The Edinburgh New Year's Eve event centered on a torchlight procession and midnight fireworks is Edinburgh's Hogmanay.
Edinburgh's Hogmanay is a large, organized festival held around the turn of the year in Scotland's capital. Its program has included a torchlight procession, concerts, street celebrations, and fireworks viewed against Edinburgh Castle and the city's historic skyline. The exact schedule and capacity can change from year to year.
The festival builds on Scotland's broader Hogmanay traditions, but the Edinburgh event is a modern civic and cultural celebration rather than a single ancient ceremony. Large-scale public events developed particularly strongly in the late twentieth century and became a major part of the city's tourism calendar.
The torchlight procession is usually held before midnight, while the main fireworks mark the arrival of the New Year. The event is sometimes confused with the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo, which is a separate summer performance held at Edinburgh Castle.