history – Beltane Fire Society

Setting Calton Hill alight

We promised you more fire. Here’s our guide to the flames that will burn on Calton Hill at Samhuinn Fire Festival.

Angus Farquhar, one of our founders, called Calton Hill the “people’s hill”. Here’s why.

Runes have changed and adapted over the years, but they still root us to old Celtic identities and bring our communities closer together.

We’re already famous for lighting up Edinburgh’s sky with torches and fireplay, but there is more to our use of fire than meets the eye.