’s Photography Collection
Discover the stories within the photographs, marvel at historic photographs and visit some famous faces in this eclectic celebration of the nation’s photography collection.
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Christmas @ The Anatomist Escape Room
Looking for festive fun that's a little different? Gather your team of family, friends or colleagues and head along to Edinburgh's historical escape room!
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Christmas at Leith Makers
Join us at Leith Makers for our Christmas workshops or find the perfect gift for you and your loved ones with 50 stockist offering a wide range of gorgeous handmade crafts!
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Christmas at Volcano Falls
Volcano Falls at Fountain Park has the perfect packages for you to celebrate the festive season!
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Cinderella
Join returning panto favourites Allan Stewart, Grant Stott and Jordan Young with a new magical pantomime for all the family at the Festival Theatre!
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Cold War Scotland
Exploring Scotland’s critical position on the frontline of the Cold War, a new exhibition will tell the stories of the Scots at the centre of this global conflict.
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Conservation Hangar Talks
See behind the scenes of the work carried out in the museum’s Conservation hangar with these free talks.
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Curious About Edinburgh - Quirky Heritage Walks for the Curious!
Have fun discovering Edinburgh on this award-winning, quirky, self-guided, heritage walk with a treasure hunt theme from Curious About!
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Daring Women of Edinburgh: Private Walking Tours
Join the lively women’s history guide Annabel on this private walking tour and gain a unique insight into some of the daring women in Edinburgh's history!
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Day Fever New Year’s Eve
Day Fever heads to the O2 Academy Edinburgh on 31st December for a very special daytime New Year's Eve show!
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Dürer to Van Dyck: Drawings from Chatsworth House
For the first time ever in Scotland, experience one of the finest and most significant collections of drawings and watercolours direct from Chatsworth in Derbyshire.
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Dr. Bonk’s Hogmanay Macarbaret
Scotland's silliest surgeon is back with his hit sell-out show Dr Bonk's Hogmanay Macarbaret: an evening of drag, burlesque, music, comedy, and medical mayhem!
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Dreadnoughtrock: Hogmanay Party
Join us at Scotland's longest running rock club and rock into 2025 Dreadnought Style!
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Edinburgh Steiner Teacher Development
Edinburgh Steiner School is offering this Teacher Development course starting on 13th September.
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Edinburgh’ Hogmanay: Street Party – Silent Adventures Mega Silent Disco
Edinburgh’s Hogmanay and Silent Adventures are delighted to present the return of the Silent Adventures Mega Silent Disco for this year’s Edinburgh Hogmanay!
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Edinburgh’s Christmas: Around the World Starflyer
Try it if you dare! The Starflyer is back at Edinburgh's Christmas giving the finest, and most thrilling, views of the stunning city centre skyline!
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Edinburgh’s Christmas: Ice Skating
Get your skates on and glide all the way up and down Edinburgh’s famous George Street on the magnificent alpine ice rink!
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Edinburgh’s Christmas: LNER Big Wheel
The LNER Big Wheel returns to East Princes Street Gardens to give passengers a unique perspective of our spectacular city!
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Edinburgh’s Christmas: Swamplesque
After taking Australia by storm and smashing box office records at Edinburgh Fringe 2024, Swamplesque, everyone's favourite ogre-inspired burlesque and drag parody, returns to celebrate Christmas!
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Edinburgh’s Christmas: The Polar Ice Bar
Take some time to ‘chill’ at the Polar Ice Bar, the coolest bar in the city, where your table, chairs and glasses are sculpted entirely from ice.
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Edinburgh’s Hogmanay Concert in the Gardens
Concert in the Gardens presents the very best in live music, fireworks and illumination for a world-class event experience to say farewell to 2024 and help us jump into 2025.
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Edinburgh’s Hogmanay Street Party
The world-famous Edinburgh’s Hogmanay Street Party returns to the historic city centre, to once again light-up the Edinburgh skies!
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Edinburgh’s Hogmanay: Bairns New Year Revels
A special Bairn’s New Year Revels allows young party-goers a chance to join the celebrations with a huge family ceilidh, live music, dancing and Hogmanay fun for all.
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Edinburgh’s Hogmanay: Candlelit Concert at St. Giles’ Cathedral
Come along to a festive celebration in the candlelit atmosphere of St Giles' Cathedral on 31st December!
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Escape the Past: The Anatomist
Descend into a world of grave robbery, mystery and malpractice as you embark on a thrilling adventure into Edinburgh’s dark past.
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Escape the Past: The Deacon’s Cabinet
From Escape The Past comes a new escape room 'The Deacon’s Cabinet', a historical heist escape room which challenges you to outsmart the infamous Deacon Brodie!
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Everlyn Nicodemus
Everlyn Nicodemus opens her first retrospective exhibition, at National Galleries of Scotland: Modern One in Edinburgh.
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Finn Finity and the Great Christmas Maths Mystery
Follow in the footsteps of the Maths Week Scotland Mascot Finn Finity, on this interactive self-guided story set at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh.
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Flamenco Dance Class Programme
Alba Flamenca's Flamenco dance classes with amazing flamenco dance teachers ready to welcome everyone from beginners to advanced!
