October Half Term events in Edinburgh
View all the upcoming October Half Term events taking place throughout Edinburgh below or use the calendar to find events taking place on a specific month or date.
Events in Edinburgh
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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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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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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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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Edinburgh October Half Term Camp @ George Watson’s College
Miniversity Holiday Camps are coming to George Watson’s College this October half-term and are specifically designed for children age 5-12 years!
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Medicine and Blood: Online Kids Workshop
Join Surgeons Hall Museums for some hands on learning in this new Zoom workshop for Kids aged 8+!
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Events in 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!
The Big Barrhead Scarecrow Festival
All About Barrhead are hosting the first ever Big Barrhead Scarecrow Festival and they're inviting all residents and businesses within the town to take part!
Bonkers about Conkers - CANCELLED
Prepare your own conker and put it to the test at the first ever Whitelee Conker Contest on Monday 12th October!
So You Think You Know About Dinosaurs! - POSTPONED
So You Think You Know About Dinosaurs is the hit stage show starring dinosaur aficionado Dr Ben Garrod and it's coming to Eastwood Park Theatre this October!
Makaton Map Masters - CANCELLED
Learn how to read a basic map and explore the windfarm with your team on this Makaton orienteering course with the Whitelee Rangers!
James Campbell: The Funny World of… - POSTPONED
Enjoy the best comedy for kids from the man who invented it! James Campbell's show finds The Hilariously Funny Things about everything including pets, yoghurt, bees, and why do we have hair?
Events in Fife
Events in Glasgow
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!
Holmwood House Re-opening
Alexander 'Greek' Thomson's finest domestic creation, Holmwood House, will reopen on Saturdays from 12th September until the end of October!
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!
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!
GVVT Annual Open Weekend - CANCELLED
Glasgow Vintage Vehicle Trust's Annual Open Weekend returns for 2020 on Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th October!
Funnyhappystuff Presents: Look Mum, I Found A Circus - POSTPONED
Join Martin Mor at the Stand Glasgow for 'Look Mum, I Found A Circus' a family friendly show using only found objects!
Find Your Adventure: Online Drama Workshop
Find Your Light Theatre School are hosting an Online October Workshop for ages 7+, 'Find Your Adventure', which will focus on devising and creating mini performances!
Artie’s Singing Kettle: Halloween Special
Get dressed up for this solo Halloween Special from the Singing Kettle's founder, Artie Trezise at Cottiers Theatre on Sunday 18th October!
Cinderella
Go Kids Scotland present their production of the most famous pantomime of them all, the classic rags to riches story... Cinderella!
Events in Lanarkshire
Pumpkin Picking at Valley View
Have fun and pick and carve your own pumpkin at Valley View at Gouldings between Friday 2nd and Saturday 31st October!
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!
Pumpkin Festival at M&D’s
The annual Pumpkin Festival at M&D’s is a fantastic experience for the whole family featuring Pumpkin picking, Halloween themed games, spooky storytelling and more!
October Week Family Gardening & Nature Club
Get the kids outdoors and join in a Family Gardening & Nature Club session this autumn at Castlebank Park in Lanark!
The Mcdougalls Big Splash! - POSTPONED
Everyone's favourite children's theatre company, The McDougalls, return to Rutherglen Town Hall with a brand new live musical show for all the family!
The Autumn Sessions - Kids Craft & STEM Workshops
The Material Geeks are back this half term with three brand new Kids Craft & STEM Workshops!
The Gruffalo’s Child - POSTPONED
Follow the Gruffalo's Child on her adventurous mission in Tall Stories' enchanting adaptation of the much-loved picture book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler at The Town House, Hamilton!
I Spy With My Little Eye - CANCELLED
There'll be a treasure hunt, all your favourite sing along songs and lots of party games when 'I Spy With My Little Eye' comes to Rutherglen Town Hall on October 17th!
The Mcdougalls Big Splash! - POSTPONED
Everyone's favourite children's theatre company, The McDougalls, return to East Kilbride Arts Centre with a brand new live musical show for all the family!
Tracks And Signs
Join the Countryside Rangers in Drumpellier Country Park as they go in search of the tracks, trails and signs our wild mammals leave behind.
FunBox: How to be a Superhero - CANCELLED
Its time to pull on your spandex, slap on your capes and head up, up and away as you join Anya, Kevin, Gary and Bonzo for some singalong silliness at Airdrie Town Hall!
Swan Lake
After the sold-out performances of Nutcracker last year, Russian National Ballet return to the UK with the most famous Ballet of all time... Swan Lake!
Events in Renfrewshire and Inverclyde
intu Braehead Funfair
The intu Braehead Funfair returns to the riverside Boardwalk this October half term promising fun for all the family!
Free Gymnastics with Storm Gymnastics
Storm Gymnastics have secured funding to offer 250 children FREE GYMNASTICS CLASSES at our brand new purpose built gymnastics facility in Paisley during the October school holidays!
Rascally Dinners
Everybody clap your pans - it's time for Rascally Dinners... a riotous online culinary experience for families presented by LAStheatre!
Events in Stirling and Falkirk
Off the Grid - a Creative Maths Exhibition
Creative Stirling, in collaboration with shape master George Connell from Shape with a Difference, announce Off the Grid - a creative maths exhibition as part of Maths Week Scotland.
Stirling Science Festival 2020
Stirling is hosting its very first Science Festival, which will explore the world of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art & Maths) from 15th to 17th Ocotber.
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