What's on in Stirling on a budget?
133 upcoming events
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Events in Stirling on a budget
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Tuesday 13 October
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Wednesday 14 October
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Thursday 15 October
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Saturday 17 October
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Sun 18 · 7:30 AMFree
🥾Hiking🤾Sports & fitness
OMC Monthly Day Walk - October
Castleview Park & Ride
Sun 18 · 2 PM£0
🗺️Guided tour🏰Heritage
Old Town Cemetery Tour - the darker side of Stirling's history
Church of the Holy Rude
Sun 18 · 2 PM£17.50
🎬Cinema
Hadestown: The Musical
Macrobert Arts Centre
Mon 19 · 6:45 PM£5.50
🎻Classical🎫Concert
The Hyde Quartet
Park Church
Tue 20 · 10 AMFree
🚴Cycling🤾Sports & fitness
Cycle & Sip: Social Café Ride
Address is Unit 2, 1 Cunningham Road, Springkerse, FK7 7SW
Tue 20 · 10 AMFree
Cycle & Sip: Social Café Ride
Address is Unit 2, 1 Cunningham Road, Springkerse
Tue 20 · 6 PMFree
❓Quiz🎒Students
Quiz Night
University of Stirling Student Union (Venue)
Tue 20 · 6 PM£17.50
🎻Opera🎬Cinema
The Met: Macbeth
Macrobert Arts Centre
Wed 21 · 10 AMFree
💼Career🎒Students
MSc Physiotherapy CPD Series: Independent Practice and Career Pathways
University of Stirling
Thu 22 · 9:30 AMFree
🌱Ecology
Supporting People in Climate Crisis - Trauma Workshop
University of Stirling
Thu 22 · 2:30 PMFree
🎒Students
SGSSS Student Information Session
Campus Central, 3:04
Thu 22 · 6 PMFree
🎬Cinema🎒Students
Halloween Film Night
John Forty's Court Social Space
Thu 22 · 7 PM£0
🗣️Talk
Autumn Plants & Potions
Legends Coffee House
Thu 22 · 7:45 PM£17.50
🎬Cinema
Fallen Angels by Noël Coward
Macrobert Arts Centre
Thu 22 · 8 PM£13–16
🎭Theatre🎪Kids' show
Newsies Jr.
Macrobert Arts Centre
Sat 24 · 9 AMFree
🏷️Other
Open Day Saturday 24 October 2026
University of Stirling
Sat 24 · 10 AMFree
🗣️Talk🏰Heritage
Archaeology Scotland’s AGM 2026
Cowane's Hospital
Sat 24 · 2 PM£16–19
🎭Theatre
RCT 20 Years, 100 Stages
Macrobert Arts Centre
Sun 25 · 10 AM£0–20
🥾Hiking🌳Outdoors
Outdoor 101: Hill Walking Skills - Guided Hill Walk
Dalrigh Car Park
Sun 25 · 4 PM£17.99
🏷️Other
Unified Dating - Meet Singles in Stirling
Stirling Secret Venue (TBA)
Sun 25 · 6 PM£10
🎬Cinema📽️Documentary
50 Years of Camphill Blair Drummond
Macrobert Arts Centre
Tue 27 · 7:15 PM£17.50
🎬Cinema🩰Classical
The Royal Ballet - Manon
Macrobert Arts Centre
Wed 28 · 7 PM£10.24
🎤Stand-up
Wallace's comedy club
Stirling Distillery
Thu 29 · 10 AM£10
✂️Workshop
An Introduction to Canva
STEP, John Player Building, Stirling Enterprise Park
Thu 29 · 6:30 PM£16.96
