Christmas And New Year events in Stirling
View all the upcoming Christmas And New Year events taking place throughout Stirling below or use the calendar to find events taking place on a specific month or date.
Events in Stirling
Christmas Toy Appeal
The Salvation Army Charity Shop in Raploch is collecting for this year's toy appeal to help families in our local community.
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Thistles Christmas Grotto
Shoppers of all ages will be able to get into the festive spirit with a visit to the Thistles Christmas Grotto!
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Santa’s Grotto at Dobbies Stirling
Let your little ones experience our Santa’s Grotto, including a special gift from Santa himself.
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Christmas Spectacular at Blair Drummond
It's time to put on your cosy festive jumpers and head to Blair Drummond Safari Park for the return of it's beloved Christmas Spectacular event.
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Santa’s Woodland Experience
Santa's Woodland Experience returns to the woodland at North Ballochruin from November 25th right up until Christmas Eve!
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Scotland’s biggest and oldest ‘Cut Your Own Christmas Tree’ experience
Come along to Wester Auchentroig Farm, near Buchlyvie and cut your own Christmas tree! It's the perfect festive family day out!
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Santa’s Breakfast at Dobbies Stirling
Join us at Dobbies Stirling for a fun festive event where you will enjoy breakfast for the whole family with fun activities, plus a special visit from Santa!
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Christmas Wreath / Door Ring / Table Decoration Workshop
Learn how to and make your own Christmas wreath, door ring or table decoration to take home and show off to your family and friends at Benview Garden Centre!
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Dunblane’s Christmas Extravaganza
Dunblane’s Christmas Extravaganza returns to the High Street on Thursday 30th November, with Santa arriving at 5.30pm to turn on the lights.
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Christmas Disco Party Nights
Book your Christmas Disco Party Night at the Macdonald Inchyra Hotel and Spa and enjoy a 3 course choice menu, half bottle of wine and a DJ until 1am!
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Christmas on the Farm
Come and join us on a magical journey to Santa’s toy factory at Briarlands Farm this December!
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Sparkling Christmas Party Nights
Join us at Inglewood House & Spa in Alloa for our Christmas party nights this festive season!
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Christmas Crafting
Create your own Christmas decorations, wreaths or any other festive project you have in mind using what you have, can forage, or recycle in this workshop at Transition Stirling!
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Christmas Enamel Baubles
Join us for this fun and festive workshop at Central Scotland School of Jewellery in December and learn how to prepare metal before enamelling, applying colour and textures!
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Santa Paws at Dobbies Stirling
Give your canine companion their own festive experience with a trip to visit Santa Paws at Dobbies Stirling!
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Santa Steam Trains
Start your Christmas celebrations in the best way possible and join Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway for a magical steam train journey to the North Pole (South)!
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Storytelling with Santa at the Monument
Join us at the Monument this December for a festive storytelling session with Santa Claus! He will be sharing a very special Christmas tale about a young boy named William in The Keeper's Lodge.
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The Great Christmas Escape - Stirling Old Town Jail
Enjoy a festive delight that brings laughter and joy to all ages as Father Christmas defends his chimney heists in a rib-tickling immersive performance experience at Stirling Old Town Jail!
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The McDougalls: Big Christmas Show
Ho ho ho! It's the Big Christmas Show! The McDougalls, everyone's favourite children's theatre company, presents their spectacular new show for 2023!
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Festive Dinner with Santa
Enjoy a wonderful Dinner with your family & friends with a visit to our stunning Santa’s Grotto to meet the jolly man in red himself!
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Santa Lunch
Enjoy a wonderful lunch with your family & friends at Inglewood House & Spa and visit our stunning Santa’s Grotto to meet the jolly man himself!
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Sew a Stocking Workshop
Join us at Central Scotland School of Craft on 3rd December for a back to basics introduction to sewing workshop, and sew a stocking for the festive season!
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Christmas Shopping Fayre
Stirling Castle is delighted to be bringing back their fantastically festive and incredibly popular Christmas Shopping Fayre on 5th December!
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Eric The Elf
Join Eric on his adventure to save Christmas at this very special show for wee ones this Christmas time in Macrobert Arts Centre!
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Print Your Own Wrapping Paper
Join us for a fun filled winter printing party with master printmaker Karene Wederkind, learning all the skills you need to print your very own festive wrapping paper.
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Winter Printing Party
Bring your whole team and join us for a fun filled winter printing party with master printmaker Karene Wederkind, learning all the skills you need to print your very own festive wrapping paper!
