Beltane Fire Festival 2026

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Beltane Fire Festival 2026: When World and Spirit Align

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Are you ready to turn the wheel and welcome the summer of 2026? Join the Beltane Fire Festival on Calton Hill on Thursday 30th April, as fire, story, and ritual bring us together once more to mark the season of growth, connection, and renewal.

Beltane is a living, breathing reimagining of an ancient Iron Age Celtic celebration, retold through modern performance and community ritual. Since 1988, the Beltane Fire Society has gathered thousands to witness the timeless story of the May Queen and the Green Man (spirit and body, world and self) entwined in an eternal dance.

This year’s Beltane asks us to remember what happens when those forces drift out of alignment. The May Queen is the world spirit, present in all things, illuminating and connecting. The Green Man is the living earth: the air, the water, the fire, the energy that binds us. They are inseparable, yet in a world of constant distraction, extraction, and division, we can forget this truth, losing our sense of agency and connection.

Through fire and performance, we explore what it means to realign, to listen again, to act from love and solidarity, and to remember that change is possible when we stand together. As the May Queen guides and the Green Man learns to listen, their reunion becomes a story of active hope: a reminder that when body and spirit move as one, our collective power is limitless.

Along the Hill, you’ll encounter drummers, dancers, fire-players, acrobats, musicians, and a host of mythic characters, all weaving a shared story of renewal and resistance, joy and responsibility.

Beltane 2026 is an invitation to remember who we are, what we value, and who we might yet become. Bring your fire. Bring your voice. Together, let us tell a story of alignment, connection, and a kinder, fairer world.

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