Beltane Fire Festival
- Venue: Calton Hill
- Date: 30 Apr '10
- Time: 17:00 - 01:00
- Price: See website for details
- Child Friendly
Event Details
The Beltane Fire Festival is held every year during the night of 30th April on Calton Hill in Edinburgh. An audience of around 12 thousand people come to share the spectacular procession. Justifiably famous for its intensity and colour, the event has become a much-loved feature of the Edinburgh calendar since it was first organised in the mid 1980s.
The Beltane Fire Festival is inspired by an ancient Celtic rite marking the fruition of spring and the arrival of summer. The event culminates with the Fire Festival on Calton Hill when the May Queen and the Green Man, a uniquitous presence in Celtic mythology, light a bonfire to symbolise the renewal of the earth.
Beltane
