Events in Edinburgh on 08 December 2020
View all the upcoming events in Edinburgh on the 08 December 2020 below, or use the calendar to find events taking place on a specific month or date.
Events in Edinburgh
12 Days of FITMAS
Complete Alzheimer Scotland's 12 Days of FITMAS this November and December and help make sure nobody faces dementia alone this winter!
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A Family Affair and Mark Hearld’s Menagerie
The Scottish Gallery is staging two exhibitions concurrently that look more closely at our natural surroundings - A Family Affair and also Mark Hearld’s Menagerie!
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Aladdin - CANCELLED
Christmas wouldn't be the same without a trip to The Brunton for their fabulous traditional panto and this year it's Aladdin!
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Art Exhibition at Paulin
Paulin Watches launch a new art exhibition in-store at their Stockbridge location in Edinburgh, celebrating original talent, creativity, and artistry.
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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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Beecraigs Festive Forest - CANCELLED
Following last year’s debut event, Beecraigs Festive Forest is back for 2020, bigger, brighter, longer and more spectacular!
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Bollywood Sessions
Come join us and in this energetic and fun class of Bollywood. Put on your dancing shoes to move on peppy tunes of Indian folk, bhangra, edm and hip hop all in one place.
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Breakfast Plays: New Tracks
This year's Breakfast Plays (New Tracks) return after a successful first run in August, delivered as an audio-only podcast.
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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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Cards for Good Causes
The pop up shop for Cards for Good Causes, the U.K.’s largest charity Christmas card retailer, is now open at St John's Episcopal Church, Princes Street, Edinburgh.
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Castle Street Christmas Fair
Castle Street Christmas Fair returns in December, providing everyone with something special to buy and enjoy. Not to be missed this year!
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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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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 the Palace: Family trail
This December explore The Palace of Holyroodhouse with the help of Holly and Rudy and a special Christmas trail!
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Christmas Drive-Thru Experience at Conifox
Conifox Adventure Park's sell-out Christmas experience returms this December, but with a ‘2020’ twist.
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Christmas Search Party
Great fun for all ages, Christmas Search Party is a brand new interactive outdoor experience from the team that brought you Fringe Search Party. All you need is a fully charged mobile phone!
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Curious About Edinburgh - Quirky Heritage Walks for the Curious!
Have fun discovering Edinburgh on this quirky, self-guided, heritage walk with a treasure hunt theme from Curious About!
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Dog First Aid (LIVE) 3 modules - 3 Tues evenings
This Emergency Canine Care course run by Dog First Aid Scotland North has been designed to be delivered through a live interactive session in 3 morning modules starting on 1st December.
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E. A. Hornel: From Camera to Canvas
This Exhibition is a collaboration between the National Trust for Scotland and the City Art Centre and is the first major retrospective of Hornel's art for over 35 years.
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Edinburgh Marathon Festival Virtual Challenge
The first ever Edinburgh Marathon Festival Virtual Challenge is up and running and you can complete your challenge anytime before 31st December 2020!
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Edinburgh Zoo’s Christmas Nights
Make your evenings merry and bright this festive season with a magical journey to the North Pole and back!
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Escape the Past: The Anatomist
Descend into a world of grave robbery, mystery and malpractice as you embark on a thrilling adventure into Edinburgh’s dark past.
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Exhibition: Snowy Scotland
This mixed winter exhibition opens at Birch Tree Gallery on 26th November, bringing back joyful memories of white landscapes!
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Festive Family Afternoon Tea at Dalmahoy
Dalmahoy Hotel & Country Club has come up with fun ideas where family Christmas memories can still made during the pandemic, including festive in-room camping and family afternoon tea.
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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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Gingerbread House Decorating at The Cauldron Edinburgh
Calling all Elves! Don your loudest Christmas jumper and join us at The Cauldron Edinburgh for a Gingerbread House Decorating activity!
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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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Jock McFadyen Goes to the Pictures
Timed to mark his 70th birthday, this major exhibition by contemporary artist Jock McFadyen displays new and existing paintings, alongside works from City Art Centre’s collection of Scottish art.
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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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Lyceum Christmas Tales
Join us this festive season for a Christmas offering unlike any other. Lyceum Christmas Tales is an advent calendar of 12 stories for audiences in Edinburgh and beyond.
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Macmillan Cancer Support Art Show & Auction
The Eastwood District Glasgow Committee of Macmillan Cancer Research are hosting their annual Art Show & Auction online between the 1st November and 13th December.
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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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Ocean Terminal Christmas Market
With Christmas just round the corner, LocalMotive Markets is extending the regular Ocean Terminal Market over the festive period and will be brimming with local and Scottish gifts, food, and drinks!
