Edinburgh's Hogmanay is the greatest celebration of New Year in the world, a four-day festival for an international audience in Scotland's capital city.

Unique Events has created, produced and managed every aspect of Edinburgh’s Hogmanay since its inception in 1993, including the marketing and promotion, creation and implementation of the festival programme and the event infrastructure.

Each year Edinburgh’s Hogmanay welcomes over 200,000 locals and visitors to four days of spectacular events in the city. The annual Edinburgh’s Hogmanay Street Party sees up to 100,000 revelers bring in the bells beneath the dramatic backdrop of Edinburgh Castle, and includes the star studded Concert in the Gardens and The Keilidh outdoor music events. With five live music stages, two giant screens and the incredible midnight fireworks and laser show, Edinburgh proves time and again that it is the true Home of Hogmanay.

The Torchlight Procession launches the festival on 29 December, with tens of thousands of people bearing torches for charity and forming a river of fire through the historic city centre. The procession winds through the city’s main streets to Calton Hill and a spectacular bonfire, son et lumiere and firework finale.

On the 30 December, Unique have produced a variety of large scale outdoor events over the years. Attracting audiences of up to 20,000 people. The Night Afore programme is usually based on international street theatre and dance presented in a firmly Scottish cultural context. In recent years the event has been funded by EventScotland, is always free for the public to attend and creates an incredible street carnival atmosphere

The Street Party on 31 December, New Year’s Eve, is the flagship event of Edinburgh’s Hogmanay. Since 1996 (400,000 people turned up in 1995), Unique have worked with the City of Edinburgh Council to safely manage the event by creating a complex perimeter around the city centre and a ticketing system that limits the capacity to 100,000.

Recent artists performing at Edinburgh’s Hogmanay include: Madness, Groove Armada, Kasabian, Calvin Harris and Scissor Sisters, along with Scottish artists Paolo Nutini, KT Tunstall, Glasvegas, Mylo and The Proclaimers.

The continuing success of Edinburgh's Hogmanay is well documented and Unique Events has helped to position the city as one of the world’s most popular winter destinations and a year-round festival city.

Edinburgh’s Millennium Hogmanay was voted the best place to be in the world on December 31, 1999, by The Times newspaper.

Unique has recently been engaged to devise and deliver Edinburgh’s Hogmanay through to Britain’s Olympic Year 2012-13 and are currently working on this year’s festival 2010-11.
 
For tickets and further information, please visit edinburghshogmanay.com