Hogmanay is the name of Edinburgh's major New Year's Eve street festival. The celebration includes concerts, processions, fireworks, and other events across the Scottish capital, although its exact program varies by year.
“Hogmanay” is the Scots word for New Year's Eve and, by extension, for Scotland's wider New Year celebrations. Edinburgh's modern festival became internationally prominent through large public events in the city center, including the torchlight procession and a major street party.
Hogmanay is not the same as Burns Night, which commemorates poet Robert Burns on January 25. It is also distinct from first-footing, a Scottish custom in which the first visitor to enter a home after midnight is associated with luck. Those traditions can occur within the same season but name different parts of Scottish culture.