Edinburgh's Hogmanay Events

Edinburgh's Hogmanay Recommends

Edinburgh’s Hogmanay Recommends:

A selection of the best events and celebrations happening throughout the city over the Edinburgh’s Hogmanay period:

Comedy At The Stand
The Stand Box Office - 0131 558 7272
5 York
Tickets: £5.00 - £20.00

Hogmanay Hootfest - Everyday from Sun 27th Dec - Sun 3rd Jan
A feast of fun from the capital's favourite comedy club

Featuring:

Whose Lunch is it Anyway?  30th Dec - 3rd Jan 12.30pm  - Free
Free improvised comedy from the quick witted Stuart Murphy and Gary Dobson

Scotland: A Guide for Eejts 30th Dec - 3rd Jan 6pm £7/£5
A savage and satirical look at Scotland past and present with Vladimir McTavish and Susan Morrison

The Stand Hootfest Show 27th Dec - 3rd Jan 9pm £12/£10 (£19.50 on 31st)
A stonking stand-up show with special guests Tom Stade, Joe Heenan, Mark Nelson and Susan Morrison
www.thestand.co.uk

The Scottish Fiddle Orchestra – Hogmanay Celebration
Wednesday 30 December 7.30 pm
Usher Hall, Lothian Road
Tickets: £9.00 - £21.00
Box Office: 0131 228 1155 or www.usherhall.co.uk
The Scottish Fiddle Orchestra will get you in the mood for Hogmanay with a fabulous evening of jigs, reels, strathspeys, waltzes, songs and beautiful slow airs. Guaranteed to put a song in your heart and dancing in your feet.

Bad Manners
Wednesday 30 December Doors 7pm
HMV Picture House, Lothian Road
Tickets: £15.00 Over 14s
only, under 16s with an adult.
Box Office: 0844 847 1740 or www.seetickets.com
A welcome return to Edinburgh for the SKA institution. With Fatty in charge, a rock-solid rhythm section, an ass-kicking brass sound, tempestuous keyboard backdrop, a mean harmonica and with the finest SKA guitar in the world, Bad Manners are back.

Motherfunk – ‘80’s Space Disco’ Party
Thursday 31 December 9pm – 3am
The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register St
Tickets: £5.00 (Dinner Package also available at £35.00)
Contact: 0131 556 7060 or www.thevoodoorooms.com
This year Motherfunk proudly present a Hogmanay Party like no other at the Voodoo Rooms – The Motherfunk ‘80’s Space Disco’ Party. Gino & Fryer encourage you to come dressed cosmically or attire yourself futuristically, as you get down to their soundtrack of exceptional cosmic disco. Space funk and stratospheric 80’s party tunes.

VEGAS! Grand Hogmanay Ball
Thursday 31 December 9pm – 3am
Ocean Terminal, Leith
For ticket and event details visit www.vegasscotland.co.uk
The legendary VEGAS! Grand Hogmanay Ball will be held at Ocean Terminal, on Thursday 31 December 2009 featuring Missy Malone, This Is Elvis!, The Soul Foundation, The Kitsch Kats & Nevada Tam's Ceilidh Band
VEGAS! - voted ‘Best Clubnight in Edinburgh’, and ‘Best Club night in Scotland'.

Afore the Bells – Hogmanay at The Queen’s Hall
Thursday 31 December 8.30pm
Queen’s Hall, Clerk Street
Tickets: £40.00 (including champagne and a dram on arrival, food and ceilidh)
Box Office: 0131 668 2019 & www.thequeenshall.net
To ring in 2010 and celebrate one of Scotland’s best loved customs, The Queen’s Hall is again hosting a truly traditional Scottish Hogmanay party.

The Hoog
Thursday 31 December 7pm - 3am
Assembly Rooms, George Street
Tickets £50.00 inc. booking fee from www.thehoog.co.uk
Hogmanay will be live and kicking again this year at the George St. Assembly Rooms with the biggest, best indoor ceilidh party, the Hoog. There will be three stages of live entertainment. The Hoog sees the return of the hugely popular rock ceilidh band Teannaich, who will have the Music Hall chandelier shaking once again alongside A Whisky Kiss.

Viennese New Year Concert In aid of Marie Curie Cancer Care
Friday 1 January 2010 7pm
Usher Hall, Edinburgh
Tickets £10 - £26 available from:
Usher Hall Box Office, Lothian Rd, Edinburgh. Tel 0131 228 1155 www.theusherhall.co.uk
Queen’s Hall Box Office, Clerk Street, Edinburgh. Tel. 0131 668 2019 www.thequeenshall.net

Conductor Nicolae Moldoveanu has a true Viennese touch when it comes to the music of the Strauss Family. Expect familiar favourites with polkas and waltzes aplenty - it just would not be New Year without The Blue Danube – as well as delightful musical excerpts from The Nutcracker and The Merry Wives of Windsor. Glamorous Swedish soprano Hannah Holgersson joins the Orchestra for an enchanting selection of songs – a great way to welcome 2010 in style!