A festival timeline is created, photo by James Illing Last weekend, the Group Organisers, Court, Blues, Event Co-ordinator and Trustees gathered together to lay the foundations for… Read more “Laying the foundations of a festival”
Category: Behind the Scenes
No fire, just rainbows and paint
Beltane 2014 Torchbearers and friends will be marching at Pride Scotia 2014 on Saturday 21st June. To prepare for the event, they gathered at St Margaret’s House… Read more “No fire, just rainbows and paint”
Drummers keep drumming
Jason from the Processional Drummers shared some photos and a few words about what the drummers are getting up to post-Beltane… The festivals organised by BFS have… Read more “Drummers keep drumming”
The Watchers of the Sacred Fire are collecting fuel for the Beltane bonfire
Our bonfire is lit every year by the May Queen, at roughly midnight, when May Day begins at the start of summer. In Celtic times, livestock was… Read more “The Watchers of the Sacred Fire are collecting fuel for the Beltane bonfire”
Nothing attracts a crowd like a crowd
An update from Tanya, GO of Torchbearers about recent rehearsal The thing with rehearsing in public places is that you suddenly become very interesting. You become a… Read more “Nothing attracts a crowd like a crowd”
Braille
Out width the nominal charges of circumstance, our heroes venture ever onward into the Great Land of No, exploring as a matter of definition, as participation occurs… Read more “Braille”
Beltane Fire Society 