Beltane

The Celtic ritual celebration, which had been taking place in its current form since 1988, was cancelled in 2020 and 2021 due to the Covid pandemic. It brings ...

At Saturday night’s event, volunteers re-enacted the story of the May Queen, culminating in the lighting of a bonfire at midnight. It brings people together to revel in the birth of summer and the fertility of the land. Hundreds of people gathered on Edinburgh’s Calton Hill as the Beltane Fire Festival returned after a two-year absence.