🗺️Guided tour🚶Walk
Stirling: The Dark Side Walking Tour
Stirling Gate House
Thu 29 · 7 PM£2
🧸Kids11–13 yrs
S1 Fright Night
Bannockburn High School
Thu 29 · 7:30 PM£12.75–16.75
🩰Classical🎓Classes
Marc Brew - an Accident / a Life
Macrobert Arts Centre
Sun 1 · 6 PMFree
🎬Cinema
Halloween Movie Night (Be Connected)
Macrobert Arts Centre
Mon 2 · 6 PMFree
✂️Workshop🎒Students
Bookmark making
Refresh, Willow Court
Tue 3 · 6 PM£6.50
🤾Sports & fitness
Get Into Pickleball with Pickleball Stirling
Stirling High School
Wed 4 · 4 PMFree
🏷️Other
Mid Scotland Autumn SFWI Evening Event
STEP Stirling Business Centre
Thu 5 · 10 AM£0–50
🗣️Talk🏰Heritage
Graveyard Futures Symposium
The Engine Shed
Thu 5 · 7 PM£5–8
🎬Cinema📽️Documentary
Douglas Gordon by Douglas Gordon
Macrobert Arts Centre
Fri 6 · 4:45 PM£5–8
🎬Cinema📽️Documentary
OTOXO University Short Film Award
Macrobert Arts Centre
Fri 6 · 5 PM£5–8
🎬Cinema📽️Documentary
The Story of Documentary Film - Part One
Macrobert Arts Centre
Fri 6 · 6:45 PM£5–8
🎬Cinema
Rodeo de Campo: An Andean Roundup
Macrobert Arts Centre
Fri 6 · 7 PM£8
🎸Rock🤘Metal
Night of the Wolves
Tolbooth
Fri 6 · 7 PM£5–8
🎬Cinema📽️Documentary
The Partisan Necropolis
Macrobert Arts Centre
Fri 6 · 8:15 PM£5–8
🎬Cinema📽️Documentary
The Short Film Award
Macrobert Arts Centre
Fri 6 · 8:30 PM£5–8
🎬Cinema
How to Feed a Dictator
Macrobert Arts Centre
Sat 7 · 11:30 AM£5–8
🎬Cinema
Cambodian Beer Dreams
Macrobert Arts Centre
Sat 7 · 2 PM£5–100
🎬Cinema🌟Preview
1 In 2
Macrobert Arts Centre
Sat 7 · 2:15 PM£5–8
🎬Cinema🌱Ecology
Hands to the Earth
Macrobert Arts Centre
Sat 7 · 4 PM£5–8
🎬Cinema
Everything Works Out (in the End)
Macrobert Arts Centre
Sat 7 · 5:30 PM£5–8
🎬Cinema
Livi Scum
Macrobert Arts Centre
Sat 7 · 6 PM£5–8
🎬Cinema♿Disability
The Way We Move
Macrobert Arts Centre
Sat 7 · 7 PM£5–8
🎬Cinema
Prince: Sign o' the Times 'Gig-Like' Screening
Macrobert Arts Centre
Sat 7 · 8 PM£5–8
🎬Cinema
TikTok Never Dies
Macrobert Arts Centre
Sat 7 · 8:15 PM£5–8
🎬Cinema
Nuns vs The Vatican
Macrobert Arts Centre
Sun 8 · 11:30 AM£5–8
🎬Cinema
Where Shadows Rest
Macrobert Arts Centre
Sun 8 · 11:45 AM£5–8
🎬Cinema
Etched in Memory
Macrobert Arts Centre
Sun 8 · 1:30 PM£5–8
🎬Cinema
Lost Stars of the Horoscope
Macrobert Arts Centre
Sun 8 · 1:45 PM£5–8
🎬Cinema
Catching Pinecones
Macrobert Arts Centre
Sun 8 · 3:15 PM£5–8
🎬Cinema
Manipulate Animation Festival - Documentary Shorts
Macrobert Arts Centre
Sun 8 · 3:30 PM£5–8
🎬Cinema
Displace: The Battle For Dublin
Macrobert Arts Centre
Sun 8 · 5 PM£12–16
🎬Cinema📽️Documentary
Doc | Dinner | Drink: Arcadia
Macrobert Arts Centre
Sun 8 · 5:15 PM£5–8
🎬Cinema📽️Documentary
Old Crow
Macrobert Arts Centre
Sun 8 · 6:15 PM£5–8
🎬Cinema
Replica
Macrobert Arts Centre
