Beltain Festival Celebration on April 30 and May 1

community · April 30, 2022

The Beltain festival, an old Celtic nature celebration marking the last festival of spring and the first of summer, will be celebrated on April 30 and May 1, 2022 with traditional rituals including dancing, fires, and feasting.

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Sources

• “ON May Eve, 30 April, and the first day of May, Beltain, we celebrate the last festival of spring and the first festival of summer.” — The Islands Grapevine – April 21st, 2022 (April 21st, 2022)

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