The traditional New Year's Eve celebration held in Edinburgh and known for torchlight processions is Edinburgh's Hogmanay.
Hogmanay is the Scottish celebration of New Year's Eve, and Edinburgh's version developed into a large public festival featuring concerts, street parties, fireworks, and torchlight events. The celebration combines modern entertainment with older Scottish customs connected to welcoming the new year.
The Edinburgh festival's torchlight procession typically leads participants through the city before the main celebrations. Other associated traditions include first-footing, in which the first visitor to enter a home after midnight is believed to influence the household's luck. Customs vary across Scotland and are not identical in every community.
Edinburgh's Hogmanay is a particular city festival, while Hogmanay more broadly refers to Scotland's New Year celebration. That distinction prevents the city event from being treated as the name of every Scottish New Year's custom.