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Christmas Events in Edinburgh on 19 December 2024

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A Candlelit Christmas Concert

19th December 2024

Join Octavoce, the award winning acappella group, for Christmas music from across the years in the atmospheric setting of Morningside United Church on Thursday 19th December!

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A Christmas Carol - Panto in Musselburgh

18th December 2024 - 4th January 2025

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

30th November 2024 - 6th January 2025

Step into a world of winter wonder with seasonal activities this Christmas at Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh!

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ABBA Odyssey Christmas Party!

19th December 2024

Come dance the night away at the ABBA Odyssey Christmas Party! With something for everyone, this show is guaranteed to get you in the party spirit.

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Big Big Christmas Parties

6th December 2024 - 21st December 2024

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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Bongo’s Bingo Edinburgh - Christmas Specials

Selected dates between 29th November 2024 - 31st December 2024

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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Breakfast with Santa

30th November 2024 - 22nd December 2024

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

28th October 2024 - 19th December 2024

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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Carols by Candlelight

19th December 2024 - 21st December 2024

Opera Caledonia returns to St. Vincent’s Chapel to present Carols by Candlelight from 19th - 21st December.

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Castle Of Light

22nd November 2024 - 4th January 2025

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

25th November 2024 - 22nd December 2024
Edinburgh New Town

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

1st December 2024 - 7th January 2025

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

30th November 2024 - 31st December 2024

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

21st November 2024 - 30th December 2024

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

6th November 2024 - 6th January 2025

Volcano Falls at Fountain Park has the perfect packages for you to celebrate the festive season!

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Christmas Cocktail Baubles Workshop

Selected dates between 5th December 2024 - 20th December 2024

Join us at Summerhall Distillery for our exciting Christmas Cocktail Baubles Workshop and elevate your holiday spirit!

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Cinderella

23rd November 2024 - 31st December 2024

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

30th November 2024 - 24th December 2024

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

20th November 2024 - 4th January 2025

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

20th November 2024 - 24th December 2024

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

22nd November 2024 - 4th January 2025
Edinburgh New Town

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

20th November 2024 - 4th January 2025

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

23rd November 2024 - 24th December 2024

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

5th December 2024 - 4th January 2025

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

25th November 2024 - 4th January 2025
Edinburgh New Town

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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Festive Series: Whisky & Cheese Tasting

19th December 2024

This holiday season, let us welcome you for a decadent evening of whisky and cheese tasting at our warm and cosy Holyrood Distillery!

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Five Sisters Zoo Christmas Illuminations

15th November 2024 - 23rd December 2024

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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Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

3rd December 2024 - 29th December 2024

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!

1st December 2024 - 24th December 2024

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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Night Family Christmas Party at Little Plaza - with Flexible Childcare Support

25th November 2024 - 22nd December 2024

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

28th November 2024 - 22nd December 2024

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

29th November 2024 - 29th December 2024

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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Peter Pan

22nd November 2024 - 31st December 2024

This Panto season, Reconnect Theatres present 'Peter Pan' at the Howden Park Centre!

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Phil Cunningham’s Christmas Songbook

19th December 2024 - 22nd December 2024

Phil Cunningham returns to The Queen's Hall with his extremely popular annual Christmas Songbook from 19th to 22nd December!

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Rick Astley’s Swinging Christmas - A Big Band Concert

19th December 2024

Get ready to swing into Christmas! Multimillion selling global star Rick Astley has announced a very special big band tour this December with a date at the Usher Hall on the 19th!

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Santa Paws at Dobbies Edinburgh

5th December 2024 - 24th December 2024

Give your canine companion their own festive experience with a trip to visit Santa Paws at Dobbies Edinburgh!

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Santa Paws at Dobbies Livingston

5th December 2024 - 24th December 2024

Give your canine companion their own festive experience with a trip to visit Santa Paws at Dobbies Livingston!

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Santa’s Grotto at Dobbies Edinburgh

28th November 2024 - 24th December 2024

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 at Dobbies Livingston

28th November 2024 - 24th December 2024

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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SCO 2024/25: Silent Night

18th December 2024 - 19th December 2024

Join the luminous voices of the SCO Chorus under conductor Gregory Batsleer in the intimate setting of Greyfriars Kirk for a much-loved Edinburgh musical tradition.

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Starry Nights at Beecraigs Country Park

6th December 2024 - 23rd December 2024

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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The Gift

14th December 2024 - 31st December 2024

This festive show will ignite a playfulness, inspiring children and their families to find new games together when it’s their turn to open gifts!

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The Polar Express™ Train Ride Edinburgh

29th November 2024 - 23rd December 2024
Edinburgh Old Town

This November and December join us on board THE POLAR EXPRESS™ Train Ride when it returns to Waverley Station!

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The Princess Concert

19th December 2024

Join us at the Assembly Rooms for a magical Christmas journey into the world of enchantment as The Princess Concert comes to Edinburgh this Christmas!

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The Sleeping Beauty

13th December 2024 - 22nd December 2024

Don't miss Edinburgh People's Theatre pantomime The Sleeping Beauty at Church Hill Theatre!

