Events in Edinburgh on 29 October 2020
View all the upcoming events in Edinburgh on the 29 October 2020 below, or use the calendar to find events taking place on a specific month or date.
Events in Edinburgh
Auld Reekie Tours
Take a journey into the dark side of old Edinburgh's history touring the haunted underground vaults with Auld Reekie Tours!
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Bright Shadows: Scottish Art in the 1920s
The 1920s was a period of contrasts and this exhibition explores the styles, ideas and events that shaped Scottish art during this influential decade.
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Centre for Lifelong Learning’s Autumn Online Classes
With the help of expert tutors, the Centre for Lifelong Learning at University of Strathclyde have developed an exciting range of classes to help keep you busy this Autumn!
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Charles Phillips Pre-Auction Opportunity
Due to Covid-19 we are are unable to perform our normal live auction event in your area therefore we will now offer an online collection at way below the auction estimates.
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Cilla The Musical - POSTPONED
Sheridan Smith reprises her award-wining portrayal of the late Cilla Black to star in Bill Kenwright’s stage production, Cilla The Musical at Edinburgh Playhouse in October.
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Conifox Halloween Spooktacular
Conifox Halloween Spooktacular is on from 17th October to 1st November, follow the spooky trail around the park then get creative and carve your own pumpkin!
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Cuddly Corgi Treasure Hunt
Looking to entertain the kids? Come and spot our cuddly corgis hiding around Britannia’s tour route.
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Curious About Edinburgh
Have fun discovering Edinburgh with a self-guided, heritage walk with a treasure hunt theme from Curious About!
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Drawing for Beginners - 8 week online course
Have you always wanted to learn to draw? This relaxed 8 week online evening drawing class run by The City Workshop is ideal for complete beginners with no prior drawing experience.
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EIFF and Unique Events present: Drive In Movies
Edinburgh International Film Festival and Unique Events have teamed up with Edinburgh Airport to produce a new monthly event for cinema fans throughout the rest of 2020!
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Family Fun Day Trip to Loch Ness from Edinburgh
The Hairy Coo offers the best family fun day out this October with their day trip to Loch Ness from Edinburgh. See if you can spot Nessie!
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First Bite Junior Youth Theatre
First Bite Junior Youth Theatre is run by Live Drama and is for all 7 - 11 year olds with a love of drama and the performing arts and starts on 17th September!
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Fore Play Crazy Golf
Round up your pals and get the ball rolling for your next night oot as Fore Play Crazy Golf Edinburgh pop-up has found a new home!
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Global Lab
Global Lab offers inspiring examples of creative practice in the arts, education and frontline activism, with the opportunity to share, question and dialogue.
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Halloween at The Anatomist Escape Room
Wondering how to celebrate Halloween this year with the latest restrictions? Get your costume ready and head to ‘The Anatomist’ - a brand new immersive escape room by Escape The Past.
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Halloween Pumpkin Carving at The Cauldron
Join us to carve a Jack-o'-lantern at The Cauldron Edinburgh on Frederick Street in New Town while enjoying a mug of The Cauldron’s signature HallowCream!
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Hidden Secrets of the Royal Mile Virtual Tour
Join Edinburgh tour guide Hannah Mackay Tait of Scotland with Hannah for a virtual journey through the hidden secrets of the Royal Mile!
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Historic Underground
A seasonal Halloween tour of Edinburgh’s most haunted vaults with Mercat Tours – this descent will take you eerily close to the spirit world!
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Interior Design Service
Make your dream home a reality with the IKEA Interior Design Service. It's a tailored and hassle free shopping experience for your convenience!
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Invisible Cities Walking Tours - Edinburgh
Invisible Cities offer family friendly guided walking tours of Edinburgh that showcase some of the city's historical landmarks and explore the social projects that make the city what it is!
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Joint Wildlife Art Exhibition
The Scottish Ornithologists Club is hosting a joint exhibition of paintings, prints and sculptures by three specialist wildlife artists: Robert Greenhalf, Matt Underwood and Anthony Theakston!
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Lockdown Virtual Tour and Tasting
Come and join us at Stirling Distillery as our team take you on a virtual tour and tasting from the comfort of your own home!
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Make memories aboard The Royal Yacht Britannia
The Royal Yacht Britannia has attained VisitScotland's 'We're Good To Go' certificate, so step aboard and follow in the footsteps of Royalty this October!
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Mana Poke pop up in Leith
Visit the Mana Poke pop-up shop in Leith for your dose of healthy food and a good chat! Open Fridays - Sundays from 16th October – 29th November.
