The annual Hogmanay street party held along Princes Street and nearby areas takes place in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Edinburgh’s Hogmanay is a large organized New Year festival featuring concerts, processions, fireworks, and a midnight celebration. Its events use several central-city locations, including Princes Street and the surrounding Old Town and New Town areas. The festival’s modern form developed from Edinburgh’s long-standing Scottish New Year customs rather than from one single ancient ceremony.
Hogmanay is the Scots word for New Year’s Eve and, by extension, the New Year celebration. Edinburgh’s event is often confused with Hogmanay as a whole, because many Scottish communities hold their own local celebrations. The city festival is especially associated with torchlight processions and a major street party.
Weather, crowd-management requirements, and public-safety concerns can affect the program in individual years. The celebration’s exact events may change, but Edinburgh remains its best-known international setting.