Edinburgh’s Hogmanay has expanded its line-up outside of the city centre for the first time, adding music, club nights and entertainment to various venues across Portobello and Leith. Tickets for all events are on sale now. 

The fun will start from Monday 30 December at a huge variety of venues across the capital, including the Assembly Rooms, St Giles’ Cathedral, Portobello Town Hall and Leith Arches. Arguably the biggest act to grace the bill will be Idlewild, who’ll headline a very special Night Afore Concert at the Assembly Rooms on Monday 30 December. Best known for era-defining albums like 100 Broken Windows and The Remote Part, the show will celebrate the band entering their 30th anniversary year as a mainstay of Scottish music. 

Also joining the bill is Vitamin C, the regular club night hosted by Vic Galloway and Andy Wake, which will visit Portobello Town Hall on New Year’s Day with a special line-up including live sets from The Vaselines and Sacred Paws, and a night of dancefloor classics with DJ sets from Django Django’s Dave Maclean, as well as turns from Vic Galloway and Andy Wake themselves. 

Galloway said, ‘Andy and I have been spinning the “platters that matter” and hosting our Vitamin C nights since the start of 2023, but it's a real thrill for us to put on our biggest night yet in Porty Town Hall as part of Edinburgh's Hogmanay. It's a brilliant venue and promises to be the very best way to start 2025, with alternative legends The Vaselines headlining, joyous support from Sacred Paws, and a party DJ set from Django Django. Shake off the night before, and indeed the year before, with a proper Porty knees-up and some fun, festival vibes by the sea. See you down the front!’

In Leith, the Leith Arches will host a New Year’s Day Club Night featuring Hayley Zalassi headlining, and an all-female DJ line-up featuring SWATT Team and Disco Tits, promising a barrage of house and old skool tunes. 

Adding to the festivities will be a candlelit concert at St Giles’ Cathedral, a suite of ceilidh bands at the Assembly Rooms, and an afternoon of dancing for kids at the Assembly Rooms, all of which will take place on Tuesday 31 December.

The announcement bolsters an already vibrant line-up for Edinburgh’s Hogmanay with Texas and Callum Beattie at Concert In The Gardens for the city’s Midnight Moment, plus Hot Dub Time Machine at the Night Afore Disco Party on Monday 30 December. 45,000 revellers are set to ring in the New Year in the city centre. 

Tickets for Edinburgh’s Hogmanay go on sale now; main picture: Donald Milne.