What's On in Stirling

Sat 31 Oct

Halloween Hijinks at Stirling Castle

Stirling Castle

A Halloween living-history day at Stirling Castle, 11am to 4pm, with dookin' for apples, a "dancing scream" and costumed guising practice, included in the castle admission price.

Thu 26 Nov – Thu 31 Dec

Beauty and the Beast (Macrobert pantomime)

Macrobert Arts Centre, University of Stirling

Macrobert's pantomime by Johnny McKnight, set in a mock town called Stirling Stella, has a schools show on 26 November and public performances from 27 November, at £27 standard off-peak and £32 from 11 December.

Fri 27 Nov – Wed 23 Dec

A Blair Drummond Christmas

Blair Drummond Safari Park

The safari park's festive event, with a Christmas sing-along aboard Hector the train, opens 10am to 3.30pm but closes Tuesday to Thursday for most of the run, except 22 and 23 December; adult tickets are £22, online only.

Sat 28 – Sun 29 Nov

Stirling Christmas Market

The Albert Halls, Dumbarton Road

A charity Christmas market of ceramics, cards, jewellery, candles and sweets inside the Albert Halls, open 10am to 5pm on Saturday and 10am to 4pm on Sunday, £5 on the door with under-12s free.

Sat 5 – Sun 13 Dec

Christmas Afternoon Tea at Stirling Castle

The Great Hall, Stirling Castle

Festive afternoon tea in the castle's Great Hall at 1pm on selected dates, sold as a package with castle entry and booked in advance.

Sat 5 – Sun 20 Dec

Storytelling with Santa

The Keeper's Lodge, National Wallace Monument

Twenty-minute Santa storytelling sessions in the Wallace Monument's Keeper's Lodge on three December weekends, £5 per person including entry to the Monument, booked online in advance.

Fri 18 – Mon 21 Dec

A Christmas Carol at Stirling Castle

The Great Hall, Stirling Castle

Operation Moonlight stages Dickens' tale in the castle's Great Hall at 7pm, with BSL interpretation at the Monday 21 December performance.

Sun 27 – Thu 31 Dec

Winterlight

The Albert Halls, Dumbarton Road

The Albert Halls' festival of Scottish folk and trad between Christmas and Hogmanay, with Mànran, Talisk and Valtos, and Siobhan Miller Band with RURA on the evenings of 28 to 30 December.

Sun 27 Dec

Winterlight All Ages Day Free

The Albert Halls, Dumbarton Road

Winterlight opens with a free day of live music for all ages featuring Midnight Wild and the Tolbooth Voices choir, doors at 10am and no booking needed.

Thu 31 Dec

The Big Ceilidh and The Big Family Ceilidh

The Albert Halls, Dumbarton Road

Winterlight closes on Hogmanay with two ceilidhs led by the Katie Allen Trio: a family-friendly one, and The Big Ceilidh for ages 14 and over.

Sun 24 Jan

Burns an' a' that

Stirling Castle

A Burns day at the castle, 11.30am to 3.30pm, inspired by the poet's 1787 visit, with Tam o' Shanter performed, period music and dance and the Address to a Haggis, included in admission.

Fri 30 Apr

Culture Night Stirling: Forest of the Unicorn

Venues across Stirling and surrounding areas

One evening of music, art, stories, workshops and performances in venues and unexpected spaces around Stirling on a unicorn theme; the first edition in 2026 had more than 40 free events.

Sat 21 Aug

Stirling Highland Games and International Gathering

Stirling Sports Village, Borrowmeadow Farm Road

A ticketed Highland games on the official circuit, with caber, hammer and shot, Highland dancing, the Stirling Stones competition and a traders' village.

Fri 17 – Sun 19 Sept

Bloody Scotland

Stirling

Scotland's international crime writing festival comes back to Stirling for three days, with a discount for Stirling residents and free standby tickets.