Edinburgh hosts the New Year's Eve event called Hogmanay's Torchlight Procession.
The procession is a major part of Edinburgh's Hogmanay celebrations. Participants carrying flaming torches have traditionally moved through the city toward an ending area associated with Calton Hill or, in some editions, another designated site. The route and arrangements can vary, but the event links the modern festival with Scotland's strong torch and fire traditions.
The procession is staged on December 30 in many recent festival programs rather than precisely at midnight on December 31. That timing is an important detail: it serves as a lead-in to the main New Year's Eve festivities, which include concerts, street events, and fireworks.
Edinburgh is sometimes mistaken for another Scottish city because Hogmanay is celebrated nationwide. Edinburgh's procession is distinctive because it is a branded, large-scale public event in the capital, not simply any local torch ceremony.