From the bonfires of the Celtic and Germanic people to Swedish midsummer traditions with flora-decorated maypoles, the longest day of the year has seen celebrations throughout history from Stonehenge ...

Peak sunshine has arrived in the Northern Hemisphere — the summer solstice. Friday is the longest day of the year north of the equator, where the solstice marks the start of astronomical summer. It’s ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Have the days been feeling long recently? From Dec. 21 to June 20, we have been gaining a couple of seconds each day of daylight, and now, we are at the peak.

It’s time to celebrate the official arrival of summer at the 2025 Summer Solstice Festival and Brewfest, 2-6 p.m. June 21 at the Ronan fairgrounds. For the third year in a row, the Ronan Chamber of ...

The Summer Solstice Festival in Yorkville, which was held in June in the city for more than a decade, is not taking place this year. The two-day music fest, which was first staged in 2013, was always ...

LONDON (AP) — As the sun rose Saturday on the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, a crowd erupted in cheers at Stonehenge where the ancient monument in southern England has clocked the ...