Edinburgh

Samhuinn Festival

Scotish Halloween Tradition

4B Gayfield Place
(Royal Mile) St. Giles Cathedral
City of Edinburgh, EH1 1BW

Phone: +44 (0)131 228 5353

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Samhuinn means summer’s end, and this free festival does that by mixing a medieval procession, theatre, folk dance, drama and a pyrotechnic spectacle into Britain’s biggest Halloween party. Commencing in the Upper Bow by the Hub, a procession makes it way to Parliament Square with music and revelry where dancers, jesters and acrobats perform on the main stage. Then, with a sudden boom, fireworks sparkle over the crowd as the King of Summer battles the King of Winter. The partying continues at the Carlton Studios bar with admission funds going to charity.

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