Alman Dramatic Club present A Christmas Carol, a traditional Dicken's story adapted and written for the Club, at The Coach House Theatre Alloa this festive season! Read more
Alice Martin’s first solo exhibition ‘CTRL C’ comes to Tolbooth Stirling from 28th November. The exhibition is an exploration of digital copies through the use and manipulation of open data. Read more
Festive fun in Callander, focused on the weekend of 29th November to 1st December with concerts, fairs, film, and the traditional parade and lights switch on.
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Explore our annual Christmas sale of arts and crafts made in Scotland at Macrobert Arts Centre, back for a fifth year, and maybe pick up a Christmas gift or two! Read more
Shake your tail feather for the Fintry Amateur Dramatic Society's Panto 2019… It’s ‘Mother Goose’, so don’t dilly dally - get your tickets today! Read more
The famous story of a beautiful Princess who falls under the evil Red Fairy’s wicked spell is brought to Mugdock Country Park as Fizzgig Theatre presents Sleeping Beauty! Read more
Get ready to boo, hiss and singalong at another Macrobert Panto Extravaganza – written by, directed by and starring the fabulous Johnny McKnight! Read more
Come and buy a real Christmas tree at The Lodge Forest Visitor Centre, pick up a festive trail quiz and discover what Quercus and friends are doing for Christmas on our waterfall trail. Read more
Are you interested in recent history? Researchers in French studies at the University of Stirling have launched a new free online course called ‘Remembering Empire' and it's open to everyone. Read more
A herd of colourful reindeer designed by local schoolchildren have flown into Stirling again this year. Pick up a map, complete with clues and find all 20 reindeer for a chance to win an iPad! Read more
Events in East Renfrewshire
Core Glow Dynamic Meditation and Healing Workshop
4th December 2019
Core Glow Dynamic Meditation and Healing Workshop is a fully interactive introduction into the mechanics of meditation, dynamic meditation and healing for self and others.
Move More is a programme of physical activity, advice and support for people at all stages of the cancer journey, contact the Macmillan East Ren team and find out how to get involved.
Netherlee's first Living Advent Calendar is set to create some magic for everyone to enjoy in the countdown to Christmas, bringing the community closer together!
It's Festive Season at the Village Hotel Club Edinburgh. Join us for our 999 Christmas Party Nights including dinner, dance-tastic disco, entertainment and a late bar!
The Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh is delighted to present the world premiere of An Edinburgh Christmas Carol, a magical adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic Christmas tale.
This exhibition features work by nine contemporary artists based in Scotland with the artworks having an economy of gesture in common - a limited tonal palette or a monochrome colour plane.
Expect wonder, enchantment and a spectacle of colour this festive season as Edinburgh Castle, the defender of the nation, becomes the ‘Castle of Light’!
Discover some of the treasures within the National Museum Scotland's significant collection of oracle bones, the second largest in the world outside of China.
Experienced writer and inspiring tutor Yvonne Spence is running a writing class at Beetroot Sauvage on Wednesday mornings from 2nd October for 10 weeks. Come along and explore your creativity!
Five Sisters Zoo will once again illuminate the zoo for another year and there is plenty of new surprises in store with our new enchanted riverside walk, stunning lit up water fountains and much more!
With an extended route for 2019 and over 600 brand-new lanterns, there’s more to explore this year as Giant Lanterns return to Edinburgh Zoo from 15 November to 26 January 2020!
Balerno Theatre Company is delighted to presents Edinburgh's first amateur production of the full version of the spectacular musical Hairspray at Church Hill theatre this December!
In Conversation: Andrew Graham-Dixon and Martin Clayton
4th December 2019
Writer and broadcaster Andrew Graham-Dixon joins Martin Clayton, Head of Prints and Drawings, Royal Collection Trust, to discuss how drawing helped Leonardo da Vinci to understand the universe.
Le Roi Fou is delighted to present Joanna Kessel's Aurum | Gold exhibition, featuring intimately scaled collages in Venetian gold leaf mosaic, glass smalti and concrete.
Roll up, roll up! Allan Stewart, Andy Gray and Grant Stott are back in a circus-inspired King's Panto spectacular packed full of the thrills, spills, dazzling stunts and jaw-dropping special effects!
Celebrate the festive season and visit some of Edinburgh's most popular bars for some refreshing cocktails at a price you simply can't refuse with Montpeliers Christmas Cocktail Club wristband!
This exhibition encourages us to examine our own ideas around mental health and aims to show how, even now, many older stereotypes and ideas about these conditions remain unchanged.
Night Walk for Edinburgh, one of the biggest hits of the Edinburgh international Festival 2019, returns as part of Edinburgh’s Christmas and Hogmanay celebrations.
