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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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    Tag: fire

    Burn, baby, burn!

    Fire Point and the Fire Priests had a rehearsal with fire on Calton Hill. As always, when epic things happen, there were some Contact Point photographers around… Read more “Burn, baby, burn!”

    April 20, 2013 by Beltane Fire Society

    Like moths (with cameras) to a flame

    Clearly there’s something about people with flaming torches on a dark autumnal hill top that attracts photographers… Photos by Simon Hay Photos by Richard Winpenny

    October 25, 2012 by Beltane Fire Society

    The light in the darkness

    Photographer Raini Scott ventured up Calton Hill on Sunday to hang out with the Fire Priests and shoot some bright burny pictures while they rehearsed. Ah, the… Read more “The light in the darkness”

    October 24, 2012 by Beltane Fire Society

    (Un)light my fire

    This weekend, Producer Tom spent some time with the Samhuinn Support Team, working on Stewarding, crowd management, health and safety, and the art of extinguishing fire cans.… Read more “(Un)light my fire”

    October 21, 2012 by Beltane Fire Society

    Nightwatch get their torch on!

    Anya took some photos of Nightwatch’s sunny weekend rehearsal on Calton Hill.

    April 3, 2012 by Beltane Fire Society

    Flash and fire!

    Photo Point sent more pictures… This week we had a flash workshop and practiced photographing fire. However, we didn’t really have any fire so Robin expertly taped… Read more “Flash and fire!”

    March 30, 2012 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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