Edinburgh's Royal Mile To Transform Into A 'Street Of Light' This Christmas
The Royal Mile is set to be transformed into a ‘Street of Light’ this Christmas – lit up by more than 60,000 lights and filled with the sound of local choirs.
The organisers of this year’s Edinburgh’s Christmas announced today that, for the first time, festive cheer will be spread into the Old Town.
It will feature 16 arches of lights measuring up to 19 metres high will synchronise with recorded music from the Edinburgh Festival Chorus and three other choirs.
The free show, which is being sponsored by Virgin Money and Scotland’s Winter Festivals, will run for 25 days and cater for 250,000 spectators.
From November 30 to December 24, visitors will have the chance to see the Street of Light show twice a day – with performances at 6.30pm and 8.15pm – after which the lights will be left on until midnight for Christmas revellers to enjoy a festive wander.
Charlie Wood and Ed Bartlam, of Underbelly, which is organising the event, came up with the Street of Light idea after visiting the Fallas festival in Valencia.
Organisers have also confirmed the event is continuing to attract a growing audience from across Scotland, as well as the UK.
This year will see the return of many popular attractions including the ellipse-shaped ice rink in St Andrew Square, the Big Wheel, the Star Flyer and an expanded Santa Land.
And Christmas lovers with an EH postcode will once again receive a 20 per cent discount on all shows, rides and events.