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Haggis Ceilidhs Hogmanay Parties
Celebrate your 2024 new years eve in style with The Haggis Chasers, one of Scotland's leading modern ceilidh bands at The Counting House!
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Celebrate your 2024 new years eve in style with The Haggis Chasers, one of Scotland's leading modern ceilidh bands at the O2 Academy Edinburgh!
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Hogmanay at Angels Share
Join us at Angels Share in Edinburgh's city centre for the ultimate Hogmanay celebration to welcome 2025 in style!
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Hogmanay Ball
Ring in the New Year with elegance and excitement at the Norton House Hogmanay Ball.
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Hogmanay Celebrations at Contini George Street
Celebrate New Year in sumptuous style at Contini George Street's annual New Year’s Eve dinner with post-dinner entertainment!
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Hogmanay Extravaganza at The Pitt
Join us at The Pitt for an epic night of fun, food, fire, live music, laughter, a ceilidh and lots of surprises as we bid farewell to 2024 and welcome 2025 with open arms!
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Hogmanay in Heights
Raise a glass to 2025 in style and with the best view in town at our Hogmanay Bash at Apex Grassmarket Hotel is in our fabulous Heights suite!
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Hogmanay Party at Edinburgh Street Food
Ready for an unforgettable Hogmanay 2024 in the heart of Edinburgh? Then Edinburgh Street Food is the place to be!
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Hogmanay: Feeva & The Diversions
Bring in the bells at Dalkeith Miners Club this Hogmanay, with 2x fantastic live bands you can dance, celebrate & start 2025 with a BANG!
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Hope/Dòchas: Castle Mills Members’ Show 4
This exhibition at Edinburgh Printmakers invites you to explore the many forms hope takes, as demonstrated by over 96 artists and 105 works, the biggest display of members work to date.
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Inked Up: Printmaking in Scotland
Inked Up: Printmaking in Scotland celebrates this versatile artform, presenting a selection of works from the City Art Centre’s permanent collection of fine art.
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Jonny Walker: A shard in my eye’
Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop is excited to present A shard in my eye’, the new public commission by Jonny Walker for the Hawthornvale Space.
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Longarm Quilting Workshops
Experience the joy of longarm quilting with a bespoke workshop with professional quilter Claire Sowton at Cloud Quilting!
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Looking for the Seasons
This exhibition at the SOC in Aberlady presents watercolours by Jonathan Sainsbury, inspired by the iconic Ladybird books series “What to Look for in Winter/Spring/Summer/Autumn”.
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Mad Ferret Hogmanay Party
Bring in the bells this Hogmanay with up-beat Scots/Irish Folk music by The Mad Ferret Band at Stramash!
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Maps: Memories from the Second World War
Through personal stories, photography and memorabilia, this exhibition at the National War Museum charts the creation and use of maps during the Second World War.
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Mara’s Big NYE Bash
Join us on the stunning Shore in Leith and celebrate the New Year in Style at Mara's Big NYE Bash!
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New Years Eve- Around the world
Join us at The Three Sisters Edinburgh as we start the New Year celebrations from 9am til 5am and see in the bells in every time zone around the world!
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Pre Hogmanay Street Party Dining Experience at The Scottish Cafe & Restaurant 2024
Join Contini at The Scottish Cafe & Restaurant for a Pre Hogmanay Street Party Dining Experience with guaranteed Edinburgh’s Hogmanay Street Party ticket!
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Prestonfield Hogmanay Ball
Welcome in the New Year in traditional Prestonfield style with a Champagne reception, lavish four-course Hogmanay dinner and Celtic cabaret!
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Ptolemy Mann: Woven Colour
Dovecot Studios is delighted to present artist, Ptolemy Mann, as she returns to Scotland with her new exhibition 'Woven Colour'!
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Samedia Hogmanay Tropical Soundclash - NYE Party!
Celebrate NYE with a spicy stew of African, Latin and Global Sounds curated by the legendary Samedia Shebeen at La Belle Angele!
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Shining a Light: A History of Nursing Support Workers: Exhibition
Discover the fascinating history of nursing support work and celebrate the contribution that nursing support workers continue to make today.
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Showtime @ The Comedy Attic
Join us for Showtime at The Comedy Attic every Friday and Saturday for the best comedy this glorious city of Edinburgh has to offer!
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Spook Show: New Year’s Eve Ghost Magic
Paranormal Illusionist Ash Pryce invites you to join him for a spooky evening with the world of ghosts this New Year’s Eve!
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Stand Up Horror: New Year’s Eve
Actor, writer and tour guide Alex Staniforth for this Stand Up Horror 'New Year’s Eve' event at the Banshee Labyrinth!
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Stitched: Scotland’s Embroidered Art
In an exciting collaboration with the National Trust for Scotland, Dovecot Studios is thrilled to present a captivating new exhibition that unveils Scotland’s hidden textile treasures.
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The Best of Scottish Comedy - Hogmanay Specials
Talk about doing what it says on the tin! The Stand's flagship contemporary Scottish comedy show returns for Hogmanay!
