Edinburgh's Hogmanay 2009-2010
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EDINBURGH’S HOGMANAY FULL PROGRAMME UNVEILED
EDINBURGH’S HOGMANAY EXTENDED TO FIVE DAY FESTIVAL
NEW PROGRAMMES FOR NIGHT AFORE 30TH DEC AND 1ST JAN
EXPERIENCE FAMOUS EDINBURGH ATTRACTIONS AT NIGHT:
Edinburgh Castle, St Giles Cathedral, Mary King’s Close,
Whisky Heritage Centre & John Knox House
PREMIERE OF ACCLAIMED FIRE & LIGHT ARTISTS CARABOSSE
UK’s TOP SELLING DJ CALVIN HARRIS TO HOST NIGHT AFORE PARTY
TORCHLIGHT PROCESSION ENHANCED BY NEW
CHOREOGRAPHED LIGHT AND FIREWORKS FINALE
WORLD PREMIERE DANCE & MUSIC SPECTACULAR AT FESTIVAL THEATRE
MIDNIGHT FIREWORKS TO FEATURE STUNNING NEW EFFECTS
From 29 DECEMBER 2009 until 2 JANUARY 2010 this year’s expanded 5-day EDINBURGH’S HOGMANAY programme features music, dance, art, conversation, fireworks, street theatre, light and fire. Brand new events programmes as well as popular favourites, will bring Edinburgh’s streets alive with non-stop enjoyment for both residents and visitors to Scotland’s capital city.
Highlights of this year’s festival include brand new events programmes conceived for the 30th December 2009 - NIGHT AFORE LIGHT NIGHT -and 1st January 2010 - RE:FORMATION DAY. NIGHT AFORE LIGHT NIGHT features an array of extraordinary activities based around fire and light talking place along Edinburgh’s Royal Mile including a rare opportunity to experience some of Edinburgh’s most famous attractions - Edinburgh Castle, St Giles Cathedral, Mary King’s Close, Whisky Heritage Centre & John Knox House - like never before when they open for one night only. The Royal Mile itself will be transformed into a breathtaking spectacle of fire and light on both 30th December and 1st January as internationally acclaimed light and fire installation and performance artists CARABOSSE present their Scottish Premiere, FIRELIGHT.
Meanwhile, the UK’s top selling DJ, CALVIN HARRIS’s exclusive club night, THE NIGHT AFORE PARTY takes place at the HMV Picture House. His current album Ready for the Weekend, which went to Number 1, includes singles I’m Not Alone and Ready for the Weekend. His latest single from the album, Flashback, is currently in the top 10. He has worked with Kylie and Madonna and his track with Dizee Rascal, Dance Wiv Me, was NME’s Dance Floor Filler of 2009.
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New Year’s Day offers a new events programme entitled RE:FORMATION DAY reflecting themes of reform and renewal of the mind, the body and the spirit. Lively debate kick starting the 450th anniversary of the Reformation in Scotland is led by Harry Reid and Richard Halloway and chaired by Catherine Lockerbie as part of the re-instated A NEW YEAR’S CONVERSATION at the superb Signet Library and is complimented by GATE OF THE YEAR - an inspirational hour of music poetry and words of reflection and contemplation at St Giles Cathedral.
Meanwhile, NEW MUSIC AT THE PALACE presents young, contemporary musicians working in the crossover between folk and jazz, celtic and world music at Holyrood Palace Mews and for the first time, the Big Man comes to Edinburgh. Attracting massive crowds as he walked throughout Scotland this autumn, Big Man is reawakened to walk the capital’s Royal Mile from Holyrood to the Tron.
Over the five days of the Festival OFF KILTER, a new music and dance spectacular, including world premieres from choreographers Mark Morris and Ashley Page, explodes onto the stage of Edinburgh’s Festival Theatre for six performances.
