Beltane Festival

Beltane in Edinburgh

Calton Hill throbs as up to 12,000 people join in a ritualised and pantheistic celebration marking the…
Tickets are now on sale for this year's Beltane Fire Festival.
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‘Sacrifice the virgins!’ screamed a young lady standing next to me in the tightly packed throng,…
You've heard of the Beltane Fire Festival right? This is the little sister event. A family day on Calton Hill…
Edinburgh's Beltane festival originates from Scottish and Irish Gaelic pre-Christian times. The word Beltane…
With its heady brew of drums, fire, theatre and pagan ritual on the top of Calton Hill, the Beltane Fire
The Beltane Fire Festival is an annual festival marking the arrival of Summer held on the top of Calton Hill.
After Hogmanay, the Beltane festival is arguably the biggest party in Edinburgh's calendar.