Tag: Halloween

In Scotland, Halloween dates back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhuinn, marking the end of summer and the beginning of winter and the spiritual transition from light to darkness.  It begins with this...

Best Costume Takes the Cake at Café Pomelo: award-winning restaurateur to hosts children's costume competition for charity - with Peter Bakes and local artist Sarah Kwan.Local award-winning restaurateur Jun Au will open up his...

In time for Halloween our own Adam Zawadzki has written (and recited) a poem. This horror tale is designed to exorcise his disquiet and anger about the Panama, Paradise and now Pandora papers, and...

Halloween is to be a very private affair this year.  Nae guising allowed. And by All Saints Day we will be preparing for another long round of Covid-19 restrictions, based on our local council...

It’s tempting to throw everything onto the bonfire this weekend – elections, referendums, Brexit deals, ghastly effigies of our politicians - and then throw in some heavy duty media fireworks and see the whole...

'Halloween is bigger than Hogmanay for us'City nightclub Opium is in the midst of its biggest-ever celebration of Halloween, a week-long programme of special events.The Cowgate venue kicked off its schedule on Monday night...

Cult classic sing-along - Grab your suspenders and feather boas for a night of Rocky Horror in the SKYbarThis Halloween sing and dance-a-long at a party when the cult classic Rocky Horror Picture Show...

Little monsters can actively enjoy Halloween this year and have a frightfully good fun at Edinburgh Leisure’s three soft-play centres across the city.Where: Clambers at Royal Commonwealth Pool, 21 Dalkeith Road, Edinburgh EH16 5BBWhen:...

Poetry Circus and The Jennifer Ewan Band join forces at Woodland Creatures in Leith, with a brand new Halloween cabaret that takes music and spoken word into darker places than they have previously dared...

Little monsters can actively enjoy Halloween this year and have a frightfully good fun at Edinburgh Leisure’s three soft-play centres across the city. Here are the details you need : Where:      Clambers at Royal Commonwealth Pool,...

They had a lot of Halloween fun at Traquair House in Peebles last weekend. Take a look at this for dressing up!Photos courtesy of WWW.IANGEORGESONPHOTOGRAPHY.CO.UK

Crypt-tucked between the hallowed grounds of Greyfriars Kirkyard and the looming Castle rock precipice - dusk descends. Where not so long ago public executions took place, public exhibitions of myriad costume mischief and gruesome...

Explore Edinburgh’s gory Georgian past The National Trust for Scotland’s Georgian House is the venue for some spooky Mercat Tours over 27 – 29 October.Explore the spooky stories of the New Town and the tragic...

You may not associate them with ghosts and spirits but Edinburgh Zoo is challenging families across the country to celebrate Hallowe’en by carving creepy-crawly pumpkins as part of a spook-tacular Hallowe’en programme and exclusive...

With Halloween fast approaching ScotRail Alliance has launched some specially branded trains.The ScotRail logos have been altered and they now feature ghouls, pumpkins, bats and witches. These trains will be in service on the...

The home of Halloween and all things Harry Potter – Greater Grassmarket offers free family-friendly events The Greater Grassmarket Business Improvement District (BID) in association with Edinburgh World Heritage Trust is hosting a free family-friendly Halloween event on Saturday 28th...

Dive Queer Party in association with Traverse Theatre presents: The Miss Annabel Sings Show: Horrific Blind Date Sunday 29 October 2017, 4-8pm, Traverse Bar CaféIf you like your lazy Sunday afternoons spiked with some outrageous, contagious,...

The Samhuinn Fire Festival in the Old Town takes place on 31 October 2017. It is run by the Beltane Fire Society and will take you back to the pagan celebrations marking the end...

Trust us Celts to have invented Halloween.  It’s said to have grown out of the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, the end of summer, when the wall between the real world and the spirit...

The National Trust for Scotland (NTS) would like to invite you to Scotland's Georgian House in Charlotte Square to scare you out of your wits this Halloween! The conservation charity has teamed up with Mercat Tours...

’Tis the season to be wary of ghosts and spectres. And not just if you are on your way to a Halloween party or you are a 007 secret agent. It is also useful...

Hallowe'en... a night loved by the under-10s and loathed by many others. But fear not (actually no - fear lots...) - there are ways to enjoy it that don't involve handing over a year's...

 Save the Elephants Halloween Party: two bands, nibbles, mini-auction, raffle. All funds will go to Kuki Gallmann Conservancy in Kenya, which works with wildlife conservation, especially elephants. Come in your scariest fancy dress!  7pm-midnight, Function...

 March of the Daschund: children's craft event. 3pm, McDonald Road Library, 2-4 McDonald Road. Free: no booking required. Part of From Poland With Love: Scottish-Polish Cultural Week.Haunted Tales of Old Edinburgh: Royal Mile storyteller Calum Lykan captures some gruesome...

 Magazine Showcase: Far Off Places. Far Off Places, the magazine of written whimsy, was launched in November 2013. Since then five issues have been released, apps developed and podcasts recorded. Dressed in Halloween costumes for...

As Halloween approaches, join The Edinburgh Dungeon as they extend their opening hours to ensure visitors don’t miss out on a night full of tricks and treats at Scotland’s top attraction for scary fun. Warning...

So it's Halloween on Friday and you need the perfect pumpkin for your window at home or to display in your shop. We have the answer!Allison Thornton at Apeeling fruit bouquets will carve your...

What's On is truly international this week, with Poland, Italy, Spain, Afghanistan, Palestine, Denmark, China, France, the USA, Canada, Japan and the entire African continent all being involved in events in Scotland's capital. Closer...

Feed the Birds Weekend: the last weekend in October is the RSPB Feed the Birds Weekend. Gorgie City Farm is giving you a head start today - pop in and find out what you can do...

Family Arts Festival Activity Day: a fun-filled BFG themed activity day for all the family. Make and create things at a range of drop-in activities and bookable-on-the-day drama and movement workshops.  You can also make a...