10,000 people packed the streets of Stonehaven to bring in 2016 with the town’s annual fireball spectacle.
The streets were littered with Hogmanay revellers who witnessed a spectacular fireworks display and a procession of fireball swingers.
The festival is more than a century old and regularly draws thousands to the centre of the town for what has developed into one of Scotland’s most distinctive and spectacular Hogmanay events.
Stonehaven Fireballs Association chairman, Ross Milne, confirmed people from as far afield as Canada had travelled especially to be part of the 9,900-strong crowd.
He said in the aftermath: “Everything went well and as expected.
“We had volunteers from Glasgow and people travel from far and wide to attend. An English couple had come up to see it and we had people coming over from Canada and all sorts.”
Fireball swingers of all ages led the 30-minute procession down from Bervie Braes, onto the High Street and finally to the waterside where the fireballs were flung into the sea.
Live music followed at Open Air in the Square where 80s Scottish pop band, Deacon Blue, were the headline act.
They were joined in the line-up by Indie band The Supernaturals, Supa and Da Kryptonites, and Lorraine and The Borderland