The Edinburgh New Year's Eve event featuring a torchlight procession through the city is Edinburgh's Hogmanay.
Edinburgh's Hogmanay is a major multi-day New Year's celebration in Scotland. Its events have included the Torchlight Procession, a large movement of torchbearers through central Edinburgh, followed by concerts, street parties, and a midnight fireworks display.
“Hogmanay” is the Scots word for the New Year's Eve celebration and is closely associated with Scottish customs of welcoming the new year. Edinburgh's modern festival expanded substantially in the twentieth century and became an internationally known city event.
The torchlight procession is not the same thing as the midnight fireworks or the later concert events; it is a distinct opening procession. Hogmanay also includes traditions such as singing “Auld Lang Syne” and first-footing, although those customs are broader Scottish practices rather than unique inventions of Edinburgh's festival.