The Concert in the Gardens, part of the Edinburgh's Hogmanay Festival, takes place in a ticketed area in West Princes Street Gardens. The Ross Theatre provides a dramatic setting under Edinburgh Castle rock.
The Concert to mark the New Year is like a ticketed party within the much larger Hogmanay street party.
- Texas headline the concert with special guest Callum Beattie.
Numbers are constrained by the size of the Ross Theatre (a 2,500 seat capacity venue which becomes all-standing for winter events like the Hogmanay concert), and are limited to ensure the public gardens don't get damaged by a stampede of people.
A ticket to the Concert in the Garden no longer includes access to the broader Edinburgh's Hogmanay Street Party arena.
Previous Hogmanay Concert in the Garden Headliners
2023/2024: Pulp and Hot Chip (DJ Set)
2022/2023: Pet Shop Boys.
2021/2022: Edinburgh's Hogmanay festival was cancelled days before the event due to Covid-19 restrictions.
2020/2021: Edinburgh's Hogmanay festival was cancelled due to Covid-19.
2019/2020: Mungo's Hi-Fi, Rudimental, Mark Ronson
As well as playing big name hits, Ronson created a soundtrack for the Midnight Moment fireworks.
In 2018/2019, Mercury Prize and BRIT Award winners, Franz Ferdinand headline. Supported by Metronomy and Glasgow based Free Love. Doors open at 8pm. This is a standing room only gig.
2017/2018: Headline act was Rag’n’Bone Man.
2016/2017: West Coast star Paolo Nutini played two Edinburgh's Hogmanay concerts in Princes Street Gardens on 30th and 31st.
2015/2016: Biffy Clyro headlined with special guests Idlewild and Honeyblood.
2014/2015: Lily Allen headlined, with Australian ABBA group Björn Again, kicking off the evening, followed by Grammy award winning dance/R&B superstars Soul II Soul.
2013/2014: The Pet Shop Boys headlined, with Edinburgh's own Nina Nesbitt and The 10:04's also performing.
2012/2013: Headliners Simple Minds were joined by The Maccabees and The View.
2011/2012: Primal Scream headlined the Concert in the Gardens, along with Bombay Bicycle Club. Read the Concert in the Gardens 2011/2012 review.
2010/2011: Scottish Rockers Biffy Clyro headlined, with The Charlatans joining them at the Hogmanay bash.
2009/2010: London ska band Madness headed, supported by the Noisettes. Read Euan Andrews' review
2008-2009: Concert in the Gardens was headlined by big beat electronic dance act Groove Armada; shaggy, West Coast groovester Paolo Nutini, and St. Albans, indie-pop band Friendly Fires.
Tickets
Concert in the Gardens tickets are priced at from £72.50 (plus £5 booking fee) to £150 (plus £10 booking fee).