- 1 Carnegie Hall, East Port KY12 7JA, ☏ +44 1383 602302. This is the original Carnegie Hall, a 540-seat theatre named for the local-boy-made-good. The shows are mostly light fare. (updated Mar 2025)
- Alhambra Theatre is at 33 Canmore St, 200 yards east of the library.
- Football: Dunfermline Athletic were promoted in 2023 and now play soccer in the Scottish Championship, the second tier. Their home ground (capacity 11,480) is East End Park, on A907 half a mile east of town centre.
- Golf courses are Pitreavie GC, Canmore GC, Dunfermline GC, and Forrester Park Resort, see Sleep.
- Fife Leisure Park is just south of Halbeath roundabout, jcn 3 of M90. It has a Premier Inn (marked on map), Odeon cinema, bowling alleys and adventure golf.
- Adventure Golf Island, Fife Leisure Park KY11 8EX, ☏ +44 1383 737152. Su-Th 11AM-9PM, F Sa 10AM-10PM. Florida-style adventure golf with two 18 hole courses, Treasure Island and Pirates Cove. Floodlit at night. Adult £9.50, child £7.50. (updated Mar 2025)
- Town Loch a mile north of town has water-skiing and wakeboarding.
- Knockhill Racing Circuit is 8 miles north of town on A823.
- Walk or cycle along the coast of the Firth of Forth, west through Culross, Kincardine and Clackmannan, swinging inland past Rosyth navy base; going east the coastal trail goes all the way to St Andrews. You may cross the river by Kincardine Bridge or the old Forth Road Bridge, both toll free; you may not use the Queensferry Crossing, which is motorway. Another trail to Clackmannan runs inland parallel to A907.
- Highland Games are held in Ballast Park in Inverkeithing in early August, see North Queensferry#Do.
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