Edinburgh's major New Year's celebration, known for concerts and torchlight events, is called Hogmanay.
Hogmanay is the Scots word for New Year's Eve and the surrounding celebrations. Edinburgh's modern festival developed into a large, organized program featuring a torchlight procession, outdoor concerts, a midnight fireworks display, and traditional music and dancing. Events and routes can change, but the name refers to the New Year festivities rather than to one particular performance.
Scottish first-footing customs are also associated with Hogmanay. Traditionally, the first person to enter a home after midnight was expected to bring symbolic gifts such as food, drink, or coal, with a tall, dark-haired visitor often considered especially lucky in some regions. Hogmanay is not the same holiday as Burns Night, which commemorates poet Robert Burns on January 25.