This year, there will be many events and gatherings across the Edinburgh and the Lothians to mark the occasion, also known as Guy Fawkes Night.
We’ve trawled through the picture archives to bring you 12 memories of Bonfire Night in Edinburgh down the decades.
9. Children at Redford Barracks
Children are kept safe behind a chain link fence at an organised bonfire and firework show staged at Redford Barracks in Edinburgh in November 1968 Photo: Ian Porteous
10. Kids with sparklers
Guy Fawkes Night - Fireworks - 2 year old Graham Chaney and brother Douglas with their sparklers, Edinburgh. Photo: Unknown
11. Piling up the bonfire
Children piling up their bonfire at Silverknowes, 1960s. Photo: Unknown
12. Hopetoun House bonfire
Hopetoun House Firework display 2016 - the bonfire starts Photo: Photographer: Scott Louden
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