Edinburgh's large New Year's Eve celebration, known for concerts, fireworks and a torchlight procession, is called Hogmanay.
Hogmanay is the Scottish name for New Year's Eve and the associated celebrations. Edinburgh's modern festival developed into a major public event featuring street parties, live music, a midnight fireworks display and a torchlight procession. The program can vary by year, but the name remains closely connected with the city's year-end festivities.
Scottish Hogmanay customs also include first-footing, in which the first person to enter a home after midnight is associated with the household's fortune for the new year. Hogmanay is not Burns Night, which honors poet Robert Burns in January, nor St Andrew's Day, Scotland's national day.