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Treasure Island

28th November 2024 - 4th January 2025

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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WinterFest

29th November 2024 - 5th January 2025

Plan your perfect festive day out and soak up the Christmas spirit at Dalkeith Country Park's WinterFest!

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XXL Christmas Carol Concert

19th December 2024

Bring your loved ones for a night of joy, music, and holiday cheer at The XXL Christmas Carol Concert in the Assembly Rooms on 19th 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:

Breakfast With Santa

Breakfast With Santa

15th December 2024 - 22nd December 2024

Join Santa for a tasty breakfast at The Redhurst Hotel ahead of his busy Christmas schedule on Sunday 15th or Sunday 22nd December!

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Cinema Screening: The Nutcracker

Cinema Screening: The Nutcracker

19th December 2024

The Nutcracker has long been one of the most delightful ways to discover the enchantment of ballet – and makes for a delicious seasonal treat for all the family!

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Jack and the Beanstalk

Jack and the Beanstalk

22nd November 2024 - 31st December 2024

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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Christmas Events in Fife

Here's a selection of Christmas Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Fife:

Ya Wee Dickie McWhittington

Ya Wee Dickie McWhittington

5th December 2024 - 27th December 2024

The “Best Wee Panto in Scotland” returns to The King’s Theatre Kircaldy with a brand spanking new show for 2024!

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Jack and the Beanstalk

Jack and the Beanstalk

6th December 2024 - 28th December 2024

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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Eat The Movies at Earls Hall - Elf

Eat The Movies at Earls Hall - Elf

19th December 2024

Come join Seven Events UK for a magical evening at Earlshall Castle Grounds where we will be screening the classic Christmas movie, Elf!

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Christmas Events in Glasgow

Here's a selection of Christmas Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Glasgow:

Glasgow City Chambers Illuminated

Glasgow City Chambers Illuminated

17th November 2024 - 1st January 2025

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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Santa’s Submarine

Santa’s Submarine

Selected dates between 1st December 2024 - 22nd December 2024

Join The Submarine Centre this Christmas as they invite you to explore Coral Cove, meet Santa, and watch some of his elves hard at work making all the magic happen in their own fantastic way!

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Vivaldi Four Seasons at Christmas by Candlelight

Vivaldi Four Seasons at Christmas by Candlelight

19th December 2024

Enjoy an exceptional musical evening in the lead-up to Christmas in the spectacular candlelit setting of Glasgow Cathedral on Thursday 19th December!

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Christmas Events in Lanarkshire

Here's a selection of Christmas Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Lanarkshire:

Valley View Winter Wonderland

Valley View Winter Wonderland

23rd November 2024 - 24th December 2024

Join Gouldings at Valley View for Winter Wonderland their annual and award-winning magical Christmas experience for all the family!

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White Christmas

White Christmas

19th December 2024

Get yourself in the Christmas spirit this festive season by coming along to Lanark Memorial Hall and watching the classic movie, White Christmas, the way it was intended – on the big screen!

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Christmas at Clyde Valley Family Park

Christmas at Clyde Valley Family Park

Selected dates between 7th December 2024 - 24th December 2024

Come along to Clyde Valley Family Park and enjoy lots of festive fun for all the family this December!

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Christmas Events in Renfrewshire and Inverclyde

Here's a selection of Christmas Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Renfrewshire:

Paisley’s Christmas

Paisley’s Christmas

28th November 2024 - 28th December 2024

There's plenty of fabulous festive fun for all the family at Paisley's Christmas with so much to see and do across the town centre!

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Jack and the Beanstalk

Jack and the Beanstalk

7th December 2024 - 31st December 2024

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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Inchinnan Care Home Christmas Fayre

Inchinnan Care Home Christmas Fayre

7th December 2024 - 7th December 2025

Inchinnan Care Home will host their annual Christmas Fayre on Saturday 7th December featuring a range of stalls, home baking, hot food and drinks plus live music from Mark Walton!

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Christmas 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

Santa’s Magical Lighthouse

3rd December 2024 - 31st December 2024

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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Christmas Spectacular at Blair Drummond

Christmas Spectacular at Blair Drummond

30th November 2024 - 23rd December 2024

It's time to put on your cosy festive jumpers and head to Blair Drummond Safari Park for the return of it's beloved Christmas Spectacular event.

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A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

19th December 2024 - 22nd December 2024

Join critically acclaimed theatre company Chapterhouse at the most magical time of the year and be swept back in time nearly two centuries to the world of Scrooge’s London.

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Events in Other Areas

A Christmas Tale With Santa

A Christmas Tale With Santa

14th December 2024 - 22nd December 2024

A magical extravaganza awaits at Kelburn Castle & Estate this festive season... come along for a A Christmas Tale With Santa!

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Starry Nights at Dean Castle

Starry Nights at Dean Castle

6th December 2024 - 23rd December 2024

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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Sponsored Links

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Escape The Past
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Popular Events

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.
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!
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!
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!
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!

Popular Listings

Corn Exchange Haddington Edinburgh Playhouse Festival Theatre Edinburgh Howden Park Centre Livingston Kings Theatre Edinburgh National Museum of Scotland O2 Academy Edinburgh The Brunton Theatre, Musselburgh Traverse Theatre Usher Hall