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Visiting Edinburgh for Hogmanay

One of the world’s most renowned New Year’s celebrations, Edinburgh is THE place to be for Hogmanay...

Edinburgh's Hogmanay

One of the world’s most renowned New Year’s celebrations, Edinburgh’s Hogmanay boasts the hot ticket Concert in the Garden, with its dramatic Castle backdrop, a torchlight procession to Calton Hill’s Fire Festival, fireworks and general all-round festive atmosphere. The most famous event is New Year’s Eve’s boisterous Hogmanay Street Party on the main thoroughfare of Princes Street where 100,000 or so revellers jam into the city centre to see in the New Year. (December 29 – January 1)

For many years Hogmanay was a bigger event in Edinburgh even than Christmas – and to some extent that influence lives on, making New Year an extra-special celebration north of the Border. The days of Hogmanay street parties when anyone and everyone could – and did – crush onto the streets on the night of 31 December have long gone, with better crowd control, ticketing and a big police presence nowadays. But all of the old fun remains. Hogmanay in Edinburgh is the time to let your hair down and party.

 

Hogmanay 2009/2010

What better place in the world than Edinburgh to say goodbye to 2010 and hello 2011? With its Harry Potter architecture, famous Midnight Fireworks and street party excitement, the city is the perfect backdrop to spectacular New Year’s celebrations.

Ticket details for Edinburgh’s Hogmanay 2011 will be announced later this year, register for regular event updates and ticket release date announcements. The five-day programme, running from Wednesday 29 December to Sunday 2 January, will be one of the biggest ever.

If you fancy a more traditional Scottish Hogmanay, then why not get a ticket to The Keilidh taking place outdoors in Edinburgh on 31 December? You can dance your way into 2011 at the Mound Precinct, underneath the silhouette of Edinburgh’s picturesque Old Town. Tickets cost £30 and will also give entry to Edinburgh’s Hogmanay Street Party in Princes Street and the city centre.