--- title: "All you need to know about the Street Party & Silent Disco | News | Edinburgh's Hogmanay, Christmas & Winter Festival - Official Website" --- # All you need to know about the Street Party & Silent Disco 20 Dec 2024 Ring in the new year at the ICONIC Hogmanay Street Party - see the city transform into one big party with plenty of choices for where to be celebrating when the clock strikes midnight. Gates open at 8pm, so get yourself down to Princes Street and secure the best view for the midnight fireworks show! Tickets are almost sold out for the Street Party and the Silent Disco (which requires an additional ticket). With three different party zones filled with live DJ sets, trad music, dancing, street theatre performances, and loads more to keep you entertained, there's something for everyone. Check out the different party zones in the arena: **DJ ZONE**_:_Get yourself along to the Street Party's Party Stage on Waverley Bridge where Hot Dub Time Machine returns to the turntables for another evening of great music at the Street Party with special guest Arielle Free. **TARTAN ZONE:**The Tartan Stage on Castle Street welcomes the very best in Scottish trad music and will have you birlin’ into 2025. Expect high-energy tunes from the Isle of Skye with the legendary Peatbog Faeries and exhilarating Celtic-electronic from Valtos, plus special guests The Poozies will kick-start a night of non-stop dancin’! **SILENT DISCO ZONE**: Get ready to dance at the [Disco Zone](https://crm.pazaz.email/t/r-i-tduyyulk-l-u/) hosted by Silent Adventures. Join over 4,000 party people for an epic DJ Battle, where you control the tunes to keep you dancin’ into 2025! Street Party & Silent Disco tickets required. **STREET THEATRE & PERFORMANCES**: International Street Theatre returns to Edinburgh’s Hogmanay, as the award-winning Close Act join the Street Party with I-Puppets, walking, running, jumping and even flying amongst the crowds. Edinburgh Noise Committee will be keeping the beat with some high-energy drumming, along with Pipes & Drums, and spectacular Edinburgh artists De-lighters, with illuminating stilt-walkers. [**CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE CONCERT AREA MAP**](https://s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/cdn2.edwinterfest.com/Files%20-%20Winterfest24/EWF_Brochure_Hogmanay%20map_pages-to-jpg-0001.jpg) Please be aware that there will be several road closures that might affect your usual routes. Please check our comprehensive [list of road closures](https://edwinterfest.com/hogmanay/residentsbusiness-access) and plan an alternative route. [Back to News page](https://edwinterfest.com/hogmanay/news) ## Events we think you'd like [ [
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