What name is given to Edinburgh's multi-day New Year's celebration?

Edinburgh's Hogmanay is the name given to Edinburgh's multi-day New Year's celebration. It includes concerts, torchlight events, street festivities, and a major midnight gathering in the Scottish capital.

Hogmanay is the Scots word for New Year's Eve and, by extension, the surrounding Scottish New Year festival. Edinburgh's modern organized celebration expanded substantially in the twentieth century and became known for its outdoor concerts and large crowds. The programme can include events before and after December 31, rather than being limited to one midnight ceremony.

Hogmanay is broader than the torchlight procession sometimes associated with Edinburgh. It is also distinct from first-footing, the custom in which the first person to enter a household after midnight is believed to influence the household's luck. Those traditions may occur during the same season, but the festival's official name is Edinburgh's Hogmanay.