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Mid-Century Modern Art and Design From Conran to Quant
Explore the furniture, fashion, textiles, lighting, ceramics, and printed material that defined Mid-Century Modern in this exhibition on now at Dovecot Studios!
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Music Classes for Children age 4 to 12
St Marys Music School Edinburgh is delivering various online music classes for children age 4 to 12 years starting in September.
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O for Light by Catherine Sargeant
O for light is a new body of painterly text pieces based on the changing sky, created during spring and summer 2020 by Edinburgh text artist Catherine Sargeant.
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Once Upon A Time
Lachlan Goudie’s exhibition at The Scottish Gallery presents a new collection of works, inspired by places that are, or at least may have recently felt far far away.
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Online Pilates Classes
Enjoy an online Pilates workout with Jane from Happy Being! Perfect if you are working from home sitting at a desk all day.
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Open Hearth
The Festival’s famous Open Hearth sessions move online in a ceilidh of cultures and featuring some of the finest traditional storytellers from around the world.
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Operating Theatre Live
Join award-winning Sam Piri and Amy Straughan LIVE from the operating theatre every Tuesday and Thursday as they examine the incredible structure of the human body to learn in a way never done before!
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Peace Starts With a Smile: Stuart Duffin RSA
In 2016 Stuart Duffin was granted a Gillies Bequest Award by the RSA to finance an artist’s residency at the Jerusalem Print Workshop. This exhibition is largely the result from that residency.
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Pedal It Purple
Cycle your purple socks off this October with by taking park in Glasgow Children's Hospital Charity's brand new cycling challenge... Pedal It Purple!
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Playtime with New Focus
Playtime's ace bassist Mario Caribe & drum master Tom Bancroft are joined by New Focus (pianist Euan Stevenson & saxophonist Konrad Wiszniewski) for this session on 29th October!
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Ray Harryhausen - Titan of Cinema
This exhibition is in collaboration with the Ray and Diana Harryhausen Foundation to celebrate what would have been film special effects superstar Ray Harryhausen's 100th birthday year.
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Reduct: Abstraction and Geometry in Scottish Art
This exhibition of works by 31 Scottish artists, Reduct: Abstraction and Geometry in Scottish Art will examine the ways in which non-objective expression remains a compelling approach.
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Rich Kids: A History of Shopping Malls in Tehran
This darkly comedic, dizzying show about entitlement, consumption and digital technology invites you to use Instagram to explore what is happening in the world.
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Scotland’s Precious Seas
To celebrate the Year of Coasts and Waters, this small exhibition explores Scotland’s diverse sea life and the many threats facing our marine life.
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Scots Music Group: Instrument and Song Classes
Scots Music Group is running its autumn term online! Check out the full list of weekly classes available through Zoom!
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Secrets of Witches Wood
Follow the winding footpaths and venture into the lost lands of the Calder Witches at Almond Valley Heritage Centre this October!
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Siobhan Miller
With all album launch gigs cancelled, Siobhan Miller is delighted to share some of the tracks with us from her new album 'All is Not Forgotten' in this pre-recorded gig on Traverse 3.
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Startup Summit
Startup Summit returns online this year with everything you need to start, grow and thrive in business!
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Stone Foundation
British Modern Soul Group Stone Foundation have collaborated with Paul Weller, Nolan Porter, Graham Parker, Carleen Anderson, Kathryn Williams and more, catch them at La Belle Angele in October!
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Storytelling Cafe Sessions
Rediscover the joy of ‘eye to eye, mind to mind, and heart to heart’ storytelling at the Scottish Storytelling Centre as part of the Scottish International Storytelling Festival.
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The Big Escape Edinburgh
The Big Escape is a brand new interactive outdoor experience, played on your smartphone, which will turn Edinburgh City Centre into a giant escape game!
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The Gruagach Solais
Claire Hewitt’s images are a response to the abundant natural and mythological landscape around her.
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The Hangman’s Haunts
Edinburgh’s gallows had no shortage of candidates – and visitors will meet some of them on this Halloween tour of Edinburgh with Mercat Tours!
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The Phantom of the Opera - CANCELLED
The brilliant original production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera arrives at the Festival Theatre for the first time ever in 2020!
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The Real Mary King’s Close Tours
Edinburgh's deepest secret, the Real Mary King’s Close is buried deep beneath the Royal Mile... a warren of hidden streets that has remained frozen in time since the 17th Century!
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Tools for Change
Theatre Uncut and the Traverse Theatre present digital reimaginings of three plays from the Theatre Uncut archive that explore racism, censorship, power and identity.
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Traverse Young Writers’ Scratch Performances
Traverse is delighted to present brand new, specially created, pieces from nine Young Writers online, with performers filming in their own homes under lockdown conditions.
