Upcoming events.
The Robert Burns World Federation hosts many events throughout the year to fulfil its core objectives of educating, celebrating and promoting the life and legacy of the bard.
Annual Conference
The Robert Burns World Federation Conference will be held in Kilmarnock over the weekend of Friday 11th ~ Sunday 13th September. A full programme of activities, lectures, shop and Annual General Meeting will be held. Please join us for the inauguration of the first RBWF American President in our history.
Please check back for Itinerary.
For further details contact conference@rbwf.org.uk
SAMH Summer Concert
So, after last year's success, we've decided to host yet another concert this year. Due to yet another busy work and family diary, we've had to push the concert back to late Summer 2026. This year's concert will be taking place on Saturday 22nd August 2026 at Springfield Cambridge Church in Bishopbriggs at 6:45pm-9:30pm (doors opening at 5:45pm with a 20-minute interval).
Ticket prices are the usual price. £10 for Adult and £6 for Child/Concession.
Tickets will be on sale the week commencing the 18th of May 2026! (we'd thought we'd open the ticket office earlier due to the Summer holidays taking place just before hand). You can purchase tickets from Springfield Cambridge Church from the hours of 8pm-12pm from a Monday-Friday once the tickets are on sale.
If you'd rather, you can reserve tickets and collect them on the night of the concert. Please note you can also purchase tickets at the door on the night of the concert too. My contact information is below.
Email - euanrussell@outlook.coM
Phone - 07881856466
If you can't attend the concert, but would still like to donate, you're more than welcome to by following the same steps as the ticket purchasing.
The aim for this year's concert is to meet last year's target and hopefully even beat it and try and get to £4,000-£5,00 to help us reach the £20,000 mark
I'm grateful to have so many talented friends who will be joining me on stage. Some you may have heard of before. Alan Craig, Pauline Vallance, my 4-piece wedding/function band "Vivid Horizon" will be performing an acoustic set too and many more.
Please share this with everyone you know and invite as many family members and friends as possible with you too. Looking forward to seeing you all on Saturday 22nd August 2026.
Thanks again and take care.
Best wishes,
Euan Russell
Allanton Jolly Beggars Burns Club
Annual Commemoration of Rev Hamilton Paul
Graveside wreath laying 12 noon at Broughton and thereafter refreshments at Elphinstone Hotel, Biggar
1st Edition Festival 18th July - 26 July 2026
!st Edition Festival 18th July to 26th July 2026 inclusive
Burns Club Museum Visits
On Saturday 24th January 2025 we are offering Burns Clubs the opportunity to visit our site and enjoy a curator-led tour of the site followed by refreshments in our barn all included in the price of usual entry. If you would like to book in for a tour, please reply to this email events@ellislandfarm.co.uk or call Ellisland Museum & Farm at 01387740426. More information can also be found on the flyer attached to this email.
I hope to welcome you to Ellisland Farm this Burns Season and thank you for your support as we work to Save the Home of Auld Lang Syne.
Best wishes,
Katie MacDonald
Project Officer
Robert Burns Ellisland Trust
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An invitation to hear the Burns Family Flute
The Robert Burns Ellisland Trust invites you as a special guest to attend Saving the Home of Auld Lang Syne at the Theatre Royal Dumfries. This very special event offers a rare opportunity to hear the recently restored Burns Family Flute, played in Dumfries for the first time in more than 150 years. The flute, which belonged to the poet’s son, James Glencairn Burns, is a prized object from the collection at Robert Burns Ellisland Museum & Farm. It was unable to be played until a recent restoration project.
Award winning singer, Robyn Stapleton, flautist Claire Mann and harpist Wendy Stewart, will perform a selection of Burns's finest works from his time at Ellisland, which he described as “sweet poetic ground”, and where he wrote 130 poems and songs.
The Trust has launched an international fundraising campaign to restore the cottage and farmstead. It was built by Burns in 1788, and remains by far his most authentic home. It is in urgent need of repair and requires sensitive improvements to make it more accessible and attractive to new audiences.
Ellisland’s director, Joan McAlpine and our curator, Adam Dickson, will share the trust's ambitious vision to make Ellisland Farm a self-sustaining visitor destination that will contribute to economic prosperity and wellbeing in Dumfries and Galloway.
This is set to be a momentous occasion, bringing the magic of Burns back to the Theatre Royal Dumfries - a venue he supported and wrote material for himself. Come along, enjoy an hour of superb music, and learn more about our plans to Save the Home of Auld Lang Syne.
Saturday 17th January
Doors 2:00pm, show starts 2:30pm
Dumfries Theatre Royal, 70 Shakespeare Street, DG1 2JH
Please RSVP to events@ellislandfarm.co.uk by Friday 9th January 2026.
Best wishes,
Katie MacDonald
Project Officer for Events, Engagement and Visitor Services
Robert Burns Ellisland Trust
Burns Night in Continental Europe
BURNS NIGHTS IN CONTINENTAL EUROPE:
18 countries 43 Nights
- Austria, Vienna Pipes & Drums Burns Supper, 17 Jan, 6:30 PM, Pfarrhalle St Florian, Wiedner Hauptstraße 97, Wien.
- Austria, Robert Burns Society Austria, 25 Jan, Schutzhaus Zukunft auf der Schmelz, Verlängerte Guntherstraße, Wien.
