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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: Processional Drummers

    The Drums of Beltane

    Beltane may be known as a fire festival, but it may as well be considered to be a drum festival too. Drums are the beating heart of… Read more “The Drums of Beltane”

    April 11, 2017April 12, 2017 by Beltane Fire Society

    Video time! Processional Drummers at the Beltane 2016 busk

    Last Saturday afternoon, BFS performers filled Hunter Square in Edinburgh with music, dancing and fire. One of our volunteers, Eva, took some video of the Processional Drummers… Read more “Video time! Processional Drummers at the Beltane 2016 busk”

    April 25, 2016 by Beltane Fire Society

    Drumsticks, powder and paint

    Equipped with lights, cameras and protective ear plugs, Photopoint spent a Sunday afternoon in late March at a Processional Drummers rehearsal. This year’s Processional Drummers are strongly… Read more “Drumsticks, powder and paint”

    April 5, 2016April 21, 2016 by Beltane Fire Society

    Big beats and bright lights with the Processional Drummers and Photopoint

    Photopoint visited a Processional Drummers rehearsal today at the Bongo Club, Edinburgh. In case you aren’t already following us on Twitter and Facebook and have missed the… Read more “Big beats and bright lights with the Processional Drummers and Photopoint”

    March 27, 2016March 27, 2016 by Beltane Fire Society

    Processional Drummers open rehearsal video

    Our Processional Drummers are amazing at drumming. Turns out they’re not half bad at singing either! This video was shot by Group Organiser Robyn at the drummers’… Read more “Processional Drummers open rehearsal video”

    February 28, 2016 by Beltane Fire Society

    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

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