What is the name of Edinburgh's major three-day New Year's festival?

Edinburgh's major three-day New Year's festival is called Edinburgh's Hogmanay.

The festival is one of Scotland's best-known New Year's celebrations. Its program has included a large street party, concerts, a torchlight procession, and a midnight fireworks display, although exact events and routes can vary by year. The celebrations generally span the period around December 30, December 31, and January 1.

Hogmanay is the Scottish word for New Year's Eve, but Edinburgh's Hogmanay refers specifically to the organized city festival. Scotland's New Year also includes traditions such as singing “Auld Lang Syne,” a song strongly associated with Scottish poet Robert Burns.

The event is not the same as Burns Night, which takes place on January 25 and commemorates Burns's birth. Nor is it simply another name for St Andrew's Day, Scotland's national day on November 30. Those calendar distinctions help explain why the festival's name is often written with the possessive form “Edinburgh's.”