Tag: Edinburgh’s Christmas
St Andrew’s Fair Saturday – taking a lead from Europe
Spaniard Jordi Albareda founded Fair Saturday as an alternative to Black Friday and all its emphasis on consumerism - and now it's coming to Scotland.
In Europe they celebrate with arts and culture on the...
Edinburgh’s Christmas will be silent on George Street
The big news about this year's Christmas events is that the Street of Light structure on George Street will be back - but this time it will be combined with a silent disco in...
Edinburgh’s Christmas is biggest yet
We don't know about Rudolph but this will go down in history as the biggest Christmas celebration yet in Edinburgh.
Underbelly have been running Edinburgh's Christmas for five years now and this year 781,520 tickets were...
Edinburgh Student Housing Cooperative’s big day out
With a couple of buses borrowed from Rabbie's, some free tickets for Edinburgh Castle and Edinburgh's Christmas a great day out was organised by Edinburgh Students Housing Cooperative for 30 refugees last weekend.
The people...
Edinburgh’s Christmas – Winter Windows
The schools competition to design a winter window has until now been hidden away in Princes Street Gardens. Now there is a proper display of the children's work across Edinburgh in West Parliament Square,...
Edinburgh’s Christmas – get along to Light Night today
Today all the lights will come on across the city centre with Light Night taking place mainly on George Street this afternoon.
If you take photos then tag us on Twitter or Instagram and we...
The Ice Adventure – on George Street
Until now the ice on George Street was restricted to the pavements or the bars. Now that all the Edinburgh's Christmas attractions have opened ahead of Light Night tomorrow, you will be able to...
The Edinburgh Christmas wheel opens today
The Christmas Wheel opens later today, but the stars from Radio Forth got first shot on the Princes Street attraction yesterday. It appears that Radio Forth has sponsored the wheel this year.
Boogie and fellow...
Edinburgh’s Christmas will be icy!
Underbelly who have the contract with The City of Edinburgh Council to provide all the entertainment for Edinburgh's Christmas 2017 have announced today that the programme is refreshed for this year - and will...
Council move Hogmanay contract to Underbelly
The council has conducted what it describes as a competitive procurement exercise and has decided to relieve Unique Events of its responsibility to produce Edinburgh's Hogmanay in this 70th anniversary year of Edinburgh Festivals.
Instead,...
Edinburgh’s Christmas lights up the skies
Edinburgh's Christmas began today with 'Light Night' on George Street.
Olympic gold medallist and former pupil of James Gillespie's High School, Callum Skinner pulled the Christmas bell to light up the 18 metre tree on The...
Edinburgh’s Christmas – the Street of Light will be on George Street
The Street of Light George Street, west end from 21 November to 24 December 6.00pm & 8.00pm
The spectacular Street of Light this year transforms West George Street in Edinburgh’s New Town with its 24 arches each 19 metres...
Edinburgh’s Christmas – What’s on in Princes Street Gardens?
The Mound Precinct and East Princes Street Gardens from 19 November 2016 to 7 January 2017. Free to access.
The Star Flyer: See Edinburgh as you have never seen it before, and this year you might just...
Don’t miss Five Guys named Moe!
Underbelly Productions in association with Cameron Mackintosh present
FIVE GUYS NAMED MOE
A musical by Clarke Peters
Featuring Louis Jordan's greatest hits at the FESTIVAL SQUARE THEATRE from 18 November to 7 January 2017
A major new production of the...
The ice rink opens today!
St Andrew Square Ice Rink
18 November 2016 until 7 January 2017
10am – 10pm, slots 30 - 45 minutes
The elliptical ice rink in St Andrew Square is always a popular draw and a much loved...
Get ready for Light Night on Sunday!
Light Night takes place in the city centre on Sunday 20 November, 1pm – 5pm and really kicks off the Edinburgh's Christmas celebrations.
Light Night is an event free for all to enjoy, which encapsulates the...
Edinburgh’s Christmas – Book now!
Edinburgh's Christmas runs from 18 November 2016 to 7 January 2017.
While events are spread across the city centre, for the first time this year the Street of Light will be in George Street, and...
Edinburgh’s Christmas opens this weekend
Edinburgh's Christmas begins this weekend with a huge array of festive activities for all the family.
Friday the 18th of November sees the ever popular St Andrew Square Ice Rink open once more to revellers, upon...
At The Traverse – Black Beauty
In a stable yard, with pitchforks and straw bales at the ready, Patrick and Hamish take the bit firmly between their teeth and tell the classic tale of Black Beauty. Saddle up, jump on...
Thousands of free ice rink tickets available this morning at 10 am
Edinburgh's Christmas have teamed up with Standard Life to give away 10,000 free tickets for primary school pupils to go ice skating in St Andrew Square over the Christmas period this year.
The tickets will...
Olympic medallist to turn on Christmas Lights in Edinburgh
Callum Skinner who won both silver and gold medals at this year's Olympics in Rio will switch on the city's Christmas lights on Light Night.
This year Light Night will take place on 20 November....
The Edinburgh Reporter guide to Edinburgh Festivals 2016
Here in the capital we are very proud of all our festivals.
There really is something for everybody and now it is not just in August that you can find something to entertain you that...
Edinburgh’s Christmas – #streetoflight finishes on Christmas Eve – but still loads to see!
Underbelly have organised Edinburgh's Christmas for the last three years and they have tried to introduce new things every year. This year the biggest event they have introduced is the Virgin Money Street of Light.
There...
Edinburgh’s Christmas revels at charity fundraising
Big-hearted Christmas revellers at Edinburgh's Christmas are helping boost charities – with thousands of pounds already raised - and now have the chance to do more, just by having a wonderful time at Edinburgh’s...
COMPETITION – Win a family ticket for the Christmas Wheel!
It's not really Christmas till you've been on the Christmas Wheel.
This year the wheel is in Princes Street Gardens alongside the Scott Monument as usual.
Open from 10 a.m. each day in the heart of...
Edinburgh’s Christmas – now on a High Street near you
This year Underbelly who have the contract to organise Edinburgh's Christmas for the City of Edinburgh Council have lit up the High Street with 60,000 LEDs.
At the first performance earlier tonight the crowd of...
Enjoy some Whisky Enlightenment in December
Coinciding with Virgin Money's Street of Light which begins on Monday and which will light up the Royal Mile with 60,000 LEDs, the Scotch Whisky Experience is to host a Whisky Enlightenment Tour.
Launching on St Andrew's...
It’s Christmas in Edinburgh now! #LightNight
Susan Boyle switched on the Christmas lights this afternoon in George Street and the street was full of people vying to see her and the Christmas decorations.
Here are some of the sights we saw!
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100,000 tickets sold for Virgin Money Street of Light in a week
An unbelievable 100,000 tickets have been dispensed for the newest event at Edinburgh's Christmas in just a week since they became available. Tickets are freeboot absolutely required for the Virgin Money Street of Light event on...
Free tickets now available for Virgin Money Street of Light!
Tickets now available to reserve your place for the Virgin Money Street of Light
Choirs and music announced for the Virgin Money Street of Light
Visit www.virginmoneystreetoflight.com to reserve your FREE tickets.
This year there is something...
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