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Festive Bauble Painting
Want to have a fun, creative, and festive evening? Then join our curators for a nice evening activity in the Made in Stirling venue, where you can paint baubles to decorate your own Christmas tree!
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Festive Floristry – Make a Wreath
Join us at Central Scotland School of Craft on 6th Decemeber for a half day festive floristry workshop and learn how to make your very own beautiful Christmas wreath!
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Veggie Christmas: vegetarian and vegan community meal
For the second year, FEL Scotland is delighted to welcome members of the community to the Dawson Community Centre for our vegetarian Christmas meal on 7th December.
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Mulled wine night / Late night shopping
Join us at Made in Stirling on 8th December for some mulled wine and some joyful live music whether you want to do some Christmas shopping or not!
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Scanty Santa
Santa's got his bum out for this one! Come along and get some tips, tricks and techniques from illustrator David Galletly with a festive slant at Made in Stirling on 8th December!
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Winter Whittling Party
Bring your whole team and join us for a fun filled winter whittling party with master wood-worker Louise Forbes, learning all the skills you need to carve your very own wooden spoon.
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Festive Ceilidhs
What better way to spend the lead up to Christmas than celebrating the festive season with friends and family in traditional Scottish style at the Tolbooth on 9th December.
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Carols & Carillons Concert presented by Dunblane Cathedral Handbell Ensembles
The annual Carols & Carillons Concert of Christmas Music returns on Sunday 10th December in Dunblane's Victoria Halls.
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Festive Forage, Wreath Making & Conifer Needle Tea!
Join the Herbal Homestead team at the beautiful Cardross Estate (Stirlingshire) to gather natural materials to create your own, take-home festive wreath on Sunday 10th December!
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Macrame plant hanger and Christmas decorations
Learn the mindful art of macramé and create your own plant hanger and Christmas tree decoration in this 3 hour workshop with Grace at Made in Stirling on 10th December!
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Santa, Mrs Claus & the Shopping List
Cloud Nine are bringing the amazing M&K Imaginarium to Kirk of the Holy Rood in Grangemouth on 10th December. A hilarious mis-adventure awaits!
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Stirling City Choir: Christmas Concert
Stirling City Choir returns to Church of the Holy Rude on Sunday 10th December for their annual Christmas Concert.
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The Grinch Dinner & Disco
Join the Inglewood team this Christmas and enjoy a wonderful Who-feast followed by a visit from the Grinch and music from our DJ on Sunday 10th December!
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La Dolce Vita Swing Collective
La Dolce Vita Swing Collective will keep your toes a tappin’ and your hearts a dancin’ as they bring their Cool Yule Christmas Show to the Tolbooth onTuesday 12th December!
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Love Actually - Christmas Film Night
Come along for a special fundraising screening of Love Actually in aid of Bo'ness Children's fair Festival. Bring some friends for a festive night of fun and merriment...
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A Christmas Carol
Join critically acclaimed theatre company Chapterhouse at the most magical time of the year and be swept back in time nearly two centuries to the world of Scrooge’s London.
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Phil Cunningham and Friends Christmas
What better way to get into the festive spirit than with Phil Cunningham and Friends at The Albert Halls on 15th December!
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It’s A Wonderful Life
Enjoy a screening of Frank Capra's 1946 classic feel-good movie It's a Wonderful Life at the Tolbooth Stirling on Saturday 16th December!
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Breakfast With Santa
A magical morning lies ahead when our famous breakfast with Santa returns to the Highland Gate on 17th December!
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Christmas Clay Workshop
Come and join us at Made in Stirling for a Christmas Clay workshop to celebrate the winter season!
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Carols at the Castle
Get festive with us at Stirling Castle and the National Youth Choir Of Scotland, as we prepare to Deck the Halls with an evening of Christmas Carols.
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Christmas Market Street at Sterling Mills
Enjoy the perfect family day out at the Christmas Market Street at Affinity Sterling Mills on the 22nd & 23rd December!
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Elf’s Brunch
Does a cheeky Elf arrive at your house every Christmas? Join us at Inglewood House & Spa for a special Elf themed brunch on Christmas Eve!
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Hogmanay at The Halls
Build up to The Bells on 31st December with a daytime party at The Albert Halls Stirling!
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New Year’s Day Breath and Ice Session
Kick off your New Year with an amazing experience at Heat Fitness that will leave you feeling fantastic, buzzing, and filled with positivity about what you can achieve in 2024.
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Christmas And New Year Events in East Renfrewshire
Here's a selection of Christmas And New Year Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On East Renfrewshire:
Netherlee Primary School Winter Fair
Netherlee Primary School PTA are hosting their annual Winter Fair on Thursday 7th December, please come along and support your local school!
