Christmas in the Grassmarket

3-D WINTER SPECTACLE TO LIGHT UP THE GRASSMARKET

A giant Winter Lights display and Christmas Spectacle involving 3-D projections will light up the Grassmarket this Christmas.

Greater Grassmarket, in association with The Grassmarket Hotel, mclcreate and Edinburgh Arts Collective Projector Club, will host the large-scale 3D lights display on the corner of Victoria St and the Grassmarket on 11-12 December and 18-19 December. The display will take place between 5pm and 8pm with live showings at 5.30pm, 6.30pm and 7.30pm.

A free 3-D projection light display will light up the Grassmarket Hotel, among others, in the two weeks before Christmas. Greater Grassmarket is also providing local businesses with free LED light Christmas trees for outside their premises to help create a visual spectacle and attract visitors to the area, and Christmas trees will be sold to the public on Saturdays and Sundays throughout December.

The historic area will sparkle this year, thanks to the new Winter Lights displays located in The Grassmarket, Candlemaker Row and Cowgatehead from early December onwards. And as always, a fantastic array of local traders selling a range of quality handmade artisan products and gifts will make Christmas shopping a breeze.

The project was commissioned by Greater Grassmarket Business Improvement District.

“The combination of heritage of the Greater Grassmarket area along with the vast array of unique shops – many selling exclusive, one-off gifts – not to mention the vast array of restaurants and bars makes it the perfect Christmas shopping experience.” says Georgia Artus, Greater Grassmarket Project Manager.

Submitted by Samantha McKay Challen