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Message from the Skies – take a daunder in the city!

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This new outdoor interactive project for winter is designed to encourage residents and visitors to explore Edinburgh’s iconic locations and perhaps see them in a new light. You can either binge watch all of...

Beginning the centenary year of Dame Muriel Spark with a Message from the Skies

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DAME MURIEL SPARK with 19th CENTURY EDINBURGH NOVELIST SUSAN FERRIER are part of VAL McDERMID’S NEW YEAR’S RESURRECTION which begins SPARK’S CENTENARY YEAR CELEBRATIONS AT EDINBURGH’S HOGMANAY “Did you know that in Edinburgh, there are...

Edinburgh’s Hogmanay 2017

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Some photos and videos from the city centre this Hogmanay.All the music was great - and you could certainly hear it across the city centre with the new sound system and the big screens.Rag'n'Bone...

Hogmanay – Storm Dylan winding down ahead of the bells

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There are several stages set up as part of Edinburgh's Hogmanay and the storm which hit the capital earlier did take its toll on the stage at the East End just outside the Balmoral...

All set for the firework finale to 2017 in Edinburgh

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With 3,000 fireworks in place and a storm which looks as though it will die down by midnight, all is set for bringing in the New Year in Edinburgh.Each firework is in some kind...

Edinburgh begins the three day Hogmanay festival in style

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The temperature dropped markedly between the time of the opening photo call at Holyrood and the fireworks from Calton Hill which marked the end of the Torchlight Procession.Everything is in place for the Torchlight...

Torchlight Procession – new route ends with #Scotword in Holyrood Park

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A spectacular sea of light illuminating the winter night, Torchlight Processions will mark the opening of Edinburgh's New Year celebrations, this year culminating in #ScotWord in Holyrood Park.Torchbearers will blaze through the city this...

Highest number of air travellers arrive in Edinburgh for the New Year festival

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More than 91,000 revellers fly in for New Year.It appears that Edinburgh’s reputation as one of the party capitals of the world continues to grow as more than 91,000 people fly into the city...

Free late night trams this Hogmanay

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As there has been in past years there will be free late night trams to get you home again after Edinburgh’s Hogmanay celebrations.Services will run through the night and into New Year’s Day. Thousands...

Edinburgh’s Hogmanay 2017 – new fireworks music commissioned

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A new musical score has been commissioned and produced for the fireworks this year.The organisers of Edinburgh's Hogmanay Underbelly have commissioned Niteworks and composer Dan Jones to create what they describe as an epic...

Edinburgh’s Hogmanay – the line up gets bigger

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With only two months to go before Hogmanay Underbelly have announced the full list of musicians and bands who will play at Edinburgh's Hogmanay.Rag'n'Bone Man is the headline act at the Concert in the...

Council move Hogmanay contract to Underbelly

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The council has conducted what it describes as a competitive procurement exercise and has decided to relieve Unique Events of its responsibility to produce Edinburgh's Hogmanay in this 70th anniversary year of Edinburgh Festivals.Instead,...

Scottish Thistle Awards recognises excellence in Edinburgh

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At the Scottish tourism Oscars last night there was much to celebrate in the capital. The EICC was full of tourism business movers and shakers from all over Scotland, but two of our own...

5,000 used free Hogmanay trams

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It appears that many people ditched the car and took the tram home after the Hogmanay celebrations.Between midnight and 5:00am more than 5,000 people used the tram meaning that extra trams were brought out...

Stoats, Boats and Bathtubs – revellers soak up the Loony Dook

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Around 1,000 brave souls literally took the plunge on New Year's Day at the annual Stoats Loony Dook event at Queensferry as part of the three day long Edinburgh's Hogmanay celebrations.Edinburgh's Lord Provost the Rt Hon...

Paisley’s Paolo packs a punch as Edinburgh’s Hogmanay welcomes 2017

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The curtain came down on 2016 with a barnstorming firework display from Edinburgh Castle as one of the greatest street parties in the world saw people from across the globe congregate in Scotland's capital...

Edinburgh’s Hogmanay Displays Prepared by Titanium Fireworks

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Titanium Fireworks' Lynn Wiseman and Shaun Gibson set up at Edinburgh Castle earlier today for Edinburgh's Hogmanay displays on 31st December. There will be countdown displays at 9:00pm, 10:00pm and 11:00pm, culminating in the crescendo...

Edinburgh’s Hogmanay predicting complete sell out

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If you don't have a ticket then don't come to Edinburgh City centre on Hogmanay. That was the message from the organisers at this morning's press conference.If you have booked tickets then you are...

Edinburgh’s Hogmanay announce the shortlist for Hog the Stage

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Edinburgh's Hogmanay has announced the list of those in the running to win the Hog the Stage competition. The judges included Scottish singer Paolo Nutini who will headline events on 30 and 31 December...

Hogmanay continues on New Year’s Day with Scot : Lands

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The organisers of the fourth annual Scot:Lands festival, a free pop-up multi-arts festival hosted on New Year's day, announced their full programme earlier today.The festival is part of the three day Edinburgh's Hogmanay festival and includes artists...

Fatherson and Be Charlotte confirmed for the Waverley Stage

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In another carefully staged announcement Edinburgh's Hogmanay drip feed another little bit of news about what's on over the three day festival.The Street Party takes place over several stages and now Fatherson and Be...

Free trams this Hogmanay to get you home

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Edinburgh Trams has announced it will be providing a free service to help customers enjoy the city’s full programme of New Year celebrations, in partnership with the organisers of Edinburgh’s Hogmanay.The free late night...

Edinburgh is Hogmanay!

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Even if this is not your favourite time of year Hogmanay is full of things to see and listen to. Edinburgh's Hogmanay is organised by Unique Events who have secured a major coup with...

The Edinburgh Reporter guide to Edinburgh Festivals 2016

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Here in the capital we are very proud of all our festivals.There really is something for everybody and now it is not just in August that you can find something to entertain you that...

Pete Irvine to step down from Edinburgh’s Hogmanay

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News has just broken that Mr Hogmanay, Pete Irvine of Unique Events, will step down as Director of Edinburgh's Hogmanay after 20 years in charge. Pete Irvine and Hogmanay in Edinburgh have become synonymous. When...

Get your Street Party tickets now for Edinburgh’s Hogmanay

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While some events such as the Concert in the Gardens have already sold out there are still some tickets left for the Street Party in Edinburgh on Hogmanay. Unique Events told us this morning...

Edinburgh’s Hogmanay has New Year’s Day all ready for you

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On the first day of the year it is no longer any problem finding something to entertain you and your nearest and dearest, if you live in Edinburgh. Leave those who wish to linger in their beds at...

Tickets on sale for Edinburgh’s Hogmanay 2015

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Tickets are now on sale for the Edinburgh's Hogmanay Street Party and other events at the end of the year as announced  at a press launch earlier today.You are invited to 'Release your Party Animal'...

Edinburgh’s Hogmanay – Release your Party Animal #blogmanay

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This year's Edinburgh's Hogmanay extravaganza was launched at the Signet Library this morning amid much music, bacon rolls and the speeches ensued. This year the organisers are expecting the event to be a sell-out as in...

Edinburgh’s Hogmanay hailed a ‘major success’

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The organisers of Edinburgh's Hogmanay have been quick to advise that all of the events (which continue today) which make up the three day event have been a major success. They claim that the event...