2015 Edinburgh Hogmanay Street Party

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 2016 in style.

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.

This year´s entertainment included - Guilty Pleasures, the UK's biggest, boldest, brashest and best night club situated in the Mound Stage and Shooglenifty, Peatbog Faeries & Rura performed at the Castle Street Sage. Craig Charles Funk & Soul Show with Special Guest DJ Simon Hodge entertained revelers on the Frederick Street stage. The Slaves & Maximo Park headlined at the Waverley Stage. The big attraction was at the concert in the gardens with Honeyblood, Idlewild and the final set with Biffy Cyro.

The British astronaut Tim Peake beamed a message from the International Space Station on to screens at the event just before midnight. Peter Irvine, the director of Edinburgh´s Hogmanay, said: “This is a truly global event with revelers joining us from around the world. This year we´ve gone one better and will be visited from space.“ The event worked with the Edinburgh International Science Festival, the UK Space Agency and the European Space Agency (ESA) to deliver British astronaut Tim Peake´s message.

To view British astronaut Tim Peake Hogmanay message - click on more information link below.