Beltane Festival
Beltane Family Day
You've heard of the Beltane Fire Festival right? This is the little sister event. A family day on Calton Hill with workshops and a procession.
Beltane Fire Festival
On the last night of April and first day of May up to 12,000 people take to Calton Hill for a ritualised and theatrical pantheistic celebration to mark the arrival of Summer. This year (2012) is the 25th anniversary of Beltane and promises to be a special one.
A Few Facts and Figures About Our Festival
Beltane Fire Society celebrates the coming of summer with Edinburgh's annual Beltane Fire Festival, a revival of the ancient Celtic fertility festival.
Role of the Beltane Fire Society
Edinburgh's Beltane Fire Festival was created in its current form in 1988, the product of a small group of enthusiasts including the musical collective Test Department
Beltane Fire Festival Origins and Beltane Today
Edinburgh's Beltane festival originates from Scottish and Irish Gaelic pre-Christian times. The word Beltane is thought to have derived from a Gaelic-Celtic word meaning "bright/sacred fire."
Beltane - Interview with a Drummer
With its heady brew of drums, fire, theatre and pagan ritual on the top of Calton Hill, the Beltane Fire
A Description of the Beltane Ceremony Stage by Stage
The Beltane Fire Festival is an annual festival marking the arrival of Summer held on the top of Calton Hill.
Beltane - Interview with a Blue Man
After Hogmanay, the Beltane festival is arguably the biggest party in Edinburgh's calendar.