Edinburgh's Winter Festivals
Storytelling Centre Showcases St Andrew's Story in Cultural Diversity Celebration
Beginning with St Andrew’s Day and running through to Burns Night, the Scottish Storytelling Centre in association with Scotland’s Winter Festivals ente
Handel: Messiah
The Chapterhouse Singers and baroque orchestra present Messiah. An opportunity to hear Handel’s masterpiece this Christmas in the glorious surroundings of the Canongate Kirk.
Edinburgh's Christmas
Dates and times to be confirmed
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.
Performers needed for Folk Play Premiere, The Burdies
From Frozie-Toesie to Goosie Gander, a bevy of birds take centre stage at the Scottish Storytelling Centre on 30 December, in a new folk drama for Scotl
St. Andrew's Day
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.
Edinburgh's Christmas Underway With Light Night
 Christopher Bell with RSNO Junior Chorus.thumbnail.jpg "Choir at Christmas Light Night in Edinburgh")
The streets are decked, the markets are open, and the skaters gliding in circles around the Melville Monument.
Summerhall Christmas Market
Summerhall taps into local arts and crafts with its annual Christmas Market on the second weekend of December.
Edinburgh's Hogmanay "Scot:Lands"
The official 3-day festival over Edinburgh's Hogmanay includes a creative, culture crawl through Edinburgh's Old Town centre on
Briefs: The Second Coming, Famous Spiegeltent, Review
If Priscilla ran away to join a circus cabaret troupe and ended up, not in a desert, but in a tent, in the centre of Edinburgh, at Christmas time – then the outcome might be something a bit like Brief