Sun 8 · 6:30 PM£5–8
🎬Cinema
The Life We Leave
Macrobert Arts Centre
Sun 8 · 8:15 PM£5–8
🎬Cinema
Gaza's Twins, Come Back to Me
Macrobert Arts Centre
Sun 8 · 8:30 PM£5–8
🎬Cinema🌟Preview
American Doctor
Macrobert Arts Centre
Mon 9 Nov · 10 AM£75
✂️Workshop💼Career
Pathways to Piping & Drumming - Tutor Forum 2026
The Barracks Conference Centre
Mon 9 Nov · 7 PM£5–8
🎬Cinema📽️Documentary
We, the Hated
Macrobert Arts Centre
Tue 10 Nov · 6:30 PMFree
📚Literature🏰Heritage
Book Launch - Heart of Scotland, the history and heritage of Stirling
Church of the Holy Rude
Tue 10 Nov · 7 PM£17.50
🎬Cinema🎻Opera
The Royal Opera - Carmen
Macrobert Arts Centre
Wed 11 Nov · 6 PMFree
Screen-Wise Stirling
Creative Stirling
Thu 12 Nov · 7 PM£0
🗣️Talk🏰Heritage
The Most Important Archaeological Site in Scotland: Atlantic Wall
Legends Coffee House
Fri 13 Nov · 7 PMFree
In Someone Else's Words: Patchwork Poetry at the Crossroads
Pathfoot Building
Sat 14 Nov · 9:30 AM£0–30
TWIC Conference: Every Species Counts
Stirling Court Hotel
Sun 15 Nov · 7:30 AMFree
OMC Monthly Day Walk - November
Castleview Park & Ride
Tue 17 Nov · 9:30 AMFree
SMAS: From Challenge to Growth, a Forth Valley Manufacturing Breakfast
Scottish Enterprise
Wed 18 Nov · 6:30 PMFree
Making Complex Ordinary
Stirling Court Hotel
Thu 19 Nov · 10 AM£10
HR Rules and Regulations Update
STEP, Stirling Enterprise Park, FK7 7RP
Thu 19 Nov · 7:45 PM£17.50
🎬Cinema🎭Theatre
GIANT - The Play
Macrobert Arts Centre
Sat 21 Nov · 10 AMFree
Connected, Supported, Empowered - Scottish Families AGM 2026
Stirling Highland Hotel Observatory
Sat 21 Nov · 10:30 AMFree
SMP Annual Gathering & AGM - "Anthu Pamodzi" (people together)
Pathfoot Building
Sat 21 Nov · 7:30 PM£17.03
Helicon
The Tolbooth
Sun 22 Nov · 11:30 AM£3
🎪Kids' show🎨Creative workshop4–10 yrs
Feathers and Folklore
Macrobert Arts Centre
Tue 24 Nov · 9:30 AM£0–25
💼Career🤝Volunteering
SCCAN Members Annual Gathering 2026: The Joy of Now
Stirling Court Hotel
Wed 25 Nov · 9:30 AMFree
🗣️Talk
Heat Network Guidance
The Engine Shed
Thu 26 Nov · 9:30 AMFree
🗣️Talk🗺️Guided tour
Scotland's Community Heritage Conversations 2026: Sharing Our Strengths
The Engine Shed
Fri 27 Nov · 9 AMFree
🧾Drop-in services
Paediatric Midazolam Training for Education staff
Stirling Community Hospital
Sat 28 Nov · 7 PM£7.21–13.70
🔢Bingo🎪Street party
Bingo Night with Stirling & District Women's Aid
Stirling County Cricket Club
Mon 30 Nov · 10:30 AMFree
💼Career
Scottish Ocean Cluster: Enabling Partners Forum
Stirling Enterprise Park
Tue 1 Dec · 7:15 PM£6
🎬Cinema🎪Kids' show
The Royal Ballet - The Nutcracker
Macrobert Arts Centre
Thu 3 Dec · 7 PM£0
🗣️Talk
Exploring Mid-Winter Light Festivals
Legends Coffee House
Sat 5 Dec · 10 AM£0