On the 31st December the legendary Edinburgh’s Hogmanay STREET PARTY is headlined by rabble rousing The Enemy performing alongside an unmissable mix of top rated artists from indie/rock, cheesey disco pop and DJ sets (featuring headliner Mylo, Richard Colburn of Belle and Sebastian and Gary & Tom of Snow Patrol) across three electrifying music stages. On the same night, CONCERT IN THE GARDENS headliners Madness are joined by very special guests, the UK’s pop sensation of the year Noisettes and Codeine Velvet Club - the new venture for Fratellis front man Jon Lawler - for Edinburgh’s Hogmanay flagship music and fireworks spectacular.
All this on top of Edinburgh’s Hogmanay family favourites THE TORCHLIGHT PROCESSION (including this year’s son et lumiere finale) and the CANDLELIT CONCERT at St Giles Cathedral; THE KEILIDH featuring the best in Scottish traditional music and headlining DJ set from MYLO at the OFFICIAL EDINBURGH’S HOGMANAY AFTER SHOW PARTY means Edinburgh is set to host the best five day New Year’s Party in the World.
EVENTS PROGRAMME
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Torchlight Procession
Tuesday 29 December
Leaves Parliament Square at 6.30pm
Procession from Parliament Square to Calton Hill Finale
Free unticketed event
Torches available for purchase in advance for £5 each or buy them on the night for £6 each
The opening event of Edinburgh’s Hogmanay 2010 is the spectacular Torchlight Procession. Join thousands of torch carriers as they create a river of fire from the historic Royal Mile to the Son et Lumiére and fireworks finale on Calton Hill.
Firelight with CARABOSSE
Wednesday 30 December 7pm – 11pm
Friday 1 January 4pm – 8pm
The Royal Mile (The squares around St. Giles’ Cathedral)
Free Event
Edinburgh’s Hogmanay is proud to present internationally renowned street theatre artists Carabosse with their magical fire installations. Carabosse light up cities around the world, their Scottish premiere will transform the Royal Mile into a breathtaking hub of fire and light.
Legendary Light
Wednesday 30 December
Edinburgh Castle, Castlehill
Guided Tours from 6.30pm (last tour departs 10pm)
Tickets: £11.00 (Adult), £5.50 (Child), £8 (Concession) + booking fee
Edinburgh Castle is an iconic destination recognised the world over and visited by over a million people every year. This is an exclusive evening event that gets you inside the Castle walls after dark for something rather special. Experience this national treasure as you’ve never seen it before as Scotland’s legends take you on a journey with dramatic outdoor performance, storytelling and a few surprises.
Winter Light
Wednesday 30 December 7pm – 10pm
St. Giles’ Cathedral, Parliament Square, Royal Mile
Free Entry (limited availability)
Michael Begg and Colin Potter, major figures in European electronic avant garde, present a unique performance – ‘Fragile Pitches’ - reflecting themes of light, space and fire in sound structures that compliment the experience of being in St Giles’ Cathedral at night.
Dark Light
Wednesday 30 December 7pm – 10pm
Mary King’s Close, Royal Mile
Ticket £10.50 adults (with concession)(limited availability)
Booking/Info: 0845 070 6244 or at door if available www.realmarykingsclose.com
A rare opportunity to visit Edinburgh’s most famous subterranea at night. The sights, the sounds and even the smells of the street that time forgot. Hear about the Great Fire of 1824 that changed the world.
Amber Light
Wednesday 30 December 7pm - 10pm
Scotch Whisky Experience, 354 Castle Hill
Tasting Ticket £10 per person (limited availability)
7pm, 7.30pm, 8pm, 8.30pm, 9pm, 9.30pm
Booking/Info: 0131 220 0441 or
www.scotchwhiskyexperience.co.uk
Join an exclusive tasting and private viewing of the world’s largest collection of Scotch whisky. Enjoy some exceptional drams in the glow of the beautifully illuminated Diageo Claive Vidiz Collection under the shimmering Swarovski crystal chandelier.
