Christmas Events in Edinburgh on 13 December 2024
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Events in Edinburgh
A Christmas Carol - Panto in Haddington
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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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!
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Boogies BIG Christmas Bash
Throughout this festive season, experience a premium Christmas bash in the heart of the capital with Forth 1 Radio DJ Boogie!
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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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Cards for Good Causes
The pop up shop for Cards for Good Causes, the U.K.’s largest charity Christmas card retailer, once again returns to St John's Episcopal Church, Princes Street.
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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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Castle Street Christmas Market
Castle Street Christmas Market returns in 2024, providing everyone with something special to buy and enjoy.
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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 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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Christmas at Volcano Falls
Volcano Falls at Fountain Park has the perfect packages for you to celebrate the festive season!
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Christmas Baroque
Celebrate Christmas with London Concertante as we play a selection of stunning Christmas-themed Baroque works at St Giles Cathedral on 13th December!
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Christmas Cocktail Baubles Workshop
Join us at Summerhall Distillery for our exciting Christmas Cocktail Baubles Workshop and elevate your holiday spirit!
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Christmas Wreath Making at Hopetoun House
Get hands on at Hopetoun and create your own beautiful wreath completely from scratch using natural materials, sourced from our historic designed landscape.
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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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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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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: 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: 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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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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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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Heriot-Watt University Christmas Carol Celebration 2024
Heriot-Watt University’s beloved annual Christmas Carol Celebration returns to the Edinburgh campus on Friday 13th December.
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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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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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Nativity! The Musical
This Christmas, join Captivate Theatre for the hilarious comedy the whole family will love – Nativity! The Musical.
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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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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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Royal Scottish National Orchestra: Home Alone In Concert
The iconic Christmas family film Home Alone will be brought to life at this special screening featuring live music from the RSNO at the Usher Hall.
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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!
READ MORESanta’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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Santa’s Storytime Tea Party
Join Santa for a special Christmas story, complete with snacks, cocoa and a special gift at John Lewis Edinburgh!
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Scrambles Soft Play Christmas Party
Edinburgh Leisure’s soft play parties are back this festive season and come to Scrambles on Friday 13th December!
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So Fetch - 2000s Party Xmas Special
After another sold out event So Fetch is coming back to Edinburgh on Friday 13th December for a night full of 2000s magic with a Christmas twist!
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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Enjoy supper with Santa and his elves this festive season at IKEA Edinburgh and make some magical memories!
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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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The Sleeping Beauty
Don't miss Edinburgh People's Theatre pantomime The Sleeping Beauty at Church Hill Theatre!
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The Stand Christmas Special
Forget wearing paper hats and eating over-priced turkey – instead come and get some Christmas cheer from the very best comics from the UK and beyond at The Stand Edinburgh!
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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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Vote Christmas
The most divisive, most controversial, most hotly contested referendum of the century is upon us – a vote on the future of Christmas! Performed by the Strange Town 11-14 Friday group.
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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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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:
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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Dalmeny Park Hotel Christmas Party Nights
Kick start your holiday season in style with friends, family or colleagues at one of Dalmeny Park House Hotel's fabulous Christmas Party Nights this December!
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Free Festive Trail
Santa has lost his Reindeer at Greenbank Garden, can you explore the ir Festive Trail and help find them?
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Here's a selection of Christmas Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Fife:
Beauty and the Beast
Byre Theatre and Bard in the Botanics are delighted to present the 2024 St Andrews Panto 'Beauty and the Beast'!
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Jack and the Beanstalk
Fife's most immersive, family friendly panto is back for 2024! Starring Ian 'Sheepie' Smith alongside an all star cast, this is a festive treat not to be missed!
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A Christmas Carol
The award-winning Dyad Productions bring their magic to the Dickens’ classic 'A Christmas Carol' at Carnegie Hall on 13th December!
READ MOREChristmas Events in Glasgow
Here's a selection of Christmas Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Glasgow:
The Stand Christmas Specials
Forget wearing paper hats and eating over-priced turkey – instead come and get some Christmas cheer from the very best comics from the UK and beyond at The Stand Glasgow!
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Candlelight: Christmas Movie Soundtracks
Get your tickets now to discover the music of Christmas Movie Soundtracks at The Tall Ship under the gentle glow of candlelight!
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Forge Christmas Market
Have you started your Xmas shopping yet? at the Forge Christmas Market, you'll be able to shop among some cracking independent traders selling a variety of quality and affordable wares!
READ MOREChristmas Events in Lanarkshire
Here's a selection of Christmas Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Lanarkshire:
Sleeping Beauty
If you're looking for all-singing, all-dancing family entertainment that kids of all ages will love, don't miss Sleeping Beauty by Studio 32 Theatre Company!
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Mother Goose
Roll up, roll up, for the greatest show on earth - Mother Goose's Circus is in town!
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North Lanarkshire Heritage Centre Winter Activity Programme
Families can enjoy a variety of activities at North Lanarkshire Heritage Centre this winter including painting, Christmas-themed crafts, Elf School, and festive films!
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Here's a selection of Christmas Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Renfrewshire:
Aladdin
This Christmas, PACE Theatre Company is delighted to announce its annual pantomime will be a new version of Aladdin; a re-imagining of the classic tale with a distinctly Scottish flavour!
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The Anything Place
The Anything Place is a FREE interactive play experience for children age 5 and under being held in the centre of Paisley this Christmas!
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A Night at the Musicals
Stardust Theatre Company are proud to present a Magical Night at Musicals this Christmas! Celebrate the season with festive performances in Paisley!
READ MOREChristmas Events in Stirling
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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Made in Stirling Christmas Market
Made in Stirling's Christmas market is back with 42 artists and makers from all over Scotland!
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Santa’s Grotto at Dobbies Stirling
Santa's Grotto is always one of our most popular experiences at Dobbies Stirling, and this year it's even more magical!
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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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