Christmas events in Edinburgh
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Events in Edinburgh
Christmas at Volcano Falls
Volcano Falls at Fountain Park has the perfect packages for you to celebrate the festive season!
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Five Sisters Zoo Christmas Illuminations
By popular demand, Five Sisters Zoo's Christmas Illuminations are back this winter with a mesmerizing display of colour and light!
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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: Christmas Tree Maze
St Andrew Square holds one of the UK’s largest illuminated Christmas Tree trails so come along and get lost in the magic!
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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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Christmas at the Botanics
Explore the sights and sounds of Christmas in this magical after dark experience when it returns to the Royal Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh!
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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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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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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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Edinburgh’s Christmas: Santa’s Stories
Santa is back at Edinburgh's Christmas this year! Make your little one's day and bring them along to our Santa Experience in St Andrew's Square!
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Castle Street Christmas Market
Castle Street Christmas Market returns in 2024, providing everyone with something special to buy and enjoy.
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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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Night Family Christmas Party at Little Plaza - with Flexible Childcare Support
A magical way to celebrate the festive season, the Night Family Christmas Party at Little Plaza offers a cosy, fun-filled evening for families with young children!
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Ocean Terminal Christmas Market
LocalMotive Markets will be running yet another magical Christmas Market at the Ocean Terminal Shopping on a number of dates from the end of November!
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Santa’s Grotto at Dobbies Edinburgh
Santa's Grotto is always one of our most popular experiences at Dobbies Edinburgh, and this year it's even more magical!
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Santa's Grotto is always one of our most popular experiences at Dobbies Livingston, and this year it's even more magical!
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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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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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Oor Aladdin
In this Scottish adaption of an old favourite, we find Aladdin and the MacTwankey family, living in Bathgate with not a penny to their name.
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The Polar Express™ Train Ride Edinburgh
This November and December join us on board THE POLAR EXPRESS™ Train Ride when it returns to Waverley Station!
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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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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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Breakfast with Santa
This festive season, enjoy breakfast with Santa and his elves, and make some magical memories at IKEA Edinburgh!
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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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Cold Town House - Brunch with Santa
Cold Town House are thrilled to bring back their popular Brunch with Santa, but hurry they sell out fast!
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Conifox Christmas Experience
Conifox Christmas Experience is back for it’s 6th year, with so much more than just Santa's Grotto!
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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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Meet Mr and Mrs Claus at the Zoo!
Make your little one's day at Edinburgh Zoo extra special this festive season. Meet Santa Claus and Mrs Claus at our Grotto, which this year will be inside our Budongo Trail building!
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Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
The smash-hit London Palladium production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat returns to Edinburgh Playhouse this Christmas!
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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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Santa Paws at Dobbies Edinburgh
Give your canine companion their own festive experience with a trip to visit Santa Paws at Dobbies Edinburgh!
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Give your canine companion their own festive experience with a trip to visit Santa Paws at Dobbies Livingston!
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Big Big Christmas Parties
Are you ready for the best Christmas party nights in town? Then come along to the O2 Academy Edinburgh this December!
READ MOREStarry Nights at Beecraigs Country Park
Magical illuminated Christmas experience Starry Nights comes to Beecraigs Country Park this December, providing outdoor festive fun for friends and family alike!
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Santa Breakfast at The Bridge Inn
Santa is taking time out of his busy Christmas schedule to enjoy a magical breakfast with families at The Bridge Inn at Ratho.
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Whispers of the Twenties: A Christmas Speakeasy
Step into a world of flappers, speakeasies, cocktails and jazz as you embark on an enchanting time-travel adventure to the Roaring Twenties at Summerhall Distillery this December!
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Brunch with Santa
Bring along the wee ones to Murrayfield Hotel and House this Christmas for our Brunch with Santa events!
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The Sleeping Beauty
Don't miss Edinburgh People's Theatre pantomime The Sleeping Beauty at Church Hill Theatre!
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Krampus Alternative Market
The Krampus Alternative Christmas Market comes to the Most Haunted Pub in Scotland this Fest-evil season!