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Give it back, Mak!
With puppetry, hilarity and extraordinary story-telling, 'Give It Back, Mak!' at Newton Mearns Baptist Church is the quintessential Riding Lights Christmas Experience!
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Community Coffee Morning
Join Eaglesham & Waterfoot Community Larder for a warm, welcoming and festive morning in The Carswell Centre on Saturday 23rd December!
READ MOREChristmas And New Year Events in Edinburgh and the Lothians
Here's a selection of Christmas And New Year Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Edinburgh:
Midnight Lunar Market - Holiday Season Edition
Welcome to the Midnight Lunar Market - Holiday Season Edition - being held at The Voodoo Rooms on Monday 18th December!
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Vital Organs: A History of the World’s Most Famous Body Parts
Join the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh for this Christmas Charity Lecture exploring some famous historical body parts, through the eyes of author Suzie Edge!
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A Very Merchiston Christmas Fair
We are delighted to invite you to the return of our 'A Very Merchiston Christmas Fair' held in the beautifully decorated Memorial Hall at Merchiston Castle School on 2nd December!
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Here's a selection of Christmas And New Year Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Fife:
Christmas Wreath Making Workshop
Enjoy a Christmas wreath making workshop at Dunshalt Village Hall on 7th December, just in time for the festive period!
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Christmas Wreath Workshop
Join us at Bowhouse for some festive fun & creativity – making your very own Christmas Wreath!
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The Wizard of Oz
Get set to follow the yellow brick road this December, as The Wizard of Oz pantomime hits the Alhambra Theatre stage!
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Here's a selection of Christmas And New Year Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Glasgow:
Glasgow Cathedral Choral Society Christmas Concert
Glasgow Cathedral Choral Society, together with Jordanhill Parish Church Handbell Ringers welcome you to join them for their annual Christmas Concert on Saturday 16th December!
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Candlelight: Festive Christmas Films
Enjoy music from all the classic Christmas Films under the gentle glow of candlelight at Merchants House of Glasgow on Thursday 14th December!
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August House Movies: The Grinch
Get ready to welcome the holiday season with a heartwarming and whimsical Grinch Movie Night at August House on Christmas Eve!
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Here's a selection of Christmas And New Year Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Lanarkshire:
The Hikers - Christmas Time
The Hikers return to ONE Church Scotland for the second time this year with their latest production, Christmas Time!
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Sleeping Senga
Insideout Theatre Productions return to Lanark Memorial Hall with their all-singing, all-dancing banterous family Pantomime... Sleeping Senga!
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Festive Plate Decorating Workshop
Looking to make a gift for someone special? Or are you wanting a unique plate for Santa's treat's? Then this is the workshop for you!
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Here's a selection of Christmas And New Year Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Renfrewshire:
Breakfast With Santa
Youngsters are being invited to join Santa Claus for breakfast at the popular Cardwell Garden Centre!
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Paisley’s Christmas Angels and Elves Trail
Ten Angels and Elves have left the North Pole to spread Christmas magic across Paisley town centre but now Santa is looking for them, can you find them all?
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Paisley’s Big Christmas Weekends
Christmas is coming to Paisley town centre this year with a whole host of festive activities for all the family to enjoy every weekend courtesy of Paisley First!
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Cinderella
Following their 5-star reviewed 2022 production of Sleeping Beauty, The Gaiety are delighted to welcome back writing team Ken Alexander and Fraser Boyle for their 2023 pantomime – Cinderella!
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Ayrshire Hospice Winter Fair
Enjoy a magical day browsing festive stalls, listening to live entertainment, visiting Santa and taking part in fundraising activities when Ayrshire Hospice's Winter Fair returns on December 2nd!
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Starry Nights at Dean Castle
Dean Castle Country Park in Kilmarnock is set to host Starry Nights, a brand new magical illuminated Christmas experience, providing outdoor festive fun for friends and family alike!
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Wreath Making Workshop
Get into the festive spirit and learn how to make your own festive wreath at Culzean using materials collected from around the Country Park!
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A Christmas Tale With Santa
A magical extravaganza awaits at Kelburn Castle & Estate this festive season... come along for a A Christmas Tale With Santa!
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Christmas Classics with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Celebrate the Festive Season with our hugely popular Christmas Classics concert, a traditional celebration featuring well-loved Christmas carols and music.
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Santa’s Science Lab
This holiday season delve into the fascinating fusion of festive cheer and scientific wonder at Santa's Science Lab!
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