What is Edinburgh's multi-day New Year's celebration called?

Edinburgh's multi-day New Year's celebration is called Hogmanay.

Hogmanay is the Scots word for New Year's Eve, and Edinburgh's modern festival grew into a large public program of concerts, processions, street events, and a midnight fireworks display. Its best-known events take place around the Old Town, Princes Street, and the city's historic central areas.

The celebration is connected with older Scottish winter customs, including “first-footing.” In that tradition, the first person to enter a household after midnight is associated with the household's luck for the coming year. Customs may include bringing symbolic gifts such as shortbread, coal, or whisky.

Hogmanay is not the same event as Burns Night, which honors poet Robert Burns on or near January 25. It is also broader than a single midnight party: Edinburgh's festival traditionally spans several days around the turn of the year, although exact programs and ticketed events can change.