Edinburgh's Winter Festivals

Edinburgh’s Royal Mile is the obvious place to start for a taste of Burns and the Scottish Storytelling Centre, right in the heart of Edinburgh’s Old Town, doesn’t disappoint.

Edinburgh’s Hogmanay Street Party was being called "a major success" by organisers the City of Edinburgh Council and Unique Event

A favourite event of the winter season, the Scottish Ensemble’s annual concert by candlelight comes to the beautiful surroundings of Greyfriars Kirk, giving Edinburgh audiences the chance to

St. Andrew's Day commemorates Scotland's patron saint and is a Scottish Bank Holiday, although employers are not obliged to give employees time off. St. Andrew's Day is marked on 30th November every year. If that date is on the weekend, the St. Andrew's Day Bank Holiday takes place on the following Monday 1st or 2nd December.

Join us for some festive fun at the Sick Kids Carol Service at the historic Church of St. Cuthbert’s.

The Real Scottish Christmas Fair brings together Scottish makers, designers & traders from across the country.

It can't be nearly christmas already? Oh, yes it is! EdinburghGuide.com previews this year's pantomime and Christmas shows (reviews of all the main Christmas shows coming later).

Christmas, or Xmas for non-believers, used to be a quiet period in Edinburgh. It's less so now, although (Edinburgh's Hogmanay aside) it's still not quite as mad as the hurlyburly of the Edinburgh Festival in August.

Following on from Edinburgh's Christmas Light Night on the Mound, St Giles is the scene of this festive Christmas Carol Service marking Scotland&r

Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh's foremost paid visitor attraction, opens its doors for free as part of the annual St Andrews Day celebrations.

One of the centrepieces of Edinburgh's Christmas Celebrations, the ice rink in Princes Street Gardens, has been secured, Edinburgh City Council announced today.

On our festive Super Sunday, make a beautiful museum-inspired decoration to take home.

Artist-jeweller Dorothy Hogg will show you how in 30min sessions between 12:00 and 16:00.

Months of tram works on Princes Street are due to begin soon, with traffic diversions being introduced over the coming weekend (17 and 18 September 2011).

Has day-to-day freezing ice and snow become the new normal? It seems to have been going on for ever. First it was Snowvember, now De-icember, in what has been the worst weather conditions in  living memory. With climatologists (such as former government chief scientific advisor David King) suggesting that cold winters come in multiple years, we may need to get used to these bitterly cold conditions.

Strip the Willow is probably one of the most popular Scottish dance tunes on account of the fact that it's fairly easy to learn, and it's highly physical. Participants get a chance to fling partners across the floor.

Snowvember is over, but as Edinburgh enters December there is little sign of the unusually snowy weather abating.

It's St Andrew's Day in Edinburgh. There's fresh snow and ice on the ground. The penguins are up and about. Students are preparing to march. And the airport is closed again.

Edinburgh's Snowvember: Nice weather for penguins, but not all fun and games.

Edinburgh woke up this morning to a real Christmas scene (again) - just four weeks early!  But in spite of this the children loved it, particularly those who found that the weekend had been extended by a day when their school was closed.

Edinburgh's Hogmanay organisers this morning unveiled the remaining details of the New Year's festival programme. The Winter Festival takes place from Thursday 30 December 2010 to New Year's Day 2011, with a rugby match on the 2nd January.