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Nights Out Events in Edinburgh on 18 December 2024

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Events in Edinburgh

A Candlelit Christmas Concert

18th December 2024

Join Octavoce, the award winning acappella group, for Christmas music from across the years in the atmospheric setting of St Vincent's Chapel Edinburgh on Wednesday 18th 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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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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Buddy Holly & The Cricketers

18th December 2024

Buddy Holly and the Cricketers once again herald in the Yuletide festivities with Holly at Christmas 2024, the show that is now as traditional as mulled wine and mince pies!

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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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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 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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Dunedin Consort: Messiah

18th December 2024

There are few more uplifting ways to celebrate the festive season than to listed to the Dunedin Consort perfom Handel's Messiah!

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Edinburgh ‘Open House’ Ceilidhs

19th January 2024 - 20th December 2024

Join Edinburgh ‘Open House’ Ceilidhs for their Friday Ceilidhs held in the Royal British Legion Hall! If you love to dance or want to learn this event is for you.

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Edinburgh Magic

Selected dates between 11th October 2024 - 18th December 2024

Kevin Quantum invites you to an intimate and quite astonishing evening of magic, mystery and wonder in one of Edinburgh’s most historic and enchanting hotels; Waldorf Astoria - The Caledonian!

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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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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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Krampus Fest

13th December 2024 - 21st December 2024

Edinburgh Horror Festival is hosting the Krampus Fest from 13th to 22nd December at The Banshee Labyrinth.

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Love Wednesdays at Why Not Nightclub

Selected dates between 17th April 2024 - 28th December 2024

Come along to Love Wednesdays, Scotland's BIGGEST Wednesday night, hosted in the award winning WhyNot Nightclub!

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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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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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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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Screening: Pass the Spoon

18th December 2024

To celebrate Magnetic North's 25th anniversary, Fruitmarket are hosting a film screening of their spectacular production Pass The Spoon – for one night only on Wednesday 18th December!

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Showtime @ The Comedy Attic

25th October 2024 - 20th December 2025

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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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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Stories on the Way: Darkness and Light

18th December 2024

Join some of the Scottish Storytelling Centre's amazing apprentice storytellers as they venture into the dark winter nights in search of stories to share.

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The Bright Club

Selected dates between 30th October 2024 - 18th December 2024

The freshest thing in stand-up – straight from the (research) field to funny with a new crop of comedic academics from Scotland's universities every month.

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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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Nights Out Events in East Renfrewshire

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

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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Festive Cinema Screening: Die Hard

Festive Cinema Screening: Die Hard

Selected dates between 14th December 2024 - 18th December 2024

Is it a Christmas movie... we think so! Don't miss a screening of the classic film Die Hard at Eastwood House on Saturday 14th or Wednesday 18th December!

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Nights Out Events in Fife

Here's a selection of Nights Out 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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Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast

28th November 2024 - 31st December 2024

Byre Theatre and Bard in the Botanics are delighted to present the 2024 St Andrews Panto 'Beauty and the Beast'!

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Sleeping Beauty

Sleeping Beauty

4th December 2024 - 30th December 2024

Embark on a magical journey with our enchanting pantomime performance of Sleeping Beauty at the Adam Smith Theatre this December!

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Nights Out Events in Glasgow

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

Rodeo Riders

Rodeo Riders

Selected dates between 30th October 2024 - 18th December 2024

Maggie's are throwing down the gauntlet to find Scotland's best bull rider with the chance to win awesome weekly prizes and our grand annual prize - A 7 night trip for 2 to Nashville!

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Midge Ure

Midge Ure

18th December 2024

Experience a spectacular musical journey with Midge Ure's Catalogue: The Hits Tour at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall on Wednesday 18th December!

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Blind Escape - An Escape Room Blind “Date” For Future Friends

Blind Escape - An Escape Room Blind “Date” For Future Friends

Selected dates between 31st July 2024 - 18th December 2024

Riddle Rooms Glasgow's Blind Escape is like a blind date, but for future friends... play an escape room with a bunch of strangers, and leave as a group of friends.

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Nights Out Events in Lanarkshire

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

Sleeping Beauty

Sleeping Beauty

4th December 2024 - 22nd December 2024

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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Aladdin

Aladdin

29th November 2024 - 31st December 2024

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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A Crackin’ Christmas Carol

A Crackin’ Christmas Carol

17th December 2024 - 29th December 2024

From the producers that brought you last year's smash hit panto Sleeping Senga, Insideout Theatre Productions brings A Crackin' Christmas Carol to East Kilbride Village Theatre this festive season!

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Nights Out Events in Renfrewshire and Inverclyde

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

Wild Wild Wednesdays

Wild Wild Wednesdays

Selected dates between 15th May 2024 - 18th December 2024

Calling all Country fans, it may not be Texas but Paisley's oldest pub, The Old Swan will bring you the newest Country music every week at their Wild Wild Wednesdays night!

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Wine Down Wednesday

Wine Down Wednesday

Selected dates between 4th December 2024 - 17th December 2025

Enjoy a fun filled night in a busy and cosy pub located in the heart of Renfrew at Wine Down Wednesdays in Davidson's Bar!

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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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Nights Out Events in Stirling

Here's a selection of Nights Out Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Stirling:

Dates-n-Mates Falkirk Christmas Party!

Dates-n-Mates Falkirk Christmas Party!

18th December 2024

Enjoy festive music, a buffet, raffle and dancing at the Dates-n-Mates Falkirk Christmas Party at the Airth Venue on 18th December!

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BC Camplight (solo piano show)

BC Camplight (solo piano show)

18th December 2024

BC Camplight, considered one of indie music’s most forward-thinking artists, plays The Tolbooth Stirling on 18th December!

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Snow White

Snow White

29th November 2024 - 31st December 2024

Oh dear. Things aren’t going too well down in Stirling Stella. Find out more when this year's family pantomime 'Snow White' comes to Macrobert Arts Centre!

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Events in Other Areas

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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Fayre Play
ATG
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