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The Craft of Couture: Victor Edelstein designs for Anna Miller
This small display explores the work of fashion designer Victor Edelstein. A favourite of Princess Diana, Edelstein exemplifies the finest British fashion design of the 1980s.
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Theravāda Buddhism
This thought-provoking exhibition charts the history and influence of the Theravāda Buddhist tradition across the world, including its role in Scotland today.
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Through Line
Through Line marks the culmination of a series of four group exhibitions at the City Art Centre, spotlighting contemporary art and craft practice in Scotland.
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Toasting the New Year in Style!
Step into the New Year with The Scotch Malt Whisky Society and bid farewell to 2024 in style!
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Treasure Island
The Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh presents another epic story for the whole family - a new re-imagining of esteemed Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson’s adventure story: Treasure Island!
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Treasures of the National Library of Scotland
The National Library of Scotland's permanent exhibition provides a unique insight into Scotland’s history, culture and people and its place in the world.
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TuFlamenco is Back with More Flamenco Magic! Course 2024/25
Ignite your passion with TuFlamenco dance classes for adults and children, now returning bigger and better!
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VEGAS! The Grand Hogmanay Ball
Say farewell to 2024, and welcome in 2025 at The Vegas Grand Hogmanay Ball in the Voodoo Rooms Edinburgh!
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Whisky Tasting and Tales
Taste 4 deliciously different whiskies while taking a journey into the history of whisky in Scotland and its profound importance within Scottish culture.
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WinterFest
Plan your perfect festive day out and soak up the Christmas spirit at Dalkeith Country Park's WinterFest!
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Events in East Renfrewshire
Here's a selection of events you can find over on our sister site, What's On East Renfrewshire:
Jack and the Beanstalk
Eastwood Park Theatre are delighted to team up with Spillers Pantomimes to present a GIANT of a show: Jack and the Beanstalk – the Panto you've all BEAN waiting for!
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Hogmanay Ball
Celebrate the New year in style and grandeur at Dalmeny Park House Hotel's spectacular Hogmany Ball!
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121st Glasgow Scout Group - Hogmanay Family Party
Bring the whole family and join the 121st Glasgow Scout Group (Clarkston) for an unforgettable evening packed with fun, entertainment, and plenty of New Year's cheer!
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Here's a selection of events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Fife:
Artie’s Singing Kettle Hogmanay Party
Join Artie at The Alhambra Theatre for his special Hogmanay Party show! It's a joyful musical celebration that kids and parents alike will love.
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Joseph Noel Paton An Artist’s Life – From Dunfermline to the Royal Court
Dunfermline Carnegie Library and Galleries welcomes home one of its own with a major exhibition devoted to the life and work of Sir Joseph Noel Paton.
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New Years Eve Yoga & Self-care Retreat
Join us at Centre for Positive Change on New Years Eve for a sacred evening of immersive self-care and profound relaxation!
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Here's a selection of events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Glasgow:
Viva Glasvegas NYE
Get ready to roll the dice and raise a glass on Hogmanay 2024, as your favourite taproom turns into a mini Sin City... kick off 2025 in true Glasvegas style!
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Good Move Glasgow Health Walks
Good Move Glasgow's Health Walks are easy, fun and free. What's more, with over 50 walks taking place each week, there's bound to be one near you!
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Glasgow City Chambers Illuminated
Visit George Square this winter and experience Glasgow City Chambers like never before as a state-of-the-art lighting and projection show repeats through the evening!
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Here's a selection of events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Lanarkshire:
Newmains & District Gala Day - The Big Lunch
Join Newmains & District Gala Day on Sunday 2nd June for The Big Lunch, a fantastic community event for the whole family featuring inflatables, races, stalls and more!
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Biggar Bonfire
The Biggar bonfire is lit every Hogmanay at 9.30pm in the High Street... Come and join us!
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The Blackheart Market Christmas Pop-up Shop
The Blackheart Market returns to EK, East Kilbride and this time it'll be staying a while, as they set up shop between 23rd November to 31st December!
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Here's a selection of events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Renfrewshire:
Hogmanay Party
Venue Paisley is celebrating their first Hogmanay. Join them and ring in the New Year in style!
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Paisley’s Cosy Christmas Trail
Help find and name all of Paisley First's cute and cosy Christmas characters hiding in local business windows and you could win a prize with their FREE Christmas Trail!
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Renfrewshire Walking Network Community Walks
Enjoy some fresh air and activity on one of Renfrewshire Walking Network's free weekly health walks, held in locations across Renfrewshire!
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Here's a selection of events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Stirling:
Stirling’s Hogmanay
Stirling County Rugby Club proudly launches its first New Year’s Eve celebration ‘Stirling’s Hogmanay’, promising an unforgettable evening of Scottish tradition and festivities!
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Hogmanay Ceilidh Gartmore 2024
Join us in celebrating Gartmore’s 300th Anniversary as the Gartmore Ceilidh, Scotland’s most iconic and vibrant dance event, lights up the calendar for 2025!
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The Man Who Could Paint Anything – The Legacy of Thomas Stuart Smith
This exhibition showcases some of The Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum’s remarkable art collection.
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