This Celtic celebration of fire and fertility culminates in the marriage of the May Queen and the Green Man—and the arrival ...

May Holidays and Observances in 2025 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 ...

Thousands of people have gathered in Edinburgh to mark the arrival of summer at the annual Beltane Fire Festival. Revellers flocked to the city's Calton Hill on Wednesday night for the traditional ...

I’m in Edinburgh for the Beltane Fire Festival, a modern take on the pre-Christian Beltane, which saw ancient Celts mark the ...

May Day, or Beltane; International Workers Day and Lei Day are all celebrated on May 1. Here's what to know about each ...

The Beltane Fire Festival is an annual event that takes place on Calton Hill and takes the form of a procession that starts at Edinburgh's National Monument.

Hundreds of people took to the streets of Glastonbury to celebrate Beltane, or May Day, in a colourful procession and a ...

Thousands of revellers gathered in Scotland’s capital to mark the turning of the seasons and reconnect with nature at this year’s Beltane Fire Festival. A crowd of around 7000 people joined in ...

May Day, or Beltane, is a Gaelic and Celtic festival dating back to the Middle Ages. The festival honors the start of summer, as spring is halfway over. International Workers' Day dates back to ...

I’m in Edinburgh for the Beltane Fire Festival, a modern take on the pre-Christian Beltane, which saw ancient Celts mark the change of the season and welcome the summer every year on 30 April ...

Thousands of people have gathered in Edinburgh to mark the arrival of summer at the annual Beltane Fire Festival. Revellers flocked to the city's Calton Hill on Wednesday night for the traditional ...