•• Programme 2025 ••

Partner programme for Big Burns Supper 2025

Use this form if you are going to submit your event listing as part of 2025 programme.

Inclusion in our programme means you will be listed on our website and in our brochure which is distributed to 65,000 homes across South Scotland and North England.

Festival runs from 17th Jan -2nd Feb 2025 – if your event falls out of this period, please contact us before submitting an idea. You can get in touch via email graham@bigburnssupper.com

Deadline for applying is 15th September at midnight.

Submit your idea here

Remember Festival will look like this

17th – 19th Jan – 3 days of Dumfries Carnival

24th – 26th – 3 days of Scottish mayhem and Burns Night madness!

31st Jan -2nd Feb– 3 days of Dumfries Fringe (anything goes)

What you will need to submit your event

Your venue details (if you have more than one event, just do this once)
We will ask you some details about your venue (accessible, dog friendly, toilets etc)
Tell us about your even (date, time, price) and whether it is ticketed or free
Tell us about the suitability of the event (age, adult themes etc)
Tell us if you participate in the Plus 1 scheme for access customers.
Upload an image for the event
Give us a 50-75 blurb to describe the event.

Does Big Burns Supper sell our tickets?

We don’t need to sell your tickets but we can
We do not charge any commission for tickets
If you are selling your own tickets, please provide us with a ticket URL for this
If you are selling your own tickets we will need to you to tell us who attended after the event.

Our top tips for events.

It doesn’t have to be about Burns (Yes we still have to tell people that after 13 years!)
If it’s Burns Supper – how is it different?
Midweek events are a great idea to give our audience the chance to see more shows.
Consider events at different times of the day (they can’t all be at 7.30pm)
Small and intimate works very well (it doesn’t have to be a mega event)
An image sells a thousand tickets (so the proverb goes)
Try to give us an image with no words on it.
Festival Clubs can take place anywhere.
There are NEVER enough Family events – a definite opportunity!

My event is outside the box-will it work?

We have had a show for two in a public toilet in 2012.
12 School pupils took over a restaurant in Dinners by Children in 2014.
8 School pupils cut hair in Haircuts by Children in 2015.
We have had a picnic for one person in a restaurant in 2019.
We had a dance show in KFC in 2013.
We had an underwater MP3 swimming show in 2014.
We had a midnight roller derby in 2015.

Partner Sesh!

We will be having an informal get together with our venue partners at The Coach and Horses on 26th September from 6.30pm until 8.30pm. Drinks and after work scran provided. Great way to meet other partners. RSVP by emailing graham@bigburnssupper.com