We’re very excited to announce that we have chosen the groups and their organisers that will make up Beltane Fire Festival 2018. Another piece of the puzzle has fallen into place, and we can now look forward to signing up volunteers to each of these groups at our Open Meeting in just over a week. Our Group Organisers will be pulling out all the stops over the next few months to recruit and train their volunteers, plan, create, and rehearse their concepts, and generally work hard to create an epic festival. We wish them the best of luck!

Gav Kennerly, James Armandary, Josh Bergamin and Kate Kirkwood will be continuing as Blues following on from Samhuinn last year, and former Blues Rob May and Caroline Heavens will join them in taking up the withies again too.

More information about the groups themselves and the Blues will be appearing here on our website in time for the Open Meeting (which you should totally come to if you want to be part of the festival – Saturday 24 February, 2pm in Lauriston Hall)!

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THE AERIE:

• Jay Wiwezar and Sarah Barr

THE BEASTIE DRUMMERS:

• Lindsey Bell, Siri Pantzar, and Kirsty Jones

BONFIRE POINT:

• Emma May, Lizzy Treacy, and Mike Turner

BOWER:

• Eva Murzyn and Daniel Tysen

CONVERGENCE DRUMMERS:

• Lewis Hartley and Mairi Elise McKay

EARTH POINT:

• Jenny Bloom, Karen Dickson, and Elspeth Thomson

FIRE ARCH (OF ELSEWHERE):

• Kenn Musso and Lisette Boxman

FAERIE PORTERS:

• Electra Tzini and Giulia Frontalini

FIRE POINT (IGNIS CORPORA):

• Dex de Cruz and Jordan Phillips

GUTH NAM BEÒ:

• Adam Dahmer, Tamsyn Ball, and Simone Mckenzie

NIGHTWATCH (STEWARDS AND TORCHBEARERS): 

• Jak Hyslop, Gudrun Kocher-Oberlehner, and Nico Marrone

PHOTO POINT:

• Neil Barton and Martin McCarthy

PROCESSIONALS:

• Nahikari Mendoza and Cam Ginty

REDS:

• Alun Patrick Ryder Evans and Simon Ossenkoppele-Brain

TECH:

• To be confirmed very soon!

WHITES:

• Colin McEwan, Lu Kocaurek and Hannah Smith

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GOT QUESTIONS?

Our GOs and Blues are carefully chosen so that they are equipped to create our amazing festivals. You can read more about the selection process for the Blues here and the GOs here.

For any other questions, contact chair [at] beltane [dot] org or festival [at] beltane [dot] org or chat to us at the Open Meeting.

Featured image by Martin McCarthy for Beltane Fire Society