Edinburgh's Hogmanay In Pictures [& Video]
Our four-day Hogmanay festival came to a musical end on the evening of 1 January and before we look forward to the exciting festival year that will be 2026, we'd like to take a look back over the new year festivities.
And so here are a few of our favourite images from across the Hogmanay period, together with some long-form musical videos.
Following a great New Year's Eve, we moved on to 1st January and our First Footin’ programme, a FREE unticketed live music trail - supported by the Scottish Government’s Festivals EXPO Fund through Creative Scotland - which welcomed over 20,000 visitors to explore landmark buildings and historic venues throughout the city, discovering new experiences with a feast of live music and performance by artists from across Scotland and beyond. For the first time, First Footin' was live streamed from two of the venues and you can watch these below - St Giles' Cathedral [Tinderbox Orchestra & special guests Rachel Sermanni, James Emmanuel and Kathryn Joseph] and Greyfriars Kirk [Valtos presents Sounds of Scotland & the Basque Country].
Picture Credits: all Edinburgh's Hogmanay except for image 6, Stage & Castle [Tom Duffin], image 8, Fireworks [Graeme Gainey], and image 9, 2026 [Arrowsmith].