🗺️Guided tour🌳Outdoors
Bird Walk around Airthrey Loch with the RSPB
Legends Coffee House
Mon 7 Dec · 6:30 PM£17.50
🎬Cinema
The Met: Samson et Dalila
Macrobert Arts Centre
Wed 9 Dec · 10 AM£10.75–12.75
🎪Kids' show🎭Theatre0–6 yrs
A Show About Snow
Macrobert Arts Centre
Fri 11 Dec · 7:30 PM£13–25
🎻Classical🎫Concert
Concerts by Candlelight at Dunblane Cathedral
Macrobert Arts Centre
Fri 18 Dec · 7:30 PM£12
🪕Folk / Acoustic🎫Concert
Skerryvore
Albert Halls
Sat 19 Dec · 10 AM£10.75–12.75
🎪Kids' show0–6 yrs
A Show About Snow - Relaxed Performance
Macrobert Arts Centre
Sun 20 Dec · 7:30 AMFree
OMC Monthly Day Walk - December
Castleview Park & Ride
Tue 19 Jan · 10:15 AMFree
Ready, Steady, Climate. Climate Action for Food & Drink Businesses.
Blair Drummond Smiddy Farm Shop
Thu 21 Jan · 7 PM£0
Viking Stirling!
Legends Coffee House
Tue 26 Jan · 6 PM£17.50
🎬Cinema🎻Opera
The Met: La Fanciulla del West
Macrobert Arts Centre
Thu 28 Jan · 10 AM£10
Creating Reels and Video Content for Social Media
STEP
Thu 28 Jan · 6:30 PM£13.70
An Introduction to Publishing
Legends Coffee House
Sat 30 Jan · 7:30 PM£20
Craig Hill - You're Not Even Safe Up The Back!
Macrobert Arts Centre
Wed 3 Feb · 4:45 PM£17.50
The Royal Opera - Götterdämmerung
Macrobert Arts Centre
Thu 4 Feb · 7 PM£0
How to write a Thriller!
Legends Coffee House
Wed 17 Feb · 10 AM£10
Starting Your Own Business: The Basics
STEP
Thu 18 Feb · 7 PM£0
Collected Curiosities - Book Signing and Herbal Storytelling
Legends at the Monument
Fri 19 Feb · 7 PM£7.20–35.37
AMERICAN WRESTLING EPW STIRLING 20FT STEEL CAGE MATCH!
Albert Halls
Tue 23 Feb · 6:45 PM£17.50
The Royal Opera - Così fan tutte
Macrobert Arts Centre
Tue 2 Mar · 9:30 AMFree
Food, Drink and Tourism Industry Forum
STEP, Stirling Enterprise Park
Thu 4 Mar · 7 PM£0
Researching Women's Lives - From Fact to Fiction
Legends Coffee House
Mon 8 Mar · 10 AMFree
Telling Your Story: Communications Training for Food and Drinks Businesses
STEP, Stirling Enterprise Park, FK7 7RP
Mon 8 Mar · 10 AMFree
Telling Your Story: Communications Training for Food and Drinks Businesses
STEP, Stirling Enterprise Park
Mon 15 Mar · 10 AMFree
An Introduction to Multi-Channel Marketing for Food and Drinks Businesses
STEP
Mon 15 Mar · 10 AMFree
An Introduction to Multi-Channel Marketing for Food and Drinks Businesses
STEP
Sat 20 Mar · 12 PMFree
Community Fest 2027
Holy Trinity Scottish Episcopal Church
Mon 22 Mar · 10 AMFree
Social Media for Busy Food and Drinks Businesses
STEP
Mon 22 Mar · 10 AMFree
Social Media for Busy Food and Drinks Businesses
STEP
Mon 22 Mar · 7 PM£17.50
The Met: Silent Night
Macrobert Arts Centre
Mon 29 Mar · 10 AMFree
Is Your Food, Drink or Tourism Business Visible Online?
