Hogmanay
Review: Edinburgh's Hogmanay Street Party, Concert In The Gardens
Madness. Madness, they call it, madness.They’re right. Princes Street at New Year is beyond madness, it is insanity.
Edinburgh's Hogmanay: Off Kilter Review
Edinburgh's Hogmanay Festival programme has previously offered an international cultural extravaganza of street theatre and music in the
Edinburgh Sees In 2010 With Happy Hogmanay Party
Temperatures plummeted, as forecast, but early reports suggest that Edinburgh's Hogmanay Street Party was a big success.
BBC Hogmanay Show Now live
The BBC 1 Scotland Hogmanay Show just kicked off and is now live with pipes and bands. Jackie Bird comperes. Top folk duo fiddler Aly Bain and accordion player Phil Cunningham are on.
Big Chill Awaits Edinburgh's Hogmanay Street Party Revellers
The first hours of 2010 look likely to be chilly ones with temperatures in Edinburgh dropping several degrees below zero.
Road Closures For Edinburgh Hogmanay Events
The council has been prepping the public for road closures during Edinburgh's five-day Hogmanay Festival.
Roads will be closed in advance (see details below) and the council warns: "Vehicles should not be parked within restrictions. All offending vehicles will be removed and may be subject to a parking fine and impound charges."
RBS To Provide Free Bus Service On Hogmanay
Free buses will be laid on again this year for revellers attending Edinburgh’s Hogmanay celebrations.
Between 23:45 and 04:30 over 150 buses will take approximately 25,000 passengers home, clocking up a total mileage of 8,000 miles and saving party-goers £100,000.
A new late night train from Glasgow Central to Edinburgh
A new late night service from Glasgow Central to Edinburgh will be launched on 18 December.
The Friday "night" service will leave Glasgow Central at six minutes after midnight - which is some 36 minutes later than the last train to Edinburgh Waverley from Glasgow Queen Street.
John Knox: First Foot the Man Himself
As Scotland marks the 450th anniversary of its religious revolution in 1560, experience reformation day at John Knox House with live and audio drama. John Knox is played by John Sheddon.
Firelight
A chance to see performance artists Carabosse transform the Royal Mile and the squares around St Giles Cathedral with fire and light. The installations remaining illuminated until around 8pm.