May Day Bank Holiday

Submitted by edg on Sat, 3 Feb '24 8.24am
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Holyrood Park in late April
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The early May Bank Holiday in Scotland falls on the first Monday of May. 

May Day itself is on 1st May each year, and in Edinburgh is marked in the neo-pagan Beltane Fire Festival.

May Day is one of two Edinburgh Holidays in the month of May. The other holiday being Victoria Day.

Edinburgh City Council Offices will be open, but schools are shut.