There are lots of Burns Night celebrations taking place in
Edinburgh to choose from.
Events take place throughout the week, but most are held on Friday,
January 25th, the birthday of the Scottish poet, Robert Burns.
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| Burns Night. Image Credit: Brewhemia. Image source. |
Robert Burns Night, Ghillie
Due
Friday 18th
to Sunday 27 January, from 7pm
Guests will be greeted with a dram before being seated for the
Rabbie Burns four-course menu. The haggis will be piped into the room with a
Robert Burns reading and traditional toast. Throughout dinner there will be
live Scottish folk music followed by a full ceilidh experience.
Tickets are £47.95, with a £29.95 event option available in
their main bar. Visit: http://ghillie-dhu.co.uk/burns-night/?fbclid=IwAR3eTv6por5XYZLVqHOI1vZ9YbsTmR2MyzulesvvalivhvyujUoX-C561vs.
Burns Supper at Prestonfield,
Prestonfield House Edinburgh
Thursday, 24 January
from 7pm
The event is being held in aid of Prostate Scotland and the host
for the evening will be Grant Stott, with speakers: Cammy Goodhall for The
Immortal Memory, Willie Hunter for The Toast for the Lassies, and Anna Morris
for The Reply from the Lassies.
Guests are given a welcome drink, three-course dinner and
coffee. Tickets are £50 per person. Visit: https://www.prestonfield.com/events/Burns+Night+Dinner+2019/18.
Annasach’s Burns
Night Ceilidh, The Counting House (38 West Nicolson Street)
Thursday, 24 January
from 8pm to 11.30pm
The ceilidh starts at 8pm with a break for a buffet supper
served at 9.30pm of haggis or vegetarian haggis, neeps and tatties and a dram
before more dancing.
The Annasach Ceilidh Band will play live with a caller to
explain dances to beginners. Tickets are £20-£25 and the event has sold out in
previous years.
ABBA meets Burns,
Akva (Fountainbridge)
Friday, 25 January from
7.30pm
In aid of the charity Whizz Kids, this celebration promises ‘dance
and fun’ at the Swedish bar Akva.
It includes haggis and a Swedish buffet including Swedish
meatballs. There is also a glitter ball and Swedish raffle.
Tickets are £20. Visit: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/abba-meets-burns-tickets-53135358287.
Burns Ceilidh Night,
The Three Sisters
Friday, 25 January from
6pm to 10pm
A three-course set menu and live ceilidh band and dancing for
£16.95 per person. Visit: http://thethreesistersbar.co.uk/events/burns-night/.
Burns Night, Hard
Rock Cafe Edinburgh
Friday, January 25, anytime
between noon and 10pm
For Burns Night, the venue is selling their Haggis Burger
accompanied by their Maple Smoked Old Fashioned beverage. There will also be
live music from 7pm to 9pm.
They describe their burgher as: “a legendary 1/2lb burger,
topped with a generous portion of locally sourced haggis, whisky-laced
caramelized onions, mature Scottish cheddar and crispy ‘neep’ straws.”
Burns Night Bash, The
Dunstane Houses
Friday, 25 January
The Burns Night party takes place at their Stroma Lounge at
Hampton House. It includes a whisky cocktail on arrival and live folk music and
highland dancing.
Food includes a cullen skink starter, a recital of Rabbie
Burns’ Address to A Haggis and accompanying toast before the neeps and tatties
and then cranachan and Scottish cheeses and oatcakes.
Tickets are £49 per person. Visit: https://thedunstane.com/experiencesscotland-type/burns-night-2019/.
Burns Supper,
Brewhemia
Friday, 25 January
For one special night the Beer Palace will host their very
own Brewhemia Burns Supper, with live Scottish music.
It includes a four-course meal with a dram of Johnnie Walker
and a wee whisky by the fire in their Bothy bar.
Tickets are £25. Visit: https://brewhemia.co.uk/burnssupper/?fbclid=IwAR05mQD97uwOJbjUXhISotLe0kU-ZjqXJdLY51iroF9UGAiPoqtt2V7RZmw.
Vegan Burns Night
2019, Hendersons (Hanover Street)
Friday, 25 January
from 7pm to 10pm
This Veganuary, Hendersons is celebrating the Great Bard
himself with a vegan Burns Supper.
Expect a canapes and fizz reception followed by a
three-course dinner, including their award-winning vegan haggis, accompanied by
live music.
The Burns Supper costs £30 and includes the welcome fizz and
canapes, vegan cullen skink soup with croutons and crusty bread, Hendersons
haggis served with red wine gravy, root mash and seasonal greens and vegan
Scottish cranachan.
The Burns Night
Comedy Show, Gilded Balloon Basement
Friday, 25 January
from 8pm
A special edition of The Comedy Show, as part of the Burns &
Beyond. The shows will be hosted by Billy Kirkwood, with sets from Susan
Riddell, Grant Busé and the Kagools. Tickets cost £12. Visit: https://www.burnsandbeyond.com/event/the-burns-night-comedy-show/.
Burns Dinner, Royal
Botanic Garden Edinburgh,
Friday, 25 January from
7.30pm to 1am
A three-course traditional dinner will be served at the
venue’s John Hope Gateway. There will also be a hot toddy on arrival and a
ceilidh band. Tickets are £45. For details visit: https://atthebotanics.co.uk/event/burns-dinner/.
Burns Supper, Royal
Yacht Britannia
Friday 25 and
Saturday 26, January
A four-course dinner served in the State Dining Room by
Britannia’s butlers and prepared by their Chef Mark Alston and his team in the
original Royal Galleys.
There will be traditional Scottish music by Britannia’s
musicians and piper as well as a whisky tasting in the State Drawing Room.
Tickets are £205 per person. For details visit: https://www.royalyachtbritannia.co.uk/exclusive-use/burns-supper/.
Burns Night Special,
The Stand Comedy Club
Sunday, 27 January from
7pm to 10.30pm
An evening of comedy and traditional Scottish food
(vegetarian or meat haggis, neeps and tatties).
The line-up is comedians Keir McAllister, John Gavin, Megan
Shandley and Jojo Sutherland.
Show and meal costs £10, and a standard ticket costs £6. For
details visit: https://www.thestand.co.uk/show/31150/burns_night_special.
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