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User Not Found
What happens to your digital life after you die? If there was a magic button, would you delete your online existence?
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Weekly Online Computing Club for Kids
Check out ComputerXplorers SEScotland's online kids computing clubs, the perfect way to learn the latest technologies and develop invaluable tech skills.
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Where’s Wally? Spooky Museum Search!
Join the search for Wally with your family this October half term at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh!
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Wondrous Woods
Come and join us for a creative lighting journey through the winding mystical pathways of the Wondrous Woods at Hopetoun House in a family friendly and safe event this Autumn!
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YCreate Online
Join YDance for YCreate for a live, online weekly dance programme for ages 3 – 8, designed to develop co-ordination, creativity and confidence!
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YogaBellies Edinburgh North - Online
YogaBellies Edinburgh North is holding LIVE classes, starting from Wednesday 5th August and bookings are now open!
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Events in East Renfrewshire
Alzheimer Scotland Dementia Friends Online Sessions
Alzheimer Scotland's Dementia Advisor is now delivering free, interactive and informative online Dementia Friends information sessions throughout East Renfrewshire.
Beat The Street East Renfrewshire
Beat the Street is a fun, free game that will see communities in East Renfrewshire transformed into a giant game! See how far you can walk, cycle and run in just 6 weeks!
Ghosty Giffnock Halloween Trail
Let's have some fun, bring the community together and create an amazing Ghosty Giffnock Halloween Trail for all to enjoy!
Macmillan East Ren Move More
Move More is a programme of physical activity, advice and support for people at all stages of the cancer journey, contact the Macmillan East Ren team and find out how to get involved.
The Great Clarkston Pumpkin Trail
With Hallowe'en not too far away, I Love Clarkston are celebrating one of the best holidays of the year, with The Great Clarkston Pumpkin Trail!
Witchy Windows
This Halloween, Clarkston Community Council invite you to take part in Clarkston's first ever Witchy Windows event!
Events in Fife
Blooming Marvellous
Everything in the garden’s lovely as we explore the wonderful world of wildlife and plants through our colourful and entertaining family-friendly exhibition!
Fife Art Exhibition 2020: Coast and Waters
Fife’s biggest annual arts competition will be going ahead in 2020 with a new theme and in a brand new venue!
Pregnancy Pilates - Online
Pregnancy Pilates helps to reduce those aches and pains, keep you active and benefit from some social time with other expectant women.
Seniors Pilates - Online
Join Sam Mace Wellness for an online weekly Pilates class for the over 60's and strengthen your back and core, rebalance your body and improve posture through re-alignment!
Up In Smoke
Through a combination of art, literature, advertising and movies, this exhibition highlights smoking as a social practice, focusing on the period from the 1800s onwards.
Well Being Well Doing
Using the labyrinth, earthship, yurt and lochside gardens to mindfully connect with nature, be with others in a like minded community and get creative in a simple and easy way!
Where’s Wally? Spooky Museum Search!
Join the search for Wally with your family this October half term at the Scottish Fisheries Museum in Anstruther!
Events in Glasgow
After Dark Tours at Pollok House
Pollok House has connections to one of the darkest episodes of Scottish history: the horrific witch trials... come along to an After Dark tour for a truly unique Halloween experience!
Blochairn Car Boot Sale
Browse the stalls and bag yourself a bargain at the weekly City Markets car boot sale in Blochairn!
Blood Brothers - SUSPENDED
Blood Brothers tells the captivating tale of twins who, separated at birth, grow up on opposite sides of the tracks, only to meet again with fateful consequences, don't miss it at the Glasgow King's!
Castlemilk Park Volunteer Group
The Castlemilk Park Volunteer Group meet on Thursdays and Fridays to carry out practical work in the park and keep it looking beautiful!
Chinese Ghost Stories
This Halloween, Ricefield Arts are bringing the folklore to you at home, via Zoom! You'll hear scary stories, take part in creepy activities, and compete in their costume contest!
City Sightseeing Glasgow
With 21 stops where you can hop on and off to visit some of the city's leading attractions, City Sightseeing Glasgow is the perfect way to explore Glasgow!
Curious About Glasgow
Have fun discovering Glasgow with a self-guided, heritage walk with a treasure hunt theme from Curious About!
Flock Together - CANCELLED
'Flock Together' is a Social/befriending Group aimed towards people who feel unable to speak openly about difficult family situations and to feel valued and supported.
GlasGLOW
This Halloween, step into a magical world full of light, fantasy and fun when GlasGLOW returns to Glasgow's Botanic Gardens courtesy of itison!
