Edinburgh’s Beltane Fire Festival 2026 drew over 9,500 people to Calton Hill for fire performances, drumming and Celtic rituals marking the ...

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Edinburgh’s Beltane Fire Festival returns to Calton Hill this month - a spectacular celebratory event that attracts thousands each year. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Edinburgh News, you ...

Organisers of Edinburgh’s Beltane Fire Festival have launched an outspoken attack on the city council’s new levy on events in the Capital’s main parks and green spaces. Did you know with a Digital ...

Thousands of revellers lit up the night sky above Scotland’s capital to celebrate the start of spring Pagan-style. A huge crowd came together on Edinburgh’s Calton Hill to mark the end of the colder ...

Here are 15 incredible pictures from the 2026 Beltane Fire Festival at Calton Hill in Edinburgh.

REVELLERS stripped off to dance naked with torches as they celebrated the annual Beltane Fire Festival in Edinburgh last night. They were joined by thousands of spectators, who gathered in the capital ...

The annual Beltane Fire Festival set Edinburgh alight with flame-wielding demons, semi-nude fire sprites and red-painted ghouls on the night of 30 April. The 2013 Beltane Fire Festival saw hundreds ...

“Is this your first Beltane?” a teenager asks me sympathetically – with a subtle hint of an eye roll, blended with a definite note of concern, because I’m clearly lost. I’ve been to Edinburgh’s Calton ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This year's winged May Queen walks through a fire arch in The Dell (Ross Cameron) “Is this your first Beltane?” a teenager asks me ...