Plan Your Hogmanay Now!

Hoping to go to Edinburgh for Hogmanay? Book tickets for the special events online at the Edinburgh Hogmanay website and catch the best music, fireworks and other action

Edinburgh's Hogmanay is one of the biggest street parties in the world. Scotland knows how to celebrate the New Year in style, with fun and more than a few wee drams sunk. But if you're to have a hope of attending some of the ticketed Hogmanay events, you need to start planning now. Tickets go on sale on October 7th at 10am BST, and you don't have to be in Edinburgh to get them. One click on the special Edinburgh's Hogmanay website will do it.

The Edinburgh's Hogmanay website also carries all the information about what's on over the New Year period. There's some up there already, but the full details will also go live on October 7th, when you can read about what bands will be playing where. The fun kicks off with a free torchlight procession on December 29, which starts on Edinburgh's famous Royal Mile. You can even reserve your own torch in advance on the website!

December 30 sees a free arts carnival on George Street, one of the city's best locations for bars, cafés and restaurants - some of them in beautiful buildings. Next night is when you will need a ticket if you want to attend something like the Ceilidh in the Gardens at the east end of Princes Street. There's also the Concert in the Gardens, in the West Princes Street Gardens. People like Blondie, Moby and the Scissor Sisters have played here in the past. Who'll be there to see out 2006 and play in 2007? Well, we'll all find out on October 7th. Put it in your diary now.

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