These Pregnancy Yoga classes, run by Jenny at Yoga Links, provide a calm, friendly and safe environment for you to connect to your body, your baby and your breath throughout pregnancy.
The St Serf's Players present the family pantomime 'Red Riding Hood' in Inverleith St Serf's Church Centre from 4th to 7th December with all the regular fun, frolicks and audience participation!
Take your Christmas night out to the next level this year with Rockaoke, the UK’s original, best and only specialist live karaoke band, at Lulu for 3 dates in December!
Filled with intrigue, mysticism, magic, sensuality, and a dash of terror, Strange Tales will draw you into a world full of mischievous fox spirits, yearning ghosts and enchanted swords.
The 2019 Surgeons’ Hall Library Lecture: An Evening with Ambrose Parry
4th December 2019
Join the unique, award winning, writing partnership Ambrose Parry and the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh for an evening discussing the medical history that inspired their historical novels!
Try The Cauldron Magical Experience, a 1 hr 45 min immersive class in Edinburgh, where you wield a working magic wand and use molecular mixology to brew drinkable elixirs!
Come along to the Ethical and Scottish Christmas Fair at Ocean Terminal Shopping Centre with it's great range of local, Scottish, fair trade & ethical gifts, all under one roof!
An exclusive exhibition by fine art photographer Walter, The Earl of Dalkeith, is showing now in The Loft at Restoration Yard, alongside the historic books that inspired his images.
In this exhibition, at the Scottish Ornithologists' Club, Darren Woodhead presents watercolours created over the past two years, inspired by the landscapes and wildlife of East Lothian.
Welcome to the Jingle: Silent Adventures do the Christmas Market!
16th November 2019 - 4th January 2020
Let Edinburgh’s resident silent disco experience transport you into a Yuletide fantasyland on a new adventure to discover the true spirit of Christmas.
Come along to Upright Gallery this December as it brings together an exhibition from 22 artists that have previously exhibited at the gallery and also some that are lined up for 2020!
This Postnatal Yoga class, run by Jenny from Yoga Links, mainly focuses on easing mum's achy body and regaining her strength, whilst baby enjoys the sounds and interaction of other babies.
Over 70% of our planet’s surface is water and in this exhibition at Kirkcaldy Galleries two artists, Kyra Clegg and Marysia Lachowicz, explore its depths.
Greengate Gallery in Culross is hosting an exhibition featuring a series of paintings by local artist, Janice Headrick, inspired by the Japanese Garden at Cowden near Dollar.
Come and enjoy a festive evening as The Balgove Night Market comes back in time for Christmas, with not just one, but two markets with two different line ups!
Blast away those winter blues with a vist to our colourful, family-friendly exhibition in Methil Heritage Centre, where we explore the wonders of the garden.
David Mach's latest sculpture is made out of shipping containers, seaworn wood, two huge shipping buoys and 7 tonnes of newspaper! See it at Dunfermline Carnegie Library and Galleries!
The many and varied ways that Scottish artists develop and communicate ideas through drawing and physical acts of mark-making are explored by independent curator Amanda Game.
Start the countdown to Christmas with Michael Hastie, Scotland's Number 1 Michael Buble tribute act and Glasgow's record-breaking big swing band Jon Ritchie & That Swing Sensation!
Visit your local Glasgow library between 2nd December and 4th January to discover magical festive books and take part in the Christmas Reading Challenge!
Project Ability's Christmas Show is their largest fundraising event and a wonderful opportunity to shop unique gifts and original artworks just before Christmas!
Who will the princess pick as her husband? Will Cinderella save her family business? And who would leave a pair of glass trainers behind? Find out when Cinderfella comes to the Tron Theatre!
Compassion in Crisis - The fascinating story of 80 years of Royal Voluntary Service in Glasgow
3rd October 2019 - 31st January 2020
The fascinating story of the volunteers of Royal Voluntary Service in Glasgow is being told at a new exhibition in the community exhibition space at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum!
Experience for an hour what it is like to tackle challenges without your sight by taking part in Dark Room at The Riddle Rooms all in aid of RNIB Talking Books!
Come to The Clydeside Distillery, immerse yourself in Glasgow history and watch the craftsmen distil pure new make spirit by hand, the time-honoured way on the tour followed by a whisky tasting!
Tickets are now on sale for the ever popular A Play, A Pie and A Pint Christmas Panto at Oran Mor, this year's show is Dixie Whittington: The Hamecoming!
Domestic Bliss is a new exhibition that brings together works from Glasgow Museums' collection to reflect on GoMA's building history as a former house, Royal Exchange and civic space!
Coinciding with the annual festival, Eastern Promise, an exhibition by Glasgow based artist Duncan Marquiss will be presented across the public spaces at Platform!
Flamingo Upholstery is running weekly evening leisure classes in upholstery, learn a new skill and bring home a transformed piece of furniture to be proud of!
