Kids activities

Children's events and activities

Hopetourn Fireworks is not going ahead in 2024 after last year's event, scheduled for 4th November 2023, ha
Diwali is a five-day festival of lights, celebrated by millions of Hindus, Sikhs and Jains across the world.
Scottish Love in Action (SLA), the charity helping destitute children in India, celebrates its 25th anniver
For scale, no show in Edinburgh can rival the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo. Literally hundreds of

Annual New Year's Day triathlon in Holyrood Park.
A multitude of Santas make their annual, wobbly run around West Princes Street Garden.
Founded in 1988, the Edinburgh Science Festival brings together a programme of around 270 educational and

Wonderfully evocative and enchanting, this family-friendly show explores dreams connected to the sea: one w
27th Dunedin International Folk Dance Festival 17-20 July 2025
New research has revealed details of two air assaults on East Fortune Airfield that were kept secret during
Unlike the Loony Dook at South Queensferry, the Portobello or "Porty"
Piracy is a formidable ol’ career.
The legendary ‘King’s Theatre’ Pantomime,  (temporarily staged at the Festival Theatre), once again ad
Santa takes up residence in the Piccolo tent at St Andrew Square for the official
The first day of 2025 and the fourth day of Edinburgh’s Hogmanay Fest
Buildings and private gardens, many off-bounds to the general public during the rest of the year, throw ope
Kids’ entertainment doesn’t come more vintage than the Victorian technology for furtively viewing far-off

It's a certain type of person who wants to spend a couple of hours viewing pickled human organs and archaic

Self-described "festival of creativity and curious happenings", Vogrie Pogie is a three-day, overnight even