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 ...

AFTER the excitement last week when Grace Turnbull was revealed as this year’s Beltane Queen, the Beltane Court gathered in the quadrangle ...

May Day is a European festival that dates back nearly a thousand years. It marks the beginning of summer and is usually celebrated at the beginning of May - halfway between the spring equinox and ...

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 the ...

THE Beltane Festival Court for 2026 was revealed on Wednesday afternoon (May 6) in a ceremony at the Drill Hall. Lorna Evans, chair of the Beltane Festival, made the announcement at around 2.15pm in ...

On a clear, cold night in the Scottish capital, an estimated 5,000 spectators gather to celebrate the Beltane fire festival.

Thousands of people gathered for the Beltane Fire Festival, a Celtic ritual dating back to the Iron age, on Edinburgh’s Calton Hill on Thursday evening, April 30. Close to 10,000 people attended the ...