The Beltane Fire Festival takes place on 30 April each year and involves Calton Hill being illuminated by fire as part of the traditions.

“We purposely wanted to incorporate the dancers to have that connective tissue with Outlander,” executive producer Maril Davis says in an interview with Town & Country. The festival’s sequence was ...

The May Queen comes to life at the end of the ritual celebrating the arrival of summer Thousands of people have gathered in Edinburgh to mark the arrival of summer at the annual Beltane Fire Festival.

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

On May 1st, 2026, the Wheel of the Year turns to Beltane, the festival of fire and fertility. It honors the God and Goddess and their life-giving union, and for the first time since 1988, this day is ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Members of the public wait to watch performers celebrate the coming of summer during the Beltane Fire Festival ...

ROSENDALE, N.Y. — The Town Board has approved a permit for the Beltane Festival, which will take place Saturday, May 21. The permit was granted during a meeting Wednesday, with organizers from the ...

Beltane Fire Society performers celebrate the coming of summer by participating in the Beltane Fire Festival on Calton Hill April 30 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The event celebrates the ending of winter ...