Special Days

RLS Day on 13 November 2015, Edinburgh’s annual celebration of one of its most famous authors Robert Louis…
The Consulate General of Japan in Edinburgh will again be running the painting competition, ‘Picture Japan’.
The Consulate General of Japan in collaboration with Asian Studies at the University of Edinburgh, is once…
As in previous years, government heritage agency Historic Scotland will be marking Scotland's national day,…
This Sunday, many people will gather at remembrance services ahead of the two minute silence observed on…
Between Monday 8 and Wednesday 24 July, the Life & Deaf Association will be travelling the length and…
There is no gale that can beat Lìte’s enthusiasm. Leith Festival presents a spectacular nine-day period in…
As part of TradFest, Edinburgh’s newest Festival, the Storytelling Centre have put together a series of…
A Spoonful of Vintage returns for the first of its 2013 fairs in the retro surroundings of Spoon.
Scotland's national remembrance ceremony will take place on Remembrance Sunday at the Stone of Remembrance on…
Studies suggest that today's children have significantly less outdoor playtime than previous generations.
Edinburgh was host city for Armed Forces Day in 2011, holding a three-day programme to salute the Armed…
The current financial crisis can be seen as coming to a head five years ago today. "Debtonation Day" - the…
A public holiday was announced in 2010 to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee this year - 60 years after taking…
On Sunday 22nd January the Gothenburg Tavern in Prestonpans will be holding another Family Burns Storytelling…
Edinburgh will join the rest of the world in observing Remembrance Day this weekend - a commemoration of the…
See monster trucks, vintage vehicles and Concorde. Classic cars, motorbikes, fire engines and traction…
The union of Prince William and Catherine Middleton is being marked across the UK by a national holiday. The…
With the nights drawing in, clocks go back an hour as British Summer Time (BST) officially draws to a close.…
Pubs around Edinburgh pipe out copious amounts of the black stuff and paint the town green to mark the…