Concert promoters to launch new festive lights show in Edinburgh

Organisers of spectacular Christmas lights events in London, Oxfordshire and Berlin have revealed plans for their first major outdoor event in Edinburgh.

Classical concert promoters Raymond Gubbay Ltd are pledging to bring work from around the world to the Royal Botanic Garden over the festive season.

Singing conifers and trees “festooned with giant baubles” are promised for a mile-long illuminated light trail that is being created for the show.

Other special effects being 0 Christmas at the Botanics is based on a similar event at Kew planned for the event, which will run from November 23 to December 30, will create a “crystal lawn”, a “fairytale avenue” and a “fire garden”.

The Christmas at the Botanics event is being planned fol- lowing the success of similar festival sound and light events staged by Gubbay at Kew Gardens in London, Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire and Berlin Botanic Gardens.

The London-based events company has previously worked with the likes of Luciano Pavarotti, Kiri Te Kanawa, Henry Mancini, Yehudi Menuhin, Bryn Terfel and Katherine Jenkins.

The event in Edinburgh replaces the popular Botanic Lights event, staged over the previous three autumns, which was axed by the historic Edinburgh attraction earlier this year in favour of a new Christmas show.