What is the name of the giant New Year's Eve street party in Edinburgh that forms part of Hogmanay?

Edinburgh’s Hogmanay Street Party is the giant New Year’s Eve street celebration forming part of Edinburgh’s Hogmanay.

The event takes place in central Edinburgh and is known for live music, outdoor entertainment, crowds, and a midnight fireworks display. Its setting near Princes Street and the city’s historic skyline gives it a distinctive visual identity, with Edinburgh Castle often central to the surrounding celebrations.

The modern festival is organized as a major ticketed event, although its format, capacity, and safety arrangements can change from year to year. It is one part of a broader Hogmanay program that has also included torchlight processions, concerts, ceilidhs, and events on New Year’s Day.

The street party is sometimes confused with Hogmanay itself. Hogmanay is the wider Scottish New Year celebration; Edinburgh’s Hogmanay is the city’s organized festival; and the Street Party is its best-known outdoor event. Keeping those names separate avoids treating a local event as the name of the national tradition.