STEP
Thu 10 Jun · 10 AM£10
Creating and Managing Your Own Website
STEP
Tue 10 Aug · 10 AM£10
Managing Employee Conduct with Confidence
STEP
Wed 13 Oct · 10 AM£10
Canva for Beginners
STEP
Mon 18 Oct · 10 AM£10
HR Rules and Regulations Update
STEP, Stirling Enterprise Park, FK7 7RP
Tue 23 Nov · 10 AM£10
Cyber Security Essentials for SMEs
STEP
See also in Stirling on a budget
Fri 16
🎸Rock🎫Concert
The Best Of Queen - Performed by Majesty
Albert Halls, Stirling
Sun 18 · 7 PM
🪕Folk / Acoustic🎫Concert
Foy Vance World Tour - Celebrating "The Wake" And The Songs of "If"
Stirling Albert Halls
Sat 24 · 7 PM£30
🌙Indie🎸Rock
TOM MEIGHAN (Acoustic) + Support
Alloa Town Hall, Falkirk
Sat 24 · 7:30 PM£8
🎸Rock🎫Concert
Gypsy Pistoleros
The Rock Bottom, Falkirk
Sat 24 · 7 PM£16.96
🎻Classical🎫Concert
Crystal Clear - Lewis Haxton - In Harmony in Concert
Freedom City Church, Cumbernauld
Wed 28 · 7:45 PMFree
🪕Folk / Acoustic🎶Singer-songwriter
Rob Halligan: How did we get here? - An Itinerant's Musical
Upper Braes Parish Church (Brightons Ministry Centre)
Sat 31 · 7 PM£4.16–10.40
🎸Rock🎹Blues
Shake The Legion #1 - Live Music in Cumbernauld on Halloween
The Royal British Legion, Cumbernauld
Sat 24 · 5 PM£16.50–45
🎻Classical🎫Concert
Caledonia Classical | Bo'ness Town Hall
Bo'ness Town Hall
Fri 30 · 9 PM
🎉Club💿DJ set
SWEATBOX HALLOWEEKEND
Mediterranea, Stirling
Sat 24 · 6:30 PM£110–1,100
🎪Street party
Reverse Rett Scottish Gala
Apex Dunblane Hydro Hotel
Thu 29 · 7 PM
♿Disability💛Inclusivity
Dates-n-Mates Falkirk Halloween Party 2026
Dobbie Hall, Larbert
Sat 24 · 3 PM£7–10
🕺Disco
ABBA Odyssey Live - Day Dancing
City Falkirk
Sat 24 · 11 AMFree
🎪Street party
Pumpkin patch
Condorrat Primary School, Cumbernauld
Sun 1 · 3 PM£10
💜Soul / Funk
Soul Vibrations
Condorrat War Memorial Welfare Social Club, Cumbernauld
Fri 16 · 7 PMFree
🎪Street party
FREE Friday Crit and TT awards and pizza party
Linlithgow Bowling Club
Tue 20 · 7 PM£0–10.46
🪗Folk dance🌳Outdoors
Autumn Ceilidh in Bo'ness - October
Bridgeness Welfare Society & Social Club, Bo'ness
Thu 15 · 5:30 PM£22.50
🎤Stand-up
Stuart Mitchell and Friends: On The Road
Macrobert Arts Centre, Stirling
Sat 17
🎤Stand-up
Christopher MacArthur-Boyd
Cumbernauld Theatre At Lanternhouse
Sun 1 · 7:30 PM
🎤Stand-up
Connor Burns: Flow
Stirling Albert Halls
Sat 17 · 6:30 PM£29.96–44.04
🎤Stand-up
Karen Dunbar
Dobbie Hall, Larbert
Sun 1 · 7:30 PM
🎤Stand-up
Connor Burns
Albert Halls, Stirling
Sun 18 · 7 PM£29.70
🎤Stand-up
Gary Meikle