This is a 2.5-3 hour tour that will take you around all the main sites of the city, giving you an excellent opportunity to find out about Glasgow's rich history and culture!
Just in time for the festive season, Glasgow Distillery Company have opened a pop-up shop in Buchanan Galleries selling a selection of their award winning spirits!
Glasgow School of Art's S&J department would like to invite everyone to their annual Christmas Sale taking place between November 26th and December 6th!
Get ready for the climb of your life this Christmas, as The Gaiety Theatre proudly presents their spectacular family pantomime... Jack and The Beanstalk!
A major retrospective of photography by Linda McCartney will be shown in the UK for the first time at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow from 5th July 2019 to 12th January 2020!
Massive Outpouring of Love, at CCA Glasgow, is an Authentic Artist Collective variety show fundraiser for Extinction Rebellion, in association with refugee charity, MOOL Dumfries & Galloway.
Milngavie's free Festive Naughty Elf Trail is happening this Christmas! Can you find the naughty elves hiding throughout the town between Saturday 30th November until Saturday 14th December?
Productivity Club Scotland is a pilot project being developed to strengthen networking and peer-to-peer learning for businesses and is taking place on December 4th in central Glasgow.
Prospect Revenge is a solo exhibition of new work by Lithuanian artist Robertas Narkus, as part of an exchange between Vilnius based organisation Rupert and David Dale Gallery.
Ask for More by Royal Bank of Scotland aims to empower female entrepreneurs across the country, inspiring them to 'Ask for More' when it comes to growing their businesses!
The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland offer a selection of over 80 weekly and short study courses for children, young people and adults... never too early, never too late!
Is your baby around 12 weeks old? If so then you can expect to receive an invitation soon, from your Health Visitor, to your local Starting Solids Session!
This exhibition on display in the Visitor Attraction presents a personal collection of Japanese kimono in the context of Charles Rennie Mackintosh's House for An Art Lover.
Scotland's ‘Close-up Magician of the Year’ Billy Reid returns to The Bungo each month to perform ‘Watch Closely’ for your entertainment and wonderment!
Let a cornucopia of cabaret artists entertain you at Wild Cabaret's flagship festive show as you relax in lavish surroundings and sample sumptuous festive fayre!
Hitch a lift on a magic carpet and fly off to Old Peking for a roller coaster ride of thrills and spills when Aladdin comes to the Town House, Hamilton this Christmas!
Learn how to alter or alter an existing item of clothing or upcycle old clothes and fabrics into useful new items like a purse or a bag at R:evolve Rutherglen's Alter + Upcycle workshop!
Joe Wilson Table Tennis are holding Table Tennis Coaching Sessions for girls and boys aged 8 - 13 on Wednesdays at Holy Trinity Church Hall, Motherwell!
Enjoy a magical family day out this Christmas at New Lanark, take a magical journey on The Spirit of Christmas Ride, visit Santa's Grotto or catch 'Wee Red Fae The Woods' this year's festive panto!
Studio32 return to the Arts Centre with the fairy godmother of all pantomimes... Cinderella, packed full of action, comedy, romance and songs you'll be humming all the way home!
Always wanted to trace your family tree but not sure where to begin? Come along to North Lanarkshire Heritage Centre for one of their weekday sessions!
To commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Queen Victoria, Biggar and Upper Clydesdale Museum are displaying one of their most prized possessions from their costumes collection!
Open to all ability levels and those completely new to creative activities The Butterfly Room's Arts and Crafts Drop In is a safe space to discover, experiment with and explore your creativity!
Christmas starts early at The Glynhill Hotel with their Men of Motown Party Night on the 23rd November and continuing through to the 2nd January with their New Year celebrations.
You don’t need the most, to host Join the IKEA Glasgow team in store for ideas and inspiration and discover just how easy is to get your home party-ready this winter!
Learn how to give old items of clothing dome TLC or a complete makeover at Meddle & Make a free workshop to focusing on mending, repairing and upcycling!
Running for four weeks from November 13th, Todholm Primary School are very excited to introduce a toddler group on the very popular Glasgow Kids Playbus!
Back for another White Christmas, Santa And The Snow will take your child on a journey through Elf School, Santa’s Workshop, Meeting Santa himself and a custom built Snow Play Area!
With a whole host of hilarious characters, fantastic original music, and the liveliest, most energetic chorus of young actors you don't want to miss PACE Youth Theatre's pantomime The Snow Queen!
Spotlight Theatre present their annual Christmas pantomime 'Aladdin' at Alloa Town Hall from 11th to 15th December. A great festive treat for all the family!
The annual Carols & Carillons Concert of Christmas Music returns on Sunday 15th December in Dunblane Cathedral with Christmas music from traditional carols to modern festive music.