Visiting Edinburgh

Edinburgh visitor attractions and info.

The biggest New Year's street party in Scotland, with live music, street theatre and fireworks at midnight.
It's a certain type of person who wants to spend a couple of hours viewing pickled human organs and archaic…
Kids’ entertainment doesn’t come more vintage than the Victorian technology for furtively viewing far-off…
For scale, no show in Edinburgh can rival the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo. Literally hundreds of…
Christmas in the Botanics returns for its annual winter trail with new light installations and visual effects…
Castle of Light returns for its sixth year in 2025, transforming Edinburgh Castle's walls, buildings and ra
A multitude of Santas make their annual, wobbly run around West Princes Street Garden.
Edinburgh's programme of yuletide themed activities for all the family.
Calton Hill throbs as up to 12,000 people join in a ritualised and pantheistic celebration marking the…
Founded in 1988, the Edinburgh Science Festival brings together a programme of around 270 educational and…
Ross, our guide, did an absolutely fantastic job in building up a real energy and atmosphere amongst the cr
New research has revealed details of two air assaults on East Fortune Airfield that were kept secret during
A huge array of pipe bands from across the UK, and some from as far afield as the USA and Australia, compet
After three years, Edinburgh’s Filmhouse cinema is reopen
The original Edinburgh International Festival, launched in 1947 as a stage for peace and unity in Europe…
After extreme weather force the late cancellation of the Night Afore Disco Party, Hot Dub Time Machine will…
The Loony Dook takes place on the first day of each new year.
Edinburgh's Hogmanay organiser Unique Assembly has announced that the festival's main outdoor events have b
The iconic, opening event of Edinburgh’s four-day Hogmanay Festival
The temporary, ice rink is back again on George Street as part of Edinburgh's Christmas Festival.