Home Light
Wednesday 30 December
John Knox House, 43 High Street
7pm - 11pm (Torchlight tours 7.30pm, 8.30pm & 9.30pm)
Tickets: £3.50 (with concessions)
Booking/Info: 0131 556 9579 or buy at the door
www.scottishstorytellingcentre.co.uk
Exclusive ghost tours (by torchlight) in the home of the father of the Reformation in Scotland, open for the first time in the evening since thon times.
The Night Afore Party – Calvin Harris Club Night
Wednesday 30 December
HMV Picture House, Lothian Road
11pm – 3am
Ticket: £12.50 + booking fee
An exclusive DJ club night to set alight the Night Afore at Edinburgh’s Hogmanay. Calvin Harris plus special guest DJ Burns.
Candlelit Concert in St Giles’ Cathedral
Thursday 31 December
Concert commences 7.30pm
St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile
Tickets £16 plus booking fee
(see page 36 for ticket and box office info)
A festive celebration in the atmospheric surroundings of St Giles’ Cathedral. This year’s concert marks the 250th anniversary of Handel’s death with his celebratory Coronation Anthems, including Zadok the Priest. This feast of Baroque music also includes J.S.Bach’s Magnificat in D and Alessandro Scarlatti’s Cantata Pastorale. St Giles’ Cathedral Choir, directed by Michael Harris, with the St Giles’ Camerata leader Angus Ramsay, are joined by a stunning array of young soloists.
Please note: This event is not suitable for babies or young children
John Knox: First Foot the Man Himself
Friday 1 January, 12pm-6pm
John Knox House, 43 High Street
Tickets: £3.50 (with concessions)
Booking/Info: 0131 556 9579 or buy at the door
As Scotland marks the 450th anniversary of its religious revolution in 1560, experience re:formation Day at John Knox House with live and audio drama. John Knox is played by John Sheddon. John Knox says Hello 2010
Gate of the Year
Friday 1 January, 3pm
St Giles’ Cathedral, The Royal Mile
Free Entry
Looking back, looking forward: an inspirational hour in the tranquil and atmospheric High Kirk with music, poetry, words of reflection and contemplation and the Choir of St Giles. Please note: this event is unticketed but there is a limited capacity.
New Music at the Palace
Friday 1 January, 1pm-4.30pm
Palace of Holyrood House Royal Mews
Free Event
New music for New Year’s Day from young, contemporary musicians working in the crossover between folk and jazz, celtic and world music. (Entry to Palace not required.) Palace Tearooms open.
New Man Walking
Friday 1 January
4.30pm, New Man awakes outside Holyrood Palace
5pm, New Man Walks from Holyrood Palace to The Tron, Royal Mile
Free Event
Puppet Lab’s spectacular, giant ‘Big Man’ who has attracted massive crowds as he walked throughout Scotland this autumn, is reawakened to walk the capital’s historic Royal Mile, from Holyrood Palace to The Tron.
A New Years Day Conversation
Friday 1 January 3.30pm
Signet Library, Parliament Square (next to St. Giles Cathedral)
Tickets £10.00
Harry Reid, author of the recently published and widely acclaimed “Reformation: the Dangerous Birth of the Modern World” and Richard Holloway, formerly the Bishop of Edinburgh, talk about what the Reformation meant then and means now. 500 years on, are John Calvin (b 1509) and John Knox (b 1510) – arguably the most influential figures in shaping the Scottish psyche – the good guys or the bad guys? The Conversation in the superb Upper Library is chaired by Catherine Lockerbie, former Director of the Edinburgh International Book Festival. This event is part of Edinburgh’s Lectures “Making Scotland” series.
TICKETS & BOX OFFICE INFO
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Edinburgh’s Hogmanay is a five-day festival packed with events and activities in the centre of the city.
Edinburgh’s Hogmanay
Box Office: 0844 894 2010
Online: www.edinburghshogmanay.com
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