What is the name of the Scottish New Year's Eve celebration that includes a major street party in Edinburgh?

Edinburgh's Hogmanay is the Scottish New Year's Eve celebration that includes a major street party in Edinburgh.

Hogmanay is the Scottish name for New Year's Eve and the surrounding celebrations. Edinburgh's modern festival developed into a large organized event featuring concerts, processions, fireworks, and a crowded street party in the city center. It is one of Scotland's best-known annual cultural events.

The festival is separate from the torchlight procession often associated with its opening. That procession is one component of Edinburgh's Hogmanay program, not the name of the entire celebration. The event also includes a midnight fireworks display and other ticketed activities, depending on the year.

Scottish New Year customs can include first-footing, in which the first person to enter a home after midnight brings symbolic gifts. These local traditions exist alongside the modern Edinburgh festival and should not be treated as identical to it.