Big Burns Supper Festival
big burn supper festival big burn supper international scottish music festival performing art festival music theatre comedy cabaret take place annually dumfries south scotland every january elevenday festival celebrates burn night scot burn nicht one scotland key national event celebrating life robert burn gathering friend family known burn supper burn supper part scottish culture dating back th century festival dumfries thought largest event type world attracting people per year take place festival village includes famous spiegeltent festival birthplace le haggis cabaret show created way modernise burn supper included guest appearance ursula martinez miss behave jess robinson talisk celtic music band big burn supper founded graham main celebrated burn night friend across world invited hometown dumfries january discover event local people visitor could take part spotted opportunity created charity trust would take forward idea alongside partner holywood trust whose trustee include late charles jencks eventscotland first festival opened january community theatre performance included four character trapped time presented four giant screen eddi reader played concert dg one frisky mannish presented comedy show theatre royal dumfries festival opened building centre dumfries called electric theatre workshop accommodated yearround community art including dumfries community choir dumfries youth theatre building officially opened countess wessex may second festival spiegeltent introduced programme would become festival hub include different performance many created electric theatre workshop deacon blue made first appearance south scotland manu delago anda union performed spiegeltent festival mascot hamish haggis also created festival continued grow presenting artist like black grape red bastard andrew maxwell nassim soleimanpour hextor bizerk played gig dumfries prison debate motioned scottish parliament festival joan mcalpine msp festival moved temporary base crichton created festival village wasnt accepted festival fan started campaign ‘naespiegel naeparty’ protest move festival organiser confirmed would relocating spiegeltent back centre dumfries programme festival biggest programme also included development container theatre adapted old shipping container bill bailey kt tunstall frank turner donovan performed spiegeltent due covid pandemic festival presented free content facebook youtube channel lockdown festival april may dumfries tv ran six episode august october artist appeared festival include frank turner keb mo eddi reader vicky butterfly dubliner kt tunstall deacon blue bill bailey ed byrne public service broadcasting manu delago turin brake morcheeba seth lakeman camille o’sullivan dervish hazel oconnor london community gospel choir skerryvore jason byrne peatbog faery ocean wisdom bay city roller dangleberry worbey farrell badly drawn boy banjo trumpageddon donovan marcel lucont hope social soul nation choir brian molley quartet dougie maclean monski mouse peatbog faery colonel mustard dijon bombskare london community gospel choir bird chicago baby love disco hardeep singh kohli han like german hebrides ensemble frank turner jock tamsons bairn ed byrne craig charles funk soul brainiac live talisk tide line bootleg beatles alabama troggs complete stone rose manran turbyne vishten calan absolute elvis keb mo strange door kingdom choir gary stewart graceland newton faulkner band burn rura turbyne lutra claire hastings smith mcclennan felice brother hue cry turin brake mr b gentleman rhymer morcheeba onr hardwicke circus skerryvore glenn miller orchestra elephant session electric swing circus peat diesel nicola benedetti craig hill hector bizerk charlie landsborough king creosote ukulele orchestra great britain edinburgh festival list celtic festival