Community was placed firmly at the heart of this year’s Edinburgh Climate Festival, with the organisers aiming to inspire ...

Fire dancers, drummers and painted pagan gods bring ancient Celtic traditions blazing back to life in Edinburgh as Lucie Grace joins the crowds at Beltane Fire Festival – and promptly gets lost ...

What Is Beltane and Why Do We Celebrate It? Beltane is the name of a Gaelic May Day festival, typically celebrated in Ireland, Isle of Man and Scotland. Taking place between the spring equinox and ...

Thousands of people have gathered in Edinburgh to mark the arrival of summer at the annual Beltane Fire Festival. Revellers flocked to the city's Calton Hill on Wednesday night for the traditional ...

Thousands of people made their way to Edinburgh’s Calton Hill last night to celebrate the annual Beltane Fire Festival. The ancient Celtic tradition, that goes back more than 3,000 years, marks ...

Thousands of revellers gathered in Scotland’s capital to mark the turning of the seasons and reconnect with nature at this year’s Beltane Fire Festival. A crowd of around 7000 people joined in ...

Beltane is a Gaelic festival that dates way back to the Iron Age, which was historically celebrated across Scotland, Ireland, and the Isle of Man. This ancient celebration is just one of four Gaelic ...

The crowd—locals and tourists alike—comes for the Beltane Fire Festival, Britain’s largest modern celebration of an ancient tradition that honors fire, fertility, and the changing season.

The Beltane Fire Festival is the spring and summer counterpart to Samhuinn Fire Festival, which is held at Holyrood Park on 31 October.

The ancient festival of Beltane marks the start of summer. Dating back to ancient pagan rituals of the Iron Age, Beltane is a Celtic May Day celebration of fertility and rebirth. In ancient times, ...