The ancient festival of Beltane marks the start of summer. Dating back to ancient pagan rituals of the Iron Age, Beltane is a Celtic May Day celebration of fertility and rebirth. In ancient times, ...

This is not midsummer, but it’s certainly midsummer adjacent in belief; Beltane Fire Festival is celebrated every year on this spot by local pagans who are keeping Celtic tradition alive in ...

Flames rise behind a performer at the Beltain Celtic Fire Festival in southern England. Events like this—and Edinburgh’s Beltane Fire Festival—draw on centuries-old traditions that once ...

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 ...

What is Beltane? Beltane is an ancient Celtic holiday that begins at sunset on April 30th and lasts until sunset on May 1. Neopagans celebrate it as a festive occasion that marks the end of spring ...

From April 26, the Rotherham stately home is staging an outdoor celebration of Beltane, the centuries-old Celtic festival which marks the beginning of summer. Beltane is the Celtic May Day ...

The holiday's origins are linked to the Celtic Sabbat Beltane, Germanic May Day, and the Christian saint St. Walpurga. St. Walpurga, canonized around 870 A.D., was believed to have healing powers ...

Around 250 performers swirl around us, acting, chanting, fire dancing, drumming, or mischief making, as they weave between the monuments, re-enacting scenes of traditional Celtic lore across 10 stages ...