Edinburgh hosts the annual Hogmanay torchlight procession that traditionally helps open its New Year's Eve celebrations.
Edinburgh’s Hogmanay is a large multi-day festival centred on the Scottish capital. Its torchlight procession typically passes through the city before the main celebrations, with participants carrying flaming torches through historic streets toward a final gathering point.
The procession draws on Scotland’s winter fire and light traditions, although the modern event is an organised civic celebration rather than an unchanged survival from a single ancient ceremony. It forms part of a wider programme that can include concerts, street parties, and the New Year’s Day Loony Dook.
Hogmanay is Scotland’s New Year celebration, but this question identifies the host city of the torchlight event specifically. Glasgow, Aberdeen, and Dundee also hold New Year events; they are not the city associated with Edinburgh’s internationally known torchlight procession.