After a year’s hiatus, Big Burns Supper will be back better than ever in Dumfries early next year with headliners, carnival, fringe festival – and the world’s first underwater Burns supper.Hosted in a custom-built underwater venue in the town with professional performers, BBS founder and executive producer, Graham Main, said the new “bold and playful reinterpretation of the classic Burns Supper” will offer “a dining experience that promises to be like no other”.It is being billed for those with “a thirst for adventure and an appetite for the extraordinary” and is just one the many events to come at the popular winter festival.Mr Main said: “We are excited to bring something so original and daring to Big Burns Supper.
The Underwater Burns Supper really reflects the festival’s spirit of curiosity and fun while honouring Scotland’s national poet in a way he would surely have enjoyed – by breaking all the rules.”This year’s serving of BBS will also offers a variety of quirky twists on the Burns Supper tradition.
There will be a roving feast where attendees can enjoy haggis, neeps, and tatties while touring the streets of Dumfries on a vintage red bus and a family-friendly version of a classic Burns Supper which Mr Main said will “allow everyone to enjoy a slice of Scottish culture”.More than 150 events will be held in 25 venues from January 17 to February 2 under the festival’s banner, and the main Burns Weekend will be kicked off on Friday, January 24, in the Loreburn Hall with a performance by legendary pop band, Wet Wet Wet, with the supports homegrown talent, The Lutras.The popular Burns Night Live will be broadcast to a global audience from eight different stages as Eddi Reader will join local artists including joining
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