Ballater Pipe Band, led by Pipe Major James Cooper, march into 2026 Burns Night Supper playing 'Scotland the Brave'. This was on Saturday 24th January 2026 at the Braemar Gathering & Highland Games Centre and the band continued playing the tune Flett from Flotta. A Burns supper is a celebration of the life and poetry of the poet Robert Burns, the author of many Scots poems. The suppers are usually held on or near the poet's birthday, 25th January, known as Burns Night, and include the traditiona

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Happy #BurnsNight! Robert Burns and Scotland go together like haggis, neeps and tatties, and this famous poet was born today in 1759. In Scotland, many will be celebrating the bard through a Burns Supper. It’s a night involving poems, whisky and haggis, ending with a toast and a tune. Burns became a literary superstar at just 27, publishing hundreds of songs and lyrical poems in his lifetime including the internationally famous, Auld Lang Syne – you know the one! The Robert Burns Birthplace Muse

“If ye wish her grateful’ pray’r Gie her a haggis!” Happy #BurnsNight from UofG! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 2026 marks two special milestones: 575 years since the University’s foundation and 225 years since the first Burns Supper. What better time to share a recital of one of the Bard’s most iconic poems of celebration! Professor Pauline MacKay, Director of our Centre for Robert Burns Studies, reads from 'To a Haggis’. | University of Glasgow