Big Burns Supper Ticket Sales Double as Festival Prepares for Grand Finale
Red Bastard, the Vaselines and Hue and Cry plus more saucy fun from Le Haggis – Scotland’s sexiest cabaret
Big Burns Supper has already doubled its ticket sales over last year as it prepares for a spectacular final day.
The nine-day festival in Dumfries will be welcoming a series of major acts on Saturday including Hue and Cry, The Vaselines and hit US comedy act Red Bastard. This will be in the mix alongside a series of other performances featuring traditional Scottish music, jazz, theatre, children’s shows and much more.
The expansion from a three-day event last year has proved successful with ticket sales having doubled to more than 10,000. Overall around 26,000 people have taken part in the festival this week.
Graham Main, Big Burns Supper Artistic Director said: “The town has been really buzzing for the whole week and we are really looking forward to our grand finale – it’ll be one of the best days of entertainment we have ever laid on.
“Le Haggis – our locally created cabaret show has been an amazing success, with one sell out night after another. The Can Can girls, strongman and male belly dancer plus all the other acts involved went down an absolute storm.
“It was a big decision to expand from three days to nine but it’s succeeded beyond our expectations. The doubling of ticket sales has really confirmed our position as one of Scotland’s major winter events.
“We’d like to thank the 10,000 who were part of the carnival, the 10,000 who went to ticketed events and the 6,000 more who enjoyed the dozens of free shows and events which we staged at venues all round Dumfries.”
BBS is a festival of contemporary and traditional culture and a huge public celebration of the birthday of Scotland’s national Bard, Robert Burns, in his beloved town of Dumfries. It is also part of Scotland’s Winter Festivals (a programme of events managed by EventScotland on behalf of the Scottish Government) and attracts thousands of visitors from across the UK and overseas.
The festival is made possible by support from many organisations including Creative Scotland, 8020 and Dumfries and Galloway Council’s Beacon Event Programme.
Once again BBS has teamed up with other local festivals and promoters to present eclectic club nights which include the Eden Opening Party.
The carnival is supported by the Robertson Trust, Holywood Trust and Awards for All. Year of Food and Drink Scotland will build on the momentum generated by Homecoming Scotland 2014 with a series of exciting events and activities celebrating Scotland’s outstanding natural larder.
This year Big Burns Supper has teamed up with Barnardo’s Scotland as its first ever charity partner. Text BURNS to 70500 to donate £3 to Barnardo’s Scotland.