Dobbie Hall, Larbert
Tue 13 · 9:30 AM£30.50–87.38
🗣️Talk🏰Heritage
History of Building Conservation
The Engine Shed, Stirling
Sat 24
📜Poetry🗣️Talk
Brian Bilston - How To Lay An Egg With A Horse Inside
The Tolbooth, Stirling
Mon 2 · 12:30 PM£30
🗺️Guided tour🏛️Architecture
Tour of Dementia Design & Technology Suite - Care / Design Professionals
Dementia Services Development Centre, University of Stirling
Thu 5 · 9:30 AM£40–70
🗣️Talk🔬Science
Forensic Network Research Special Interest Group Conference
Stirling Court Hotel
Fri 6 · 9:30 AM£45
🗣️Talk
All About the Bowels! (and more!)
The Golden Lion Hotel, Stirling
Tue 13 · 10 AMFree
🗣️Talk🧾Drop-in services
Persons Pathway Presentation
The E Centre, Alloa
Thu 15 · 7:30 PM£15
📚Literature
Ghouls and Goulash - Haunting Tales of Bird and Beast
Royal Oak Alloa
Sat 31 · 6:30 PM£59.95–250
🎭Theatre🍽️Food
Firelight & Shadows | Immersive Experience
Powfoulis Manor Hotel, Falkirk
Mon 9 Nov · 6:30 PMFree
📚Literature
EIBF Replay -Diana Gabaldon
Larbert Library, Stenhousemuir
At 5 PM£10.92–46.49
🎬Cinema🌳Outdoors
The Nightmare Before Christmas Outdoor Cinema at Callendar House in Falkirk
Callendar House, Falkirk
Wed 14 · 7:30 PM
🗣️Talk🔬Science
Falkirk Astronomers monthly meeting
Old Peoples' Welfare Hall, Falkirk
Mon 19 · 6 PMFree
📚Literature
Falkirk Library Silent Book Club
Falkirk Library
Tomorrow · 10 AMFree
🏰Heritage🌳Outdoors
Braco Castle
Braco Castle
Tue 13 · 2 PM£8–30
🗣️Talk📚Literature
An Afternoon with Peter James
The Wee Bookshop, Clackmannanshire
Thu 5 · 6:30 PMFree
📚Literature🎬Cinema
EIBF Replay -Douglas Stuart
Meadowbank Library, Polmont
Tue 10 Nov · 8 AMFree
🗣️Talk🔬Science
Action on Site Health - Scotland 2026
Macdonald Inchyra Hotel & Spa, Polmont
Tomorrow · 2 PMFree
📚Literature
EIBF On Demand - Sally Magnusson
Bo'ness Library
Tomorrow · 5:45 PMFree
📚Literature
William Patrick Library: Making Space - 10 week Creative Writing Course
William Patrick Library, Kirkintilloch
Wed 28 · 6 PMFree
🗣️Talk
Lennoxtown Library Talks: Gerry Dunn A Life In Football
Lennoxtown Library and Community Hub
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Venues in Stirling on a budget
The Tolbooth
4 events
Stirling Highland Hotel Observatory
9 events
Church of the Holy Rude
3 events
Albert Halls
11 events
The Engine Shed
16 events
STEP
7 events
Legends Coffee House
8 events
Castleview Park & Ride
3 events
Stirling Court Hotel
6 events
Macrobert Arts Centre
68 events
University of Stirling
4 events
Gartmore House
19 events