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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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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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Panto-Crime! A Festive Online Murder Mystery
Pantomime meets Murder Mystery in this festive online series from Whodunnit Events between the 8th - 21st December!
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Paths to Other Places - Drawing Parallels
Enjoy a virtual tour of 'Paths to Other Places: Drawing Parallels' and see this fantastic new exhibition by Scottish artist James Cosgrove!
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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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Re:connections
This exhibition at Upright Gallery will show artist books on the theme of connections - past, present and future.
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Santa’s Advent Stories
Edinburgh’s Christmas has teamed up with Forth 1’s breakfast elves Boogie and Arlene to bring you Santa’s Advent Stories!
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Santa’s Grotto at Dalkeith Country Park
Santa and his elves are coming to Dalkeith Country Park to give your kids an unforgettably magical experience this Christmas.
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Santa’s Grotto at Dobbies Edinburgh
Bring your little ones along to Dobbies Edinburgh for an exciting festive experience at Santa's Grotto!
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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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Spectacle of Light
Don't miss Dalkeith Country Park’s winter festive light experience 'Spectacle of Light' when it returns in 2020! It's a magical after-dark adventure for all the family!
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Super Market Virtual Christmas 2020
Super Market Events is back with the UK's first immersive virtual Christmas Market experience! Shop with over 150 Scottish Independent Brands all from the comfort of your own home!
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That’ll Be The Day Christmas Show 2020
That'll Be The Day Christmas Special is the essential start to the festive season with a sparkling mix of Christmas hits, fun and nostalgia with that guaranteed 'festive feel good' factor!
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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 Chocolatarium Tour
Enjoy a 90-minute fully-guided Tour of Chocolate for adults, teens and children aged 6 and over, just off the Royal Mile in Edinburgh’s Old Town.
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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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The Snow Queen - POSTPONED
The Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh is delighted to present a brand new adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's The Snow Queen for Christmas.
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Tour of Chocolate *Festive Edition*
Immerse yourself in festive cheer and award-winning chocolate at The Chocolatarium - Edinburgh's visitor attraction dedicated to chocolate!
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Traverse Podcasts
The Traverse Podcast is a series of conversations between Traverse’s Co-Artistic Director Designate Debbie Hannan and the most exciting and innovative theatremakers, creatives and cultural figures.
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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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Webcam Circus Show
Welcome to one and only webcam circus show, an online family-friendly and interactive circus show performed live on Zoom!
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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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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.
Barrhead’s Christmas Spirit Trail
All About Barrhead have teamed up with High Street Safari to create an interactive Christmas story-trail for all the family 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.
Neilston Window Wanderland
Come on a magical evening walk and enjoy colourful displays in the windows of Neilston this Christmas when the village hosts a Window Wanderland between the 6th and 13th December!
Netherlee Living Advent
Netherlee's Living Advent Calendar is set to create some much needed festive magic for everyone to enjoy in the countdown to Christmas, bringing the community closer together!
The Clarkston Christmas Trail
I Love Clarkston have teamed up with High Street Safari to create an interactive Christmas story-trail for all the family to enjoy!
The McDougalls Virtual Christmas Party
With theatre across the country closed this year, family theatre favourites The McDougalls are hosting the biggest and best virtual party of the year - and everyone's invited!
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!
Explore! Travellers and Trailblazers
Let us take you on an epic adventure! Follow in the footsteps of intrepid explorers to discover exotic lands and fantastic voyages through our hands-on, family friendly exhibition!
Kingsgate Christmas Market
Buy some unique and personal gifts for your loved ones at the Kingsgate Christmas Market and help raise money for Marie Curie as well as helping small businesses!
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.
Santa’s Grotto at Dobbies Dunfermline
Bring your little ones along to Dobbies Dunfermline for an exciting festive experience at Santa's Grotto!
Scotland’s Coasts
This exhibition, drawn from Historic Environment Scotland's archives, explores Scotland's relationship to the sea and its impact on everyday life.
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!
Snow White: Panto 2020 - CANCELLED
Join us on this magical, traditional pantomime adventure where we meet a Wicked Queen, a handsome Prince and the fairest damsel of them all, Snow White!
St Andrews Art Club Winter Exhibition
St Andrews Art Club is delighted to announce the 2020 Christmas Exhibition held in the club rooms at Argyle Street and also online!
The Magic of Christmas - CANCELLED
The Magic of Christmas at Carnegie Hall is a wonder-filled, promenade Christmas experience like never before, a unique, sparkling and magical adventure to remember.
Events in Glasgow
Bridgeton Cross Retail Market
Browse the stalls and bag yourself a bargain at the twice weekly City Markets Bridgeton Cross Retail Market!
