The New Year's Eve celebration held annually in Edinburgh, Scotland, is called Hogmanay.
Hogmanay is the Scottish name for the New Year festival and its associated celebrations. Edinburgh's modern event is known for concerts, a torchlight procession, street festivities, and the midnight singing of “Auld Lang Syne,” although the song itself is not the answer to this question.
The festival's history draws on older winter customs, including fire ceremonies and seasonal gatherings. Its exact word origin remains debated, and scholars have proposed Norse, French, Gaelic, and other influences. That uncertainty concerns the name's etymology, not the festival's identity.
Edinburgh's celebration has become one of Scotland's best-known cultural events. First-footing, in which the first visitor entering a home after midnight brings symbolic gifts, is a related Scottish custom but should not be confused with the name of the overall festival.