Edinburgh hosts the large Hogmanay street party on New Year's Eve. Edinburgh's Hogmanay is a major Scottish festival featuring concerts, public gatherings and celebrations around the transition into the new year.
Hogmanay is the Scottish word for the final day of the old year and the associated New Year celebrations. Edinburgh's modern festival developed into a large organized event, with street entertainment and ticketed performances around the city centre.
The celebration is distinct from Scotland's torchlight procession, which is another Hogmanay event and has been held as a separate procession through Edinburgh. Both are connected to the same Scottish New Year season, but a question about the large street party points to the city hosting it.
Edinburgh's New Year customs also connect with “Auld Lang Syne,” the Robert Burns poem and song traditionally sung at midnight. Scotland's New Year period can extend beyond January 1, including January 2 as a public holiday.