Which New Year's Eve event in Edinburgh features the traditional Scottish song Auld Lang Syne at midnight?

Edinburgh’s Hogmanay features the traditional Scottish song “Auld Lang Syne” at midnight.

Edinburgh’s Hogmanay is a large, organized New Year celebration centered on the Scottish capital. Its modern program has included concerts, street parties, torchlight processions, and midnight fireworks, although individual events and routes can change. At the stroke of midnight, crowds commonly join in singing “Auld Lang Syne,” the Scots song associated with remembrance and friendship.

The event is distinct from Hogmanay as a broader Scottish term for New Year’s Eve festivities. Edinburgh’s version became internationally prominent through large-scale public programming and the city’s historic setting. It is also separate from Burns Night, which honors poet Robert Burns on January 25, even though Burns wrote the poem underlying the familiar “Auld Lang Syne” lyrics. Visitors sometimes treat Hogmanay as only a fireworks show, but the Edinburgh celebration traditionally encompasses several events before and after midnight.