- Austria, Bezirksmuseum Neubau Burns Night, 25 Jan, 6 PM, Schrankgasse 2, Wien.
- Belgium, Unity Bookshop, 25 Jan, Chau. De Wavre 331, Etterbeek, Brussels.
- Denmark, St. Andrew’s Society of Denmark, 24 Jan, Frimurerlogen, Smallegade 33, Frederiksberg, Copenhagen.
- Denmark, British Embassy, 25 Jan, Kastelsvej 36, 40, Copenhagen.
- Estonia, British-Estonian Chamber of Commerce, 23 Jan, Restaurant Maikrahv, Tallinn.
- Finland, English Club of Oulu and the Educational Consortium OSAO Burns Night, 24 Jan, restaurant Hilikku, Oulu.
- Finland, British Embassy, 25 Jan, Helsinki.
- France, Caledonian Society of France, 23 Jan, La Bellevilloise, Paris.
- France, RSCDS Lyon Scottish dance workshop and Burns Night, 23-24 Jan, Ecole Denise Domenech, 19 avenue Berthelot, Lyon.
- France, Meudon Burns Night Dinner, 24 Jan, Meudon Standard Athletic Club, Meudon.
- France, Comité de Jumelage Aubigny-Haddington, 25 Jan, 12 PM, Lunch and Cheilid, Salle de Fêtes, Aubigny sur Nère.
- France, RSCDS Paris Branch Scottish Dance Workshop and Ball, 26 Jan, 9 Rue de la Croix Jarry, Paris.
- France, Burns Supper and Ceilidh, 31 Jan, Châpiteaux Turbulents, Paris.
- France, Friends of the Saint Germain en Laye/Ayr Burns Supper, 7 Feb, Fourqueux.
- France, The Bressuire-Scotland Committee Burns Supper, 7 Feb, 7.30 pm, Salle des Fêtes, Saint Porchaire.
- Germany, Burns Supper, 10 Jan, Le Méridien Grand Hotel, Nürnberg.
- Germany, Campus Mainz and Scotland Hub der Uni Mainz, 17 Jan, JGU Alte Mensa, Mainz.
- Germany, Robert-Burns-Nacht 2026 mit Feinbrand Veranstaltungen, 24 Jan, Gartenlokal des KGV Seilbahn, Leipzig.
- Germany, The Munich Caledonians, 24 Jan, The Pfarrheim St. Rupert, München.
- Germany, Friends of Clan Maclaren e.V., 24 Jan, Trompeter Straße 28, Langenfeld (Rheinland).
- Germany, Scottish Culture Club Peine, 31 Jan, Tandure im Burger.Jagr-Heim, BeethovenStraße 6, Peine.
- Hungary, Robert Burns International Foundation, 24 Jan, Corinthia Hotel, Budapest.
- Italy, British Embassy, 22 Jan, Villa Wolkonsky, Rome.
- Italy, The Highlander pub, 25 Jan, Vicolo di S. Biagio, Rome.
- Italy, BargaScot, 22 and 25 Jan, Rest Giro di Boa 2, Barga.
- Netherlands, St Andrew's Society of the Netherlands. 23 Jan, The Leonardo Royal Den Haag Promenade Hotel, Van Stolkweg 1, 2585 JL Den Haag.
- Norway, The Caledonian Society of Norway, 24 Jan, Schafteløkken, Oslo.
- Norway, Bergen Scottish Society, 24 Jan, Bryggen Tracteursted, Bergen.
- Portugal, Burns Night, 24 Jan, Prohibition Bar, Óbidos
- Portugal, St Andrew's Society Lisbon, 14 Feb, Estalagem Muchaxo, Guincho, Cascais.
- Portugal, The Cascais Burns Club, 25 April, Mercado da Vila, Cascais.
- Romania, Light into Europe, 30 Jan, JW Marriott Bucharest Grand Hotel, Bucharest.
- Russia, Border Highlanders Pipes & Drums, 24 Jan, 1912 Center, Moscow.
- Russia, Caledonian Club Moscow, 31 Jan, former Krasny Oktyabr confectionery factory. Bersenevskaya Embankment, 6, Bldg. 3, Arch Entrance, Entrance A, Svoe Pole Loft, Moscow.
- Spain, British Spanish Society, 24 Jan, Hotel Melia Princesa, Calle de la Princesa 27, Moncloa Aravaca, Madrid.
- Spain, Scottish People in Barcelona, 25 Jan, Burns’s Beach Ceilidh, Playa Bogatell, 3 pm, Barcelona.
- Spain, The Caledonian Society of Spain, 25 Jan, 7 PM, Calanmor, C/ Fernando Camino 4, Malaga.
- Sweden, The Caledonian Society of Sweden, 24 Jan, Officers’ Mess of Livgardets Dragoner, Lidingövägen 28, Stockholm.
- Switzerland, British-Swiss Chamber of Commerce, 16 Jan, Zunfthaus zur Schmiden, Zurich.
- Switzerland, American Women’s Club of Zurich, 24 Jan, AWCZ Clubhouse, Höschgasse 38, Zürich.
- Türkiye, Fethiye Scottish Dance Club and Fethiye Rotary Club,16 Jan. Aymes Hotel, Çaliş.