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Frank Sanazi’s Secret White Christmas Show
Get ready for a hilarious festive celebration with Frank Sanazi’s Secret White Christmas Show in The Bier Cellar at Frankenstein.
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The Beached Boys at Le Monde
The UK’s leading Beach Boys tribute act The Beached Boys return to Edinburgh for two special Christmas Shows at Le Monde Hotel, Edinburgh.
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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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Carols by Candlelight
Opera Caledonia returns to St. Vincent’s Chapel to present Carols by Candlelight from 19th - 21st December.
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Phil Cunningham’s Christmas Songbook
Phil Cunningham returns to The Queen's Hall with his extremely popular annual Christmas Songbook from 19th to 22nd December!
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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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BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Christmas At The Movies
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra's glorious 'Christmas at the Movies' concert comes to the Usher Hall on Monday 18th December!
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Macastory’s Robin Hood and the Golden Arrow
Sherwood Forest comes to the Scottish Storytelling Centre for this season's fun-filled festive Macastory Panto!
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Christmas Wine Tasting
Slonk is getting festive with a wine tasting featuring our favourite wines of 2024 at Edinburgh's stunning Port of Leith Distillery on 22nd December!
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Creepy Christmas
Come along and get goosebumps on your goosebumps as you listen to two classic seasonal tales of terror that will chill you to the bone, even if the weather doesn't!
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Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols
Celebrate the spirit of Christmas with a service that offers beauty and a connection to the heart of the festive season at St Michael and All Saints on 22nd December!
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Holiday Season - Midnight Lunar Market
Welcome to the Midnight Lunar Market 'Holiday Season Edition' being held at The Voodoo Rooms on Monday 22nd December!
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Join the RSNO this December for a special feast of Christmas cheer! Still Game’s Sanjeev Kohli will narrate our popular screening of the magical film!
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Christmas Piano by Candlelight: Moonlight Sonata
Enjoy Beethoven's iconic and haunting masterpiece performed alongside festive piano classics in the atmospheric candlelit St Vincent's Chapel on 23rd December!
READ MOREKevin Quantum ‘Christmas Special’ with Guests
Magician Kevin Quantum and special guests are back with astonishing illusions and big laughs in a riotously fun and magical Christmas show for the whole family at Church Hill Theatre!
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Merry Monday Festive Party
The Three Sisters are throwing a party on the 23rd December and its going to be everything Christmas and more!!
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SCO: Christmas Concerto and Vivaldi’s Four Seasons
Join the Scottish Candlelight Orchestra and award-winning violinist Ben Shute for a festive programme of Christmas string classics at St Vincent's Chapel Edinburgh on 23rd December!
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The Mini Guns
Get ready for an unforgettable night of live music with The Mini Guns duo at The Three Sisters Edinburgh on Monday 23rd December!
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The Music of Zimmer vs. Williams
Enjoy an epic concert celebrating the very best epic scores from two of the greatest film composers of all time at the Usher Hall on 29th December!
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Aladdin: Adult Panto
See our pantomime cast take you through the story of “Oor Aladdin” but with a sinister twist at the Reconnect Regal Theatre on Monday 30th December!
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Edinburgh’s Hogmanay: Night Afore Disco Party
Global smash-hit and time-travelling DJ sensation Hot Dub Time Machine returns to Edinburgh’s Hogmanay for the first time in a decade to headline this year’s Night Afore Disco Party.
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The Scottish Fiddle Orchestra
Join in the fun and enjoy the party atmosphere of a traditional Scottish Hogmanay at the Scottish Fiddle Orchestra's annual festive concert!
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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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Count Arthur Strong Is Charles Dickens In ‘a Christmas Carol’
Join Count Arthur Strong as he delivers the Charles Dickens story and follows this with his own adaptation of the most classic of festive tales, A Christmas Carol at the EICC in December 2025!
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Panto 2025: Jack and the Beanstalk
Join Allan Stewart, Grant Stott and Jordan Young for the GIANT of a pantomime we've all BEAN waiting for!
