On New Year's Eve, what Scottish celebration takes place in Edinburgh each year?

Edinburgh’s Hogmanay is the major Scottish New Year’s Eve celebration held in Edinburgh each year.

Hogmanay is the Scottish name for New Year’s Eve and, more broadly, for the surrounding New Year celebrations. Edinburgh’s organized festivities grew into a major public event featuring concerts, street gatherings, torchlight events and a midnight fireworks display.

The celebration is separate from the Loony Dook, the New Year’s Day swim traditionally held at South Queensferry. The two events are often discussed together because both appear in Scotland’s holiday calendar, but Hogmanay is the central New Year celebration itself.

Scottish customs associated with the season also include first-footing, in which the first person to enter a home after midnight is thought to influence the household’s luck. Practices differ between families and regions.