Christmas Party Heroes
Join many other businesses in making a BIG difference to a LOT of peoples lives this Christmas by donating the unused cost of your Christmas party to Glasgow's Golden Generation!
Curious About Glasgow
Have fun discovering Glasgow with a self-guided, heritage walk with a treasure hunt theme from Curious About!
Fibres
Relive this story of love, laughter and the untold legacy of Glasgow's shipyards when the Citizens Theatre screens a film of the 2019 theatre show, Fibres!
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!
Good Move Glasgow Health Walks
Good Move Glasgow run Health Walks right across the city which are suitable for all ages and abilities!
Hire-a-Guide Goose Walk
Hire-a-guide at RSPB Scotland Loch Lomond for an exclusive dawn or dusk goose watching experience!
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!
Loch Lomond Festive Faerie Trail
Come to Luss to experience the Christmas magic of the Loch Lomond Festive Faerie Trail complete with a new festive mystery to be solved!
Loup GarouX - CANCELLED
New supergroup Loup GarouX, featuring Ed Harcourt, Cass Browne of Gorillaz and Richard Jones of The Feeling, make their Glasgow headline debut at Stereo on December 8th!
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!
Music Broth’s Online Ukulele Lessons as part of the ‘Band Together’ Project
Music Broth are hosting online Ukulele Lessons live on Zoom every Saturday for eight weeks starting on Saturday 24th October as part of the Band Together Project!
My Shawlands Christmas Pinata Trail
This festive season, there are fifty wonderful pinatas hiding in the windows of the amazing businesses in Shawlands, can you find them all?
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!
Rajni Perera: Traveller
Tramway is delighted to present Traveller', the first exhibition in the UK by multi-disciplinary artist Rajni Perera!
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - CANCELLED
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town at the Pavilion Theatre Glasgow is a truly magical pantomime with a real Christmas feel-good factor!
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!
Social Distance Santa & Elf Experience
This year, major attractions have been cancelled but Christmas has not and Santa is busy and so are his little elves planning a safe socially distanced experience for you and your family!
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!
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 Winter Show
Cyril Gerber Fine Art are thrilled to bring you an array of paintings, drawings and sculptures as part of their annual Winter Show!
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!
Virtual Yoga & HIIT Pilates Classes
Join Hot Yoga Glasgow Online for daily virtual classes all suitable for beginners and available to stream straight to your living-room!
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
Jerusalem News
Jerusalem News by Drama Kirk is a short, fun nativity is suitable for primary school children!
Lanark Winter Wonderland
We know how different and difficult this festive season is going to be for all of us... so here's lots of reasons from Discover Lanark why this Christmas in Lanark can still be extra special!
MSS Lanarkshire - Time To Chat Sessions
MS Society Scotland are working with their Lanarkshire local Group, and local health care professionals, to offer self management support sessions to people living with MS in Lanarkshire.
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!
St Andrew’s Hospice Virtual Santa Dash
The St Andrew's Hospice Santa Dash is back! Santa and his reindeer may have to socially distance this year but they still need your help in their training for the Big Day!
Tenement Through Time
Tenement Through Time is a new, innovative and interactive exhibition which explores tenement life in New Lanark between 1881-1971!
Events in Renfrewshire and Inverclyde
Paisley’s Christmas Buddie Bear Hunt
Christmas might be a little different this year but there's still plenty of festive cheer in Paisley town centre with the Christmas Buddie Bear Hunt!
The Jingle Bell Elf Trail
Walk or jog around Paisley and Johnstone's town centres and find all of the hidden Active Communities elves on this festive trail for all the family!
The Jingle Bell Virtual Run
Dress up in your best festive attire and join Active Communities for The Jingle Bell Virtual Run over 12 days in December!
Zoom call with Santa for ACCORD Hospice
Ho Ho Ho!! ACCORD Hospice are delighted to announce that Santa Claus will be joining them for a series of ZOOM calls this festive season!
Events in Stirling and Falkirk
Beauty and the Beast online
Fizzgig Theatre would usually be getting ready for their Panto at Mugdock, but as current circumstances won't allow it, they're bringing it online this year.
Christmas Fun at the Safari Park
Don't miss the Christmas fun at Blair Drummond Safari Park, with drive-thru reserves, safari animals, illuminated dinosaur trail, Christmas market, locally grown trees and Santa fly-by!
Horizons Open Sessions
Horizons Stirling, a FREE Stirling based inclusive youth dance company for dancers aged 12 - 19, will be delivering Open Sessions for young people who are interested in joining them.
New Members Required!
Planet Cheer, a new Cheerleading and Dance Studio in Stirling, is recruiting new members for their team!
The Big Christmas Exhibition
Come along to Greengallery for their Big Christmas Exhibition with loads of original art and unique Christmas presents!
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!
Events in Other Areas
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