HOGMANAY 2015
Afore the Bells The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 9pm. £40 before 14 Nov; £45 after (under 16s £5). A traditional Hogmanay knees up as Heeliegoleerie provide the live music at this ceilidh night, plus a piper to bring in 2015, haggis, neeps, tatties, a wee dram and champagne on arrival.
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Irn-Bru Carnival SECC, Finnieston Quay, times vary, £13, until 17 Jan From the traditional whirl of the waltzers and the crash of the dodgems to the brand-new Voodoo Dancer and equally stomach-churning Matterhorn, Speed Buzz and Extreme. Plus, of course, there are gentler rides for wee ones such as the Teacups and the Carousel. Entry price is £13 with visitors receiving ten vouchers which can be used on all rides and most stalls. Each ride is one voucher and stalls are two vouchers (some stalls are taking cash).
■ EDINBURGH New Year Schiltron Edinburgh Castle, Royal Mile, 11.15am & 12.15pm & 2pm & 3pm. Included in castle admission A medieval warfare re-creation for the whole family, in which you too can i nd out what it was like to be in a 14th- century pike formation.
Scot:Lands Old Town, times vary, free Celebrate New Year in the Old Town, with this series of events from some of Scotland’s top artists and musicians. There’s plenty of music, art and theatre to go around, with the line-up still to be announced. See feature, page 54. Scottish Chamber Orchestra: New Year in Vienna Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 7.30pm, £11–£31.50 The Scottish Chamber Orchestra’s annual New year concert is always a glittering shindig, but the proceeds go to Marie Curie Cancer Care. The programme features the usual Viennese favourites including waltzes by Johann Strauss and works by Brahms, Rossini and Massenet, but also an arrangement by director/leader Joseph Swensen of Clara Schumann’s Three Romances.
The Stoats Loony Dook South Queensferry, 1.30pm, £10 Dive into 2016 with a dip off South Queensferry. Gather for the parade, and watch as the swimmers freeze their proverbials off under the iconic Forth Rail Bridge.
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Scottish Ballet: Cinderella S tti h B ll t Ci d S S ll E Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 1 13–29 Nicolson Street, 2pm & 7.30pm, £13.50–£42.50 7. Scottish Ballet’s festive S pr production of the classic fairytale, se set to the unmistakable score pe penned by Prokoi ev, which is pe performed by the Scottish Ballet Or Orchestra.
Street Party Str Princes Street, 7pm–1am, £25. Pri Famed as one of the best New Year Fam cele celebrations in the world, thousands of r of revellers bring in the New Year in th in the centre of Edinburgh with a mix mix of live music, DJs and varying knowledge of the lyrics to ‘Auld Lang Syne’. The Caves Edinburgh Hogmanay Party The Caves, 10pm, £16.87 Bring in 2015 in one of the city’s most unique clubbing venues. Expect a ceilidh, choons old and new, and bags of fun to welcome in the new year.
The Old Town Ceilidh City High Street, 9pm–1am, £45 Mega ceilidh in the heart of Edinburgh’s historic Old Town. Dance away with ‘Ceilidh Makers’, and join in on the attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the World’s Longest Strip the Willow.
Vegas! Grand Hogmanay Ball Voodoo Rooms, 9pm, £28 The Vegas team return to host another Hogmanay party. Expect showgirls, big band tunes, swing, easy listening, cabaret and burlesque featuring all the usual glamorous shenanigans plus The Soul Foundation, Missy Malone, Gypsy Charms and the Vegas Revue. Wee Dub Hogmanay! Studio 24, 10pm–5am, £15 until 1 Dec. A bass-heavy way to see in 2016 with a night of international roots and reggae.
Concert in the Gardens: Biffy Clyro Princes Street Gardens, 7–11pm, £49.50 This year’s famed Princes Street Gardens Hogmanay will be headlined by Scottish rockers Biffy Clyro with support from Idlewild and Honeyblood.
Hogmanay Gala Ball Palm Court, Balmoral Hotel, 1 Princes Street, 7pm–1am, £265 (children £130) Glamorous black-tie Hogmanay party with live jazz, a ceilidh, pipe band and four-course dinner.
Hogmanay at Harvey Nichols Forth Floor Restaurant, Harvey Nichols, 30–34 St Andrew Square, 7.30pm–1.30am, £195 Arrive to champagne and bagpipes, sit down to a i ve-course dinner with paired wines, enjoy live music, dancing and a late-night buffet, then watch the i reworks over the castle. Ladies On Rotation Sounds of Soul NYE 2015/16 Party DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel, Edinburgh, City Centre, 6pm–2am, £30–£40 The ladies – Blonde Flash and Natasha ‘Kitty Katt’ Probert – with a mix of soul, funk, disco and soulful house at this Penthouse Hogmanay party.