{"id":659654,"date":"2025-12-28T11:39:24","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T11:39:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/659654\/"},"modified":"2025-12-28T11:39:24","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T11:39:24","slug":"fireworks-and-first-footing-whats-on-in-edinburgh-for-hogmanay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/659654\/","title":{"rendered":"Fireworks and first-footing: What&#8217;s on in Edinburgh for Hogmanay?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">For many the <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">street party<\/b> is the highlight of Hogmanay itself, when the city centre is transformed into a massive outdoor party with live music, DJs, street theatre and a carnival atmosphere for tens of thousands of revellers. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But for those who prefer a more traditional Scottish party, the Assembly Rooms will play host to two <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">ceilidhs<\/b> on 31 December &#8211; including an early one for children. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">candlelit concert<\/b> in St Giles&#8217; Cathedral will feature the work of Bach and Mozart, while indie rock band Wet Leg headlines the <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Concert in the Gardens.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Alternatively party-goers can select one of three different genres of music to dance to at the<b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\"> Street Party Mega Silent Disco<\/b>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">At midnight fireworks will light up the sky above Edinburgh Castle as revellers link arms and sing Robert Burns&#8217; <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Auld Lang Syne<\/b>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For many the street party is the highlight of Hogmanay itself, when the city centre is transformed into&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":659655,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[13,12,14],"class_list":{"0":"post-659654","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-stories"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115797004243609058","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=659654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659654\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/659655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=659654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=659654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=659654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}