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G4 Christmas
Selling out every year, G4 will be back on the road in 2025 with their ‘G4 Christmas’ tour. Catch them at the Usher Hall in Sunday 28th December!
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Christmas Events in East Renfrewshire
Here's a selection of Christmas Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On East Renfrewshire:
PRIME Football Xmas Camp
Keep your players entertained and active this Christmas with four days of footballing fun at PRIME Football!
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Giving Santa
Santa will arrive at The Avenue Shopping Centre on Sunday 1st December and will be in centre every Sunday until Christmas!
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Sportykids Softplay Christmas Parties
Sportykids Softplay are hosting their exciting Christmas Parties again this year on Monday 23rd and Tuesday 24th December!
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Here's a selection of Christmas Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Fife:
Christmas at the Scottish Fisheries Museum
Pop down to The Scottish Fisheries Museum this December! There's something for everyone with a lovely selection of gifts and prints, family crafts, a trail and storytelling!
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A Frozen Afternoon Tea
Join us at The Inn at Charlestown on 21st December for a magical Afternoon Tea and remember to dress up as your favourite Arendelle character...
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The Magicfest Christmas Special!
Magician Kevin Quantum and special guests are back with astonishing illusions and big laughs in a riotously fun and magical Christmas show for the whole at Carnegie Hall!
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Here's a selection of Christmas Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Glasgow:
Red & The Wolf: Interactive Christmas Show
The hilarious duo Act About are back at the Outdoor Playbarn in Glasgow's Southside with their annual Christmas show aimed at ages 1-7!
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Abba Duo Festive Tribute Night
The Abba Duo Tribute Night is returning to Arta for an evening of sensational festive entertainment!
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Festive Movies at BAaD
Join the team at BAaD under their disco ball as they show your Festive favourites on the big screen!
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Here's a selection of Christmas Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Lanarkshire:
Christmas Party & Snowball Fight
Krazy Congo Soft Play at M&Ds Scotland's Theme Park are hosting an exclusive Christmas Party on Tuesday 24th December which will include a snowball fight with the elves and a visit from Santa!
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Aladdin
Motherwell Theatre's are excited to announce that this year's Christmas panto with Spillers Pantomimes will return to Ravenscraig Regional Sports Facility!
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The Snowman
Lanark Memorial Hall will host a special screening of the classic animated film The Snowman with live musical accompaniment from Kirkintilloch Brass Band on Saturday 21st December!
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Here's a selection of Christmas Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Renfrewshire:
Jack and the Beanstalk
Join the Beacon Arts Centre for a Fee Fi Fo FUN adventure for all the family this December, with their 2024 panto... Jack and the Beanstalk!
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A Broadway Christmas Carol
Enjoy a concert full of songs from the musicals, carols and Christmas favourites from yesteryear when The Show Affs present... A Broadway Christmas Carol at Mossvale Community Church!
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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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Here's a selection of Christmas Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Stirling:
Santa’s Magical Lighthouse
With lots of laughs and songs to join in with, become a lighthouse keeper and guide Santa home this Christmas in this fun-filled, interactive adventure for children aged 5 years and under!
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The Jingle Belles Ultimate Christmas Party
Don't miss the show at The Albert Halls on 21st December, covering all the Christmas hits that we listen and sing along to every year!
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Grinch Dinner & Disco
Join the Inglewood team this Christmas and enjoy a wonderful Who-feast followed by a visit from the Grinch and music from our DJ!
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Starry Nights at Dean Castle
Magical illuminated Christmas experience Starry Nights will return to Dean Castle Country Park this December, providing outdoor festive fun for friends and family alike!
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A Christmas Tale With Santa
A magical extravaganza awaits at Kelburn Castle & Estate this festive season... come along for a A Christmas Tale With Santa!
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Crosshouse Children’s Fund Santa’s Grotto
Meet Father Christmas and his elves in Crosshouse Children's Fund's magical grotto at Ayr Central, and receive a special gift from the man himself!
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