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Beltane Fire Society

Beltane Fire Society

Formed in 1988, Beltane Fire Society is a community arts performance charity that hosts the Beltane Fire Festival and Samhuinn Fire Festival in Edinburgh.

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    Category: Behind the Scenes

    There was a Processional Drummer…

    Fabulous pictures from Photo Point of the Beltane 2015 Processional Drummers rehearsing in the Bongo Club, Edinburgh, with some bonus (gloriously bizarre) wordage from the group… There… Read more “There was a Processional Drummer…”

    April 5, 2015April 12, 2015 by Beltane Fire Society

    No good will come of it

    A transmission from the creative and confusing world of No Point, who appear to have been building mysterious objects… The forbidden gNomes have been busy on their… Read more “No good will come of it”

    March 26, 2015 by Beltane Fire Society

    From candles to mushroom gardens via BFS

    This is a corner of the BFS workshop at St Margaret’s House, Edinburgh. Intriguing and amazing things can be found here, many of them built by our… Read more “From candles to mushroom gardens via BFS”

    March 7, 2015March 7, 2015 by Beltane Fire Society

    Fire and Ice

    The weather in Scotland can be a fickle force, as the volunteers of Fire Point discovered last weekend when they had their first rehearsal…during a blizzard!

    March 6, 2015March 6, 2015 by Beltane Fire Society

    A glance behind the scenes of Samhuinn

    When you think about preparations for a fire festival, chances are you imagine performers spending long hours rehearsing the fantastic dance, acrobatics, drumming and stage fighting that… Read more “A glance behind the scenes of Samhuinn”

    October 16, 2014October 16, 2014 by Beltane Fire Society

    Something wolfy this way comes

    Our Cailleach introduces her familiar, or at least parts of it, so far… This year the Samhuinn prep started pretty early. A couple of months early! With… Read more “Something wolfy this way comes”

    August 28, 2014 by Beltane Fire Society

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    Beltane Fire Society is a not-for-profit registered charity in Scotland. Charity Number SC040137. Company Number SC341753.

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