The annual New Year's Eve celebration in Edinburgh that begins with a torchlight procession is Edinburgh's Hogmanay.
Edinburgh's Hogmanay is a multi-day New Year festival whose opening event is traditionally a large torchlight procession through the city. Participants carry flaming torches through central Edinburgh, creating a moving river of fire before the main Hogmanay celebrations. The route and detailed arrangements can change, but the procession is a defining part of the festival's identity.
The festival also includes concerts, street parties, midnight fireworks, and New Year's Day programming. “Hogmanay” is the Scots word for the New Year celebration, and Edinburgh's version developed into a major organized public event that attracts visitors from around the world.
The torchlight procession is not the same event as the Stonehaven Fireballs Ceremony. Stonehaven participants swing burning wire cages on New Year's Eve, while Edinburgh's procession involves carrying torches through the capital. It is also distinct from the Edinburgh Military Tattoo, which is a separate annual performance held mainly in August.