Glasgow Central Station Tours
Glasgow Central Tours offer you the chance to explore behind the scenes of Glasgow's most iconic and busiest landmarks, Central Station!
Glasgow City Centre Walking Tour
This is a 2.5-3 hour tour that will take you around all the main sites of the city, giving you an excellent opportunity to find out about Glasgow's rich history and culture!
Glasgow Science Festival: Science on the Sofa
Glasgow Science Festival are back with a digital programme of hands-on activities, talks, shows and more, to entertain and inspire!
Glasgow: The Dark Side
Join Walking Tours In Glasgow on this one-off event this Halloween and discover the Dark Side of Glasgow!
Good Move Glasgow Health Walks
Good Move Glasgow run Health Walks right across the city which are suitable for all ages and abilities!
Hallowe’en at Escape Glasgow
Looking for a spooky treat? Escape Glasgow has plenty of spine-chilling adventures ready and waiting for you!
Historic Tours of Glasgow University
Join a Historic Tour of the University of Glasgow the fourth oldest university in the English-speaking world!
Into the Night: International Photography Exhibition
The Glasgow Gallery of Photography will host 'Into the Night', displaying night photography from a wide range of international photographers, between the 29th and 31st October!
Invisible Cities Walking Tours - Glasgow
Invisible Cities offer friendly walking tours of Glasgow that showcase some of the city's historical landmarks and explore the social projects that make the city what it is!
Legend - The Music Of Bob Marley - CANCELLED
Legend, the music of Bob Marley is an unforgettable evening celebrating this musical icon in one fantastic stage show extravaganza! Catch it at the Pavilion Theatre Glasgow on Thursday 29th October!
Loch Lomond Scary Faerie Trail
This October, just in time for Halloween, Loch Lomond Faerie Trail will again be transformed into the Scary Faerie Trail!
Love Letter to Glasgow
Local artist Lee Robertson has been working on 'Love Letter to Glasgow' an exhibition which was due to be held in Sogo Arts on the Saltmarket, he's now taken his exhibition online!
Morwenna Kearsley: Leave the Dishes, Poke the Jelly
Leave the Dishes, Poke the Jelly is an exhibition of new photographs and writing inspired by the life and legacy of the artist Lee Miller, focusing on her final creative output as a gourmet cook.
NYCOS Mini Music Makers Online
Join NYCOS for their Mini Music Makers Online classes, providing an opportunity for you and your child to make and enjoy music together!
Platform Glasgow Free Taking Part Activities: Online
Check out the new ‘taking part’ season at Platform Glasgow, on now until December 2020!
Print From Home
Learn to screen print from the comfort of your own home in this four week online course with Print Clan!
Rajni Perera: Traveller
Tramway is delighted to present Traveller', the first exhibition in the UK by multi-disciplinary artist Rajni Perera!
Seasonal Yoga Classes Online
Join Simply Yoga By Laura for her seasonal yoga classes on Zoom and increase your flexibility and feel healthier and fitter with a regular yoga practice from the comfort of your own home!
Solo Photography Exhibition, David Gilliver: It’s a Small World
The Scotia Gallery welcomes you to a solo photography exhibition featuring an impressive series of macro photography created by Scottish Artist and photographer David Gilliver!
Stained Glass Workshop: 1 Day
Learn how to create stained glass panels on this one day workshop for total beginners at Cass Peters Glass Art!
The Big Escape Glasgow
The Big Escape is a brand new interactive outdoor experience, played on your smartphone, which will turn Glasgow City Centre into a giant escape game!
The Crafters Roadshow - St. Enoch Centre
Shop from the best in Scottish Crafts and support your local makers when The Crafters Roadshow returns to St. Enoch Centre!
The Witches of Pollok - CANCELLED
Join professional mind readers and historical witchcraft experts Cara Hamilton and Ethereal Fearchara for a night you will not forget at Pollok House!
Virtual Running Event - Run 5K, 10K, 21K - Glasgow Medal
Do you love Glasgow and want to get fit? Then why not try Beat Your Goal's virtual event and get your hands on this stunning medal!
Walking:Holding Film Screening
Performance art & mobile technology converge in Walking:Holding, a meditative journey through urban landscapes focusing on LGBTQ+ experience.
Window Works by Sean Ellcombe
The Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts (RGI) Kelly Gallery are pleased to announce the first exhibition since lockdown will be Window Works by Sean Ellcombe!
Yoga (Led into Mysore) with Laura
Join an online guided Ashtanga yoga class, open and suitable for all levels of students, including Mysore practitioners.
