Around 8,500 people attended the festival last year to watch that ancient Celtic event that celebrates the end of darker seasons with fire spinning, storytelling, pulsating drums, dancing and acrobatics.
The age old tradition, whichhat goes back 3,000 years, was first revived for modern times in Edinburgh in 1988 and is now one the largest celebrations of its kind in the world.
Here are 16 pictures of Edinburgh’s Beltane Fire Festival from over the years.
13. Looking over Leith
A view down on the lights of Leith from the top of Calton Hill during the 2001 Beltane Fire Festival | Paul Chappells Photo: Paul Chappells
14. Into the underworld
The Green Man passes through the fire arch to enter the underworld. Photo: Andy Buchanan / AFP via Getty Images | Andy Buchanan / AFP via Getty Images Photo: Andy Buchanan / AFP via Getty Images
15. Celtic celebration
Beltane is a dynamic reinterpretation of an ancient Celtic celebration of the return of summer | Jane Barlow Photo: Jane Barlow
16. Big turnout
Thousands of people attend the annual event on Calton Hill every year | Jane Barlow Photo: Jane Barlow