{"id":585719,"date":"2025-11-22T00:24:26","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T00:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/585719\/"},"modified":"2025-11-22T00:24:26","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T00:24:26","slug":"light-the-nights-with-a-free-festive-concert-this-weekend-hosted-by-radio-dj-and-panto-legend-grant-stott-the-nen-north-edinburgh-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/585719\/","title":{"rendered":"Light the nights with a free festive concert this weekend hosted by radio DJ and panto legend Grant Stott \u2013 The NEN \u2013 North Edinburgh News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\"><strong>Light Night at Edinburgh\u2019s Christmas<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Sunday 23 November, 2pm \u2013 6pm<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Ross Bandstand, East Princes Street Gardens\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Free, unticketed<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Winter Festivals<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Insta | FB | Tiktok @edinburghchristmas\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">#edinburghchristmas\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nen.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/light-night-concert.jpg?ssl=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"602\" height=\"222\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/light-night-concert.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-217893\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>The fantastic Ross Bandstand\u2019s festive community programme at Edinburgh\u2019s Christmas opens with its\u00a0Light Night Concert this Sunday \u2013 23rd November<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The Edinburgh\u2019s Christmas team is busy decking the halls \u2013 and the stage! \u2013 for an afternoon of Christmas magic, featuring an appearance from the Big Man himself, Depute Lord Provost and Edinburgh\u2019s own radio DJ, television presenter, stage and television star, Grant Stott.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Between\u00a0<strong>2pm and 4pm<\/strong>, the warm-up features local community groups, choirs and dancers taking over the stage with roaming entertainment, from juggling elves and face painting to dazzling Snow Queens.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">From\u00a0<strong>4pm until 6pm<\/strong>, the main event includes enchanting magical acts, big choir singalongs and a special visit from Santa, with a lantern parade and collaborations with Edinburgh\u2019s cultural venues adding extra festive sparkle. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>This is a must-attend for families \u2013 giggles and jingles guaranteed! Free entry and no tickets required, just turn up on the day and get ready to sing!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nen.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ed-xmas-Credit-Craig-Duncan-scaled.jpg?ssl=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ed-xmas-Credit-Craig-Duncan-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-217894\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>The line-up features<\/strong>:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Leith Phoenix Community Choir<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Angela Watson School of Dance<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Little Voices Big Stars Choir<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">BollyFeat Dancers<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Singerie choir<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Edinburgh University Chamber Orchestra<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Magician Kevin Quantum<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">SoundSational\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">(subject to change on the day)<\/p>\n<p>Like this:<\/p>\n<p>Like Loading&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"sd-link-color\"\/>\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Light Night at Edinburgh\u2019s Christmas Sunday 23 November, 2pm \u2013 6pm Ross Bandstand, East Princes Street Gardens\u00a0 Free,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":585720,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8816],"tags":[748,1102,4884,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-585719","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edinburgh","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-edinburgh","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-scotland","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115590508309809393","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=585719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585719\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/585720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=585719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=585719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=585719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}