The annual Hogmanay torchlight procession is held in Edinburgh.
Edinburgh’s Hogmanay is a major New Year celebration in Scotland. Its torchlight procession traditionally travels through the city toward a central gathering area, with participants carrying flaming torches and crowds watching along the route. The procession helps open the wider festival of concerts, street events, and New Year ceremonies.
The event is staged in Scotland’s capital, whose historic Old Town, castle, and surrounding streets provide a distinctive setting. Hogmanay itself is the Scottish word for New Year’s Eve or the New Year celebration, while Edinburgh’s festival uses that name as its official identity.
The torchlight procession is not the same event as Edinburgh’s street party or the New Year’s Day Loony Dook. Those are separate parts of the city’s seasonal program. The procession’s defining feature is the mass movement of torchbearers through Edinburgh before the midnight celebrations.