Events in Lanarkshire
Clack & Yack
Join East Kilbride Universal Connections online every Thursday afternoon for their Clack and Yack group... all welcome!
Clyde Valley Family Park Pumpkin Festival
From the 10th until the 31st of October ALL children visiting Clyde Valley Family Park will get to choose their own FREE pumpkin as part of their ticket and the park's Pumpkin Festival!
Darktober at M&D’s Presents: Anarchy
Don't miss Anarchy, a terrifyingly unforgettable experience where terror rules and your fate can change with every turn, at M&Ds Scotland's Theme Park!
Frightfully Weird Wildlife - A Halloween Special!
Ahead of Halloween, join the team at Castlebank Horticultural Centre for a virtual tour of the strangest, scariest and weirdest living things on Earth!
Haunted Maize Maze
Between the 26th and 31st October terrifying characters will entertain and scare you from beyond the grave at Valley View at Gouldings' Haunted Maize Maze!
Holistic Treatments - Massage & Reiki
The Health & Wellness Hub bring weekly holistic treatments, including massage and reiki, to several community venues around Lanarkshire!
Jane Henderson and Nicky McDonald in Concert - POSTPONED
Don't miss one of this season's programme highlights at East Kilbride Village Theatre... Jane Henderson and Nicky McDonald in Concert!
St Andrew’s Hospice Light Up A Life
You can celebrate the life of someone special and make a difference to the lives of patients and their loved ones this Christmas by supporting St Andrew's Hospice 'Light Up a Life' campaign!
Tenement Through Time
Tenement Through Time is a new, innovative and interactive exhibition which explores tenement life in New Lanark between 1881-1971!
Where’s Wally? Spooky Museum Search!
Join the search for Wally with your family this October half term at the Museum of Rural Life in East Kilbride!
Events in Renfrewshire and Inverclyde
Big Halloween Pumpkin Trail
Cardwell Garden Centre is staging a Big Halloween Pumpkin Trail around the centre for youngsters to take part in!
Black History Month Renfrewshire: ‘Museum of Me’ Online Exhibition
Museum of Me is an exciting online exhibition brought to you by PACHEDU The School of African Culture and Paisley Museum Creative Learning Team.
Galoshans Festival
For Scotland's Year of Coasts and Waters, Galoshans Festival programme explores the deepest darkest depths of the sea & spine-tingling tales of Inverclyde's bewitching waters!
Halloween Pumpkin Hunt
Explore the woodland trail and see how many goulish pumpkins you can find on the scavenger hunt with your family at RSPB Lochwinnoch Nature Reserve!
Harry Papadopoulos ‘The Edit: Volume 2’
As a photographer with Sounds magazine, Harry Papadopoulos worked with many up and coming Scots band that emerged during the early 80s, some of his photography is now on display at Beacon Arts Centre!
Paisley Pumpkin Halloween Trail
There's plenty of Halloween fun to be had in Paisley town centre this October with this fun Pumpkin Halloween Trail from Paisley First!
Events in Stirling and Falkirk
Flights of Fancy by Stirling and Districts Embroiderer’s Guild
The Stirling Smith is delighted to welcome back the Stirling and Districts Embroiderer’s Guild for their latest exhibition ‘Flights of Fancy’.
Give a Dog a Bone Alloa - Community Hub Drop-in for Adults and Reflexology for Over 60’s
Give a Dog a Bone charity, which offers a safe space for older people to make new friends, have a chat and mix with dogs, will reopen on Tuesday October 27 at 11am.
Halloween Fun
Blair Drummond Safari and Adventure Park is going PUMPKIN-tastic this Halloween. It might be smaller in scale, but will still be big on family fun!
Hocus Pocus on the Hill
Hocus Pocus on the Hill is an illuminated trail around the beautiful Holmehill in Dunblane, featuring lights, music, dance and even some high flying aerial performance in amongst the trees.
Oscillations
This immersive installation explores the way distant or invisible phenomena can have a tangible effect on our day-to-day lives.
Santa@Home
Woodland Experience has launched Santa@Home, a fun-filled experience that will ensure your family can still enjoy Santa’s magic this year from the comfort of your own living room!
The Crafters Roadshow - The Thistles Stirling
Shop from the best in Scottish Crafts and support your local makers at The Crafters Roadshow at The Thistles, Stirling.
The John Muir Family Award
Under The Trees is offering the chance for families to undertake the John Muir Award with them. It's a fantastic outdoor learning award, and is easy to achieve - even under our current situation!
Walk on the Wildside at Black Devon Wetlands
Celebrate the Year of Coasts and Waters locally by walking on the wildside and exploring RSPB’s Black Devon Wetlands Reserve with our interactive trail!
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