EDINBURGH´S HOGMANAY 2014

USPA NEWS - Every year, people travel from all over the world to experience Edinburgh´s midnight moment. The Concert in the Gardens is hosted in West Princes Street Gardens beneath the spectacular backdrop of Edinburgh Castle.

Highlighted as one of the “˜Top 100 things to do before you die´ and recently the only festival to appear in the “˜Discovery Channel ““ Top 25 World Travel Experiences´, Edinburgh's Hogmanay Street Party is one of the world´s greatest New Year celebrations. Live bands and DJs filled the streets with music and the city centre came alive with festivities as party people from all over the world gathered to bring in 2015 in style.

Source: edinburghshogmanay.com

One of the world's biggest outdoor parties. Under the stunning backdrop of Edinburgh Castle. As the clock struck midnight, images of the fireworks from Edinburgh Castle where beamed around the world to over 1 billion people alongside images from Sydney, New York, Berlin and London. The audience who attended Edinburgh´s Hogmanay, made this an extra special event, a friendlier, welcoming, more enthusiastic crowd with revelers from over 60 countries joining the party, they really do welcome the world to Edinburgh, the “˜Home of Hogmanay´ a truly breath-taking evening.

The party with Björn Again, the Australian ABBA Show kicking off the evening, followed by award winning dance/R&B superstars Soul II Soul closing their worldwide 25th anniversary tour and headliner Lily Allen. Also playing this evening was; Twin Atlantic, joined by the winners of this year´s Mercury Prize, Edinburgh´s own alternative hip hop group Young Fathers and Indie champions, The Twilight Sad. The Scottish Stage enjoyed performances from Scotland´s singer-songwriter Eddi Reader with special guests Breabach and the band led by Scottish piping phenomenon Ross Ainslie & Jarlath Henderson at the Keilidh on the Mound revellers brought in the bells with The Smashers, Hugh MacDiarmid´s Haircut and The Sensational Jimi Shandrix Experience.