Big Burns Supper Festival
Big Burns Supper | |
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Genre | Performing Arts Festival, Scottish Music Festival |
Location(s) | Dumfries, Scotland |
Years active | 2012–present |
Founded by | Graham Main |
The Big Burns Supper Festival (Big Burns Supper) is an international Scottish music festival and performing arts festival of music, theatre, comedy and cabaret which takes place annually in Dumfries in south Scotland every January.[1]
The eleven-day festival celebrates
The festival in
History
Big Burns Supper was founded by Graham Main in 2011,
The first festival opened on 25 January 2012[10] with a community theatre performance which included four characters that had been trapped in time which was presented on four giant screens. Eddi Reader played a concert at DG One, and Frisky & Mannish presented a comedy show at Theatre Royal, Dumfries.
The festival opened a building in the centre of Dumfries called Electric Theatre Workshop which accommodated year-round community arts, including Dumfries Community Choir and Dumfries Youth Theatre.
In the second festival in 2013,[12] a Spiegeltent was introduced to the programme which would become the festival hub and include different performances, many of which were created at the Electric Theatre Workshop.[13] Deacon Blue made their first appearance in the South of Scotland,[1] Manu Delago and Anda Union performed in the Spiegeltent, the festival's mascot Hamish the Haggis was also created.[14]
Between 2014 and 2016, the festival continued to grow, presenting artists like Black Grape, Red Bastard, Andrew Maxwell and Nassim Soleimanpour. Hextor Bizerk played a gig in Dumfries Prison.[3] A debate was motioned in the Scottish Parliament about the festival by Joan McAlpine MSP.[15]
In 2017 the festival moved to a temporary base at The Crichton and created the festival village.[16][17] This wasn't accepted by the festival fans who started a campaign, ‘nae-Spiegel nae-party’ to protest over the move. Festival organisers confirmed that they would be relocating the Spiegeltent back to the centre of Dumfries for the 2018 programme.[18][19]
2018 was the festivals biggest programme,[20][21] and also included the development of the Container Theatre which was adapted from old shipping containers. Bill Bailey,[22] KT Tunstall, Frank Turner and Donovan[20] all performed in the Spiegeltent.[19]
In 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the festival presented free content on its Facebook and YouTube channels through a Lockdown Festival between April and May, and Dumfries TV which ran for six episodes between August and October.[23][24]
Artists
Artists that have appeared at the festival include:
See also
- Edinburgh Festival
- List of Celtic festivals
References
- ^ a b Brian, McIver (19 January 2013). "Robert Burns tributes set beautiful Dumfries alight in January". Daily Record (Scotland). Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ^ a b "Dumfries's Big Burns Supper's producer on his inspiration". thenational.scot. 26 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ^ a b c "Annual Big Burns Supper festival begins in Dumfries". The Herald (Glasgow). 22 January 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ^ "Le Haggis VI will be served up at Dumfries' Big Burns Supper". Daily Record (Scotland). 11 January 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ^ Smith, Kenny (10 January 2019). "Le Haggis Cabaret Returns To The Big Burns Supper". Scottish Field. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ^ "Joan McAlpine: Dumfropolis celebrates reinvention of the Bard". scotsman.com. 24 January 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- Scottish Charity Regulator. 27 January 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ^ "Postponed opening show to big burns supper rescheduled for DG One". Scotland The Perfect Stage. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ^ "Scotland's Winter Festivals funding". 26 September 2020. Archived from the original on 1 November 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "2012 Big Burns Supper". issuu. 20 December 2011. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ^ "Electric Theatre Workshop: A showcase for what Dumfries and Galloway has to offer". Creative Scotland. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ^ "Big Burns Supper 2013 Programme". Issuu. 27 November 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ^ "Dumfries set for Big Burns Supper festival". The Scotsman. 10 December 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ^ "Big Burns Supper: Aim to feed 5,000 Haggis meals". BBC. 21 January 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ^ "Meeting of the Parliament 17 January 2018". parliament.scot. 17 January 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ^ "Big Burns Supper attendances on the up". BBC. 30 January 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ^ "In pictures: Big Burns Supper carnival in Dumfries". BBC. 23 January 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ^ "Spiegeltent returns to Dumfries for Big Burns Supper". BBC. 1 June 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ^ a b c "Big Burns Supper unveils final acts". BBC. 7 November 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ^ a b "Badly Drawn Boy to play Big Burns Supper in Dumfries". BBC. 15 September 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ^ a b "'Bolder' Big Burns Supper begins in Dumfries". BBC. 19 January 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ^ a b "Bill Bailey to make Big Burns Supper debut". BBC. 19 October 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ^ "Virtual Big Burns Supper plans unveiled". BBC. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ^ "Carnival Will Go Ahead Says Big Burns Supper". dgwgo.com. 14 September 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.