What New Year’s Eve event in Edinburgh is known for a large torchlight procession?

Edinburgh’s Hogmanay is the New Year’s Eve event known for a large torchlight procession.

Edinburgh’s Hogmanay is a major Scottish festival centered on the transition from 31 December to 1 January. One of its signature events is the Torchlight Procession, in which participants carry flaming torches through the city toward a concluding gathering. The route and format have changed over time.

The festival also includes concerts, street parties, fireworks, and a midnight performance of “Auld Lang Syne.” Its modern organized form grew in the twentieth century, building on Scotland’s older Hogmanay customs and Edinburgh’s public celebrations.

The Torchlight Procession should not be confused with the Edinburgh Festival Fringe or the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo. Those are separate events, generally associated with August’s Edinburgh festivals rather than New Year’s Eve.