Suppers can be formal or informal, but if formal they follow a set pattern which includes pipers, poetry reading and haggis eating.

If you'd like to participate in a Burns Supper we can offer you 2 this year in Abingdon - on consequetive days so you can go to both!

1. The Crown & Thistle in Bridge St. are offering the traditional Burns Supper evening with music, folk dancing and whiskey tasting. Held on 25th January

For details and menus click here

2. The Bear & Ragged Staff in Cumnor are offering a formal dinner with all the ceremony and including Scottish music and dancing and some whisky curling in aid of the Mayor of Cumnor's charities. Held on 24th January

For details and menus click here

Author Helen Irving