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Scotland’s winter festivals – Burns Night
Scotland’s winter festivals 20/12/2011
Celebrating the birthday of Scotland’s national poet, Burns Night on 25 January is the culmination of Scotland’s Winter Festivals (including St Andrews Day and Hogmanay) and with so much going on, Scotland is definitely the place to be.
Burns Night is a great time of year for food lovers with Scotland’s national poet toasted and celebrated in a surprising number of ways. Traditional Burns suppers with haggis, neeps and tatties and plenty of whisky and music are on offer across Scotland at places like the Deeside Activity Park (Aberdeenshire), The Balmoral Hotel (Edinburgh), Greywalls (East Lothian), The Selkirk Arms (Dumfries and Galloway) and at The Robert Burns Birthplace Museum (Ayrshire). One Edinburgh bakery is even making a special batch of cupcakes to celebrate the big day. Cuckoo’s Bakery (Edinburgh) has created a vanilla sponge filled with whisky custard, topped with whisky buttercream icing and featuring an edible scroll with Burns’ poetry.
Whisky lovers will also find a warm welcome at Burns themed events like the Scotch whisky training school at the Scotch Whisky Experience (Edinburgh) and special tours at the Famous Grouse Experience (Perthshire).
Music and storytelling promise merry-making for all ages with a special Burnsfest for 2012 taking place as part of Scotland’s Winter Festivals in the Scottish Storytelling Centre (Edinburgh). The new festival includes music, songs, haggis and storytelling for children of all ages. Glasgow’s Oran Mor is hosting an alternative Burns Night with fiddle and accordion music; and a rapper/poet giving new renditions of Burns’ material.
Other highlight events include Alloway 1759 (Ayrshire), a celebration of the birth and life of
Robert Burns which sees the village of Alloway, his birthplace, transformed to 1759, the year of Burns’ birth with a little music, drama, a children’s party and even haggis hurling. There’s also a charity fire walking event along the banks of the River Clyde at the Burns Night Firewalk (Glasgow), which promises to be a spectacle.
More information on planning Burns night can be found on the VisitScotland website, which also contains over 300 discount vouchers for places to stay, things to see and do and places to eat across Scotland.
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Source: VisitScotland.
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