Edinburgh hosts the annual Hogmanay street party known as Edinburgh's Hogmanay.
Hogmanay is the Scottish name for New Year's Eve, while Edinburgh's Hogmanay is the city's organized festival of concerts, street events, and midnight celebrations. Its best-known public events take place around the city center, including Princes Street and the surrounding historic streets.
The festival expanded into its modern large-scale format in the twentieth century and became a major international winter event. Edinburgh's celebration is sometimes confused with Hogmanay traditions throughout Scotland, but the name Edinburgh's Hogmanay specifically identifies the festival in Scotland's capital. The broader Scottish season also includes customs such as first-footing, in which the first visitor entering a home after midnight is thought to influence the household's luck.